A Kashmiri leader waved a Pakistani flag at a political gathering in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-held Kashmir.According to reports in the Indian media, Hurriyat leader Masarat Alam waved......
FATULLAH: Twenty-three-year-old Sabbir Rahman made sure Azhar Ali's first outing as the captain was an unforgettable one as Bangladesh Cricket Board XI defeated Pakistan by one-wicket in the tour......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s head coach Waqar Younis finally broke the silence on allegations that he was involved in a 'power struggle' with the captain since taking charge of the national team last......
KARACHI: Four suspects said to be members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) were detained in Karachi on Tuesday night in surgical, intelligence-driven operations carried out by Pakistan Rangers......
Akhtar Balouch, also known as the Kiranchi Wala, ventures out to bring back to Dawn.com’s readers the long forgotten heritage of Karachi. Stay tuned to this space for his weekly fascinating......
PESHAWAR: Forty-one percent of the Afghan refugees who returned to their homeland over the years cite fear of arrest or harassment as the leading reason for their return.This information was released......
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan test-fired on Wednesday ballistic missile Ghauri, which is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads up to a distance of 1,300 kilometres.In a statement, the......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association filed a petition on Wednesday through its secretary Chaudhry Muhammad Maqsood Ahmed in the apex court challenging the operations of military courts......
In this week’s Women’s Tennis Association rankings, Sania Mirza is the World’s No. 1 doubles player. India went the whole of the 20th century (and the first decade of the 21st) without a female No. 1......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan held a press conference on Wednesday to clear what he said was "misinformation" regarding the investigation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement......
QUETTA: Members of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) questioned death row prisoner and former Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) worker Saulat Mirza in Balochistan's Machh jail on Wednesday.Security was......
QUETTA: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif warned foreign states and international agencies to refrain from creating anarchy in Balochistan by supporting terrorist elements in the......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s 22-year-old left arm spinner Raza Hasan may face suspension from all forms of cricket after testing positive for cocaine in a dope test conducted during the recent Pentangular Cup......
Ernestine Ulmer knew what she was talking about when she said, "Life's short, eat dessert first!"Boy, did we take that seriously!There is just something comforting about the thought of home food,......
Karachi’s local indie-electronic label Forever South (FXS) has been making waves lately, what with all that they're involved in musically — the Lahore Music Meet, Storm in a Tea Cup or even private......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah today announced the PPP’s intent to hold a rally in Karachi’s Lyari district on April 26.At a press conference, Shah said former president Asif Ali Zardari......
CALGARY: A group of Calgary imams is marking the first line of defence at the foot of the Rocky Mountains against the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group's recruitment of Canadians as......
ISLAMABAD: A high-level delegation led by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif along with Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry reached Jeddah to meet Saudi......
It is never a refined image, but a photograph of varying quality. It is often a newspaper photograph of a man or woman on a street, outside a gate, on a footpath. The face of the man or the woman in......
From the very day Imran Khan announced in one of his dharna speeches that he wanted to end his protest so he could get married, everyone began speculating about who this future Mrs Khan could......
PESHAWAR: Senior Awami National Party (ANP) leader Senator Muhammad Azam Khan Hoti died here on Wednesday. He was 69 years old.Hoti, who had been suffering from cancer, was born in Mardan in April......
ISLAMABAD: Amid legal vacuum surrounding the sale of around 140,000 tonnes of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a few bulk consumers, a private company’s bid to arrange import of 20 per cent......
KARACHI: Though dollar gained a little against the local currency on Tuesday, inching towards Rs102.85 amid reports of its shortage in some parts of the country, currency dealers said there was no......
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Tuesday said Pakistan’s economy is showing signs of sustained recovery, nevertheless energy constraints and weak external demand continue to pose challenge for the......
ISLAMABAD: Export of merchandise fell by 13.44 per cent to $1.932 billion during March 2015 from $2.232bn in the same month last year, causing a higher than expected trade deficit, suggested data of......
KARACHI: The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) has expressed concern over government plans to impose sales tax on cotton in budget 2015-16 to mobilise Rs50 billion in revenue.In a statement issued on......
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on Tuesday slapped Rs140 million penalty on Pakistan Automobile Manufacturers Authorised Dealers Association (Pamada) for cartelisation and......
KARACHI: The KSE-100 index slipped by 138.58 points, or 0.43 per cent, on Tuesday to close at 32,109.87.Investors’ interest in stocks remained low represented by the plunge in volume to 218m shares......
GENEVA: Sluggish economies and global conflicts are taking their toll on world commerce, the World Trade Organisation said on Tuesday, slashing its trade growth outlook for 2015.“For trade growth it......
KE to power DG Cement’s plant in HubKARACHI: K-Electric (KE) and DG Cement Ltd have signed an agreement under which the power utility would provide 40MW of electricity to the cement maker for its new......
FRANKFURT: Europe’s battered financial sector is showing further signs of healing and the European Central Bank’s raft of different policy measures are contributing to this, a key ECB survey showed......
MUMBAI: India’s market regulator, under pressure to tighten scrutiny, is taking as long as a year to approve initial public offerings, prompting criticism from firms already grappling with......
DOHA: Qatar opened the Middle East’s first centre for clearing transactions in the Chinese yuan on Tuesday, saying it would boost trade and investment between China and Gulf Arab economies.“The......
KARACHI: The government has decided to extend the period for exporting wheat and wheat flour by one month.“In terms of Ministry of National Food Security and Research’s Office Memorandum it has been......
KARACHI: Cotton prices soared on Tuesday as buyers booked deals by offering higher bids to ginners who had been reluctant to dispose of their stocks anticipating higher rates.On ready deals, prices......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Tuesday, reversing some losses from the morning session on anticipation that tax levies from top producer Indonesia will soon be in......
WASHINGTON: Recent shifts in exchange rates should help the global economy, boosting Japan and Europe in particular, amid increasing divergence in the growth paths of the world’s major economies, the......
BRUSSELS: China’s top diplomat in Brussels warned the European Union on Tuesday not to disregard changes to global trade rules set to favour Beijing and which European companies fear will open the......
OUR parliament on April 10 unanimously passed the resolution which, among other things, calls upon Pakistan to remain neutral in the Yemen conflict and instead play a diplomatic role, exhorting the......
I RECENTLY met a driver who is trying to educate his children in a private school. He seemed to be quite upset. When I asked him the reason, he said it was over Pakistan’s educational system. He then......
WHEN it comes to drug information, less can be dangerous. Generic prescription medicines often lack information on certain side-effects.In one of the largest conducted study on 1,049 generic drugs,......
PAKISTAN’S population is growing rapidly day by day while resources for people’s livelihood are becoming lesser and lesser. Where do we stand in terms of development policies by the government? Is it......
PAKISTAN is a land of festivities. It is very much the culture of Pakistanis to celebrate festivals on almost every occasion. This may pertain not only to religious or social events, but also seasons......
WE have an elected parliament and a government in place. The government has the responsibility to govern and take decisions on all issues, big and small.If there are matters on which political......
THE Indian Premier League (IPL) has provided a platform for several players belonging to different parts of the world, including young Indian players who have not stepped in at the international......
WASHINGTON: The Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram has abducted 2,000 women and girls since early 2014, Amnesty International reported on Tuesday.“Many have been forced into sexual slavery and......
GENEVA: The co-pilot of a pioneering plane attempting to circumnavigate the globe powered by the sun, is being treated for migraine in his native Switzerland but will return to China soon, a......
NEW YORK: Soul singer Percy Sledge, best known for his recording of “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died at his home in Louisiana at age 74 after battling cancer, his agent said on on Tuesday.The song......
MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino said on Tuesday he could still secure a peace deal with Muslim rebels before standing down next year, after a botched anti-terror raid nearly derailed the......
UNITED NATIONS: As secret agent James Bond, Daniel Craig has a licence to kill, but on Tuesday the United Nations gave the British actor a “licence to save” by appointing him as the first global......
BUDAPEST: A row involving Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his ex-college roommate, right-wing business tycoon Lajos Simicska, is tearing up the country’s media landscape as the rivals fight......
LONDON: The birth of Prince William and his wife Kate’s second baby will cap a momentous four years for Britain’s golden couple, completing their journey from student sweethearts to regal......
“Another blogger” is the phrase most English news media worldwide used in their headlines of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu’s murder on March 30. The phrase “another blogger” says a lot: Babu is not......
TOKYO: Japan and the United States will likely include an explicit reference to defence of far-flung Japanese islands in an update of security cooperation guidelines amid concerns about China’s......
MIAMI: SpaceX’s unmanned Dragon cargo ship blasted off on Tuesday toward the International Space Station, carrying a load of food and supplies for the astronauts living in orbit.The California-based......
SINGAPORE: A maths problem that first appeared in a test for Singapore’s elite high school students has baffled Internet users around the world after it went viral, prompting a rush of attempts to......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the White House on Tuesday and hailed the US-backed Iraqi forces’ progress against the self-styled Islamic State......
BAGHDAD: Five car bombs in the Baghdad area, including one near a hospital, killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 45 on Tuesday, security and medical officials said.One blast hit a car park......
JOHANNESBURG: Attacks against foreigners continued in the South African port city of Durban on Tuesday as the Ethiopian community prepared to repatriate the bodies of three of its nationals killed......
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist, CPI-M) began a six-day national conclave in the southern city of Visakhapatnam on Tuesday to elect a new party chief and to draw a strategy to......
LONDON: Three Russian ships including a destroyer have entered the English Channel and are being monitored by Britain’s Royal Navy as they pass through, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.It is......
CONAKRY: Fresh violence erupted in the Guinean capital on Tuesday after a day of clashes between police and anti-government protesters that left one dead and several with gunshot wounds, a......
KARACHI: On a day when Pakistan’s South Asian rivals learnt their 2018 World Cup qualifying fate, the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) was continuing its battle against the government which......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government in a major development on Tuesday decided to conduct a five-year audit of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF).Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has asked the Auditor......
KARACHI: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will kick off their National Challenge Cup title defence in a tough-looking Group ‘C’ alongside Wapda, Habib Bank Limited (HBL) and Pakistan Railways after the draws......
NORTH SOUND: The West Indies mopped up the England tail on the second day of the first Test, claiming the last five wickets for 42 runs to dismiss England for 399 here on Tuesday.England had put......
CAPE TOWN: Allan Donald has stepped down as bowling coach of South Africa, confirming his departure on Tuesday after four years in the role.Donald was appointed in June 2011 as part of Gary Kirsten’s......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s ex-cricket captain Shoaib Malik said on Tuesday he was proud his Indian wife Sania Mirza had become the world’s top-ranked doubles tennis player, adding it was an honour for both......
KUALA LUMPUR: The sheer enormity and rich diversity of Asia offers a bitter-sweet opportunity to the region’s World Cup hopefuls.After a revamp of the qualifying procedure, Asia’s heavyweight teams......
LONDON: Paris St Germain, diminished by injuries and suspensions, renew hostilities with Barcelona while injury-hit Bayern Munich are confident they have enough firepower when they face FC Porto in......
LIVERPOOL: Raheem Sterling helped Liverpool keep alive their hopes of Champions League football next season with a comfortable 2-0 Premier League victory on Monday against a Newcastle United side who......
As is now customary after every World Cup debacle, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed its commitment to take necessary steps to bring the national cricket team’s performances up to a......
MESA: Michael Phelps will compete in his first swim meet this week since returning from a six-month suspension following a second drunken driving arrest.The 18-time Olympic champion is entered in......
LONDON: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday set up a hotline for whistleblowers to report match-fixing and other corruption in a new initiative to protect the integrity and......
LAHORE: Trials to select national women’s weightlifting squad starts at Railways Stadium here on Wednesday.The selected team will feature in the forthcoming Punjab International Sports Festival 2015......
LONDON: Middlesex have signed young Australia star Joe Burns as a mid-season overseas replacement for his countryman Adam Voges, the English county side announced on Tuesday.Burns, who made his Test......
LAHORE: Training camp of the handball U-21 team has been in progress at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad ahead of the International Handball Federation (IHF) Continental Asia Trophy which......
KARACHI: Top seed Nasir Iqbal struggled to overcome fighting fourth seed Danish Atlas Khan in five gruelling games to win the 11th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) International Squash Championship at......
KARACHI: Administrator District Municipal Corporation South Karachi, Mir Farooq Langove has expressed pleasure over the many football tournaments arranged for junior players in Lyari and have......
Wapda secure hockey win against PIA WhitesLAHORE: Wapda on Tuesday beat PIA Whites 5-4 at the sudden death stage during the 10th Nishan-e-Haider Hockey Tournament at the Dring Stadium,......
KARACHI: Karachi Port Trust (KPT) are well on their way to regaining first-class status despite Omar Associates put up a strong batting second-innings show in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II Cricket......
LAHORE: Several matches in different age categories were decided on the second day of the third Long Beach Punjab Open Tennis Championships at the Bagh-i-Jinnah courts on Tuesday.Results......
MONTE CARLO: Novak Djokovic got away to a 6-1, 6-4 winning start to the clay season here on Tuesday, with the locally based world number one pleased with a second-round defeat of Albert......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Tuesday asked the home department to take measures for the installation of a biometric verification system and a video surveillance of every polling station......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers informed an antiterrorism court on Tuesday that a suspect, said to be a key character in the Dr Imran Farooq murder case, was placed under 90-day preventive detention......
KARACHI: A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Faisal Mehmood alias Mota, on Tuesday petitioned the Sindh High Court against capital punishment handed down to him by an antiterrorism court in the......
KARACHI: Sindh wildlife department parliamentary secretary Nasir Hussain Shah on Tuesday criticised the United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs Dr Anwer Mohammad Gargash for......
KARACHI: Rangers on Tuesday informed an antiterrorism court about the preventive detention of a former chief of the Association of Builders and Developers (Abad) for 90 days for questioning.Rangers......
KARACHI: Participants in a meeting held on Tuesday at Karachi University (KU) expressed serious concerns about the financial crisis being faced by the Karachi zoo and Safari Park though they generate......
KARACHI: The Sindh government and Daewoo Pakistan Express Bus Service Ltd launched the first phase of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Intercity Bus Service at a ceremony held at Chief Minister House on......
KARACHI: A five-day polio drive was launched on Tuesday in eight ‘high-risk’ union councils of Malir, east and west districts, targeting some 240,000 children, officials said.They added that 1,285......
KARACHI: The provincial government is dragging its feet on the Sindh High Court’s proposal to shift all antiterrorism courts in the city to the Karachi central prison as a summary for relocation of......
KARACHI: A 22-year-old man was shot dead in the Baghdadi area of Lyari on Tuesday evening, police said.They added that Mohammed Shakir was attacked in Shah Beg Lane. “He was an alleged gangster......
KARACHI: Two of the five militants killed in an ‘encounter’ with the police of the counter-terrorism department (CTD) in Orangi Town on Monday morning along with the Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent......
KARACHI: This year’s second youth festival organised by the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi in collaboration with the I Am Karachi initiative will be held from May 23 to May 30.This was announced by......
KARACHI: Re-election on 37 polling stations of the Sindh Assembly constituency PS-59 Badin-cum-Tando Mohammad Khan-III (Old Badin-V) will be held on May 13.The re-polling was ordered by the Hyderabad......
SUKKUR: A couple seeking the court’s help against alleged threat to their lives for having contracted a freewill marriage were whisked away by a team of policemen on Tuesday.A taxi carrying Allah......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Hari Committee has condemned non-provision of gunny bags to wheat growers.At a meeting held under the chairmanship of Azhar Jatoi here on Tuesday, the committee said that it......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly session on Tuesday, which was a private members’ day, was adjourned till Friday without taking up any private business from the order of the day after the question hour......
THATTA: Activists of various nationalist parties on Tuesday took out rallies in Thatta, Makli, Gujjo, Gharo, Ghulamullah, Luni Kot and Jhimpir in protest against an alleged attack on a local leader......
HYDERABAD: Around 50,000 youths would be given internship opportunities in each province under a prime minister’s youth training scheme.This was stated by a deputy director of the federal ministry of......
MIRPURKHAS: Repeating his demand for a ban on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi on Tuesday called for registration of cases against MQM and......
KARACHI: An old man and his son were found dead in Nazimabad on Tuesday, according to Paposh Nagar police.The bodies of Jameel, 85, and his son Shakeel Ahmed, 50, were found in their home near Golden......
THATTA: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) should immediately be made active and effective as Sindh is prone to flood, drought, earthquake, cyclone, sea erosion and other such......
PESHAWAR: Motorists on Tuesday faced severe hardships to reach their destinations as law enforcers following a terror alert had set up checkpoints at different roads and continued search of vehicles......
PESHAWAR: Police foiled a terrorist bid by defusing a heavy improvised explosive device (IED), planted outside the residence of known lawyer and leader of Awami National Party Abdul Lateef Afridi in......
PESHAWAR: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) on Tuesday approved 20 projects with an estimated cost of Rs19.13 billion.The meeting, chaired by additional chief secretary, Khyber......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will allot 80-kanal piece of land to a Karachi-based NGO free of cost for construction of a hospital, according to sources.They alleged that the land was......
KOHAT: Levies employees in the Frontier Region, Kohat, have demanded risk allowance, like the police force, for doing job in the semi-tribal area, saying they also put their lives in danger while......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a dialogue on the rights of non-Muslims on Tuesday called for speedy work on the Minorities’ Property Protection Bill saying the proposed legislation will ensure protection of......
TAXILA: The Sikh festival of Baisakhi concluded here at Gurdwara Punja Sahib, on Tuesday, with a ceremony referred to as Bhog. The ceremony was attended by over 10,000 Sikh and Hindu pilgrims and the......
MANSEHRA: The Hazara administration has decided to continue with the vehicular convoy system in the division to ensure the safety of the people traveling between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and......
PESHAWAR: Although the incidents of terrorism have decreased in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa yet the cases of extortion and theft have increased in the province during the current year, according to official......
PESHAWAR: The people and officials of Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) should keep a close liaison and cooperate with each other for ensuring cleanliness in all localities of the......
LAKKI MARWAT: The influential Minakhel family of Lakki Marwat has split over the nomination of candidates for tehsil and district councils in the upcoming local body elections.The clear division was......
GHALANAI: The elders of Khwezai, Baizai, Essakhel and Musakhel tribes on Tuesday demanded resumption of work on development schemes and opening of Pak-Afghan trade route in Mohmand Agency.The demand......
PESHAWAR: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees seems to be in a quandary over how to tackle the issue of the voluntary repatriation of 1.5 million Afghan refugees as their legal status......
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Education Rana Mashhood Ahmed on Tuesday conducted a story-telling session at the Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) in the Gulshan-i-Ravi Moon Market ground.The......
LAHORE: A simple but impressive Investiture Ceremony was held at the Corps Headquarters Auditorium here on Tuesday.Commander Lahore Corps Lt-Gen Naweed Zaman, who was the chief guest on the occasion,......
LAHORE: The divisional administration has directed the district administrations of Lahore, Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib to launch a crackdown on counterfeit medicines on a priority basis.“Operation......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Tuesday issued a notice to the Punjab prosecution department on an application of Shahid Aziz alias Gullu Butt, a convict in Model Town case, for......
LAHORE: Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Dr Haider Ashraf on Tuesday appointed 37 station house officers (SHOs).According to a news release, the DIG (operations) issued orders to promote additional......
LAHORE: A teenaged boy died after accidentally touching a live wire while unloading construction material in Chuhng on Tuesday.Police said 17-year-old Bilal of Waziristan was offloading gravel from a......
MULTAN: Commissioner Asadullah Khan said that besides getting the market price, the affectees of Metro Bus Project route whose land would be acquired for the project would also get additional 15 per......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek laments that the PML-N government in Punjab spent Rs700 billion on infrastructure development during its seven-year rule but the Lahorites still lack basic......
LAHORE: Old Anarkali investigation police claimed on Tuesday to have solved a blind murder case by arresting a suspect.Police claimed Faiz, 50, of Anarkali was found dead at his house a few weeks ago......
VEHARI/SIALKOT: As many as 11 people were seriously injured in two gas cylinder explosions separately on Tuesday.In the first incident, seven people of a family, including five women, were injured......
GUJRAT: The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Ijaz Chaudhry, the MNA from Mandi Bahauddin, against the decision of the election tribunal declaring him disqualified for holding a fake degree and......
LAHORE: The government has moved the Punjab Healthcare Commission to seek action against a known private hospital in Lahore for violating the Standard Operating Procedures in attending a swine flu......
LAHORE: The Wildlife director general constituted on Tuesday an inquiry committee to probe into giraffe’s death at the Lahore Zoo. The committee will submit its report in three days.The giraffe was......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the federal government on a petition seeking a restraining order against the Judicial Commission’s proceedings into alleged rigging in the......
LAHORE: The Punjab home department told the Lahore High Court on Tuesday five out of seven allegedly missing under-trial prisoners at Kot Lakhpat jail had been handed over to military authorities for......
LAHORE: The Drug Control Wing of the Health Department, which was established with a sole objective of ensuring “safe, effective and quality medicines” to patients, has been ‘practically......
FAISALABAD: Under a stopgap arrangement, doctors of different specialties, attached with Allied and DHQ hospitals, will render their services at the outpatient department (OPD) of General Hospital,......
TOBA TEK SINGH: The revenue authorities pestered them for 10 years telling the grabbers to vacate the state land in Pirmahal but in vain.On Tuesday, the revenue officials with police, led by Pirmahal......
MUZAFFARGARH: Farmers continue to face agony as sugar mills deny them payments for sugarcane produce.Hundreds of farmers of Sanawan, Mahmoodkot, Kot Addu and Qasba Gujrat have been waiting for their......
SHEIKHUPURA: The three-day Baisakhi festival, the religious event of Sikhs, will begin in Nankana Sahib on Wednesday (today).Deputy secretary of shrines Faraz Abbas said in a briefing that 3,500 Sikh......
FAISALABAD: The rear side of Kaleem Shaheed Park, second biggest park of the city, is being neglected by the Parks and Horticulture Authority as its once-attractive waterfall and a small hill are in......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif says disabled people deserve special attention and sympathies of society. He said the Punjab government has increased job quota for them from two per cent to......
LAHORE: The PPP has announced fielding 15 candidates for 20 seats in Lahore cantonment boards election.“We have fielded 15 candidates in the two cantonment boards of the provincial metropolis. The......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has alleged that PML-N ministers’ gross mismanagement escalated the electricity shortfall to 33pc.In a statement issued here on Tuesday, PTI Punjab......
LAHORE: Participants in a policy dialogue on ‘Procurement in education sector: enhancing transparency and accountability’ have called for implementation in letter and spirit of the existing laws......
RAWALPINDI: Pirwadhai police registered a case against a bridegroom for violating ban on more than one dish at the wedding function on Tuesday.However, Malik Sajid, the bridegroom, escaped from the......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has stayed the federal government from building a cancer hospital on the land of Argentina Park in Sector G-6.Justice Athar Minallah issued the restraining......
ISLAMABAD: The registration of an FIR against property tycoon Malik Riaz and his son on Monday left the capital city’s police department reeling, which appears to have been caught in the middle of a......
Following the unceremonious dismissal of Mohammad Ali Nekokara, the police officer who refused to use force against demonstrators on Constitution Avenue during anti-government protests, several other......
RAWALPINDI: Last year, the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) planted over 200,000 saplings in cantonment areas.This was stated by the RCB Cantonment Executive Officer (CEO) while speaking at the......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has formed a divisional task force to check sale of spurious and substandard drugs in the four districts of Rawalpindi Division including Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday was informed by the State Minister of the Capital Administration and Development Division Usman Ibrahim that stocks of most medicines are available at the hospital in......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has set a target of enrolling 12,000 children when the admission will start in schools under its control.“We have identified 12,000 out of school......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority Development Working Party (CDADWP) has approved the PC-1 of four projects worth Rs34 billion.At its 36th meeting, the DWP approved Rs21,814 million for......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Tuesday urged the government to rationalise taxes on real estate sector that will help in boosting the economy.Addressing a......
FAISALABAD: Under a stopgap arrangement, doctors of different specialties, attached with Allied and DHQ hospitals, will render their services at the outpatient department (OPD) of General Hospital,......
ISLAMABAD: The 13th 10-day free pollen allergy relief camp will be set up at Aabpara Community Centre on Wednesday.All medicines would be provided free of cost to patients from 9am to 4pm, said a......
ISLAMABAD: Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, on Tuesday withdrew a contempt of court petition from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the secretary interior......
KASUR: The half-burnt body of an unidentified woman was found in the Changa Manga forest on Tuesday.According to police, the killer had tried to hide the identity of the woman by burning her but the......
SAHIWAL: A woman has been running chicken sale point for more than two decades -- a business very few women dare to enter.Thanks to financial constraints, women do odd jobs like sales, marketing and......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police arrested 12 people from different areas of the city and recovered vehicles and weapons from their possession, police said.Aabpara police seized a 30-bore pistol along......
GUJRAT: Three people, including two brothers, were gunned down allegedly by a drunkard at Chak Gill in Kunjah police precincts on Monday night.According to police, suspect Liaqat and his friends......
SWABI: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has started heavy power loadshedding with the start of summer, causing serious problems for the consumers, especially the business......
ISLAMABAD: Out of the 10 model districts selected to assess the implementation of the Protection of Non-Smokers Health Ordinance 2002, the Islamabad capital territory (ICT) leads the way, according......
RAWALPINDI: Two death-row convicts will be hanged at the Adiala Jail on Wednesday.Since the moratorium on executions was lifted, 11 people have been hanged at the Adiala jail.Majid Ali, a resident of......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will be proposing coordinated, simultaneous polio vaccination campaigns to health officials in Afghanistan to tackle cross-border transfer of the virus. The issue will be......
ISLAMABAD: Under a strict code of conduct introduced on Tuesday, all the serving and retired senior officers of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) have been barred not only......
ISLAMABAD: Two days before formal commencement of an inquiry into alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections, two political parties and a former chief justice approached the judicial commission on......
ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in Dubai on Tuesday.“There are no differences between myself and my father. I am committed to the party’s ideals and......
TAXILA: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Mohammad Yousuf said on Tuesday that Pakistan would never compromise on defence of territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered the federal and provincial governments on Tuesday to come up with an outline of an action plan to halt the emergence of silicosis — a medical condition that......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif conferred military awards on army personnel for acts of gallantry in the ongoing Operation Zarb-i-Azb at an investiture ceremony held at......
ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan government came under fire on Tuesday in the Senate over the last week killing of poor labourers in Turbat as well as for the security forces’ action resulting in the death......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has expressed concern over the increasing cases of hepatitis in the province and said that his government was making efforts to control the......
GWADAR: Four militants who were killed during a search operation in Ghbain area of Kech district were identified on Tuesday night.They are: Yahya, a resident of Nasirbad; Asghar, son of Dad Muhammad......
ISLAMABAD: The postal department suffered a loss of Rs559 million due to fraud and misappropriation during the past five years.Pakistan Post Director General Mashal Khan disclosed this during a......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama notified Congress on Tuesday that he has proposed removing Cuba from Washington’s list of state sponsors of terrorism.“Today the president submitted to Congress......
ADEN: Iran would submit a four-point peace plan for Yemen to the United Nations on Wednesday, Iranian state media said on Tuesday.Tehran’s proposal includes a call for an end to Saudi-led air strikes......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to challenge in the Supreme Court the release of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of 2008 Mumbai attacks.An official of Advocate General Office......
SRINAGAR: Violent protests erupted in India-held Kashmir on Tuesday after a civilian and a militant were killed in an encounter with the army, officials in the disputed Himalayan region said.Two men......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council imposed on Tuesday arms embargo on the Houthi rebels in Yemen and blacklisted a Houthi leader and a son of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has described Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Gilgit-Baltistan and announcement of development projects as pre-poll rigging by the ruling PML-N and......
KARACHI: The London police extended the bail of Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain for three months after grilling him for over five hours in their ongoing money-laundering investigations......
ISLAMABAD: British High Commissioner in Pakistan Philip Barton called on Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday and discussed with him matters pertaining to the case about killing of......
GILGIT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lashed out at the leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Tuesday for ‘using abusive language’ against political opponents and said that he believed in politics......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for States and Frontier Regions (Safron) retired Lt Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch called on Qatar’s Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani in Doha on Tuesday.According......
If Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council want to engage Pakistan in a war of words, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has presented the correct response: reaffirm Pakistan’s commitment to the......
Tuesday saw a flurry of activity where the MQM and its interactions with the British and Pakistani legal systems are concerned.Perhaps the most closely followed story of the day was Muttahida chief......
Parliament has spoken and quite unequivocally against Pakistan taking sides in the Yemen conflict. But soon after, the prime minister assured full support to the Saudi position on the crisis. He......
“I believe that the perception caused by civilian casualties is one of the most dangerous enemies that we face.” These words were spoken in 2009 by then International Security Assistance Force......
When a runner in a marathon has completed only the first five kilometres of the race, it is easy to say he has accomplished little. On the other hand the only way to finish the race is to run the......
On the sidelines of the commemorations marking the 50th anniversary last month of the pivotal civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery led in 1965 by Dr Martin Luther King, a group called Students......
ROME: About 400 migrants died in an attempt to reach Italy from Libya when their boat capsized, survivors said on Tuesday, the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean where the death toll from shipwrecks......
