LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered formation of a larger bench to hear a petition filed in 1991 that sought disqualification of the then premier Nawaz Sharif on grounds that he does......
LAHORE: Renowned actress Roohi Bano was reportedly attacked by an unknown assailant at her residence on Monday evening, DawnNews reported.According to reports, the assailant attacked her with a sharp......
ISLAMABAD: Chairing a meeting with heads of various civil law enforcement agencies at his ministry on Monday, Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said the Karachi operation will meet......
ANKARA: The commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards accused Saudi Arabia on Monday of following in Israel's footsteps in the Islamic world by carrying out air strikes in Yemen, the official......
ADEN: Saudi-led warplanes hit anti-government forces in south Yemen Monday, killing at least 12 Houthi insurgents and allied forces as fighting continued across several provinces, military and local......
KARACHI: Pakistan's legendary former captain Imran Khan has endorsed calls for overhaul of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the structure of domestic cricket in the country, saying things had ......
If you actually manage to get your tailor to stitch your lawn, designer lawn has its perks. You get a customised fit and it’s a full 3-piece look with no mix and matching required. However, after a......
“Let us kill the people who are trying to kill us,” President Obama has been reported as telling his aides in relation to drone attacks.Indeed, drones have been the darlings of the Obama......
ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission constituted to investigate malpractices in the 2013 general elections presented a questionnaire to political parties asking them to submit responses on alleged poll......
President Barack Obama secretly exempted the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from carrying out adequate intelligence-gathering missions in Pakistan before conducting drone strikes in the......
Dear Sabeen,I woke up today to read on my Twitter feed that you had been shot. And, that you are no longer here with us.Believe me, the realisation that I was asleep while you were organising an......
QUETTA: At least two Hazara men were killed and another wounded after unknown assailants opened fire on a bus carrying pilgrims near the Chandni Chowk area in Quetta's Satelite Town on Monday.The......
NEW DELHI: After spending the night huddled in a car with his family at the airport fearing for their safety, Michael Mackey is among thousands of tourists who flocked to Nepal for spring holidays......
NEW DELHI: Almost one million children urgently need help after an earthquake claimed more than 3,200 lives in Nepal, the UN children's agency said, as relief workers raced to help the most......
Two hundred seventeen people are missing in Mount Everest region, according to ministry officials. Twenty-two bodies have been recovered from the quake triggered avalanche site in Lukla, Mount......
Scores of centuries-old historical monuments, including the iconic Dharahara of Kathmandu, were reduced to rubble in the massive earthquake that hit the country on Saturday afternoon.The earthquake......
With Misbah-ul-Haq returning to take over the captaincy, a beleaguered Pakistan will hope to bounce back from their “lowest point” in international cricket in the two-Test series against Bangladesh......
QUETTA: Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) leader Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti passed away on Monday morning from a protracted illness in Quetta's Combined Military Hospital (CMH).Sources in the family told......
Pakistan's T20 captain and seasoned all-rounder Shahid Afridi has said that senior members of the national cricket team should either step up their game or step down themselves to give a chance to......
PESHAWAR: At least 44 people were killed and more than 200 wounded when a mini-cyclone, described by Met Office as the third worst in the country's history, struck Peshawar and parts of Khyber......
The first quarter of 2015 hasn’t even passed and we have more than five films lined up for the year. But the best part about this is that all films do not follow the same old script and cast and the......
ISLAMABAD: The killing of a prominent rights campaigner Friday has sent shockwaves through the country's progressives, as those who speak out against alleged abuses by the state say they are under......
KATHMANDU: The death toll from Nepal's earthquake soared past 3,700 Monday, and how much higher it would rise depended largely on the condition of vulnerable mountain villages that rescue workers......
THIS refers to Punjab representative of NFC Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha’s interview ‘How long will Punjab be expected to sacrifice?’ (April 21).This is a new question.It suggests that hitherto Punjab has......
IN the NA-246 by- elections, the MQM secured over 93,000 votes, more than three times the combined votes of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf and the Jamaat-i-Islami. This astounding win was not......
A LARGE weekly bazaar, namely peer bazaar was held at Malir Cantonment checkpost until 2007. However, for security reasons the bazaar was closed.After that, two weekly bazaars — peer bazaar and......
THE deaths of five children — aged between two and nine years — from Qila Saifullah because of allegedly outdated vaccination have raised many questions.However, Balochistan Health Minister Saleh......
THE crime rate in my town is now beyond description. The life of the people has become miserable due to crimes like car snatching, robbing money on gunpoint, etc. The town police seem to be doing......
LANDI KOTAL: The tribal journalists organised a Pashto literary session in Jamrud on Sunday to highlight the importance of restoration of peace in the region.The literary session was jointly......
SWABI: It was the duty of the government to ensure participation of women in the upcoming local bodies’ elections, said political leaders.Speaking at ‘Rabita’ programme of Ghandhara Union of......
PESHAWAR: The Elementary and Secondary Education (E&SE) Department will spend Rs2.16 billion on capacity building of members of the parent-teacher councils (PTCs) and adopting measures to expedite......
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan said on Sunday that the federal government had planned to give 70 per cent share of the China-sponsored Gwadar-Kashgar economic corridor......
KOHAT: A large number of residents of College Town here on Sunday blocked the Kohat-Rawalpindi road to protest the more than 16 hours of loadshedding.The protesters led by famous Radio artist Naeem......
KARAK: A policeman and a proclaimed offender were killed and three law enforcers received injuries in an encounter here on Sunday.Official sources said that personnel of Rescue 15 and Latamber police......
MANSEHRA: The police claimed to have arrested an arms smuggler and seized a big cache of weapons and ammunition from him, which was being supplied to outlaws in the district.“We recovered arms and......
The killing of an American aid worker Warren Weinstein and Italian Giovanni Lo Porto, who were held hostage by Al Qaeda in Pakistani tribal area, in an American drone strike in January this year has......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman, Maroof Afzal, is in a hurry to cleanse the civic body of wrongdoers, but his order that all inquiries against officers so accused must......
ISLAMABAD: Around 100 students from 10 schools took part in the ‘clean-up the Korang River campaign’ on Sunday.“When I heard that we are drinking polluted water from Korang River, I decided to play......
RAWALPINDI: The newborn baby stolen from the labour room at the Military Hospital (MH) on April 17 was reunited with his parents, on Sunday. Four members of a family including two teenage girls were......
ISLAMABAD: National Book Day Festival organised by the National Book Foundation (NBF) concluded on Sunday.The main theme and focus of the five-day festival was books and promotion of book......
ISLAMABAD: Though the government is yet to take any decision to cancel a prestigious award conferred on an academic blacklisted for plagiarism, another case of alleged plagiarism surfaced against......
TAXILA: Though the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) won both the seats in the Taxila Cantonment and bagged six of the 10 seats in Wah, the margin of votes its winning candidates bagged was very low......
ISLAMABAD: A three-year-old boy, who was kidnapped for a ransom of Rs30 million about two months ago, was recovered after his father paid Rs5 million to the kidnappers.“The child is in a trauma and......
RAWALPINDI: Three policemen and a civilian were booked on the charge of torturing an armyman.Shahid Mehmood told Jatli police that he was standing at a bus stand when ASI Mukhtar Ahmed with two......
ISLAMABAD: Young and old leaned forward in their seats to listen as Indian author Urvashi Butalia narrated the moving experience of discovering her family’s partition story.Her Sikh family was......
ISLAMABAD: As the third instalment of the ILF wound to a close on Sunday, there was a distinct feeling among participants and attendees alike that the event had become formulaic and needed new ideas,......
ISLAMABAD: The 3rd Islamabad Literature Festival drew to a close with speeches by founders of the Karachi and Islamabad literature festivals, Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi, and two key note......
ISLAMABAD: This year’s Islamabad Literature Festival was the venue for a very rare occasion: the launch of a book, written by a Pakistani author, about the capital itself.Belying the perception of......
ISLAMABAD: “Afghanistan should be treated like any other country,” said Riaz Mohammad Khan, a former top diplomat and writer on foreign relations issues, at the Islamabad Literature Festival in a......
ISLAMABAD: “Artists must be free to create. As soon as one tries to institutionalize and tell artists what they should do, art is dead,” said Anjum Alex Noon, a painter and textile artist.She was......
LAHORE: Most Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leaders and workers in Punjab think the party may continue to suffer ‘humiliating defeats’ in future elections if its chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif indirectly taunted the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for its allegations of rigging in the 2013 general election by saying the cantonment board polls exposed......
MULTAN: Veteran politician Javed Hashmi has termed Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan’s act of dissolving intra-party election tribunal a disgusting crime.Talking to the media here on Sunday,......
LAHORE: Imam of Ka’aba Dr Khalid Al-Ghamidi says Saudi-led allied forces are in the battlefield for defending Harmain Sharifain.He also lauded the role of Pakistan government and political parties......
LAHORE: Sabzazar police arrested a bridegroom and 22 of his relatives on Sunday for jubilation fire and torturing policemen who had gone there to check the illegal activity.After receiving......
LAHORE: The conviction rate in kidnapping for ransom cases is low because of faulty criminal justice system and the kidnappers kill the kidnapped persons as murder is not bigger crime than the......
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif telephoned the KPK governor and chief minister to express grief over loss of precious human lives due to rain in Peshawar and offered help. He directed......
LAHORE: Two books ‘101 Tales of A Fabled City’ and ‘Qisay Lahore Kay’ by Dawn columnist Majid Sheikh were launched at an impressive ceremony at a hotel on Sunday.The launch was organised by the......
LAHORE: Three constables were injured in a hand grenade attack on a police checkpoint on Ferozepur Road on Sunday. Police said two unidentified motorcyclists hurled a hand grenade at a checkpoint......
LAHORE: Eminent businessman Humayun Naseer Shaikh’s book ‘Memoirs: The Untold Story of India’s Oldest Muslim Industrialist Family’ was launched at a local club on Sunday.Published by Har-Anand......
LAHORE: The heirs of Murtaza who was murdered in Askari-10 and Zain who was killed in Cavalry Ground met Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif here on Sunday and were given cheques of financial......
LAHORE: A pre-budget advocacy seminar was organised by Policy & Strategic Planning Unit (PSPU) of the Punjab Health Department in collaboration with Save the Children, Pakistan, here on Sunday.One of......
KASUR: Phoolnagar police booked a school principal on Sunday for killing a schoolteacher and her mother for refusing his marriage proposal at village Dina Nath.According to the FIR, the suspect......
GUJRAT: Kharian Cantonment is the only station where PML-N candidates suffered a defeat; the party has been victorious in almost all cantonment boards from Lahore to Rawalpindi in the central Punjab......
GUJRANWALA: A joint team of law enforcement agencies claimed on Sunday to have seized a huge cache of arms from a truck near the Cantonment on GT Road and arrested three arm smugglers, including......
GUJRAT: The Punjab government is yet to appoint the Gujrat DPO, a post fell vacant on April 16 after the transfer of Rai Ijaz Ahmed reportedly on political grounds.SP (Headquarters) Kamran Mumtaz is......
UMERKOT: A mysterious fire on Saturday night partially damaged the five-year record of the Umerkot Municipal Committee (UMC) a day before a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team from Karachi was......
THATTA: Thousands of people flocked to the shrine of Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi at his 262nd Urs here on Sunday at Makli.Addressing the gathering of devotees, Imam of Shahjehan Mosque Mufti......
KARACHI: More than 500 doctors were awarded postgraduate degrees at 49th convocation of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) held on Saturday.The programme organised late in the......
KARACHI: It was “Jeay Bhutto” all along at the much talked about Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Kakri Ground jalsa on Sunday evening. And this despite no Bhuttos around, other than the ones on the......
KARACHI: Speakers at ‘G.M. Syed Peace Conference’ held here on Sunday called for an end to ‘controlled’ democracy in the country and demanded transformation of Pakistan into a truly federal and......
KARACHI: In three of the eight cantonment boards in Sindh, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which emerged as the single-largest party in the Saturday local government elections, is set to bring its vice......
KARACHI: “With 90 per cent of the population coming to Karachi to find jobs, the city has become culturally diverse but civic responsibility is still not present. Why can’t everyone, including those......
KARACHI: It is always fascinating to try and get into the mind of an artist, a young artist at that, despite the fact that these days a majority of Pakistani artists tend to highlight issues that are......
KARACHI: In its fifth year now, the Pakistan Advertising Society (PAS) Awards have become a celebration, recognition and acknowledgement of creative skills in the advertising industry. Over the years......
KARACHI: The Karachi Press Club has formed a review committee on the proposed ‘Prevention of electronic crimes bill 2015’ approved by the National Assmebly’s standing committee on information......
KARACHI: A policeman was shot dead and another sustained a bullet wound in an attack on their motorbike in the SITE area on Sunday when they were on their routine patrol, a senior official said.He......
It is generally assumed that creative people have a marked tendency to suffer from mental disorders. Modern research supports the popular idea that connects mental illness with creativity.A study......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Hari Mazdoor conference held here on Sunday called for fixation of minimum wages at Rs25,000 per month, cut in defence spending and increase in health and education budgets.The......
HYDERABAD: Cantonment police have lodged a case under sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against councillor-elect Abdul Rehman Pathan from ward-4 of the Cantonment......
AL-BERGAWIYA: The small, steep pyramids rising up from the desert hills of northern Sudan resemble those in neighboring Egypt, but unlike the famed pyramids of Giza, the Sudanese site is largely......
ALMATY: Voters in oil-rich Kazakhstan turned out in abundance on Sunday for a carefully choreographed presidential election intended to cement the rule of the incumbent, who has ruled over the former......
WASHINGTON: At the gathering he jokingly called “a night when Washington celebrates itself”, US President Barack Obama took light-hearted aim on Saturday at a range of political friends and foes,......
BUJUMBURA: Hundreds in Burundi are protesting against the ruling party’s decision to nominate the president to run for a third term.Burundi’s police clashed early on Sunday with protesters and......
BAGHDAD: At least 22 people were killed in explosions across Iraq on Sunday, including a suicide car bomb attack on a military post in western Anbar province, police and medical sources said.The......
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s army announced it was making progress in the battle against the self-styled Islamic State militants in Anbar province on Sunday even as it struggled to retake territory lost over the......
PARIS: Nine men have been charged with drug trafficking after the British coastguard seized more than two tons of cocaine off the east coast of Scotland, French and British officials said on......
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan Muslim intelligentsia urged the authorities on Sunday to bring to book extremists who have been harassing and intimidating Sharmila Seyyid for her writings and remarks against......
KANDAHAR: An Afghan provincial police chief was gunned down in a suspected insider attack just a month after his influential predecessor was assassinated, officials said on Sunday, following the......
CILACAP: Indonesia on Sunday signalled it was determined to push ahead with the execution of eight foreign drug convicts, despite a growing wave of global condemnation led by United Nations chief Ban......
WITH just over a week to go until UK’s general elections, and the two major parties still deadlocked in the opinion polls, it is no surprise that tempers are wearing thin. Thus, when Ed Miliband, the......
AMMAN: When security fears forced Jordan to close its last border crossing with Syria this month, it severed its most important trade route to the outside, further straining an economy already hit by......
KATHMANDU: Reduced to piles of rubble and splintered wood, Nepal’s rich cultural heritage has suffered a devastating blow from a massive earthquake that tore through the country, experts said on......
MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Shebab militants are divided over whether to maintain their allegiance to Al Qaeda or shift to the self-styled Islamic State group, according to militant and security sources,......
NIAMEY: Niger’s army is fighting to recapture an island in Lake Chad after it was seized by hundreds of Boko Haram militants aboard motorised canoes, army sources said on Sunday.Boko Haram, hardline......
BEIRUT: Syrian jets killed at least 34 people in air strikes on the town of Jisr al-Shughour in northwestern Syria on Sunday, a group monitoring the war said, one day after it was seized by Islamist......
BALTIMORE: Thousands of people marched peacefully through downtown Baltimore on Saturday to protest the unexplained death of a black man in police custody but pockets of violence erupted when a small......
MOSCOW: In a new documentary, Russian President Vladimir Putin says intercepted calls showed that the US helped separatists in Russia’s North Caucasus in the 2000s, underscoring his suspicions of the......
LONDON: Ukrainian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik has become Britain’s wealthiest man, a ‘rich list’ published annually by The Sunday Times newspaper showed on Sunday, but Queen Elizabeth slipped down......
ISLAMABAD: Dejected over the worst-ever defeat of Pakistan at the hands of fast-rising Bangladesh, former president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Ehsan Mani has laid emphasis on making......
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of Pakistan’s humiliating whitewash in the ODI series before defeat in the one-off T20 international to Bangladesh, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan said on......
ST GEORGE’S: West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin said he was hopeful that all-rounder Jason Holder will be fit for the third and final Test against England in Barbados on Friday.Holder fell badly in......
LONDON: Arsenal missed the chance to halt Chelsea’s march towards the Premier League title with a disappointing 0-0 draw at home to the runaway leaders at The Emirates on Sunday.In a London derby......
KARACHI: Just like their senior counterparts in Bangladesh, Pakistan ‘A’ launched their tour of Sri Lanka on an inauspicious note when Sri Lanka ‘A’ eased to an eight-wicket victory in the first of......
ST GEORGE’S (Grenada): A devastating spell from seam bowler James Anderson set England up for a nine-wicket triumph in the second Test against West Indies on Saturday as the tourists went 1-0 up in......
kARACHI: Having been elected unopposed as Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) president for the last two terms, Faisal Saleh Hayat is set to face his biggest challenge in this year’s election — and......
NEW DELHI: International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach’s visit to India will boost the profile of Olympic sports in the country regardless of whether it bids for the Games, according......
MADRID: Antoine Griezmann’s double helped Atletico Madrid bounce back from their Champions League elimination at the hands of Real Madrid to strengthen their hold on third place in La Liga with a......
PARIS: Paris St Germain quickly got back on track after their Champions League loss to Barcelona as Ezequiel Lavezzi rediscovered his scoring touch on Saturday, notching a hat-trick in a resounding......
MILAN: Juventus will have to wait at least a few more days before they can celebrate winning a fourth consecutive Serie A title as Massimiliano Allegri’s side lost 2-1 to city rivals Torino for the......
BERLIN: Bayern Munich were confirmed as German champions for the 25th time on Sunday as VfL Wolfsburg’s 1-0 defeat at Borussia Moenchengladbach meant Pep Guardiola’s Bavarians can no longer be......
KARACHI: Ace rider Zaki Zakir piloted home a pair of favourites belonging to the stables of an uncle and his nephew in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.First, he......
KARACHI: Two Pakistani cueists of the trio now competing in the 31st Asian Snooker Championship at Kuala Lumpur — Mohammad Asif and Hamza Akbar — were through to the last 32-round by completing their......
ISLAMABAD: Unseeded Jibran-ul-Haq made it to the semi-final after outclassing six-seeded Usman Rafiq with the unseeded Jibran pressing ahead with stirring upsets at the Subh-e-Nau Earth Day National......
KARACHI: Pakistan Davis Cup captain Rashid Malik won the 55 plus singles title at the Phuket ITF Seniors Pro Circuit Grade 4 Tournament on Saturday night, a news release by the Pakistan Tennis......
HYDERABAD: Mohammad Ibtesam and Bilal Khan made major contributions as Hyderabad completed their second win in the PCB Regional Inter-district (Hyderabad region) Under-19 Cricket Championships when......
KARACHI: Shabaz Green FC and Young PIB FC won their respective matches in All Karachi Muslim Khatri Association Golden Jubilee Football Tournament here at Noorani Eid Gah Ground in New Karachi.In the......
KARACHI: Khan Research Laboratories’ (KRL) resurgence continued on Sunday when they set up the final against Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in the NBP Challenge Cup underway in......
KARACHI: The Captain Turab Ali team won the K-Electric Under-16 Lyari Football League on Sunday after beating the Ustaad Gulsher team 3-0 in the final at the Peoples Sports Complex.The league, which......
KARACHI: Zone-II surged to the top of Karachi region standings in the PCB Regional Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championships after sealing an innings victory over Zone-VII here on Sunday.On the......
LAHORE: Even-money favourite three-year-old bay colt Lenin stormed home to win the feature event during the 34th Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.The Turbat Plate, a class VI......
While there are still a few weeks until mangoes arrive in markets, farmers and orchard contractors estimate there may be a drop in the crop’s size this year due to weather variations.The first......
DESPITE the drop in interest rates, banks continued to display their preference for government debt securities when they enthusiastically participated in the auction of Pakistan Investment Bonds last......
ISLAMIC financial products are emerging as an alternative to conventional banking instruments in countries where faith-based clients reside in good numbers.The recent State Bank KAP (Knowledge,......
CHINA’S move to set up the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has received an overwhelming international response.The purpose of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is to provide......
Pakistan is the world’s 11th largest broiler chicken producer today. But that wasn’t always the case.Half a century ago, chickens were ‘backyard poultry,’ grown mainly by villagers in small numbers......
THE tax reform commission is expected to propose a single-digit sales tax on a no-refund, no-adjustment basis in the upcoming federal budget 2015-16. The proposal is on an ad-hoc basis, pending full......
FALLING oil prices decrease the marginal cost of production for firms. In the ‘general equilibrium’ framework, this encourages firms to increase their output, capital and hire more labour.While this......
While a recent FAO report stresses that the government’s wheat policies were of low efficiency, with most of the benefits of procurement and distribution accruing to flour millers and traders, a top......
In a drive against deforestation, the KP government has launched a campaign for planting one billion trees in the province. But no such exercise is in sight in the other provinces, even though they......
After the fee for sending ACT standardised-test scores to colleges was reduced by $6 in 1997, 80pc of low-income high school students in the US sent scores to additional colleges, some of which were......
After a prominent San Francisco law firm failed, most of its partners wound up with jobs of lower status in other firms, regardless of their demonstrated productivity, say Christopher I. Rider of......
For certain investors, the excitement of playing the stock market is a lot like the excitement of playing the lottery, and one activity can substitute for the other, Anne Jones Dorn and two......
The standard practice in commercials is to present high-energy, upbeat messages, but research by Nancy M. Puccinelli of Oxford University and two colleagues suggests that this tactic is likely to be......
Many employees assume that being candid with the boss is a lose/lose situation: It may provoke retribution, and the boss probably won’t listen anyway. But experiments by Burak Oc of Bocconi......
EVEN as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government was battling the impact of unseasonal rains, which have led to destruction of billions of rupees worth of standing crops and growing number......
JORDAN’S $34bn economy is among the smallest in the Middle East, having insufficient supplies of water, oil, and other natural resources and is facing serious challenges since the outbreak of the......
THE Greek epic continues. It will not end well if the people involved do not recognise they are clinging on to myths. Here are six, each of which poses intellectual and emotional obstacles to......
CHINA offered investors a cautionary tale this week of what can happen when a company borrows heavily in dollars.On Monday, Kaisa Group became the first Chinese property developer to default on......
In four months of this calendar year, the Karachi Stock Exchange has placed no fewer than five companies under ‘suspension,’ bringing the aggregate number of firms suspended since October 2000 to......
The rupee came under pressure from the dollar last week amid rising demand for the reserve currency. This came about despite the increase in the country’s forex reserves to $17.5bn.In the interbank......
Fears began circulating about the health of small banks late last year after a troubled bank was placed under a state-sanctioned moratorium. Yet, the financial performances of some of the smaller......
THE sense of thrill found in the PML-N hierarchy is missing, but Pakistan’s businesses view China’s promise of $46bn investment with a focus on building a China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as a......
From an elusive dream a few years ago, the Central Asia South Asia electricity import project for supplying surplus central Asian power in the summers to Afghanistan and Pakistan — codenamed......
ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) is feeling threat to its existence by a government move to amend a 1992 act of parliament and control the water regulator’s administrative......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has urged the UN Security Council to redouble its efforts to address long-standing conflicts and disputes.Taking part in a debate at the Security Council on “The Role of......
ISLAMABAD: A rout in Saturday’s local government elections in cantonment areas has prompted soul-searching within the Pakistan People’s Party.In background interviews, a number of PPP leaders and......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan said on Sunday that general elections would be held this year and that his party would win them.“The PTI will form the government this year after......
ISLAMABAD: Highlighting the role of Pakistan Air Force in the ongoing Operation Zarb-i-Azb and its vision beyond 2025, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman said on Sunday that the PAF......
ISLAMABAD: The designated branches of 10 scheduled banks will start receiving Haj applications under the government scheme from Monday (today).An official of the ministry of religious affairs and......
WASHINGTON: Baloch militants cannot defeat the government, says Mir Hasil Bizenjo but also urges the government to use peaceful means to resolve the issue.“Like everywhere else, the military option......
QUETTA: At least 16 districts of Balochistan, including the provincial capital, plunged into darkness late on Sunday night.Officials of the Quetta Electricity Supply Company (Qesco) said a fault had......
KARACHI: A three-day international media conference, One World One Media, is being organised in Karachi by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (Rana Azeem group) in collaboration with......
QUETTA: The Balochistan-Internet Policy Observatory Pakistan (iPOP) and a coalition of digital rights organisations, technology companies and IT security experts have urged the government to review......
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government which inherited the Benazir Income Support Programme has spent Rs40 billion on the BISP and enhanced allocation to Rs97bn.Reaching out to the poor is a policy......
GWADAR: A man gunned down his wife and younger brother over a family dispute in Nodiz area of Kech district on Sunday, police said.Mohammad Yousuf allegedly shot and killed Gul Saba and Mohammad......
ISLAMABAD: Fruity sweets and packets of chicken soup that fall foul of halal laws are disappearing from shop counters as Pakistan looks to clean up its Islamic food credentials to boost exports to......
KATHMANDU: Powerful aftershocks rocked Nepal on Sunday, panicking survivors of a quake that killed more than 2,400 and triggering new avalanches at Everest base camp, as mass cremations were held in......
ADEN: Air raids, naval shelling and ground fighting shook Yemen on Sunday in some of the most widespread combat since a Saudi-led alliance intervened last month against Houthi militia who have seized......
PESHAWAR: At least 35 people were killed and over 150 injured when a severe storm described by a weather expert as a ‘mini-cyclone’ ripped through Peshawar and two other districts of Khyber......
QUETTA: Four people were killed and 20 others, among them children, injured in a bomb explosion in Sibi on Sunday.According to police, explosives affixed to a bicycle parked in front of a restaurant......
ISLAMABAD: In defiance of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan’s decision, the party’s election tribunal is meeting on Monday to hear various petitions regarding alleged irregularities in......
kARACHI: PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday that his party had launched its campaign for the next general elections from Lyari and the time had come to hand over the party leadership to......
IT is commendable that as a way of marking World Intellectual Property Day on Friday, Karachi’s National Academy of the Performing Arts arranged for industry professionals to come together in a panel......
AFTER a lengthy gap of 17 years, local government elections were held in 42 of the country’s 43 cantonment areas on Saturday.Countrywide the process was mostly smooth, though there were reports of......
AFTER some delays, the ninth NFC commission has finally been constituted to decide the eighth NFC award, and will be holding its first meeting within days.At the outset, it is important to underline......
THE PML-N’s response to criticism against the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill, 2015 (PECB), in a nutshell, is that either vested interest groups with ulterior motives are opposing this perfect......
TO regular followers of electoral politics in Pakistan, and specifically to those who keep an eye on affairs in Karachi, the NA-246 by-poll result seems fairly mundane. The only subsection of the......
ON Friday evening, I emailed my editor to suggest I write a piece on the growing number of targeted attacks against women in Pakistan. The idea had been brewing for some time, but I was struggling to......
AMONG the All-India Muslim League’s (AIML) second-cadre leadership, Abdullah Haroon, who died on April 27, 1942, has a prominent position. What sets him apart is his role in conceptualising Pakistan......
