ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry on Tuesday placed the name of National Assembly Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif on Exit Control List (ECL), restraining him from foreign trips for the next thirty days. Reportedly,…
National
ECP completes arrangements for 2018 by-elections
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed all necessary arrangements for holding of bye-elections in 36 constituencies on October 14. According to an ECP official, the elections will be held for…
Columns
The eternal cycle of hatred
And why India and Pakistan refuse to peacefully coexist The places change, the aftermath does not. The body count goes up and down, the suffering refuses to subside. The strength, or its…
Editorials
Mystery of Islamabad’s US-Taliban talks
Pak-sponsored February 18 meeting fails to materialise When the federal information minister announced, and the Afghan Taliban spokesman concurred, on the hosting and attending of talks between the US and Taliban representatives…
Business
New round of U.S.-China trade talks to begin in Washington on Tuesday
WASHINGTON: A new round of talks between the United States and China to resolve their trade war will take place in Washington on Tuesday, with follow-up sessions at a higher level later in the week, the White House said on...
Foreign
Two policemen killed in central Cairo blast
CAIRO: Two policemen were killed and three wounded when an explosive device carried by a militant they were pursuing detonated in the heart of the Egyptian capital on Monday, an interior ministry…
Featured
Maldives arrests former president Yameen for money laundering
MALÉ: Maldivian authorities Monday ordered the arrest of former strongman president Abdulla Yameen over money laundering charges, officials said. The arrest came after a court began a preliminary hearing into allegations that Yameen…
Sports
United dump holders Chelsea out of FA Cup to pile pressure on Sarri
LONDON: Manchester United’s Ander Herrera and Paul Pogba headed first-half goals to claim a 2-0 win that dumped FA Cup holders Chelsea out of the competition and secured a place in the…
Lahore
SC summons anti-corruption chief for ‘harassing’ Lahore Mayor, LDA DG
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has summoned Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Director General (DG) Hussain Asghar in-person for allegedly harassing Lahore Mayor Col (r) Mubashar Javed, and Lahore Development Authority (LDA) DG. A…
Karachi
Mustafa Kamal demands arrest of Habib’s killers
KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Monday condemned the targeted killing of party leader Abdul Habib Khilji and demanded the immediate arrest of the murderers. The 40-year-old Khilji –…
Islamabad
Saudi crown prince visit delays anti-polio drive in garrison city by one day
RAWALPINDI: District Health Authority (DHA) Anti Polio Drive In-charge Chaudhry Muhammad Hussain on Monday said that the five-day anti-polio campaign, scheduled to start from February 18, was postponed for a day due…
Arts / Entertainment
Gully Boy: Ranveer & Aalia deliver heart winning performances
Start Rating 4.5 out of 5.0 Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy is a story of a young man living in sub slums, that also highlights India’s emerging hip-hop subculture. Gully Boy is inspired from the life journey of two street rappers...