The Saudi king's absence from a regional summit to be hosted by President Barack Obama shows how Gulf states, displeased by what they see as US indifference to Iranian meddling in the Arab world, may......
On a recent evening in a Midwestern United States city, a middle-aged woman with bandaged arms and a missing thumb entered a crowded restaurant. Nearby, children colored with crayons. Waiters rushed......
RABAT: A Moroccan F-16 warplane has gone missing while on a mission with Saudi-led forces in Yemen, Morocco's military said on Monday, while the Yemen's Houthi militia maintain regional tribesmen......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has officially asked Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad to resign from his post after "failing to take appropriate measures to safeguard the party's political......
MUNICH: Pep Guardiola believes Bayern Munich's star-studded squad has the quality to overturn a three-goal deficit to shock Barcelona in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final, second-leg despite......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday recommended that Sitara-i-Pakistan be conferred upon the diplomats who were killed in the Naltar crash on Friday.Addressing a reference held in......
QUETTA: Death-row prisoner Saulat Mirza held a final meeting with his wife and other family members through a video link on Monday afternoon at Balochistan’s Machh Jail.Machh Jail Superintendent......
Dekh Magar Pyaar Say, a rom-com starring Humaima Malick and Sikander Rizvi, written by Karachi You're Killing Me author Saba Imtiaz and directed by Asad-ul-Haq, will be one of this summer's film......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have successfully completed 7th review of the extended fund facility paving the way for release of next tranche of 506 million dollars to......
NEW DELHI: Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in the Lok Sabha on Monday that India had evidence of Dawood Ibrahim’s presence in Pakistan, and would bring him back “no matter what”, reported......
Proposals, meetings, rejections, confessions and a kidnapping — the last few action-packed episodes of Mera Naam Yousuf Hai had it all, complete with a love-soaked soundtrack, the terrifying innards......
In the developed world, policy-making is a rigorous, educated and a well-thought out process. All aspects of the issue are taken into consideration, research conducted, surveys carried out, ground......
In a country where the odds are stacked against most women, Reham Khan’s scolding them for not taking responsibility for their plight is disingenuous.It happens more than one would expect, but it is......
GHAZNI: Nineteen of 31 Shia Muslim men abducted in Afghanistan in February were released Monday in exchange for scores of Uzbek militant fighters held in government prisons, officials said.Masked......
SRINAGAR: A crowded bus veered off a rocky village road and fell into a deep gorge on Monday, killing at least 23 people in the India-held portion of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, police......
It's official, folks: filming for Fawad Khan's second Bollywood flick, Kapoor and Sons, has begun!Producer Karan Johar fired off a celebratory tweet to his cast and crew on Sunday afternoon:The......
MADRID: Andy Murray insists it would be a mistake to write off Rafael Nadal as a claycourt force and expects the Spaniard to still be favourite for a 10th French Open.World number three Murray......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting at Prime Minister House here on Monday to discuss all dimensions of the Pakistan-Afghanistan relationship.The meeting was attended......
LONDON: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers complained that opposition midfielder Cesc Fabregas “should have been sent off” for an ugly challenge on Raheem Sterling during his side's 1-1 draw at......
It’s Kareena vs. Karisma – which sister do you like better?One's the current toast of Bollywood, the other's a yesteryear hit heroine. They're both doe-eyed and fair-skinned — a combination that most......
BANGALORE: The head of India's largest Tamil party was cleared of corruption Monday, a verdict that sparked wild celebrations by supporters and paved the way for the return of one of the country's......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a petition seeking a judicial inquiry into the age of Shafqat Hussain by deeming it inadmissible and upheld the decision to execute the......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday suspended the decision of an election tribunal which ordered re-election in Lahore's NA-125 and PP-155 constituencies.Last week, the tribunal had found......
KABUL: A Taliban suicide bomber struck a government bus in Kabul on Sunday, killing three and wounding at least 16 others, officials said, the second such attack in less than a week in the Afghan......
KABUL: Powerful religious leaders in Afghanistan are growing uneasy about the challenge to their authority posed by rare civil rights protests in Kabul and widespread anger over the lynching of a......
PESHAWAR: A pro-government tribal elder was killed on Monday in a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Bar Kamar area of Bajaur tribal agency's Mamond tehsil.According to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People Party (PPP) Information Secretary Qamar Zaman Kaira came forward on Sunday to defend the party’s Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari against allegations of corruption being......
ISLAMABAD: The property known as Bilawal House in Lahore is currently in the name of Bahria Town, a spokesperson for the housing society clarified on Sunday.In a statement issued apropos a news item......
JOURNALISM is a risky business in Sri Lanka. At the height of fighting between Tamil rebels and Indian troops deployed in the island’s north-east, and a more vicious battle between Sri Lankan forces......
FLYNNE lives in a small town in the US in our near future. Her world is somewhat like ours, only much more so in every way: her technology is more advanced, the rich really are very few and are now......
WELL-KNOWN feminist, publisher and writer, Delhi-based Urvashi Butalia has crusaded endlessly against crimes committed against women, both in riot-stricken days and in normal times. She was a big......
AS her memoir-cum-history book demonstrates, respected Pakistani columnist Rafia Zakaria possesses a decided gift with words. Based on the sad story of her aunt, Amina, the book chronicles the manner......
Dasht se basti mein aya ek morFrom wilderness a peacock came to our abode— Mir Taqi MirNO bird can carry the weight of a gorgeous train of iridescent, patterned plumage and an overload of myth but......
AFTER years of legal wrangling, the memoir of 44-year-old Guantánamo Bay (GTMO) detainee, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, handwritten in 2005, was finally unclassified by the US Department of Defence in 2012......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan has cautioned that Pakistan’s disease burden and its overall impact on socioeconomic development gains made in recent years......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Police lack resources to eliminate gangs hiding in riverine area of Indus to secure the district.The district police have been after criminals since the kidnapping of seven policemen......
BAHAWALPUR: Speakers at a seminar have demanded the federal and provincial governments launch the district finance commission award on the pattern of the National Finance Commission Award of the......
SAHIWAL: Around 60 cases have so far been registered against chemists during a drive against the sale of substandard and spurious medicines or drugs without doctor’s prescription.This was stated by......
SIALKOT: Whether taking bath in a well can make a childless woman fertile? The question might be laughed away by a gynecologist, but for those believing in the legend of Pooran Bhagat and of the khoi......
SAHIWAL: Around 1,500 of the 4,000 cases of forest wood theft have been solved in Vehari, Pakpattan and Sahiwal.It is learnt that most of these cases have been solved during the last 13 months due to......
GUJRAT: A proposal by a local lawmaker regarding setting up a community development college at Lalamusa, using the under-utilised infrastructure of local government academy is being worked out by......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly Dr Waseem Akhtar has submitted a resolution with the assembly secretariat urging the federal government to build a consensus among the......
LAHORE: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan (JUP) has decided to take part in local government (LG) elections in Sindh and Punjab and it has directed its provincial bodies to make electoral alliances and......
LAHORE: A young woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband for honour in Naseerabad here on Sunday.Police said that 28-year-old Asia, a domestic worker, was living with her husband Rab Nawaz......
LAHORE: Robbers struck four times in the city on Sunday and deprived citizens of cash, jewellery and valuables all worth Rs2.3m.Four armed men barged into the house of Saleem of R.A. Bazaar, held his......
LAHORE: At least four people, including a woman, died in separate road accidents in the city on Sunday.In the incident, reported in the Faisal Town area, a speeding car crushed 49-year-old Khurshid......
LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party has alleged that the Punjab government’s slow procurement of wheat is forcing farmers to sell their crop for Rs900 per 40kg to traders and mill owners as against......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday reviewed progress on Khadim-i-Punjab Rural Roads Programme through a video link in modern conferencing room at Punjab Information Technology Board......
LAHORE: Activists of Muttahida Mahaz Asataza continued with their sit-in in front of the Punjab Assembly for the third consecutive day on Sunday to press the provincial government for acceptance of......
MULTAN: Ahmed Bakhsh, a blacksmith, is hopeful that he will rebuild his workshop that he lost along with his home and hearth in the 2014 floods.Bakhsh is much happy as he has been given tools free of......
Intelligent and soft-spoken Mohsin Shafi was born and raised in Sahiwal. Interaction with people rooted in their land, slow pace of life and very simple living of a small city helped him grow up as a......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has completed pre-qualification of companies from which it intends to buy modern cameras to keep an electronic eye on mischief mongers initially in Lahore under the......
LAHORE: Prices of a majority of vegetables and fruits available in Sunday bazaars showed a rising trend, according to a monitoring team of the City District Government.The team led by the district......
LAHORE: The Lahore General Hospital (LGH) has started liver cancer treatment at its ‘Interventional Neuro-Radiology Department’.Senior radiologist Dr Muhammad Farooq, under the supervision of......
LAHORE: The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) on Sunday removed three officials, including an assistant director of BPS-17, from service for being involved in misappropriation of Rs5m funds.The......
MUZAFFARGARH: Former prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani says agencies should make efforts for the recovery of his son Haider Ali Gilani.He was talking to the media at the marriage ceremony of Budh......
FAISALABAD: Police are in search of a gang that belongs to Jalalabad, Afghanistan and has plundered jewellery from shops in Faisalabad and other parts of Punjab and KP.Two members of the gang who......
LAHORE: A number of people lodged on Sunday a vigorous protest on GT Road shortly after two young brothers were found dead in a drain.The angry protesters blocked traffic for 10 hours or so alleging......
LAHORE: Unbridled and unlawful commercialisation in residential localities of the city is not only causing immense problems to the residents, but was also forcing them to indulge in costly......
THIS is apropos Yasmeen Hyder’s letter ‘School fees’ (May 7). The concerns of the writer are fully supported. In fact, the wrong plea by these high-profile schools for charging hefty fee even for......
HATS off to Dawn Metro, Peshawar, which has reported on the unauthorised retention of official vehicles by people who were not entitled to avail themselves of this facility.Now that the press has......
VACCINATION is a simple and effective way of protecting children against certain diseases. Vaccines reduce the risk of infection by working with the body’s natural defences to help it safely develop......
THIS is apropos the report, ‘Car showrooms told not to park Vehicles on roads’ (Feb 27).There are several kebab restaurants on both sides of Alamgir Road, DMCH Society, and a couple of marriage halls......
CHINA has pledged to invest $46 billion in Pakistan to help overcome its power and energy shortages and building infrastructure for Pakistan-China economic corridor. The US, too, stands committed to......
THIS is apropos of F. S. Aijazuddin’s article ‘Thanks, but no tanks’ (May 7). It is commendable that Pakistan has stood by its own interests. Pakistan has already committed its forces to its western......
THE traffic jam problem is getting worse in Pakistan with the passing of every day, especially in big cities. The government is hardly doing anything to deal with this mess.A reason for the increase......
IN Pakistan people have introduced new trends and ways to protest, which include sit-ins, using bodies, blocking roads, burning vehicles, tyres, destroying public properties, etc.To add to it, even......
BATKHELA: Speakers at a seminar paid tribute to Yousafzais’ chieftain Malik Ahmad Baba on his 545th birth anniversary at Chakdara Fishing Hut here on Sunday.Earlier, engineer Ijaz Khan Yousafzai,......
PESHAWAR: The provincial health department will set up health camps to strengthen routine immunisation as well maternal and child health in southern districts with focus on polio eradication.The......
PESHAWAR: Factory workers in Malakand division have demanded of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to appoint deputy director to the labour directorate in Swat to mitigate their miseries.Talking to......
UPPER DIR: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has asked the federal government to play its role in facilitating talks between the Afghan government and Taliban for restoration of durable peace in the......
MARDAN: Aman Jirga Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday staged a protest camp at the Pakistan Chowk here against the provincial government’s anti-encroachment drive.They alleged that houses of poor citizens......
LANDI KOTAL: Almost 95 per cent displaced families of Akkakhel tribe have returned to their homes in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency, according to officials.They said that in the second phase of the......
KARAK: The residents of Showanki, Kurd Sharif and adjacent localities on Sunday held a protest demonstration against the leaseholders of coal mines for not providing rights to the local people and......
SWABI: The Election Commission of Pakistan should focus on those areas in the district where women were either barred from voting or their turnout was low during the last polls, said a local welfare......
KOHAT: The police on Sunday issued guidelines to the local bodies’ candidates, and also asked the government officials to refrain from indulging in electioneering, otherwise strict action would be......
PESHAWAR: The local Christians staged a rally here on Sunday to protest arrest of their community members in Lahore.They alleged that Punjab government made the lives of Christian people miserable......
PESHAWAR: Only PhD degree holders can become vice-chancellors of public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa now as provincial government has made major changes in the relevant law.Although......
LANDI KOTAL: Over 100 students are forced to take classes in the open as the Bacha Mena primary school at the Torkham border has yet to be reconstructed after it was destroyed by militants some three......
ABBOTTABAD: Sardar Sher Bahadar, PTI’s district president, will contest the election of district councillor from Kehal union council here as independent against PTI nominee Sardar Umair Anwar,......
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s provincial president Azam Khan Swati is said to be opposing the fielding of estranged PML-N leader, Wajiuzaman Khan, by PTI for the by-election on PK-56......
PESHAWAR: An advertisement titled public notice and stating that close relatives of missing terrorists would be liable to prosecution, including death sentence and confiscation of properties if they......
PESHAWAR: A young man was killed by his brother over a petty issue in Mashogagar village on the outskirts of Peshawar on Sunday.Zameer Khan reported to Badbher police station that two of his sons --......
ISLAMABAD: Emissions from the steel mills in the capital’s industrial area is polluting the air, residents breathe, and gradually destroying the environment.Early each morning, the dense black and......
RAWALPINDI: Three transgenders were shot dead and six other people were injured after two gunmen ambushed them in the bustling Rialto Chowk on Saturday night.Ahmed alias Tania, who was among the......
ISLAMABAD: Traders’ representatives will be meeting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday (today) to request for an extension of two hours in the stipulated closing time for shops and......
ISLAMABAD: The district health department Islamabad will launch a week-long anti-dengue campaign in the rural areas of the capital on Monday.The in-charge of the dengue surveillance cell, Dr Najeeb......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan may be facing a serious interruption in vaccine supply as provinces are showing unwillingness to pay for vaccine imports, following the expiration of the current National Finance......
ISLAMABAD: “We were never very active with regards to the media and that has taken a toll on our perception,” says Asif Khursheed, a public relations man with a slightly more challenging job than......
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) organised a bicycle on Sunday in connection with the ongoing Rawal Shopping Festival More than 40 cyclists from all over the country......
ISLAMABAD: The I.J. Principal Road, one of the busiest in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, has been in a dilapidated condition due to the lack of maintenance.The road was basically built......
ISLAMABAD: The appointment of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) president, which will be confirmed in a meeting of the board of directors on May 19, violates the university......
RAWALPINDI: Finding the elevated metro bus track from Committee Chowk to 6th Road uneven, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday directed the contractor concerned to re-carpet it within four......
CHAKWAL: Javed Iqbal, 64 from Thoha Bahadur village, located 16kms from Chakwal city, has been visiting the newly established Land Record Centre everyday for the last four months. On each visit, he......
ISLAMABAD: The modern cheesecake is synonymous with either New York or Philadelphia, and not something you’d expect to find in every corner bakery in Pakistan; unless one counts that classic dry cake......
ISLAMABAD: Two of the five filtration plants in Sectors I-10 have remained dysfunctions for the last many months, making access to clean filtered water difficult for residents.There are three......
TAXILA: Enraged residents from various areas of Taxila, who were deprived of electricity in the sweltering summer heat for the last three days, staged a protest on Sunday and blocked the......
KARACHI: Police officials investigating the targeted killing of DSP Zulfiqar Zaidi have found similarities between his killing and that of DSP of Bin Qasim Town Fatah Sangri, a senior police officer......
KARACHI: Members of the ruling elite, top military and civil officials as well as law enforcement agencies are among the defaulters of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board as they failed to pay......
KARACHI: The last offering of the ‘Napa-I Am Karachi Theatre and Music Series’ was a crowning achievement for all those involved.This dramatic venture brought together young actors and directors to......
GHAZAL, the most popular genre of Urdu’s lyrical poetry, has not only survived attacks from critics but has in fact grown in popularity. Originating from Arabic ‘qaseeda’, or panegyric ode, ghazal......
FILM FESTIVALWorld War II – Testimony Archives Programme at the Alliance Francaise, screening of Apocalypse II (France): The Great Landings/ The Noose (1942-1943), at 6.30pm; Widerstand gegen Hitler:......
KARACHI: “I can feel the joy they have been experiencing since being shifted to this big enclosure more than a year ago. Now, they often flap their ears and produce calls that indicate their......
KARACHI: As an ever expanding metropolis, Karachi seems to be losing many of its public places earlier available to people of all ages and groups. Full of broken swings, abandoned parks wear an eerie......
KARACHI: A young man was shot dead in a targeted attack apparently on sectarian grounds in Pak Colony on Sunday evening, police said.They said that Zohaib Hussain, 26, was travelling in a rickshaw......
KARACHI: Three suspects were killed in an alleged encounter with police in the Shah Faisal Colony area on Sunday morning.Police said that the three suspects were travelling in a car when a police......
KARACHI: Former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza said on Sunday evening that he would not go to the office of a police officer probing a case against him to record his statement on Monday.Dr......
SUKKUR: “We are keenly waiting for the day when PPP dissident Dr Zulfikar Mirza will reveal the names former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassins,” Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) chairman Dr......
LARKANA: Speakers at a seminar titled ‘Moenjodaro’ underlined various aspects of the ancient archaeological site covering the Indus civilisation, construction work, myth about the mound, museum, ......
HYDERABAD: Three children, two of them brothers, were feared drowned in the Indus River near Old Hala locality in Matiari district on Sunday.Police said that Yasir Malik, 11, his younger brother,......
SUKKUR: Six suspects were booked at the Salehpat police station of Pannu Aqil town on Sunday following an armed clash between two groups of people over a land dispute late on Saturday......
KARACHI: Afaq Ahmed, the chief of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi, condemned a recent controversial speech by Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain and said that only his party had the......
LARKANA: Sindh Senior Minister for Education Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said that the provincial government is determined to revise and update the curriculum, which is key to the achievement of the high......
KABUL: A Taliban suicide bomber struck a government bus in Kabul on Sunday, killing three and wounding at least 16 others, officials said, the second such attack in less than a week in the Afghan......
BANGKOK: A Thai soldier has been charged with murder after shooting dead two of his colleagues at an army barracks in the insurgency-battered south, police said on Sunday.More than 6,300 people, the......
WASHINGTON: One person was killed and another seriously hurt on Saturday in a tornado that tore across Texas, US authorities said.The National Weather Service, which reported damaged homes in......
KUMANOVO: Macedonia said on Sunday its police had wiped out a group of ethnic Albanian veterans of insurgencies in ex-Yugoslavia in a day-long gun battle that left at least 22 dead and deepened fears......
JAKARTA: Boats carrying more than 500 members of Myanmar’s long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim community washed ashore in western Indonesia on Sunday, with some people in need of medical attention,......
GENEVA; A Swiss man killed three in-laws and a neighbour in a town near Zurich before turning his gun on himself, police said on Sunday, sending shockwaves through the normally tranquil nation.Local......
IN what was an electoral earthquake, the political landscape of the United Kingdom was transformed on May 7. For weeks, opinion polls had been telling us that Labour and the Tories were in a virtual......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama may try to persuade Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states to create a region-wide missile defence system when he meets them next week, officials said on......
BAGHDAD: Separate bombings in and around the Iraqi capital on Sunday killed at least 14 people, officials said, as authorities tightened security measures in Baghdad ahead of a major Shia religious......
BEIRUT: Rebels including an Al Qaeda affiliate stormed a complex in northwestern Syria on Sunday where some 250 regime forces and civilians have been trapped for two weeks, a monitoring group......
KOLKATA: Pakistan wants to host the first bilateral Test tour by India in eight years in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in December, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan said on......
DHAKA: Pakistan’s players were on Sunday fined for maintaining slow over-rate during their victorious second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka.The visitors crushed Bangladesh by 328 runs at the......
LONDON: Queens Park Rangers bowed out of the Premier League with a whimper after Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick to lead his side to a crushing 6-0 victory over the London club on......
LONDON: Jason Gillespie gave England a taste of the discipline they can expect should he become their coach when he dropped Liam Plunkett from Yorkshire’s team to face Hampshire at Headingley on......
WELLINGTON: Bruce Edgar said on Sunday that lack of support and having to watch the World Cup final sitting among Australia players’ wives and girlfriends were factors in him stepping down as a New......
MADRID: Andy Murray continued his remarkable run on clay when he pulled off a stunning upset to dethrone home favourite Rafa Nadal 6-3, 6-2 in the Madrid Masters final on Sunday.Aggressive second......
MILAN: Paul Pogba marked his comeback with a goal but Cagliari spoiled newly crowned champions Juventus’ home title celebrations by snatching a late 1-1 draw through Luca Rossettini to keep their......
MADRID: Real Madrid’s hopes of overhauling La Liga leaders Barcelona suffered a stinging blow when Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty in a 2-2 home draw to Valencia on Saturday to slip four points......
PARIS: Paris St Germain are almost certain to retain their Ligue 1 title after second-placed Olympique Lyonnais’ 3-0 loss at Caen on Saturday left them six points behind with two games left.PSG, who......
KINGSTON: Asafa Powell ran the fastest 100 metres in the world this year when he clocked a blazing 9.84 seconds at the Jamaica International Invitational in Kingston on Saturday.The time was the......
LONDON: New England cricket director Andrew Strauss faces a frenetic start to his reign as he looks to appoint a new coach to galvanise a struggling team for the home Ashes series against......
BARCELONA: Nico Rosberg finally got the better of Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton this season, when he drove to a near-flawless victory in the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday to gain ground on the......
KARACHI: History was created when none of the golfers from the 125-year-old historical Karachi Golf Club (KGC) could be able to earn selection as Sindh Golf Association (SGA) named a four-member team......
LAHORE: Four-year-old bay filly Sweet Ruby proved worth her name when she took the horse-racing fans by surprise in winning the Labour Day Cup during the concluding Lahore Winter Meeting at the......
KARACHI: Mohammad Asad and Ammad Alam put on a dazzling show as Zone-II posted a mammoth 498-8 declared in their must-win fixture of the Karachi region match against Zone-I in the PCB Regional......
ISLAMABAD: An outstanding batting performance by Mohammad Umair helped Diamond Club outclass King’s Gymkhana Club by 79 runs in the NBP-Islamabad Cricket Association (ICA) Cricket League here on......
KARACHI: After drawing their opening match two days ago, Karachi made a decent start to dominate Hyderabad in their PCB-PEPSI Cricket Stars Under-16 Tournament fixture at the National Stadium here on......
KARACHI: Spinner Ashar Qureshi excelled with a five-wicket to help Zone-V defeat I.AM Karachi by 59 runs in the inaugural fixture of the KE Under-19 Colour-kit Cricket Championship at the RLCA......
KARACHI: Asmavia Iqbal will lead Omar Associates in the forthcoming 10th Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women’s Cricket Championship.According to Nadeem Omar, director of Omar Associates, talented......
KARACHI: Unknown pedigree bay filly Zeenat obliged all and sundry while making it two victories on the trot as a quartet of favourites swept the card in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi......
SyriaThe conflict in Syria has entered in its fifth year with no solution yet in sight. Over 0.2m people have been killed and over 1m injured. A UN report reveals that life expectancy in Syria has......
WHEN it comes to investment pledges, $46bn is a sum that really grabs people’s attention. That is what China is supposedly ploughing into Pakistani energy and transport projects, according to plans......
PAKISTANI companies are expanding their footprints in markets beyond the country’s borders. About 500 of them are said to be active around the globe and many more are expected to join their......
Over 49pc of the tax revenue is collected by private businesses that provide cost-free services, much to the relief and satisfaction of the Federal Board of Revenue. And their share is still......
The Pakistani initial public offering market is heating up. Nine companies mobilised an aggregate sum of Rs73bn from the stock market through new and secondary issues last year. This compares with......
The State Bank of Pakistan continued its liquidity injections last week, pumping a cumulative Rs779.15bn into the banking system through two open market operations.The first injection of Rs720.9bn......
The rupee remained largely range-bound against the dollar in both interbank dealings and the open market last week. But it lost value against the euro.On the interbank market, it started the week by......
The State Bank of Pakistan’s collateral-free lending programme is designed to help small farmers access bank credit easily.This credit guarantee scheme is being jointly sponsored by the central bank......
Few companies can boast of having grown as rapidly and establishing themselves as one of the top home appliances brands within just 14 years of entering the market as Haier Pakistan.A joint venture......
PAKISTAN may not have completely missed the opportunity to benefit from the historic low oil prices, but it appears to be running out of time to adjust given the limited space left before the end of......
Dairyland (Pvt.) Ltd is an integrated state-of-the art ‘grass-to-glass system’ dairy farm in Sindh. It is the country’s second-largest dairy farm and is one of the major suppliers of milk and......
The approval of 11 new and imported rice seed varieties — seven hybrids and four open-pollinated — by the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council last week heralds new realities for the crop. The......
AGRICULTURE has traditionally been a critical source of the country’s economic growth. It provides employment to nearly 44pc of the labour force, accounts for approximately 22pc of GDP and......
The sowing of cotton has started in Sindh and initial estimates of the agriculture department indicate that 30pc of the area had been brought under the crop’s cultivation by last week. Early sowing......
THE Sindh Assembly was informed by the agriculture minister on April 29 that 20-30pc of the tomato and guava crops are destroyed owing to lack of cold storage facilities in the province.And same is......
Use of the conversational phrases ‘I mean,’ ‘you know’ and ‘like’ appears to be more common among people who are conscientious, perhaps because those who are conscientious are more likely to want to......
The movement of whites to US suburbs between 1940 and 1980 facilitated a dramatic rise in property ownership by African-Americans, according to an analysis by Leah P. Boustan of the University of......
In an experiment, just 10pc to 12pc of research participants said that they thought an internship candidate deserved top pay. But if they noticed that the candidate was wearing a luxury-brand logo on......
A 1-percentage-point increase in local home prices when children are 17 years old results in higher college enrolment rates and 0.9pc higher annual income for the children of homeowners and lower......
A 1-minute increase in a city’s average commute time is associated with a 0.3-percentage-point decline in the labour force participation of high-school-educated women, according to an analysis of US......
SyriaThe conflict in Syria has entered in its fifth year with no solution yet in sight. Over 0.2m people have been killed and over 1m injured. A UN report reveals that life expectancy in Syria has......
QUETTA: Militants blew up a main gas pipeline in Tali Mat area of Dera Bugti district on Saturday night, suspending supply to the Sui gas purification plant from Pirkoh gas field.Levies officials......
ISLAMABAD: Arrangements are being finalised for sending home the bodies of the foreigners killed in the May 8 Naltar helicopter crash.A Foreign Office spokesperson said on Sunday that a final......
CAIRO: Yemen’s Houthi group accepted a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by its adversary Saudi Arabia on Sunday but said it would respond to any violations of the truce.Saudi Arabia had said......
LAHORE: “Being a senior lawyer I know that a sub judice matter should not be commented upon,” Rafique Rajwana told reporters after taking the oath as 36th governor of Punjab on Sunday.He was asked to......
QUETTA: A suspected militant was killed and seven others were arrested during raids in Sui and Hub on Sunday.According to official sources, Frontier Corps personnel launched a search operation in......
WASHINGTON: The United States got to Osama bin Laden with Pakistan’s help, but disclosed the operation in a manner that made the country look like a villain, according to Seymour M. Hersh, an......
ISLAMABAD: Despite winning his battle with the government over the formation of a judicial commission to investigate alleged rigging in the 2013 elections and securing some vindication following......
ISLAMABAD: The government is planning to present proposals for next financial year’s federal budget before the National Assembly on May 29.A senior official of the finance ministry told Dawn on......
ISLAMABAD: Thousands of names will be removed from the exit control list if the departments and agencies concerned fail to justify their placement on the ECL within a month.“We have issued 7,500......
THE state of public education in Pakistan has been abysmal for years. But instead of just bemoaning the sorry condition of this critical sector, it is more constructive to spot the many weaknesses of......
FOR several years, now, the alarm bells have been ringing but have largely been ignored by policymaking circles.It has been four years since a survey conducted by Unicef and the Sindh government......
WHO can disagree that for too long irregularities and corrupt practices during elections have remained acceptable for us in Pakistan? Or that without Imran Khan and PTI’s doggedness and audacity to......
DESPITE several premature obituaries and hastily drawn conclusions, two features of modern society continue to persist pretty much everywhere in the world. The first is the modern state, ie a......
EVEN by the standards of a country that thrives on heady rhetoric, recent public statements about the menace of ‘foreign hands’ have been notable in their frequency and pointedness.Foreign agencies,......
THE city by the sea is not really known for any particular affinity its residents might have for animals, notwithstanding the admirable work of organisations such as World Wildlife Fund-Pakistan in,......
