The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday directed ARY News to respond to a complaint filed by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) against its report on a list of lawmakers......
Bismah Maroof was appointed captain of the women's One Day International (ODI) cricket team by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday, replacing Sana Mir.The 26-year-old left-hander was named......
Senator Farhatullah Babar on Saturday submitted a call-to-attention notice in Senate regarding a recent report that intelligence agencies were "shielding" terrorists.Babar's notice — based on a......
A legal team — on behalf of the chief of the banned Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), Hafiz Saeed — on Friday sent a Rs100 million defamation notice to Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif for his remarks at the Asia......
South African star players JP Duminy and Wayne Parnell have consented to play in the third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL3), sources said on Friday.With the PSL draft expected mid-October, as......
Consistent Pakistan middle-order batsman Azhar Ali completed 5,000 runs in the longer format during the third day's play in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday.The 32-year-old beceme the......
Muharram processions in all major cities of Pakistan culminated peacefully at their designated destinations on Saturday evening.Mourners across the country today paid homage to the martyrdom of Imam......
Balochistan's Frontier Corps (FC) on Saturday successfully averted an attempt at targeting Muharram commiserations in Quetta, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release.According......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday decided to allow national players with central contracts to fly out to the Bangladesh Premier League and the Global T20 League if they ascertain that they......
Pakistan trailed Sri Lanka by 153 runs in an evenly balanced first test after reaching stumps at 266-4 on the third day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.Azhar Ali was 74 not out as Pakistan......
Two female college students in Jhelum were found to have been playing the dangerous Blue Whale challenge, a game that encourages self-harm and eventual suicide among its victims, after it emerged......
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“Mum, I will have my breakfast quickly as I am getting late for school. My friends are already waiting for me at the school,” Sagheer told his mother while he was brushing his teeth.“Dear, tell your......
Teachers’ Day is around the corner and if you want to present something worth remembering to your teacher, here is a standing card that can be placed anywhere.Glue stickGlue tubeThree coloured papers......
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Chan Dan Ya, Mandarin for ‘egg-producing cliff’, is a 19ft high and 65ft long cliff. It has an uneven surface but every three decades, it emits these odd-shaped rocks.Residents in the nearby village,......
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“Meet the ‘angry old lady’ of the school but stay away from her as much as you can. Nobody is spared from her wrath!” whispered Sara in my ear as we walked pass an empty secondary class where an old......
I admit that like other students in my class, I was guilty of mocking and making fun of my teachers. In fact, quite a lot of students do the same. Whether it is imitating the teachers’......
AFTER the excitement over the by-election in Lahore’s NA-120 had died down, pundits began wondering about the significance of the recent emergence of a new political outfit, the Milli Muslim......
ARMY chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s interaction at GHQ with the House committees on defence was a welcome development and more so his commitment that he was happy to appear before parliament or......
PAKISTAN has decided to opt for a paradigm shift in its foreign policy. It has also for the first time wisely used its strategic location for deriving long-term economic benefits for the people of......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Protection and Welfare Commission is facing serious financial problems within six years of its establishment and thus, causing fears about the closure of many......
PESHAWAR: Poets, writers and intellectuals gathered here on Friday to appreciate a new poetry collection ‘Su Jawanda Mazal’ (the journey through lives) recently published and authored by a noted......
CHITRAL: The Golen Gol Hydropower Project (GGHP) is near completion but the villagers of Chitral fear that they will be deprived of the electricity generated through the scheme as Peshawar Electric......
ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary panel on accountability laws cannot figure out how to bring the superior judiciary and the armed forces under the ambit of proposed anti-graft legislation.The National......
ISLAMABAD: The police helped free 15 of a family who were being held as bonded labourers by a brick kiln owner.The police produced the family in the Islamabad High Court which set them free.Talking......
“I came to Islamabad from Battagram about 26 years ago, and have been selling balloons for the last 15 years on crutches as I lost the use of both my legs during a surgery on my backbone. Before......
LAHORE: Turkish educationists affiliated with Pak-Turk schools appealed on Friday to the Pakistan government not to repatriate them, pleading they would be persecuted in Turkey at the hands of the......
LAHORE: The Punjab Police unveiled on Friday a stringent security plan for Muharram 9 and 10.More than 200,000 police officers, Pakistan Qaumi Razaqar and volunteers will perform duties at majalis......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Dr Yasmin Rashid’s ‘Thank you campaign’ is becoming an election campaign for the next general elections in NA-120. Disqualified prime minister Nawaz......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court sentenced on Friday a man to death and life in prison to two others in a case pertaining to the murder of a jail official.The court handed down capital punishment to......
KARACHI: With the clearance of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) route from encroachment, the project is ready to take off by the mid of December when its tender process will be completed for award of......
KARACHI: Civil society representatives have called upon the Election Commission of Pakistan to withdraw the election symbols representing weapons in order to change the culture of society and reduce......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Friday claimed to have arrested two suspects allegedly involved in criminal activities and seized illegal arms and ammunition from an office of the MQM-London......
KARACHI: The mourning procession of the 8th of Muharram with a large number of participants culminated at Hussainian Iranian Imambargah in Kharadar under tight security on Friday.The main procession......
COX’S BAZAR: More than 60 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar are believed to have drowned when their boat capsized, the latest victims in what the United Nations says is the world’s......
TAPA: Britain is “unconditionally committed” to European security despite Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May told British troops stationed with Nato in Estonia on Friday, as EU leaders met to discuss......
NEW YORK: Journalist Richard Pyle, whose long and accomplished Associated Press career spanned the globe and a half-century of crisis, war, catastrophe and indelible moments in news reporting, died......
MUMBAI: A stampede on an overcrowded Mumbai railway bridge, lashed by a monsoon storm, killed at least 22 people Friday and raised new safety questions about one of the world’s biggest rail......
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THE Sri Lankans, having finished their first innings with an imposing total, must surely be in a comfort zone and in position to press home the advantage of batting first and then keeping the home......
ABU DHABI: Captain Dinesh Chandimal made an unbeaten 155 as Sri Lanka put the pressure on Pakistan on the second day of the first Test here at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Friday.Openers Sami Aslam......
SYDNEY: Former Australia captain Ian Chappell believes England ‘haven’t got a hope in hell’ of winning the Ashes if all-rounder Ben Stokes is sidelined following a street brawl outside a Bristol......
SOUTHAMPTON: Chris Gayle lit up the gloom with a breathtaking cameo in the fifth and final One-day International here on Friday before a late flurry of runs propelled the West Indies to a competitive......
POTCHEFSTROOM: Bangladesh face a long haul in their bid to fight their way back into contention against South Africa after ending the second day of the first Test on 127 for three, still 369 behind......
LONDON: Arsenal led a list of nine clubs who grabbed a second win in as many games in the Europa League group phase as France striker Olivier Giroud scored his 100th goal for the club in a 4-2 win at......
LONDON: Birmingham’s bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be submitted on Saturday after the British government gave the green light.The central English city could end up as sole bidder, with......
SEPANG: Sebastian Vettel enjoyed the perfect start to his Malaysian Grand Prix weekend with the German smashing the all-time Sepang lap record as Ferrari put the pressure on Lewis Hamilton before a......
KARACHI: Tennis ace Aqeel Khan, who steered Pakistan to Davis Cup group I in 2018, said the country has a little edge over South Korea in the first round clash which takes place at the grasscourt in......
WUHAN: Australia’s Ashleigh Barty continued her impressive run at the Wuhan Open as she stormed past French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-0 to reach the final here on Friday.Unseeded Barty......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) kept the policy rate unchanged at 5.75 per cent for the next couple of months, a statement by the central bank said on Friday.The SBP expects the economic......
KARACHI: Consumer confidence has increased in the wake of improved economy and higher expectations for future economic growth, results of a State Bank survey show.SBP’s Consumer Confidence Survey —......
ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company Limited (KPOGCL) has signed a joint collaboration agreement with Eriell Oilfield Services B.V., a Russian company.An MoU was signed on Friday......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) mobilised savings of Rs50 billion in the first quarter (July-Sept) of this fiscal year.The CDNS has set Rs250bn net target for 2017-18,......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Friday recommended Rs2.17 and Rs2.35 per litre increase in the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) and petrol, respectively, effective from Oct......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan can immensely benefit from a new laboratory opened by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to combat insect pests that spread disease and damage crop.The new laboratory......
ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has introduced a comprehensive policy for a centralised internal audit system across all provincial departments, offices and autonomous bodies.The......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is weighing all legal and negotiable settlement options under international arbitration laws for the annulment of the compensation awarded to Turkish firm Karkey Karadeniz.Under......
WASHINGTON: The United States and Nato have jointly urged Pakistan not to see the new US strategy for South Asia as a move to isolate it.“One reason why we welcome the new US strategy announced by......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Rules of Procedures and Privileges on Friday decried a lending policy of commercial financial institutions barring parliamentarians from......
ISLAMABAD: A senior parliamentarian has expressed concern over allegations of an Intelligence Bureau (IB) official who accused his seniors of having links with terrorists.The legislator also......
LAHORE: A six-member team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday visited the Jati Umra residence of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif with bailable arrest warrants for his daughter,......
ISLAMKOT: As Pakistan bets on cheap coal in the Thar desert to resolve its energy crisis, a select group of women is eyeing a road out of poverty by snapping up truck-driving jobs that once only went......
ISLAMABAD: A leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Andleeb Abbas, has written a letter to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi urging him to obtain resignation from Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.The......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman has that Pakistan being a peace-loving country supports peace in the region, including in the Middle East.According to a Pakistan Air......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ban a new party backed by Hafiz Saeed, who carries a $10 million US bounty on his head for alleged involvement......
GILGIT: An Anti-Terrorism Court has asked Shabbir Saham, an Islamabad-based journalist, to appear before it on Oct 7 for the hearing of a case registered against him for allegedly defaming some PML-N......
RAWALPINDI: Five days after the flag of militant Islamic State (IS) group was seen in Islamabad and a day after chalking of a local banned sectarian outfit cropped up on electric poles in the......
ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Friday estimated 20 per cent shortage of irrigation water in the upcoming Rabi crop season and advised the political leadership to start building......
WASHINGTON: Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif is likely to meet US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington on Wednesday for resuming bilateral talks initiated in New York last week.The US......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has convened a meeting of its general council on Oct 2 and 3 to formally begin the process of re-electing ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif as the......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday threw down the gauntlet to opposition parties, saying that if they wanted to unseat Syed Khursheed Shah, they should come up with the required......
ISLAMABAD: The apex body for civil-military coordination on national security matters on Friday vowed to defend Pakistan against all forms of external aggression, placing a particular emphasis on......
More than 60 Rohingya Muslim refugees are feared dead after a boat carrying them from Myanmar capsized, leaving distraught relatives to hold burials on Friday in squalid Bangladesh camps which the......
As terrorism recedes in Pakistan, tourism appears to be on the rise, with more than thrice the number of international tourists travelling to the country in 2016 as compared to just three years ago,......
