China on Thursday donated Rs6 million more for the families of two policemen who embraced martyrdom while protecting the Chinese consulate in Clifton on November 23 from a deadly attack claimed by......
US President Donald Trump on Thursday scrapped a planned meeting at the G20 summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over Moscow's detention of a group of Ukrainian sailors.“Based on the......
Bangladesh will send a cricket squad to Pakistan for the first time in three years, Bangladesh officials said on Thursday after receiving assurances from their counterparts about security.Pakistan......
A German court is hearing a civil suit against a discount German textile company whose clothes were produced in a factory in Pakistan that burned to the ground in 2012, killing more than 250......
Prime Minister Imran Khan, in an interaction with the representatives of Indian media at PM Office on Thursday, said he had tried to reach out to New Delhi since the day he assumed office but......
When Shan Junhua bought his white Tesla Model X, he knew it was a fast, beautiful car. What he didn't know is that Tesla constantly sends information about the precise location of his car to the......
Indian police on Thursday said they have arrested nearly two dozen people on suspicion of defrauding people around the world by sending fake pop-up messages warning them that their computers were......
German prosecutors raided several Deutsche Bank offices in the Frankfurt area on Thursday over suspicions of money laundering based on revelations from the 2016 "Panama Papers" data leak.Frankfurt......
Calls for awareness ought to be accompanied by a push for an increase in professional mental healthcare services.Given my association with a tertiary care hospital, such requests often come my way,......
A scientist who upended a Hong Kong conference with his claim to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies cancelled a fresh talk and was heavily criticised by organisers on Thursday,......
A joint investigation team (JIT) report on the Islamabad police chief's transfer has concluded that Federal Minister for Science and Technology Senator Azam Swati misused his office and was given......
Digital giants led by Google, Facebook and Amazon have warned Australia against passing a “fundamentally flawed” law allowing security services to spy on encrypted communications among suspected......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) will share its government's performance over the first 100 days in power at an event in Islamabad's Convention Centre today.Prime Minister Imran Khan is going to......
President Vladimir Putin has insisted that Russian forces were in the right to seize three Ukrainian ships last weekend, but President Donald Trump expressed “deep concern” at Moscow's actions......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday ordered the district election commissioner of Lahore to personally deliver a second notice to Khadim Hussain Rizvi, the chief of......
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to pay Rs1.4 million for a provincial government advertisement in which his photograph was featured.The apex court issued......
PERHAPS this is a trip down ego lane, if there is such a lane, and whilst taking a bow once in a while might not be a bad thing, the more honourable, albeit admittedly rather mundane, intent today is......
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), already undergoing reorganisation, has decided to seek proposals from its members and activists regarding changes in the party’s constitution.The......
ISLAMABAD: Soon after the return of Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar from the United Kingdom, the Supreme Court will resume on Friday hearing a case relating to illegal transfer of money from Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The Suri Jagek practice of Pakistan’s indigenous Kalasha people has been approved by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) for inclusion in this......
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party (BNP-M) president Sardar Akhtar Mengal has sought a political solution to the issue of missing persons, saying that the problems of the province would not be......
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines chief Air Marshal Arshad Malik has said that the national flag carrier will soon induct four new aircraft into its fleet.“We have already started a fleet......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday dismissed as withdrawn a habeas corpus petition challenging the detention of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Maulana Khadim Hussain Rizvi, his son......
KARACHI: Day two of the 10th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2018 here on Wednesday was witness to the unveiling of a new indigenous multi-role drone built by Global Industrial......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has announced that Dec 1 is the deadline after which it will implement its new mechanism to counter the spread of smuggled mobile phones in......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that all sports federations in Pakistan would soon have qualified professionals and no more favoritism or nepotism would be acceptable.The Prime......
DHAKA: Bangladesh Premier League side Comilla Victorians on Tuesday announced the signing of former Australian captain Steve Smith for the upcoming edition of the Twenty20 tournament.Victorians coach......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services (NHS) on Wednesday passed a bill which will make it possible for people to donate organs.Titled The Transplantation of Human......
SYDNEY: Michael Clarke and Simon Katich famously clashed physically in the dressing room when they were Test players and this week they have become embroiled in a verbal disagreement over Australia’s......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information Technology (IT) Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Wednesday told a Senate committee that a breakthrough was expected in the recovery of $800 million from Etisalat, which......
BHUBANESWAR: Hoping to recreate history after 43 years, hosts India started their Hockey World Cup campaign on a rousing note, blanking South Africa 5-0 in their opening Pool ‘C’ match at a packed......
DUBAI: Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah does not know much about Clarrie Grimmett but is aware that he has a strong chance of shattering a record set by the Australian 82 years ago.Yasir tormented New......
WASHINGTON: Ivanka Trump defended her use of a private email account as she was moving into an adviser’s position in her father’s administration, saying it cannot be compared to the flap over former......
PARIS: A piece of the original spiral staircase from the Eiffel Tower, Paris’s most famous attraction, was sold for 169,000 euros on Tuesday, a spokesman for auction house Artcurial said, three times......
RAWALPINDI: Customs authorities seized $46,500 from an attaché of the Kuwaiti embassy at the Islamabad International Airport on Wednesday.The customs staff spotted large amount of dollars during......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Athar Minallah on Wednesday assumed the office of Islamabad High Court (IHC) chief justice.After taking oath to his office, he appointed Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani as the......
HONG KONG: A Chinese scientist at the centre of an ethical storm over what he claims are the world’s first genetically edited babies said on Wednesday he is proud of his work and revealed there was a......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court-mandated commission on water and sanitation in Sindh on Wednesday expressed its serious resentment over the “unfair” distribution of water in the provincial metropolis and......
WASHINGTON: The US Treasury Department has informed Congress that Pakistan will pay off an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout before its loans from China become due.“We think the maturity of......
KIEV: Ukraine’s president signed an act imposing martial law in border regions on Wednesday as mounting tensions over Russia’s seizure of Ukrainian ships saw US President Donald Trump threaten to......
KARACHI: Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan said on Wednesday that people of Pakistan believed that there was no military solution to the Kashmir issue and it could only be resolved......
ISLAMABAD: The ministry of law and justice has proposed drastic changes in the Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) regime and empowered the interior secretary to send MLA requests to — and receive from —......
JAKARTA: Faulty equipment and Indonesian carrier Lion Air’s own safety failures had pilots fighting for control of their Boeing 737 MAX 8 as it plunged into the Java Sea on Oct 28, killing all 189......
KABUL: A US air strike in southeastern Afghanistan killed an unspecified number of civilians on Tuesday night. The strike occurred during a firefight between Afghan special forces working with US......
KARACHI: Repatriation of profits and dividends from the country during July-October FY19 declined by 20 per cent, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Wednesday.According to the SBP data, the......
ISLAMABAD: Pepsi Co is set to invest $1.2 billion in Pakistan in coming years, a statement from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s office said on Wednesday.Pepsi planned to make ” a further investment of......
KARACHI: As leading spinners avoided purchasing on Wednesday, the cotton market remained depressed and prices moved further down.Currently, the textile industry is faced with huge unsold stocks of......
BENGALURU: Gold hovered near a two-week low on Wednesday as the dollar remained buoyant ahead of a speech by US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that is expected to offer clues on the central......
ISLAMABAD: While probing the multi-billion tax evasion scam of tobacco sector, a special committee of the Senate on Wednesday directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to equate tax incidence on......
ISLAMABAD: In response of audit notices issued to over a million taxpayers across the country, only 2,013 taxpayers have so far opted for revising their tax returns by paying Rs43.36 million......
KARACHI: In the aftermath of a local bank reporting a loss of Rs2.6 million last month, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday issued a number of measures against cyber crime to safeguard......
KARACHI: The Sindh government is planning to establish a dedicated grid company under public-private partnership to evacuate clean electricity being produced at Thatta-Jhimpir wind corridor, said......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan was informed at a meeting on Wednesday that over 40 bidders and construction companies had applied for providing land and constructing housing units under the......
ISLAMABAD: Expressing dissatisfaction over the electricity generation planning and its fuel mix, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) on Wednesday ordered immediate lifting of furnace oil from......
ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be his first political outburst since suspension of his jail sentence in the Avenfield properties reference, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday demanded an......
GENEVA: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has formed a 12-strong team to negotiate peace with the Taliban, but implementation of any deal will take at least five years, he said on Wednesday.He was......
KARACHI: Former president Asif Ali Zardari has told a joint investigation team (JIT) constituted by the Supreme Court to probe alleged money laundering committed by senior Pakistan Peoples Party......
ISLAMABAD: The Suri Jagek practice of Pakistan’s indigenous Kalasha people has been approved by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) for inclusion in this......
THERE is nothing sacrosanct about the 100-day timeline, and no government should be expected to deliver policy outcomes in that time period, unless the policy outcomes are of a terribly minor nature.......
KARACHI: Finance Minister Asad Umar has said that Pakistan can wait two months before deciding on an IMF programme.“We aren’t in a hurry,” he is quoted by Bloomberg in a report, words that echo......
