The group that attacked Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan on Eid was also involved in recent attacks on police in Karachi, according to a press release issued by......
Police say a senior Indian journalist was fatally shot by unidentified attackers in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru.Police say the assailants pumped bullets into Gauri Lankesh on Tuesday as she......
Dozens of activists staged a demonstration in the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday to condemn the alleged violence and discrimination against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and the......
Qatar said on Tuesday that a new $7.4 billion port would help to “break the shackles” of a three-month-old boycott of the gas-rich emirate by Arab states led by Saudi Arabia.The Hamad Port, which......
Japan's defence minister on Tuesday said North Korea's latest nuclear test was more powerful than initially estimated, with a yield that was around eight times the size of the bomb detonated over......
Iran thanked Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for its handling of the Haj operations, saying it opened the way for negotiations between the regional rivals.“We thank Saudi Arabia... for adopting a new......
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened on a positive note after Eidul Azha holidays, with benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 572 points, or 1.39 per cent, to close at 41,779 points on Tuesday.A slight......
Four Pakistani universities have made it to the 14th annual edition of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings this year.The rankings reflect a decline from last year's list, which......
Nearly 125,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday, as fears grow of a humanitarian......
Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Nafees Zakaria on Tuesday said that Pakistan is "seriously concerned" about the threat posed by terrorism and extremism in the South Asian region. Zakaria was......
Four alleged members of a banned British neo-Nazi group, including serving soldiers, were arrested on Tuesday for terror offences, Britain's defence ministry confirmed.National Action became the......
Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the eastern city of Deir el-Zour on Tuesday, breaching a nearly three-year Islamic State group siege on government-held areas of the contested city......
A 54-year-old British man has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing three blind students at a school in the Indian capital, police said on Tuesday.Murray Dennis Ward had been associated with......
The English Cricket Board (ECB) on Tuesday announced the dates for Pakistan team's short tour in May 2018, where the green shirts will play two Tests against England.The first Test will be held at......
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday rejected United States (US) calls for further sanctions on North Korea, warning of a global “catastrophe” unless a diplomatic solution is reached.Putin's......
How should we look at the art created in the past in a post-Trump/post-Brexit era where exclusion, xenophobia and conflict have erected invisible barriers between people? The emphasis on difference......
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took notice of the alleged use of narcotics in educational institutions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and sought a report from the provincial government in this regard.The apex......
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sought to move past a tense border dispute with India, telling Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the two nuclear-armed neighbours should pursue “healthy,......
Commandos armed with RPG-7 rocket launchers aim at a tank hundreds of metres away — these fresh recruits to Afghanistan's most skilled fighting force, the Special Operations Command (SOC), will soon......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) warned Punjab Food Minister Bilal Yasin on Tuesday that it would issue a show-cause notice for the latter's disqualification if he is found violating the......
A spurt in attacks by Boko Haram Islamists has claimed nearly 400 lives since April in Nigeria and Cameroon, double the figure of the previous five months, Amnesty said on Tuesday.The increasing use......
CHARSADDA: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that Afghan President Dr Ashraf Ghani’s negotiation offer to Pakistan is a positive step that will reduce tension between the......
TIMERGARA: Road construction and earth leveling machinery worth millions of rupees has been rusting away in front of the Timergara tehsil municipal administration’s office for decades.Residents and......
MINGORA: The pomegranates of Swat are in high demand in the fruit markets in different big cities in the country, say local farmers.They said that the pomegranates of Swat were popular due to its......
MANSEHRA: After giving her a bath, prisoner Kaneez Sughra wrapped her three-year-old daughter in a piece of cloth covering most of her body.Though 39 women detained in her barrack of Mansehra......
KARACHI: The country needs to minimise oil supply via road and move towards pipeline transportation in the long term, and in the meantime the government must ensure existing vehicles comply with......
KARACHI: The European Union was the biggest foreign investor in Pakistan, with the United Kingdom having an investment stock of $9.9 billion at the end of 2015, according to a report issued by the......
GENEVA: Subsidies given by the US state of Washington to Boeing are legal, a World Trade Organisation appeals body said Monday, partially overturning a victory by rival Airbus and the European Union......
RAWALPINDI: The federal government has decided to change the Leh Nullah’s route in order to avoid floods in the low-lying areas of Rawalpindi and it will not pass through the thickly populated......
RAWALPINDI: The son of a retired judge escaped from police custody and died after jumping from the rooftop of a house in Morgah on Sunday night, police said.The former justice of the Lahore High......
CHAKWAL: A teenager was beaten to death after he allegedly gunned down another boy after a cricket match, police said on Monday.The incident occurred in the Makhial village located in the......
ISLAMABAD: The federal auditors in a report for 2016-17 have stated that millions of rupees were wasted on the sewage treatment plant (STP) of the capital city.The audit report said the Capital......
“If I were a bird… my wings would be very large. So I can fly very very far. Then I will be friends with all the planets, even Jupiter. I will fly and visit them every day. I play with them … and......
Turkish Victory Day markedTurkish Ambassador Sadik Babur Girgin and his Defence Attache Group Captain Murat Ikiz hosted a large reception in Islamabad recently to mark his country’s 95th Victory Day,......
CHITRAL: Alleging massive anomalies in the recent appointments to the newly-established local national park, Baroghil village nazim Amin Jan Tajik has said that not a single local person was......
LAHORE: The Punjab Human Organs Transplantation Authority (PHOTA) has issued permission for bone marrow transplant to the Children’s Hospital, the first such facility in the public sector in the......
LAHORE: Both the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and its arch rival Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) may witness a change in the voting pattern in NA-120, Lahore III, by-poll, mainly......
The power sector has been reeling under the impact of what we call circular debt since 2007- 2008.Despite the passage of one decade, no redressal mechanism has been put in place at the policy,......
BAHAWALPUR: Five people, including three motorcyclists, were killed and 30 bus passengers were injured in separate road accidents in the last two days in the district.The deceased included two......
FAISALABAD: Motorists on the Faisalabad bypass face problems due to its dilapidated condition that badly damages their vehicles and slows down their speed, killing the purpose of the road.Scores of......
KARACHI: Police claimed to have killed four militants linked with the militant Islamic State group (IS) here on Monday afternoon. One of them was allegedly involved in an assassination attempt on......
KARACHI: Within two weeks of its establishment to investigate alleged misuse of authority, high-handedness or financial corruption by law enforcers, the Sindh IG’s complaint cell has received more......
KARACHI: With a plastic mesh shell fitted on his face, Mohammad Rehan lay down flat on his back, completely still, and the machine atop his bed began to bombard the tumour in his brain with a battery......
KARACHI: The hustle and bustle associated with a popular spot can be witnessed at the Seaview beach almost every evening. But the activity on the kilometre or so long stretch between the Village and......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to fight out the province’s census case after evolving a joint strategy by taking all political parties on board “as it is quite surprising that in the......
HYDERABAD: Relatives of some alleged victims of enforced disappearance observed a token hunger strike on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, all three days of Eidul Azha, outside the local press club to......
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah has observed that when government resorts to attacking state institutions, this is bound to weaken the state.He was......
BEIRUT: Syria’s army battled the militant Islamic State group on the edges of Deir Ezzor on Monday, seeking to break the siege of a government enclave and oust the jihadists from a key stronghold.The......
VENICE: British-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh wowed the Venice film festival on Monday with Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, a darkly hilarious drama featuring Frances McDormand as a......
MARAWI CITY: Philippine troops fighting IS-linked rebels in a southern city have encountered armed resistance from women and children, the military said on Monday, as troops make a final push to end......
BOGOTA: Colombia’s government and last remaining major rebel group signed a bilateral ceasefire on Monday ahead of Pope Francis’ visit this week, an agreement seen as a significant step towards......
CAIRO: Russian media say Egypt has finalised a deal to build a nuclear power plant with funding from Moscow after nearly two years of negotiations.The reports on Monday came after Egypt’s President......
KABUL: In affluent areas of the Afghan capital, sky-blue vans make daily deliveries of huge plastic water-cooler jars, dropping them at embassies, offices and ornate private homes surrounded by high......
WASHINGTON: Hurricane Irma, a powerful storm, will soon threaten much of the eastern Caribbean, the US National Hurricane Centre said on Monday, with several islands under hurricane warnings and......
NAIROBI: Kenya will hold a fresh presidential vote on October 17, the election commission said on Monday, after the country’s Supreme Court overturned the result of last month’s poll won by President......
LONDON: Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their third child. And for the third time as with her previous two pregnancies the former Kate Middleton is suffering from......
NEW YORK: Maria Sharapova’s Grand Slam return after a 15-month doping ban ended on Sunday with a fourth-round defeat at the US Open but the former world number one considered it a major step in her......
THERE are lots of reasons why I’m looking forward to playing in the World XI T20 tour of Lahore later this month. Hopefully this can be a significant step in helping Pakistan host international......
CHITTAGONG: Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon claimed five wickets but Bangladesh fought back to reach 253-6 at stumps on the opening day of the second and final Test.Lyon decimated Bangladesh’s top......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will play their first day-and-night Test match later this month when they meet Pakistan for a two-match series in the United Arab Emirates, the cricket board said on Monday.The......
LONDON: Romelu Lukaku’s goal allowed Belgium to become the first European nation to clinch qualification for the 2018 World Cup on Sunday as much-fancied France were held to an embarrassing goalless......
COLOMBO: Virat Kohli hit his second century in a row as India thrashed Sri Lanka by six wickets in the fifth One-day International on Sunday to inflict a humiliating 5-0 series defeat on the......
MONZA: Lewis Hamilton’s toughest test on Sunday came when he was met with a chorus of whistles and boos atop the podium for the Italian Grand Prix.The throng of red-clad fans who invaded the track......
MUMBAI: Star India will pay a staggering 163.48 billion rupees ($2.55 billion) for the television and digital rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the next five years, the country’s cricket......
KARACHI: The triumphant Pakistan squad returned from the Junior World Scrabble Championship amidst a rousing welcome at the Karachi Airport on Sunday evening.The entire 17-member squad arrived in......
ISLAMABAD: The current political situation in the country and the region — especially after the announcement of a new US policy for South Asia and President Donald Trump’s allegations against......
ISLAMABAD: The government and political parties in the country condemned genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and urged the United Nations, the West and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation......
KARACHI: North Korea’s nuclear technology is much better than Pakistan’s, nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan said on Monday, but ruled out any assistance from Islamabad to Pyongyang in this......
ISLAMABAD: A key National Assembly committee is set to take up on Tuesday (today) an important bill seeking setting up of a centre to counter violent extremism in the country, especially among the......
SIBI: After hours toiling at construction sites in 50 degrees Celsius-plus heat, Lakhmir Brahmani finds little relief from the sun other than a donkey-powered fan during the dog days of summer in one......
ISLAMABAD: Despite repeated claims made by the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) to establish a new building for the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), no progress towards this......
ISLAMABAD: A three-day conference of Pakistani envoys to some major countries and multilateral institutions is set to begin here on Tuesday.The conference is expected to deliberate on changes......
MUZAFFARABAD: Unprovoked Indian firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) left a five-year-old girl dead in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on the first day of Eid on Saturday, triggering a protest......
KALAT: A thin spire of smoke curls from the forest floor where four boys are bent over a pot at the foot of an old juniper tree near a stream of water. Motorcycles parked to a side and loud music......
XIAMEN: The leaders of the five emerging market BRICS powers have for the first time named militant groups allegedly based in Pakistan as a regional security concern and called for their patrons to......
KARACHI: The killing in recent months of a Chinese man and a woman at the hands of suspected militants in Balochistan has put Beijing in a quandary. That’s because the two were not in Quetta to teach......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has cautiously responded to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s talks offer for normalisation of bilateral ties, reminding him of the need for an extensive multilayered engagement and......
NEW YORK: Malala Yousafzai led a growing chorus of criticism on Monday aimed at Myanmar and her fellow Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi over the plight of the Rohingya Muslims.Nearly 90,000 Rohingya......
ISLAMABAD: The prosecution in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case and an official of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) weakened the case against the five terrorism suspects which led to their......
KARACHI: Two days after the attempt on the life of leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Khwaja Izhar-ul-Hasan, law enforcers raided the house of the alleged mastermind of the attack on......
APPLE Inc. plans to transform the way people use its next high-end iPhone by eliminating the concept of a home button and making other adjustments to a flagship device that’s becoming almost all......
US President Donald Trump’s much-awaited speech about his plans for tax reform fired up the debate about who really wins when taxes are slashed.The president has previously proposed cutting the......
THE State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has been advising the commercial banks since the 1980s to give more loans to priority sectors, including agriculture.This was emphasised by SBP Governor Tariq Bajwa......
AN increase in population, urbanisation, changes in income levels and lifestyle, and growing industrial requirements of agricultural raw materials call for smart farmland management.“We not only have......
As in most nations, the public sector remains the largest service provider for citizens in Pakistan.With taxpayers’ demands for ‘better, efficient, transparent and accessible’ services rising......
The first 30 days of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in Prime Minister Office mark a continuity of economic and social policies initially followed by his ousted leader, Nawaz Sharif.If bureaucrats and......
According to the weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks for the week ended August 18, deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks stood at Rs11,551.465 billion after a 0.27pc......
The local currency market did not observe any development last week amid dull dollar demand and sluggish trading activity ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.Owing to continued dull demand and easy supply of dollar......
Habib Bank Limited has voluntarily decided to wind up operations at its New York branch as the New York State Department of Financial Services seeks to impose about $630 million penalty on it for......
By definition, money laundering is a process to legitimise illegal money by passing it through legitimate business channels such as bank deposits, investments or by transferring from one place to......
Established in 1860, Murree Brewery is one of the oldest public companies of the subcontinent. The company’s shares were traded on the Calcutta Stock Exchange as early as 1902.Last year, it completed......
AFTER a decade of expansion, indicators suggest shrinkage in the Eidul Azha economy this year.Higher GDP growth rates and the spirit of animal sacrifice not sufficient, it seems, to drive the market......
Yet again, the familiar question: will the Pakistan-US relationship survive the present impasse? My answer for years has been that it must. The risks of letting go are too high for both. I stand by......
AS Pakistan’s liquid foreign currency reserves slip in the wake of a widening current account deficit, falling overseas remittances and a growing international trade imbalance, a return to yet......
Suppose Nehru was around today and he, instead of Modi, had gone into Doklam to challenge China — after his handpicked army chief boasted of winning on two and a half fronts, simultaneously. Suppose......
MUCH as many are finding it hard to say anything good about Donald Trump, it cannot be denied that he has delivered the world a much-needed wake-up call. Gone is the complacency about a whole host of......
Pakistan summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh on Monday to lodge protest against the death of an 8-year-old girl in Kashmir as a result of ceasefire violations by Indian forces along......
