The domestic flight operation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) experienced a delay on Tuesday evening due to stoppage of fuel supply by Pakistan State Oil (PSO), the airline's spokesperson......
A young Bulgarian man was sentenced to 40 months in jail by a Czech court on Tuesday over messages threatening terror attacks in Pakistan unless Islamabad freed a woman arrested with heroin in the......
Nikki Haley has resigned as US ambassador to the United Nations, US media reported on Tuesday, in the latest departure from Donald Trump's national security team.White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders......
Two policemen were arrested in Karachi on Tuesday as the traffic police began taking action against residents travelling on the wrong side of the road.The crackdown began after Additional IG Karachi......
A Lahore sessions court on Tuesday sentenced a 60-year-old man to six years in jail for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl.The court also ordered the accused, Muzaffar Hussain, to pay a Rs500,000......
Indonesia on Tuesday told foreign aid workers that their help was not needed in disaster-ravaged Palu and they should go home, frustrating relief efforts after a quake-tsunami killed more than 2,000......
SaudiGulf Airlines on Monday announced that it is starting direct flights to four destinations in Pakistan.Taking to Twitter, the airline said it would begin operating flights between Dammam and......
Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia — who was transferred from jail to hospital last weekend — can no longer use her left hand, her doctor told AFP on Tuesday.Zia, 73, was jailed in February for......
Veteran United States diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad — Washington's newly named point man tasked with finding a peaceful end to Afghanistan's 17-year war — arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday to seek the help......
ANOTHER opportunity to talk has been squandered. In the wake of India’s decision to pull out of foreign minister-level talks at the UNGA, I was struck by the unanimity of views among Pakistani......
AHMEDABAD: Indian police said on Monday at least 421 people had been arrested in the western state of Gujarat for attacks on migrant workers following the rape of a one-year-old girl.Local officials......
STOCKHOLM: US economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer on Monday shared the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize for constructing “green growth” models that show how innovation and climate policies can be......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s president signed on Monday a digital security act into law on Monday despite protests by journalists and rights groups that it will severely curb media freedom.“The digital......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Monday claimed that she was working on solving enforced disappearances issue.Speaking to a delegation, led by Chairperson Defence of Human......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to cut its non-development expenditures and set ‘realistic’ targets for increasing resources in the eight-month budget the provincial government is going to......
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc on Monday released a smart speaker designed to ease video calls, but the company’s history of privacy mishaps and the device’s price and limited functionality could slow......
LAHORE: The members of Lahore Bar Association (LBA) on Monday locked entrance gates of sessions court for hours as protest against a suo motu notice taken by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib......
SHANGHAI: Four American players pulled off upsets at the Shanghai Masters on Monday. A fifth wasn’t so lucky.Sam Querrey, Mackenzie McDonald, Bradley Klahn and Taylor Fritz all posted wins in the......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif’s son Salman Shahbaz for Wednesday (tomorrow) in assets beyond means case.Shahbaz has already been in NAB......
IF we take into account the first two days of this first Test then realistically it can be said that Pakistan having shoved their Asia Cup jinx and lack of application in that one-day tournament......
KARACHI: While a deep depression over the Arabian Sea turned into a tropical cyclone, named Luban, officials at the Pakistan Meteorological Department said on Monday that it posed no threat to any......
PESHAWAR: The inaugural women Twenty20 Cricket Super League — the first such event in the history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — will be staged here at the Arbab Niaz Stadium from Oct 26 to Nov 2, it was......
LONDON: Iran’s crude exports fell further in the first week of October, according to tanker data and an industry source, taking a major hit from US sanctions and throwing a challenge to other Opec......
KARACHI: The rupee fell further against the dollar as the kerb markets opened on Monday, losing up to Rs1.20, a move that currency dealers said was triggered by the prime minister’s remarks on Sunday......
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad will appear before the Senate Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on Wednesday to give a briefing on the......
KARACHI: As panic-prone investors started to jettison shares right after opening of the market on Monday, stocks extended their fall for sixth day in a row.The intense panic, that had gripped......
THE aggressive drive to nail the corrupt in Punjab has finally reached Shahbaz Sharif, three-time chief minister of the province. Unsurprisingly, he has been detained as the National Accountability......
ISLAMABAD: The last prosecution witness in the Al-Azizia reference admitted before the accountability court on Monday that the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) provided ‘incorrect’ information to the......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) central executive committee in an ‘emergency meeting’ on Monday decided to launch a protest movement against what it termed political victimisation of......
THE aggressive drive to nail the corrupt in Punjab has finally reached Shahbaz Sharif, three-time chief minister of the province. Unsurprisingly, he has been detained as the National Accountability......
