Peshawar Zalmi talisman Kamran Akmal expects Sunday's Pakistan Super League 2018 final between his side and Islamabad United at National Stadium Karachi to be an evenly contested affair and go down......
Islamabad United captain Waqar Younis has declared that his side are not overly concerned with containing Peshawar Zalmi's 'red-hot' batsman Kamran Akmal in Sunday's Pakistan Super League 2018 final......
Local news channel Kohenoor News on Friday claimed to be the first in the country to have hired a transgender woman as a news anchor.Maavia Malik, who launched her career in the entertainment......
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore on Saturday acquitted 20 people suspected of involvement in the lynching and burning alive of a Christian couple in Kot Radha Kishan in 2014.Shahzad and Shama......
A combined seven-wicket haul by spin duo of Sana Mir and Nashra Sandhu helped Pakistan Women inflict a massive 108-run defeat on their Sri Lankan counterparts in the ongoing ICC Women's Championship......
The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday ordered all medical colleges across the country to return collected fees in excess of Rs850,000 to students within 15 days.The order was passed in a suo motu case......
A bomb exploded in a car in Egypt's Alexandria near the convoy of the city's security chief on Saturday, killing a policeman, the government press office said. At least four others were wounded in......
A powerful Indian politician was sentenced Saturday to 14 years in prison for embezzling 37 million Indian rupees ($570,000) from a state government's treasury while he was the state's top elected......
In a surreal scene from the 2001 film “Vanilla Sky”, Tom Cruise runs through a deserted Times Square before screaming in despair. In a satirical version widely shared in Egypt, the square is filled......
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) and civil courts on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan's (TLP) Khadim Hussain Rizvi along with other absconding suspects in 14......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday announced that the party is in contact with MQM-P, Jamaat-i-Islami and independent senators from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to form an......
A French police officer who offered himself up to a gunman in exchange for a hostage died of his injuries, raising the death toll in the attack to four. The officer was honored on Saturday as a......
Russia is supporting and supplying arms to the Taliban, Gen John Nicholson, the head of US forces in Afghanistan, told the BBC in an interview.Nicholson, during the interview published on Friday,......
Sehat Kahani is a telehealth startup that aims to democratize healthcare in Pakistan through its network.Founded in 2017, the startup recently raised $500,000 in seed funding from multiple sources......
Six-time champion Novak Djokovic “ran out of gas” in a straight sets loss to Benoit Paire, while the red-hot Juan Martin Del Potro won his opening match at the ATP Miami Masters on Friday.It was......
The gunman who killed three people in southwest France on Friday before being shot dead by police was a 25-year-old small-time drug dealer with a history of minor crimes.The rap sheet against......
President Donald Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under “limited circumstances”, following up on his calls last year to ban......
ABUJA: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari received the released Dapchi girls on Friday in a meeting clouded by the absence of a Christian student still held by Boko Haram for refusing to convert......
MOSCOW: From plans for a Shakespeare statue to film festivals and English teaching, the British Council has suspended all its projects in Russia for the first time in almost 60 years after Moscow......
LAUSANNE: If your objective was to see your sport barred from the Olympics, naming a man labelled “one of Uzbekistan’s leading criminals” as federation president might not be a bad strategy.Thanks to......
MANCHESTER: Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi has the talent and maturity to carry Argentina’s hopes of a successful World Cup campaign this year, the national team’s manager Jorge Sampaoli has......
DORTMUND: Athletics legend Usain Bolt insists he is serious about realising his dream of becoming a top-class footballer after training with Borussia Dortmund.“I really want to try and make it......
KABUL: A French woman fighting for the militant Islamic State group in Afghanistan has been detained, Afghan officials said on Friday, amid fears that IS militants fleeing Syria and Iraq are finding......
TRBES: At least three people were killed on Friday when a man claiming allegiance to the militant Islamic State group went on a shooting spree and held people hostage in a supermarket in southwest......
BRUSSELS: European Union leaders approved guidelines on Friday for the next phase of Brexit talks with Britain, but set a June deadline for progress on the key issue of Northern Ireland.At a summit......
LONDON: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will be the official starter of this year’s London Marathon — 30 miles away on a special rostrum in the grounds of Windsor Castle.This year’s London Marathon, which......
Bengaluru: Verified Facebook pages of Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX and electric carmaker Tesla Inc disappeared on Friday, minutes after the Silicon Valley billionaire promised on Twitter to take......
BEIRUT: Syrian rebels agreed to surrender a second besieged enclave in eastern Ghouta on Friday as their comrades in another insurgent pocket in the area continued their withdrawal after a month-long......
DADU: More than 60 leaders and workers of Sindhi nationalist parties, Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz-Arisar (JSQM-A), JSQM-Bashir and Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), in Dadu, Badin and Tando Mohammad Khan......
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that time has come that civilian armed forces take full care of law and order issues, adding that the proposal was discussed in the recent......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Friday claimed to have arrested a suspected militant among others.These arrests were made after raids in different parts of the metropolis, the spokesperson for......
KARACHI: “Would you be comfortable if I was actually a robot? What if your child’s teacher in school was a robot? Would you be fine with sending your child to school in a self-driving car?”Two......
LAHORE: Opposition leader in National Assembly Khursheed Shah says ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif is himself to blame for the situation he is facing in the wake of Panama Leaks case as the latter had......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appealed to politicians, generals and judges to sit together for the sake of the country and build a new Pakistan.He was addressing the inauguration ceremony......
LAHORE: “Nawaz Sharif wants to leave the country before the end of government term and judgments on corruption references are delivered,” Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri said on......
ONE year after Britain filed for divorce from the European Union, agreement on a draft “final” deal appears to be in the air. People seem to be relieved and there is talk of progress.But, it’s......
LONDON: World oil prices surged on Friday as the appointment of ultra-hawkish John Bolton as US national security advisor sparked fears over crude exports from key Opec producer Iran.The market also......
GENEVA: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief warned states Friday that creating barriers to international trade would “jeopardise the global economy,” after Washington slapped steep tariffs on......
ISLAMABAD: Trade costs in Asia and the Pacific is projected to be reduced by 26 per cent or savings of $673 billion every year with the full implementation of the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony will take up three different bills on Monday which seek the formation of an independent national......
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has hinted at not giving party ticket to former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan for the upcoming general elections after he openly went......
PESHAWAR: A case study has given a glimpse into lacunas in the police, prosecution and judicial systems, which result in higher acquittals or fewer convictions in terrorism cases in Khyber......
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood has said that both India and Pakistan must give their next generations a future of hope and opportunities.“Since independence in 1947,......
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided in principle to request President Mamnoon Hussain to seek the opinion of the Supreme Court full bench on two ‘contradictory’......
KARACHI: The country’s economic policy in the last four years has made life difficult for the common Pakistani, said newly-elected Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Sherry Rehman in her first......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday conferred 58 military and 73 civil awards upon various personalities from different walks of life for their meritorious services in different fields.The......
MUZAFFARABAD: Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM), an all-women outfit advocating use of force to overthrow Indian occupation of Kashmir, on Friday celebrated ‘Pakistan Day’ in Srinagar, inviting registration......
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration imposed criminal charges and sanctions on Friday against Iranians accused in a government-sponsored hacking scheme to pilfer sensitive information from hundreds......
ISLAMABAD: The legal fraternity of Balochistan has expressed concern over the hearing of a petition against the appointment of Justice Qazi Faez Isa as the chief justice of the Balochistan High Court......
“I am not outgoing and I tend to avoid public places because everything is so crowded in Karachi and the traffic too is crazy,” a stereotypical Karachiite, with furrows on forehead from frequent......
