A member of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's entourage during several trips abroad walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul just before writer Jamal Khashoggi vanished there, a......
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and senior ministers from Europe on Thursday pulled out of an investment conference in Saudi Arabia, deepening the kingdom's isolation amid an uproar over the......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday notified 22 candidates who had emerged successful in the October 14 by-elections, however, it withheld victory notifications of 13 candidates for......
The Peshawar High Court on Thursday set aside the punishments awarded to 74 convicts by military courts in various cases of terrorism.Accepting their appeals against the military courts' verdicts, a......
An Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad on Thursday sent the owner and producer of a web channel on judicial remand to Adiala Jail in a case pertaining to running alleged anti-judiciary content on......
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said the federal government has received complaints that the funds sanctioned for the development of Karachi have not been utilised properly, Radio......
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the federal and provincial governments to provide details of funds reserved for disabled persons in their budgets of the last five years.A three-judge bench......
The Afghan media on Thursday reported that the Kandahar police chief was killed when members of the provincial governor's elite guards turned their guns on their own colleagues and American troops......
First things first: the spirit behind the government’s Naya Pakistan Housing Programme (NPHP) must be commended.The struggle for dignified housing in Pakistan has a long history replete with brutal......
South Korean progressives on Thursday accused the government of caving into xenophobic sentiment by rejecting a plea for refugee status by hundreds of asylum seekers from war-ravaged Yemen, whose......
Musician and actor Meesha Shafi on Thursday filed her response in the defamation case filed against her by fellow artist Ali Zafar in a Lahore sessions court.In her reply to the court, Shafi has......
In Facebook's “War Room,” a nondescript space adorned with American and Brazilian flags, a team of 20 people monitors computer screens for signs of suspicious activity.The freshly launched unit at......
Prime Minister Imran Khan emphasised Pakistan's "close and cordial" relations with Malaysia in a phone call on Thursday with Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Matahir Mohammad, Radio Pakistan reported.PM......
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Thursday agreed to extend its deadline for blocking unregistered mobile phones by two months after the Senate Standing Committee on information......
Afghanistan defied decades of conflict to join cricket's elite club of Test nations, but now they have added a dash of glamour with their inaugural Twenty20 league in the United Arab Emirates.Ten......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday ordered the Defence Ministry to submit a report on an inquiry conducted into former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief retired Lt Gen Asad Durrani by......
Pakistan tightened their grip on the second Test against Australia in Abu Dhabi on Thursday as they reached 232-4 at lunch, in a morning marked by a bizarre run out of Azhar Ali.At the break on the......
The Panamagate joint investigation team (JIT) head and the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) key witness in the Flagship Investment reference, Wajid Zia, on Thursday claimed that "we [the JIT]......
HARIPUR: Slain journalist Sohail Khan was laid to rest in Hattar village here on Wednesday amid calls for the government to financially support his family.The correspondent of a local daily was......
THE accounts doing the rounds of senior Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s possible murder in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul are chilling.While authoritarian governments the world over have no......
Hindu hardliners blocked intersections, threatened drivers and ordered a 12-hour strike on Thursday as they stepped up their campaign to bar women from one of India's holiest temples.The Lord Ayyappa......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has issued arrest warrants for former Sindh MPA Jam Khan Shoro for his alleged involvement in corruption, DawnNewsTV reported on Thursday.A team has been......
KARACHI: The participation of Pakistan players in the second edition of the T10 league is hanging in the balance as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) still awaits the official response from the......
ABU DHABI: Pakistan seamer Mohammad Abbas insisted on Wednesday he is confident his rapid success will not go to his head, saying a tough early life has helped him mature as a person.The 28-year-old......
OTTAWA: With Canada about to legalise marijuana on Wednesday, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) should remove cannabis from its banned list of drugs, says Canadian Ross Rebagliati, whose Olympic......
CAPE TOWN: South Africa will be without limited-overs stalwarts Hashim Amla and J.P. Duminy for their white-ball tour of Australia next month but welcome back all-rounder Chris Morris from......
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied covering up for ally Saudi Arabia in the suspected murder of a critical journalist and said that he should know what happened to Jamal Khashoggi......
NO matter what the outcome of this game, the thing which has impressed us all here is the manner in which debutant opener Fakhar Zaman and pacer Mohammad Abbas have performed, proving to the world......
PALLEKELE: England on Wednesday blamed the crowded international cricket calendar for its decision to tour Sri Lanka during the rainy season as bad weather hit the third straight One-day......
KARACHI: The Oct 21 by-election on a Karachi National Assembly seat, NA-247, is expected to be a one-sided contest in favour of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, which has been facing no serious......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court allowed on Wednesday an application moved by the prosecution pleading to record additional evidence of more witnesses in the case pertaining to an alleged attempt on......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa parliamentary committee probing the Oct 4 police violence against the protesting University of Peshawar students on campus is also looking into the allegations of......
WASHINGTON: Twitter on Wednesday released data on foreign influence campaigns on its platform showing some 10 million tweets, mostly from Russia, dating back as far as 2009.California-based Twitter......
Danish Kaneria has finally admitted his role in a fixing scandal that led to the imprisonment of former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield after six years of denials, Britain's Daily Mail reported late......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has directed police around the province to deploy Quick Response Force (QRF) and Elite Force personnel around category A educational institutions for response in......
NEW YORK: US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert is said to be one of the candidates US President Donald Trump is considering to replace his outgoing ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki......
OTTAWA: Marijuana lovers celebrated the full legalisation of the weed in Canada on Wednesday as the nation embarked on a controversial experiment in drug policy attempted by only one other......
ISLAMABAD: The growing population is likely to outstrip developmental gains and continue to adversely affect the economy, environment, health, education and quality of the lives of all citizens, a......
BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday that “now is the time” to make a Brexit deal happen, as she arrived for a summit with EU leaders hoping to unblock stalled divorce......
UNITED NATIONS: Desperate Rohingya families living in camps in Bangladesh are selling girls into forced labour to raise money, the United Nations’ migration agency said on Wednesday.The......
LAHORE: The city district administration on Wednesday resumed the anti-encroachment operation during which it retrieved 673-kanal state land worth Rs1.58 billion from illegal occupants.Officials said......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is maintaining a close liaison with the federal finance ministry to ensure full and timely transfer of the net hydel profit arrears and its share from the federal taxes......
GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after the first rocket fire from the Palestinian territory in weeks hit an Israeli city, in a blow to efforts to avert a new war.Gaza’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Commerce suggested government to take effective measures to counter cheaper food imports as well as smuggling of fruits and vegetables from neighbouring......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said government is firmly committed to reducing the cost of doing business and improve country’s ranking in the ease of doing business index.Khan was chairing the......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered removal of hoarding from public property across the country with Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar asking as to under which authority some government......
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday that will enable the Palestinians to chair the major group of developing countries at the United Nations in 2019,......
ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Wednesday called rising inflation a challenge while observing that the recent increase in gas prices contributed significantly towards......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan slipped by one position in the Global Competitiveness Index 2018 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday as compared to last year, ranking 107 out of 140......
LAHORE: A European Union (EU) Commission on Trade delegation is arriving in Pakistan on Thursday (today) to directly check all stakeholders’ compliance with the EU conditions on Generalised Scheme of......
LAHORE: Many police officers at the level of Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) seem to have taken offence at the change of command at Central Police Office after Amjad Javed Saleemi assumed his charge......
LAHORE: Over 110 policemen involved in the Model Town incident have been removed from their current assignments and confined to the headquarters till further order.The action was taken on the......
NOW that the negotiations with the IMF are set to begin in earnest, some things are worth bearing in mind as the process moves along. Every government that has walked the path of adjustment that the......
LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau Chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal has suspended an additional director from service for producing Punjab University’s former vice chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan got a setback on Wednesday when one of his close aides refused to become his special assistant.According to a notification issued a couple of days ago by the......
WHETHER true or false, a political leader ensnared in a corruption investigation is always likely to cry foul and blame political opponents.Therefore, if the probe is to be effective and the cause of......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Wednesday cleared a total of seven development projects at an estimated cost of Rs142 billion.A meeting of the CDWP presided over by......
ROME: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has called on the Italian defence minister, army chief and secretary general of defence and discussed with them enhancement in bilateral defence......
KARACHI: Arif Naqvi, the embattled founder of Dubai-based Abraaj Group, allegedly paid $20 million to businessman Navaid Malik for his assistance in securing cooperation of Sharif brothers for......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan International Airlines is suffering operational losses to the tune of Rs2 billion per month due to the rupee’s depreciation and a jump in fuel prices, according to Aviation......
NOW that the negotiations with the IMF are set to begin in earnest, some things are worth bearing in mind as the process moves along. Every government that has walked the path of adjustment that the......
WHETHER true or false, a political leader ensnared in a corruption investigation is always likely to cry foul and blame political opponents.Therefore, if the probe is to be effective and the cause of......
