Huawei held a photography exhibition in Lahore where it announced the launch of its flagship P20 Pro model — featuring a revolutionary Leica triple camera. The event showcased the work of budding......
Thousands of people have gathered at Sohrab Goth in Karachi to attend the rally of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) and are waiting for PTM leader Manzoor Ahmed, aka Manzoor Pashteen, to arrive at the......
A meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) has been scheduled for Monday on the army's "suggestion" to discuss the "recent misleading media statement regarding Bombay incident", said Director......
Monday's opening of the US Embassy in contested Jerusalem, cheered by Israelis as a historic validation, is seen by Palestinians as an in-your-face affirmation of pro-Israel bias by President Donald......
Investigators on Sunday were probing the background of a 20-year-old Frenchman born in Chechnya who killed one man and wounded four other people during a stabbing spree in central Paris, for which......
Pakistan's World Cup-winning hockey goalkeeper Mansoor Ahmed was laid to rest in Karachi on Sunday.The hockey legend's funeral was attended by former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi, Mutahhida......
Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday stressed that the uncooperative attitude and stubbornness of the Indian government has been the biggest obstacle in the Mumbai terror......
The Supreme Court on Sunday ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to ensure the arrest of the former chairman of National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) Ayaz Khan Niazi in a pending......
Police on Sunday confirmed that four people have drowned following the collapse of a footbridge over an icy water channel in Neelum Valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) while at least 11 others are......
The Supreme Court on Sunday temporarily barred the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from replacing the Pakistan flag on the tails of its airplanes with an image of the Markhor — the country's......
The Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) — and not the Supreme Court of Pakistan — had decided to regularise the illegal constructions in Bani Gala area to facilitate "not only......
Once a symbol of love, Lal Haveli has now become a hub of politics in the garrison city, near synonymous with Awami Muslim League (AML) President Sheikh Rashid Ahmed.The haveli was built over a......
Suicide bombers on motorcycles and including a woman with children targeted Sunday Mass congregations in three churches in Indonesia's second largest city, killing at least 10 people and wounding......
Dr Riaz Ahmed, a political activist and chairman of the Applied Chemistry department at the University of Karachi (KU), who had gone missing on Friday, reached home on late Saturday night, an......
PAKISTANI batsmen’s fear of the moving ball and lack of skill to cope with it was once again on display here on the second day of Ireland’s historic debut Test on Saturday. Their top-order batting......
KARACHI: Experienced Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has called into question the International Cricket Council’s process for reporting suspect bowling actions.The 37-year-old off-spinner......
HYDERABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) coordination committee convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said that his party will hold talks at an appropriate time with other political......
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Saturday ordered education officers to complete monitoring of 5,000 early childhood education (ECE) classrooms of the province before the start of the summer vacation......
SHANGHAI: Britain’s Reece Prescod burst out of nowhere to upstage world champion Justin Gatlin and beat the wet weather to win a thrilling 100m on the line in Shanghai on Saturday.Running unnoticed......
MADRID: Rafael Nadal suffered his first clay-court defeat in almost a year when the world number one was shocked 7-5, 6-3 by Austria’s Dominic Thiem in the Madrid Masters quarter.Defending champion......
GILGIT: The ‘Tour de Khunjerab 2018’ cycle race, being run over three days, entered its last stage as cyclists arrived at Sust on Saturday.The cyclists would pedal towards Khunjerab Pass from Sust on......
NAWABSHAH: Shaheed Benazirabad DIG Ahmed Yaar Chauhan on Saturday constituted an inquiry committee into the alleged custodial death of a 20-year-old youth who had apparently gone missing after......
LAHORE: While the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) election commissioner completed the elections process of Punjab and Sindh Hockey Associations on Saturday, while keeping pending the appeals of some......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s campaign at the 34th Asian Snooker Championship came to an end when Iran’s World No. 2 Amir Sarkhosh sent last survivor Mohammad Bilal packing 5-2 in the semi-final on......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court expressed on Saturday dissatisfaction over a report filed by a federal law officer which said that eight senior officials of the Sindh police having patchy record had been......
MADRID: The Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) has held meetings with the Barcelona and national soccer team player Gerard Pique about holding the planned revamped Davis Cup in France or Madrid next......
KARACHI: Cotton market closed easy on Saturday due lack of buying interest. Shortage of quality lint and poor demand from spinners kept cotton prices under pressure, thereby creating lacklustre......
Uncertainty is in the air. President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal, is multidimensional. From geopolitics to global crude......
KARACHI /ISLAMABAD: Authorities on Saturday allowed the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) to stage a rally in Sohrab Goth, instead of Bagh-i-Jinnah, in Karachi on Sunday (today) while PTM......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has appointed Shaukat Hussain as chairman Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) after withdrawing the earlier cabinet approval where another senior......
Like its American role-model, Pakistan’s start-up scene has also moved in herds — online retail and ride-hailing services being the two recent hot favourites. But things are not as routine for......
KARACHI: The stock market stood badly battered for the second successive week as the political and economic headwinds continued to weigh heavily on the investors’ minds. The KSE-100 index plunged 942......
ISLAMABAD: Commerce Division has shown a rare displeasure over the Revenue Division for not considering reduction across all 481 tariff lines in the budget 2018-19 to enhance export competitiveness......
DILI: East Timorese voted on Saturday in their second election for parliament in less than a year after the collapse of a minority government.A three-party alliance led by independence hero Xanana......
BERLIN: A decade since the devastating earthquake in China’s Sichuan province that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing, activist artist Ai Weiwei concedes that Beijing will never provide a......
A NEWSPAPER hawker yelling at the top of his voice the day’s headlines in the streets of Latin Quarter of Paris is as much an anomaly in the present epoch as, say a horse-driven carriage.Undaunted by......
NAIROBI: An armed group has killed 26 people in northwest Burundi, the security minister said on Saturday, days ahead of a constitutional referendum that could see President Pierre Nkurunziza rule......
GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel lamented on Saturday that US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull his country out of the Iran nuclear accord was making the situation in the Middle East “even......
WASHINGTON: Officially, their governments don’t speak. The United Arab Emirates doesn’t even formally recognise that Israel exists.But an impromptu bit of dinner diplomacy between Israel’s prime......
NEW DELHI: Exit polls in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on Saturday suggest Narendra Modi’s BJP could emerge as the leading party, potentially boosting the prime minister’s chances of winning......
LONDON: Stephen Hawking’s family have invited time travellers to his memorial service, seeking to tackle one of the curiosities that eluded the British physicist during his extraordinary life.The......
TOKYO: A Japanese lawmaker has come under fire after saying women should have several children or risk becoming a burden on the state.Kanji Kato, a 72-year-old MP in Prime Minister Shizo Abe’s ruling......
KARACHI: Illegal money exchanges are operating near the Pak-Afghan border, said Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Dr Miftah Ismail on Saturday, adding that the government......
BEIRUT: At least 11 Iranians were among those killed in unprecedented Israeli strikes on Syria this week, a monitor said on Saturday.“At least 27 pro-regime fighters were killed” in Thursday’s......
CANNES: Hollywood stars including Cate Blanchett, Kristen Stewart and Salma Hayek called on Saturday for equal pay in the cinema industry and beyond in a historic red carpet protest at the Cannes......
KHUZDAR: Five people lost their lives and 25 others, including women and children, were injured when a passenger coach collided head-on with a truck here on Saturday.Levies officials said the coach......
QUETTA: Jamat-i-Islami (JI) emir Sirajul Haq said on Saturday he supported Pakistan’s decision to restrict movement of US diplomats in the country, but stressed that relations between the two......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday rebuked both the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) as he termed the ruling party of Khyber......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Saturday expressed dismay over Airblue’s failure to pay compensation for victims of the 2010 air crash and directed the airline to deposit the compensation amount in the......
KHAR / LANDI KOTAL /PESHAWAR: At least 14 people were killed and 22 others injured as heavy downpour and windstorm lashed parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas......
ISLAMABAD: US defence attaché Col Joseph Hall involved in a fatal road accident was on Saturday stopped from flying out on an American military aircraft by the Federal Investigation Agency......
TRAVELLING to the historic city of Khairpur, located on the left bank of the Indus off the National Highway, it is impossible to miss the mammoth Kot Diji Fort situated on a hill around 100ft high.......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday presented his Karachi-specific 10-point agenda during a political rally in the port city.Two weeks after unveiling his 11-point national......
