Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday promised to “fix” the judicial system, a day after the Supreme Court nullified his re-election.He also warned the chief justice and judiciary not to......
Scores of Rohingya Muslim refugees offered Eid prayers on Saturday in Bangladesh, many of them recent arrivals fleeing a surge in communal violence in neighbouring Myanmar.The festival comes as......
A five-year-old girl was killed on Saturday when an Indian soldier opened fire in Azad Kashmir along the Line of Control (LoC), said local officials and witnesses.According to police official Javed......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa visited troops deployed on the border in Rajgal valley on the first day of Eidul Azha, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on......
Residents in two German cities are evacuating their homes as authorities prepare to dispose of World War II-era bombs found during construction work this week.About 21,000 people have been ordered to......
"Pakistan's position on Afghanistan is very clear: we want to see peace and stability in the country," said Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Saturday in response to Afghan president's......
The United States and South Korea agreed on Friday to strengthen Seoul's defenses, with Washington giving a nod to billions in arms sales to the country, said the White House said.The announcement......
Suicide bombers killed seven people and wounded 12 in an attack on a power plant north of Baghdad on Saturday, an Iraqi security official said.Armed with grenades and wearing explosives belts, three......
The former president of Pakistan and co-chairman of the PPP, Asif Ali Zardari, told journalists that the party was "not satisfied" with the verdict of the Rawalpindi Ant-Terrorism Court (ATC) in the......
The majority of Pakistan's Muslims joined the rest of the world in celebrating Eidul Azha on Saturday, with millions offering animal sacrifices and joining friends and families for feasts expected to......
MQM Pakistan leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan was the target of an assassination attempt early Saturday morning in Karachi's Buffer Zone area.Hassan, who is the leader of the opposition in the Sindh......
Saudi police detained a young woman for violating modesty rules after she removed her abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes women are required to wear, on a main street in the capital Riyadh,......
Friends, what will you do if your best friend asks you for your most treasured belonging? Would you give it away without a moment’s hesitation or think of excuses you could make for not parting with......
Balancing studies, household work and the Eid preparations is quite a task. Luckily, I am good at multitasking, just like my mother. But still, when you are made the sole in-charge of taking care of......
Hurray! Eidul Azha is here! This great blessing of Allah is with us again. All we see everywhere are cows, goats, sheep and camels. Want to know how do I prepare for Eid and what happens at my house?......
Once upon a time, there was a very successful magician named Holland. He also had an assistant named Johnny, who helped him with his tricks. Johnny was very careless.Once, Holland had invited some......
Eid was approaching fast but instead of making Talha happy, it grieved him. This would be the first Eid in the 11 years of his life that his parents would not be buying a sheep or a goat. Of course,......
What would you do if someone drove you away from your home? Let them drive you out or retaliate to save your home? The Nut Job sequel is a flick where animals unite to defeat a common enemy who has......
How wonderful your study table will look with your own crafted book organiser! And that too with materials easily available in your house.For this book organiser, you have to draw the word ‘Book’......
Japan was infested with giant yellow mice, as hundreds of Pikachu took to the street to celebrate the popular Pokemon franchise.The Yokohama Minato Mirai area of Japan was filled with the iconic......
Pakistan is full of beautiful and historical places. However, the tragedy is that people are more interested in going abroad and talking about the beauty they see there, rather than highlighting the......
THE other day I was pleasantly surprised when I boarded a Number 10 bus in central London, and saw it bore the garish colours and designs of a Karachi bus.True, it wasn’t really authentic as it......
WHEN India’s chief justice, J.S. Khehar, set up a constitution bench of five judges to hear petitions on triple talaq during the court’s summer recess, many asked what sense of urgency warranted this......
A NEWS item that didn’t seem to get any traction at all in Pakistan this week was the filing of war crimes charges in Brazil and Colombia against the former chief of the Sri Lankan army Gen Jagath......
INDIA and Pakistan have more influential holy men per square mile than anyone has ever counted. Some are just rich, others both powerful and rich. Once upon a time their followers were only the poor,......
PESHAWAR: The movie buffs and music lovers are enthusiastic to enjoy three new Pashto movies, five telefilms and sound 10 music albums on Eidul Azha.Film directors Arshad, Shahid Usman and Arbaz Khan......
PESHAWAR: An ancient tribal custom, Akhtar Barkha (share), is still practiced in tribal areas and also in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the occasion of Eid. The ‘Da Akhtar Barkha’ usually comprises......
“My father had a cloth shop in Faisalabad. We are six siblings, five brothers and a sister. Society plays a major role in shaping someone’s personality, and I am an example. I was doing my I.Com in......
ISLAMABAD: On Eidul Azha, most people eat more meat than the body requires, leading to increased stomach and intestinal problems.Health experts have suggested that people follow a balanced diet to......
ISLAMABAD: The auditor general of Pakistan has found Rs228 billion irregularities in two housing ventures of the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) in the federal capital.The......
All political roads in Lahore are currently converging on NA-120: the former prime minister’s constituency and one from which he has not lost previously. Due to the unfortunate illness of the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Two persons died and 45 others were injured, some critically, in separate accidents on Friday.Five people were injured seriously in two accidents here on Friday. Rescue 1122 said a......
KARACHI: As Karachi reeled from the destruction and urban flooding caused by Thursday’s downpour, which continued intermittently on Friday with much less intensity, three more people died in as many......
KARACHI: The premiere of the film Na Maloom Afraad 2 on Thursday at a local multiplex began like a Test match between cricket’s minnows — slow, with spectators leisurely pouring in to witness......
COX’S BAZAR: Nearly 400 people have died in fighting that has rocked Myanmar’s northwest for a week, new official data show, making it probably the deadliest bout of violence to engulf the country’s......
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticised the indictment in Washington of members of his security detail who were charged with assaulting protesters during an official White......
NAIROBI: Kenya’s Supreme Court nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election win citing irregularities on Friday and ordered a new poll within 60 days after last month’s voting was followed by......
WASHINGTON: A Georgia police lieutenant who faced being fired over racially charged comments captured on dash-cam footage has announced his retirement, according to local media.In the video......
WASHINGTON: The White House is preparing an initial $5.9 billion package in Harvey aid, a first down payment to ensure recovery efforts over the next few weeks are adequately funded.The Trump......
PARIS: France’s foreign minister warned on Friday that North Korea could have the capacity to deliver a nuclear strike on the United States and even Europe “within months”.Jean-Yves Le Drian called......
PARIS: It’s the car coming back from a watery grave. A blue Peugeot 104 stolen in the heart of France’s Champagne country in 1979 is being reunited with its owner 38 years later after French police......
WHEN Nikolaos Van Dam was a young diplomat in Damascus, he knew Syria better than many Syrians. A fluent speaker of Arabic, this Dutch scholar’s first book on Syria’s modern history was so well......
IT’S a noisy world — and it’s driving all of us just a tad crazy. How else to explain the chaos, confusion and lawlessness which blights much of the world?Just listen: radios and TV sets blaring,......
FRENCH gourmets are well known for their exigencies over high quality meats and seafood. Restaurant chefs here are reputed for their refinements and never ending inventions. To a real connoisseur, a......
VENICE: An impatient toddler chides his mother for not being quick enough in getting him into his pair of newly-acquired boots.Finally they’re on and he wriggles free to put the new footwear to good......
HASAKEH: US-backed Syrian fighters ousted the militant Islamic State group from Raqa’s Old City on Friday, bringing them closer than ever to the jihadist bastion’s well-defended and densely populated......
NEW YORK: Former champions Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal battled into the US Open last 32 on Thursday while the women’s draw lost the fifth seed from its top eight.Federer recorded his 80th career......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka have failed to secure a direct qualification for the 2019 World Cup after losing four consecutive One-day Internationals to India.The International Cricket Council (ICC) said after......
LONDON: Surrey captain Gareth Batty voiced his relief after no one was injured following a bizarre attack by a “deadly” arrow that saw a match against Middlesex abandoned at The Oval and the ground......
MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay and Argentina drew 0-0 in an uninspiring but hotly contested World Cup qualifier in Montevideo on Thursday, a result that leaves both sides still needing points to guarantee a......
MADRID: France’s 4-0 win over Netherlands has the Dutch on the brink of missing the World Cup, while Cristiano Ronaldo’s three goals helped keep Portugal in contention in European qualifying and......
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain signed teenage star Kylian Mbappe in a deal that could make him the second most expensive player in history, but the record-breaking transfer window closed in England late......
THE nation is commemorating the 70th Independence Day of Pakistan with fervour. It is time to celebrate the landmark achievements it had made in different walks of life, including sports, but also to......
BRUSSELS: Darrell Hill left it late to smash his personal best and lead a US clean-sweep of the men’s shot put at the Brussels Diamond League on Thursday.Hill, 24, managed a best of 22.44 metres on......
KARACHI: A growing number of Chinese nationals are coming to Pakistan in the wake of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).According to reported figures, 71,000 Chinese nationals visited......
KARACHI: Port Qasim is set to become country’s energy hub with the addition of three more Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) terminals, said Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Chairman Agha Jan Akhtar in a......
ISLAMABAD: A World Bank task team is due next month to assist the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in implementing a project aimed at strengthening the tax system and building capacity for the tax......
PESHAWAR: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Regional Chairman on Horticulture Exports, Ahmad Jawad has said that the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)......
KARACHI: Stocks continued to bleed profusely for the fourth week in a row with the KSE-100 index losing a disturbing 1,435 points (3.36 per cent) in the shortened four-session week due to Eid......
KARACHI: Referring to the ‘recommendations’ of the security apparatus actively engaged in restoring normality to the city, the federal government led by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has......
QUETTA: Strict arrangements have been made to ensure security around Eidgahs and other places where Eid prayer will be offered in the city and adjacent areas.In Quetta, Eid prayer will be held at 178......
UNLIKE the barren, broken tracks one often traverses while going to the interior parts of Sindh, the road leading to Tando Allahyar from Hyderabad is scenic and offers comfortable driving. Trees with......
MINA: The faithful in many countries celebrated the first day of Eidul Azha on Friday, as some two million pilgrims performed rites of Haj in Saudi Arabia.Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims made their......
KARACHI: The city on Friday reported its first polio case in 20 months, setting alarm bells ringing for the megapolis still not clear of the crippling virus, officials said.They said that a......
WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis, while signing deployment orders for additional American troops to Afghanistan, has also expressed the desire to work with Pakistan to defeat......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been informed that the Punjab government is seriously contemplating developing three new prisons in the province during the current financial year to reduce......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau’s combined investigation teams (CITs) on Friday recommended freezing of the assets of Sharif family members in the references to be filed in an......
ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday indicated his government’s readiness for talks with Pakistan on normalisation of bilateral relations, saying it was a national priority.Speaking at......
OVER the past five years, farmers in Sindh have consumed maximum fertiliser in the cotton-wheat system, followed by mixed-crop and rice-wheat systems, according to the nutrient off-take data compiled......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Myanmar next week and discuss the exodus of the Rohingya ethnic minority with Aung San Suu Kyi's government, the foreign ministry said Friday.The......
