Pakistan is among a handful of Muslim countries that are feeling the pinch of United States (US) President Donald Trump's visa ban about six months in, with 26 per cent fewer non-immigrant visas......
Three people, including a soldier, were killed and four others injured by heavy shelling across the Line of Control (LoC) by Indian troops in Rawalakot on Friday, Inter-Services Public Relations......
A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team on Friday was unable to deliver arrest warrants issued against the Sharif children — Hassan, Hussain and Maryam — at their Jati Umra residence.An......
Members of the National Security Committee on Friday were briefed on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif's recent foreign trips during a high-level meeting......
Members of an NA committee on Friday protested against a list allegedly issued by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) which is said to contain the names of over 37 lawmakers suspected of having links with......
A man died on the spot while another was injured when an unidentified vehicle hit their car at the Mataro Bus Stop near Talhar town on the Badin-Hydeabad road late on Thursday night, police said.As a......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued gain lost ground in the last session of the week, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining 46 points to cross the 42,400 mark.Hitting a day's high of......
A division bench of the Sindh High Court's Hyderabad circuit on Friday stayed the proceedings in a case against four people who were booked on charges of blasphemy in Jamshoro a day earlier.On......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday filed its first progress report regarding the references against the Sharif family and Ishaq Dar to Justice Ijazul Ahsan, who has been appointed the......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday filed a reference against nine officers of the provincial education department for allegedly recruiting hundreds of "fake" teachers in......
A suicide bomber posing as a shepherd blew himself up near a Shia mosque in Kabul on Friday killing at least six people, police said, as Muslims prepare to observe the holy month of MuharramThe......
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday took notice of an application filed by a university student pertaining to the high fees liable to be paid by applicants for job vacancies,......
Sri Lankan Captain Dinesh Chandimal made an unbeaten 155 as Sri Lanka put the pressure on Pakistan on the second day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Friday.Openers Sami Aslam (31 not out) and Shan......
China has stepped up pressure on automakers to accelerate development of electric cars by raising the first-year target for a planned system of production quotas but delayed its roll out from next......
At least three people were injured in a suspected hand grenade blast near MMC Hospital on Peshawar's Ring Road on Friday.Police officials termed the nature of the explosion as a hand grenade blast,......
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the Islamabad High Court's decision to set free two men who had been charged with murdering a police officer and injuring three others.Justice Asif Saeed Khosa,......
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday challenged the verdict of an anti-terrorism court in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, arguing that the two guilty policemen as well as the five men......
The White House has launched an internal probe of the use of private email for official business by senior aides to President Donald Trump, news outlet Politico reported on Thursday.The......
President Donald Trump eased shipping restrictions on storm-battered Puerto Rico Thursday, as he faced sharp criticism for the painfully slow response to Hurricane Maria.A week after the Category......
The Islamic State group released a recording on Thursday of what it says is its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, calling on jihadists under pressure in Syria and Iraq to "resist" their enemies.In his......
Praised to the skies and bearing great hopes, they went on to disappoint the world: as the case of Aung San Suu Kyi shows, Nobel Peace Prize winners have not always lived up to expectations.The......
A commuter stampede on a Mumbai railway bridge lashed by a monsoon storm during the morning rush hour on Friday killed at least 22 people and injuring 32 others, officials said.Dozens of people took......
MUMBAI: An Indian court on Thursday charged the former editor of a renowned news magazine with raping a female colleague four years ago, the prosecutor said.Tarun Tejpal pleaded not guilty to charges......
BRUSSELS: From the risk of mass unemployment to the deployment of autonomous robotics by criminal organisations or rogue states, the new Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics has been set......
After an Anti-terrorism court in Sibi granted bail to Nawabzada Gazeen Marri, the son of Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri in a 2004 murder case on Friday, Quetta district administration detained him under......
Residents of Karachi experienced suspension of cellular services on Friday, the 8th of Muharram, ahead of Ashura.The irked Karachi citizens took to social media to post that they stopped receiving......
SHANGLA: A recently-built bridge on Kana River collapsed and fell into the river here on Thursday, disconnecting various villages of Koz Kana union council from rest of the district.According to......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa information minister Shah Farman has claimed that the federal government is creating problems for the provincial government and thus, delaying the completion of its......
PESHAWAR: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas Tribunal on Thursday adjourned the hearing into a petition of Dr Shakil Afridi once again against the upholding of his conviction by an appellate......
PESHAWAR: An oral anti-hepatitis C drug started by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in March this year, has shown 95 per cent efficacy rate, according to officials.“The drug has replaced injections......
PESHAWAR: Calling for peace in Afghanistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Thursday said international forces would have to set aside their political motives to find out......
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Thursday arranged a poster making competition to mark World Peace Day.As many as 113 posters prepared by the students of 15 secondary schools from the......
ISLAMABAD: Rabies is a preventable disease transmitted to humans through the bite of infected animals. However, in Pakistan 99pc cases are caused by dog bites.This was stated by Executive Director......
FUUAST plagued by alleged corruptionThe Federal Urdu University of Science and Arts (FUUAST) may be losing credibility due to mismanagement and corruption allegations, but no concrete action has been......
LAHORE: Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has indicated that a new law governing police in the province will be passed in the next sitting of the provincial assembly amid reports showing home department’s......
LAHORE: Around 3,000 more Afghan students will pursue their higher education in different universities of Pakistan under Allama Muhammad Iqbal Scholarship Programme funded by the Higher Education......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday directed the Punjab advocate general to submit record of all public sector companies in the province, their legal status and salaries and perks enjoyed......
SIALKOT: A woman succumbed to her injuries on Thursday – a week after she was hospitalised following Indian forces’ firing across the border. The death toll rose to seven.Tasleem Bibi, 53, wife of......
LAHORE: The chief minister has announced launching motorcycle ambulance service in all the nine divisions of Punjab from next month.“For the first time, timely first-aid will be available to people......
LAHORE: A book titled “Beyond Our Degrees of Separation” written by Judith Ravin and Muhammad Hassan Miraj was launched at the Fazal-e-Hussian reading room of the Government College University here......
KARACHI: There is no specified law against gutka-related ‘offence’ due to which police register cases under sections which prescribe a prison sentence of six months only.Inspector General of Police......
HYDERABAD: Health experts speaking at a seminar called for raising awareness of hepatitis and preventive measures among people to prevent its further spread. Describing the disease as a silent......
KARACHI: A 33-inch-diameter water supply pipeline of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board was damaged during work being carried out on the Greenline Bus project on Thursday, suspending the water......
KARACHI: The strict warning given by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday for bringing down prices of vegetables and taking profiteers to task did not provide any relief to consumers on......
LOS ANGELES: Hugh Hefner, the silk pajama-wearing founder of Playboy who helped escort nudity into the American mainstream, died on Wednesday, the company announced. He was 91 years old.Hefner,......
BARCELONA: At least 10,000 striking high school and university students rallied in Barcelona on Thursday to defend Catalonia’s right to hold an independence referendum which Madrid has vowed to......
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the lower house of parliament on Thursday, paving the way for a snap election on Oct 22.Abe is widely seen as trying to reconsolidate his grip on......
HONG KONG: Hundreds gathered outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on Thursday to mark the third anniversary of mass pro-democracy rallies known as the Umbrella Movement, as fears grow......
ARBIL: Turkey threatened potentially crippling restrictions on oil trading with Iraqi Kurds on Thursday after they backed independence from Baghdad in a referendum that has alarmed Ankara as it faces......
KARACHI: Rawalpindi, United Bank Limited (UBL) and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) all took a day off after sealing three-day victories in the opening round of the Quad-i-Azam Trophy......
WUHAN: French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko beat Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the Wuhan Open quarter-finals on Thursday.Ostapenko came from a break down in the deciding set,......
ABU DHABI: Opener Dimuth Karunaratne fell seven runs short of a deserved century as he anchored Sri Lanka’s fightback on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on......
IT was no less than dull and dreary proceedings on the first day of the Test series opener here on Thursday.The Sri Lankans — struggling against some tight bowling by Pakistan — batted at a funeral......
POTCHEFSTROOM: Bangladesh’s decision to bowl first on the opening day of the series backfired in a big way as South Africa cruised to 298-1 at stumps on the opening day of the first Test on......
BANGALORE: Opener David Warner hit a sparkling century in his 100th One-day International to help Australia down India by 21 runs and pull off a consolation win on Thursday.Warner’s blazing 124 and......
LONDON: Ben Stokes will not be considered for England international matches ‘until further notice’ after a video emerged apparently showing him fighting outside a nightclub, the England and Wales......
LONDON: More routs, stunning losses and late drama made for a standout night in the Champions League on Wednesday.Paris St Germain sent out a statement of intent as they tore apart five-time European......
KARACHI: Fearing a devaluation of the rupee, Pakistanis have started piling up dollars in their foreign currency accounts.This has resulted in an increase of $1.2 billion in foreign currency deposits......
ISLAMABAD: The representatives of the liquefied natural gas (LPG) stakeholders and the government failed to reach agreement on the product price for consumers as the private sector blamed the......
KARACHI: The six-lane 19.5km-long Eastbay Expressway in Gwadar will be developed by China Communication Construction Company (CCCC), which will give Rs15 billion interest-free loan, said Minister of......
ISLAMABAD: The International Development Association (IDA) will give the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government a soft loan of $50 million to implement a project to develop tourist sites including Chitral,......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) received just 178,945 tax returns until Sept 28 for the tax year 2016-17.The government is considering to extend the last date for the second time for......
KARACHI: Stocks recovered after a five-day losing spell with gains of 73 points (0.17 per cent) to close at 42,363 on Thursday.Trading remained range-bound, making the intraday high and low by 166......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves amounted to $20 billion on Sept 22, down $48.1 million or 0.24 per cent from a week ago, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on......
SIALKOT: National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs on Thursday urged the government to support the leather industry as well as boost efforts for diversification......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday said that Pakistan has offered attractive investment and liberal foreign exchange regime that guarantees equal treatment to foreign and......
KARACHI: Declining buying interest from spinners owing to slackness in yarn and fabric markets pushed cotton prices lower for the second consecutive session on Thursday.Falling trend witnessed in......
LONDON: Gold touched a six-week low on Thursday after the dollar and US bond yields rose on proposed US tax reforms and strong economic data that supported the case for another US interest rate hike......
QUETTA: Former teachers of Pak-Turk schools have expressed serious concern over the recent kidnapping of their colleague from Lahore, demanding that the Turkish family be recovered......
KARACHI: Police on Thursday claimed to have killed five alleged militants, who were apparently planning to attack a Muharram procession using a remote-controlled vehicle, in an ‘encounter’ off the......
ISLAMABAD: Former director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa got the first command post as a three-star general on Thursday in a triangular reshuffle in......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that the youth of Balochistan should not be misled by anti-state propaganda being spread by certain elements from abroad with......
KARACHI: On Aug 14 this year, the day Pakistan turned 70, a teenage girl from Ali Brohi Goth, which is in the suburbs of Karachi and a 10-minute motorbike ride away from the more popular Ibrahim......
KARACHI: In a startling addition to the ambulance controversy in connection with the Panama Papers case, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Naeemul Haq on Thursday accused the Intelligence Bureau......
ISLAMABAD: Admitting that certain institutions in the country lacked transparency and accountability, former information minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Senator Pervaiz Rashid said there......
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court against an anchorperson of a private television channel.The petition, filed through his counsel......
CHITRAL: Amidst their many disputes and arguments, all Pakistanis can agree on this: there is only one Quaid-i-Azam.Mohammad Ali Jinnah stands peerless amongst his compatriots, past and present, as......
COX’S BAZAR: At least 10 children and four women were killed when a boat carrying Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized off Bangladesh on Thursday, as the number of new arrivals topped......
ISLAMABAD: The provinces on Thursday rejected oil and gas regulatory reforms proposed by the federal government on the advice of the World Bank, and, instead, demanded a greater role for them in the......
ISLAMABAD: The prosecution of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has excluded members of the Joint Investigation Team — except JIT head Wajid Zia — from its list of 28 witnesses against Finance......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday again asked the counsel for Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan to clear his client of the allegations that he did not suppress certain information and......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday said that there was no organised presence of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Pakistan.During his weekly press briefing, when FO spokesman Nafees......
LAHORE: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday held a meeting with controversial real estate tycoon Malik Riaz to seek through him the support of Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali......
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has once again spoken boldly about Pakistan’s need to reflect on flawed security policy choices of the past and urgently put its house in order today.Predictably, Mr......
MANY Lahore-based journalists would be familiar with Mesut Kacmaz as the man behind the Rumi Forum and as someone closely associated with the quite prominent Pak-Turk schools. On Wednesday morning, a......
COULD it be argued that there are good and bad extremists just as there are good and bad Muslims? If so, the proposal to identify extremists in universities might be misplaced.Extremism has become......
SOMEONE has called for an early general election. Someone we don’t really have much trust in. It is ‘natural’ for many of us here to dismiss his talk as the roar of a perpetually dangerous simpleton......
THE Sindh government’s apathy towards gender inequity in education is almost proverbial. I was, therefore, taken aback when the minister for literacy and education in the province quoted the age-old......
THE ejection of Médecins Sans Frontières from Kurram Agency made headlines earlier this month. MSF, an independent medical charity and winner of the Nobel Prize in 1999, is known for its sterling......
Two senior Central Jail officials in Karachi were arrested on Thursday over alleged obstruction of the investigation of a jailbreak involving two high-profile militants in June.The Counter-Terrorism......
American women of South Asian descent have launched an organisation in New Jersey aimed at inspiring and empowering other women of the same ethnic background to have a greater voice in their......
Four people, including two women, were booked on blasphemy charges in Jamshoro on Thursday for solemnising a marriage under what is known as "Shariat-i-Latifi" (the Code of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai)......
