The Foreign Office (FO) has announced that an Indian prisoner named Jitendra will be released "on compassionate grounds" on Thursday due to his deteriorating health.FO spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal......
A couple who had contracted a free-will marriage was shot dead allegedly by the woman's family members in Karachi on Wednesday, in what police suspect is a case of 'honour killing'.According to......
Etihad Airways has announced free one-night hotel accommodation in Abu Dhabi for economy class passengers travelling from the Middle East, Africa and Pakistan with a stopover in the city, Arab News......
Disgraced David Warner still has a future in Australian cricket, the sport's chief executive James Sutherland says, handing the explosive opener a lifeline after a cheating scandal.Warner was......
Two Malaysian badminton players have been hit with career-ending bans of 20 and 15 years respectively after being found guilty of corruption and match-fixing, the sport's governing body said......
Nawabshah (Shaheed Benazirabad) may have endured the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth in the month of April, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, quoting a French meteorologist and an......
Bulls continued to dominate the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday as the benchmark KSE-100 index lost 292 points to close at 45,196.The index opened lower and continued on a downward slide,......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar will inaugurate the 8th Judicial Conference 2018 at the Supreme Court of Pakistan Building in Islamabad on May 5 (Saturday), according to the event's......
Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood “wants more” from Mohammad Amir, a challenge he believes the pacer will rise to in upcoming Test matches against Ireland and England.Amir was the hottest property......
Pakistan retained the top spot in the annual International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty20 cricket rankings after delivering stellar performances in T20 tournaments over the past year.The top two......
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif owned the Avenfield properties while he was a public office holder, the investigating officer (IO) in the corruption reference against the Sharif family informed an......
The first salvos in the budding US-China trade conflict struck old-school sectors like steel and agriculture, but Beijing is now bracing for moves against its strategic ambitions in hi-tech.As a US......
Better known to night clubbers as ecstasy, the euphoria-inducing drug MDMA appears to alleviate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in war veterans, firefighters, and police officers, researchers......
Noting that water worth billions of rupees was used by cement factories around the historic Katas Raj temple without any payment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the factories to devise a......
Leaders of the Shia Hazara community agreed to call off their protest over the recent spate of targeted killings in the city after a meeting with Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa......
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday summoned Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal for an allegedly "anti-judiciary speech" against Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, that he had made last......
Islamabad is the most dangerous place to be a journalist in Pakistan, according to media rights watchdog Freedom Network (FN) which has released its Press Freedom Barometer 2018 — monitored from May......
The Sindh High Court (SHC) issued a notice to K-Electric (KE) chief Tayyab Tareen on Wednesday in a contempt of court case pertaining to unannounced loadshedding by the power supply......
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi adjourned the hearing of the Naqeebullah murder case until May 14 after former Malir SSP Rao Anwar — Sindh’s so-called 'encounter specialist' — failed to......
PML-N leader Khawaja Asif on Wednesday challenged the Islamabad High Court's (IHC) verdict announced last week — that led to the now former foreign minister's disqualification as a member of the......
The world's largest social network will soon include a new dating feature, announced Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday while vowing to make privacy protection its top priority in the wake of......
PESHAWAR: More than 1.8 million children are out of school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mainly due to lack of interest, poverty and absence of schools, revealed a survey of the Elementary and Secondary......
PESHAWAR: A row resulting from the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) guards chasing a citizen after a spat over wrong parking has pitched up the authority against the police.The PDA guards have......
MINGORA: Ishaq, 15, was mixing gravel with cement under the scorching sun to earn livelihood for his family when many people were celebrating labour day in the country. He was unaware of the......
NEW DELHI: India’s top court on Tuesday sharply criticised the government for failing to protect the Taj Mahal, the centuries-old monument to love which has been changing colour because of......
PARIS: Anti-capitalist protesters torched a McDonald’s restaurant and clashed with police in Paris on the fringes of a May Day rally in Paris on Tuesday.Shouting slogans such as “Rise up, Paris” and......
WASHINGTON: The number of Afghan security forces decreased by nearly 11 per cent in the past year, the US government’s top watchdog on Afghanistan said on Tuesday, an indication of the difficulty......
LONDON: Britain’s government agreed on Tuesday to order its overseas territories to make secretive company ownership information public to try to tackle corruption and tax avoidance.Overseas......
MEXICO CITY: Hopes rose on Tuesday among a caravan of migrants who travelled from Central America to seek asylum in the United States after US border authorities allowed the first small group of......
DADU: Three persons were reported dead in different parts of Dadu district on Tuesday as the heatwave currently gripping the province took its toll and paralysed life in many towns and villages.The......
MURREE: A social media campaign has been launched asking tourists to boycott Murree during the current season against misbehaviour of local hotel agents, hoteliers and transporters with the......
AL TANAK: A US-backed Kurdish-led alliance announced on Tuesday it is launching the final stage of its battle to expel the IS from its desert holdouts in eastern Syria. The United States confirmed......
WASHINGTON: Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday the US would stand by the Afghan people and the Kabul government, a day after attacks killed dozens of people including 10 journalists.“The......
MELBOURNE: The Vatican’s finance chief Cardinal George Pell on Tuesday became the highest-ranked Catholic to be sent for trial over historic sex offences, as the elderly priest vowed to fight the......
KANO: Suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a mosque and a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, in a twin attack bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram and a day after US President Donald......
KARACHI: The small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been totally ignored in the budget 2018-19, said SMEA President Zafar Iqbal on Tuesday.The sector’s genuine demands including the removal of......
BRUSSELS: The European Union’s executive arm demanded a permanent exemption on Tuesday from US steel and aluminium tariffs, saying US President Donald Trump’s decision not to impose such barriers for......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has requested the Australian and New Zealand boards to send their teams to Pakistan to play the T20 matches instead of the United Arab Emirates.An official......
LONDON: Wimbledon chiefs have admitted they will hold an internal debate to clarify if seven-time champion Serena Williams can be seeded at Wimbledon.Serena is currently 449th in the WTA rankings......
MANCHESTER: Liverpool’s Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah has been voted Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association (FWA), the latest accolade for the English Premier League’s top......
LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s England duo Harry Kane and Dele Alli fired them to a comfortable 2-0 win over mid-table Watford that cemented their place in the top four at Wembley on Monday.The win put......
BAHAWALPUR: Inauguration of the a Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at the Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) has been put on hold owing to halted recruitment of over 650 people, including medics and paramedical......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani has suggested taking practical measures to represent labour in parliament and vowed to consult with all the political parties for such legislation.His......
ISLAMABAD: We are more than 20 years late in the steps we are taking today to conserve water. Right now, the future does not look good at all unless we start saving water, said director Regional......
ISLAMABAD: Just four months after its formation, the Counter-Terrorism Force (CTF) of the capital police is on the verge of collapse as its officials seem uninterested in working with the force due......
ISLAMABAD: With a delay of more than 10 months, the government through Finance Bill 2018 has provided a legal cover to the criminal prosecution against tax evaders in pursuance of sales tax statutory......
KARACHI: Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said if the government fails to curtail trade deficit, the country will have to resort to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial......
KARACHI: The import of dollars from Dubai witnessed a drastic drop of almost 50 per cent during April and was a major reason behind the recent dollar price hike in the open market.Currency dealers......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken notice of a tweet of a young woman of a Christian family against a PML-N woman MPA, accusing the lawmaker of using the police to harass her family,......
KARACHI: Election Commission of Pakistan Secretary Babar Yaqoob has said that the coming elections would be held on the basis of new delimitation of constituencies, which would be complete by May......
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Tuesday warned all energy drink manufacturers to use new labels for their product as per the authority’s directions.The authority has sent notices to the......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the labour workforce is the engine of our industrial growth and economic system and real human uplift lies in the development of the......
KARACHI: Various processions and numerous meetings were held by different organisations in the city, like elsewhere around the globe, to celebrate International Labour Day on Tuesday.Trade union......
KARACHI: Various processions and numerous meetings were held by different organisations in the city, like elsewhere around the globe, to celebrate International Labour Day on Tuesday.Trade union......
KARACHI: A war of words between the Pakistan Peoples Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, the two former coalition partners, intensified on Tuesday as both sides traded serious allegations......
KARACHI: A war of words between the Pakistan Peoples Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, the two former coalition partners, intensified on Tuesday as both sides traded serious allegations......
UPPER DIR: The control of the Akhgram army check-post in Upper Dir district was handed over on Tuesday to police personnel who have formally been deployed there for checking purposes.Akhgram is the......
ISLAMABAD Widespread criticism from political parties and civil society over “misogynistic” remarks made by some Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz lawmakers against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf women......
UPPER DIR: The control of the Akhgram army check-post in Upper Dir district was handed over on Tuesday to police personnel who have formally been deployed there for checking purposes.Akhgram is the......
ISLAMABAD Widespread criticism from political parties and civil society over “misogynistic” remarks made by some Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz lawmakers against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf women......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly is set to begin a general discussion on the federal budget on Wednesday (today) while the opposition parties are gearing up to lodge their protest over the recent......
QUETTA: A suspected leader of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) has been arrested in a joint operation conducted by the police’s counter terrorism department (CTD) and other security agencies in......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has asked a former army officer to provide details about the alleged “misuse of authority” by former military dictator retired general Pervez......
QUETTA: After a meeting with Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday night, the leaders of the Shia Hazara community agreed to call off their protest over the recent spate of......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce schedule for the coming general elections in the last week of the current month, preceded by a number of key election-related......
TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an “infamous liar” over his allegations of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons programme.Foreign ministry spokesman Bahram......
SAHIWAL: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif says his party will be competing against “hidden forces” in the coming general elections and not against former president Asif Ali Zardari’s Pakistan......
LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif revealed on Tuesday that he had sent a “message of displeasure” to Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari for lashing out at the military......
ISLAMABAD: While the federal government has already announced it has overcome electricity shortage, power loadshedding returned with a bang on Tuesday when the mercury rose to 49 degrees centigrade......
ISLAMABAD: Experts, former officials and retired diplomats from Pakistan and India met here over the past three days for the Neemrana Dialogue — a Track-II initiative.The meetings were held from......
Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa reached Quetta on Tuesday to meet the Hazara community as the hunger strike protest carried out by members of the persecuted community to bring attention towards the......
Suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a mosque and a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, in a twin attack bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram and a day after US President Donald Trump......
