A Pakistani passport forger whose fakes may have been sold to militant Islamic State (IS) group operatives has been arrested in Thailand, police said on Friday, ending a career that helped people......
A meeting of Sindh’s cane growers and sugar mill owners chaired by the provincial agriculture minister in Karachi on Friday to settle the issue of sugarcane price remained inconclusive, with both......
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq would be defeated militarily “in the coming weeks,” as he laid out plans for bolstering France's defence......
The much-anticipated two-match series between Pakistan national hockey team and a star-studded World XI side kicked off on Friday at the Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Stadium in Karachi.Federal Minister......
Senators on Friday expressed concern over the alleged corruption in housing scheme launched by Intelligence Bureau, with Senator Hidayatullah reminding the civilian intelligence agency that "its job......
The National Database Regulatory Authority (Nadra) on Friday dismissed its deputy chairman Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah for misuse of authority following the conclusion of the inquiry against him.Shah had......
The United States on Friday urged Pakistan to prosecute Hafiz Mohammad Saeed "to the fullest extent of the law", endorsing the Indian view on the Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief.US State Department......
A man was killed and a young girl wounded in Bhimber district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Friday after Indian troops resorted to “unprovoked” shelling from across the restive line of control......
New Town police on Friday arrested a resident of Katarian, Rawalpindi for allegedly repeatedly raping his 15-year-old daughter.The man's wife told the police that her husband used to rape their......
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ended the week on a positive note with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 598 points, experiencing a 1.37 per cent increase, to close at 44,179 points.The index opened......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed death sentences awarded to 10 militants by military courts for their involvement in various acts of terrorism.According to an......
The comparisons started as soon as I landed at Thira International Airport, Greece. Having started my journey from London with a stopover at Zurich, Thira — which is the airport of the scintillating......
The Interior Ministry on Friday ordered to close down operations of Radio Mashaal, a Pashto language broadcaster linked to the US-funded Radio Free Europe, on recommendations of the Inter-Services......
Authorities in a Muslim-majority county in northwest China have banned schoolchildren from going to mosques during their winter holidays, a state-run daily reported on Friday, the latest tightening......
An eight-year-old girl was raped in Dina area of the Jhelum District allegedly by a relative, Dawn News reported on Friday.The girl's father said that on Wednesday the child was with her mother at......
The Civil Aviation Authority on Friday announced that groups of tourists from a number of "tourism-friendly" countries are now being allowed on-arrival Pakistani visa.According to a notification......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) while hearing a case against former Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) chairman Zafar Hijazi on Friday questioned why two SECP employees allegedly......
The police on Friday released new CCTV footage of the suspect in Zanaib's rape and murder case in Kasur.In the new footage, the suspect can be seen walking around the home of Zainab's maternal aunt......
Taiwan has blocked nearly 200 flights by Chinese airlines over the strait that separates the two rivals due to the carriers' use of controversial new travel routes introduced by China.Taipei has......
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday took suo motu notice of the alleged extrajudicial murder of Naqeebullah Mehsud in Karachi.Taking notice of the issue, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian......
As a goodwill gesture, Pakistan on Friday handed over an Afghan child who had gone missing in Islamabad in 2015 to officials at the Afghan Embassy in the capital.Ubaidullah, whose family had......
As bad as Pakistan's relationship with the United States may appear to be today, it can get far worse.Over the past 16 years, which included hundreds of deadly US drone strikes, Osama bin Laden's......
United States Vice President Mike Pence is making his fifth visit to Israel, returning to a region he's visited “a million times” in his heart.An evangelical Christian with strong ties to the Holy......
Journalists working for Agence France-Presse and Reuters were among three reporters being held by Sudanese authorities on Thursday a day after they were arrested covering demonstrations against......
Maryam Nawaz, former premier Nawaz Sharif's daughter, has decided to take part in the next General Election, DawnNews reported on Friday, citing sources in the PML-N.She is set to contest the......
Internet titans Google and Tencent on Friday signalled possible future collaboration on developing new technologies as the US and Chinese firms announced a long-term patent-sharing agreement.The......
A three-member inquiry commission investigating the veracity of a "police encounter" that resulted in the killing of Naseemullah, better known as Naqeebullah Mehsud, held its first session on Friday......
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is set to become the second premier in recent history to give birth while in office — the first being former PPP leader Benazir Bhutto who gave birth to her......
Pakistan security forces on Friday destroyed a radio tower near the Pak-Afghan border, security sources said."The Umar FM Radio Tower was destroyed along the Pak-Afghan border by security forces,"......
Renowned columnist, playwright and poet Muneer Ahmed Qureshi, popularly known as Munnu Bhai, passed away in Lahore on Friday, family members told the media. He was 84.According to family sources, he......
The Supreme Court expressed displeasure over the absence of the chairman of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) during Friday's hearing of the Katas Raj suo motu case.A three-member bench of the......
New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 15 runs in the fifth One Day International in Wellington on Friday to complete a rare series whitewash over the tourists.Set a target of 272, Pakistan were all out......
Pope Francis accused victims of Chile’s most notorious pedophile of slander on Thursday, an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal the wounds of a sex abuse scandal that has cost the Catholic......
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday took suo motu notice of the Axact fake degree scandal.The director general of the Federal Investigation Agency was asked to submit a detailed......
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court granted on Thursday an interim pre-arrest bail to Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan lawmaker Rauf Siddiqui in the Baldia factory fire case.The MPA through his lawyer......
LAHORE: Women boxers will be vying for the top honours for the first time in the history of the National Boxing Championships when its 36th edition begins at the Wapda Sports Board Complex here from......
CENTURION: India captain Virat Kohli wants his team to reflect on their decision-making and commitment after a 135-run second Test defeat by South Africa on Wednesday handed the hosts an unassailable......
DHAKA: Skipper Angelo Mathews is doubtful for Sri Lanka’s second One-day International in the tri-nation tournament in Bangladesh after the all-rounder sustained a suspected injury on......
ISTANBUL: Turkey on Thursday described as far from satisfactory US assurances playing down plans to create a border force in northern Syria made up of Kurdish militia forces deemed as “terrorists” by......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday directed police to adopt modern technology and techniques to trace whereabouts of 13 children who went missing on different occasions in parts of the city.A......
JOHANNESBURG: Dozens of former US ambassadors to African countries have written to President Donald Trump expressing “deep concern” over his comments about the continent and warning that......
LARKANA: A shutterdown was observed in Warah town of Qambar-Shahdadkot district on Thursday after two brothers were gunned down in their house in Hamal Colony in the morning and an employee of the......
NOWSHERA/MARDAN: A local court on Thursday remanded in the police’s custody a man suspected of assaulting a two-and-a-half-year-old girl for three days.The police had arrested the suspect, Mohammad......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance was informed on Wednesday that there were around 1,400 ghost employees in the health and education sectors due to mismanagement of funds in the......
TAXILA: The Lahore High Court is set to hear a petition challenging encroachments that have blocked access to an ancient Buddhist site near Taxila.The road leading to the Dharmarajika Stupa, which is......
ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission (JC) on judges’ appointment on Thursday recommended elevation of Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mansoor Ali Shah to the Supreme Court to complete the strength of......
KARACHI: Two eminent speakers on Thursday shed light on the current state of Pak-US relations at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA).The first speaker was Najmuddin Sheikh, former......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly condemning the rape and killing of a four-year-old girl, Asma, in Mardan, has demanded that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to give exemplary punishment to......
FRANKFURT: IMF chief Christine Lagarde has joined calls on Germany to invest in future economic growth even at the cost of relaxing its cherished budgetary discipline, raising hackles in Europe’s......
ISLAMABAD: Top government officials have reason to believe that one suspect is behind the rape and murder of Zainab in Kasur and that he is linked with similar assaults on eight other minor girls......
KARACHI: Karachi port handled 5.28 per cent more cargo during the first six months (July-Dec) of FY2017-18, at 27.198 million tonnes, compared to 25.83m tonnes handled in the same period of last......
HONG KONG: China’s economy gained steam in 2017, expanding at a 6.9pc pace in 2017 in its first annual increase in seven years, according to data released Thursday that exceeded economists’ forecasts......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Thursday its foreign exchange reserves amounted to $13.69 billion on Jan 12, down $2.45bn from $16.14bn at the end of June 2017.The dip comes......
ISLAMABAD: The Indonesian government has unilaterally agreed to provide Pakistani products with deeper market access under the preferential trade agreement (PTA), which will help reduce the negative......
PARIS: After long years of punishingly low oil prices, the global oil market is moving closer to reaching a healthy balance between supply and demand, Opec said on Thursday.In its monthly oil market......
KARACHI: The visiting World XI players and foreign Hall of Fame stalwarts have vowed to help in the revival of hockey in Pakistan and praised the country’s contribution in the game during the past......
ISLAMABAD: The stalled trial of former finance minister Ishaq Dar resumed on Thursday. The accountability court in which the case is being heard directed the prosecution to produce more witnesses......
LANDI KOTAL: The trucks loaded with fresh fruits, vegetables and dry fruits imported from Afghanistan via Torkham border were denied custom clearance after a representative of National Food Authority......
ISLAMABAD: A former Senate chairman on Thursday accused the government of tampering with the country’s fragile water resources by initiating projects “for political point scoring” and not following......
GUJRAT: Jhelum City police arrested a man on Thursday on charges of rape and sodomy of his wife.According to the police, a woman approached them with a complaint, charging her husband of marital rape......
LAHORE: Punjab Commission on Status of Women Chairperson Fauzia Waqar on Thursday requested the Lahore High Court to uphold an earlier decision by the court of restoring section 7 of Christian......
ISLAMABAD: Beyond the apparent stalemate over terror sanctuaries, Washington and Islamabad are quietly engaged in diplomacy to address their fast deteriorating relationship.Foreign Office spokesman......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday dared the opposition parliamentarians to resign from the assembly as per their announcement in a protest meeting on The Mall here on Wednesday.“If......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran have decided to resume a fortnightly passenger train service between them by September this year due to improvement in the security situation.The decision was taken at a......
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) renewed its pledge on Thursday to catch four hijackers of the Pan Am Flight 73, almost 32 years after the failed attempt at Karachi......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has sought to solve the riddle of losing its provincial government in Balochistan in a series of meetings convened by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif.On......
“I REMEMBER when we beat Pakistan here. The crowd was so angry that they threw oranges at us,” the veteran Dutch hockey penalty corner specialist Paul Litjens says while sharing a fond memory about......
LARKANA: The Sukkur Electric Power Supply Company (Sepco) seems to have subscribed to the novel idea of using trunks with branches of fallen trees as a substitute for metal poles in its outdoor......
KARACHI: “We have made Partition synonymous with independence. Partition is not independence,” said author, former senator and federal minister, and member of the Senate Forum for Policy Research......
KARACHI: The consul general of Japan in Karachi, Tosikazu Isomura, at his residence on Thursday signed an agreement for a grant for a project to equip Pakistan Association of the Blind [PAB] with......
JENIN: Israeli forces killed a Palestinian gunman and captured another in a clash in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, saying they were part of an Islamist Hamas cell responsible for an ambush in......
ASTANA: Fifty-two Uzbeks were killed on Thursday when a Russia-bound bus they were travelling on caught fire in the central Asian country of Kazakhstan.The bus burst into flames at 10:30am local time......
ON Wednesday, Mardan entered the picture to alleviate some of the guilt that those assigned to mind Kasur must have felt in their weaker moments.The body of a four-year-old girl was found in the......
THE Citizens-Police Liaison Committee, or CPLC, recently released data on crime in Karachi in 2017. It confirms that we live under the shadow of death in this city that was once predicted to become......
THE Citizens-Police Liaison Committee, or CPLC, recently released data on crime in Karachi in 2017. It confirms that we live under the shadow of death in this city that was once predicted to become......
