Devolution woes: Senators question the existence of NCC
ISLAMABAD: Senators have begun heaping scorn at the formation of the National Curriculum Council (NCC), placing a huge question mark over its future. The NCC was formed in October 2014 after detailed...
View ArticleHandover in Kurram: Taliban free copter crew
ISLAMABAD: The crew of a Punjab government helicopter that crash-landed in eastern Afghanistan earlier this month arrived in the federal capital on Saturday after they were released by the Afghan...
View ArticleLegal reprieve: PBC urges government to allow presentence hearings
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has proposed the enactment of legislation granting convicts a presentence hearing following their conviction in criminal cases. Such hearings are held to...
View ArticleEx-husband confesses to killing Samia Shahid for honour
JHELUM: The former spouse of a Bradford beautician, who became the victim of a suspected honour killing in Pakistan, has confessed to strangling her, according to police. Chaudhry Shakeel’s admission...
View ArticlePolitics is not a cricket match, PM tells PTI chief
SHORKOT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday used cricket terms to hit out at his political arch nemesis and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who, he said, lacked ‘sobriety and vision’...
View ArticleSwiss knifeman sets fire on train, injures 6
GENEVA: A knifeman started a fire on a train in eastern Switzerland before stabbing passengers on Saturday, injuring six people including a six-year-old child, police said. The motive of the attack was...
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Google celebrates Pakistan’s Independence Day with doodle
Following its annual tradition, Google has placed a doodle on its Pakistan homepage. This is the sixth consecutive year that the tech giant has commemorated Pakistan’s Independence Day by featuring a...
View ArticleBrexit could be delayed until late 2019: report
LONDON: Britain’s departure from the EU could be delayed until late 2019 as civil servants struggle with the task and French and German elections may hold up the start of exit negotiations, a report...
View ArticleEOBI: Pensioners to get annuity through ATM cards
ISLAMABAD: Pensioners of the Employees Old Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) would start receiving their annuity through ATM cards from October 1. An official said the EOBI had finalised arrangements to...
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Pakistan lost 7,000 to terror in 2015: study
Around 7,000 people have been killed in Pakistan in the war on terror since 2015 though violence on both sides of the Durand Line continues to pick up in the current year, a study said. The war has...
View ArticleMinistry to review outdated religious laws
ISLAMABAD: The government is poised to review religious laws that have lost their application and become outdated over the years as part of an initiative to reform the country’s laws, The Express...
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Balochistan isn’t Kashmir: Zehri rejects Narendra Modi’s toxic analogy
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri strongly rebuffed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent claim that the province was suffering repression following a crackdown on...
View ArticleJFK airport terminal evacuated after shots reported
NEW YORK: New York police were investigating reports of gunshots fired inside a terminal at John F Kennedy International Airport on Sunday evening but there was no confirmation shots were fired and no...
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Indian ex-MP bashes Rajnath for tirade at SAARC meeting
ISLAMABAD: Veteran Indian politicians and former diplomats have strongly criticised Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s deviation from the Saarc agenda and his attempt to turn the regional forum into...
View ArticleGovt may introduce law to protect marginalised groups, communities
ISLAMABAD: The government is set to introduce a law to ensure protection of marginalised communities and for that purpose a draft has been finalised by the human rights ministry for the Tribunal for...
View ArticleTragedy in AJK: 18 wedding guests die in road crash
MUZZAFARABAD: At least 18 people were killed and 25 others injured when a bus carrying a wedding party fell into a ditch while negotiating a sharp turn on a serpentine road in a remote district of Azad...
View ArticleIslamic State faces uphill ‘branding war’ in Afghanistan, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The US drone strike that killed Islamic State’s commander for Afghanistan and Pakistan was the latest blow to the Middle East-led movement’s ambitions to expand into a region where the...
View ArticleMoeen Ali is not Yasir Shah, and probably never will be, says Cook
LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook said his side had still to conquer some longstanding problems after Pakistan had derailed their quest to become the world’s number one Test side. Pakistan’s...
View ArticleSmith, Marsh keep Australia alive
COLOMBO: Centuries from skipper Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh gave Australia hope of a consolation victory in the final Test against Sri Lanka before being pegged back by their bogeyman Rangana Herath....
View ArticleCanada will not reopen bomb analysis center closed in April
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said on Monday it will not reopen its bomb analysis center that was closed in April, rejecting a call to do so from a national law enforcement advocacy group...
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