2018

NEW DELHI: The Indian government is actively considering a global search to fill in top positions at the flag carrier Air India, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said in an interview, according to a Press Trust of India report carried…

BEIJING: China’s factory activity contracted for the first time in over two years in December, highlighting the challenges facing Beijing as it seeks to end a bruising trade war with Washington and reduce the risk of a sharper economic…

NEW DELHI: Middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma will miss the crucial fourth Test in Sydney after flying home to spend time with his wife and new baby daughter, India announced Monday. The 31-year-old jetted back to Mumbai straight after…

KARACHI: Pakistan cricket batting coach Grant Flower has expressed his concerns over the team's dressing room environment in the wake of Pakistan's defeat against South Africa at Centurion. Flower, in an interview to ESPNcricinfo, said…

Bangladesh's ODI skipper Mashrafe Mortaza has emerged a winner in his country’s parliamentary elections, becoming the first active cricketer to become a member of parliament. Mortaza, who contested the polls on Awami League’s ticket, won…

MANCHESTER: Manchester City cut Liverpool´s lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points with a 3-1 win at Southampton as Paul Pogba shone again for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer´s Manchester United by scoring twice in a 4-1 victory over…

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was declared the landslide winner Monday of an election marred by deadly violence that the opposition slammed as "farcical" and rigged. Hasina´s ruling Awami League party and its allies won…

MOSCOW: Russia’s domestic security service (FSB) said on Monday it had detained an American citizen suspected of spying in Moscow. The FSB, which said the American had been detained on December 28, said in a statement that a criminal…

WASHINGTON: A lion attacked and killed a young American woman who had just started working at the facility where it was kept, the center said Sunday. Alexandra Black, 22, was passionate about wildlife and had worked just 10 days as in…

BERLIN: Acknowledging that her government disappointed many Germans in 2018, Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to pull the country together for 2019 with a call for solidarity and cooperation to overcome deep political divisions. In her New…

WASHINGTON: A senior Republican senator said Sunday he would be meeting with US President Donald Trump to urge him to reconsider his plan to withdraw all US troops from Syria and many from Afghanistan. "If we leave (Syria) now, the Kurds…

WASHINGTON: The head of US Customs and Border Protection on Sunday defended his agents’ handling of two sick children who died in their custody, saying they did everything they could to get medical help for them in difficult circumstances.…

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered the federal government to review its decision to place 172 individuals including prominent politicians on the Exit Control List, as it resumed hearing the long-running mega money laundering and fake bank…

KARACHI: Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister Murtaza Wahab said on Monday that any matter sub judice to the courts cannot be discussed in the assembly according to the rules and regulations of the provincial house. The statement came as a…

KARACHI: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry's visit to Karachi has been postponed, the Press Information Department said in a statement on Monday. The minister was scheduled to arrive in Karachi today evening, as rumours of governor’s…

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf provincial lawmaker Khurrum Sher Zaman on Monday submitted an adjournment motion in the Sindh assembly, calling for a discussion on the findings of a Joint Investigation Team report in the money laundering…

KARACHI: Law enforcement authorities on Monday placed a ban on aerial firing and swimming in the sea on New Year's eve to avoid any untoward incident. The local city administration has also decided to block all routes leading to Sea View…

MAILSI: A man broke into and opened fire in a house here in Umer Kacchhi where a wedding-related event was taking place Sunday night, killing the sister of the bride, authorities confirmed. According to police, a man identified as Zahid…

GUJRANWALA: A man accused in the murder case of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) member Shamshad Khan passed away Sunday night here in the city's Central Jail. According to jail officials, the accused, Nadeem Asghar, had been sick…

GUJRAT: A man shot dead his cousin Sunday night for spurning his proposal of marriage here in the city's Guliana neighbourhood, police said, adding that they had arrested him. According to police, Shehzad Masih of Guliana's Qadir Colony…

Hamna Ghias Sheikh Balochistan, a most prominent province of Pakistan due to its geo-strategic location as well as natural resources which are in high concentration in the province. Despite the abundance of these resources, the province…

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar will give a three-year road map to revive the country’s economy, said Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday. “It was reassuring to learn from Asad Umar that the…

ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of China in Pakistan has taken note of a recent report by a journalist in which he claimed that Pakistan will repay $40 billion debt to China under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). “This number of $ 40…

DUBAI: A rescue helicopter crashed on Saturday near the world’s longest zip line in the emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah, killing all crew members. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al-Qasimi, ruler of Ras Al-Khaimah, ordered an investigation into the…

KARACHI: Five suspects were taken into custody on Saturday as police personnel foiled a terror plot targetting New Year Eve in Karachi. Police, on a tip off over alleged presence of suspects, raided a place in PIB Colony, where a hand…

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday met his Qatari counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al Thani, and other top leadership during a day-long official visit to the…

SUKKUR: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday called Sindh lawmaker Ali Gohar Mehar to discuss the political dynamics of the province, as reports of change of leadership on the floor of the house continue to make the rounds. A spokesperson…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Syed Khursheed Shah on Sunday said that the arrest of PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would be a dangerous game, one that would create ripples in the country. Speaking to media in…

LAHORE: Punjab minister Aleem Khan said on Sunday that the Pakistan Peoples' Party will meet the same fate in Sindh as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz went through in Punjab. Speaking to different delegations at his office, Khan said that…