RAWALPINDI Security forces on Tuesday apprehended two notorious terrorists along with their...
KARACHI Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Information & Archives, Law and Anti-Corruption Ba...
RAWALPINDI: The security forces Tuesday conducted an intelligence based operation in Malikabad area...
BENGALURU: Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up six wickets to lead India to a dramatic 75-run...
DUBAI: The trophy for the second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) was unveiled on Monday ...
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Two police officials were injured in a suicide bomb blast that took place in the city on Friday afternoon. According to the DPO Zeeshan Asghar, police fired at a suspicious person, died as a result of the gunshots but not before blowing himself up. The bomb blast occurre...
PTI announces schedule to hold public meetings on Panama issue; to nominate candidates for next elections on merit; Imran performs ground-breaking of cancer hospital in Karachi ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Thursday said that Pakistan was not crea...
MIANWALI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday inaugurated Chashma Nuclear Project – III, which would provide 340 MW electricity to the national grid. It is a joint collaboration of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). This is the third proje...
SUKKUR: At least five people were killed and 18 others injured when a Karachi-bound passenger bus overturned at Sanghi near Sukkur in the wee hours of Wednesday. According to reports, the victims include three women and a child. The bodies were shifted to hospitals for autopsy. Police said the pa...
The Ministry of Finance has categorically denied rumours regarding the demonetisation of the Rs5,000 banknote in a press release issued on Monday. A statement issued by a spokesperson for the ministry said that the government has neither taken such a decision nor is there any justification to do s...
Minister for Railways Khuwaja Saad Rafique on Thursday urged political parties to refrain from criticizing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Lashing out at political leaders seeking a greater part in CPEC, he said: “If everyone expects roads to pass through their areas, we will never b...
KABUL: There was an angry reaction in Afghanistan to news that the first female fixed-wing pilot in the country's air force was requesting asylum in the United States after completing an 18-month training course. The Afghan defence ministry confirmed on Sunday that Captain Niloofar Rahmani, 25, ha...
TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wants to send a message to the world during his visit to Pearl Harbor that Japan will never repeat the atrocities of past wars. "The alliance between Japan and the United States is one with hope in dealing with various problems in the world,&...
KARACHI: Pakistan on Sunday released 220 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters as a "goodwill gesture" to its nuclear-armed rival India, officials said. "We released 220 Indian fishermen today as a goodwill gesture," Deputy Superintendent of Karachi´...
MANILA: A powerful typhoon with gusts reaching 235 kilometres (146 miles) an hour made landfall in the eastern Philippines late on Sunday, the state weather service said. The eye of Typhoon Nock-Ten hit the remote island of Catanduanes just after 6:00 pm (1000 GMT), the weather service announced o...
DHAKA: A fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh that killed at least 24 people and injured more than two dozen others on Saturday, spread into the storage area of the building through the night, according to emergency officials. "We could not start search operations as i...
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will not collect hides of sacrificial animals on Eidul Azha, after dissociating itself from MQM founder. Leather market sources said, MQM was the key hide supplier from Karachi and interior Sindh for leader industry and approximately collects 100,000 sacrifi...
SANA’A: Fighting raged on in southern Aleppo on Saturday, the army and rebels said, hours after the United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal to put Syria's peace process back on track. The army attacked rebel-held areas, pushing to maximise recent gains before a new nationwide ceasefire...
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah after declaring `education emergency' in the province held his maiden meeting on the subject and decided to bifurcate the education & Literacy department into two departments, school education and college education so that proper con...
KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party leader Mustafa Kamal on Friday said the people have rejected both Altaf Hussain and Farooq Sattar & Co, after the MQM suffered defeat in by-election for Sindh Assembly constituency PS-127. Speaking at a press conference, the former Karachi mayor said the MQM’s...
NEW YORK: Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached his 10th successive US Open semi-final on Tuesday when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retired from their quarter-final with a left knee injury while trailing 6-3, 6-2. It was the third time in five matches that an opponent´s injury has worked to Djokovic´s a...
KARACHI: Three people including woman and a child were killed and several vehicles burnt when an oil tanker caught fire on Super Highway near DHA City Karachi, Motorway police said. Four other people sustained burnt injuries and were shifted to nearby hospital. Rescue sources said the oil tanker,...
KARACHI: Renowned educationist and Ex Vice Chancellor of Karachi University Professor Dr.Abdul Wahab passed away at private hospital in Karachi on Tuesday. He was admitted to hospital on Monday due to serious illness. Dr. Wahab was 77. According to his son Babar Wahab, his father was suffering fr...
LONDON: Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has told current limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan he will be putting his international future in jeopardy if he opts out of the upcoming tour of Bangladesh. The future of the tour was in the balance after an attack on a Dhaka cafe in July saw 20 -- m...
KARACHI: A glowing tribute was paid to Pakistan’s unsung heroes who dedicated their lives and skills to fellow Pakistanis and have become an inspiration and role model for young generation. Recently a bloggers’ meet-up was held in Karachi to create awareness about the unsung heroes that are active...
KARACHI: Pakistan´s number one tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi said Monday he has pulled out of a Davis Cup tie in New Zealand later this week "to take a stand". The 2010 US Open Doubles finalist remains unhappy that a 2013 match against the same opponents held in Myanmar was handed b...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court after registrar office had rejected petition submitted investigations over allegations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family in the Panama Leaks. Speaking to media after filing the appeal, PTI counsel Hamid Khan sa...
KARACHI: Chief of the Air Staff Pakistan Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman inaugurated Martyrs Monument at PAF Museum here. According to a a handout issued here the Air Chief laid floral wreath at the monument and offered Fateha for the martyrs of 1965 and 1971 wars. Speaking at the occasio...
RAWALPINDI: Director General (DG) Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa has said that military operation Zarb-e-Azb was an indiscriminate action against the militants. This he said while briefing the media on progress made during Zarb-e-Azb here Thursday. DG ISPR s...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said it would like to see the recent defence deal between the United States and India did not disturb strategic balance of South Asia. Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria said, “Pakistan hopes the set arrangements do not contribute to polarizing the region by di...
ISLAMABAD: Former governor state bank Aftab Ghulam Nabi (AGN) Kazi passes away here on Tuesday morning after protracted illness.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presided over a meeting related to the National Action Plan, on Tuesday
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s adviser on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz has said that shelling on innocent Kashmiri protestors is not acceptable under any circumstances as its amounts to violation of fundamental human rights.
KARACHI: The court of administrative judge of anti-terrorism courts in Karachi on Thursday handed over Wassem Akkhtar, leader of MQM, to police on physical remand till Monday.
DHAKA: Officials on Wednesday announced that at least 261 people across Bangladesh were missing. The country's elite security force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), published the list on Facebook around midnight and called on citizens to report the whereabouts of the missing.
DAMASCUS: French military intelligence estimates that about 100 foreigners continue to enter Syria from Turkey each week to join Islamic State, French daily Le Figaro reported on Wednesday.
Muhammad Waseem, brother and suspected murderer of slain model Qandeel Baloch, was presented at the court of the Additional District and Session Judge on Wednesday.
ALEPPO: At least 56 civilians, including 11 children, were killed Tuesday in dawn raids by the US-led coalition outside a Syrian village held by the Islamic State group, a monitor said.
RAWALPINDI: Awais Shah, abducted son of Sindh High Court Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, has been recovered in an intelligence based operation, said military spokesman Lt General Asim Saleem Bajwa on Tuesday.
LONDON: Legspinner Yasir Shah, who took a 10-for at Lord's to lead Pakistan to a much awaited victory over England, has climbed up to the top of the ICC rankings for bowlers.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party’s Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has congratulated national cricket team on winning Lord’s test match and adorned the leg-spinner Yasir Shah for his brilliant bowling, which defeated cricket pioneer England.
MULTAN: Model girl Qandeel Baloch has been murdered allegedly by her own brother in Green Town, the outskirt of Multan. According to the media reports, Qandeel Baloch’s father informed the police that his daughter has been strangled to death by his son. “Qandeel was killed by her brother over hon...
