Reckless Driving : Two dead as jeep falls into ravine
MUZAFFARABAD: A woman and a man were killed and five others injured on Thursday when the jeep they were travelling in swerved off the road and fell into a ravine. The jeep was on the way from...
View ArticleKarachi Heat Wave: EU voices sympathy over deaths
ISLAMABAD: The European Union (EU) on Thursday expressed its sympathy with the families of Karachi’s heat wave victims who lost their dear ones due to unusual weather conditions during the last few...
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Senate panel briefing: Afghan Taliban urged to renounce violence
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday appealed to the Afghan Taliban and other insurgent groups in Afghanistan to recognise President Ashraf Ghani’s government, in the latest overture to prove its...
View ArticleWater for all: Gwadar desalination plant ready after probe
QUETTA: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry had directed the bureau’s Balochistan chapter to expedite work on a desalination plant in Karwat, Gwadar. The two million...
View ArticleKurram violence: Two security men die in landmine blast
JAMRUD / PARACHINAR: A landmine blast killed two security personnel and left two more injured in Kurram Agency on Thursday. Officials said that militants had planted explosives on a track used by...
View ArticleSialkot Working Boundary: Thousands throng border for Baba Chamliyan’s festival
SIALKOT: For once in a year, instead of trading machine gun fire and mortar shells, Chenab Rangers and Indian Border Security Force men exchanged sweets to mark the festival of popular local saint Baba...
View ArticleTurning up the heat: Petitioner seeks compensation for heatwave victims
ISLAMABAD: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking payment of compensation to the relatives of Karachi’s heatwave victims whose condition worsened due to long and frequent power cuts...
View ArticleCourt grills police for transferring case to FATA
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) reprimanded police on Thursday for transferring to Fata Secretariat the case against a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief. Justice Shaukat...
View ArticleProof of irregularities: Re-polling ordered in over 250 K-P stations on July 5
ISLAMABAD: Election authorities have decided to hold fresh polling at hundreds of polling stations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) that witnessed large-scale irregularities in the May 30 elections. On...
View ArticleIn session: Balochistan Assembly debates power shortage
QUETTA: Balochistan should generate its own electricity to overcome its acute power shortage, Zamrak Khan Achakzai said in the Balochistan Assembly on Thursday. The ANP parliamentary leader, speaking...
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Copa America: Peru click into Guer-rero as Bolivia brushed aside
TEMUCO: Brazil-based striker Paolo Guerrero scored a hat-trick as Peru swept aside Bolivia 3-1 to set up a Copa America semi-final showdown with fierce rivals Chile on Thursday. Flamengo forward...
View ArticleState of Children report: After 18th Amendment, federal children’s...
ISLAMABAD: After the 18th Amendment to the Constitution passed by Parliament in 2010, all attempts by the federal government to improve the quality of life of children appear to have fallen by the...
View ArticleDreaming big: Hamza begins process for professional circuit
KARACHI: Asian champion Hamza Akbar registered himself with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) to officially kick-start the process of making his way into the professional...
View ArticleWomen’s World Cup: Holders Japan, hosts Canada take on Australia, England
VANCOUVER: The Women’s World Cup heats up this weekend with Australia challenging holders Japan and hosts Canada up against England in the quarter-finals. The rerun of last year’s Asian Cup final at...
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Long legal battle: Ruling reserved in amendments case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday reserved its ruling in a case challenging the 18th and 21st constitutional amendments. The lengthy legal battle reached the highest court in the land a few...
View ArticleDutch motogp: Yamaha’s Rossi on pole in Assen
ASSEN: World championship leader Valentino Rossi will start on pole position at Saturday’s Dutch MotoGP in Assen after recording the fastest time in qualifying on Friday. The Italian, on a Yamaha,...
View ArticleAsia-Oceania Zone Group II: Aqeel Khan confident of success in second round
KARACHI: Pakistan’s most decorated Davis Cup player Aqeel Khan is confident of Pakistan’s chances in the Asia-Oceania Group II round-two tie against Indonesia, which will start on July 14 at the Gelora...
View ArticlePortugal face Germany for a place in the final
Group B winners Portugal take on Group A runners-up Germany in their semi-final in Olomouc as they look to claim their first-ever UEFA Under-21 Championship. Portugal have only once reached the final...
View ArticlePakistan’s new motto: Yasir Shah-l deliver
COLOMBO: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah claimed 5-95 as Pakistan halted Sri Lanka’s march towards a big first-innings lead in the second Test at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Friday. Yasir made up for the...
View ArticleWahab fractures bowling hand, out for three weeks
KARACHI: Pacer Wahab Riaz has been ruled out of the ongoing tour of Sri Lanka with a hairline fracture that will see him on the sidelines for three weeks. The selectors will wait before deciding...
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