The Pakistan faction of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), after a dramatic turn of events which led to a brief resignation stint by MQM chief Farooq Sattar, announced on Thursday that the decision to......
United States Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale on Thursday called on Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General Headquarters (GHQ) to discuss bilateral and regional security issues,......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced another bullish session on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 531 points to close at 41,790.The index gained 570 points within the first......
Karachi police on Thursday announced the arrest of two suspected target killers allegedly linked with the London faction of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).A statement issued by the office of......
Veteran intellectual, writer, scholar, teacher and socio-political worker Mohammad Ibrahim Joyo died on Thursday in Hyderabad at the age of 102, his family members confirmed.He died after going......
Protesting Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) students ended their strike on Thursday after the university announced their restoration following a meeting between the vice chancellor (VC) and Minister for......
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the counsel of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen to submit a reply to the points raised by Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf in connection with......
The Pakistan women's cricket team on Thursday stunned the world number two ranked New Zealand by taking five wickets in six balls in the second T20 international match at Sharjah Cricket......
Troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba said on Thursday that it logged a net loss of $436 million for the fiscal first half, as it moves to complete the multi-billion-dollar sale of its chip business......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has called a meeting of the Council of Common Interest (CCI) to discuss census and delimitation issues on Monday.The meeting has been called because of a deadlock......
Pakistan received a drubbing against low-ranked Japan in what was their second loss in as many matches at the four-nation International Festival of Hockey at Melbourne's State Netball and Hockey......
Germanwatch, a German think-tank advocating for the prevention of dangerous climate change, has just launched its latest Global Climate Risk Index 2018 report on the sidelines of COP23 in Bonn,......
Islamabad police on Thursday registered a First Investigation Report (FIR) against sectarian outfit Tehreek Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY) leader Khadim Rizvi in a case pertaining to the death of an......
A Pakistan Army sepoy was martyred and five terrorists were reportedly killed when they opened fire on newly established army posts at the Pak-Afghan border, the Army's media wing said on......
A Lahore High Court (LHC) judge has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking an open trial of the reference being heard against him by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), a constitutional body......
A two-member bench of the apex court on Thursday accepted a petition filed by the mother of Benazir Bhutto's chief security officer Tauqeer Kaira to suspend bails of police officers Saud Aziz and......
Donald Trump urged Chinese leader Xi Jinping to work “hard” and act fast to help resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis, during their meeting in Beijing on Thursday, warning that “time is quickly......
Schools closed across large swathes of north India on Thursday as pollution hit hazardous levels for the third day, with growing calls for urgent government action to tackle what doctors are calling......
At least one person was killed when an explosion hit the city of Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh province of Afghanistan on Thursday, TOLO News reported.According to TOLO News, an eyewitness said the target......
SAUDI Arabia said it has only frozen the bank accounts of individuals and not those of the companies they own or manage, as the kingdom seeks to ease tension among global investors over a crackdown......
Additional Inspector General (AIG) Telecommunications Hamid Shakeel and two other police officials were martyred in a suicide attack on Thursday morning in Quetta, according to police officials.Four......
Enter a school in Pakistan and often, you see wall displays communicating messages about good character and values. But when you look at the curriculum of most schools you discover a void: ethics as......
DANANG: The future of global trade comes under the microscope this week as Donald Trump addresses Asia-Pacific leaders in Vietnam, a visit that will be carefully examined for clues as to how his......
LONDON: Uncertainty over the future of the Libor global interest rate benchmark is seeing some debt sellers make “alarming” changes to their financial contracts, Franklin Templeton, one of the......
MELBOURNE: World champions Australia here on Wednesday gave a completely spineless Pakistan a perfect hockey lesson.On one hand, the humiliating 1-9 drubbing in the International Festival of Hockey......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finance department on Wednesday claimed to have discovered multibillion rupees deposits in bank accounts of various government departments, which remained undetected......
HARIPUR: A deputy superintendent of police and a private photographer testified as prosecution witnesses before an anti-terrorism court in the Mashal Khan lynching case here on Wednesday.The court......
CHITRAL: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday lauded the superior judiciary for its bold steps to purge the country’s politics of corruption. He said that corruption had spoiled......
MINGORA: Students of the government primary school, Sherabad, here have demanded of the government to construct their school building and provide them basic facilities.They said that many students......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday declared illegal the promotion fee charged by private schools and colleges in the province.The development came as Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and......
MINGORA: The dealers have started transporting red persimmons of Swat to fruit markets in different cities of the country in a huge quantity.According to fruit dealers, red persimmon is the third......
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration and police’s wait-and-see approach to a rally by religious groups in the city paralysed the capital on Wednesday, allowing the rally to enter the capital and......
Christophe Jaffrelot is a senior research scholar at the National Centre for Scientific Research in France and a visiting professor at King’s College London. His research focuses on theories of......
CHAKWAL: The National Logistics Cell’s (NLC) receivables have risen to Rs4.34 billion, while the federal government has yet to release funding to complete projects to convert the Chakwal-Sohawa Road......
ISLAMABAD: A photography exhibition titled ‘Tohoku - Through the Eyes of Japanese Photographers’ was inaugurated by Japanese Ambassador Takashi Kurai on Wednesday.The exhibition consists of 123......
ISLAMABAD: In one of the major anti-encroachment operations in recent years, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Wednesday retrieved 15 acre prime state land worth over Rs20 billion allegedly......
LAHORE: Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) has decided to send meter readings to the consumers on their mobile phones on a regular basis through SMS service, asking the field staff to start......
LAHORE: It is not uncommon to hear many deny that the visible and stinky haze hanging in Lahore’s air could be smog – despite the glut of news around smog in the Punjab. Those who do accept that the......
JHANG: A brilliant student is fighting for life at the Allied Hospital of Faisalabad after her brother shot at and injured her for refusing to marry before completion of her education.Warda, who......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Kamalia Municipal Committee’s (MC) sewage is being drained into Wahgi minor canal near Chak 712-GB as there is no other arrangement to dispose of the waste.Farmers are forced to......
KARACHI: In his remarkable essay ‘Tradition and Individual Talent’ T.S. Eliot writes that no poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. He insinuates that artists employ language......
KARACHI: The body of an 80-year-old woman, believed to have died several days ago, was found in an Askari IV apartment on Wednesday, officials said. But a strange situation emerged when the daughters......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday extended till Dec 12 its interim stay order that restrained private schools from raising their fee by more than five per cent.Headed by Justice Munib......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association on Wednesday announced that a Chinese team of ophthalmologists would perform 500 eye surgeries at a charity healthcare facility in the city in January.“We......
HYDERABAD: Personnel of Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) defused five bombs planted on a roadside near the entrance to Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, early on Wednesday......
KARACHI: “The arts defy fundamentalism and extremism,” said Sheema Kermani, president of Tehreek-i-Niswan, at the Arts Council here on Wednesday while urging the government to set aside at least one......
BEIJING: US President Donald Trump toured the Forbidden City with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday as he began the crucial leg of an Asian tour intended to build a global front against North......
NEW DELHI: India arrested a teenager on Wednesday for allegedly slitting the throat of a seven-year-old schoolmate in hopes the murder would lead to an exam being postponed, federal investigators......
LONDON: Sheep have been trained to recognise the faces of celebrities, including former US President Barack Obama, by University of Cambridge scientists who hope it may help with understanding......
TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani warned Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that it will achieve nothing by threatening the might of Iran, as a war of words between the regional heavyweights intensifies.His......
LONDON: British aid minister Priti Patel resigned on Wednesday, saying her actions had fallen “below the high standards that are expected” of her position when she failed to disclose meetings with......
BARCELONA: Protesters blocked roads and train lines across Catalonia on Wednesday, provoking commuter anger in a strike called by a pro-independence union after separatist leaders were detained in......
ABU DHABI: More than a decade in the making, the Louvre Abu Dhabi opened its doors on Wednesday, drawing French President Emmanuel Macron to the Middle East on his first official visit.Pausing to......
GENEVA: The UN’s labour agency on Wednesday closed a probe into the alleged mistreatment of foreign workers in World Cup 2022 host Qatar, praising a reform plan agreed by the emirate.Activists and......
KARLSRUHE: Germany’s top court on Wednesday ordered parliament to recognise a “third gender” from birth, potentially making it the first European country to offer intersex people the option of......
NEW DELHI: The United States has announced a grant of nearly $500,000 for a non- governmental organisation to come up with proposals to develop early warning systems for “reducing......
TEHRAN: More than two million Iranian pilgrims have crossed the border into Iraq for the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage to be celebrated on Thursday, an Iranian official said on state television.“Some......
NEW DELHI: When India declared most bank notes unusable a year ago in an effort to flush out tax cheats, one steel manufacturer was so spooked he resolved to do business by the book in future.But 12......
KENNETH Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express is a visual feast, bursting with movie stars, glamour and production value so high, you might just exit the theatre experiencing some time-warp......
MILAN: The future arrived late but after some old-fashioned glitches, two Russian trailblazers fired the first shots in what could be a revolution in tennis at the Next Gen ATP Finals on......
GLASGOW: Former world number one Andy Murray believes he will be fit and ready to return to the ATP Tour at the Brisbane International in January in the lead-up to the Australian Open.He also thinks......
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Virat Kohli’s India beat New Zealand in a tense eight-over clash to take their first Twenty20 International series against the Kiwis and strengthen their claim to be the world’s......
ZURICH: Croatia need Luka Modric to get back to his best. And fast.The country’s top player, who was targeted by critics after Real Madrid recently lost consecutive matches to Girona and Tottenham......
KARACHI: Despite not playing their traditional rivals in a bilateral series for the past few years, India indirectly helped Pakistan regain No.1 spot in the ICC T20 team rankings after Virat Kohli’s......
LAHORE: The Appellate Tribunal has dismissed petitions of both Sharjeel Khan and the Pakistan Cricket Board against the five-year ban imposed on the banned cricketer by PCB Anti-corruption Tribunal......
ADELAIDE: Top scorer Dawid Malan boosted his Test claims as England struggled to 278 for eight on the opening day of their four-day tour match against the Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide on......
ISLAMABAD: The government is seeking $200 million from the International Development Association (IDA), a World Bank affiliate, to increase its installed hydropower capacity and build institutional......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil Companies Advisory Council (OCAC) — a representative body of around a dozen oil marketing companies (OMCs) and refineries — threatened Honda Pakistan on Wednesday to withdraw its......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is eyeing 1.4 million income tax returns for the tax year 2017, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenue Haroon Akhtar Khan said on Wednesday. He......
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Wednesday allowed the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to receive shares of Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd (ZTBL) and House Building Finance Corporation Ltd (HBFCL) in......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday took strong notice of Commissioner Inland Revenue’s (Appeals) practice of not deciding appeals against income and sales tax recovery within the stipulated......
KARACHI: Stocks closed higher on Wednesday as investors’ sentiments improved, luring them to cherry-picking.The KSE-100 index gained 209.94 points (0.51 per cent) to settle at 41,259.16.The market......
KARACHI: Acting Managing Director Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd (SSGCL) Amin Rajput has said new connections for commercial and industrial users are available now as gas shortage has been overcome.He......
WASHINGTON: World Bank lending to countries like China that are rich enough to finance their own development hurts poor countries that need help, a senior US Treasury official said Wednesday.David......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has served on Akbar S. Babar, a founding member of the party who is no longer associated with it, a defamation notice for levelling allegations against......
CHAKWAL: At least 24 passengers died and 67 were injured when their bus fell into a ravine near Dhoke Pathan village on Pindigheb-Talagang Road on Wednesday night.The accident occurred at about at......
ISLAMABAD: Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, a former chief minister of Balochistan and leader of the National Party, on Wednesday expressed concern over forced closure of several press clubs in the province......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan on Tuesday rejected what it termed “dysfunctional” suggestions for creation of new permanent seats in the so-called reformed Security Council as projected by certain......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said he had complete trust and confidence in the professional capabilities of the Pakistan Navy with regards to defending the country’s maritime......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel probing around $8 billion investments in real estate by Pakistanis in Dubai has witnessed deadlock leading to serious arguments among its members amid lack of......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court wondered on Wednesday why judges should be treated as holy cows, and appointed two amici curiae (friends of the court) to assist it in deciding a case instituted by a......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s detailed verdict rejecting the review petitions of the Sharif family members against its July 28 order has caused uproar in political circles with opposition parties......
ISLAMABAD: The Afghan government on Wednesday ordered a probe into the killing of a Pakistani diplomatic staffer in Jalalabad and vowed security for Afghanistan-based diplomatic corps.“The......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday ordered a probe into sudden emergence of losses worth billions in the Jamshoro Power Company (JPC) and asked the officials concerned to fix responsibility for......
KARACHI: Following nightlong ‘negotiations’ at a Defence area safe house, the central leadership of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) on Wednesday evening......
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry announced in the Senate on Wednesday that additional security for members of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) that probed the Panama Papers......
THE 100th anniversary of the October Revolution fell on Tuesday (according to the Gregorian calendar) and was duly observed. The several meetings organised in Karachi and Lahore in this connection......
THIS is one of my worst nightmares, and it is getting perilously close. Now that the young prince of Saudi Arabia has decided to settle all family business, to borrow a phrase, and his government has......
THE fact that there are only 193 member states of the United Nations gives political scientists a problem. Their research into the way nation states work is highly constrained by the small number of......
Struggling social-media darlings Twitter and Snapchat are taking on new looks as the services seek wider audiences in the shadow of Facebook.Twitter is rolling out a 280-character limit for nearly......
United States President Donald Trump toured the Forbidden City with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday as the former began the crucial leg of an Asian trip intended to build a global front......
