World Hydrography Day (WHD) is celebrated worldwide on 21 Jun every year with the aim of giving suitable publicity to the work of International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO), urging all States...
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa reached Poland on an official visit, ISPR reported on Wednesday. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), During the visit COAS...
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Sheikh Ashtar Ausaf Ali stepped down from his post, NewsOne reported on Wednesday. The resignation of attorney general comes following the removal of Asma...
KABUL: Taliban militants killed 30 Afghan soldiers and captured a military base in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday, the provincial governor said, their first major attack since a...
WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS: The United States withdrew from a “hypocritical and self-serving” United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday over what it called chronic bias against Israel and a lack of...
DHAKA/GUWAHATI, INDIA: Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in South Asia have killed dozens of people and displaced more than a million, most in northeast India and Bangladesh, authorities...
SRINAGAR: Governor’s rule has been imposed in Indian occupied Kashmir (IOK) after Indian President Ram Nath Kovind approved its imposition with immediate effect. According to media reports, IOK Governor NN Vohra...
KARACHI: Pakistani opener Ahmed Shehzad tested positive for doping on Wednesday, NewsOne reported. According to details, Shehzad's test was taken during a recent domestic cricket tournament. Shehzad can face a...
MOSCOW:Cristiano Ronaldo followed up his opening game heroics at the World Cup with the only goal in a 1-0 win for Portugal against Morocco as the European champions edged closer...
ROSTOV-ON-DON, RUSSIA: Cristiano Ronaldo will hone in on Morocco on Wednesday after his stunning hat-trick in Portugal´s World Cup opener, while 2010 winners Spain play Iran in Group B. The...
SOCHI: Neymar hobbled out of a training session on Tuesday, setting alarm bells ringing in the Brazil camp as they prepare for their second World Cup group game against Costa...
Walt Disney on Tuesday split the role of its outgoing creative head John Lasseter and appointed two Academy award winners to spearhead its two animation studios. Jennifer Lee will be...
LOS ANGELES: US broadcast network CBS will expand the popular Star Trekscience-fiction franchise with new series, mini-series and animation under a production deal announced on Tuesday. CBS said in a statement...
Web Desk: Star Emilia Clarke, who plays the one and only Daenerys Targaryen, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains,...
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said Tuesday it is offering a series of new formats for its online video platform including interactive game shows, quizzes and polls. The new formats will be...
SYDNEY: Apple was Tuesday fined Aus$9 million (US$6.7 million) by an Australian court for making false claims about consumer rights when refusing to fix faulty iPhones and iPads previously repaired...
FRANKFURT MAIN: Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler was arrested on Monday in connection with parent company Volkswagen’s “dieselgate” emissions cheating scandal, with prosecutors saying they feared he might try to...
By: | Abdul Moiz Malik | Its funny how we used to think in childhood that all your miseries will end once you enter adulthood and things will get...
By: | Muhammad Ali Azlan | On 23 March 1956, Pakistan removed the status of a Dominion of the British Commonwealth and became an Islamic republic after framing its...
By: | Muhammad Ali Azlan | Reham kicked off her career at the BBC after studying a postgraduate course ‘in Broadcast Journalism at North Lindsay College’, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, according...
By: | Muhammad Ali Azlan | I have been pushed to write this article after detailed interviews with at least 8 cab hailing service 'captains' and listening to their...
he Pakistan football team might not be present in Russia to represent the country in one of the biggest sporting events in the world, but Pakistani football fans can take...
A record 68.5 million people have been forced flee their homes due to war, violence and persecution, notably in places like Myanmar and Syria, the UN said on Tuesday. By...
DUBAI: The UAE, a key player in the coalition battling Huthi rebels in Yemen, on Monday warned the insurgents to withdraw unconditionally from the flashpoint port city of Hodeida, after...
KATHMANDU: Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world’s highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they...
KARACHI: Pak Rupee surged to all-time high of Rs125 against US dollar in the open market on Wednesday, after gaining by a further Rs0.5 from Tuesday. In the inter-bank market...
India has shelved its sale of Air India after failing to attract buyers, local media quoted a government minister as saying — a decision that could exacerbate the carrier’s financial...
LONDON: The dollar rose to an 11-month high on Tuesday and the euro slumped after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more tariffs on China in an escalating trade dispute investors...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods, escalating a tit-for-tat trade war with Beijing. In a statement,...
Web Desk: Renowned humour writer, Urdu satire writer Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi passed away on Wednesday in Karachi after a prolonged illness. He was 94 years old. Yousufi was suffering from...
In a bizarre incident, rodents chewed up close to Rs1.2 million in an ATM machine in Assam's Tinsukia district in India. According to reports in The Hindu, the ATM in question...
People who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other stress-related psychiatric issues may be more likely to develop autoimmune diseases than individuals who don’t, a Swedish study suggests. Researchers...
The United Nations refugee agency is very concerned over the United States separating children of asylum seekers from their families, and has raised the issue with Washington, UN High Commissioner...
PARIS: Even if marriage is sometimes more a bed of nails than roses, living into old age with a partner may help ward off heart disease and stroke, researchers said...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday sacked the head of its entertainment authority, state media said, following a conservative backlash against a circus featuring women wearing figure-hugging costumes. "Ahmad al-Khatib, chairman...
CHANTILLY, FRANCE: Champagne corks pop over the pounding of hooves and the "best hat" prize is as fiercely contested as the race itself: welcome to the Prix de Diane, a...
By: | Muhammad Ali Azlan | There is clearly no place like Gilgit Baltistan, with snow capped mountains, lush green forests, clear blue skies and starriest of nights, crystalline...
By: |Syed Tazmeen Javed| KARACHI: As Eid is near the corner, so as the urge by the Pakistani children seeking a rise in the amount of "Eidi" (Cash gift) from...
By: | Abdul Moiz Malik | Its funny how we used to think in childhood that all your miseries will end once you enter adulthood and things will get...
