KARACHI: Former SSP Malir Anwar’s convoy came under attack in the Malir area of Karachi where assailants hurled hand grenades and opened fire on the police vehicles. The policemen escaped unhurt,......
As soon as you enter the city of Baltimore, a peculiar sight emerges. Close to every light pole is a flashing blue surveillance camera, openly stalking the actions of the city's inhabitants. There is......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif commended Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief’s move to tender an apology over his remarks against the army and state institutions and went on to say that......
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court remanded a suspect to prison in a double murder case pertaining to May 12 mayhem.Mohammad Naeem alias Guddu along with his absconding accomplices had been booked......
KARACHI: The latest order from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) warning private television channels to not broadcast what it called hate speech has once again caught the......
There isn’t much I can write about Sabeen Mahmud that has not already been eloquently expressed by people who knew her much better than I did.I was still at a point where I was utterly awestruck by......
It’s a wish come true for Prince Charles: Prince William and Kate Middleton have welcomed a baby girl, fulfilling his wish for a granddaughter that he expressed during an official engagement on......
MADRID: For the first time this season someone other than Novak Djokovic will claim a Masters event as the Serb misses out in Madrid after winning in Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo.Djokovic also......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday challenged the politicians who have accused the government of altering the route of the China-Pakistan Economic......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Saturday adopted a unanimous resolution condemning a recent speech by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain which was critical of the country's armed......
NEW DELHI: The father of an Indian schoolgirl who died after being pushed from a bus while resisting an alleged sex attack refused Saturday to release her body for postmortem until a powerful......
RIYADH: At least five Pakistani citizens residing in Saudi Arabia were killed when a fire broke out in a housing unit in Riyadh on Saturday, Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam told......
PESHAWAR: Former Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Akhunzada Chatan survived an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Bajaur tribal region's Mandal area.According to sources, the former Pakistan......
Fashion brand Inc. opened shop at Lahore's M. M. Alam Road on Friday, announcing its arrival in the market with a well-attended launch event that also marked model Mehreen Syed's choreography......
KATHMANDU: Nepal on Saturday ruled out the possibility of finding more survivors buried in the rubble from a massive earthquake that killed more than 6,000 people and devastated vast swathes of one......
Soul and R&B singer Ben E. King, famous for his deep, velvety baritone voice and the classic hit song "Stand by Me," died of natural causes in New Jersey at the age of 76, his representative said on......
KARACHI: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi issued a fresh death warrant for Saulat Mirza on Saturday, according to which the condemned prisoner is set to be hanged on May 12 in Machh Jail.The......
COLOMBO: US Secretary of State John Kerry headed for talks with Sri Lanka's new President Maithripala Sirisena Saturday on a visit that caps the island's transformation from diplomatic pariah to a......
PESHAWAR: At least 12 suspected militants were killed and eight others were injured in airstrikes conducted by military jets in Khyber Agency's Tirah Valley on Saturday.According to security sources,......
Pack a picnic basket folks, and be prepared to lug a rug!An evening’s worth of live entertainment awaits us at Aladin Park today, as Karachi Mubarak Festival – the city’s first touring performing......
KHULNA: Tamim Iqbal smashed Bangladesh's highest Test score of 206 as the first Test against Pakistan petered out into a draw after another run feast in Khulna on Saturday.The hosts made light of the......
ISLAMABAD: The leadership of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) is waiting for green signal from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to nominate someone from the party to join the federal cabinet.Sources in......
THE Sindh chief minister, who also holds the provincial home ministry portfolio, had said it all in his words that he was not aware who banned pillion riding in Karachi on the day of the NA-246......
FOR the last four months Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have been passing resolution after resolution on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. But for the federal government these resolutions do......
RECENTLY I, with my other classmates, visited the Karachi International Container Terminal for a study tour that was organised by the Mehran University Institute of Science, Technology, and......
THIS refers to the upfront tariff for solar power. I have searched online and on the Nepra website and even scanned newspaper reports, there is no mention of the upfront tariff value of solar power.I......
SABEEN Mahmud, a social and human rights activist from Karachi, was killed while returning home from a seminar hosted by her. So far, there has been no trace of the killers or the motive behind the......
THIS is apropos of Suhail Iqbal’s letter (April 21). We would like to thank him for his feedback. The University Hospital has defined visiting hours to allow patients sufficient time to rest and......
LAKKI MARWAT: Residents of Wanda Shahabkhel have demanded of the government to fill the vacant posts of headmaster and teachers in the village’s only high school.Talking to this correspondent on......
UPPER DIR: The returning officers have rejected nomination papers of over 300 candidates, including women, for the upcoming local government elections in Upper Dir after scrutiny.According to the......
TIMERGARA: The Jamiat Ulema-i- Islam-Fazl on Friday withdrew its candidate in favour of Awami National Party after its talks on contesting the by-election in PK-95 (Dir-II) collectively succeeded on......
MANSEHRA: The district administration of Battagram has sacked 23 teachers and watchmen who have been absent from duty for the last many years.“Yes, we have terminated the services of about 23......
SWABI: The centuries-old sport, Mukha, has started in various villages of the district.Players and game lovers told Dawn here on Friday that they had kept the traditional sport alive on their own......
PESHAWAR: The district administration on Friday evicted around 90 Afghan families from an unregistered refugee camp on Pajjagi Road in Jabba Jheel area.The evicted families had been living in the......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has thanked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for visiting Peshawar to enquire after the rainstorm victims and for distribution of compensation among them.In a......
PESHAWAR: The police claimed on Friday to have recovered a big quantity of explosives, toy bombs and suicide jackets during a search operation in limits of Paharipura police station here.A police......
PESHAWAR: While setting aside his conviction, the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) has acquitted a juvenile in a case about a robbery during which a woman and her son were killed in their house.A bench......
KHAR/MARDAN: A member of Nawagai peace committee was killed in a roadside bomb blast in Nawagai tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Friday morning.Local political administration and people said Khalid Khan,......
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Friday said the suicide attack on his convoy was a conspiracy to eliminate Pakhtun leadership to silence the voice raised for the......
PESHAWAR: On May Day, different labour organisations demanded of the government to fix Rs30,000 as minimum wage for the workers so that they could meet basic requirements of life.They also demanded......
RAWALPINDI: The woman charged with stealing a newborn boy from the Military Hospital (MH) allegedly committed the crime to avert the breakdown of her fourth marriage by pleasing her husband who had......
ISLAMABAD: After Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammad Yousaf announced enforcement of Nizam-i-Salat in the federal capital from Friday, it was later decided that its implementation would......
ISLAMABAD: Angry over refusal of his marriage proposal, a man shot dead a girl and then committed suicide, police said on Friday.The family of Nadeem Ahmad, 24, a resident of Model Town, had sought......
ISLAMABAD: A rumour that the closing time of shops had been relaxed by an hour in the federal capital excited the traders on Friday.However, the district administration stated that they were not......
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of the labour unions and politicians raised their voice for the rights of the working class at a number of events held to mark the Labour Day in the twin cities of......
Fundraiser fashion showPaper Miracles in collaboration with Rotary Club of Islamabad Renaissance is organising a fundraiser fashion show ‘Colors of Hope’ on Saturday, May 2 at Marriott Hotel from 4pm......
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada on Friday said 17,000 to 200,000 Afghan nationals residing in Punjab would be repatriated after their registration.“Their data has been collected under......
RAWALPINDI: One person was killed and two others were injured when a cylinder used for filling balloons exploded in Chaklala Housing Scheme III on Friday, police said.A cylinder that had been affixed......
MURREE: Education minister Punjab Rana Mashood Ali on Friday said legal action would be taken against cadet colleges operating without proper facilities.Talking to mediapersons here, the minister......
ISLAMABAD: Over 3,700 lawyers will elect five representatives in the first ever elections of the newly-established Islamabad Bar Council (IBC) on Saturday.The IBC was established last year after the......
RAWALPINDI: The narrow streets and alleys of the garrison city came alive with the sound of clicking cameras and astonished tourists, as participants of a one-of-a-kind photo walk strolled through......
ISLAMABAD: Owing to the negligence of the Planning Commission and the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), scores of computer science teachers and their subordinate staff in various educational......
RAWALPINDI: A visiting professor of Karachi University who went missing after reaching Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) on Thursday, was found in Lahore on Friday, police said.Amir......
ISLAMABAD: Imam-i-Kaaba Dr Shaikh Khalid Al-Ghamidi during a Friday sermon at Faisal Mosque told the congregation that Muslims should help each other in difficult time.President Mamnoon Hussain,......
ISLAMABAD: Renowned writer Haseena Moeen on Friday called upon the drama writers to also touch the issue of reproductive health as now there is more space for dramas in the society.She was speaking......
MUZAFFARABAD: The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (UAJK) is hosting the second International Kashmir Linguistics Conference on May 4-5.The two-day event would see participation of linguistics......
BAHAWALPUR: Women sanitary workers of the Bahawalpur Waste Management Company chose the Labour Day on Friday to raise their problems.About 30 workers held a meeting at Christain Colony and spoke......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Dozens of people, led by PML-N MPA Aleem Shah, took out a procession on Friday in protest at the closure of power supply to the water schemes of the city for four days.They dumped a......
GUJRANWALA: A woman and her minor son were killed on Friday when a truck knocked down their motorcycle.Zulfiqar Ahmed was riding his motorcycle with his wife, Anum, 23, and son Ahmed, 5, on......
LAHORE: The city witnessed on Friday a considerable number of rallies, meetings and processions taken out by labour and civil society organisations and trade unions to mark the International Workers......
LAHORE: Punjabi singer and composer Bilal Saeed has sung an Urdu song for the upcoming Bollywood flick Ishqedarriyan.During a press conference at a café on MM Alam Road on Friday, Saeed said he......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Punjab, observed on Friday the May Day across the province by holding seminars, ceremonies and rallies at district and tehsil headquarters.The PTI Punjab......
MUZAFFARGARH : Civil Lines police registered the murder case of Dr Samina on Friday. She was killed three days back allegedly by her family for marrying a man they did not like.City DSP Ihsanullah......
LAHORE: Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) emir Hafiz Saeed on Friday condemned the statement of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s spokesperson that they would take back the areas of Azad Kashmir.Terming it an......
LAHORE: The board of management of the Post Graduate Medical Institute/Lahore General Hospital approved on Friday the distribution of honorarium among all employees from grade 1 to 15 in recognition......
LAHORE: District coordiantion officers (DCOs) and district police officers (DPOs) in Punjab detained people suspected of having links with terrorist activities under the National Action Plan (NAP) to......
LAHORE: The police authorities claimed on Friday to have resolved a pre-partition enmity between two groups of Kasur.The reconciliation ceremony was held at Police Lines, Qila Gujjar Singh.The......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that MQM chief Altaf Husain should apologise to the nation for hurting the sentiments of millions of Pakistanis by requesting Indian intelligence......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry has condemned the MQM chief’s provocative speech against the national institutions and demanded that the government should get Altaf......
LAHORE: The government’s act of penalising 11 top officials, including senior medics of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore, without giving them a chance of fair hearing has triggered a new......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Pakistan army’s naik Ghulam Shabbir, who laid down his live in the Zarb-i-Azb Khyber-2, was laid to rest in his native village Chak 419-JB near Gojra on Friday night.His funeral......
KASUR: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has pledged to eliminate child labour from brick kilns within six months.“The progress of the country depends on the welfare of the labourers,” he told a......
SAHIWAL: Around 6,000 children of local kiln workers between five and 12 years of age who are working with their parents at 254 kiln units are excluded from the Punjab government’s ongoing school......
KASUR: Chunian City police recovered the bodies of a woman and her minor daughter buried in the courtyard of an abandoned house in Muhallah Esian here on Friday.Area residents alerted police about......
KARACHI: A deputy superintendent of police along with his security guard and driver was shot dead on Friday morning in a gun attack that police believed was the job of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban......
KARACHI: The sweltering heat baked the city on Friday as the mercury in the metropolis touched the mark of 43 degrees Celsius forcing Karachiites to remain mostly indoors throughout the day.Speaking......
KARACHI: Seventy-year-old Ghulam Jillani who had worked on the construction of Clifton flyover and underpasses inaugurated the Rs1.5 billion project on Friday afternoon that coincided with......
KARACHI: Two shopkeepers were shot dead in Lyari and Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Friday evening, police said.In the Napier area of Lyari, 55-year-old Mohammed Rafiq was gunned down, they added.Napier SHO......
KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman on Friday warned that any attempt to target religious segment of society in the garb of certain laws would face resistance.Action against......
THATTA: The new primary textbooks introduced by the Sindh Textbook Board, Jamshoro, for the academic year 2015 are full of typographical errors, have many blank pages and are bound poorly, causing......
DADU: Food, water and other supplies to the camp of a Polish oil and gas exploration company in the hilly area of Karo Koat was restored by a strong contingent of police led by Hyderabad DIG who......
HYDERABAD: Activists of labour unions, non-governmental organisations working for the rights of labourers and labour wings of political parties took out rallies and held demonstrations and seminars......
MIRPURKHAS: A senior leader of the Sindh Hari Tehreek was killed and his uncle was injured by three assailants at Daulat Morr bus stop near Digri town on Friday.Mohammed Aarib Chandio, 45, the......
KARACHI: After the attacks reported in recent months against Hindu temples in different parts of Sindh, the provincial government has deployed security on an average of less than two police guards......
KARACHI: Two twin births of lemurs within the past 20 days and three recent births of ostriches at the zoo have brought the total number of animal births this year at the facility to 11.Six......
KARACHI: Speakers at a workers’ rally on Friday demanded abolition of contract system and inspections of industrial units to ensure compliance with labour laws and provision of health and safety......
KARACHI: Writers in our country have always grappled with issues like unemployment and a sense of persecution. Unless we provide protection to our creative individuals, it will not be easy for them......
BERLIN: The German intelligence service BND, which is accused of helping the United States spy on EU leaders and companies, had actually “deleted 12,000 requests” targeting European officials,......
BAMAKO: Dozens of gunmen stormed a northern Mali town, killing one and taking six other people hostage in an attack blamed on Tuareg rebels, officials said on Friday.“More than 50 armed men from the......
HAVANA: Left-wing groups, governments and trade unions staged rallies around the world on Friday to mark International Workers Day.Most events were peaceful protests for workers’ rights and world......
MALE: Clashes broke out in the Maldives on Friday after thousands of supporters of the tropical archipelago’s jailed former president took to the streets to call for his release.Police used stun......
UNITED NATIONS: The continuing aerial bombardment and ground fighting’s impact on civilians in Yemen were decried by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a statement on Thursday.More than 1,200 people......
LONDON: Politicians are often accused of pursuing their own interests and British Prime Minister David Cameron did little to dispel this impression on Friday when he remarked that next week’s......
NEW YORK: New York City’s spring art auctions get underway on Tuesday with exceptional pieces by Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Vincent Van Gogh and others whose work continues to fuel a robust......
BALTIMORE: Six Baltimore police officers were charged on Friday over the death of a 25-year-old African-American from injuries sustained while in custody, in a surprise announcement after days of......
GUADALAJARA: Gunmen fired on a military helicopter in western Mexico on Friday, killing three troops as the aircraft made an emergency landing in a day of violence across drug crime-plagued Jalisco......
NEW YORK: Ben E. King, the soul singer whose Gospel-influenced “Stand By Me” became one of the most broadcast songs of the 20th century, has died at 76, his spokesman said on Friday.King, who lived......
NEW DELHI: A hugely popular Indian guru launched a defence on Friday of one of his herbal drugs, whose name claims to help women conceive sons, amid a row embroiling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s......
BUJUMBURA: Police in Burundi said on Friday they have arrested close to 600 people during protests and clashes sparked by the president’s bid to stay in power.Protesters announced a two-day truce,......
WASHINGTON: US officials on Friday announced a $20-million pilot programme to help equip law enforcement agencies across the country with body cameras.The programme is part of a general push by......
TEHRAN: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated his newly-installed Saudi counterpart on his appointment, Iranian media reported on Friday, even as tensions flare between the rival......
(The first part of this article was published in Friday’s issue)when an economic crisis blasted up the Gulf in 2008, it quickly became clear that the Nahyans of Abu Dhabi and the Maktoums of Dubai......
TOKYO: Japan is set to take a baby step towards rebalancing the age scales when lawmakers lower the voting age to 18 from its current 20, allowing teenagers into polling booths for the first time.The......
FILM production in the United Kingdom soared 35 per cent to almost 1.5 billion pounds ($2.3 billion) during 2014 as tax breaks lured stars from Tom Cruise to Scarlett Johansson to the city.London......
IT is now the eighth day since the monstrous quake jolted us all out of our safe cocoons. As a result, thousands of people have been rendered homeless and over 5,000 are dead. The government,......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) on Friday hailed their achievements at Thursday’s AFC Congress in the Bahrain capital of Manama.PFF president Faisal Saleh Hayat pulling out of the......
PRAGUE: Top-seeded Karolina Pliskova advanced to the Prague Open semi-finals by beating fellow Czech and wild card Denisa Allertova 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 on Thursday.The 14th-ranked Pliskova made three......
KARACHI: Three outstanding individual efforts put Zone-VI in a commanding position against Zone-VII in their fourth-round Karachi region fixture of the PCB Regional U-19 Cricket Championships here on......
LAS VEGAS: When Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao enter the ring on Saturday the stakes could not be higher, even for a bout already labelled the “Fight of the Century”.The richest prize fight......
NEW DELHI: India’s faction-ridden Olympic Association faces a power struggle that could threaten its involvement in future Games, just days after IOC head Thomas Bach told the body to stay......
LAHORE: The National Gymnastics Championships, scheduled to start at the Punjab University Sports Hall here on Friday, could not be conducted after a Civil Judge Malik Mohammad Awais issued a......
LAHORE: The selection committee of Pakistan Blind Cricket Council has selected the national team for the forthcoming first T20 Blind Cricket Asia Cup.The tournament will be played under lights at the......
NASSAU: Six-time Olympic gold track medallist Usain Bolt will face a showdown against American arch-rival Justin Gatlin at this weekend’s IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas.Bolt, who has anchored......
LAHORE: The national training camps of different disciplines for the forthcoming Punjab International Sports Festival (PISF) started at different venues here on Friday.The camps will remain in......
KARACHI: K-Electric chalked up their third successive victory in the final round of the 20th Hinopak Trophy KCCA Inter-departmental Cricket League as they whipped Rangoonwala Group by eight wickets......
KHULNA: Openers Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes hit unbeaten centuries to lead a brilliant fightback by Bangladesh on the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan in Khulna on Friday.The left-handed......
NEW DELHI: The ICC confirmed it was investigating the registration of company names which it regarded as of “concern to the sport of cricket” as reports of a rebel organisation which might split the......
BRIDGETOWN: England suffered early setbacks in reaching 71 for three at lunch on the opening day of the third and final Test against the West Indies at the Kensington Oval here on Friday.Skipper......
LONDON: The stage is set for a Premier League coronation this weekend as champions-elect Chelsea host Crystal Palace on Sunday needing three points to claim a first league title since 2010.Chelsea’s......
EMPOLI (Italy): Napoli’s recent run of form came to an end at Empoli with a 4-2 defeat in Serie A on Thursday, a severe dent to their hopes of qualifying for next year’s Champions League.A fantastic......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Malik Baloch on Friday assured both local and foreign investors maximum support and protection, saying the development is critical to deal with poverty and......
BEIJING: China’s cabinet unveiled new measures on Friday to boost employment, offering more flexible tax breaks to companies to hire the jobless, preferential loans and incentives for farmers and new......
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved a credit of $50 million to improve skills training programmes in priority growth sectors in Punjab.The project aims to improve the quality, labour market......
ASHGABAT: EU energy boss Maros Sefcovic said late Thursday Europe could import natural gas from ex-Soviet Turkmenistan via Iran as Brussels ramps up efforts to break its dependence on Russian-sourced......
NEW YORK: US oil producers are rushing to take advantage of the rebound in oil markets by locking in prices for next year and beyond, safeguarding future supplies and possibly paving the way for a......
Workers in the West are better off due to their numerous rights while those in Pakistan are still struggling for their basic rights. Dawn spoke with political economist S. Akbar Zaidi to discuss......
ISLAMABAD: As the commission investigating the allegations of systematic rigging in the 2013 general elections begins the process of recording testimonies of witnesses produced by the PTI, the......
LANDI KOTAL: Five more suspected militants were killed during a clash with security forces in Kukikhel area of Tirah valley on Friday.Official sources said that security forces clashed with militants......
KARACHI: Though former president Asif Ali Zardari’s meetings with Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad and Senator Rehman Malik on Friday were officially termed “routine meetings”, sources said he......
QUETTA: The Pak-Iran Border Commission has decided to establish a hotline, open four new trade points and increase security forces’ patrolling along the borders.Balochistan Chief Secretary Saifullah......
KARACHI: Former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said the media should promote democracy wholeheartedly so that Pakistan makes rapid progress.Speaking as chief guest at the......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) wants the government to take up the issue of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s alleged hate speech with the British authorities.“Why......
QUETTA: Various organisations organised rallies and seminars here on Friday to mark the International Labour Day and pay homage to the martyrs of Chicago who sacrificed their lives for the rights of......
ISLAMABAD: The Railways Board has been informed that preparations are afoot to import 55 high-powered locomotives from the United States.During a meeting of the board held on Thursday after a gap of......
SUKKUR: Members of press clubs in Sukkur and Ghotki districts held a demonstration and sit-in on National Highway on Friday to protest the kidnapping of journalist Hakim Abro.Journalists from Sukkur,......
SIALKOT: A Pakistani villager who mistakenly crossed the Sialkot Working Boundary into India on Friday was shot dead by Indian border forces, the Chenab Rangers (CR) said.A CR spokesman told media......
PESHAWAR: Maulana Sufi Mohammad, the imprisoned chief of the banned Tehreek Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM), has issued an informal decree against Mulla Fazlullah-led Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan......
WASHINGTON: Violent attacks on religious minorities in India have increased after the Modi government came to power, according to a US congressional report released on Friday.The latest US Commission......
KABUL: An Afghan delegation is heading to Qatar for “open discussions” with representatives of Taliban militants over the next few days in an effort to end Afghanistan’s long war, an official said on......
KATHMANDU: Thousands of people were still missing in Nepal on Friday as food and help began to trickle through to those stranded in remote areas after last week’s earthquake which killed at least......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has for the first time officially accepted that Iranian terrorist Abdul Sattar Rigi is in its custody and asked Iran to seek his extradition through diplomatic channels.This was......
KARACHI: A deputy superintendent of police, Abdul Fatah Sangri, was gunned down along with two other policemen in Gulshan-i-Hadeed area on Friday.The three were travelling in a car when four men on......
PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday it was the government’s top priority to ensure establishment of peace because it was vital to make progress, prosperity and development in real......
BY many accounts, the story of KASB bank reads a little like a movie script. It nearly went bankrupt when the crisis of 2008 hit the financial system, sending overnight lending rates skyrocketing and......
ISLAMABAD: Following the ISPR’s sharp reaction to MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s fiery speech on Thursday night, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) issued on Friday show-cause......
KARACHI: Hours after a strong reaction from the Army, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain apologised to “national security institutions” and “all patriots” for his remarks about the 1971......
KARACHI: Akbar Nagori, brother of Sindh Minister for Katchi Abadi Jawed Nagori succumbed to his injuries, here on Friday late night.He had received multiple injuries in a hand grenade attack at the......
QUETTA: Speaker Balochistan Assembly Jan Muhammad Jamali has tendered his resignation on Friday over differences with the Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leadership.Jan Muhammad Jamali has sent......
WHILE the MQM has much to answer for, especially where its reputation for the use of strong-arm tactics is concerned, what cannot be condoned is the summary media trial the party is being subjected......
TWO events shaking the financial markets have left small investors in the lurch. One is the amalgamation of KASB bank into Bank Islami following its seizure by the State Bank for being persistently......
FOR some time now, our national discourse has been single-mindedly focused on tackling militancy in Pakistani society through serious administrative and legal measures. While there is no doubt that......
IN discussions centred on Pakistani society, its attitudes and issues ‘narrative’ wasn’t a word often used till of course the various extremist flames that were being stoked in different parts of the......
WHEN China’s President Xi Jinping inaugurated at Islamabad on April 20, a $46 billion investment plan to connect Kashgar with Gwadar, he laid the foundation stone of an edifice of great promise. The......
THAT loud slurping you have been hearing this last fortnight is the sound of politicians, pundits and punters drooling over the prospect of $46 billion in Chinese investment coming to......
