Senators on Thursday criticised the alleged involvement of the military establishment and the judiciary in the country's political affairs while holding a debate on the alleged misuse of powers by......
Soon after news broke about the death of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah's only daughter Dina Wadia on Thursday, messages of condolences started to pour in through social media.People from all walks......
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in the recent weeks forced from office several of Turkey's big-city mayors, in a purge of local officials designed to shore up support for his ruling......
The Foreign Office summoned the High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Islamabad on Thursday to register its protest against "the use of undiplomatic language" by Dhaka following a video controversy.On......
Dina Wadia, the only child of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Rattanbai Petit, passed away in New York on Thursday, sources in Mumbai and New York confirmed.She was 98 years old.She had been......
The CIA's release of documents seized during the 2011 raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has again raised questions about Iran's support of the extremist network leading up to the......
Over 2,600 Sikh pilgrims arrived at Wagah Railway Station on Thursday from India to participate in religious and cultural rituals that will mark the 549th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev......
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said on Thursday that soaring sales fuelled a 132 per cent increase in its net profit in what it called an “outstanding” quarter, as the firm raised its expectations......
The Islamic State group executed 741 civilians in the battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul, the UN said on Thursday, accusing the militant group of perpetrating “international crimes” during the......
Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed has dismissed Sri Lankan Test captain Dinesh Chandimal's claim that the Lankans won the Test series because of "witchcraft" and receiving blessings from a sorcerer, the......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday accepted a petition moved by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to club together three separate accountability references pending against him, ordering an......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed almost flattish on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining only 45 points by day's end to close at 40,499.The index showed some mixed activity......
Top-level military officials in a Corps Commanders Conference at General Headquarters took stock of the geo-strategic security environment, with a special focus on recent interactions with Afghan and......
Working in a tertiary care centre in a developing country, we receive patients from all over the province and country, for acute and chronic care.At times, initial discussion starts by receiving a......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) conducted a raid at the Karachi Development Authority (KDA) office in Civic Centre on Thursday in connection with an ongoing inquiry against former KDA......
India returned 13 Pakistani prisoners ? including two women and a girl born in captivity ? back to Pakistan through the Wagah-Attari border on Thursday.The two women — Mumtaz and Fatima — were......
The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) told the Senate Forum for Policy Research on Thursday that Pakistan dumps water worth approximately $21 billion into the sea each year due to a lack of water......
Turkey's military says eight Turkish security force members and five Kurdish militants were killed in a clash near Turkey's border with northern Iraq.A military statement said the skirmish erupted......
Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un a rare message "out of politeness", Beijing said Thursday, in his first public communication with his wayward neighbour for more......
A Supreme Court bench on Thursday referred to the chief justice a petition filed by a sitting judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking the constitution of a larger bench to hear a reference......
The death toll from an explosion at a thermal power plant in northern India has climbed to 26, officials said Thursday.At least 60 others have been injured when the explosion spewed hot ash over......
Venezuelans living with hyper-inflation and a scarcity of cash for buying daily goods will soon have the country's largest paper bill circulating in recent history.The country's president announced......
Takahiro Shiraishi, the Japanese man who has reportedly confessed to murdering and hacking up nine young people in his Tokyo bathroom, was said to be a quiet schoolboy who would grow up to work on......
Turkish security officials say police have detained 283 suspected Islamic State group militants in Turkey in the past 11 days.A security directorate statement released on Thursday also said police......
The hackers didn't just go after Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.They tried to break into the private email of the sitting US secretary of state, attempted to steal the private correspondence......
Three people were fatally shot at a Walmart store in Colorado on Wednesday evening, police said, in a country that is struggling with frequent deadly gun violence.There are “Three confirmed dead,”......
Off-spinner Muhammad Hafeez's bowling action was the subject of an independent assessment held at the Loughborough University in England on Wednesday.According to sources, Hafeez was asked to bowl......
The Uzbek immigrant behind New York's worst attack in 16 years confessed to acting in the name of the Islamic State group and “felt good” about the killings, having planned an assault for a year,......
An accountability court on Thursday rejected a fresh application for Finance Minister Ishaq Dar's exemption from court proceedings, upholding his bailable arrest warrants in a corruption reference......
Disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Pakistan on Thursday, less than a month after he left for London, to appear before an accountability court in connection with the corruption......
THAR, one of the prettiest and sweetest-smelling flowers in Pakistan’s national bouquet, is dying. It is dying because those working under the banner of ‘development’ are not open to reason, because......
Planning minister Mr Ahsan Iqbal has finally confirmed that the CPEC Long Term Plan (LTP) is about to be finalised on Nov 21 at the seventh Joint Cooperation Committee to be held in Islamabad. Some......
ONE of the advantages of modern travel is that the local crises involving secession in countries one passes through are debated in a foreign language. One does not understand the noises of their......
WHEN a country prepares itself for general elections, it invariably faces two questions: which party will win, and who will form the government? Not Pakistan. Here the questions that are asked are:......
PESHAWAR: The Board of Governors of Hayatabad Medical Complex thumbed its nose at the health department after convincing Chief Minister Pervez Khattak to withdraw his own order of inquiry into the......
CHARSADDA: Gunmen killed three people, including two police personnel, and injured one constable in Majoki area here on Wednesday morning.The Prang police said SHO Ayub Khan along with constables......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took notice of reports that the pond in the Katas Raj temple complex is drying out and ordered the concerned departments to submit a comprehensive report for......
Sana Raja is a yoga instructor at the women training centre of the Social Welfare Department.Her love for animals however, led her to do a two-year veterinary course at the Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid......
RAWALPINDI: A four-day art exhibition began at the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Wednesday, showcasing the work of artists from the twin cities.The exhibition featured the works of Sheikh Mohammad......
ISLAMABAD: An exhibition titled Distorted Paradigms was inaugurated at the Satrang Art Gallery by the Azeri ambassador, Ali Alizada, on Wednesday.The contributing artists, Mamoona Riaz and Farrukh......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Wednesday carried out an operation in Malpur and Bhara Kahu area, removing several illegally-constructed structures.According to CDA’s spokesman,......
ISLAMABAD: An adaptation of a 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House was performed on the third day of the National Theatre Festival at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on......
GUJRAT: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and senior party leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi will visit the Lahore office of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Nov 6 for recording their......
LAHORE: Plummeting temperature and a spike in pollutants – mainly ash and smoke from crop stubble burning in adjacent Indian Punjab fields – worsened the smog in Lahore and several other cities in......
LAHORE: Attorney-General for Pakistan Ashtar Ausaf Ali on Wednesday presented ‘sensitive’ documents before a judge of the Lahore High Court in his chamber to defend detention of Jamatud Dawa (JuD)......
LAHORE: The construction of a 185-metre bridge on railway tracks near Parachute Colony is in its final stages and is expected to finish by the end of this month, the weekly progress meeting on Orange......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday restrained FBR from taking coercive measures against singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for the recovery of income tax.Though a writ petition, the singer......
FAISALABAD: Unavailability of potable water through the filtration plants in many cities has created difficulties for people who are compelled to go for costly options to avoid ailments.The water......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Villagers captured a rare white vulture on Wednesday when it hovered in the air and swooped on pet partridges in a house of Basti Shairanwali near Kaman Bhutta area, 43 kilometres......
MUZAFFARGARH: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) will hold its power show in Kot Addu on Nov 3. All perspective candidates from Muzaffargarh PTI tickets for the next elections are busy gathering......
LAYYAH: Pink bollworm attack on cotton in the district is likely to reduce yield by 20 to 30 per cent, claims Farmers Associates Pakistan District President Chaudhry Samiullah.Cotton was cultivated......
KARACHI: An accountability court indicted on Wednesday a secretary and eight other officials in a reference pertaining to illegal allotment of land.Secretary for the land utilisation department of......
KARACHI: In what appeared to be an attempt to deflect attention from its organisational weaknesses and defections, a beleaguered Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan went into defiance mode on Wednesday......
KARACHI: It was such a delight to listen to the wondrous sound of the accordion, accompanied by the heart-warming clarinet, at a special musical evening organised at the National Academy of......
KARACHI: To keep an eye on foreign and local visitors, the Sindh police have launched a software-based registration system in 21 hotels and guest houses in the city.The development emerged during a......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has said the provincial government will bear examination expenses of class IX to XII students enrolled in government schools.Therefore, no public school or......
KARACHI: How does one define colour? Well, there can be a few answers to the question one of which is “sensation on the eye that an object produces because of the light it emits”. This is the idea......
SUKKUR: Police used batons and tear-gas shells to break up an over five-hour long sit-in on Indus Highway by illegal occupants of canals’ dykes who were protesting against demolition of their......
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pledge to build a “world-class army” by 2050 is making his neighbours nervous, but analysts say Beijing’s military ambitions do not constitute a strategic......
SAN FRANCISCO: With its new iPhone X, Apple is setting the ambitious goal for itself of reinventing the smartphone, again.The flagship handset marking the 10th anniversary of the first iPhone......
ANKARA: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Tehran and Moscow needed to step up cooperation to isolate the United States and restore......
NEW YORK: A Mexican actor became the latest to accuse Kevin Spacey of sexual harassment on Tuesday, predicting more such claims would emerge as Netflix suspended production of the two-time Oscar......
LONDON: British defence minister Michael Fallon resigned from his position on Wednesday, saying he accepted his conduct in the past had fallen below high standards.Fallon was named in a newspaper......
HONG KONG: A landmark skyscraper owned by Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing has sold for a record price of more than $5 billion, the company confirmed on Wednesday, indicating the city’s booming......
KABUL: Abdul Qader shuffles into the office of Afghanistan’s attorney general a broken man — his son was slaughtered “like a sheep” and no one has been brought to justice.The 75-year-old is one of......
DUBAI: Bahrain has charged jailed Shia opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman with “spying” for Qatar, state prosecutors said on Wednesday, after allegations he whipped up protests at Doha’s request.The......
LUCKNOW: An explosion at an Indian power plant on Wednesday killed at least 16 workers and seriously burned dozens of others, police said.The blast occurred at a coal-fired power plant, located in......
SANAA: A Saudi-led coalition air strike killed 29 people at a crowded marketplace in the heartland of the Iran-backed Shia Huthi rebels in northern Yemen on Wednesday, Huthi health authorities......
BETHLEHEM: Secretive British street artist Banksy held a special event on Wednesday to apologise for the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration outside his hotel in the occupied West Bank.The......
COLOMBO: All-rounder Angelo Mathews has been declared fit and available for Sri Lanka’s tour of India later this month as the islanders strive to end their limited-overs woes against their formidable......
BULAWAYO: Zimbabwe live to fight another day after an unbroken partnership of 94 between Sikandar Raza and Peter Moor gave them the lead against West Indies on the fourth day of the second Test at......
NEW DELHI: India gave retiring fast bowler Ashish Nehra a winning farewell with a comprehensive 53-run victory over New Zealand in the first Twenty20 International here at the Feroz Shah Kotla......
SYDNEY: Injury-prone Australia quick bowler James Pattinson is set to have spinal surgery in a last-ditch effort to fix a recurring problem that has dogged him for years.A lower back stress fracture......
ZHUHAI: Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova clinched her first victory of the WTA Elite Trophy on Wednesday, beating top seed Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5) in a thrilling encounter lasting two......
INCHEON: The Olympic flame arrived in South Korea on Wednesday to begin its journey towards the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, lighting the blue touchpaper on a winter sports spectacular that organisers say......
LONDON: Paris St Germain and Bayern Munich are the first teams in the Champions League knockout rounds after the group rivals both won Tuesday to advance with two games left.Group ‘B’ leaders PSG......
LONDON: Arsenal and AC Milan are among a dozen teams who can prematurely clinch a place in the Europa League knock-out stages on Thursday.Arsenal host Red Star Belgrade at the Emirates and will be in......
PARIS: Fifth-seeded Dominic Thiem needed four match points to beat lucky loser Peter Gojowczyk of Germany 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters here on Tuesday.Having missed......
KARACHI: Cedar College won the girls basketball title while Nixor College clinched the boys basketball title here at the Karachi School-College Games being held in the city under the auspices of......
KARACHI: Promising athlete Shiraz Asif from the Foundation Public School Karachi will lead the Sindh team for the fourth Modern National Pentathlon to be played in Lahore from Nov 5-7.The team was......
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Wednesday trashed a ‘turnaround plan’ for Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC).The cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi held......
ISLAMABAD: The government approved on Wednesday another Rs13.6 billion bailout package for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), allowed a Rs56bn pipeline for the transportation of diesel and petrol......
ISLAMABAD: The Insurance Division carried out a thematic review of the implementation of SRO 20(I)/2012 dated Jan 11, 2012, requiring insurers to develop detailed procedures to counter the potential......
ISLAMABAD: Inflation remained 3.8 per cent year-on-year in October owing to an increase in the prices of perishable and non-perishable products, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is estimated to suffer a rare 36 per cent water shortage in the ongoing Rabi season, amid fewer rainfalls and flows in two contributing rivers – Jhelum and Kabul – plunging to a......
KARACHI: Pakistan equities snapped four-day negative streak and bounced back on Wednesday on arrival of value hunters who sensed that the market had been pulled down to bargain levels. The KSE-100......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed resident insurance companies to issue dollar-denominated insurance policies on a notional basis to meet the condition of foreign lenders and......
KARACHI: Welcoming the recent imposition of regulatory duties on imported items, CEO Shabbir Tiles and Ceramics Ltd Masood Jaffery on Wednesday said the measures would support the local tile and......
WASHINGTON: The White House retains a list of 20 terrorist groups that the Trump administration claims are operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan and is believed to have shared this list with......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has a word of advice for the judges. “Judges should not try to rectify what they may assume should have been incorporated in a statute and should also avoid creating a......
KARACHI: There is a wall mural in the compound of a rundown textile mill located in the Hindu-majority Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai that carries a haunting verse penned down by Urdu poet Muqtida Hasan......
ISLAMABAD: A special parliamentary committee has approved a draft bill regarding delimitation of constituencies and decided to introduce it in the National Assembly on Thursday.This was stated by......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan Navy has placed an order for two 75m Swift Corvettes from a US-based shipbuilding company, Swiftships, said the company’s Chief Executive Officer Shehraze Shah.In an interview......
WASHINGTON: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Wednesday released a vast archive of documents and video seized in the 2011 US raid on a Pakistani compound that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin......
ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has approved the construction of a 1.75km, four-lane bridge across river Indus linking Layyah with Taunsa at a cost of around Rs2.6 billion.The......
KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Maryam Nawaz said on Wednesday that issuing policy statements was the prerogative of the party leadership but it was her democratic right to give her......
ISLAMABAD: Even before receiving court directives, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has started preparations to freeze shareholdings of the sons of deposed prime minister......
NEW DELHI: India will purchase more than 100 armed helicopters for its navy to replace its outdated French-designed fleet in a military deal worth $3.2 billion, an official said on Wednesday.The......
NEW YORK: The pickup truck driver who ploughed down a New York cycle path, killing eight people, in the city’s worst attack since Sept 11, was associated with the militant Islamic State group but......
LAHORE/RAWALPINDI: Disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif will be “received” by a team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) when he lands at Islamabad airport on Thursday morning.The Civil......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday condemned what it called the biased attitude of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as was demonstrated during the arrest of MPA Sharjeel Memon and......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday indirectly conceded that his ministry was not in authoritative control of the country’s foreign policy.Winding up discussion on the recent visit......
United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would end the popular US green card lottery as police said the radicalised Uzbek man who staged the deadly truck ramming in New York on......
