Pakistani Taliban militants have distributed pamphlets in parts of South Waziristan tribal region, issuing threats to the media persons in the area. The pamphlet again highlights the dangers to the lives of the tribal journalists and the freedom of expres
Pakistan People's Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Sunday lambasted the political opponents saying that he couldn't get along with 'those taking u-turns.' He also said that Panama Papers Leaks case was quite detrimental to the judiciary's reputation.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Peace Be Upon Him) remind us about the golden principles of Islam which were practically illustrated in the life of Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH).
Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb Sunday said people's confidence had restored as the law and order situation improved due to the PML-N government's efforts and increasing number of visitors to parks
The Parliament passed laws for protection of children and women against sexual abuse and honour-killing, but the private members' proposals for welfare of minorities and disabled persons are stuck in the National Assembly, due to treasury's disinterest.
Chairman Senate, Mian Raza Rabbani has summoned the Senate of Pakistan to meet on Thursday, December 15. The session has been summoned on a requisition submitted by 36 senators.
The Government College University's (GCU) alumni have elected the new Executive Committee of the Old Ravians Union (ORU) for session 2016-2018 with Qazi Afaq Hossain, the member Federal Service Tribunal and former federal secretary, as the president.
The Pak Sarzameen Party's leaders Syed Mustafa Kamal and Anees Qaimkhani visited different parts of Latifabad here on Sunday and invited the common people to attend the PSP's first public meeting in Hyderabad on December 23. Mustafa Kamal, Qaimkhani and o
Provincial Minister for Specialised Healthcare & Medical Education Khawaja Salman Rafique said that legal action would be taken against those disgracing the sanctity of medical profession, trying to insult the teachers and creating hurdles in the treatmen
Due to heavy snowfall, Lowari Tunnel has been closed for all sorts of vehicular traffic leaving the largest district Chitral cut-off from the rest of country. The tunnel will remain open for traffic on Friday from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm.
The Directorate General Federal Audit has accused Engineering Development Board (EDB) of allotting unchecked quota of importable spare parts to the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and recommended detailed scrutiny of items imported after availing
This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial "No longer missing' carried by the newspaper yesterday. The editorial argued, among other things, that "the India factor too impinges on the present approach to the problem. If for the sake of argument,
China's battle for recognition as a market economy that would help it avoid penalties from key trade partners has been thwarted, as a key clause in Beijing's deal to join the WTO expires Sunday. As China marks the 15th anniversary of its accession to the
Pakistan's federal finance ministers have generally opted for those policies/reforms that are supported by multilaterals/bilaterals that are politically the least challenging - as it facilitates borrowing - or implement outdated theories taught at the tim
FBR put in a stellar performance in 2015-16. The target for the year was more than achieved. The growth rate was over 20%, the highest since 2011-12. In one year, the tax-to-GDP ratio was raised by one percentage point. The only disappointment, if any, wa
In yet another fire accident in Karachi, this time at a four-star hotel, at least 11 people died from inhaling smoke flowing through air conditioning ducts and 75 others were injured when a fire broke out in the wee hours of Monday in its kitchen located
In a deeply disturbing account of the prevalent levels of chronic malnutrition in this country, a recent newspaper report quotes the National Nutrition Survey, 2011, to show that one-third of all children in this country are underweight, nearly 44 percent
Talking to the press the other day, Secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan, Babar Yaqub Fateh, had some disconcerting information to disclose regarding the latest electoral rolls revision exercise. The gap between registered male and female vote
Japan's superstar Maurice clinched the Hong Kong Cup on Sunday at the city's Longines International Races, one of the world's richest race meetings with a total purse of HK$83 million. British jockey Ryan Moore stormed to victory in the last strides and f
The second All Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Amateur Golf Championship came to a competitive conclusion at the Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course Sunday. Over the days of the championship, a total of 104 accomplished and skill loaded amateurs have striven hard to carve
Diego Costa fired Chelsea back to the top of the Premier League as the Spain striker's late winner clinched a hard-fought 1-0 victory against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.
Master Paints outpaced Olympia by 10-5 in the main final to win the Magic River Polo Cup 2016 title here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground, here on Sunday.
Cristiano Ronaldo declared income of over 225 million euros in 2015, including 20 million euros held in 22 Swiss bank accounts, a Spanish newspaper reported Sunday as the Real Madrid star battles accusations of tax evasion.
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos produced more late drama by powering home a stoppage-time winner to beat Deportivo la Coruna 3-2 as the European champions set a new club record of 35 games unbeaten in all competitions.
Construction of the main stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics officially started Sunday, more than a year after the original blueprints were torn up following public outcry over skyrocketing costs.
Anthony Joshua paved the way for a fight against Wladimir Klitschko next year by making quick work of Eric Molina in a third round win on Saturday. The Briton successfully defended his IBF world heavyweight title for a second time with another brutal demo
Star batsman Virat Kohli smashed a massive double century before England slumped to 182-6 at stumps on day four as India closed in on victory in the fourth Test Sunday.
Spanish scientists announced on Wednesday they may have identified a way to stop cancer from spreading, at least in mice, and said it could be linked to eating fat. Writing in the journal Nature, the team said they had discovered a type of tumour cell whi
Scientists are taking the battle to prevent HIV to the next level with large-scale trials set to start using injections to protect vulnerable groups such as gay men and women in Africa for at least two months.
Smokers who go through much less than a pack of cigarettes a day still have a higher risk of an early death than non-smokers, a new study suggests. "There is no safe level of cigarette smoking," said lead study author Maki Inoue-Choi, a researcher at the
Earth's days are getting longer but you're not likely to notice any time soon - it would take about 3.3 million years to gain just one minute, according to a study published on Wednesday. Over the past 27 centuries, the average day has lengthened at a rat
Better matching the DNA of egg donors and recipient mothers-to-be may limit the risk of transferring disease-causing mutations to so-called three-parent babies, a study suggested on Wednesday.
The massive Greenland ice sheet has melted away at least once during the last 1.4 million years, according to a study published on Wednesday, raising fears that manmade climate change could provoke dangerous sea levels.
Catholics seeking to confess their sins to a priest in Spain can now turn to a new app to find the nearest available cleric. Confesor GO detects a user's location and shows the location of priests around them who are ready to listen to their sins as well
US electric car manufacturer Tesla on Tuesday issued a recall of charging adapters for its electric cars which could be in danger of melting from overheating. The company's NEMA 14-30, 10-30, 6-50 adapters are all affected, according to a statement on the
Smartwatch pioneer Pebble announced Wednesday it was shutting down, with tech wearables giant Fitbit acquiring some of its assets including key personnel. "Due to various factors, Pebble is no longer able to operate as an independent entity. We have made
For the first time ever, anyone can use real-time facial recognition technology on their phones to recognise people and unlock information about them - changing the way we communicate and connect to each other. Never before has technology combined augment
Apple's streaming service says it has reached 20 million subscribers, showing quick growth as the tech titan tries to close in on sector leader Spotify. Apple Music launched in June 2015 as Apple, which revolutionised digital music with iTunes 15 years ag
Several Chinese iPhone users have claimed that their handsets caught fire or exploded, according to a Shanghai consumer watchdog which called on tech giant Apple to address the complaints. Fresh on the heels of Samsung's world-wide Galaxy Note 7 safety fi
Apple has revealed it is investing heavily in autonomous vehicles in a letter asking the government to make it easier to develop self-driving cars. The company is "excited about the potential of automated systems in many areas, including transportation,"
Almost 200,000 Kenyan households, many headed by poor, rural women, have lifted themselves out of poverty using mobile money services, experts said on Thursday, calling for the technology to be introduced in other developing countries.
On the theory that a driver who knows when a red light will turn green is more relaxed and aware, vehicle manufacturer Audi is unveiling this week in Las Vegas a technology that enables vehicles to "read" traffic signals ahead and tell the motorist how lo
Warehouse club retailer Costco Wholesale Corp reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher margins from sale of fresh food and lower fees to credit card partner Visa Inc.
MRV Engenharia SA expects to more than halve the number of failed home sales in coming months, a sign that efforts by Brazil's No 1 low-income homebuilder to toughen terms for potential buyers will soon bear fruit, co-Chief Executive Officer Eduardo Fisch
US coffee giant Starbucks outlined plans on Wednesday to add 12,000 cafes globally by 2021, including a group of new premium stores that will showcase rare coffees and gourmet food.
Alphabet's Google is on track to purchase enough renewable energy to cover all its global electricity consumption next year, the company said on Tuesday. Google expects its purchases of wind and solar energy will be enough to cover its data centers and of
The IKEA Group said on Wednesday it had sold key subsidiaries for 5.2 billion euros ($5.58 billion) as part of an overhaul to help the furniture retailer react to new competition and shifts in consumer preferences away from its vast out-of-town stores.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been appointed as strategic adviser to Drake & Scull International (DSI) in a move sources said could lead to a range of options for the Dubai-based contractor including bringing in a minority investor or a debt restructur
Budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle plans to order more aircraft from Boeing and Airbus after its Irish subsidiary received long-awaited flying rights from US authorities, its Chief Executive told Reuters.
Ford Motor Co by Wednesday had released for sale more than half of the 15,000 F-150 pickup trucks with 10-speed transmissions that were held to ensure quality, a company spokeswoman said. Reuters reported on Tuesday that shipment of some of the 2017 model
Barclays Plc is taking a contrarian bet that Britain's vote to leave the European Union will help it win more investment banking business in its home market, despite the sharp slowdown in deal activity since the referendum.
Tata Sons on Sunday renewed its appeal to shareholders of Tata group companies to remove Cyrus Mistry from their boards, saying that his presence as chairman "is likely to lead to fragmentation of the Tata Group".
Russian state holding company Rosneftegaz on Saturday signed a deal with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and commodities trader Glencore to sell a 19.5 percent stake in state-owned oil major Rosneft, Rosneft said.
Vietnam has arrested five former bank employees for alleged mismanagement, including an ex-managing director and his deputy, the latest executives to be punished in the scandal-hit sector. Tran Phuong Binh, his deputy Nguyen Thi Ngoc Van and three others
Iraq has invited energy companies and investors to bid to build and finance the first phase of a pipeline that will eventually connect the southern city of Basra with Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba.
After eight years of unrelenting scrutiny and billions of dollars in legal settlements, the banking industry suddenly is facing a more hospitable political climate in Washington next year. Prior to November 8, Wall Street had been girding for a potential
Qatar, the world's largest liquefied natural gas producer, announced on Sunday it is to merge state-owned Qatargas and RasGas to create a "truly unique global energy operator".
Italy's third biggest lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena was scrambling on Sunday to thrash out a last-ditch plan to raise 5 billion euros on the market by year-end after the European Central Bank refused to give it more time to recapitalise.
Regular rail service through the world's longest tunnel began on Sunday, carrying passengers deep under the Swiss Alps from Zurich to Lugano. The famed Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) had a ceremonial opening in June, attracting European leaders like German Ch
In the aftermath of this quarter's market rattling events, such as Donald Trump's election win, central banks "took a back seat", the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) said Sunday, describing the trend as "healthy".
Central counterparty clearing firms do not constitute a major source of systemic risk, a new study from the US Treasury shows, but large counterparties that are heavy net sellers of credit default swaps could pose a threat to the financial system, irrespe
Central counterparty clearing firms do not constitute a major source of systemic risk, a new study from the US Treasury shows, but large counterparties that are heavy net sellers of credit default swaps could pose a threat to the financial system, irrespe
Ultra-low, and in some cases negative, sovereign bond yields may soon be history, bond strategists are not expecting a major move higher without a leap in inflation, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.
Ultra-low, and in some cases negative, sovereign bond yields may soon be history, bond strategists are not expecting a major move higher without a leap in inflation, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.
Nigeria hopes to conclude the sale of a $1 billion Eurobond by the end of the first quarter of 2017 and will seek to make its foreign exchange market more flexible, vice president Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday.
Nigeria hopes to conclude the sale of a $1 billion Eurobond by the end of the first quarter of 2017 and will seek to make its foreign exchange market more flexible, vice president Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday.
Stock markets in Saudi Arabia and Qatar posted broad-based gains on Sunday after OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers a day earlier reached their first deal since 2001 to curtail oil output jointly in a drive to prop up prices.
The dollar's rally since the US election is likely to run out of steam soon and the damage from its strength in the past month could be enough to put the world's largest economy into a recession, an investment chief at Saxo Bank said on Monday. The dollar
The Canadian dollar will extend recent losses against its US counterpart over the coming months as expected monetary policy divergence overshadows higher prices for oil, one of Canada's major exports, a Reuters poll found.
Next week's Federal Reserve meeting and possible signals on the pace of rate hikes for next year could pose the biggest risk yet to the rally the US stock market has seen since last month's presidential election.
Over 200 global leaders and laureates on Sunday pledged to use their voices to protect millions of exploited children across the world and take concrete action to improve their schooling, support those living in conflict and to end child labour.
China has slammed Tokyo for targeting its military aircraft with "decoy flares" over a waterway near Japan, calling the actions "dangerous and unprofessional".
Syria's army pushed forward in Aleppo on Sunday as thousands fled rebel-held areas but its forces lost ground to the south where the Islamic State group recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra.
Two Chinese filmmakers won the top awards at the Marrakesh film festival this weekend, with Zang Qiwu's "The Donor" on the controversial issue of organ transplants taking the coveted Golden Star.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has been given the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest honour, with his French counterpart calling him "the most French of American officials". At a ceremony in Paris on Saturday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault a
Esma Redzepova, the prominent and versatile Roma singer dubbed the "Romany music queen", has died at the age of 73, hospital sources and her family said Sunday. Redzepova was one of the first vocalists in the Balkans to sing in the Romany language and per
South Korea warned Sunday of "fatal" consequences for Pyongyang's leadership if provoked into conflict, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw a military drill simulating an attack on Seoul's presidential Blue House.
Paolo Gentiloni was named Sunday as Italy's new prime minister following reformist leader Matteo Renzi's resignation in the wake of a crushing referendum defeat.
Voters in Kyrgyzstan Sunday approved a raft of constitutional changes that strengthen the hand of President Almazbek Atambayev, suggesting a drift away from Western-style democracy in the Central Asian state.
Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and two wounded in the country's rebel east, the bloodiest day for government forces in more than a month, Kiev said Sunday. "Over the past 24 hours three Ukrainian soldiers were killed in combat," military spokesman O
A British-Algerian journalist died Sunday after having staged a hunger strike to protest a two-year jail term for offending Algeria's president in a poem posted online, his lawyer said. "I can confirm the death of the journalist Mohamed Tamalt in Bab el-O
More than 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said, in a fresh strike claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group. "The tally we have made so far indicates that more than 20 people, most of them
Britain's defence minister said on Sunday he was ready to work with his new US counterpart but that Western nations could not treat Russia as an equal partner as Moscow was a strategic competitor.
The Pakistan Embassy and a Virginia-based community organisation held a Christmas dinner to acknowledge the important role played by Christian brothers and sisters in the national development of their motherland.
A mix trend in prices of essential food commodities, including pulses, vegetable, sugar, chicken, eggs, has witnessed as rates of some items decreased while other increased slightly in retail market, according to survey conducted by Business Recorder <
Pakistan and Bahrain have agreed to take bilateral co-operation in economic and trade sector to a new level by holding the Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) meeting here during next month.
Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz on Sunday said, "Bahrain and other countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council can benefit from the opportunities offered by economic turnaround and connectivity projects in Pakistan."
The 13th convocation of Bahria University Karachi Campus and the 7th Convocation of Pakistan Navy School of Logistics were held at Bahria University Campus, here on Saturday. As many as 866 degrees were awarded to the Undergraduate and Graduate students a
In line with the policy of provincial government to promote the mining of minerals in the province, the Department of Mines and Minerals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has completed regional geochemical exploration covering an area of 70,000 km in the northern and
The police on Sunday decided to form a committee to monitor the graveyards in Karachi. The move came after the matter of selling graves surfaced in Azizabad area. Police has stepped up the investigation in the issue. The committee will gather details rega
Senator Sitara Ayaz from Awami National Party awarded for National Award for human rights by President of Pakistan. Sitara Ayaz who is hailing from village Jhanda, District Swabi of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was among the founders of Women Action Forum in Peshaw
Pakistan Navy Ship while deployed on Counter Piracy mission saved precious lives in Gulf of Aden. The ship was operating as a part of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151), an international Coalition Task Force of naval ships and aircraft formed under the UN
The preparation for celebration of Eid-Milad-un-Nabi is reached its climax in provincial capital Peshawar, as bazaars and route of procession were decorated and illumined.