2017

North Korea test-fires most powerful missile since 2017

North Korea on Sunday tested its most powerful missile since 2017, ramping up the firepower… Read More

Authority to implement Benami law to function from tomorrow

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has set up administrative structure to implement Benami Act,… Read More

Canada saw a spike in hate crimes in 2017

OTTAWA: The number of hate crimes reported to police in Canada jumped by 47 percent… Read More

Syria recorded 68,000 deaths in 2017: report

BEIRUT: Syria's civil registries recorded 68,000 deaths in the war-torn country in 2017, pro-regime daily… Read More

PSP chief challenges census results in SC

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chief Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against… Read More

1.75 million tourists visited Pakistan in 2017: report

KARACHI: Following a significant improvement in the security situation, tourism in Pakistan has increased by… Read More

Global carbon emissions hit record high in 2017

LONDON: Global energy-related carbon emissions rose to a historic high of 32.5 gigatonnes last year,… Read More

Global dividends hit record of $1.25 trillion in 2017, more to come

MILAN: Global dividends rose 7.7 percent to an all-time high of $1.25 trillion (£891 billion)… Read More

Costliest year in history: Natural disaster damage cost America $306 billion in 2017

NEW YORK: Last year was the most expensive in US history for natural disasters, with… Read More

US police shot and killed 987 people in 2017: WPost

WASHINGTON: Police officers shot and killed nearly 1,000 people in the United States in 2017,… Read More

How Pakistan’s economy fared in the year 2017

Pakistan's economic growth has historically been tumultuous and unsteady, which adds to the uncertainty of… Read More

Malala Yousafzai pens down list of achievements in 2017

As 2017 culminated people made new year resolutions and many reminiscined their successes and failures… Read More

Flight that takes off in 2018 and lands in 2017

With fake news being named ‘word of the year in 2017’ and intense use of… Read More

Chief Justice asks litigants to satisfy how Election Act violates constitution

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the maintainability of as many as 13 petitions challenging the… Read More

Pakistan, rest of the world welcome 2018 with new hopes and ambitions!

KARACHI: Tonnes of fireworks were set off in different cities of Pakistan as the clock… Read More

Shah Rukh Khan names his favourite 2017 movies

'Bollywood King' Shahrukh Khan, in a recent interview named his most favorite movies of 2017… Read More

Here are political turncoats who switched sides in 2017

Driven by self-interests and political convenience rather than any principles, values, and ideology, politicians (political… Read More

2017 in review: Tumultuous happenings that jolted Pakistan’s politics

It has been quite a tumultuous year with full of surprises that sought to redraw… Read More

‘The Year of AI’: Top trends and innovations in science and technology in the year 2017

2017 was an eventful year for innovations in science and technology as the world started… Read More

9 fake stories of 2017 that people believed were true!

2017 has been an eventful year and if we look back at the outgoing year… Read More