AMSTELVEEN: Jason Roy and Jos Buttler demolished the Netherlands on Wednesday as England coasted to an eight-wicket victory with nearly 20 overs to spare in the third one-day international, sealing......
LEEDS: England head into the third Test at Headingley on Thursday with doubts over the health of captain Ben Stokes as they chase a 3-0 series clean sweep against New Zealand.Stokes missed training......
DOHA: More than 1.2 million tickets have been sold for Qatar’s 2022 soccer World Cup, organisers said on Wednesday.The most recent phase of ticket sales, a random selection draw, closed at the end of......
TOKYO: The final price tag for last year’s Tokyo Olympics was more than double the city’s original 2013 estimate after a one-year coronavirus postponement added to the already hefty bill.The......
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred and two injured when lightning struck their post during torrential rain here in Shawal area near Afghan border early on Wednesday.Also, a......
KARACHI: In back-to-back search and rescue operations, the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PSMA) has managed to save the lives of Sri Lankan and Omani seafarers in two separate incidents.The PMSA......
KARACHI: Five people were taken into custody for resisting the demolition of seven residential buildings in Sultanabad near the US Consulate, police said on Wednesday.The Karachi Bachao Tehreek, an......
KARACHI: Four persons were killed in three rain-related incidents in different parts of the city on Wednesday when the ‘unexpected’ downpour of the pre-monsoon season lashed the metropolis,......
QUITO: Eighteen police officers are “missing” following an attack by Indigenous protesters on a police station in Ecuador’s eastern Amazon region, the interior minister said on Wednesday.Another six......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued a detailed order explaining reasons to quash the first information report (FIR) registered against rights activist Imaan Zainab......
RAWALPINDI: A fresh security assessment of educational institutions categorised ‘A’ has revealed significant security flaws and relevant authorities have been asked to take effective measures......
ISLAMABAD: Employees of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) have called off their strike on the assurance of Federal Minister for Health Abdul Qadir Patel on Wednesday that their issues......
MES AYNAK: An ancient Buddhist city carved out of immense peaks near Kabul is in danger of disappearing forever, swallowed up by a Chinese consortium exploiting one of the world’s largest copper......
DADU: The foster mother of PPP leader and former president Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur and Azra Fazul Pechoho passed away here on Wednesday. She was 83.Zareen Ara, also known as Bukhari Begum,......
PARIS: Baths in blood extracted from the antlers of Siberian deer. Excrements scooped up by loyal officials to evade analysis. Mysterious absences for emergency medical treatment.The claims made......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) intends to probe the video scandal involving the former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman, retired Justice Javed Iqbal.Mr Iqbal......
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s crown prince on Wednesday dissolved parliament and called for an early election following a stand-off between the government and elected assembly that has hindered fiscal......
IT has been 10 months since America’s exit from Afghanistan last August. The world now engages with the Afghan Taliban as the country’s de facto government. But there’s no move to recognise the......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said he wanted to transform Pakistan into an Asian hub of industrialisation through extensive investment.He was talking to a delegation of......
GAME theory is described as “a branch of applied mathematics that provides tools for analysing situations in which parties, called players, make decisions that are interdependent. This......
ISLAMABAD: Accusing the previous Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) regime of bringing the country on the verge of bankruptcy, Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Wednesday said......
QUETTA: Balochistan Finance Minister Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran has refuted rumours regarding differences over the new provincial budget presented on Tuesday, saying that it was prepared based on......
LAHORE: Ruling coalition partners, the PML-N and PPP, have pledged to contest the July 17 by-polls in Punjab jointly, as nominees of the latter were directed to withdraw their candidatures for all......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Wednesday that Chinese banks had signed an agreement for about a $2.3 billion loan that would flow into Pakistan’s account within a couple of......
IS Rs1,400 the real price of a two-pound chocolate fudge cake sold by a good bakery? Not according to economists. This is the nominal price. The real price is what you are foregoing by buying this......
NEW DELHI: India is providing safety certification for dozens of ships managed by a subsidiary of top Russian shipping group Sovcomflot, official data showed, enabling oil exports to India and......
• Military top brass briefs political leadership on progress in talks • Negotiations only under ambit of Constitution, says PM Office • In-camera parliament session to be convened on issue:......
GAME theory is described as “a branch of applied mathematics that provides tools for analysing situations in which parties, called players, make decisions that are interdependent. This......
ANYONE wishing to understand the machinery that drives Queen Elizabeth II should turn to its designer — her redoubtable grandmother, Queen Mary.The consort of King-Emperor George V, Queen Mary came......
KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday criticised the World Bank for messing up Pakistan’s energy sector by supporting fossil gas and financing LNG infrastructure in recent years.Organised by......
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against “expanding” military ties on Wednesday in a speech ahead of a virtual summit with top leaders from Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa.Beijing......
ISLAMABAD: Undecided whether to pass on to consumers or absorb the Rs90 billion outstanding cost of electricity consumed by Karachi residents five years ago, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC)......
SAN FRANCISCO: Google has agreed to pay Wikipedia for content displayed by its search engine, mirroring deals the US tech giant has struck with news outlets in Europe.The Wikimedia Foundation, the......
