Barcelona were ‘technically bankrupt’ in March, says CEO

BARCELONA:Barcelona chief executive Ferran Reverter said Wednesday the club was "technically bankrupt" when Joan Laporta took over as president in March, and would have been "dissolved"...

US Deputy Secretary of State Sherman arrives in Islamabad

United States Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman arrived in Pakistan on Thursday. Accompanied by a seven-member delegation, Sherman will hold formal meetings with the...

Irresponsible statements are being issued against state institutions: Sheikh Rasheed

LAHORE: The interior minister Sheikh Rasheed lashed out at at PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Thursday, and cautioned Opposition leaders from uttering "irresponsible...

Bloodied but unbowed

AT PENPOINT American generals were on show in the US Senate Defence Committee hearings into the Afghanistan withdrawal, doing what military men inevitably do when...

The Phenomenon of hate

On October 5, the European Commission presented the first-ever EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life. The foremost reason for such a...

Bilawal criticises govt for extending NAB chairman’s term

KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government after it granted an extension to the...

Health emergency in Afghanistan 

Once US author George William Curtis said that happiness lies first of all in health. Access to health care may vary across countries, communities,...

Int’l community should move forward in consultation with new Afghan govt: Moeed

National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf Thursday said that the international community should move forward in consultation with the new Afghan government and...

ECB chief Ian Watmore steps down from his post, after pressure over cancellation of Pakistan tour

England and Wales Cricket Board Chairman Ian Watmore has stepped down from his post, after facing pressure since the cancellation of England's tour to...

PTI’s penchant for Ordinances

For three years the PTI government allowed the NAB to cripple the bureaucracy and demoralize the business community for no other reason than to...

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi calls new NAB ordinance ‘NRO for govt’

ISLAMABAD: Former PM and PML-N senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has stated on Thursday that the motive behind the extension of National Accountability Bureau...

New Zealand reschedules Pakistan tour, Ramiz Raja briefs Senate

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has revealed that a "good news" is in the pipeline, which will be revealed in the coming...

Twin earthquakes

The political crisis, as his own Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) attempts to depose Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal, could perhaps not have come at...

Lawyers’ bodies vow to counter ‘black’ law aimed at extension of NAB chief

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani lawyers' associations have declared the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Amendment Ordinance a black law. The Pakistan Bar Council and the Supreme Court...