A series of shootings at multiple locations in rural Northern California left at least five people — including the shooter — dead and several others wounded on Tuesday, authorities said.The shootings......
After the initial shock and disbelief, heartbroken Italians on Tuesday demanded answers as to why the one-time stars of the global game had missed the World Cup finals for the first time in 60......
Eight protesters were arrested by Islamabad police from the Faizabad Interchange on Tuesday following minor skirmishes between police and members of the protest led by Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool......
Growing up in New York in the 1980s, comedian Hari Kondabolu was like many young people. He watched “The Simpsons” and he adored “The Simpsons.” There was just one thing that bothered him about......
Torched villages and unharvested paddy fields stretch to the horizon in Myanmar's violence-gutted Rakhine state, where a dwindling number of Muslim Rohingya remain trapped in limbo after an army......
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Afghan chargé d'affaires on Tuesday to lodge a "strong protest" over a cross-border attack that martyred two Pakistani soldiers.Captain Junaid Hafeez and......
A team of young scientists from Pakistan won a silver medal in the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition, The Express Tribune reported on Tuesday.The Pakistani team,......
The Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen) has expressed serious concerns over "the ongoing efforts to amend the 1973 Constitution seeking deviation from the basic constitutional framework that......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday announced a 10-year "mega development programme" for Balochistan to bring the province on a par with the others.The premier had arrived in Quetta......
An elderly woman was killed in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday after being hit by a single shot fired by an Indian soldier from across the Line of Control (LoC), officials said.Imam Bibi,......
Once a common sight in the skies of Pakistan, today the white-backed vulture is facing extinction — its population devastated by the use of industrial drugs to breed the cattle whose carcasses they......
The sexual harassment and assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein that rocked Hollywood and sparked a flurry of allegations in other American industries, as well as the political arena, are......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued to dip on Tuesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 296 points to fall below the 41,100-mark.The index opened higher and touched the day's high of......
Dozens of Afghan police and soldiers have been killed in a wave of Taliban attacks on checkpoints in Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday, as insurgents step up assaults on the beleaguered security......
Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Tuesday hosted the head of the Lebanese Maronite church, a historic first at a time when Riyadh is stepping up the pressure on Hezbollah.Beshara Rai arrived in Riyadh on......
Months into a dispute that has seen Doha cut off from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Qatar's emir said on Tuesday that his country was “a thousand times better off” without them.In a speech to the Shura......
I was 17-years-old when my father was killed. The boy who was arrested for his murder was the same age as me. He went to jail and was sentenced to death.It was easy to be angry. It was easier still......
A district and sessions court in Multan on Tuesday granted bail to Mufti Abdul Qavi in the Qandeel Baloch murder case almost a month after his arrest.Qandeel had been murdered last year, allegedly by......
An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Tuesday granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in four cases — including the Asmatullah Junejo assault case — which had been......
The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, on Tuesday alleged that India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) had established a cell in 2015 dedicated to sabotaging......
A five-year-old girl was raped and killed in Larkana's Naudero town on Monday, police and medical examiners said on Tuesday.The suspect allegedly lured the minor girl to a deserted area near the......
The Supreme Court on Tuesday concluded hearing a disqualification case against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan and secretary-general Jahangir Tareen but reserved its judgement on the......
An accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in response to his prolonged absence from court.The court had been in session......
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday challenged in the Islamabad High Court an accountability court's decision against clubbing three corruption references pending against him into......
As the deadline for Nawaz Sharif's sons to appear in court in connection to the accountability references against them lapsed, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday requested the court......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered to reverse in the Elections Act 2017 all amendments in sections pertaining to the Khatm-i-Nabuwwat oath.IHC Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui was hearing......
The Polish president has sharply condemned expressions of xenophobia and racism at a weekend march by nationalists, saying there is no place in the country for anti-Semitism and “sick nationalism.”It......
LAHORE: Just a day after the 20-member squads for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) were completed through player draft, the Pakistan Cricket Board and the franchises on Monday decided to select one......
BRISBANE: Mitchell Starc said on Monday pace partner Josh Hazlewood’s unerring line and length will allow his fellow bowlers to let rip at England’s batsmen in the Ashes Test series.Starc and......
TOWNSVILLE: England all-rounder Moeen Ali is ready to play his first Australian tour match in Townsville after recovering from a side strain.The 30-year-old missed England’s opening two games in......
KARACHI: Terming Pakistan’s performance in the recently concluded four-nation international hockey festival in Melbourne as “pathetic”, legendary Olympian Samiullah has demanded an immediate inquiry......
KARACHI: Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal announced on Monday he will retirement from all forms of cricket, two years after losing his wicket-taking bite with a remodelled bowling action that was twice......
KARACHI: Former national chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed Sallu hopes that the third season of the fast-rising Pakistan Super League (PSL) would offer more competitive edge than the first two editions......
LONDON: Switzerland and Croatia became the latest nations to qualify for the World Cup on Sunday after earning goalless draws in the second legs of their World Cup playoffs.Switzerland scraped to......
MINSK: A 17-year championship drought came to an end on Sunday for the United States when they put in a battling performance to beat hosts Belarus 3-2 and win a record-extending 18th Fed Cup......
LONDON: One break of serve, and a mini-break, was all Roger Federer needed to win his opening match at the season-ending ATP Tour Finals on Sunday.The 19-time Grand Slam champion broke Jack Sock at......
SAO PAULO: It was all about who got the best start at Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix.Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel had it, starting from the second spot on the grid. Pole sitter Valtteri Bottas didn’t,......
KARACHI: Faisalabad may have been demoted from playing first-class cricket next season but their ominous form in the Cool & Cool National T20 Cup continued on Monday when they brushed aside Lahore......
CONSIDER the following conversation regarding the purchase of an apple between a prospective buyer and a seller. The buyer asks how much the apple costs. Rs10, replies the seller. How much would it......
IT’S home to almost a quarter of the world’s population and has been one of the fastest-growing regions on earth. A young, enterprising population living here is eager to find its place in the world......
“IN Urdu, the only language she [Anjum’s mother] knew, all things, not just living things but all things — carpets, clothes, books, pens, musical instruments — had a gender. Everything was either......
AN organisation with large human resources can only function proficiently if a proper service structure has been provisioned for its members. This factor attains greater importance if the......
MANSEHRA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on Monday said the government was focusing on the promotion of research-based higher education as part of efforts to improve the country’s......
SHANGLA: Game competitions among the government primary schools of the Butyal circle in Shangla district concluded here on Monday.The competitions were held in the government primary school (GPS),......
PESHAWAR: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a man, who killed a transgender person last month.The incident had taken place on October 21 when police found the body of an unidentified......
MINGORA: The waste and garbage dumping site along the Swat River in Ogdai village near Mingora has polluted the river and created environmental hazards, complain the local elders.They said that the......
KOHAT: The oil tankers association started a wheel-jam strike against the ban on their passage through the Kohat Friendship tunnel here on Monday.They parked their vehicles on the Indus Highway near......
BATTAGRAM: A Chinese engineer held his marriage ceremony afresh at the Kuzabanda base camp here on Sunday evening in line with Pakistani traditions.The engineer working on the China-Pakistan Economic......
GILGIT: Demonstrations against the federal government’s levy of taxes on the people of Gilgit-Baltistan without first determining the constitutional status of the region continued on Monday.Markets......
PESHAWAR: The residents of Peshawar’s lone music colony fear that they are losing their own mother tongue ‘Marwari’ and with it they will be deprived of a beautiful panorama of an ancient culture of......
Permanent peace has evaded Afghanistan since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001. From the 2007 Norwegian initiative by senior diplomat Alf Arne Ramslien to Qatar’s allowing the Afghan Taliban to set......
RAWALPINDI: More than 1,000 sanitation workers and local government employees gathered at Murree Road near Committee Chowk and blocked the main artery for more than two hours.The protesters were......
ISLAMABAD: The government seemed reluctant to take action against the participants of the sit-in at Faizabad Interchange as the residents of the twin cities continued facing hardship due to the road......
ISLAMABAD: The Japanese Embassy celebrated the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Pakistan by organising an evening of classical Gagaku music and dance performances at......
TAXILA: Dozens of antique gold ornaments worth millions of rupees were stolen from Sirkap on Sunday.The Department of Archaeology and Museums had awarded a contract for the restoration of an ancient......
LAHORE: The counsel for Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Dr Yasmin Rashid on Monday questioned the jurisdiction of an election tribunal comprising a retired sessions judge to hear a petition against......
LAHORE: The Supreme Court should have an early hearing of a petition filed by the Jamaat-i-Islami seeking accountability of 436 people named in the Panama Leaks, other than the Sharif family, says......
LAHORE: Translator Dr Najamus Sahar Butt has been conferred with Russia’s Pushkin Medal, a state decoration of the Federation.Dr Butt was among the four foreign nationals conferred with the award on......
LAHORE: Iconic Sufi singer Abida Parveen enthralled a large audience at Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall, on Sunday night.The performance was part of the third International Faiz Festival that will......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday lashed out at the Punjab government for not responding to the prevailing crisis of smog in an appropriate manner rather being unprepared and ignorant of the......
KARACHI: Three opposition parties on Monday decided to table a no-confidence motion in the Sindh Assembly against Deputy Speaker Syeda Shehla Raza for misusing her authority while chairing the......
KARACHI: The IGP Sindh has ordered an inquiry against those policemen who allegedly detained a citizen and subjected him to torture while in custody before releasing him after extracting money,......
URDU pronunciation of some Pakistani TV channels is giving nightmares to many, though the owners and anchors of those channels may not even be aware how mercilessly they have been slaughtering our......
KARACHI: One of the things that fill proponents of cultural values with hope is to see schoolchildren enjoying classical music. This is exactly what happened on Monday morning at the historic......
BERLIN: There are few countries which suffered as much under the Nazis than Poland did during World War II.And yet, more than 70 years later, it has become a centre on the continent for the far right......
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah, blamed by Saad Hariri for his shock resignation as premier, has grown over the three decades since its founding into a mighty army used by Iran to project regional......
HANOI: Vietnam and China agreed on Monday to avoid conflicts in the hotly contested South China Sea, as a new pathway to dialogue on easing tensions was opened with other Southeast Asian nations.The......
MADRID: Catalonia’s deposed president said he might consider a solution to Spain’s political crisis that did not involve the region’s secession, appearing to soften the staunchly pro-independence......
MIAMI: Twenty-five years after global scientists issued a “warning to humanity” about dangers to the environment, a new update released on Monday says most of the planet’s problems are getting “far......
KABUL: Taliban killed eight police officers in western Farah province of Afghanistan, an official said on Monday.Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the provincial governor, says the Taliban attacked......
BONN: The carbon dioxide emissions that drive global warming, flat since 2014, are set to rise two per cent this year, dashing hopes they had peaked, scientists reported at UN climate talks on......
LOS ANGELES: Armed with signs, catchy phrases and a motivation to take #MeToo beyond the internet and into real life, a few hundred women, men and children gathered on Sunday among tourist traps of......
BEIRUT: Air strikes on a market killed at least 29 civilians, including children, in a town in northern Syria on Monday despite a “de-escalation zone” in place there, a monitor said.The Britain-based......
SANAA: Yemenis took to the streets on Monday to protest a Saudi-led blockade that has left thousands struggling to survive.“This siege is oppressive, and the whole world is sleeping!” people chanted......
DUBLIN: Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof returned his Freedom of the City of Dublin award on Monday in protest over Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s response to the repression of Rohingya......
JERUSALEM: Israel’s army said on Monday it had arrested a senior Islamic Jihad member as tensions with the group rose after the army blew up one of its tunnels from Gaza, killing several......
PARIS: France marked two years on Monday since its worst-ever terror attacks, releasing colourful balloons into the sky to remember the 130 people killed on a Friday night out in Paris.President......
ISLAMABAD: The domestic oil refineries have warned the government of their imminent closure and resultant disruption in supply chain of petroleum products owing to continuous shut down of oil-based......
KARACHI: Sales of locally produced cars, vans, light commercial commercials (LCVs) and jeeps jumped by 32 per cent to 83,809 units in the first four months (July-October) of this fiscal......
ISLAMABAD: The merchandise trade deficit maintains its pace and posted a growth of nearly 36 per cent in October from a year ago, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.The trade deficit......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Mortgage Refinance Company (PMRC) on Monday started its opertions with initial funds of Rs6 billion to boost the housing sector.State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Deputy Governor......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC) on Monday approved a $150 million guarantee for issuance of letter of credits by Pakistan LNG Ltd (PLL) in favour of LNG......
KARACHI: The stock market on Monday remained under pressure as the KSE-100 index fell by 195.81 points (0.47pc) to close at 41,239.89.The investors’ disinterest was manifest in the exceptionally thin......
LAHORE: The government must ensure availability of raw materials to the struggling textile industry as promised under Prime Minister’s Export Package at the earliest, All Pakistan Textile Mills......
DUBAI: As Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption purge sends the shares of some if its companies into a tailspin, the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund has gained in value.Last week the market value of the......
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Senator Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo on Monday approved power and desalination plants for Gwadar Free Economic Zone (GFEZ).The minister took the decision in......
ISLAMABAD: While food commodity prices globally have been generally stable, the cost of importing food is set to rise in 2017 to $1.413 trillion, a 6 per cent increase from the previous year and the......
PESHAWAR: Darul Uloom Haqqania in Nowshera has become a hub of political activities with the expected revival of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, as political figures, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief......
KARACHI: Former governor and chief minister of Sindh Mumtaz Bhutto, who last week merged his Sindh National Front (SNF) with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), said on Monday that his new political......
LAHORE: The United States has asked Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy laws.At the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) held in Geneva on Monday and proceedings of which were seen online by Dawn, US......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to challenge in the court the Balochistan government’s decision of declaring the residence of Mir Khalid Langove, a former adviser to......
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has urged the establishment to explain allegations being levelled against it by two Karachi-based political parties about their......
QUETTA: Senator Farhatullah Babar of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has called for setting up a new commission on enforced disappearances because the existing one has failed to fix responsibility,......
QUETTA: The provincial capital, Mastung, Kalat and several other towns of Balochistan received the first rainfall of the season on Monday while snow covered Ziarat Valley.For eight months, Quetta and......
KARACHI: In an apparent attempt to clarify the reported role of the establishment in a controversial political deal between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and Pak Sarzameen Party, Sindh......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) high command met at ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Jati Umra residence on Monday and pledged to foil any plans to delay the 2018 general......
BEYOND Balochistan, news regarding the beleaguered Hazara community is usually about their security, because a number of community members have lost their lives in sectarian violence over the......
TEHRAN: Teams of Iranian rescuers dug through rubble in a hunt for survivors on Monday after a major earthquake struck the Iran-Iraq border region, killing at least 421 people and injuring......
ISLAMABAD: Despite directions to present records of people incarcerated forcibly, representatives of the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governments showed up empty-handed in the Supreme Court on......
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) on Monday succeeded in breaking the deadlock over the issue of fresh delimitation of constituencies, when Sindh agreed to hold elections on the basis......
WASHINGTON: The US Congress has removed a provision from the National Defence Authorisation Act 2018 that would have required the US Secretary of Defence to certify that Pakistan has taken steps to......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Asif Saeed Khosa — the puisne judge of the Supreme Court — on Monday withdrew himself from the three-judge bench constituted specially to hear an appeal in the Rs1.2 billion......
ISLAMABAD/KHAR: The Pakistan Army on Monday asked Afghanistan and Nato’s Resolute Support Mission (RSM) to ‘do more’ to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries on the Afghan side of the border.“More efforts......
Israeli authorities said on Monday that they would bar entry to the country of a group of French politicians seeking to visit jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti.The decision was part of......
Sindh Rangers Director General Maj Gen Muhammad Saeed on Monday clarified that the military establishment has not supported any particular political party in Karachi and that the armed forces had no......
After facing a tough competition from the recently introduced online ride-hailing services, rickshaw drivers in Lahore adopted a self-help approach and eventually embraced the technology to......
