ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday hit out at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for condemning a unanimous resolution by Pakistani lawmakers to stay out of the......
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Aziz on Sunday said the Pakistan Parliament’s resolution on Yemen was the country’s internal matter. But the Saudi......
KARACHI: Rangers patrolled Karachi's Azizabad neighbourhood, near Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarters, on Sunday.The Rangers entered Azizabad by way of Buturab Imambargah and moved on to......
PESHAWAR: Ten terrorists were killed by security forces in Shonkrai near the Pak-Afghan border in Mohmand Agency early on Sunday, said a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations......
DHAKA: Thousands of Bangladeshis poured onto the streets to applaud the execution of an Islamist party official on charges of crimes against humanity during the 1971 war, as security forces remained......
ISLAMABAD: A spokesman for al-Qaeda's new Indian branch says US drone strikes in Pakistan have killed two of its leaders.In an audio message released Sunday, Usama Mahmood identified the dead as......
PESHAWAR: At least four suspected militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles at a hideout in South Waziristan tribal region's Shawal area along the Pak-Afghan border on Sunday.South......
PESHAWAR: A report filed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police cited a 100 per cent conviction rate after the implementation of the National Action Plan.32 militants involved in various cases of terrorism......
PESHAWAR: "State children, not street children," were the words stressed upon by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's wife Reham Khan as she addressed a ceremony called for......
SHANGHAI: Lewis Hamilton extended his lead at the top of the Formula One championship standings with a pole-to-flag victory at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, the Briton leading a Mercedes one-two......
The family of cricket icon Richie Benaud has declined the offer of a state funeral, Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday.Abbott said the offer was a mark of respect for a man who......
Pakistan's heavily-built fast bowler Sohail Khan will miss the upcoming tour of Bangladesh after sustaining a back injury during a conditioning camp at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, chief selector......
DOHA: In a dusty corner of Qatar's booming capital, a sign outside a modest restaurant popular with migrant labourers reads: "If you are hungry and have no money, eat for free!!!"Sixteen kilometres......
For the first time in decades have I felt that democracy does exist in Pakistan. The ruling party allowed parliamentarians and the people to speak freely and pass a resolution on Yemen in a......
EVERY political party has a legitimate right to contest election from anywhere in the country. No particular area in the country belongs to any particular political party nor is any constituency made......
More than 1,000 unarmed and peaceful civilians were massacred in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, on Besakhi Day on April 13, 1919.Soldiers led by a British general marched to the ground and fired 1,650......
THIS refers to the quarter-page advertisement in Dawn and all national newspapers (March 20), claiming, ‘we are here for your help… to provide administrative justice’.Here is a citizen’s complaint, a......
THIS refers to the increasing menace of drug addiction across surroundings of the Lady Reading Hospital and Government Frontier College for Women, Peshawar.An alarming number of heroin addicts can be......
IN a joint family, you live in a house which consists of your parents and your children, and, in some cases, there may also be aunts or uncles or both. A nuclear family only consists of you living......
EDUCATION has always been given top priority in a cultured society. In Pakistan, somehow it is given least priority and is extremely costly.Besides, the standard of education keeps going down every......
ALL political parties and the media condemned the Model Town incident. The PML-N also disowned it by calling it mismanagement of police officials concerned.A similar incident, if not more intense,......
THE Punjab government has put on city roads warning signs saying: ‘People displaying fire-arms in public will be arrested’.They should also have added that the killers will be apprehended and......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elementary and secondary education department has decided to double the parent-teacher council (PTC) funds for government schools in the province to accelerate......
PESHAWAR: The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) on Saturday organised a daylong safari train trip to the historic Attock Khurd, King Akbar Fort and River Indus.The trip was meant to......
KOHAT: The police on Saturday arrested two suspected militants involved in firing on police and security forces.A suspected militant identified as Afsar Khan was arrested during a raid in Ghurzandi......
LANDI KOTAL: An alleged kidnapper was killed and his accomplice injured in a shootout with Khasadar personnel in Jamrud on Saturday. Khasadar officials said that two armed men belonging to Qambarkhel......
MANSEHRA: Deputy commissioner, Mansehra, Aamir Khattak has asked the Balakot tehsil administration not to allow establishment of tent villages around Lake Saiful Muluk and provide adequate security......
PESHAWAR: Most political parties have empowered their district organisations to form electoral alliances and do seat adjustments at local level to secure the maximum possible seats in the May 30......
LAKKI MARWAT: Local paramedics have urged the police to arrest the killers of a woman health worker and provide security to employees of the health department.During a meeting of the district......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police on Saturday said the registration of tenants under the Security of Vulnerable and Sensitive places Ordinance had helped improve law and order situation in the......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Saturday asked the board of trustees of Swat Hospital Trust to immediately initiate registration of patients and their treatment at the Nawaz......
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has urged the government to announce a special package for the people of Fata keeping in view their sacrifices to mitigate their......
MARDAN: Awami National Party provincial president Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has said that his party would provide proof of rigging in the 2013 general elections to the judicial commission.He was talking......
NOWSHERA: A man and a woman were killed and two others wounded when two groups clashed over a land dispute in Akbarpura area here on Saturday.Mohammad Ali got a case registered in Akbarpura police......
SWABI: Acquiring gas connection is an uphill task for the consumers who are made to use all means, legal or illegal, to get one, but to no avail.Consumers told Dawn on Friday that they had applied......
There is no proper check on the movement of burgeoning number of non-custom paid (NCP) vehicles despite repeated complaints by the law enforcers that the smuggled vehicles are being used for criminal......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on Saturday on working for a peaceful resolution of Yemen crisis.Mr Erdogan called Mr Sharif to update him......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) is spending over Rs80 million on the renovation of a rented building in which the offices of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP)......
ISLAMABAD: Folk artists, musicians and folk dance groups were honoured with cash awards and mobile phones at a colourful closing ceremony of Lok Mela held at Shakarparian on Saturday.Secretary,......
ISLAMABAD: “There were dead bodies found in Balochistan with Pakistan Zindabad carved into their skins,” Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur said on Saturday, at a seminar which had to be relocated to a......
TAXILA: The police backed by military officials and members of law enforcement agencies launched a search operation in the hilly areas of Gheershen and arrested 15 people, including a woman.A large......
ISLAMABAD: The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of the capital police have busted a gang involved in street crimes and recovered vehicle, valuables, and weapons, police said on Saturday.The police......
RAWALPINDI: The workers union of Rawal Town Municipal Administration (RTMA) on Saturday ended their two-day strike against the town municipal officer for his misbehaviour with the lower staff.On the......
“Among all the good things in Pakistan, it is the people I will miss the most,” said Brazilian Ambassador Alfredo Leoni, in his farewell speech at a reception held in Islamabad last Thursday.“I thank......
“We call it Australia Day in Spring,” said High Commissioner Peter Heyward, marking his country’s national day with a festive reception at the official residence.Australian and Pakistani national......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked more than 16.7 million connections as the deadline for the biometric SIM verification ends on Sunday.As the unprecedented......
ISLAMABAD: The gathering clouds gave players in the final match at Margalla Polo Club on Saturday, impetus to play a fast game. The men on horses tried their best to take possession of the ball and......
MUZAFFARABAD: Protesters on Saturday condemned India’s move to create separate settlements for Hindu Pandits in Indian-held Kashmir. They marched from the Press Club to Garhi Pan Chowk, chanting......
More than a dozen book companies are present in the market, offering quality stuff to inspire creativity among the students.Private publishers and owners of book companies make tall claims that their......
LAHORE: Up to 1,717 Sikh pilgrims arrived on Saturday in Pakistan from India at Wahga Railway Station by two trains to participate in the Besakhi festival.The immigration authorities at Wahga......
LAHORE: Eight men thrashed DJ Butt, the man who was responsible for keeping the sound system in order during the Islamabad sit-in of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), in Model Town late on Friday......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Groups supported by the Indian intelligence agency are involved in the ethnic massacre of the Baloch, said Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti while talking to the media after......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Monday allowed police to paste proclamations on the residences of Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri and nine other suspects involved in a case of......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday extended physical remand of Mustafa Kanju, son of former state minister for foreign affairs Siddique Kanju, for further six days for his involvement in......
LAHORE: As from April 15 the railway swicthes over ot summer timing, the authorities have introduced in stops of trains.Stops of eight passenger trains are being removed, another five trains will......
LAHORE: Former chief justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has called for dissemination of constitutional literacy among people for social change in society.He was speaking at a two-day conference on......
LAHORE: Punjab Information Technology Board chairman Dr Umar Saif said 21 projects had been initiated to improve health services in Punjab by using android and internet applications.Briefing......
LAHORE: A grand photo walk on the Royal Trail was organised by the Walled City of Lahore Authority on Saturday. Attended by around 800 photographers, the WCLA claims the event biggest one in......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehreek have condemned the killing of 20 labourers in Balochistan and said it seems both the federal and provincial governments have handed......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has said the possession of land of F-Block for new residential plots in Journalists Housing Colony in Lahore under the arrangement of the Punjab Journalist Housing......
LAHORE: Over 70 price control magistrates of the city district have so far got arrested 4,300 shopkeepers and sent them to jail or police lockups since January 1 for creating artificial price hike......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Hundreds of farmers from dozens of villages of Toba Tek Singh, Jhang and Khanewal districts protested on Saturday in Toba and Shorkot to highlight water-logging caused by the......
MULTAN: Veteran politician Javed Hashmi said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is being used in the Karachi by-elections by the forces looking for a solution to the issues of the city.He said this......
GUJRAT: PML-N lawmakers from Gujrat are being given a special quota in the hundreds of Grade 4 jobs in different departments of the district government allegedly at the behest of the provincial......
SHEIKHUPURA: An activist of PML-N was shot dead by two unidentified bikers on Damon Aana Road on Saturday.Reports said that Shahid, the younger brother of PML-N leader Saleem, was on his way when two......
GUJRANWALA: The anti-terrorism court no.1 handed down on Saturday death sentence on two counts to accused Iftikhar Ahmad and life term on two counts to co-accused Kanwal along with fine worth......
LAHORE: The relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are of two nations which never leave each other alone in any time of difficulty and no segment of society is supporting and advocating those......
LAHORE: A charity organisation has completed renovation of East Medical Ward (female) of Mayo Hospital at a cost of Rs50 million.It is the third project of the Bilqees Sarwar Foundation (BSF).An......
The first time we visited Gun Smoke on M.M. Alam Road in Gulberg, it was in the company of my wife’s friend and colleague Ra’ana, and we had gone specifically to listen to the song and music of her......
LAHORE: CAS Veterans’ Golf Champ-ionship - 2015 was held at Lahore Garrison Golf and Country Club on Saturday.Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, Chief of the Air Staff, PAF, was the chief guest at the......
TEHRAN: Hundreds of people demonstrated on Saturday outside the Saudi embassy in Tehran to protest against alleged sexual harassment against Iranian youths by Saudi police.Official IRNA news agency......
WASHINGTON: The US Capitol was placed on lockdown on Saturday after a person shot himself dead and police found a suspicious package on the lower west terrace of the building.The lockdown came......
ROME: A rise in the number of migrant boats setting out across the Mediterranean for Italy sparked tension on Saturday, after rescue workers said some 1,000 people had been picked up in one......
BEIRUT: Pro-government forces repelled an attack on a key Syrian military airport by the self-styled Islamic State group, losing 20 fighters but killing almost as many jihadists, a monitor said on......
RIYADH: A mortar shell fired by Yemen’s Houthi militia across the border into Saudi Arabia killed three of the kingdom’s army officers on Friday, a Defence Ministry statement carried by the Saudi......
AMONG popular French political witticisms the following is arguably the most amusing: “When you are twenty-one and not yet a leftist, it means you have no heart. But when you are forty-one and still......
WASHINGTON: Former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will end months of speculation and attempt a second bid at becoming America’s first woman president when she launches her highly anticipated 2016......
DHAKA: Bangladesh authorities on Saturday hanged a top Islamist leader for overseeing a massacre during the nation’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan, officials said.“Mohammad Kamaruzzaman has......
CAIRO: A Cairo court confirmed death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 11 other defendants on Saturday, and a US-Egyptian citizen was jailed for life over Islamist protest......
PANAMA CITY: US President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro heralded a new era of bilateral relations on Saturday as they both addressed a landmark Summit of the Americas ahead of historic......
ANKARA: Turkish troops were engaged in clashes on Saturday with over two dozen rebels from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) that left four soldiers wounded and dealt a blow to a fragile......
COLOMBO: In a bid to stem a pro-Mahinda Rajapaksa swing in his party, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), party chairman and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday sacked Bandula......
KABUL: The bullet-riddled bodies of five aid workers have been found, weeks after they were kidnapped by gunmen in the volatile south of Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday.The group of Afghan......
TOULOUSE: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid a lightning visit to Toulouse, the hub of the French aerospace industry in the southwest of the country.With stops at the production......
LAHORE: Embarking on his first tour as Pakistan ODI captain, Azhar Ali who is relying on youngsters expressed the hope that the green-shirts will look a totally different side on the upcoming tour of......
LONDON: Tim Sherwood returned to haunt former club Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday as Aston Villa improved their chances of avoiding relegation from the Premier League with a 1-0 away victory.Christian......
LAHORE, April 11: Paceman Sohail Khan has become a doubtful starter for the upcoming series against Bangladesh after complaining of stiff back at the national camp here on Friday.A spokesman of the......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday hinted that the government would not release fund for the Pakistan Hockey Federation without holding its audit.The PHF has been claiming that the......
LONDON: Jonathan Trott believes his battle against depression has made him stronger and the former bedrock of England’s batting line-up is confident of winning his 50th Test cap in Monday’s first......
ST JOHN’S (Antigua): Rookie batsman Shai Hope has been rewarded for his heavy scoring in the recent first-class tournament with a place in West Indies’ 14-man squad to face England in the first Test......
SYDNEY: Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan featured as an all-rounder in the Greatest Test XI of all time picked by Australian cricket legend Richie Benaud back in 2004.Benaud, who passed away at the......
LAHORE: Ugly scenes on Saturday were witnessed in the lead-up to the upcoming Punjab Football Association (PFA) elections with a group of people forcibly entering into the PFF House which supervises......
HARARE: Around 200 hundred people from Zimbabwe’s main trade union on Saturday marched to government offices in Harare to demand that President Robert Mugabe fix the ailing economy and fulfil an......
MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin is facing a problem few could have anticipated: The rouble is becoming too strong.Last year’s worst-performing major currency is this year’s best and while that’s buoying the......
ISLAMABAD: The government will rake in over $1 billion by selling its 609-million-share stake in Habib Bank Ltd (HBL), a deal that would surpass the equity capital market transactions of OGDCL......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) on Saturday urged Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir to review the free trade agreements (FTAs) that are hurting more than helping the country.Khalil......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has set up a committee to revise property tax rates by upgrading the valuation table designed in 2001.The new property tax rate formula to be evolved by the committee......
KARACHI: The high-yielding long-term Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) could deal a blow to the economy as volume of bonds crossed Rs4 trillion on March 31, the State Bank reported on Friday.Since the......
TOKYO: Hong Kong is set to overtake Japan as the world’s third-largest stock market, spurred on by surging Chinese demand for shares in the former British colony.The value of equities listed in Hong......
KARACHI: The country fetched $200 million by exporting 350,000 tonnes of kinno, surpassing the target of 325,000 tonnes, this season so far, with more shipments are on their way.In the last season,......
RIYADH: If oil-related sanctions against Iran are lifted, world oil prices next year could be $5 to $15 a barrel lower than the current forecasts, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) is......
LONDON: Oil prices rebounded and gold firmed this week as markets reacted to geopolitical concerns and the outlook for interest rates in the United States.A strong dollar meanwhile capped gains for......
MUMBAI: Global rules are tilted in favour of developed economies and the onus lies on emerging markets to reframe them to ensure fairness for all, Indian central bank Governor Raghuram Rajan said in......
TEHRAN: One of the first things Leila Daneshvar did after Iran agreed to a framework for a nuclear accord was to contact European suppliers that had shunned her company because of the sanctions......
KARACHI: Cotton prices rose for the fourth consecutive session on Saturday as spinners kept chasing quality lint to meet their export orders.As the current season (2014-15) is drawing to a close, the......
WASHINGTON: Free trade is an American mantra. The Obama administration’s commitment to winning “fast-track” status for its cherished Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is part of that......
QUETTA: The Balochistan chapter of Pakistan Workers Confederation (PWC) held a demonstration in protest against the massacre of 20 labourers in Turbat on Saturday. They demanded immediate arrest of......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Secretary Saifullah Chattha has said several mega projects, including the Gwadar Economic Free Zone, West Bay Expressway and Gwadar airport, would be inaugurated during the......
With only weeks to go before the historic 7th National Finance Commission award is set to expire, the government finally asked the president to start the process whereby the 8th award could be......
ISLAMABAD: Former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has written a letter to National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, asking him to unseat the lawmakers belonging to the Pakistan......
QUETTA: Senator Talah Mehmood of Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam-Fazl has said that Pak-China Economic Corridor is vital not only for Pakistan and China but it would also benefit around three billion people......
GWADAR: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that opposing road and dam projects in Pasni will harm the interest of local people who are already facing acute shortage of drinking......
QUETTA: A two-day special meeting of the Inter-University Consortium for Promotion of Social Sciences (IUCPSS) issued the Gwadar Declaration which called for increasing allocation of funds for......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Four people were killed and nine others injured in two road accidents on Saturday.Three members of a family, among them a nine-year-old, died and eight injured when their vehicle......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) constituted on Saturday an eight-member task force to prepare and fight the party’s case before the judicial commission formed to investigate the charges......
KARACHI: Senator Sirajul Haq, chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), has said there is a need to strengthen democracy in the country to the extent that any attempt to roll it back is crushed.“Politics,......
QUETTA: Gunmen killed 20 construction workers and injured three others in a pre-dawn attack on a labourers’ camp near Turbat, in Balochistan’s Kech district, on Saturday.“The labourers were sleeping......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) internal party rift once again reared its head on Saturday when a two-member election tribunal, headed by retired Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed, summoned......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Saturday avoided reacting to remarks by a UAE minister following the resolution adopted during the parliament’s joint session that stressed the need for neutrality on......
ALTHOUGH most Iranians are celebrating their nuclear deal with the P5+1, the framework ‘understanding’, once implemented, will effectively block Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapons capability......
A couple of things we’ve learned this week. Parliament did a great job, but it was the government that allowed parliament to do the job to begin with.Depending on which side of the fence you are, the......
HONEST and conscientious police officers are constantly at war in Pakistan, not only against criminal mafias but also against the illegal and unlawful commands of their superiors that include some......
ANWAR Gargash is not happy. The UAE’s minister of state for foreign affairs took to his Twitter account within hours of the parliamentary resolution desiring neutrality in Yemen to upbraid both......
IN the case of Pak-India relations, it seemingly is always a case of either going round in circles or, worse, one step forward, two steps back. Earlier this week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi......
IT is unfortunate that whenever Balochistan surfaces on the national radar, it is usually for all the wrong reasons. Whether it is the separatist insurgency or sectarian bloodshed, violence and......
IT is good to know that at least someone from the Bhutto Zardari household wants to and is allowed to pursue business and agriculture rather than politics as a career. But even as we learn, on the......
