Hazara activist rues years of limbo in UK
LONDON: Pakistani activist Liaquat Ali Hazara had his application for asylum in Britain turned down two years ago. He has been stuck in limbo since, afraid of being killed if he is sent back. The...
View ArticleProvincial Finance Commission gets full strength as four nazims inducted
PESHAWAR: The Provincial Finance Commission on Friday got its full strength after the induction of four nazims, two each from districts and tehsils, as members. Other PFC members have already been...
View ArticleAPNS condoles ‘veteran colleague’ Kisat’s death
KARACHI: Hameed Haroon, President of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, and Secretary General Sarmad Ali have expressed...
View ArticleBCCI seeks report on crowd trouble
MUMBAI: The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has sought a report from its state unit on the crowd trouble during Monday’s Twenty20 International against South Africa which has prompted calls for a ban on...
View ArticleEarthquake 2005: in memoriam
GOING through newspapers on Thursday felt good, since many top dailies — including Dawn — seemed to have dedicated a significant space to the remembrance of the tragic earthquake of 2005. The...
View ArticleNasa discovers blue sky and red ice on Pluto
CAPE CANAVERAL: The sky over Pluto may not be sunny but it’s undoubtedly blue. Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft discovered Pluto’s blue sky during the historic flyby of the icy dwarf planet in July. The...
View ArticleHabana record as Springboks win pool
LONDON: Blaine Scully of the US catches the ball before falling on South Africa’s Bryan Habana during their Rugby World Cup match at the Olympic Stadium.—AFP LONDON: South Africa secured top spot in...
View ArticleSeminar on economic turmoil
LAHORE: Global economy is currently in a state of turmoil while global macro-economic events in the near term will trigger further uncertainties and risks in the...
View ArticleKim Jong-un’s recipe for success: private enterprise and public executions
KIM Jong-un, the third hereditary ruler of North Korea, gets a really bad press. He is widely seen as a capricious, overweight youngster, fond of executing his generals and threatening the world with...
View ArticleAfricas Economic Growth To Slow Down African Union
The African Union (AU) has projected economic growth to slow to about four per cent this year, and part of 2016 because of the fall in commodity prices. Mrs Fatima Haram Acyl, AU Commissioner for Trade...
View ArticleGoogle Is Now Getting More Searches From Mobile Phones Than Computers
Consumers are now using mobile phones more often to search Google than desktop PCs, the company’s SVP Amit Singhal revealed at Recode’s Code/Mobile conference Thursday. “We are getting over 100 billion...
View ArticleNP leader gunned down
QUETTA: Muhammad Ali, a leader of the National Party, was shot dead in Turbat on Friday. According to Balochistan Chief...
View ArticleTaylor, Bell notch fifties as Hamza impresses in drawn game
SHARJAH: James Taylor and Ian Bell hit half-centuries for England XI in the drawn two-day game against Pakistan ‘A’ here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday, to gear up for the more challenging...
View ArticleEU to speed up deportations to tackle migration crisis
LUXEMBOURG: The European Union nations agreed on Thursday to speed up the deportation of people whose asylum applications were rejected, as they took a harder line towards tackling the worst migration...
View ArticleBeyond India’s beef with beef, new hatreds grow
LYNCH mobs and assassins are on a rampage across South Asia. Days after a Muslim man was murdered in India, for allegedly eating beef, a Baptist pastor was stabbed in Bangladesh. It isn’t just...
View ArticleG20 endorses crackdown on corporate tax evasion
LIMA: Finance ministers from the world’s leading economies gave the green light on Friday to a new plan to crack down on tax evasion by multi-national corporations which costs countries at least $100...
View ArticleKarachi police chief tasked with ad inquiry
KARACHI: The Sindh government has appointed the Karachi police chief to “inquire and ascertain” the publication of advertisements from the law enforcement agency against “unknown Rangers...
View ArticleChina faces ‘unprecedented’ economic policy challenge
LIMA: China confronts a monumental and risk-fraught task as it moves toward a more market- and consumption-based economic model, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. As the most important...
View ArticleTable set for period of lower, more stable food prices: FAO
ROME: Stock markets may be swooning, but food commodities are experiencing lower and more stable prices, and may hit a record year-on-year drop in 2015,...
View ArticleIndia-SA T20 abandoned
KOLKATA: The third and final Twenty20 International between India and South Africa was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to a wet...
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