The UN's human rights chief said on Tuesday he was “truly shocked” by the Israeli army's killing of a wheelchair-bound Palestinian protester in Gaza, and demanded an “independent and impartial......
Pakistan on Tuesday categorically rejected allegations made in the Trump administration’s first foreign policy announced a day earlier, saying they "trivialise" its counterterrorism efforts and......
Indian forces shot dead two suspected rebels in India-held Kashmir in clashes that also killed a young woman, police said Tuesday, as the deadliest year of the decade in the disputed territory draws......
Karachi police and Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) on Tuesday busted a gang of criminals involved in hacking into the cloud storage software of Apple iPhones, a press release said.CPLC and......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued to slide on Tuesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 465 points to fall below the 38,000-mark.The index touched the day's high of 38,443 early in......
An IT official employed in the state-owned Pakistan Television (PTV) and his wife were found dead under mysterious circumstances in their Rawalpindi house on Tuesday, with police saying the cause of......
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi rebels said it intercepted a missile fired over southern Riyadh on Tuesday while the Yemeni rebels said they targeted the royal palace in the kingdom's......
The by-election in NA-154 constituency — left vacant after the disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen — will be held on February 12, according to the schedule......
In Pakistan, politicians and bureaucrats have visibly – and gradually – deprived the citizenry of their voices and their resources.Those in power and authority view local representation as a burden,......
The Senate on Tuesday passed the crucial delimitation bill Tuesday with 84 voting in favour of the motion and one against.The 24th Constitutional Amendment Bill 2017 will allow the conduct of......
The federal government will present the budget for the fiscal year 2018-19 for approval from the National Assembly in May 2018, a notification issued by the Finance Division on Monday said.The......
Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah said on Tuesday that only Nawaz Sharif could explain to everyone what he means by a 'movement for justice'."Is he planning to create......
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday expressed concern over the alarming quantities of arsenic in drinking water in Punjab while hearing a suo motu notice regarding provision of......
A sessions court in Karachi on Tuesday began conducting the retrial of the Shahzeb Khan murder case as per the Sindh High Court's order.On November 28, the high court had revoked the punishments......
It took more than 10 years of painstaking work, grinding an Australian rock containing fossils smaller than the eye could see, to confirm the earliest direct evidence of life on Earth, scientists......
China has released a code of conduct for private companies investing abroad as it seeks to head off risky acquisitions, with state media reporting on Tuesday that a blacklist of violators was in the......
President Donald Trump erupted onto the global stage under the isolationist banner “America First” -- bent on tearing the multilateral world order down to its foundations.Now, at the end of his first......
Three security officials were injured in a bomb blast near a security forces vehicle in Tehsil Kolachi of Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday.According to the police sources, a remotely controlled bomb......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday began hearing Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) petitions accusing the PML-N and the PPP of illegal and unlawful funding.Faisal Chaudhry appeared......
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said he would not stand for the "double standards and the blatant murder of justice", while discussing the Supreme Court's (SC) recent verdict in the......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Qamar Jawed Bajwa will shortly begin briefing the Senate Committee of the Whole House on the national security situation in the country during an in-camera session in an......
US Vice President Mike Pence has delayed a visit to the Middle East, the White House said on Monday, as a crunch tax vote on Capitol Hill looms and anger in the region over Washington's policy shift......
PESHAWAR: A US drone fired a missile at a compound in the Mata Sangar area near the Afghan border in Kurram Agency on Sunday night, sources said.They said that the missile was fired at the compound......
ISLAMABAD: The Global Nutrition Report 2017 launched on Monday showed that 6pc children in Pakistan, mostly belonging to the urban areas, are not only stunted but also facing obesity due to the......
ISLAMABAD: As many as 68 journalists and media workers were killed across the world in 2017 of whom nine were women. Last year, 112 journalists were killed of whom three were women according to the......
TAXILA: A seminary teacher was arrested for assaulting a minor student in Taxila police area on Monday.The seminary was located in Mohallah Makran where the teacher allegedly assaulted the minor.The......
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ISLAMABAD: Ahmed Chaudhry advanced to the second round of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto International ITF Futures Tennis Tournament after beating Indian Jatin Dahiya here at the Islamabad Tennis Complex......
MADRID: Suspended president of the Spanish football federation Angel Maria Villar, who is under investigation for corruption, tried on Monday to stoke up fears that the country could be kicked out of......
WHANGAREI (New Zealand): The West Indies will hope short-form master Chris Gayle can inspire a misfiring batting line-up in the One-day International series against New Zealand starting on......
LAHORE: Nine newly-laid cricket pitches at the only cricketing venue of old Lahore at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex have been rooted out to build a sports complex there.Only last year the Lahore......
LAHORE: National hockey coach and Olympian Farhat Khan has resigned from his post, citing other pressing assignments including his duties as a Customs official.The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF)......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday directed the director general of Sindh Rangers, inspector general of police, home secretary and others to file their comments on a petition seeking whereabouts......
HYDERABAD: The petitioners in the Naila Rind alleged murder case have termed “incomplete” the probe report submitted recently to Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench by a sessions judge on the......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Monday disposed of a woman’s petition, which claimed a man, who had invoked the tribal ghag custom against her in Bajaur Agency when she was two only, was......
THERE’S a useful difference in losing and not winning. The Congress party lost Himachal Pradesh. It did not win Gujarat. However, both were elections of unusual importance, one that could determine......
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump says he is not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller, but he’s plenty upset about the way the Russia probe investigator obtained and is using......
THE last nine months have been tough on the PML-N. Till recently, it seemed unbeatable in 2018. The 3E (economic, energy and extremism) issues it inherited were steadily being tackled. The economic......
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration’s first foreign policy — announced on Monday — urges Pakistan to demonstrate that it’s a “responsible steward” of its nuclear assets and warns that the fear of a......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump laid out his first foreign policy before the American nation on Monday, identifying three main sets of challenges to the United States and its partners that come......
ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Oil Tankers and Contractors Association (APOTCA) on Monday stopped oil supplies to Azad Jammu and , Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral to press the government for early notification......
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fortunes rose with the billowing smoke of the burnt train coach in Godhra in February 2002, a tragedy he blamed on Pakistan and won the ensuing state......
QUETTA: Six out of nine people killed in Sunday’s terrorist attack on a church in the city were laid to rest in the Gora graveyard on Monday afternoon in the presence of thousands of mourners and......
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Senator Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo said on Monday the Gwadar port will become commercially operational within one month as ships will start calling on the......
LAHORE: The judiciary ought not to give any justification for its verdicts and it is not appropriate for the judges to give explanation of their fairness and transparency, says former president of......
ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Ishaq Dar challenged in the Islamabad High Court on Monday an order of the accountability court that declared him a proclaimed offender.Through his counsel, Mr Dar......
LAHORE: Although the Pakistan Muslim League- -Nawaz (PML-N) government is determined to complete its constitutional term in power, it’s started making preparations for the next general elections if......
LAHORE: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq met ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif at his Jati Umra Raiwind residence on Monday and discussed with him his ‘fears’ that the present assemblies may not......
ISLAMABAD: A day before Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa is to brief senators on issues linked to national security and his recent foreign visits as part of his military......
ISLAMABAD: The country’s top national security body on Monday conceded that progress on key elements of the National Action Plan (NAP) to counter terrorism was still found wanting, and ordered the......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said on Monday that the government was examining a proposal to replace the US dollar with the Chinese yuan for trade between China and......
THE last nine months have been tough on the PML-N. Till recently, it seemed unbeatable in 2018. The 3E (economic, energy and extremism) issues it inherited were steadily being tackled. The economic......
A prominent US appeals court judge announced his immediate retirement on Monday following allegations of sexual misconduct.Alex Kozinski, 67, who served on the powerful San Francisco-based US Court......
“Multiple” people were killed early Monday when an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Washington state near the city of Tacoma, sending cars flying off a bridge and onto a busy interstate, officials......
A Chinese court sentenced a citizen to two-and-half-years in jail for spreading hatred against Muslims and Islam online, China's daily Global Times reported on Monday.The ruling was passed by a court......
