The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is not in favour of creating another province in Sindh, Prime Minister Imran Khan declared on Friday during a visit to Karachi.In a meeting with leaders of......
A prayer leader was shot dead in a suspected targeted attack in Karachi's Sachal area on Friday morning, officials said.Mohammed Arwah, 55, was coming out of the Minarul Huda Masjid in Sachal Goth......
At least 15 students died on Friday in a fire in a building in India housing a college, officials said, with images on television and social media showing people jumping to escape the blaze.“The......
Comparisons with Virat Kohli have been a stumbling block for many batsmen in world cricket but Pakistan's Babar Azam has embraced the challenge wholeheartedly and will carry his country's hopes at......
Global stocks were rebounding on Friday following Thursday’s sell-off, with markets hoping for an easing in the US-China trade dispute and after British Prime Minister Theresa May said she plans to......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) increased its majority in India's election with its best-ever tally of 303 seats, final results confirmed on Friday.The......
In a case with significant First Amendment implications, the United States filed new charges on Thursday against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, accusing him of violating the Espionage Act by......
The head of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption unit said on Friday he had been in direct contact with around 12 “corruptors” to warn them off the World Cup.Match fixing or spot......
Oman said on Friday it was trying to reduce spiralling tensions between the United States and Iran as the Pentagon confirmed it was considering deploying more troops to the region.The small but......
LONDON: Lined up on the stage like targets, the 10 captains of the ICC World Cup teams laughed uncomfortably at the question posed to them by a kid with a microphone here on Thursday.“If you could......
Afghanistan captured four wickets and restricted Pakistan to 157 for four by the end of the 31st over in the first warm-up match of the upcoming International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup on......
A prominent Afghan religious scholar was killed and another 16 people wounded in a blast during Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, officials said.It was not immediately clear what caused the......
Three men were handed death sentences on Friday by an additional sessions court in Sanghar on Friday for the gang rape of a student of class nine.Judge Inayatullah Bhutto awarded death sentence to......
KARACHI: Qatar will get the first action of the FIFA World Cup it hosts in about three-and-half years’ time on June 11 after it was announced that Pakistan will play the home leg of its first-round......
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday said she would quit, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power who is likely to push for a more decisive Brexit divorce deal.May set out......
A blast near Rehmania mosque in Quetta's Pashtoonabad area during Friday prayers left at least five people wounded, according to initial police reports.The injured are being shifted to Civil Hospital......
Afghanistan's cricketers have long been heralded as a beacon of hope for a nation torn apart by conflict but they have earned the right to be taken more seriously than a mere human interest story at......
All the usual suspects have gathered for the World Cup at the home of cricket, and yet something is missing. The rest of the world.When the first ball is bowled at The Oval on Thursday, only 10......
Any lesser mortal in Bangladesh might have been censured for being absent for the team’s World Cup photo shoot but such is the stature Shakib Al Hasan enjoys that the board merely regretted his......
Prominent Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen in a wide-ranging interview on Thursday night said that the country's economic situation is difficult but will improve as his......
Leg spinner Rashid Khan is already on his way to becoming Afghanistan's first sporting superstar and the 20-year-old is determined his first World Cup will be remembered for his country achieving......
As predicted by pollsters, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) swept the Lok Sabha elections. As of 10:08am today, the Election Commission data said the BJP has......
A second straight landslide election defeat for opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi raised serious questions on Friday about his leadership and cast a damaging shadow over one of the world's most......
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is in Islamabad on a two-day visit for meetings with top officials amid escalating tensions with Washington.Zarif, upon his arrival in the capital on Thursday......
While India is Asia's obvious contender for the World Cup title, there are four other nations from the continent which could pose problems for highly-ranked teams.Among them, Pakistan and Sri Lanka......
LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi says the side have injected the right amount of experience into their World Cup squad with the late inclusions of pacemen Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir,......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday issued notices to the provincial advocate general, the chief secretary and the secretary of information department on a petition against non-payment of......
LONDON: Lined up on the stage like targets, the 10 captains of the ICC World Cup teams laughed uncomfortably at the question posed to them by a kid with a microphone here on Thursday.“If you could......
PESHAWAR: The three-day annual Shandur polo festival will begin at the world’s highest polo ground in Chitral on July 7.Arrangements for the festival were discussed during a meeting chaired by......
KOHAT: Deputy commissioner Matiullah Khan has said that the anti-polio vaccination campaign, which was stopped last month, will resume here from June 17 with special focus on thousands of refusal......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks on Friday to form a new cabinet to tackle a stuttering economy and other challenges facing his second term after winning a big majority.Official......
FAISALABAD: After an anti terrorism court handed down 18-year sentence to a lawyer who had injured a civil judge during proceedings of a case in Jaranwala, his colleagues vent their anger by jolting......
LAHORE: PPP leader and former Senator Farhatullah Babar says they are ready to review their protest plans against the government provided the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) agrees on an......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday granted 20-day physical remand of an alleged facilitator of Data Darbar suicide attack to the counter terrorism department (CTD).The CTD personnel produced......
RAWALPINDI: Police investigating the alleged involvement of its three officials in a sexual assault case have decided to conduct a polygraph test of the accused as well as the victim.The victim is......
PESHAWAR: A lawyer has moved the Peshawar High Court challenging the recent legislation meant to protect the laws, which were enforced in the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas and......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday shot down a bomb-laden drone deployed by rebels in neighbouring Yemen to attack an airport in the kingdom, the Riyadh-led coalition fighting on the side of Yemen’s......
KARACHI: Although the family of nine-month-old Nashwa, who died after she was administered with a wrong injection at a private hospital last month, reached an out-of-court settlement with the Darul......
KARACHI: Three suspects, including two females, escaped from the court on Thursday after their interim pre-arrest bail was recalled in a case pertaining to alleged abduction and rape of a Christian......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani said on Thursday that the Quetta Development Package would give a boost to economic activities in the city.He was presiding over a meeting......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on Thursday expressed its concern over the access to data being given to a US firm linked with global cyber surveillance.The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet......
QUETTA: Commissioner Usman Ali Khan has directed the divisional task force to ensure strict security measures during the upcoming anti-polio drive across Balochistan.He said that through collective......
KARACHI: The stunning victory at the stock market extended into the fourth day where the KSE-100 index cumulatively gained 2,414 points (7.13 per cent).On Thursday, the KSE-100 index rose 944.20......
KARACHI: The Federal Ministry of National Health Services on Thursday notified that the three major hospitals in Karachi had been returned to the Centre as indicated in a Supreme Court judgement. The......
KARACHI: In a bid to safeguard Al Futtaim-Renault investment of $165 million, Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Industry Abdul Razak Dawood on Thursday assured full cooperation and support to......
ISLAMABAD: Fixing the budget announcement date on June 11, the government on Thursday approved a consolidated development portfolio of Rs1.837 trillion, targeting an economic growth rate of four per......
KARACHI: Manufacturers of two and three-wheelers and auto loaders jacked up prices in the range of Rs500-Rs10,000 citing rising raw material prices in the international market and recent bouts of......
WASHINGTON: The IMF sounded the alarm on Thursday about the escalating US-China trade war, warning it will “jeopardise” 2019 global growth, undermine confidence and raise prices for consumers.Gita......
GABORONE: Many conservationists on Thursday reacted with anger over Botswana’s decision to lift its blanket ban on hunting, describing it as a “horrifying” move, though others backed the......
NEW DELHI: Amit Shah, who has long been Modi’s backroom strategist, helped run one of India’s most divisive election campaigns over the past six weeks to rouse the Bharatiya Janata Party’s......
CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Thursday ordered the release of an Al Jazeera journalist who had been detained since 2016 on allegations of spreading false news and defaming Egypt’s reputation.Mahmoud......
Terre Haute (US): John Walker Lindh, the American captured in Afghanistan in 2001 fighting for the Taliban, was freed early from federal prison on Thursday after serving 17 years, the Federal Bureau......
LONDON: Voters in Brexit-bound Britain cast ballots on Thursday at the start of 28-nation EU elections in which Eurosceptic, anti-immigration forces have vowed a political earthquake to shake up the......
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi is set to face a backlash from within the main Indian opposition Congress party after it suffered a mauling for a second general election in a row from Prime Minister Narendra......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information was informed on Thursday that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) had issued show-cause notices to two TV channels for......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday granted approval for filing of four references.A meeting of the NAB Executive Board approved the filing of references against former......
THE PPP and the PML-N are, or are close to, getting united. The ruling party members, including their chief, are aghast. But it will be difficult, if not impossible, for the PTI to refuse credit here......
THE aim of current policy planners to establish a ‘national uniform system’ in education to ensure that all students have access to education and employment is worthy, and requires the attention of......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday cautioned India against changing the constitutional status of occupied Kashmir and reminded it that its high-handed tactics could not suppress the freedom......
QUETTA: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Thursday that Pakistan was going through an evolutionary process of its journey to enduring peace and stability after withstanding......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan spent a busy day in his Banigala residence on Thursday and held several meetings on different national issues, including gas and electricity theft, forced......
RAWALPINDI: British Airways (BA) will resume flights between London and Islamabad on June 2 after a break of around 11 years, with a three flights per week service on the Boeing 787 Dreamline......
ISLAMABAD: For the first time in the judicial history of the country, the Supreme Court of Pakistan will on Monday put into use the e-Court system under which its registries in the provinces would be......
ISLAMABAD: According to a detailed revenue plan drawn up by the tax bureaucracy, and shared with the International Monetary Fund in the last round of meetings, the government is aiming to introduce......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi won an emphatic mandate on Thursday for a second consecutive term in general elections that saw him pitching national security as an invincible talisman.In a......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday denied that a series of audio clips aired by a private TV channel have anything to do with its chairman Javed Iqbal, branding them "baseless, fake......
