Imran Khan's statement declaring foreign players who participated in the Pakistan Super League 'phateechar' incited fury and anger on micro-blogging site Twitter, as some cricket enthusiasts accused the cricketer-turned-politician of resorting to petty politics and racism. Had Imran Khan known of ...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Tuesday said suspected militants from Yemen arrested late last month ahead of a visit by Saudi King Salman were planning an attack on "Arab royalties". A senior police source said the four Yemenis belonged to a Houthi insurgency group that has been fighting Y...
ISTANBUL: The Turkish government has ordered the transfer of tens of billions of dollars worth of state assets to a sovereign wealth fund, in a huge shake-up of its holdings aimed at financing ambitious infrastructure projects. The assets being transferred to the sovereign wealth fund range from w...
BAHAWALNAGAR: A Pakistan Peoples Party rally came under fire as a result of which one person was killed while senior leader of the party from Punajab, Shaukat Basra, was injured in the incident, on Monday. According to details, Basra was attending a rally organised by the Pakistan Peoples Party at...
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the M9 motorway linking Karachi to Hyderabad on Friday, claiming that the government had made strides in the economy and promising that work on the motorway will be completed by 2018. Rs 36 billion have been spent on the six-lane 136-km-long M-9 mot...
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump's defense secretary warned North Korea on Friday of an "effective and overwhelming" response if Pyongyang chose to use nuclear weapons, as he reassured Seoul of steadfast U.S. support at the end of a two-day visit. "Any attack on the United St...
KARACHI: Wanted in scores of heinous crimes in various police stations of Karachi, notorious gangster Baba Ladla was killed on Thursday in a Rangers operation along with his two aides in Karachi's Lyari's area. Born in Chakiwara in October 1977, Noor Mohammad alias Baba Ladla was mentored by anoth...
