An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi reserved its decision on the decade-old Benazir Bhutto murder case on Wednesday after the defence counsel concluded their arguments.It is expected that the......
Some 70,000 people in Frankfurt will have to leave their homes this weekend in one of the biggest such evacuations in post-war Germany, police said on Wednesday, after an unexploded World War-II bomb......
Amazon's Alexa and Microsoft's Cortana will start talking to each other in a first of its kind alliance of rival digital assistants, the companies said on Wednesday.Amazon Echo device users will be......
Twelve members of the Baloch Republican Army (BRA) surrendered to security forces in Balochistan on Wednesday, a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.According to the......
The federal government on Wednesday rejected Sindh's objections on the recently released results of the national, with Minister for Statistics Kamran Michael asking critics to take their objections......
Qatar has introduced a visa-on-arrival facility for Pakistani passport holders, according to the Qatar Airways website's visa information page.Qatar Airways is state-owned and the national flag......
An Indian court officially rejected claims that the Taj Mahal is a Hindu temple while hearing an appeal to let Hindus pray in the historic monument's premises, The Guardian reported on Wednesday.Only......
PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar on Wednesday called for an investigation into nuclear proliferation by Pakistan under the rule of former president Pervez Musharraf.Babar rejected claims Musharraf made......
Tickets for the three-match T20 series against the World XI side in Lahore mid-September will become available online from September 1 (Friday), sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) informed......
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif lashed out on Wednesday at ARY News in a lengthy press conference, insisting that the channel had wrongfully accused him of receiving kickbacks from the Multan Metro Bus......
At least five people were killed as heavy monsoon rain deluged India's financial capital Mumbai, causing transport chaos and forcing schools and many offices to close on Wednesday.The coastal city of......
With the KSE-100 index gaining 91 points or 0.22 per cent by the day's close, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) landed in the green on Wednesday after losing over 1,500 points in the first two days......
Nearly all areas of Thar and Badin, Sindh's desert districts, received moderate to heavy rains on Wednesday.Locals expressed their joy at receiving the showers, saying that they would benefit......
The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution rejecting the "hostile and threatening" statements made by US President Donald J. Trump and Gen John W. Nicholson — the top US commander in......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has barred those political parties who failed to submit their financial records on time from contesting future elections, an official notice from the......
The Senate on Monday unanimously passed a motion recommending that the government launch a regional diplomatic initiative to coordinate responses to US President Donald Trump’s new Afghan policy,......
The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Wednesday dismissed an application challenging the acquittal of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf and others in the Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti murder......
The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday said that Harvey will be back on land after coming ashore earlier just west of Cameron, Louisiana. The tropical storm is expected to weaken and continue to......
At least two security guards have been killed after two suicide bombers launched a coordinated attack on a lawmaker's house in Nangarhar province, said an Afghan official.Attahullah Khogyani,......
Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, on Wednesday issued a rebuttal to the letter written to him by Abdul Basit, the former ambassador to India, calling it......
Smoke billowed from at least three burning villages in the remote section of Rakhine state where Myanmar's military is carrying out sweeps for militants, an AFP reporter saw on Wednesday.The......
Bangladesh registered their first ever win over Australia in Test cricket, beating Steve Smith's men by 20 runs in a thrilling opening game in Dhaka on Wednesday.All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan took five......
Japan's deputy prime minister Taro Aso has retracted his comment that seemed to praise the motives of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.Aso was speaking at a political seminar on Tuesday when he said: “I......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)-appointed Anti-Corruption Unit on Wednesday awarded Sharjeel Khan a five-year ban in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) spot-fixing case, DawnNews reported.According to......
Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday lambasted the new policy for Afghanistan and South Asia announced by US President Donald Trump, saying Pakistan was not responsible for......
A transgender person was shot dead in Karachi by unidentified culprits late on Tuesday, police said.Karachi police said that gunmen opened fire on a group of transgender people, killing one of them,......
China and India may have ended a tense border standoff for now, but their longstanding rivalry raises questions about the possibility of meaningful cooperation at an upcoming summit of major emerging......
Uber, a ride-hailing service, hired Expedia boss Dara Khosrowshahi as its new chief executive late Tuesday, in the hopes he can steer the ride-sharing service away from the string of controversies it......
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif left for London on Wednesday to see his ailing wife Kulsoom Nawaz.“Mian Sahib is leaving the country for London on Wednesday (today) to see Begum Kulsoom who is......
This year, Pakistan’s 70th Independence anniversary and Janmashtami (the Hindu festival celebrating Krishna’s birth) fell on the same day: August 14th. With that coincidence in mind, I want to share......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Tuesday approved the procurement of hybrid passenger vehicles for the proposed Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit service and ordered the placing......
UPPER DIR: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has warned the government against doing away with Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution and said such a bid would be a ‘suicide attack’ against the......
PESHAWAR: US President Donald Trump bullying Pakistan has sparked anti-American sentiments in the region as banners and wall chalking appeared in the provincial capital calling the US a ‘big......
ISALMABAD: Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) on Tuesday directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) not to directly entertain foreign diplomats.It said all communications and visits of diplomats......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Farhatullah Babar on Tuesday said freedom of expression is the basic requirement to counter the narrative of extremists but in Pakistan it remains badly affected because of a lack......
ISLAMABAD: Because the wholesale fruit and vegetable market will be closed for Eid days the retailers have created a perception of shortages and increased the prices of certain items.A notable......
LAHORE: Senior judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, on Tuesday underwent angioplasty at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) where he was brought with chest pain and......
LAHORE: Students of the Fatima Jinnah Medical University (FJMU) blocked Queen’s Road on Tuesday against non-recognition of their degrees.Carrying placards and chanting slogans against the Pakistan......
MITHI: Much of the huge stock of wheat meant for free of cost distribution among deserving Thari families has been destroyed or badly affected by rains, pests and weevils, it is learnt.The stock was......
KARACHI: Various areas of the city received rain — some nine millimetres in Saddar — on Tuesday afternoon, said a Meteorological department official, adding that two- to three-day rain and......
KARACHI: A Customs court indicted on Tuesday a Chinese national and six others in a case pertaining to illegal trade of donkey hides.Tu Zhong Xiao, Ihtisham Ahmed, his wife Afshan, Daniyal, Jumman,......
KARACHI: Make no mistake: Pakistani art has hit a purple patch. The kind of work that the country’s artists are doing can be bracketed with the artworks produced in any other part of the world,......
KARACHI: Traders have expressed mixed views about sales of refrigerators and deep freezers ahead of Eidul Azha.They said they were experiencing higher sales than normal days but the sales were not as......
KARACHI: The Sindh livestock and fisheries ministry on Tuesday declared rain emergency in the wake of expected heavy rainfall across the province, cancelling official leaves with the instruction to......
KARACHI: The Sindh government and the Pakistan Peoples Party have deep reservations about the initial results of the population census which will be discussed at length on the return of Chief......
KARACHI: While the urban population of Karachi division comprising six districts has increased by over 63 per cent since the previous census conducted in the country 19 years ago, a surge of over......
RAMALLAH: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remained the only viable option as he made his first visit to the West Bank......
MUMBAI: Heavy monsoon rains brought India’s financial capital to a halt on Tuesday, with authorities struggling to evacuate people with the scheduled high tide adding to the chaos.Incessant rain......
SEOUL: In a first, North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said.The......
WARSAW: Activists climbed trees and blocked felling machines in Poland’s primeval Bialowieza Forest on Tuesday in a bid to stop what they say is an illegal logging operation authorised by the......
SEOUL: A belligerent North Korea again sent tensions rising on the Korean peninsula with its latest missile launch that flew over Japan early on Tuesday.This came just days after a marked dialling......
Perhaps the earliest fictional treatment of Partition by a Bangladeshi writer was the short story ‘The Escape’ written in English by Syed Waliullah (1922-1971) and included in the Pakistan PEN......
MAKKAH: Seven women sit in front of computer screens fielding distress calls from across Mecca ahead of the annual Haj pilgrimage this week, in a first for Saudi Arabia as it tries to expand......
CORPUS CHRISTI: President Donald Trump flew into storm-ravaged Texas on Tuesday in a show of solidarity and leadership in the face of the deadly devastation wrought by Harvey — as the battered US......
PARIS: Fighting “Islamist terrorism” is France’s top foreign policy priority, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, vowing to make his country a leading power in an unstable, increasingly......
BEIJING: China said on Tuesday that its troops would continue to patrol a disputed Himalayan border area after resolving a months-long military stand-off there with India.Foreign ministry spokeswoman......
LEEDS: Shai Hope led the West Indies to an astonishing five-wicket win over England in the second Test on Tuesday as he became the first batsman to score hundreds in both innings of a first-class......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)-appointed Anti-corruption Unit headed by Justice (retired) Syed Asghar Haider is likely to impose about two-year ban on Sharjeel Khan in the spot fixing case,......
DHAKA: David Warner scored an unbeaten half-century to steady Australia as they chased a challenging victory target in the first Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday.Warner, who remained......
NEW YORK: Former world No 1 Maria Sharapova made a triumphant return to Grand Slam competition on Monday after a 15-month doping ban, outlasting second-ranked Simona Halep 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at the US......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cricket selectors resigned en masse on Tuesday, days after fans hurled abuse and projectiles at the beleaguered national side as they suffered another humiliating thrashing on......
CHENNAI: South African cricket star AB de Villiers said time away from the game has made him realise that cricket remains the most important part of his life.The stylish batsman, who recently quit......
KARACHI: Four-time champion of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) ranking snooker cup and international cueist Asjad Iqbal has surged to the top of the latest national rankings released by the Pakistan......
SCOTTSDALE: Police in Arizona said on Tuesday that Olympic middle-distance runner David Torrence has died after being pulled from a swimming pool at a condominium complex.They said the 31-year-old......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia clinched victory on the Southeast Games medals table on Tuesday as a rush of victories took the home nation to a record total -- and nearly one-third of the tournament’s......
KARACHI: The Fertiliser Manufacturers of Pakistan Advisory Council (FMPAC) said on Tuesday despite the directives of the Prime Minister’s Office to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed the creation of national green financing vehicles to catalyse environmentally and financially sustainable infrastructure investments in Asia......
LONDON: Gold jumped to its highest since November on Tuesday as investors bought bullion as insurance against falling prices of other assets after North Korea tested a missile over Japan.Spot gold ,......
BRUSSELS: Alphabet Inc’s Google said it will notify European Union (EU) regulators on Tuesday on how it plans to ensure its search engine does not favour its own shopping service over rivals’.Google......
SEOUL: Hyundai Motor Co, South Korea’s largest automaker, said on Tuesday it has halted auto production at its plants in China as tensions between Seoul and Beijing over an US anti-missile system......
DETROIT: Volkswagen is recalling almost 281,000 CC and Passat sedans and wagons in the US because the fuel pumps can fail and cause the cars to suddenly stall.The recall covers the CC from the 2009......
ASTANA: Kazakhstan inaugurated on Tuesday a new internationally-controlled uranium fuel bank seen as potentially important in curbing nuclear proliferation and reducing regional security tensions.The......
KARACHI: Habib Bank Ltd (HBL), which is facing a possible penalty of up to $630 million by the US regulators, said on Tuesday it will fight all 53 points included in the charge sheet it has received......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Tuesday deferred increasing commission for the oil industry on sale of petroleum products but allowed introduction of high-grade......
KARACHI: Doom and gloom deepened on Tuesday in the stock market, which saw the KSE-100 index sink by 741 points (1.77 per cent) to the year’s lowest level of 41,233.08.Investors were in a state of......
PESHAWAR: When on Aug 19, US President Donald Trump tweeted, “Important day spent at Camp David with our very talented generals and military leaders. Many decisions made, including on Afghanistan,”......
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz visited NA-120 in Lahore on Tuesday in her first public appearance as part of the election campaign in the constituency and asked an......
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has upgraded its policy for registration of transgender people and now even those who do not have information about their parents......
ISLAMABAD: The National Counterterrorism Authority (Nacta) has begun the process of compiling data on Pakistan-based individuals that are suspected of involvement with terrorist organisations abroad,......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday hinted at the possibility of dialogue with the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on national and political......
ISLAMABAD: Torghar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has emerged as the only district in the country where population has seen a decline in 19 years, provisional census results showed.According to the......
KABUL: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a bank in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, days ahead of the Eid holiday, killing five people and injuring several others in an attack claimed by the......
CHAKWAL: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said the upcoming by-election in the National Assembly constituency of NA-120 (Lahore) is crucial for the country’s future.Speaking at a......
ISLAMABAD: The population of the seven Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) has grown by 57 per cent over the past 19 years despite the fact that most residents have moved to settled areas......
• Chief statistician claims no difference in army, PBS data • Senate body calls for re-survey of 1pc of census blocksISLAMABAD: Amid a chorus of objections from the provinces and opposition parties,......
LAHORE: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif will leave for London on Wednesday to see his ailing wife Kulsoom Nawaz.“Mian Sahib is leaving the country for London on Wednesday (today) to see Begum......
ISLAMABAD: Wajid Zia, who led the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) tasked with investigating money-laundering allegations against the Sharif family in the Panama Papers case, appeared before the......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate is set to adopt on Wednesday (today) a resolution recommending to the government to launch a regional initiative to coordinate response to US President Donald Trump’s new Afghan......
Despite seemingly stalled peace talks between Afghanistan's government and the Taliban, officials say the Afghan intelligence chief speaks by telephone with militant leaders nearly every day about......
AMIDST intense political wrangling and a show of national indignation over President Donald Trump’s threatening words, a more important issue affecting the future of this country has gone almost......
ASIEH Amini was only a small child when the Iranian Revolution transformed Iran, ushering out the old order and bringing in the new, purportedly religious, one. It was a welcome change for her family......
THE Higher Education Commission under its Faculty Development Programme and scholarships has supported thousands of Pakistani students both at home and abroad in pursuing higher studies, especially......
THE name Ram Rahim Singh did not exactly ring a bell when it appeared on my radar late last week, prompting me to sit up and pay proper attention only after reports emerged of horrific violence that......
United States President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that “all options” remained under consideration after North Korea launched a missile over Japan.“Threatening and destabilising actions only......
At least 6,000 Rohingya civilians fleeing renewed violence in Myanmar are stranded near the border with Bangladesh which is blocking their entry, a senior Bangladeshi official said Tuesday, as the......
Yemen's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has not left his Sanaa home for nearly a week, fuelling speculation that his rebel allies have effectively placed him under house arrest, officials said......
