New DRS feed to be trialled in third Ashes Test

Australia's players appeal in vain for the dismissal of England's Stuart Broad to umpire Aleem Dar. MANCHESTER: This week's third Ashes Test will see the International Cricket Council...

ECC approves sugar export to Iran

Federal Minister for Finance, Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar chairing ECC meeting ISLAMABAD, July 30: The government on Tuesday allowed sugar export to Iran against electricity import.It also allowed...

China owes Hollywood millions after halting payment for films

"Life of Pi" poster. LOS ANGELES: China has stopped paying Hollywood studios for its films in a dispute over a Chinese tax on movie profits, Hollywood trade papers...

At least 45 D I Khan fugitives rearrested

Pakistani policemen stand guard outside the Central Prison after an overnight armed Taliban militant attack in Dera Ismail Khan, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on July 30, 2013. PESHAWAR:...

Zardari, Nawaz felicitate president-elect

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif congratulating Mamnoon Hussain on his success in Presidential Election. ISLAMABAD: Notwithstanding PPP’s boycott of the presidential election, President Asif Ali Zardari, who is...

EOBI scam case: Pre-audit system restored, says chairman

ISLAMABAD: Munir Qureshi, chairman of the Employees’ Old Age Benefit Institution (EOBI), informed the Supreme Court Wednesday that corrupt elements in the institution were under investigation and that...

Attacks on Baghdad mosques kill nine

Iraqis inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in a Baghdad neighbourhood. BAGHDAD: A Shia and a Sunni mosque in Baghdad were targeted in bombings that killed...

Zawahri vows Al Qaeda to free Aafia, Guantanamo inmates

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri. DUBAI: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri said the group would spare no effort to free Aafia Siddiqui as well as the hunger striking...

Apex court sets aside LHC decision

Supreme Court of Pakistan. LAHORE, July 30: A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the Lahore High Court’s decision about allocating Haj quota to...

US man 'abandoned' in US jail gets $4m in compensation

Daniel Chong said he he thought he was going to die in the holding cell A university student in the US city of San Diego has received $4.1m...

India strike over new Telangana state

Violent protests have taken place in Andhra Pradesh over the Telangana issue Normal life has been disrupted in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state following protests against the announcement...

Australia panel recommends charges in NSW Labor probe

The move comes as Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd prepares to call a general election Two Australian state lawmakers should be charged with corruption, a probe has found,...

China issues heat alert as 'hottest July' hits Shanghai

Shanghai has seen 24 days with temperatures at or above 35C in July Temperatures in parts of China have hit record highs, prompting an emergency level-two nationwide heat...

Snowden's father says FBI asked him to visit his son

Campaigners against secret US surveillance programmes demonstrated in support of Edward Snowden in Berlin on Sunday The father of US fugitive Edward Snowden has said the FBI asked...