July 2018

COTABATO: Ten people, including troops and civilians, were killed when a bomb in a van blew up at an army checkpoint in the southern Philippines Tuesday. The powerful explosion, claimed by the Daesh group, occurred after soldiers and…

KARACHI: Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Chief Fazlur Rehman said on Tuesday that the coalition of religio-political parties vehemently denies the Election Commission of Pakistan’s claims that the elections were free and transparent. The JUI-F…

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd posted its slowest quarterly profit growth in more than a year on Tuesday as the sluggish global smartphone market weighed on earnings, although the chip business continued to perform well. Operating profit for…

Oil prices slipped on Tuesday after a report showed that OPEC production reached a 2018 high in the month of July, although the losses were limited as concerns about supply lingered. September Brent crude futures fell 7 cents to $74.90 a…

PTI chairman Atif Khan has approved the name of Atif Khan as the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Sources said that the announcement in this regard will be made soon. They said that KPk former CM Pervaiz Khattak has reservations…

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Secretary Babar Yaqoob on Wednesday lambasted political parties for "disrespecting the mandate of the Pakistani people without any reason, or for political reasons", terming it a violation of the "basic…

LONDON: India may be the world´s top-ranked Test side but they still face accusations they are lions at home and lambs abroad. But a series win in England, where Virat Kohli´s men begin a five-Test campaign at Edgbaston on Wednesday,…

ISLAMABAD: A two-judge bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) adjourned till Thursday appeals filed by former premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law retired Captain Muhammad Safdar against their conviction in the…

KARACHI: The gold price today is showing downward trend in the value of one tola and 10 gram by Rs1,850 and Rs1,586 respectively. The gold is losing its value sue to continuous diminishing of US dollar against Pakistani rupee in the…

MULTAN: A police officer was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a girl along with his two friends, a senior officer said. The additional sub-inspector along with his two friends allegedly raped the girl in Multan’s Shah Shams area.…

KARACHI: As markets opened on Tuesday, the dollar shed a further Rs2 in the interbank market after touching a record-low of Rs122.4 yesterday.  The greenback was trading at Rs122.80 (buying) and Rs123 (selling) as the interbank market…

KARACHI: The 125th birth anniversary of Mader-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, the sister of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, is being celebrated today.  The Nazria Pakistan Trust will organize a special event to pay tribute to the…

Donald Trump´s former campaign chief Paul Manafort on Tuesday becomes the first member of the president´s election team to face trial on charges stemming from the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 vote. Manafort, 69, has…

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s envoy to the United States (US) Ali Jahangir Siddiqui met US secretary of defense James N. Mattis at Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. Jahangir received a warm welcome from James…

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JALALABAD: Gunmen stormed a government building after multiple explosions in a continuing attack in Jalalabad on Tuesday, the latest in a series in the eastern Afghan city. At least two blasts were heard before the attackers entered the…

LONDON: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal was “illegal”, and said the ball was “in Europe’s court” in terms of maintaining ties with Tehran. “The Islamic Republic has never sought…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday considered a lot of names for important slots in likely premier Imran Khan’s cabinet, ARY News reported. According to sources, a party meeting chaired by chairman Imran Khan considered…

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the bail petition of Azam Swati — one of the accused persons in the Perween Rahman murder case.  Rahman, who was the Director of the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) was gunned…

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker authorities is pondering on the choice of climbing petrol costs in Pakistan by Rs3 to Rs4 per litre, as per beneficial by the Oil & Gasoline Regulatory Authority (OGRA) for the upcoming month of August 2018, on…

HERAT: A roadside bomb hit a Kabul-bound passenger bus in restive western Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing a minimum of eight folks and wounding round 40, principally ladies and kids, officers stated. "It was a bomb planted by the Taliban…

ISLAMABAD: The tax amnesty scheme will not be extended beyond midnight tonight (Tuesday), the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) announced on Tuesday. The FBR has warned holders of undeclared local and foreign assets will face consequences if…

By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: The Director General Hajj, Sajid Yousafani said that provision of every possible facility, guidance and comfort to Hujjaj is our prime objective and no compromise in this regard would be tolerated. Best…

TOKYO: Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday that the United States and Japan will hold their first bilateral trade talks in Washington on Aug. 9. US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe…

LAHORE: Punjab house minister Shaukat Javed said on Tuesday former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's medical report doesn't suggest remedy overseas. Talking to the media Javed stated, Nawaz is being saved in Pakistan Institute of Medical…

KARACHI: An accountability court in Karachi on Tuesday sentenced former assistant inspector normal (logistics) Tanveer Hussain Tahir to 10 years in jail on costs of alleged embezzlement of Rs50 million from Sindh Police funds. The court…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Tuesday will hold an important meeting in Islamabad.  Important decisions are likely to be made at the meeting, which will be held shortly at the PTI chief's Bani Gala…

KARACHI: Panic in open currency market compelled the banks to devalue US dollar by 3.1 percent, or Rs4, per dollar on Monday. However, the greenback has lost over 11 per cent in the kerb market since the general elections held on July 25.…

BEIJING: China offered Britain talks on a post-Brexit free trade deal on Monday, reaching out to London as Beijing remains mired in an increasingly bitter trade war with Washington, even as a senior Chinese diplomat reiterated its door…

KARACHI: The upward journey of the rupee against the dollar in both open and interbank market further shed the value of one tola and 10 gram gold by Rs1,850 and Rs1,586, respectively. On the contrary, local bike assemblers have come with…