Tag: 2016

Bangladesh charges eight over 2016 cafe attack, frees British suspect

DHAKA: Bangladesh police have charged eight militants over a 2016 attack on a cafe in Dhaka that killed 22 people, and freed a British...

England 2016 to England 2018: Pakistan’s rocky journey

Pakistan might be at No.7 in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings, but less than two years ago, they were right on top of...

420,000 children died in 2016 before turning one: report

ISLAMABAD: National Health Services Minister Saira Afzal Tarar on Wednesday informed the Members of National Assembly (MNAs) that approximately 420,000 children died in 2016...

667,775 Americans engaged with Russian ‘troll’ tweets in 2016 election: Twitter

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter said it has found Russian efforts to influence the US presidential election in 2016 were more extensive than it originally thought,...

Trump foreign policy adviser met Russian officials in 2016

WASHINGTON: A foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign met Russian government officials last year, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing...

Undercover FBI agent helped thwart plots to attack US targets in...

NEW YORK: An undercover FBI agent helped thwart a jihadist plot to attack targets including New York's subway and Times Square, authorities announced in...

2nd dangerous country for journalists: report

KABUL: Afghanistan suffered its deadliest year on record for journalists in 2016, according to a report released Thursday which said the country is the...

Environment department failed to perform its duties in 2016

Punjab Government’s EPD is being run on ‘look busy, do nothing’ model Another year has ended with the failure of Punjab Government’s Environment Protection...

NAB fails to net ‘big fish’ during 2016

Plea bargain turns out to be the tool of choice to have the cake and eat it too Cases against political bigwigs likely...

Commentary: Yes, 2016 was bad. Next year could be worse

The killing of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey on Monday evening might have prompted knee-jerk comparisons to the 1914 assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, but...

271 Russians to compete in Rio: IOC

The International Olympic Committee said Thursday that 271 Russian athletes will take part in the Rio Games after eliminating 118 suspect competitors in a...

Rio Olympics 2016 to kick off today, 7 Pakistani athletes taking...

Pakistani shooters are qualified for the event, not participating on wild card entries Rio Olympics 2016 will kick off from today (Friday) in Brazil’s capital...

Senate body approves Financial Institutions Bill, 2016

    The Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue on Tuesday approved Re-consideration of the Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) (Amendment) Bill 2016. The committee which...

Mustafizur, Bhuvneshwar topple Gujarat Lions

The quality and depth of Sunrisers Hyderabad's seam attack proved the decisive factor in a low-scoring scrap against Gujarat Lions on a two-paced pitch...

KP wins the title, beat Punjab by 151 runs

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) won the Pakistan Cup 2016 after comprehensively beating Punjab in the final match by a massive margin of 151 runs. Batting first,...

Balochistan victorious, beat Islamabad by 3 wickets

Balochistan emerged victorious Thursday in the 9th match of the Pakistan Cup series, beating Islamabad by 3 wickets, after managing to successfully chase the...

Khyber beat Balochistan by 74 runs

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won their second contest of Pakistan Cup under Ahmed Shahzad’s captaincy against Balochistan. KPK scored 246/8 in their quota of 50 overs,...