One-week stay: PM to visit London for medical check-up
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will leave for London on Wednesday for his routine medical check-up, which was repeatedly postponed due to his official engagements over the past few months....
View ArticlePIMS nurse booked for assaulting patient
ISLAMABAD: A male nurse at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) in Islamabad has been booked for trying to sexually assault a mentally challenged patient. A 22-year-old woman with multiple...
View ArticlePanama Papers reveal spies used Mossak Fonseca
BERLIN: Secret agents from several countries, including intermediaries of the CIA, have used the services of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca in order to “conceal” their activities, German newspaper...
View ArticleHealthcare: CM wants liver facility completed quickly
LAHORE: The Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant Institute is a milestone in the provision of quality health facilities to the people, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Monday. He was presiding...
View ArticleCrude holds above $40 in Asia ahead of producers’ summit
SINGAPORE: Crude prices dipped in Asia Tuesday but held above $40 as traders looked forward to a summit of key oil producers next week to discuss freezing output and easing the supply glut. Analysts...
View ArticleChina slams G7 statement on maritime disputes
BEIJING: China is “strongly dissatisfied” with a Group of Seven statement calling for restraint in disputed waters, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, as worries grow in Asia over Beijing’s territorial...
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Pakistan’s Kalash fight for their identity with UNESCO bid
CHITRAL: Pakistan’s smallest religious minority, the Kalash speak their own language and celebrate their gods through music, dance — and alcohol, which they brew themselves in Chitral’s plunging...
View ArticleFive wanted over India temple disaster surrender to police
KERALA: Five men wanted over a massive explosion during a banned fireworks display that killed more than 100 people in southern Indian surrendered to police early Tuesday, a senior officer said. The...
View ArticleA false depiction of Pakistan
What happens when a former American model comes to Pakistan to attend a fashion week, but instead ends up at the Red Mosque? Hailey Gates left the runway to take up television journalism on Vice...
View ArticleBritish minister reveals affair with sex worker
LONDON: A British minister admitted on Tuesday that he had been in a relationship with a sex worker, but said that he did not know her occupation at the time. Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said...
View ArticleFacebook brings ‘chat bots’ to Messenger
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Tuesday extended its reach beyond online socialising by building artificial-intelligence powered “bots” into its Messenger application to allow businesses to have software...
View ArticleFacebook to let users buy tickets directly
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook users will soon be able to buy tickets directly as the social networking giant expands further into e-commerce, company officials said Tuesday. Facebook will in the coming weeks...
View ArticleBetter mental health treatment would boost nations’ economies: WHO
LONDON: Every dollar spent on better treatment of anxiety and depression produces a return of $4 in better health and ability to work – a big boost for countries’ development and economic growth, the...
View ArticleSC directs govt to remove Ayyan’s name from ECL
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Sindh High Court’s (SHC) order to remove supermodel Ayyan’s name from the country’s Exit Control List (ECL). A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court...
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Allowing women in Shani temple will increase rapes: Hindu leader
Hindu religious leader Shankaracharya Swaroopanand sparked controversy on Monday as he claimed allowing women into a temple devoted to Lord Shani (Saturn) would increase incidents of rape, BBC News...
View ArticleWhy China’s latest power play may roil Russia
Western media and political institutions tend to describe China and Russia as something of an anti-Western bloc. More autocratic than Western governments — and more skeptical of open institutions and...
View ArticleChampions Leaugue: Superstar Ronaldo savours ‘magic’ Madrid fightback
MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo revelled in the glory of scoring a hat-trick to inspire a stunning Real Madrid comeback to reach the Champions League semi-finals with a 3-2 aggregate victory over Wolfsburg...
View ArticleStrict Indonesian province canes non-Muslim for selling booze
INDONESIA: An elderly Christian woman has been caned in a conservative Indonesian province for selling alcohol, the first time someone from outside the Islamic faith has been punished there under...
View ArticlePanama seizes Mossack Fonseca files, makes no arrests
Panamanian authorities seized scores of digital files after a 27-hour raid on the offices of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the “Panama Papers” leaks scandal, but have made no arrests,...
View ArticleUS health authorities confirm Zika causes birth defects
MIAMI: The mosquito-borne Zika virus causes birth defects, including a syndrome in which babies are born with unusually small heads, US health authorities confirmed Wednesday after months of debate and...
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