Pakistan banish past demons ahead of Kuwait clash
KARACHI: Pakistan’s top-ranked tennis player Aqeel Khan shrugged off concerns regarding the possibility of a repeat of the country’s last unsavoury experience of playing on a neutral venue, as the team...
View ArticleSaudi court jails al bin Laden associate, Qaeda recruiters: newspaper
DUBAI: A Saudi court has jailed at least 13 men on counts including the recruitment of al Qaeda militants for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and sheltering Osama bin Laden in...
View ArticleASWJ district president shot dead in Karachi
KARACHI: Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) district Korangi president Maulana Shabbir Hyderi was gunned down, while his companion was injured in a firing incident in Korangi area of Karachi on Tuesday...
View ArticleEight dead in gun rampage at Czech restaurant
PRAGUE: An apparently unstable armed man burst into a restaurant in an eastern Czech town on Tuesday, killing eight people before reportedly committing suicide, officials said. Interior Minister Milan...
View ArticleWest Asia Baseball Cup: Iran thrash India 15-0
KARACHI: Iran’s Majid, Yameen and Jalil Hassan Zaib scored three runs each to guide Iran to a 15-0 victory over India in the 12th West Asia Baseball Cup at the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Complex,...
View ArticleDisabled cricket: Matloob single-handedly wins match for Pakistan
KARACHI: Left-hander Matloob Ahmed, who does not have a right hand, scored an impressive half-century as Pakistan beat Afghanistan by 17 runs in their third T20 International Disability Cricket Series...
View ArticleSHO Boat Basin injured during Karachi encounter
KARACHI: SHO Boat Basin police station Naseer Tanoli was injured during an exchange of fire with suspects riding a motorcycle on Clifton flyover on Tuesday evening. Inquiry Officer SI Younus told The...
View ArticleSpain breaks up online network recruiting young women for IS
MADRID: Spain claimed on Tuesday that it had broken up an online network which was allegedly recruiting young women to join Islamic State (IS) militants fighting in Iraq and Syria, and arrested four...
View ArticleEuropean SIM maker Gemalto confirms it suffered hacking attacks
PARIS: European SIM maker Gemalto said Wednesday it had suffered hacking attacks that were likely conducted by US and British intelligence agencies but denied any “massive theft” of encryption keys...
View ArticleTaliban upset at Afghan leaders’ dialogue rhetoric
ISLAMABAD: Afghan Taliban are apparently upset at the way some Afghan government leaders are dealing with the highly sensitive issue of the peace process. Taliban have never officially confirmed of...
View ArticleZahra Shahid murder case: ATC rejects application filed by defence to...
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday rejected an application filed by the defence seeking a transfer of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Zahra Shahid Hussain’s murder case to a...
View ArticleApex court summons Malir SSP, his subordinates
The Supreme Court (SC) directed the Sindh IGP to ensure presence of the Malir SSP and two former SHOs accused of labelling a class 10 student as ‘terrorist’ and killing him in a ‘fake’ encounter last...
View ArticleAfter Kyrgyzstan, Kaleem approached by clubs in Iceland, China
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Kaleemullah is a step closer to his dream of playing with European clubs as the 23-year-old has been approached by Iceland’s Þróttur Reykjavík FC, while China’s Chongqing Lifan FC...
View ArticleAamir, Mehboob yet to report for training
KARACHI: Senior players Aamir Atlas Khan and Farhan Mehboob are yet to report to Pakistan’s training camp for the upcoming Asian Individual Championship which starts from May 1 in Kuwait. The two have...
View ArticleClashes erupt in Indian Kashmir after forces kill suspected rebel
SRINAGAR: Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday after government forces killed a suspected rebel in a gun battle, police said. Three soldiers were also wounded in...
View ArticleCyber crime bill: FIA may be excluded from investigation process
ISLAMABAD: As a parliamentary panel gears up to review proposed legislation on cyber crimes on Thursday, the government on Wednesday agreed to exclude the Federal Intelligence Agency (FIA) from the...
View ArticleIran blows up ‘US aircraft carrier’ in fresh naval exercises in Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards blew up a replica of an “American” aircraft carrier as it staged naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, just a few hundred kilometres away from...
View ArticleAustria passes new law on Islam, banning foreign funding
VIENNA: Austria’s parliament on Wednesday passed a controversial bill which bans Muslim organisations from receiving funds from foreign sources and requires imams to be able to speak German. The bill,...
View ArticleFormer America’s Next Top Model contender, killed in triple homicide
Police confirmed that a recent contestant on America’s Next Top Model has been shot dead in a home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mirjana Puhar, 19, was among three people whose bodies were found in the...
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Almost a delish zen state of mind
KARACHI: The new pan-Asian restaurant that recently opened its doors at Boat Basin has quickly become the talk of the town with diners queuing outside to grab a table even on weeknights. Offering a...
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