Top News US trade deficit surges on oil to $50.2bn in May WASHINGTON : The US trade gap widened sharply in May to its highest level in 31 months as surging oil prices helped pu Published 12 Jul, 2011 04:00am
Sports Sri Lanka postpones IPL-style tournament COLOMBO : The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League has been postponed to next year following the withdrawal of the Indian Published 08 Jul, 2011 04:22pm
Top News Global stocks extend losses on US jobs; oil skids NEW YORK : US and overseas stocks fell on Friday after the US government's June jobs report came in way below market e Published 08 Jul, 2011 05:55am
Top News Killings in Syria 'must stop': UN chief GENEVA: UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Thursday on the Syrian regime to stop the killings in its crackdown on anti-governme Published 07 Jul, 2011 03:31pm
Business & Finance Denmark central bank raises key rate 0.25 points to 1.55pc COPENHAGEN : Denmark 's central bank on Thursday raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points following Published 07 Jul, 2011 03:24pm
World Indian minister resigns over graft allegations: TV NEW DELHI : Indian Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran resigned on Thursday over corruption allegations, television report Published 07 Jul, 2011 09:39am
Top News Major crack down planned against criminals sheltering in political parties KARACHI : IGP Sindh Wajid Ali Durrani has said that strategy has been made to weed out criminals who have taken shelter Published 07 Jul, 2011 08:16am
Top News SC sets aside LHC verdict on Hajj Policy ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a decision of the Lahore High Court over 2011 Hajj Policy and directe Published 07 Jul, 2011 07:48am
Top News ECB raises key rate to 1.50%, faces dilemma over ratings FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank raised its main interest rate on Thursday for the second time since April but mar Published 07 Jul, 2011 05:15am
Top News Bank of England freezes record low interest rates again LONDON : The Bank of England held interest rates Thursday at a record low, in contrast to the European Central Bank, as Published 07 Jul, 2011 05:15am
Top News Canada to officially end Afghan combat mission KANDAHAR : Canada was to officially end its combat mission in Afghanistan on Thursday, after nine years of fighting whic Published 07 Jul, 2011 05:14am
Top News Deutsche Bank to sell BHF Bank to RHJ International FRANKFURT : Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, said Thursday it is in exclusive talks to sell its BHF Bank unit to t Published 07 Jul, 2011 05:10am
Top News Army answerable to people, Parliament: Kayani MINGORA: Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday said Pakistan Army being a national army, derive Published 06 Jul, 2011 01:10pm
Top News Pakistan's budget deficit 5.3pc of GDP in 2010-11 ISLAMABAD : Pakistan's budget deficit for the fiscal year that ended on June 30 was 5.3 percent of gross domestic produc Published 06 Jul, 2011 12:01pm
Top News Azerbaijan plane crashes in Afghanistan, 9 on board KABUL : An Azerbaijani cargo plane with nine crews on board crashed into treacherous mountains outside the Afghan capita Published 06 Jul, 2011 10:15am
Top News China raises benchmark interest rate BEIJING : China's central bank said on Wednesday it will raise its benchmark deposit and lending rates by 25 basis point Published 06 Jul, 2011 10:10am
Top News Fresh violence kills at least 24 in Karachi KARACHI: Another night of violence blamed on political and ethnic tensions in Karachi killed at least 24 people, officia Published 06 Jul, 2011 10:05am
Top News PM constitutes Cabinet committee for formulation of policy to issue 3-G licences ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said the government has constituted a Cabinet committee f Published 06 Jul, 2011 10:05am
Top News No power outages in Ramazan ISLAMABAD : WAPDA has decided not to cut power supply during the holy month of Ramazan across the country to provide rel Published 06 Jul, 2011 10:04am
Top News China's export restrictions on raw materials illegal: WTO GENEVA : The World Trade Organisation ruled Tuesday that China 's export restrictions on raw materials are illegal, uph Published 05 Jul, 2011 03:15pm
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points