Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by two wickets in a sensational last over finish in the second Twenty20 international in Abu Dhabi on Friday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.Shadab......
Police recovered a child from a religious seminary in Tando Mohammad Khan where he had been kept bound in chains, officials said on Friday.According to initial reports, 10-year-old Abdul Ghaffar......
Egyptian authorities claimed to have killed 13 “terrorists” in a shootout as they raided a hideout in the country's south on Friday, a week after a deadly ambush by militants.The operation, in which......
PML-N's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) President Amir Muqam on Friday alleged that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had indulged in "massive rigging" in the NA-4 by-polls which resulted in the victory of the......
Pakistan Army said Friday evening they had shot down an 'Indian' quadcopter they suspected of 'spying' on the Rakhchikri sector of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.From the pictures tweeted by the director......
The head of Hamas security forces in the Gaza Strip was injured on Friday when his car exploded in what the Hamas interior ministry called “a failed assassination attempt.”It did not immediately give......
Catalonia's parliament voted on Friday to declare independence from Spain and proclaim a republic, just as Madrid is poised to impose direct rule on the semi-autonomous region to stop it in its......
WhatsApp introduced the much awaited "Delete for Everyone" feature, that allows users to delete messages from a group or individual chat.The update had been in development for months and is now been......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed the week on a negative note, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index plunging 304 points to 41,105.A bearish trend drove the market throughout the session after the......
Saudi Arabia is poised to invest $1 billion in entrepreneur Richard Branson’s space-tourism and satellite-launching venture, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.The joint announcement had......
China's ruling Communist Party says three of its top former officials rigged votes during earlier party congresses, in a move that sheds light on the fall of members of Xi Jinping's rival......
The Foreign Office on Friday sounded its opposition to a United States (US) plan to sell drones to India, and called on global powers to exercise more "international responsibility" before committing......
Back in 2014, it was my first visit to Pakistan, to Lahore. I was the youngest of a 16-member delegation coming from India to Pakistan for a conference on South Asia People’s Union.I vividly remember......
At least five passengers were injured in a blast targeting a passenger train in Balochistan's Bolan district on Friday.Levies sources said "miscreants" had targeted the Akbar Bugti Express passenger......
Tens of thousands of security will be deployed in Lahore on Sunday when Sri Lanka become the first major cricket team to visit Pakistan since they were targeted in a deadly ambush in 2009 — with......
Shares in Chinese internet giant Baidu plunged as much as 15 per cent in after hours trading on Friday when it said revenues would take a hit in the final quarter because of self-imposed content......
The massacre at a Kabul mosque last week highlighted the vulnerability of the country's Shia minority, increasingly the target of the militant Islamic State (IS) group that is trying to stir up......
A South African judge on Friday handed down jail terms of 19 and 16 years to two white farmers who filmed themselves forcing a black man into a coffin and threatening to burn him alive.Willem......
The Senate on Friday passed a unanimous resolution condemning the atrocities being committed in India-held Kashmir (IHK).Speaking during the session on Friday, Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani said that......
Justice Ejaz Afzal of the Supreme Court on Friday took oath as the acting chief justice of Pakistan.Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed administered the oath to to Justice Afzal at a ceremony attended by......
Washington's goal “is not war” as it seeks to ease high military tension with Pyongyang, US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis said on Friday, standing at the heavily-fortified border between the two......
The News reporter Ahmed Noorani was intercepted and attacked by unidentified assailants in Islamabad's Zero Point area on Friday morning, police said.The attackers assaulted Noorani and his driver......
As polling officials tallied votes, Kenyans counted the cost Friday of a deeply-divisive election marred by an opposition boycott and protests that left at least four dead and scores wounded.The......
The US government on Thursday released a mammoth, long-awaited trove of secret files on the assassination of president John F. Kennedy, but withheld others for further review on national security......
A special court of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) indicted former Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) chairman Zafar Hijazi for tampering with records related to the Sharif......
United Nations (UN) investigators on Thursday blamed a sarin gas massacre on Bashar al-Assad's regime, as the United States (US) renewed its warning that he has no role in Syria's future.The expert......
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged Myanmar's army chief on Thursday to help end the violence in Rakhine state that has forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee.In a phone call......
RIYADH: The $500 billion mega city planned by Saudi Arabia will be floated on financial markets alongside oil giant Saudi Aramco as part of the country’s drive to diversify away from oil, the crown......
The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) retained its National Assembly seat, NA-4, Peshawar IV, in Thursday’s by-election as its candidate, Arbab Amir Ayub, defeated rivals by a big......
Awami National Party (ANP) local leader Abdul Razzaq and his brother were killed in an explosion in Balochistan's Harnai district on Friday morning.Deputy Commissioner Harnai, Abdul Salam Achakzai......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Defence was informed on Thursday that it could not be confirmed that Jamaatul Ahrar (JuA) chief Omar Khalid Khorasani had been killed in a US drone......
ISLAMABAD: Taking a swipe at the recently held US-Afghan meeting, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday taunted the United States and Afghanistan for their failure to contain the Afghan......
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) — the supervisory body of lawyers — on Thursday appreciated the Parliamentary Committee’s (PC) decision to not endorse the Judicial Commission’s......
ISLAMABAD: Reacting to remarks made by Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah calling Pakistan Peoples Party leader Sharjeel Memon’s arrest unjust, National......
ISLAMABAD: A group of dozens of NGOs joining hands to make electoral processes transparent estimates that the women voter turnout in Thursday’s by-election in the National Assembly constituency NA-4......
PESHAWAR: Close relatives and friends of senior Pashto folk singer Gulzar Alam have confirmed that he along with his family members had left Peshawar for Kabul via Torkham almost two months ago owing......
PESHAWAR: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf retained its National Assembly seat, NA-4, Peshawar IV, in Thursday’s by-elections as its candidate, Arbab Amir Ayub, defeated rivals by a big margin.At......
HARIPUR: Two of the 16 factory workers who suffered severe burn injuries in a steel factory of Hattar Economic Zone died on Thursday, police said.The workers suffered burns when molten steel fell on......
MINGORA: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi inaugurated the Women Business Development Centre (WBDC) at Saidu Sharif, Swat, on Thursday.Those present on the occasion......
RAWALPINDI: An American woman was taken into custody by the police in Commercial Market, Satellite Town on Thursday.According to her passport, 31-year-old Elizabeth Marie Lancaster who is a resident......
ISLAMABAD: Activists of the Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah, whose rally set off from Lahore a couple of days ago, managed on Thursday night to stage a sit-in on Jinnah Avenue, nearly a kilometre......
Comprehensive policy for HEC awaitedThough the federal government has been increasing the budget for higher education during the last four years, it seems less interested in drafting a comprehensive......
ISLAMABAD: It was almost a full house at the Pakistan National Council of Arts on Thursday for a performance by Paul Schuberth and Christopher Haritzer to celebrate Austrian National Day.The event......
ISLAMABAD: Two women, allegedly held captive at a house in Bahria Town, were recovered by police during a raid, police officials said.The Loi Bher police raided the house in question and also......
MULTAN: The three-day Urs celebrations of Bahauddin Zakariya and Khwaja Suleman Taunsvi and Khwaja Nizam Mahmood Taunsvi began on Thursday in Multan and Taunsa.The 778th Urs of Bahauddin Zakariya......
MUZAFFARGARH: Eight out of 17 members of a family, who had consumed some toxic meal on Tuesday, died at the Nishtar Hospital, Multan, on Thursday.The family of Muhammad Akram Leshari lived in the......
LAHORE: Former president Asif Ali Zardari criticised both of his political rivals – Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan – terming them “paper tiger” and “moafi (apology) Khan”, respectively, at a meeting......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan unveiled his party’s manifesto for the general elections on Thursday at the National Membership Convention at Aiwan-i-Iqbal on Thursday,......
LAHORE: The students (12-14 age group) representing eight leading schools, were declared on Thursday as winners from Lahore region in the 13th Dawn In Education Spelling Bee Competition being held at......
KARACHI: The city’s major public-sector hospitals have assured the relevant authorities and the public at large that the recent threat alert involving dangers to their security had been taken......
KARACHI: A book containing articles and other write-ups written after the death of social activist Sabeen Mahmud titled Candle in the Wind — Remembering Sabeen Mahmud compiled and edited by Zulfiqar......
KARACHI: It was a rare treat. It doesn’t happen very often that one gets to hear a wind quintet playing, with a fair degree of improvisation, classical music in front of a Pakistani audience. Well,......
OSLO: An 85-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima will jointly accept the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize together with this year’s laureate, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear......
BANGKOK: A solemn but colour-splashed procession streamed through Bangkok’s historic heart on Thursday as Thailand bade farewell to King Bhumibol Adulyadej in an elaborate, ritual-laden funeral that......
DOHA: Qatar said on Thursday it had signed a defence agreement with Russia, the latest in a series of such steps by the emirate since the Gulf diplomatic crisis erupted in June.The announcement......
THE HAGUE: The Dutch government has admitted that technology from the Netherlands may have been used to develop weapons of mass destruction in Iran, Pakistan or Syria.Dutch intelligence services have......
BARCELONA: Catalonia’s secessionist leader held back on Thursday from calling a snap regional election to ease tensions as Madrid moved to seize control of the region.Carles Puigdemont said he had......
OTTAWA: Canada settled a lawsuit with three citizens who were wrongly accused of terror links and tortured in Syria and Egypt for $24.6 million, local media said on Thursday.Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad......
AHMEDABAD: Indian scientists said on Thursday they had identified a prehistoric marine reptile fossil discovered in a western desert region known as the subcontinent’s Jurassic Park.The......
KOSAMBI: Two explosions and a fire at a fireworks factory on the western outskirts of Indonesia’s capital killed 47 people and injured dozens on Thursday, police said, and the death toll was expected......
SHAH ALAM: Prosecutors showed a Malaysian court airport security videos on Thursday that detail the movements of four North Korean suspects who allegedly planned and helped two women now facing......
GENEVA: The number of billionaires worldwide rose above 1,500 last year, a 10 per cent jump from 2015, due largely to a surge in Asia, Swiss banking giant UBS and auditors PwC said on Thursday.In an......
GENEVA: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson doubled down on Thursday over Washington’s call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to leave power, looking past recent battlefield gains by his......
WASHINGTON: Former CIA director James Woolsey pitched a $10 million contract to two Turkish businessmen to help discredit a controversial US-based cleric while Woolsey was an adviser to President......
SINGAPORE: Venus Williams gained revenge for her Wimbledon final defeat by Garbine Muguruza when the American advanced to the last four of the WTA Finals with a gutsy 7-5, 6-4 victory over the......
LAHORE: The starting time of the third Twenty20 International between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday, has been brought forward by an hour, the PCB announced on......
ABU DHABI: Captain Sarfraz Ahmed said on Wednesday that he was the Pakistan player who was approached by an alleged bookie during the One-day International series against Sri Lanka earlier this......
LONDON: England paceman Stuart Broad is refusing to rise to Australia opener David Warner’s declaration of “war” as Joe Root’s men prepare to fly out to defend the Ashes.The pugnacious Warner said......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel was on Thursday stunned to know that Pakistan’s national hockey squad was not paid their fully daily allowance while playing the Asia Cup in Bangladesh......
LONDON: Premier League strugglers West Ham United completed a stunning turnaround on Wednesday, roaring back from two goals down to beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 at Wembley Stadium to move into the......
BERLIN: Bayern Munich squeezed past 10-man RB Leipzig in Wednesday’s dramatic German Cup second-round clash with a 5-4 win in a penalty shootout after Timo Werner missed the final crucial......
LAHORE: The 34th edition of the Millat Tractors Governor’s Cup golf tournament will commence here at Lahore Gymkhana from Friday.This was stated by Shaukat Javed, Convener Golf of Lahore Gymkhana, at......
KARACHI: The provincial sports department is taking every possible step for the promotion of sports across the province, secretary of the Sindh Sports Department Dr Niaz Ali Abbasi said here on......
ISLAMABAD: Keeping his superb form intact, promising young player Muzammil Murtaza continued registering upsets as he eliminated second seed Davis cupper Muhammad Abid in the men’s singles semi-final......
KARACHI: Stocks declined in a range-bound, lacklustre trading session on Thursday where the KSE-100 index lost 186 points (0.45 per cent) to close at 41,409.The market started on a positive note......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has ordered the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to release by Oct 31 an amount of Rs13 billion involving more than 4,000 sales tax refund payment orders (RPOs)......
KARACHI: A large number of US companies have plans to invest in Pakistan, with almost 95 per cent participants of American Business Council (ABC) ‘perception survey’ optimistic about long-term......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide financing for setting up of a benchmark model information technology park in Karachi as well as help in developing a strategy for national IT......
KARACHI: Cotton price soared to two-month high of Rs6,550 per maund on Thursday on panic buying by millers fearing shortage of quality lint in coming weeks.However, market talks suggest of imminent......
KARACHI: President Mamnoon Hussain has said that Pakistan today is more secure and peaceful and is the best country in the region for investment and entrepreneurs ought to take full advantage of the......
ISLAMABAD: Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) and state-owned Saindak Metals Ltd (SML) signed on Thursday an agreement under which the Chinese firm will continue operating the Saindak......
QUETTA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday expressed his resolve to oppose and resist moves against national solidarity and the supremacy of the Constitution......
QUETTA: Sardar Abdul Khetiran, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) member in Balochistan Assembly, on Thursday alleged that nearly 99 per cent of juvenile prisoners in jails of the province faced......
ISLAMABAD: “They’re going to make him wait today, you’ll see,” a reporter remarks soon after I’ve made my way to the front of a crowded courtroom on the second floor of the Election Commission of......
GENEVA: The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday it had access to more than 1,300 foreign wives and children of suspected fighters of the militant Islamic State (IS) group,......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Special Committee on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) formed on Thursday a three-member subcommittee to look into the controversial sale of the airline’s Airbus A-310......
GWADAR: Militants belonging to different banned separatist groups threw a hand grenade at an office of a newspaper agency in Turbat on Thursday, leaving eight people, including an on-duty traffic......
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court of Islamabad on Thursday issued arrest warrants for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in two references related to the companies owned by his sons in the UK and......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has justified the LNG contract with Qatar, claiming that Pakistan had settled for the cheapest price among all 15-year term contracts in the......
Rather than asserting that the military and the judiciary could be criticised if criticism was merited, a distinguished minister has taken the position that parliament is just as sacrosanct and hence......
THE PPP refuses to shift focus. It is still insistent on its search for the electables, so called because we know that a constituency has more than one of them. It is critical that you have the right......
OBITUARIES should not be set aside for another day. But I am writing one after two years when I have summoned up the courage to write about a man who was hanged on May 6, 2015.There was a time I......
PAKISTAN continues to pay a huge price for ignoring energy conservation. The whole energy equation — take the case of electricity that involves generation, transmission and distribution (T&D), and......
