The UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday that nearly 69 million people who have fled war, violence, and persecution were forcibly displaced last year, a record for the fifth straight year. The…
LAHORE: On this day a year ago, Pakistan thrashed arch-rival India by 180 in final of Champions Trophy 2017. Batting first Pakistan scored 338/4 with Fakhar Zaman scoring his first international century. Pakistani batsmen…
ISLAMABAD: The 2017 Quetta church attack victims are still to receive Rs7.2 million in compensation despite a lapse of five months, the Supreme Court was told on Thursday. During the hearing, a representative of…
–PML-N’s counsel Salman Akram Raja says there’s a difference between being a party head and parliamentary party leader –Court seeks details from ECP on authority within PML-N, PTI and PPP which granted Senate tickets…
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed concern over the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2017, as reported by a local newspaper. The bill was passed by the Senate Functional…
KARACHI: At least 19 more cases of dengue fever were reported in Karachi in a week, taking the toll of reported cases in 2018 to 107. According to the weekly report issued…
–Former PM believes his participation in the case may ‘prejudice’ proceedings –Says taking part in election process is a fundamental right and therefore no perpetual disqualification can be imposed on someone by interpreting…
MIAMI: Last year was the most expensive in US history for natural disasters, with a series of fires and hurricanes that cost $306 billion, according to a US government report Monday. A…
RAWALPINDI: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), the prime drug law enforcement agency of Pakistan, in its countrywide operations in 2017 rounded up 1,338 drug traffickers including 27 foreigners, besides recovering 164.07 metric tonnes of…
KARACHI: An annual report has revealed that 2,706 patients died during treatment in 45 departments of Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) during 2017, showing a dismal performance. At least 690,412 patients were brought…
LONDON: Forty-two media activists were killed and 47 others injured mostly by the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria in 2017, according to a recently released report by Syrian Network for Human Rights…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Police have traced a total of 15 blind murder cases during the year 2017, collected vital pieces of evidence against 23 culprits involved in this crime and submitted the…
CALIFORNIA: The Esri Story Maps team in collaboration with PeaceTech Lab developed a 2017 Terrorist Attacks map thorough crowdsourcing data from Wikipedia to present a chronology of registered terrorist attacks around the globe. In recent…
KARACHI: More than 562 people lost their lives in different incidents, including targeted killings and blasts, in the metropolis during 2,017, stated a report issued by Karachi police. According to the report,…
PARIS: From the inauguration of US President Donald Trump to the exodus of Rohingyas from Myanmar, here are 12 events that marked 2017. Trump On January 20 Republican billionaire Donald Trump, 70, is…
LAHORE: Despite various specialized forces formed over the past few years by the Punjab police, statistics tend to show a sharp increase in the crime rate in the province. Murder, theft and…
Pakistan recored the highest increase in mobile internet speed among some of the world’s most populous countries in 2017, according to a report published by speedtest.net. The report observed that Pakistan ranked first…
