James Anderson became the first England bowler to take 500 Test wickets and just the sixth in history when he dismissed West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite on the second day of the third Test at......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, addressing a rally in Lahore on Friday in the run-up to the NA-120 by-poll, urged voters in the constituency to use their vote to show the Supreme......
All-rounder Shahid Afridi backed out of Afghan Twenty20 league on Friday citing personal reasons.He thanked the Afghan government, Afghan Cricket Board officials and the Speenghar Tigers — the team......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced a panel of umpires for next week's Independence Cup, which will be played between Pakistan and the World XI at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium.Aleem Dar,......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ended the week on a high, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 442 points, or 1.08 per cent, to close at 41,401 on Friday.The market remained bearish over the......
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of major cities on Friday to condemn a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, with many carrying placards that read, "Shame on Aung San Suu Kyi".The......
The Supreme Court (SC) will begin hearing review petitions filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his children challenging its verdict on the Panama Papers case on September 12, according to......
Seminary organisers in the town of Landi Kotal in the Federally Administered Tribal Area on Friday allegedly announced a ban on musical gatherings in the area, sources in the political administration......
Bowling sensation Hassan Ali said on Friday he wants to bowl out South Africa's Hashim Amla when he plays his first international match before a home crowd at next week's World XI tour in Lahore.Ali,......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday confirmed the death sentences of four terrorists involved in killings of 16 individuals and injuring 8 others, said an Inter-Services Public......
Russia claimed on Friday to have killed several top commanders of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in an air strike in Syria, including the US-trained “minister of war” who has a $3 million......
The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been formally told that she faces a possible trial over alleged misuse of public funds, the justice ministry said on Friday.“The attorney......
Maulana Abu Turab, the Balochistan ameer of Markazi Jamat Ahle Hadees, his son and his guard were kidnapped by unidentified assailants from Quetta's airport road on Friday.According to the police,......
A campaign was launched against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter after reports surfaced that the premier was following accounts on the social media platform that celebrated the murder......
China has tightened regulations on religious freedom, intensifying punishments for unsanctioned activities and increasing its supervision of certain groups in a bid to “block extremism” and tackle......
Four coal miners died from suffocation due to the presence of poisonous gas inside a coal mine in Quetta's Sanjdi area on Friday morning.Rescue officials said that two other miners fell unconscious......
The Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology on Friday expressed its concern over the low standard of milk, water and poultry farms in the country.Injections and antibiotics are used to......
Groundsmen are rolling down the pitches, welders are repairing barbed wire, and workers are splashing on a new coat of paint at Pakistan's centrepiece Qadhafi Stadium, which has witnessed both......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday inaugurated the country's fifth nuclear power plant C-4 at Chashma, Mianwali area, reported DawnNews.The C-4 plant is capable of generating 340MW......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday filed four corruption references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his three children and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in compliance with......
Karachi University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mohammad Ajmal said that the university administration cannot eliminate terrorism and extremism from the society on its own, as the entire country — not......
President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed efforts by the leader of Kuwait, a staunch American ally, to mediate a festering diplomatic crisis involving Qatar and its Arab neighbours that could have......
Hurricane Irma on Thursday pounded more of the Caribbean, shredding homes and weather records and leaving at least 12 people dead as it honed in on the United States, where up to a million people......
A rare and powerful 8.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico late Thursday, killing at least 15 people as seismologists warned of a tsunami of more than three metres.The quake hit offshore in......
Qatar is donating $30 million to help people in Texas recover from Harvey, its ambassador said on Thursday, as the Persian Gulf nation works to show it's a constructive global player amid a......
Karachi isn’t just a city. It’s an experience. Anyone who’s lived in Karachi knows that there isn’t a city that offers better biryani. The chai dhabas here are unparalleled. We have our own lord and......
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif arrived in China on Friday at the start of his regional outreach for consultations on the new US policy on Afghanistan and South Asia.Addressing a joint press conference......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday announced to cancel a project for construction of swimming pool on the premises of the Chief Minister’s House, following a social media......
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Senator Sirajul Haq here on Thursday set 24 hours deadline to the government to expel the ambassador of Myanmar otherwise his party workers would storm “red zone” in......
PESHAWAR: Sacked managing director of the Bank of Khyber Shamsul Qayyum has decided to challenge his termination by the government in the Peshawar High Court.On Wednesday, the finance department had......
PESHAWAR: The lawyers observed boycott of courts and staged protest demonstrations in Peshawar and several other districts against the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.The protesting lawyers......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to extend the army’s deployment in the capital city for three more months.According to officials of the interior ministry, the deployment was extended due to a......
No decision on HEC devolution yet againThe Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee (IPCC) could not reach a decision in its meeting on Thursday regarding the issue of the devolution of the Higher......
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has expressed concern over the involvement of students in violent activities, after a former Karachi University student’s alleged involvement in a......
TOKYO: North Korea’s latest nuclear test was part theatre, part propaganda and maybe even part fake. But experts say it was also a major display of something very real: Pyongyang’s mastery of much of......
Reacting to the insurgent attacks on some police outposts and an army camp on Aug 25, the Myanmar security forces have unleashed a “war” of sorts against the Rohingya Muslims — an ethnic minority......
DUBAI: With daring film-makers, untold stories and entertainment-starved young people, Saudi Arabia has all the makings of a local movie industry except for theatres.As the traditionally austere......
BEIRUT: Israel attacked a military site in Syria’s Hama province early on Thursday, the Syrian army said, and a war monitoring group said the target could be linked to chemical weapons production.The......
SEOUL: Dozens of people were injured in clashes between South Korean protesters and police on Thursday as the US military added more launchers to the high-tech missile-defence system it installed in......
WASHINGTON: SpaceX successfully launched a secret US Air Force space plane on Thursday ahead of the arrival in Florida of Hurricane Irma.Live images broadcast by the California aerospace company......
AQABA: Jordan, a water-poor country that is 90-per cent desert, on Thursday launched a project to turn its sand dunes into farming land to produce food using sun and sea water.King Abdullah II and......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday directed Punjab home secretary to decide by Sept 11 a representation of Jamatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and four other leaders against their detention.Justice......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf candidate for by-election Dr Yasmin Rashid on Thursday reiterated her concerns about pre-poll rigging stating that her party had submitted 17 petitions to the......
BAHAWALPUR: The building contractors held a sit-in outside the office of the executive engineer (EXEN) in protest against the government for not making payment of their outstanding bills amounting to......
VEHARI: Police claimed to have arrested a Class IX student who was accused of torturing his class fellow to death at the Government Model MC High School, Burewala, on Aug 30.Model Town Station House......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday acquitted seven men in one of the nine cases police had registered in the Kasur child abuse scandal.The presiding judge, Chaudhry Muhammad Ilyas,......
KARACHI: Within the sacred space of the classroom, not only does a teacher have the power to transform lives, but also save them.This was an idea that echoed in the midst of dozens of teachers from......
KARACHI: After the posts of secretary and special secretary education and literacy, the school education and literacy department of the government of Sindh will now create a new post of ‘secretary......
KARACHI: Undeterred by its recent blunders which forced the department to cancel its three consecutive hearings organised with scant public participation in the month of Ramazan this year, the Sindh......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has planned to carry out a census of private schools in January next year.A senior official in the provincial education and literacy ministry said there were thousands......
PARIS: France, the Netherlands and Britain on Thursday sent water, emergency rations and rescue teams to their stricken territories in the Caribbean hit by Hurricane Irma, with aid efforts......
DOBSINA: As new smartphones hit the market month in month out, one Slovak technology buff is offering visitors to his vintage cellphone museum a trip down memory lane — to when cellphones weighed......
SOFIA: Other European holiday spots may be getting fed up with tourists, but not Bulgaria, where the government is sending thank-you postcards to some of the record numbers of visitors to the country......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi on Thursday called for nationwide support for the upcoming Independence Cup, which he reiterated would pave the way for resumption of......
3RD MARCH 2009Match time: 10amCall time for Ramiz Raja: 7:45amI live in Model Town in Lahore. It’s merely a 10-minute drive in the morning from home to Gaddafi Stadium through the Liberty roundabout......
LONDON: West Indies collapsed from 78 for two to 123 all out as England all-rounder Ben Stokes took six wickets to put the hosts in charge on day one of the series-deciding third Test at Lord’s on......
NEW YORK: Juan Martin del Potro sensationally gate-crashed the US Open again on Wednesday, stunning five-champion Roger Federer and shattering hopes of a first New York showdown between the Swiss......
LAHORE: A short training camp for Pakistan’s upcoming three-match T20 series against the World XI began at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday.Three of the 16-member squad already announced were absent......
SYDNEY: Sydney’s Olympic Stadium will host the second leg of Australia’s World Cup qualifier against Syria in October and also the home tie in the inter-continental playoff if Ange Postecoglou’s side......
COLOMBO: Skipper Virat Kohli hit a blazing half-century as India completed their rout of Sri Lanka on this tour, winning the one-off Twenty20 International by seven wickets in Colombo on Wednesday......
LAHORE: 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......
SANTO LIEBANA: Belgium’s Sander Armee claimed the 18th stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Thursday as a late attack from Chris Froome extended his lead over Vincenzo Nibali in the overall......
ISLAMABAD: The government is increasing the power generation capacity and is formally going to announce an end to loadshedding across the country in November this year, Minister of State for Power......
KARACHI: The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has urged the Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) to exempt the exports of all kinds of services from sales tax.Acknowledging that the provinces have the right......
KARACHI: Domestic debt servicing played a key role in the record high fiscal deficit in 2016-17 as its share in the deficit was 65.4 per cent.The latest data of Ministry of Finance revealed that......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves amounted to $20.38 billion on Aug 31, up $386 million or 1.9 per cent from a week ago, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on......
BEIJING: China’s fifth-largest state-owned bank has had its credit rating downgraded to junk status by Moody’s, the latest sign of fragility in the country’s financial system.The decision to......
KARACHI: Stocks remained on a slippery slope on Thursday with the KSE-100 index breaking through the 41,000-point support level.The index lost 431.34 points (1.4 per cent) to close at the 10-month......
Karachi: Gold prices on Thursday climbed up to Rs52,650 per tola and Rs 45,128 per 10 grams, up by Rs450 per tola and Rs386 per 10gm as compared to the price prevailing on Wednesday.On September 1,......
KARACHI: Deposits in branchless banking accounts at the end of June amounted to Rs15.4 billion, up 95 per cent from a quarter go.According to branchless banking statistics released by the State Bank......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday said Pakistan is committed to the objective of regional connectivity as it believes that the future of the region lies in greater connectivity with......
ATHENS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the International Monetary Fund should step back from its role in European bailouts breaking with a widely accepted policy adopted when......
KARACHI: Brisk activity was witnessed on the cotton market for the second consecutive session on Thursday as strong demand from needy spinners and some exporters pushed lint prices higher.The......
LONDON: The price of gold rose to a one-year peak on Thursday after the dollar tumbled on the back of weak US jobs data and an unchanged growth and inflation outlook from the European Central Bank......
LONDON: Nestle and Unilever both snapped up small, artisanal brands on Thursday, part of a drive by big food firms to boost slowing sales with products seen as ethical or healthy.Changing consumer......
FRANKFURT: Germany’s BMW is gearing up to mass produce electric cars by 2020 and will to have 12 different models by 2025, it said on Thursday, as traditional manufacturers race to catch up with US......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Energy has agreed to work out a mechanism with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf to end power thefts and resolve power crisis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Under the workable......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday informed British High Commissioner Thomas Drew that Pakistan’s security agencies were keeping a close watch on banned organisations and that the......
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet, which met under Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday, granted a three-year extension to the Inquiry Commission on Enforced Disappearances that had been set......
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday refused to recognise the Milli Muslim League (MML) — a political front of the Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) — as a legitimate political......
KARACHI: The chief of Britain’s main opposition party, Jeremy Corbyn, has come out in support of Pakistan and urged the world to respect the country.In an interview to BBC Urdu, Mr Corbyn said it was......
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan came close to demilitarising the Siachen Glacier in 1989, 1992 and 2006, on all occasions during Congress party governments, a former Indian foreign secretary has......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a reference seeking disqualification of estranged Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MNA Aaisha Gulalai and......
QUETTA: Abdul Khaliq has a wish. He wants to be visible. Here in Quetta’s Millennium Mall, another temple to our millennial anxieties about acquisition and looks, Khaliq’s need to be noticed should......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) approved on Thursday four corruption references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his three children and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party has decided to file three appeals against the recent court decision in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case. The appeals will be filed by Latif Khosa on behalf of......
ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee (IPCC) on Thursday formally agreed to the federal government’s proposal to allow the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to use provisional......
ISLAMABAD: With the government reconsidering a foreign policy priorities, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday the country’s interests would take precedence over other considerations in all......
I CAN always tell when Javed, a cook working in our neighbourhood, is worried about something. When I ask him how he is his worry is the first thing he mentions. And a lot of times it is about the......
THE chorus has somewhat died down. Initially, much was made of the NA-120 election being a fight between women. Much symbolism was associated with the coincidence that both the big parties, the PML-N......
THE third day of this last July necessitated a visit to Islamabad from my home station Abbottabad. I woke up a little after dawn and set out soon thereafter. It was a beautiful morning. On our way,......
THE Rohingyas of Myanmar are back on the front pages, their desperate plight confirming that the ‘civilised’ world of the 21st century is still a living hell for what the legendary anti-imperialist......
