Five people, including a prayer leader, were arrested on Friday evening for their suspected involvement in marrying off a five-year-old girl to a 15-year-old boy in Dadu's Taluka Johi area allegedly......
Cricketing greats converged in Karachi to add excitement to the third edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) as its sixth franchise — Multan Sultans — cruised into PSL circuit in style, unveiling......
Twenty homes caught fire and a bomb was detonated near a mosque in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the government said on Friday, the latest unrest in a region that has seen hundreds of thousands of......
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani vowed on Friday that Iran would boost its missile capabilities despite warnings from Washington that it is ready to ditch a landmark nuclear deal over the issue.His......
Iraq's Kurds faced mounting international pressure on Friday, including from neighbouring Iran, to call off an independence referendum that the UN Security Council warned was potentially......
Fifteen people drowned and up to 15 more were missing on Friday after a fishing boat carrying migrants sunk off Turkey's Black Sea coast, the coast guard said.Forty migrants were rescued but search......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) fell flat on the closing day of the week, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index paring 25 points to close at 42,750 on Friday.Sliding to a day's low of 42,572 early in......
Acting Foreign Secretary Aitzaz Ahmed on Friday summoned Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale to "condemn the unprovoked ceasefire violations by Indian troops in Charwa sector, near the Working......
PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said that if former president Pervez Musharraf is "so brave" he should return to the country and face the courts.Zardari was speaking to the media a day......
The Senate on Friday passed the amended Election Bill 2017 amid a walkout by Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani.During proceedings in the Upper House, Senator Aitzaz Ahsan presented an amendment to the......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday arrested former National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) president Syed Ali Raza on charges of corruption after the Sindh High Court turned down Raza's bail......
It was the last over of the series decider match. The impassioned crowd at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore was at its feet as Rumman Raees bowled the final ball of the innings. I watched over from the media......
Saudi Arabia will "soon" undertake investments at Gwadar Port and join the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), The News has reported quoting Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan, Nawaf Saeed Ahmed......
London transport authorities announced Friday they would not renew Uber's licence to operate in the city when it expires on September 30 over public safety concerns, although it has three weeks to......
Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir informed Senate on Friday that the 41-nation Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism (IMAFT) will not take part in unrelated military operations.In a written......
Students from Government Islamia College in Faisalabad set four buses on fire on Friday after one of their classmates was crushed under a speeding bus, DawnNews reported.Haider, a second-year......
China has donated 330 pieces of office equipment including laptops, computers, scanners, printers and projectors to Pakistan's parliament, reported China's Xinhua news agency.The handover ceremony......
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-chairman Bill Gates on Thursday appreciated the progress achieved in eradication of polio over the last four years in Pakistan and expressed hope that the goal of......
In a small village in southern Bangladesh, hundreds of Hindu refugees from neighbouring Myanmar are being handed plates heaped with dal and rice, less than a mile from where desperate Muslim Rohingya......
Police arrested Nawabzada Gazeen Marri, wanted in the murder case of Justice Nawaz Marri, upon his arrival at Quetta airport on Friday, DawnNews reported.Gazeen Marri, the son of late Baloch......
Pakistan refuses to be a “scapegoat” for Afghanistan's bloodshed or to fight wars for others, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told the United Nations on Thursday.Addressing the UN General......
ISLAMABAD: The government is trying to downplay the international arbitration loss in a rental power project case to Turkish firm Karkey Karadeniz, which claims to have secured an $800 million......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign debt servicing amounted to $8.16 billion in 2016-17, up 53 per cent from the preceding fiscal year.The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Thursday that the country......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has supported the idea of setting up a provincial economic council to speed up industrialisation and increase job opportunities in the province.The......
ISLAMABAD: Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) posted a robust growth of nearly 13 per cent year-on-year in the first month of this fiscal year against the projected target of 6.3pc, the Pakistan......
KARACHI: Stakeholders in the oil industry have ruled out any shortage of petrol in the country saying that stocks are enough and imports are already lined up for arrival within this month.Oil......
KARACHI: The KSE-100 index lost 572 points (1.32 per cent) on Thursday to close at 42,775.04 on Thursday.The index made an intraday high of 43,387 points, but sank below the earlier day’s level as......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) issued guidelines for banks and microfinance banks on Thursday for clearing operations to help the general public quickly realise funds in their accounts.The......
GENEVA: The World Trade Organization on Thursday boosted its forecast for global trade growth in 2017 as commerce rebounded strongly, but cautioned that major threats could still derail the positive......
KARACHI: Buyers remained in the forefront on Thursday, pushing up cotton prices on ready deals as well as official spot rates.Higher demand originating from leading spinners and some exporters......
LONDON: Gold fell nearly 1 per cent to its lowest in almost four weeks on Thursday, shrugging off further weakness in the dollar, after the Federal Reserve signalled it was on track to raise US......
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan Deputy Governor Jameel Ahmad said on Thursday that workers’ remittances are a life line for the country’s external account balance.He was addressing the audience of a......
KARACHI: Prices of tomato reached Rs200 per kg in retail markets of the metropolis on Thursday, owing to the jump in wholesale prices.On Monday, the tomato price was Rs160 per kg, but on Tuesday and......
KARACHI: Recent media reports of an ‘oil slick’ affecting Clifton beach were false and actually it was sewage, which was apparently flushed out from a drain and made its way to the beach, pointed out......
KARACHI: Fortune finally smiled on around 3,000 disturbed and worried students of the Aisha Bawany Government College, which was closed down by the Aisha Bawany Trust, when an authorised official of......
KARACHI: As the Sindh High Court (SHC) restrained private educational institutions from raising their fee by more than five per cent, the education ministry on Thursday ordered relevant authorities......
HEC in tug-of-war with provincial HECsThe Higher Education Commission (HEC) is facing resistance from the provincial HECs in a tug-of-war over power.A few months ago, the HEC had decided to launch an......
ISLAMABAD: A sexual harassment committee at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has begun investigating a cardiac surgeon who was the first person to perform keyhole heart surgery in......
LAHORE: Mohammad Irfan expects to avoid a backlash from Pakistan fans after the paceman served a six-month ban for failing to disclose approaches made by bookmakers during a domestic T20 tournament......
KOLKATA: Kuldeep Yadav’s maiden hat-trick and a fluent 92 by Virat Kohli helped India cruise to a 50-run win over Australia in the second One-day International here at the Eden Gardens on......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will send its team to Pakistan for a Twenty20 International next month only after more security assessments.SLC chief executive Ashley de Silva said on Thursday that......
ROME: With a three-goal burst in the space of five minutes, Napoli showed why many believe the southern club has the potential to win their first Serie A title in nearly three decades.Overturning an......
BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund returned to the top of the Bundesliga on Wednesday after easing to a 3-0 victory over Hamburg with Japanese star Shinji Kagawa getting the scoring underway.Kagawa gave......
MADRID: Real Madrid suffered a shock 1-0 home defeat to Real Betis on Wednesday as an inspired performance from their former goalkeeper Antonio Adan and a stoppage-time winner from Antonio Sanabria......
LONDON: England’s top clubs showcased their strength in depth in the League Cup on Wednesday, with Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Everton all advancing to the last 16......
PESHAWAR: More than 100,000 undocumented Afghan nationals have registered themselves with the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) in one month and thus, securing the permission to......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Thursday said his government had prioritised the promotion of the girls’ education and therefore, more schools and colleges have been......
COX’S BAZAR: Bangladesh said on Thursday it had treated more than 2,350 Rohingya refugees for serious injuries sustained during ethnic violence in Myanmar, including bullet and machete wounds and......
NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump ordered new sanctions on Thursday that open the door wider to blacklisting people and entities doing business with North Korea, including its shipping and trade......
AN automated teller machine. The cash machine. In Britain, a cashpoint. ATMs turn 50 years old this year. They’re ubiquitous and possibly still a necessity, despite the big changes in how people pay......
NEW DELHI: India is considering supplying arms to Myanmar’s government in a sign of strong support for a neighbour that faces criticism for its crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.The arms were discussed......
UNITED NATIONS: Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was remembered at the 72nd UN General Assembly by Britain’s Theresa May who also reminded world leaders that no country had suffered......
UNITED NATIONS: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday that his US counterpart’s new strategy for South Asia had turned around the 16-year war against Taliban militants and other radical......
SRINAGAR: Authorities in India-held Kashmir claimed that suspected militants hurled a grenade at motorcade of a local government minister on Thursday, killing three civilians and wounding 30......
ANKARA: Turkey, Iran and Iraq have agreed to consider counter-measures against Kurdish northern Iraq over a planned independence referendum, Turkey’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.In a joint......
PARIS: L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, the world’s richest woman whose old age was clouded by dementia, has died at the age of 94, her family said on Thursday.“Liliane Bettencourt died last......
SAN JUAN: Flash floods brought fresh misery to Puerto Rico on Thursday after its infrastructure was shattered by Hurricane Maria as President Donald Trump declared the US territory a disaster......
WHEN, oh when, will our politicians, statesmen and dictators — mad or moderately sane — stop using the Second World War as a yardstick for their hatred and pride? Donald Trump turned his hand to it......
ON Monday, the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan plans to go ahead with a referendum on independence. Six days later, the regional government in Catalonia intends to hold its referendum on......
MACH: In Balochistan, one often comes across news in the local newspapers of coal miners dying deep inside mines. One such place is the congested yet green town of Mach in Kachhi district, where coal......
ISLAMABAD: The government assured the National Assembly on Thursday that implementation of long-awaited reforms in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) would start in the next 10 days and......
ISLAMABAD: Taking advantage of the absence of two key members of the ruling party, a Senate committee on Thursday demanded the resignation of the finance minister.“The committee recommends that......
UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi held a brief meeting with US President Donald Trump here on Tuesday evening during which the two leaders talked about the need to continue their......
ISLAMABAD: Former president and military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf stirred the pot on Thursday when he alleged that his successor, Asif Ali Zardari, was the “murderer” of Benazir Bhutto and......
LAHORE: At a time when the Sharif family faces immense pressure in the face of graft cases, the Lahore High Court’s decision in the Model Town killings case has come as a bolt from the blue for the......
LAHORE: A total of 34 suspected cases of H1N1 influenza have been reported so far in Punjab this year with only one case confirmed positive whereas last year 443 cases were reported resulting in 31......
ISLAMABAD: A day after Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani called for the expulsion of the ambassador of Switzerland to Pakistan, the Senate suspended its Pakistan-Switzerland friendship group for an......
KARACHI: Admirers of Pakistani music woke up to a pleasant surprise on Thursday morning when they saw Google pay tribute to Malika-i-Tarannum Noor Jehan by unveiling a doodle to mark the legendary......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that the number of convicts released on parole by provincial governments had decreased because the probation and reclamation departments......
MIRAMSHAH: In an event marked by considerable sporting enthusiasm, a UK cricket team clashed with a side comprising former Pakistan greats on Thursday and though the visitors lost the entertaining......
KARACHI: In a surprise move, the Sindh government on Thursday lodged an FIR against the National Bank of Pakistan over alleged illegal transfer of Rs294 million from its kitty to the Federal Board of......
ISLAMABAD: Members of seven National Assembly Standing Committees elected on Thursday new chairpersons of the committees.Posts of the chairpersons of five standing committees fell vacant after their......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A man gunned down his wife and her alleged friend in the name of honour in the Rabi Canal area of Dera Murad Jamali, police said on Thursday.Ali Muhammad Lehri allegedly opened......
SHOULDN’T a school teacher have some power and control over what happens in her class? Shouldn’t she be given the freedom to decide how to pace teaching, how to explain concepts and how to ensure......
IT seems the people of Lahore have committed a huge sin for which they must now be taken to task by their righteous advisers and those they have embarrassed at large. They have been found guilty of......
BUILDING bridges and removing walls characterise our times, despite some gaps. Enormous efforts are being made by various organisations and individuals to help build bridges among communities and......
SO now that the by-election advertised as the most ‘epic’ political contest in recent history is behind us, the corporate media is making sure that the ‘breaking news’ supply line keeps flowing. The......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in a meeting with United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres in New York on Thursday demanded the body appoint a special representative for Kashmir as......
