An improvised explosive device (IED) went off outside the Pakistan Consulate General in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Sunday, Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said.In a post on Twitter, the......
Ben Stokes was the hero yet again as his incredible unbeaten century saw England to a thrilling one-wicket win in the third Ashes Test at Headingley on Sunday.England — all out for a woeful 67 in......
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif flew into Biarritz in southern France for the G7 summit on Sunday in an unexpected and dramatic attempt to break a diplomatic deadlock over Tehran's......
Former president of the Indian Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday said that he had experienced firsthand "the draconian administration and brute force unleashed on the Jammu & Kashmir people" as......
THE desire for dignity, self-esteem and appreciation motivates humans and nations alike, significantly impacting their behaviours. This desire partially originates from a fear of humiliation. Dignity......
Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday said that while war was not a choice Islamabad would willingly make, Pakistan was ready to retaliate if it is imposed .Speaking to......
Chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Syed Ali Shah Geelani has issued a five-point "programme of action" for resistance against the Indian government and called upon the residents......
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was getting along well with Western allies at a G7 summit in France, dismissing reports of rifts among leaders and declaring that they "respect" the trade......
A senior Revolutionary Guards commander denied on Sunday that Iranian targets had been hit in Israeli air strikes in Syria, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported.An Israeli military......
Some 200,000 Rohingya rallied in a Bangladesh refugee camp to mark two years since they fled a violent crackdown by Myanmar forces, just days after a second failed attempt to repatriate the......
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday claimed that no "selected prime minister" can fight for the Kashmir cause the way a "democracy friendly" premier can.Addressing......
Occupied Kashmir was put under indefinite curfew on August 5, after Article 370 was scrapped. By whatever fictitious thread occupied Kashmir had been tied to the union of India, it was cut loose. At......
KARACHI: There are many grandiloquent epithets used for Karachi, seemingly right out of a tourist guide. These include the city of lights, the city by the sea, the economic hub of Pakistan etc, etc.......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday said that Pakistan Army was fully prepared to thwart any Indian misadventure and aggression.“We are alive to threat from eastern......
LEEDS: England captain Joe Root and Joe Denly were fighting hard to prevent a three-day defeat in the third Test after Australia threatened another Ashes rout at Headingley on Saturday.When Australia......
LONDON: Manchester United suffered fresh penalty woe as Marcus Rashford missed from the spot in their shock 2-1 home Premier League defeat against Crystal Palace, while Chelsea manager Frank Lampard......
COLOMBO: A sparkling century by Tom Latham powered New Zealand’s first innings reply after Sri Lanka posted 244 on day three of the rain-hit second Test in Colombo on Saturday.Latham, on 111, put......
KARACHI: Around 257 corruption cases filed by the National Accountability Bureau have been pending disposal in six accountability courts in the province due to slow prosecution and lack of judicial......
KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet on Saturday approved the Sindh Women Agriculture Act 2019 aimed at empowering the women of the rural swathes of the province.“Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has called......
GILGIT: The central leadership of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Saturday promised to settle issues of Gilgit-Baltistan people, particularly guaranteeing them their long-awaited constitutional......
RAWALPINDI: PPP leaders were not allowed to meet with Faryal Talpur at Central Jail Adiala on Saturday, although the jail administration did permit her lawyers and relatives to see her.Party workers......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority’s expansion to 15 districts of the province has hit a roadblock as its management puts the hiring of over 200 staff on indefinite......
LAHORE: A special court for Control of Narcotics Substance on Saturday issued a notice to the Anti-Narcotics Force on bail petition of PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah Khan in a narcotics case.Earlier, Mr......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has requested the Supreme Court to restore local bodies representatives in Punjab as 52 per cent population of the country is deprived of......
KARACHI: A large section of the legal fraternity on Saturday announced boycott all court functions to be held for the retiring judges of the Supreme Court in protest against filing of references by......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday chaired a meeting to review progress on the establishment of `University of Engineering and Emerging Technologies’ at Prime Minister House.The meeting......
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court on Saturday granted protective bail to former chief minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri in the murder case of Nawab Amanullah Zarakzai, who was killed along with his......
WASHINGTON: “The specter of nuclear war haunts tensions between India and Pakistan, and the disputed territory of Kashmir could provide the spark that lights South Asia’s nuclear fuse,” warns a......
TEKNAF: Bangladesh police said they had shot dead two Rohingya refugees during a gunfight in a refugee camp on Saturday after the pair were accused of killing a ruling party official.Nearly a million......
WASHINGTON: A patient who had recently been vaping died in the US after developing severe lung disease, officials said on Friday, as authorities scrambled to find the cause behind almost 200 more......
BIARRITZ: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Council head Donald Tusk sparred on Saturday over who would be to blame should Britain leave the European Union (EU) on Oct 31 without a......
DUBAI: An Iranian-flagged oil tanker pursued by the US amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington changed its listed destination to a port in Turkey early on Saturday after Greece said it......
BEIJING: China on Saturday angrily hit out at the latest US tariff hikes on its goods, saying a “bullying” Washington would eventually “eat its own bitter fruit”.European leaders have also warned US......
DOHA: The US and the Taliban met in Doha on Saturday, resuming potentially decisive talks to allow Washington to withdraw militarily from Afghanistan.The second day of their ninth round of dialogue......
A lot is happening. Fireworks are all around the ‘crude’ scene. Yet, and, this is a big yet: oil markets continue to remain unfazed.Saudi oilfields are on the firing line. They are being targeted, by......
BIARRITZ: EU leaders rounded on US President Donald Trump over his trade threats on Saturday as they arrived in the chic French seaside resort of Biarritz for a G7 summit overshadowed by......
KARACHI: The surprise strong rally in the outgoing week where the KSE-100 index recorded gains of a staggering 2,585 points (9 per cent) over the earlier week and closed at 31,350.This was not only......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) issued draft regulations governing the appointment of chief executives at the public sector companies.The draft has been published......
KARACHI: As the housing and property market remains mired in a prolonged slump, affiliated industries say they are seeing a collapse in demand for the products as well.Tiles and sanitary dealers are......
KARACHI: Unlike nearly a million Rohingya Muslims living in shelter camps in Bangladesh, Noor Ahmed, 55, lodges in a huge house in a middle-income neighborhood of the eastern district of Karachi.He......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that testimony of a police witness in a case falls under credible evidence and subject to the same standard of proof and principles of scrutiny as applicable to......
MUZAFFARABAD: A large number of journalists from different parts of the country, joined by civil society activists, staged a rally from the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) capital to a town near the......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Suspected militants attacked a police check-post in the Daraban area of Dera Ismail Khan late on Friday night, leaving two passers-by dead and two others injured.Sources said that......
LAHORE: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan chastised Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for creating war hysteria and warned that “if India ever tried to......
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to defend its decision of unilaterally nominating two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the government on Saturday claimed that President Dr Arif Alvi had made......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday held a meeting with his economic team to prepare a comprehensive economic roadmap under which decisions to improve performance of relevant ministries......
KARACHI: The stock market took a surprise turnaround last week with almost a decade high weekly returns. Besides many other positives, the investors were also enthused by the visit of the newly......
THE desire for dignity, self-esteem and appreciation motivates humans and nations alike, significantly impacting their behaviours. This desire partially originates from a fear of humiliation. Dignity......
In preparation to revoking Article 370 and Article 35-A of the Indian constitution, which guaranteed Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir a special status, the Indian government snapped all......
A third British warship is heading to the Gulf, the Royal Navy announced on Saturday, amid heightened tensions in the region.Britain has already sent the HMS Kent to cover for frigate HMS Montrose......
