Salman Butt clearly remembers the way he was dismissed against Sri Lanka in Lahore in 2009 — the last batsman out in the last Test in Pakistan, before a terror attack on the visiting team's bus......
Two police constables were sacked on Thursday for their alleged involvement in the torture of journalist Irfan Khoso in Kaloi which had sparked anger among rights activists and members of the press......
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index falling below the 41,000-point mark after losing 431 points, or 1.04 per cent.Trading began on a positive......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday slammed the PML-N's "four years of economic misrule" at a press conference in Islamabad, saying that Pakistan's economy has "never been......
SpaceX has launched the Air Force's super-secret space shuttle.An unmanned Falcon rocket blasted off Thursday from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. It's the fifth flight for one of these crewless mini......
China's Huawei overtook Apple as the second most popular smartphone manufacturer in the world in global unit sales in June-July 2017, The Verge reported.It is second only to Samsung, and an analysis......
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned Al-Jazeera's Jerusalem bureau chief from attending a seminar about freedom of speech, officials said, the latest move against the broadcaster by......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi said on Thursday that the nation needs to play its part in making the upcoming World XI Independence Cup a success."Everyone, especially the media,......
Stephen McCaffrey is “the single most respected authority on international water law”.As Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of the Pacific in Sacramento, California, McCaffrey is......
Keeping in view the current situation in the world and the region, Pakistan will have to swiftly "change its direction", said Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday after the conclusion of the......
Hillary Clinton takes the blame for her 2016 presidential defeat in her upcoming book but offers choice words for President Donald Trump, her campaign rivals, and Russian President Vladimir......
The two senior police officers who were sentenced to 17 years in prison for negligence and security lapses that lead to the assassination of PPP leader Benazir Bhutto in 2007 challenged the judgement......
Islamabad has urged the world to put pressure on Myanmar, where renewed violence has forced out tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims.Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif says the Rohingyas' plight......
More than 2,800 Pakistanis and over 5,500 Indians will be affected by the repealing of an immigration programme that protected undocumented aliens — who were brought to the United States as children......
The Supreme Court will resume the disqualification case against Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan from September 12, announced the apex court on Thursday.The case, filed by PML-N's Hanif Abbasi, is......
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday constituted a three-member bench — for the third time — to hear the petitions challenging the candidature of PML-N candidate Begum Kulsoom Nawaz for the NA-120......
Syria's army said that Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed two people at a military facility in the country's west, a zone where the regime has been accused of developing chemical weapons.“Israeli......
A special court in India sentenced two convicts to death and two others to life in jail in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case on Thursday.The four men had earlier been convicted of criminal conspiracy and......
North Korea held a mass celebration for the scientists involved in carrying out its largest nuclear blast to date, with fireworks and a mass rally in Pyongyang.Citizens of the capital lined the......
Hurricane Irma sowed a trail of deadly devastation through the Caribbean on Wednesday, reducing to rubble the tropical islands of Barbuda and St Martin and claiming at least seven lives.One of the......
Boeing says China will need more than a trillion dollars-worth of new airplanes over the next two decades as the cash-rich middle class grows and infrastructure projects pick up.The US aircraft giant......
The Sindh High Court (SHC) ruled on Thursday that A.D. Khowaja will continue functioning as the provincial police chief, bringing to an end the legal wrangling between civil rights campaigners and......
Karachi, Pakistan’s largest metropolis, received another spell of monsoon rains toward the end of last month. More than 20 people died, majority of them from electrocution.Different parts of the city......
North Korea is currently facing the possibility of additional sanctions against it, with the United States accusing Pyongyang of “begging for war”. At a time of uncertainty following its recent......
BANNU: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam –Faz chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday urged the government to take the policy statement of US President Donald Trump on Afghanistan seriously and review its......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet has approved the sacking of the Bank of Khyber’s chief to put to rest the controversy surrounding his public spat with provincial finance minister Muzaffar......
PESHAWAR: Various groups of traders and workers of Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday held demonstrations against killing of Muslims in Burma and urged United Nations to play its role to end the......
ABBOTTABAD: The teachers of Government Girls Degree College No 1, Abbottabad, on Wednesday protested alleged manhandling of the principal and teachers by the assistant commissioner and ASP police,......
PESHAWAR: The return of pilgrims started on Wednesday as 700 of them arrived here at Bacha Khan International Airport through different airlines after performing Haj.Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra......
RAWALPINDI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight carrying 331 Haj pilgrims arrived at Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) from Jeddah on Wednesday. PIA flight PK-3002 to Islamabad......
Mathew Vaughan is a British charity worker and writer, born in Woking, England, but living in Rawalpindi and Islamabad since 2011. He is married to Andrea, a Canadian who grew up in Pakistan, and......
TAXILA: The Sikh religious festival of Ardas Gurmat Smagam concluded at the Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hassanabdal on Wednesday.Two thousand Sikh and Hindu pilgrims came from across the country......
TAXILA: A rally and demonstration was organised by the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Taxila chapter on Wednesday to protest the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.A large number of people, including......
ISLAMABAD: Visiting Mr Books has always been a pleasant experience, primarily because the shop owner, Yousaf Bhai – as he was known among Islamabad’s book lovers – would welcome you with a vibrant......
LAHORE: Another full bench of the Lahore High Court constituted to hear the petitions challenging the candidature of PML-N candidate Begum Kulsoom Nawaz for NA-120 by-election, got dissolved on......
HYDERABAD: Political parties, government and private academic institutions, civil society organisations and district and town administrations observed the Defence Day of Pakistan with traditional......
KARACHI: Several programmes were held on Wednesday to commemorate the 1965 war and the most significant day of that conflict, September 6 or Defence Day of Pakistan, when the armed forces foiled the......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has hinted at a breakthrough in the recent cases of policemen’s killing and an attempt on the life of leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly,......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the Council of Common Interests (CCI), Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), and Sindh chief secretary to file their comments on a petition......
SYDNEY: Asylum seekers and refugees held in a remote Pacific camp were on Wednesday awarded Aus$70 million ($56 million) for being illegally detained and treated negligently, in Australia’s largest......
GENEVA: United Nations war crimes investigators on Wednesday said they had evidence that Syrian government forces were behind a chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Khan Sheikhun in......
KABUL: A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up outside an American base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Afghan officials said, in an attack the Taliban claimed was revenge for a US leaflet......
LONDON: The BBC is reviewing employee pay after it was forced to reveal that male stars were paid far more than their female counterparts, damaging the British public broadcaster’s image and angering......
BARCELONA: The Spanish government asked the country’s top court on Wednesday to nullify a vote in the Catalan parliament over a disputed independence referendum bill. The push from the wealthy......
BANGALORE: Indian activists, politicians and journalists demanded a full investigation on Wednesday into the murder of Gauri Lankesh, a newspaper editor and outspoken critic of the ruling Hindu......
MARIGOT: Monster Hurricane Irma slammed into the French Caribbean islands on Wednesday after making landfall in Barbuda, packing ferocious winds and causing major flooding in low-lying areas.As the......
WASHINGTON: Florence, an asteroid that came within seven million kilometres of Earth last week, has two small moons, according to radar images obtained by Nasa. Radar images obtained between Aug 29......
BEIJING: Chinese internet users bombarded government social media accounts on Wednesday with thousands of anti-Islamic messages in response to unverified videos showing rioting involving......
WASHINGTON: In a flurry of phone calls with world leaders, President Donald Trump took a tough line against negotiating with North Korea as the communist country’s latest nuclear test exposed stark......
PARIS: A host of French-owned fashion labels spanning Christian Dior to Saint Laurent pledged Wednesday to ban ultra-thin models from their advertising and catwalk shows following repeated scandals......
DUBAI: Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh appears to have patched up a violent rift with his allies in the armed Houthi movement, but the drama has left friends and foe alike wondering anew at......
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Farmhand-turned-fighter Alauddin abandoned the Rohingya Muslim militants battling Myanmar’s army once he realised they were armed with little more than clubs and machetes — a......
MUMBAI: A movie about the life of a notorious Mumbai mafia don comes out in Indian cinemas this week as Bollywood steps up its long-held fascination with the financial capital’s criminal......
CHITTAGONG: David Warner hit his second hundred in a row before Bangladesh fought back with quick strikes on a rain-hit third day of the second Test against Australia on Wednesday.The visitors were......
COLOMBO: Batsman Dilshan Munaweera smashed his maiden Twenty20 half-century to help Sri Lanka post a challenging 170-7 against India in the one-off match in Colombo on Wednesday.Munaweera hit a......
NEW YORK: Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams became the oldest semi-finalist in US Open history at age 37 on Tuesday by defeating two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-3, 3-6, 7-6......
LONDON: Spain and Serbia are on the verge of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia after wins on Tuesday, while Croatia and Iceland are top of a very tight Group ‘I’.Spain followed up......
KUALA LUMPUR: South Korea secured a ninth straight appearance at the World Cup with a 0-0 draw against Uzbekistan on Tuesday while Saudi Arabia claimed their place at the finals in Russia next year......
JOHANNESBURG: Tiny Cape Verde Islands catapulted themselves into surprise World Cup contention with a 2-1 victory away to South Africa on Tuesday as the identity of the African qualifiers for next......
MONTEVIDEO: Argentina and Chile’s World Cup qualification hopes were left on a knife-edge on Tuesday after the South American heavyweights slipped up once again on the road to next year’s finals in......
LAHORE: For the first time, eight cricketers in all the eight regional squads for the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy — country’s premier first-class tournament — have been picked through player draft.These......
SAN PEDRO SULA (Honduras): Hamburg striker Bobby Wood scored a late equaliser to salvage a crucial 1-1 draw for the United States in their World Cup qualifier with Honduras on Tuesday.A well-taken......
PARIS: The French government unveiled plans Wednesday to put an end to oil and gas production on its territory in a largely symbolic move it hopes will inspire bigger producing nations to copy.Under......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government collected revenue of more than Rs1 trillion from the oil and gas sector in 2016-17.The oil and gas sector is the single largest revenue contributor to the national......
KARACHI: Karachi-based retailers increased on Wednesday the price of onion to Rs100-120 per kilogram from Rs80 a day ago.Its retail price started rising from Rs30 per kg about 10 days before Eidul......
KARACHI: Cigarette production dropped 35 per cent in 2016-17 to 34 billion sticks from 53bn sticks a year ago.Pakistan has been one of the top producers of cigarettes due to vast availability of......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has deferred the notification of Whistleblowing Regulations 2017 since a similar bill titled ‘Public Interest Disclosure Bill......
KARACHI: Industry leaders on Wednesday feared the country might lose its GSP+ status in the January 2018 review if it does not get certification on important international conventions related to......
ISLAMABAD: Business of all sizes continue to struggle to access sufficient credit, resulting in a global trade financing gap of $1.5 trillion in 2016, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).In......
KARACHI: Frenzied buying was witnessed on the cotton market on Wednesday following reports that the New York cotton market scrambled to a new seasonal high in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.The......
LONDON: Gold rose on Wednesday towards the one-year high hit earlier this week, boosted by tensions on the Korean peninsula and a lower dollar due to growing expectations the Federal Reserve will......
MUMBAI: A senior official at India’s capital markets regulator warned on Wednesday about the impact of “huge” foreign investments on the rupee and called for ways to manage the inflows through “a......
FRANKFURT: Fewer than ten of the approximately 40 banks that conduct EU business out of London have applied so far for a licence to continue banking in the bloc after Britain leaves, regulatory......
KARACHI: A day after his interview that hit the headlines, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday defended the performance of his party’s government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Commerce Secretary Younus Dagha has recused himself from disciplinary proceedings against former principal information officer (PIO) Rao Tehsin in the news story row, the......
ISLAMABAD: It’s safe to say that most people in Pakistan were glad that Malala Yousafzai, then a 15-year-old student, did not die from the bullet wounds a group of Taliban militants left in her face......
ISLAMABAD: Reports that universities and higher education institutions are rapidly becoming hubs of extremism and breeding grounds for militant organisations abound, leaving parents, teachers and......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday directed the chief secretary of Punjab to make arrangements for installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at all......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi reviewed on Wednesday the power situation in the country.The water and power secretary gave a detailed briefing on the demand and supply situation in......
LAHORE: The Supreme Court has sought a detailed report from the Lahore High Court (LHC) registrar on the events of hooliganism by lawyers at the Multan bench and the principal seat of the LHC, and......
WASHINGTON: While encouraging members of the BRICS alliance to continue playing a constructive role in stabilising the world, the United States reminded Pakistan on Wednesday that it “must change its......
KARACHI: A video clip in which a constable has declared that excesses being perpetrated in India-held Kashmir have forced him to quit the police force has been shared widely by social media users.“I......
RAWALPINDI: Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa said on Wednesday that Pakistan was ready to help the United States and Nato for peace in Afghanistan, but Pakistan’s security concerns need to be......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday expressed displeasure with the performance of Balochistan National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Director General Irfan Naeem Mangi, whose negligence, the......
THREE years into his tenure as prime minister, Narendra Modi is riding high. With the next election due in 2019 even Modi’s opponents expect him to win a second term quite possibly with an increased......
THERE must be moments in Mian Nawaz Sharif’s mind when he questions whether it has all been worth it.The humiliation at the unfeeling hands of Z.A. Bhutto’s nationalisation, the confiscation of his......
IF you hide from reality for long enough, you can land up in a place from where it is next to impossible to find your way back. Something like that may be happening to Pakistan, where for more than a......
MERCIFULLY enough, the hysterical dirges in response to President Trump’s blitz against Pakistan that were as unbecoming of an independent state as Ayub Khan’s boast about this country being the most......
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Sun Weidong on Wednesday assured Pakistan that nothing new has been demanded of it with respect to the recently-adopted BRICS declaration against terrorist groups.The......
Two people allegedly associated with the Ansar-ul-Shariah Pakistan (ASP) group tied to the attack on Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Khwaja Izharul Hasan were arrested in Balochistan......
