Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrived in Islamabad on Sunday to hold talks with Pakistani leadership on bilateral relations and regional situation, Radio Pakistan reported.A 30-member business......
A private Turkish plane flying from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul crashed on Sunday in the south of Iran with 11 people on board, Iranian state television reported.Other Iranian media said the......
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and opted to field first in the 24th fixture of the Pakistan Super League 2018 in Dubai on Sunday.They say if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The two teams did just that,......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi on Sunday announced that all three T20 matches of the upcoming West Indies' tour will be held at National Stadium Karachi."Good news! West Indies......
The prime suspect in the Asma Rani murder case was already nominated for the murder of another person six months ago, Kohat District Police Officer Abbas Majeed Marwat said on Sunday.Mujahidullah......
With only days left in the expiry of the adjusted deadline for having a match-fit National Stadium ready to hold the Pakistan Super League final on March 25, the venue seems to be struggling to get......
Lahore Qalandars can no longer qualify for the Pakistan Super League 2018 play-offs, thanks to Quetta Gladiators' victory over Peshawar Zalmi last night.The Qalandars, with just two points to their......
China said on Sunday that it will not initiate a trade war with the United States (US), but vowed to defend its national interests in the face of growing American protectionism.“There are no winners......
New air strikes and barrel bombs pounded Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday as government forces pressed a three-week advance that splintered the rebel enclave and trapped dozens under collapsed......
Vandals attacked a Muslim-owned restaurant in Sri Lanka on Sunday in an alleged “hate crime”, police said, as tensions remain high across the island following a week of violent riots.The restaurant......
Independent Balochistan senator-elect Sadiq Sanjrani has emerged as a top contender for the post of Senate chairman, with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), PPP, MQM-P and Baloch senators reportedly......
Vladimir Putin and his Russia look more invincible than at any other time in his 18 years in power.Since he last faced election in 2012, Russians have invaded Ukraine, annexed Crimea, blanket-bombed......
Mao was the "Great Helmsman", Deng the "Paramount Leader" — now meet Xi Jinping, whose growing personality cult has some calling him China's "Chairman of Everything".On Sunday, China's rubber-stamp......
China’s rubber-stamp lawmakers on Sunday passed a historic constitutional amendment abolishing a presidential two-term limit that will enable Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely.The amendment upends a......
Commenting on the dismal performance of defending champions Peshawar Zalmi ? who are now sitting above only the last-placed Lahore Qalandars ? pacer Wahab Riaz acknowledged that the team's......
The alleged kidnapping and murder of a seven-year-old boy in Mardan sparked protests on Sunday, with residents demanding the speedy arrest of the assailant.District Police Officer Mian Saeed Ahmed......
A day after ink was thrown on Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif in Sialkot, a shoe was thrown at PML-N's supreme leader Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on Sunday, DawnNewsTV reported.Sharif, who had arrived at......
ISLAMABAD: Five doctors from a government hospital have been booked by the police for alleged manslaughter.The case was registered with the Karachi Company police, 22 months after the incident took......
NAWABSHAH: Three men subjected a teenage girl of the minority Bagri community to criminal assault in Qazi Ahmed town on Saturday and left her for dead when she offered resistance.The girl’s parents......
KOHAT: The prime suspect in the murder of Asma Rani, a third year medical student, was taken into custody by the Kohat police after Interpol officials handed him over to the personnel of Federal......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan’s latest tweets about some old financial documents have renewed the war of words between the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and......
SWABI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that the federal government has fulfilled its pledge and met the country’s electricity needs and is continuing efforts to provide affordable energy......
Mushfiqur Rahim hit a blazing half-century to help Bangladesh chase down a record 215 and beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in a thrilling Twenty20 international of the tri-series in Colombo on......
PORT ELIZABETH: Australia came back with five wickets in the final session to stop South Africa’s momentum and hold the home team to 263-7 by stumps on the second day of the second Test here at St......
MANCHESTER: Marcus Rashford scored twice in the first 25 minutes as Manchester United held off a Liverpool fightback to move five points clear of their visitors in second place in the Premier League......
CHRISTCHURCH: A masterful century by Jonny Bairstow complemented an exceptional bowling spell as England cruised to a seven-wicket victory over New Zealand to claim the ODI series 3-2 here at the......
YOUNTVILLE: Details emerged on Saturday about a decorated former US serviceman who took three women hostage at a California veterans’ home where he had undergone treatment for PTSD, in a standoff......
KABUL: The Taliban urged Islamic scholars on Saturday not to take part in a conference due to take place in Indonesia aimed at building agreement and support for possible future peace talks in......
SALISBURY: British police have identified more than 200 witnesses and are looking at more than 240 pieces of evidence in their investigation into a nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his......
COLOMBO: An investigation into anti-Muslim riots that spread in central Sri Lanka prompting the authorities to declare a nationwide state of emergency was announced on Saturday by President......
BEIRUT: The Syrian army intensified its onslaught in eastern Ghouta on Saturday with advances that a war monitor and state media said had splintered the enclave, though a rebel official denied......
NOWSHERA: Two brothers, one of them injured in a gun attack, and a hospital employee were killed as an attacker stormed the emergency ward of the Mian Rashid Hussain Shaheed Hospital in Pabbi here......
Only a few visitors to Rawal Dam would know that an old building near the reservoir was once a Hindu temple – a reminder of the Rawal village that disappeared under the water when the dam was......
KARACHI: Participants in a conference on gastroenterology and liver diseases were on Saturday informed that despite tensions on the border of Pakistan and India eminent Indian surgeon Subhash Gupta......
KARACHI: With 17 recent births, the number of wild goats, sheep, deer, antelopes and llamas has risen to more than 190 at the Safari Park.All babies, according to the staff, are healthy and living......
KARACHI: While the Sindh government has taken several steps to curb generation of funds by outlawed organisations and militant networks, it is facing what many authorities described as a lack of......
President Donald Trump has spent the last week railing against trade policies that allegedly put the US companies at a disadvantage.Though economists, fact-checkers and even members of Trump’s own......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports of services in January recorded a meagre growth of 3.8 per cent year-on-year to reach $411.5 million, the Pakistan Bureaus of Statistics (PBS) reported on......
ISLAMABAD: The economy of Pakistan needs to further lift its potential growth, and lay the foundation for more sustained and inclusive growth in the medium-term, a new report of the United Nations on......
LAHORE: The 747 megawatts combined-cycle Guddu power plant is all set to be upgraded to Advance Gas Path (AGP) — a modern technology meant for a massive reduction in the scheduled annual maintenance......
The biggest event of the oil and energy calendar, the CERAWeek, often dubbed as the annual pilgrimage of the industry was held last week in Houston.Industry leaders, policy makers, ministers, CEOs of......
WASHINGTON: The United States has assured Pakistan that it firmly supports the country’s territorial integrity and opposes Baloch insurgents and other groups that are a threat to the state.Alice......
KARACHI: The stock market took a positive start in the outgoing week but the investors’ sentiments soon deteriorated on a host of disconcerting issues, which sparked a selling spree that spanned the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) should devise a strategy for Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif who could be a major challenge for the party in the upcoming......
LAHORE: The Supreme Court on Saturday expressed dismay over publishing of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s picture on each and every project or initiative of the provincial government such as......
KARACHI: The country’s petrol imports dipped to around 250,000 tonnes in February — almost half of the quantity that arrived every month previously.According to the Oil Companies Advisory Council......
LASHKAR GAH: As many as 18 Afghan soldiers and members of the special forces have been killed in fighting in the western province of Farah, local officials said on Saturday.Taliban fighters attacked......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday accused India of harassing its diplomats and their families in the country and threatened to pull out the families if the intimidation did not stop.A demarche was made......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan’s latest tweets about some old financial documents have renewed the war of words between the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and......
ISLAMABAD: With the election for the top slots in the Senate drawing near, Islamabad is set to witness a final round of deliberations on Sunday with major political parties — notably the Pakistan......
A few months ago, fierce forest fires raged across parts of California, laying to waste millions of acres of green valleys and hundreds of homes. I was especially saddened to learn about the......
In the 1980s, when I was a student at a state-owned college in Karachi, I had a friend who was always ready for a fight. Though not too interested in politics, he was affiliated with the progressive......
ANOTHER dispiriting week. The scramble isn’t a problem, especially since it has turned into a melee. But the reasons animating the scramble and perpetuating it are hardly edifying.What’s at stake in......
ANOTHER dispiriting week. The scramble isn’t a problem, especially since it has turned into a melee. But the reasons animating the scramble and perpetuating it are hardly edifying.What’s at stake in......
'Waqt Ki Awaz, Maryam Nawaz’ [Voice of the Times, Maryam Nawaz] they chant as their leader takes the podium at a convention for workers in Lahore.This is not the Maryam of old; she has shed much of......
