A roadside bomb killed five pro-government fighters and wounded two others in South Waziristan on Thursday evening, hours after a suspected United States drone struck a militant compound near......
Imam-ul-Haq's superb innings of 59 runs led Lahore Blues to a 7-wicket victory over Lahore Whites in the final of the National Twenty20 Cup 2017-18 played in Rawalpindi on Thursday.Chasing a low......
The booming eSports industry may not yet attract the sponsors and television rights of real-life sports, but Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba believes it is only a matter of time before its......
Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar Ahmed was granted 14-day casual leave soon after the Additional Inspector General (AIG) Operations Tanveer Odho ordered an inquiry into the police......
Scores of schoolgirls in India were allegedly abused earlier this month as they were forced to strip in front of other schoolfellows at a girls' school in India's Arunachal Pradesh state, Hindustan......
Fired TV anchor Matt Lauer expressed “shame” and “regret” on Thursday for the first time since a female colleague at NBC came forward with a detailed claim of sexual misconduct by the US star.“Some......
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman retired justice Javed Iqbal on Thursday ordered the NAB officials to complete the inquiry into four cases against the Sharif family within 90 days,......
At least 801 civilians have been killed by United States (US)-led coalition airstrikes against the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, according to a Pentagon report released......
The Kremlin voiced dismay on Thursday over the withdrawal of a Russian state-funded TV station's credentials in the United States and warned of a quick retaliation.A committee that governs Capitol......
A court in Sweden on Thursday sentenced a Swedish man to 10 years in prison for coercing teenagers in Canada, Britain and the United States to perform sexual acts in front of webcams by threatening......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange on Thursday witnessed a bullish trend, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining 337 points to close above the 40,000 level at 40,010.The market showed a steep surge within......
Pakistan highlighted its "successful counter-terrorism operations and the comprehensive National Action Plan" during the first meeting of the defence ministers of countries involved in the Islamic......
British Prime Minister Theresa May has implored Saudi leaders to ease a blockade on war-torn Yemen to “avert a humanitarian catastrophe”, her office said on Thursday, echoing urgent appeals from the......
The United States (US) warned North Korea's leadership will be "utterly destroyed" if war breaks out but its call for nations to cut ties with Pyongyang was rejected by Moscow while Beijing......
Kuwait on Thursday invited Qatar to a summit of Gulf countries next week, state media said, the first such invitation in a months-long Saudi-led diplomatic boycott of Doha.Kuwait, which is not among......
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri charged that the Syrian regime which he blames for his father's assassination also wants him killed, in an interview published on Thursday in French magazine Paris......
Egypt's former prime minister living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who has declared himself a candidate in the 2018 presidential elections says his host country is blocking his departure.The UAE......
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked who was responsible for allowing cement factories around the historic Katas Raj Temple to increase production, which has resulted in catastrophic destruction of......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that if India thinks there is substance to its allegations against Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed it should pursue charges against him on an......
At least three suspected militants were killed in an alleged United States (US) drone strike on Thursday targeting a militant compound in Afghanistan's Paktia province near the Pak-Afghan border,......
US President Donald Trump publicly upbraided British Prime Minister and ostensible ally Theresa May late Wednesday, rebutting her criticism of anti-Muslim propaganda in a diplomatic row between the......
A three-judge Supreme Court (SC) bench on Thursday overturned the life imprisonment sentence of three men suspected of planning an attack on former president Pervez Musharraf.The three accused —......
A two-member Supreme Court bench on Thursday castigated government officials, intelligence agencies as well as the media for their 'questionable role' in the sit-in at Faizabad, which had disrupted......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has requested the International Cricket Council (ICC) to set up a committee that will arbitrate in its legal dispute with the Board of Control for Cricket in India......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday asked the chief election commissioner (CEC) to clarify the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) position on Begum Kulsoom Nawaz's delay in taking......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday suspended an Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) notification on Article 202 of the Election Act 2017 for four political parties who petitioned the court......
Three people were killed and nine injured in a violent confrontation between Deobandi and Barelvi religious groups in Jani Burira village in Sindh's Khairpur district on Thursday.Participants in a......
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday released on bail 73 men who were arrested from the 20-day sit-in staged by members of religious parties in the capital.ATC judge Shahrukh Arjumand heard the......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday adjourned the applications challenging the election of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif as president of the ruling PML-N for an indefinite......
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday lashed out at Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan for criticising the change in the Khatm-i-Nabuwwat declaration in the Elections Act 2017,......
LANDI KOTAL: Trade activities except imports and exports have begun picking up momentum at Torkham border due to a steady increase in the number of Afghan nationals coming to Pakistan via that......
ISLAMABAD: Instead of focusing on their schoolwork, the teachers and students of a ‘transformed’ model school in Kot Hatyal are worried about the shoddy and substandard construction quality of their......
RAWALPINDI: An exhibition titled ‘Mountain Marvels’ kicked off on Wednesday at the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) to highlight the beauty of the hills and mountains of the country.The exhibition was......
Munni Begum is a renowned ghazal singer who has been performing her own style of semi-classical and classical singing for the last 40 years. A Pride of Performance recipient, Munni Begum was born......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government and the provinces can produce electricity at prices as low as Rs4 per unit in a year if they start using renewable energy to run thermal power plants across the......
LAHORE: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) is all set to receive an additional Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (up to 600MMCF) on a daily basis soon as various processes to add it to the......
LAHORE: An exhibition of artworks titled Husn-e-Zan opened here on Wednesday at Oyster Art Gallery [Gulberg] that featured female figures originating from beauty and demeanour.The event was......
KARACHI: Condemning an attempt to amend a law pertaining to the finality of the prophethood of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the City Council on Wednesday unanimously called for a probe to ascertain the......
KARACHI: Services of Abdul Sattar Edhi and Perween Rahman were recalled on Wednesday at a talk titled ‘Saving humanity: remembering legends of Pakistan’. Meant to pay homage to the two legends, the......
KARACHI: There are four sides to a square. But an exhibition under way at the Canvas Art Gallery is titled Five Sides of a Square. Why? Perhaps because there are five artists taking part in the show;......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Karachi Development Authority (KDA) to remove encroachments from around 35,000 amenity plots in the city within two months.Expressing......
KUALA LUMPUR: Delhi must adopt anti-pollution steps taken by other megacities like Beijing and Mexico City if the Indian metropolis is to get serious about tackling its annual smog crisis, experts......
YANGON: Pope Francis called on Myanmar’s top Buddhist monks to conquer “prejudice and hatred” in a country ravaged by communal divisions, after holding the nation’s first-ever papal mass attended by......
WASHINGTON: NBC News said on Wednesday it has fired Matt Lauer, a well-known morning news anchor, for what it described as inappropriate sexual behaviour in the workplace.Lauer’s co-host Savannah......
GENEVA: Syria’s government met with United Nations envoys on Wednesday for talks aimed at ending the civil war, in a small boost for the negotiations that Damascus had threatened to boycott.The......
UNITED NATIONS: With violent extremists having suffered defeats in Syria and Iraq, the international community must step up cooperation to address the complex problem of foreign terrorist fighters......
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said on Wednesday his country had achieved full nuclear statehood after what he said was the successful test of a new missile capable of striking anywhere in......
THE HAGUE: A Bosnian Croat war criminal died on Wednesday after apparently drinking poison in dramatic courtroom scenes after UN judges upheld his 20-year jail term, Croatian media said, throwing the......
HARARE: Zimbabwean activist pastor Evan Mawarire was acquitted on Wednesday of trying to overthrow former president Robert Mugabe in protests last year that shut down major cities and paralysed......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s young wordsmiths continued to shine at the 12th WESPA Youth Cup being played in Kuala Lumpur.According to the information received here, there were no less than four players from......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday highly appreciated the talent and performance of young baseball player Shiraz Asif who is the captain of Pakistan’s junior team.Murad......
MADRID: Gareth Bale needed only a few minutes to help Real Madrid secure a spot in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey on Tuesday.Bale came off the bench after a long injury layoff to set up two goals......
KARACHI: There was no fairytale ending to Saeed Ajmal’s playing career on Wednesday when his Faisalabad team went out at the semi-final stage of the Brighto Paints presents Cool & Cool National T20......
ISLAMABAD: Saeed Ajmal, one of Pakistan’s best off-spinners ever, announced his retirement from all formats of the game here on Wednesday. He was duly offered a guard of honour by Lahore Whites and......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Wednesday ousted Upul Tharanga as ODI captain and brought in Thisara Perera to lead the team for an upcoming ODI and T20 series in India.The move comes after a series of defeats......
WELLINGTON: Ben Stokes’s arrival in New Zealand on a “private” trip has been viewed with suspicion in neighbouring Australia, where pundits smelled a plot to recall the exiled cricketer to England’s......
ADELAIDE: Australian coach Darren Lehmann says he can’t envisage ever slapping a curfew on his players, who were “grown men”, after England opted to ban their team being out after midnight.The......
BANGKOK: Omar Khrbin became the first player from Syria to be crowned Asia’s Player of the Year on Wednesday when the Al Hilal striker was presented with the Asian Football Confederation’s most......
LONDON: Manchester United sent a timely message to leaders Manchester City as they won 4-2 at Watford but Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League challenge is fading fast after they slumped to a 2-1......
PARIS: Alexandre Mendy scored twice as Bordeaux ended a seven-game winless streak with a 3-0 victory over St Etienne in the Ligue 1 on Tuesday.Both St Etienne and Bordeaux, two of the most......
LAUSANNE: Three more Russian bobsledders have been disqualified from the 2014 Olympics for doping.Alexander Kasyanov, Alexei Pushkarev and Ilyir Khuzin were banned based on evidence that Russia......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has urged economic managers to ensure that the existing industry is not undermined by special economic zones (SEZs) being set up under the China-Pakistan......
VIENNA: Opec and Russia look set to prolong oil supply cuts until the end of 2018 this week while signalling that they may review the deal when they meet again in June if the market overheats.With......
WASHINGTON: The US economy posted its fastest growth for three years in the third quarter, according to official figures released on Wednesday which portrayed a broad-based expansion as gaining......
UMM HAWAYA: Deep in the Qatari desert, a herd of cows stands in a vast shed, cooled by fans and jets of mist — each animal a key player in a plan to defy a trade boycott and make the kingdom......
ATHENS: Greece on Wednesday debuted electronic foreclosures to address a huge private debt pile burdening banks as its international creditors returned for a scheduled review of the country’s......
BERLIN: Leading carmakers including Volkswagen and Toyota pledged on Wednesday to uphold ethical and socially responsible standards in their purchases of minerals for an expected boom in electric......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) worked out on Wednesday an increase of Rs1.48 and Rs1.20 per litre in the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD), respectively, for......
ISLAMABAD: A day ahead of the sit-in hearing, Islamabad police conceded before the Supreme Court that the security personnel who had launched a botched operation against the protesters at Faizabad......
PESHAWAR: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa visited the Pak-Afghan border in the Bajaur tribal region on Wednesday, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement.The......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Wednesday that the country had become surplus in energy in a short period of four years starting from 2013 when the nation used to face up to 16......
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal reiterated on Wednesday the bureau’s commitment to catch influential and powerful people belonging to private......
QUETTA: A meeting presided over by Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri on Wednesday reviewed the progress made in implementing the National Action Plan (NAP) in Balochistan, and decided to adopt an......
ISLAMABAD: Newly appointed federal Minister for Science and Technology Rana Tanveer Hussain, following corruption allegations levelled by the minister of state of the same ministry, has taken notice......
ISLAMABAD: The government has appointed National Assembly Secretary Jawwad Rafique Malik, a BS-21 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, new chairman of the National Highway Authority (NHA).He......
THESSALONIKI: Four people died during a police chase in northern Greece when an overcrowded smuggler’s car carrying eight migrants, including two in the trunk, plunged off a 90-foot cliff,......
WASHINGTON: A steep decline in US economic and military assistance to Pakistan, detailed in a Congressional report released on Tuesday, could also hurt Washington’s desire to prevent cross-border......
ISLAMABAD: Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has been declared distinguished alumnus of three international universities.“The university of Leuven, Belgium; Technical University of Berlin,......
QUETTA: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) released on Wednesday a former home minister of Balochistan, Nawabzada Gazain Marri, on bail in a case about his alleged links with banned Baloch organisations......
LAHORE: Qatari royal Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al-Thani called on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif at his Jati Umra residence on Wednesday to discuss investment opportunities and......
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) continued to trade barbs on Wednesday over culpability for the change in the......
THE international conference on ensuring security for journalists and ending impunity held recently in Islamabad was well worth the effort as it focused not only on the hazards the media community......
THREE critical vulnerabilities have been exposed in the last few years when dharna politics has taken centre stage in the country. Each one is a threat to system stability in crucial ways, and taken......
RESIDENTS of Florida endure natural disasters. Pakistanis suffer man-made ones.To outsiders, Pakistan is less a country than an unpredictable volcano. Unlike natural volcanoes which spout smoke and......
AS everyone knows, the demand for the law minister’s resignation cloaked another unarticulated desire: that Pakistan should be an Islamic state. But what exactly does that mean?In post-Shah Iran, in......
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Wednesday imposed a fine of INR520 million on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for following anti-competitive practices with respect to......
Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz on Wednesday said the government could save Rs600 billion annually by privatising the loss-making state-owned entities (SOEs), including Pakistan International......
