KARACHI: Younis Khan posted an unbeaten 306 to steer Pakistan to 574 for five in reply to Sri Lanka’s 644-7 declared as the first cricket Test meandered to a draw with only a day remaining. …

ISLAMABAD. Pakistan Muslim League (N) Leader Mohammad Nawaz Sharif and his younger brother Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif received a VIP guest at the Allama Iqbal International Airport who traveled by Saudi Airlines from …

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed said that due to Musharraf’s unpopular and pro-American policies the country plunged into deep crisis. In his interview, he said,
“Law and order situation is worse; our army …

ISLAMABAD: Awami National Party (ANP) Chief Asfandyar Wali warned that whole world would have to face the consequences if the Swat peace accord would met with the failure. Talking to media men here on Monday, …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Ministry held a meeting to discuss about the security plan for Islamabad during the lawyers’ long march and sit-in here on Tuesday. Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik presided over …

Law and order have two enemies: the Full Truth and the Complete Lie. When people realize the truth, they start revolutions. When they are fed lies they begin meaningless riots.
(M.J. Akbar, 1979)
A leader is one …

Instead of banning opinion polls during election time, the government should ban subversive academic organisations like Kolkata’s Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). Opinion polls and exit polls are way off
the mark, so why bother? A ban …

WUHAN: Pakistan and China on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding in trade in services to attract investment in services sector. The agreement will enhance the capacity of services providers in the two countries and …

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Saturday said Pakistan would present its point of view to the Obama administration on the issue of confronting extremism and terrorism during the meeting being held in Washington …

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Saturday for unified international rules for the financial markets, on the eve of hosting a meeting with the heads of Europe’s leading economies. There could no longer be “blank …