Seven people have died in the US south-east as wildfires blazed across a mountainous tourist region, forcing thousands to evacuate and des...
Iraqis chase IS jihadists in Mosul with local help
Lieutenant Ali Hussein listened intently as the elderly man explained where he thought the jihadist fighters were over the rattle of machi...
CPEC attracting regional states: PM Nawaz
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was Pakistan’s strategic economic initiativ...
Syria regime shelling kills 21 civilians in east Aleppo
Syrian government artillery fire killed 21 civilians, including two children, in an eastern district of Aleppo early Wednesday, a monitori...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi vows ‘reconciliation’ amid Rohingya crisis
Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed on Wednesday to work for “peace and national reconciliation” amid mounting international ...
Pakistan Setting Up World’s Largest Solar Park
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Nandipur power plant to re-start power generation next year
Much-touted Nandipur power plant is likely to re-start power generation from March next year, and the petroleum ministry has assured the s...
Chashma power plant to be ready for inauguration by next month
The 340 MW Chashma-3 (C-3) power plant has achieved maximum power generation capacity test and will be ready for inauguration by the third...
Newly appointed additional judges take oath
Five newly appointed additional judges of Sindh High Court (SHC) were sworn in on Wednesday, here in the committee room of the SHC buildin...
140,000 hotel rooms needed in lead up to Expo 2020
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Jotun Paints opens a new 6ha factory in Oman
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HLG bags Al Mutahidah Towers construction contact
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UAE's KIZAD set for $2.7m Kuwaiti plastics plant
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All areas of country to be connected with six four lanes motorways: PM Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Wednesday said all the areas of the country would be connected with six and four lanes mot...
Dubai Airports wins travel and tourism award
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Construction on Az-zour North One plant concludes
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Oman: 124% growth for real estate in 10 months
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Opportunities For PAAPAM Members in Global Aerospace Market
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Sabic explores US joint venture opportunities
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Indian govt contradicts itself, says only 4 terrorists behind Pathankot attack
Contradicting Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s earlier statement in Parliament that six terrorists had attacked the Pathankot air base in Jan...
Myanmar Rohingya abuse may be ‘crimes against humanity’: UN
Myanmar’s Rohingya may be victims of crimes against humanity, the UN’s rights agency said Tuesday, as former UN Chief Kofi Annan arrived i...
Rebuilding history? Debate rages over lost Afghan Buddhas
For centuries they stood, two monumental ancient statues of Buddha carved into the cliffs of Bamiyan, loved and revered by generations of ...
12 dead, mainly schoolgirls, in Turkey dorm fire
12 people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed on Tuesday when fire ravaged a dormitory for pupils in the southern Turkish region of Ada...
Mammoet seals off Chernobyl reactor with huge dome
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New JV formed to manage Hamad Port operations
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China Railway Construction Corp Wins Qatar World Cup Stadium Contract
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Rush to build bunkers in Azad Jammu and Kashmir as fears grow
Residents in Azad Jammu and Kashmir are racing to build underground bunkers for the first time since the 1990s, frightened by what they sa...
New library at KU: KU teachers fear new library may disfigure older one
by AMIR MAJEED Karachi University’s (KU) professors have started a campaign against the construction of a new library which they think m...
Bilawal fully active in political arena: Chandio
Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh on Information Moula Bux Chandio said that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is the leader of the country and he i...
CM approves establishment of anti corruption agency
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has accorded approval to setting up of Anti-Corruption Agency for Harmonising Anti-Corruptio...
CADD Minister reports city’s health budget allocation
Minster for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Tariq Fazal Chaudhry informed the national assembly that a total of Rs....
Schon launches $875m hotel project near Expo site
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Foster+Partners unveil solar generated roof
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Chinese company and HBK JV to build Lusail stadium
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Russia rejects media reports of joining CPEC, vows to strengthen cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Russia on Tuesday rejected media reports that it was discussing possibility of joining China Pakistan Economic Corridor, vowin...
Nshama's Town Square on track for 2017 hand-over
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Kuwait: $9,800 fine for flouting drone regulation
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Oil prices to further impact GCC property market
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UAE: 62km-long Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway inaugurated
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Dubai Int'l Airport smart gates used by 234,000
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‘Secret negotiation’ reports on CPEC with Pakistan is false, says Russian govt
The Russian foreign ministry, Tuesday (today) rubbished Pakistani media reports about ‘secret negotiations’ between the two countries rega...
Schneider launches ethernet controller in Gulf
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Residents vacate frail building after compensation talks with owners
Talks between residents and owner of a frail building near Pakistan Chowk area in Karachi on Wednesday after which the tenants agreed to v...
Built assets to contribute $351bn to UAE economy
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Report: Qatar leads in global built-asset returns
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Dubai: DM campaign collects 8,652 tonnes of waste
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Dubai tops property investment locations for 2017
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Mubadala floats tender for Al Maryah Island work
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