Elections in erstwhile Fata shall be held on July 20 instead of the previously scheduled date of July 2, a statement by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said on Wednesday.The provincial......
THERE were jubilations on the streets of Khartoum and elsewhere in Sudan two months ago when the nation’s military pulled the plug on Omar Hassan al-Bashir. After his 30 years of misrule, there was......
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) supremo Altaf Hussain was released on bail on Wednesday after remaining in the custody of the London Metropolitan Police for two days.The Met Police announced Hussain's......
Stocks rose on Wednesday and the business community gave mixed reviews of Prime Minister Imran Khan's first budget aimed at securing a $6 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund......
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday lashed out at Prime Minister Imran Khan for suggesting in a national address that opposition leaders wanted a National Reconciliation Ordinance......
Police on Wednesday registered a case against 55 Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) workers who took to the streets in Mandi Bahauddin's suburban Gojra area to protest the arrest of party co-chairman Asif......
The extremists behind Sri Lanka's deadly Easter bombings received funding from state intelligence services, a top Muslim leader told a parliamentary investigation.The comments by Azath Salley, who......
The Saudi-led military coalition vowed to respond firmly to a missile attack by Yemeni Houthi forces on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday which wounded 26 people.The......
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday ordered sugar mill owners to pay their dues to sugarcane growers by Friday, June 14.A three-member bench headed by Justice Azmat Saeed issued the orders.The......
A special court in Islamabad on Wednesday rejected former military dictator Pervez Musharraf's plea for adjournment of the hearing of a high treason case against him.A three-judge bench headed by......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that it was time for the nation to "stop glorifying" money launderers who he said have caused damage to the country and impoverished the people.Taking to......
Pakistan Captain Sarfraz Ahmed on Wednesday chose to bowl first in the 17th match, of the World Cup being played at Taunton."A bit of grass, looks like a green pitch, with a bit of moisture," Sarfraz......
Uber Technologies said it will use Australia's second-largest city, Melbourne, as the first international test site for the group's planned flying taxi service.The United States ride sharing firm had......
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that annual increase in the tuition fees of private schools will be five per cent, upholding a Sindh High Court order that was passed earlier.The top court also......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government, in the budget for fiscal year 2019-20, has completely ignored new development schemes in the sports sector of the country.According to budgetary documents, however,......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police will get an increase of Rs662 million in its budget for the financial year 2019.An amount of Rs7.09 billion was allocated for the police in the fiscal year 2018-19 which......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Tuesday said her ministry has initiated a nationwide campaign to highlight the scourge of child labour.In her message on ‘World Day against......
PESHAWAR: The boards of intermediate and secondary education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have failed to implement the decision of the elementary and secondary education department to assess the learning of......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated Rs29 billion for the development projects of Higher Education Commission (HEC) in the fiscal year 2019-20.According to the budget documents, the......
LONDON: The ICC has ignored pleas from World Cup stars to resolve the bail controversy that threatens to spoil the tournament.India captain Virat Kohli and Australia skipper Aaron Finch joined forces......
ISLAMABAD: The extension of Islamabad Expressway from Koral to the G.T. Road may be delayed for years, as the government has only allocated Rs425 million in the upcoming fiscal year for this Rs10......
A day after his arrest, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday brought Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz to an accountability court in Lahore, as the bureau......
KARACHI: Pakistan had the honour of bringing an end to Australia’s remarkable 34-match World Cup streak without a defeat. That happened at Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium during the last pool fixture......
LONDON: Steve Waugh insists Australia’s World Cup defeat against title rivals India won’t derail the holders’ bid to retain the trophy.Australia were beaten for the first time in this year’s World......
LAHORE: Neither the Punjab government has anything to do with the arrest of Hamza Shahbaz nor the federal government with Asif Ali Zardari’s, says Punjab Information Minister Samsam Bukhari, adding......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said on Tuesday a new system was being introduced to issue ownership deeds of lands through commercial banks in the province.Presiding over a high-level meeting......
LAHORE: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Secretary Azmatullah Chaudhry on Tuesday distanced himself from the stance taken by its president Amanullah Kanrani on a reference filed against Justice......
MULTAN: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman says that a multi-party conference will be held in the last week of June and consultation sessions with political parties regarding the......
LONDON: The rain has started to make its presence felt in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. The Pakistan vs Sri Lanka match at Bristol was the first casualty of rain as it was abandoned without a ball......
NOTTINGHAM: India on Tuesday put Shikhar Dhawan under observation over a hand injury that could sideline the batsman for at least two weeks at the World Cup.Dhawan led India to their second win of......
SOUTHAMPTON: The size and pace of the fast bowlers from the Caribbean has cricket watchers excited about a potential West Indies renaissance at the World Cup.The fact one of them is playing for......
FAISALABAD: The number of HIV-positive persons is increasing at an alarming rate in the five districts of Punjab -- Faisalabad, Chiniot, Sahiwal, Jhang and Nankana -- and currently more than 2,800......
LAHORE: The PML-N held demonstrations at several places in the city on Tuesday to protest against the arrest of Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz.The National Accountability......
KARACHI: With the session of the provincial assembly set to begin from Wednesday (today), the Sindh government has announced that it will present its budget for the next financial year on......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Tuesday forecast intensification of tropical cyclone Vayu in the next 12 hours, expecting widespread dust/thundershowers with isolated heavy rainfall......
KARACHI: Local Government Minister and chairman of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Saeed Ghani, expressing his displeasure over the ongoing water crisis in the metropolis and increasing......
KARACHI: Leaders, activists and supporters of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) held demonstrations and took out rallies in many cities and towns of Sindh on Tuesday on a call given by the party......
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TAUNTON: Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed denied his team carry any scars from their 5-0 rout by Australia in March and is confident of victory in Wednesday’s World Cup contest against the reigning......
KARACHI: It was a similarly hot and humid afternoon of June 2014 when panic and fear gripped the metropolis shortly after TV channels aired news about the arrest of Altaf Hussain, the founder of then......
BUDAPEST: Hungarian police recovered more bodies on Tuesday after raising a sightseeing boat that sank in the river Danube in Budapest last month, an accident that has claimed at least 24......
HONG KONG: Tensions rose in Hong Kong late on Tuesday as hundreds of protesters began a nighttime vigil outside the city’s parliament, just hours before lawmakers debate a divisive plan to allow......
PARIS: Her desserts are often not at all sweet and she couldn’t give a fig if people complain that they don’t look great on Instagram.But that did not stop Jessica Prealpato being named the best......
WASHINGTON: Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, had been an informant for the US Central Intelligence Agency, the Wall Street Journal......
BANGKOK: Thai officials said they discovered 65 ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees on Tuesday who were shipwrecked and stranded in southern Thailand.The passengers — 28 men, 31 women and five children......
KARACHI: The stock market made a surprise recovery on Tuesday where the KSE-100 index managed to claw up by 92.30 points (0.27 per cent) and close at 34,659.85.The index kicked off in the negative......
ISLAMABAD: the incumbent government plans to increase foreign borrowing for budgetary support by threefold in the next fiscal year compared to the proposals in the budget 2018-19.The budget document......
KARACHI/LAHORE: Dismayed over the government’s decision to rescind SRO1125 in budget 2019-20 ending sales tax exemption under the zero-rated regime for five sectors, the industry on Tuesday rejected......
ISLAMABAD: The government has earmarked Rs675 billion — including foreign assistance of Rs127bn — for the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2019-20. The development programme will focus on......
WASHINGTON: Egypt, Jordan and Morocco have informed the Trump administration they will attend a US-led conference in Bahrain this month on proposals for boosting the Palestinian economy as part of a......
WASHINGTON: Since its sale for a record $450 million, the whereabouts of the “Salvator Mundi,” said to be painted by Leonardo da Vinci, has become one of the art world’s greatest mysteries.On Monday,......
MOSCOW: Russian police said on Tuesday they would drop drug charges against an investigative journalist and free him from house arrest, in a rare climbdown by law enforcement following a public......
LONDON: Global carbon emissions grew by 2.0 per cent last year, the highest rate since 2010-2011, a closely-watched review by energy giant BP said on Tuesday, calling the trend “unsustainable”.“There......
Sweeping withdrawal of exemptions, large increase in income tax and sales tax collections along with strict enforcement measures in finance bill. Income taxpayers, whether salaried or non-salaried,......
KARACHI: The budget 2019-20 on the whole was defined by most market participants as “neutral to negative”. Following the first readings of the document, brokers and analysts categorised the budget as......
KARACHI: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) senior vice president Salahuddin Gandapur and former president Yaseen Azad have extended their support for a countrywide strike call for June 14 to......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that it was losing approximately Rs10 million a day as interest by not timely investing over Rs10.6 billion funds collected so far from donations for......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday observed that lethargic attitude of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had caused a delay in disposal of cases and summoned Director General......
At this stage is there even a point to writing these when you know there is a cloud hanging over, figuratively and literally both. What good is all the hype and pre-match chatter when the action......
ASIF Ali Zardari is back in prison that he has called his ‘second home’. The noose had been tightening around him for long and it was just a matter of time before he would be nabbed. He has been......
ISLAMABAD: Health advocates were shocked to learn on Tuesday that despite a decision of the federal cabinet to impose “health levy” on cigarettes and fizzy drinks, it was not included in the proposed......
ISLAMABAD: The government has set the national development outlay for 2019-20 at Rs1.837 trillion, including foreign assistance of Rs237 billion.According to Planning Minister Khusro Bakhtiar, the......
ISLAMABAD: Defence budget is proposed to grow nominally in the next financial year by 4.74 per cent as compared to the outgoing year, but its share in the total outlay and the gross domestic product......
ISLAMABAD: Provinces will get Rs3.25 trillion under the National Finance Commission (NFC) award in the next financial year — an increase of Rs790 billion over their share of Rs2.45tr in the outgoing......
IN its first full-year budget for the next fiscal year, the Imran Khan government is aiming to bring down the primary (budget) deficit to 0.6 per cent of GDP by focusing on plugging the loopholes in......
ISLAMABAD: Despite a massive Rs1.405 trillion tax plan, the federal budget sees no major change in the overall fiscal deficit during 2019-20, which is set to come in at a record Rs3.15tr or 7.2 per......
THERE were jubilations on the streets of Khartoum and elsewhere in Sudan two months ago when the nation’s military pulled the plug on Omar Hassan al-Bashir. After his 30 years of misrule, there was......
ASIF Ali Zardari is back in prison that he has called his ‘second home’. The noose had been tightening around him for long and it was just a matter of time before he would be nabbed. He has been......
The Federal Budget 19-20 reveals the government's plans regarding the regulation of the real estate sector as a vehicle for money laundering.In a sub-head dealing with taxation of the real estate......
Aside from the slew of indirect taxes (and some exemptions) announced by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government on Tuesday, discussed elsewhere, there still remains the thorny matter of income taxes......
