WASHINGTON: The United States government charged three Chinese professors and three other Chinese nationals with economic espionage and stealing trade secrets from two companies that develop......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Tuesday said security authorities had apprehended masterminds of the Safoora Goth massacre, in which 45 people of the Ismaili community lost their......
ISLAMABAD: United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Daniel Feldman expressed deep appreciation for the efforts made by Pakistan in its efforts to root out terrorism......
KABUL: A bomb exploded in the parking lot of Afghanistan's Ministry of Justice on Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding dozens as civil servants were leaving work for the day, officials......
BEIJING: A former chemistry professor has been arrested by Chinese police on suspicion of selling a drug recipe to a gang which cooked up synthetic narcotics, state-media reported on Tuesday.The......
LAHORE: A Zimbabwe cricket team official on tour in Pakistan with his national team said players had volunteered for the 13-day tour.Ozias Bvute, head of the delegation and a former Zimbabwe Cricket......
GENEVA: The United Nations said on Tuesday that some 1,850 people have been killed and more than 500,000 displaced as a result of the conflict raging in Yemen since late March.As of May 15, around......
She may not be a huge critical success yet, but let's agree on this: Sonam Kapoor could win a style war with one hand tied behind her back.The actress spent the past week at the Cannes Film Festival,......
Chai's romance with the subcontinent goes way back. The English may have invented tea time, but the desis of the world embraced it with such warmth, that the beverage is now synonymous with the......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today revealed that many grade 20 public officers were not promoted because of doubts on their integrity."In grade 20 - 21 promotions, you should be able to see......
MILAN: Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio insists the Turin giants are firmly focused on ending their 20-year wait to lift the Italian Cup as their Champions League final date with Barcelona......
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif defended Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed’s earlier statements calling religious seminaries "centres of ignorance and illiteracy" in the National Assembly......
PESHAWAR: One attacker was killed and a police constable was injured during an attack on a polio vaccination team in the Tambulak area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Mardan district on Tuesday.According to......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police said Tuesday they have asked the government to ban an Islamist militant group they suspect of involvement in the murders of atheist bloggers.Police have already charged......
So much for puzzle pieces falling into place.At the outset Zid promised to examine a modern marriage, which piqued our interest. While it floundered a bit, it still held our interest by showing us......
BEIJING: A schoolteacher who gained permission to have an additional child in her hometown in one Chinese province has been ordered to have an abortion because the province where she is teaching has......
ISLAMABAD: A team of the Federal Investigation Agency's cyber crime unit entered local IT company Axact's Islamabad and Karachi offices on Tuesday and collected manuals, records and computers as......
That was fast — Humaima Malik-starrer and upcoming romantic comedy Dekh Magar Pyaar Say wrapped up shooting in Lahore this week, with the cast and crew celebrating the film.Feels like shooting only......
KABUL: An Afghan judge sentenced 11 police on Tuesday to one year in jail for failing to prevent the mob killing of a woman in Kabul who was accused of burning a copy of the Quran.The incident......
LAHORE: Speedster Mohammad Sami made a comeback after two-and-a-half years as Pakistan on Tuesday announced its 15-member squad for two Twenty20 Internationals against Zimbabwe.Sami, 34, has been......
JAKARTA: An Indonesian ambassador who was on a Pakistani military helicopter that crashed this month killing two other foreign envoys died Tuesday after battling severe burn injuries, Indonesia's......
PESHAWAR: In view of the improving security situation, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan has directed the relevant authorities to shift the Cadet College Razmak back to North......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) has arrested a government contractor, and a housing officer of Kohat Development Authority in separate corruption cases.The contractor,......
ABBOTTABAD: Four candidates for the district and tehsil councils have filed complaints with the district returning officer against PTI chief Imran Khan for planning to hold a public meeting here......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa inspector general of police Nasir Khan Durrani on Monday suspended Superintendent of Police Peshawar Waheed Khan over links with anti-social elements.According to a......
PESHAWAR: A few dozen women voters have moved the Peshawar High Court against the alleged disenfranchisement of women in the PK-95 Lower Dir by-election requesting it to declare the May 7 electoral......
PESHAWAR: The members of Awaz Forum have decided to make coordinated efforts and play active role in creating awareness among women to use their right to vote in the upcoming local government......
LANDI KOTAL: Development activities and matters relating to Khasadar and Levies forces have been affected seriously as the post of additional political agent (development) has been vacant for almost......
MINGORA: Local people have complained about violation of code of conduct by the candidates for the local government elections.According to residents, the contesting candidates are violating the code......
SWABI: The tobacco crop in the district was affected by a disease soon after the recent rain, said farmers and representatives of tobacco companies here on Monday.They said that leaves of tobacco......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that every village and neighbourhood council would be given Rs2 million besides grant of non-development expenditures and their due share in......
MANSEHRA: The district returning officer has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to change eight returning officers as they can influence the results of May 30 local government elections......
KARAK: The local people have shown resentment over the prevailing ‘artificial’ price hike in the district and demanded of the government to check the skyrocketing prices of daily use items.Addressing......
KOHAT: The police on Monday seized a truck carrying 750 flour bags meant for the internally displaced persons, and arrested two alleged smugglers. The truck was on way to Peshawar.The police deployed......
It is not just governments and corporations that have to worry about cyber attacks: individuals are just as susceptible to data and identity theft, as well as falling prey to hackers who may use......
ISLAMABAD: Former inspector general of the capital police Aftab Ahmed Cheema on Monday challenged the non-recommendation of his name for promotion to BPS-21.Mr Cheema was the IGP Islamabad when the......
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Monday sealed a house which was being used as an illegal fuel station.Police complained to the administration that fuel smuggled from Iran and stolen from......
ISLAMABAD: Consumption of tobacco in any form is injurious to health but the Ministry of National Health Services says it is a taxing issue too.Dawn has learned that Minister of State of NHS Saira......
ISLAMABAD: A man committed suicide here on Monday.According to the police, the victim’s wife said her husband, Abid Ali Quraishi, 70, had been depressed for the last couple of days after suffering......
RAWALPINDI: Robbers looted a cashier of a poultry trading company of Rs2 million and beat up his colleague when he offered resistance in the New Town police area on Monday.Abdul Wahab complained to......
ISLAMABAD: The inauguration of Federal Government Degree College for Men, Sihala is facing delay due to a dispute over a boundary wall.The only degree college in rural areas, constructed at a cost of......
ISLAMABAD: A mystical journey through Sufi music enchanted the audience at the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA). The Sufi Road Show was presented by the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop in......
ISLAMABAD: World Museum Day was observed on Monday at Lok Virsa in which a number of people participated.Day is observed annually all over the world on May 18 with a view to highlighting the......
ISLAMABAD: Contractual employees of the Federal General Hospital (FGH), Chak Shahzad, on Monday protested against the non-payment of salaries for two months.They were also joined by employees of......
ISLAMABAD: Amid an opposition protest and walkout, the treasury benches bulldosed a bill to set up the “Capital University of Science and Technology” in Islamabad.A report followed by the......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday directed the capital police to submit a report on a missing software engineer within three days.Justice Noorul Haq N. Qureshi issued the direction......
LAHORE: A City District Government of Lahore’s team probing into late Saturday fire tragedy at Kot Khwaja Saeed hopes to ascertain facts from the statements of eyewitnesses and a forensic......
LAHORE: Allowing Gulf-based airlines to operate to and from the ‘small’ airports of the country, some officials in the PIA and private airlines have questioned the government’s decision against the......
LAHORE: At least 50 Sunni parties and groups have endorsed the decree issued by a clerics’ conference here the other day against suicide attacks.Maulana Ziaul Haq Naqshbandi claimed in a statement on......
LAHORE: The Anti-Corruption Department (ACD) on Monday arrested three government officials and as many members of a ‘land mafia’ for allegedly transferring 90 kanals of state land through fake......
LAHORE: The Punjab police have shortlisted more than 2,000 “brilliant homicide investigation officers” (IOs) -- inspectors and sub-inspectors -- to solve murder cases after clearance from the Special......
FAISALABAD: According to police investigations, a German national who went missing during a visit to Pakistan was kidnapped for ransom and smuggled to Afghanistan where he was handed over to a......
LAHORE: Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations Dr Haider Ashraf says foolproof security measures have been taken to ensure a smooth cricket series between Zimbabwe and Pakistan at Gadhafi......
LAHORE: The newly-launched Green Line Express Train will be operating between federal and Sindh capitals according to revised timings from May 22.A spokesperson said on Monday that from May 22, the......
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Rafique Rajwana pledges to become a bridge between people and political leadership and expresses his confidence that unlike his predecessor, Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, his......
LAHORE: Opposition in the Punjab Assembly on Monday staged a token walkout over what it called discrimination against farmers, saying the government had stopped the sale and distribution of gunny......
LAHORE: The Punjab chapter of Young Doctors Association Punjab has again warned of agitation by withdrawing services from the OPD of the teaching hospitals for not addressing some of their......
LAHORE: A man and a woman were found dead in a car under mysterious circumstances in Sabzazar on Monday.Saddar Division SP (Operations) Zahid Nawaz Marwat told Dawn that police received a phone call......
LAHORE: The World Punjabi Congress (WPC) has lamented the neglect of the Waris Shah’s mausoleum by the Punjab government.WPC Chairman Fakhar Zaman said there was no library and hall at the mausoleum......
LAHORE: As the Shahdbagh fire tragedy which claimed six siblings late on Sunday has been wrapped up as a short-circuiting incident, people have started questioning regarding safety measures by the......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A civil court on Monday issued bailable arrest warrants for Sheikh Zayed Medical College Hospital principal, medical superintendent, additional medical superintendent, deputy MS......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Scores of teachers of government schools staged a protest demonstration on Monday outside the press club to condemn the arrest of Punjab Teachers’ Union central chief Hafiz Ghulam......
LAHORE: Writer and lawyer Mahmood Mirza was an advocate of social change and wanted to bring about a positive change in society, facing socio-economic challenges. A thinker and motivator, he will be......
FAISALABAD: A large number of employees of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) and office bearers of the All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union hailing from different provinces......
GUJRAT: Local authorities will not be able to achieve the wheat procurement target in the Gujrat district due to the adverse effect of heavy rains of April as farmers have so far obtained only about......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A mysterious disease is suspected to have broken out once again in a village in Pirmahal that claimed 19 cattle in December 2014.In just a few days, six animals have died in Chak......
LAHORE: Chief Secretary Khizar Hayyat Gondal reviewed pre-flood arrangements in Punjab at a meeting at Civil Secretariat on Monday.He directed the departments concerned to deal with natural......
LAHORE: Jail authorities across the country are giving remissions to thousands of murder, hurt and rape convicts which sources dealing with the subject say are in violation of law and orders by the......
THEFTS of rare books, maps and manuscripts from national libraries have sparked such alarm that international experts are joining forces to stop any further vandalism to the world’s cultural......
RAWALPINDI: Mohammad Nadeem, a gold medalist law graduate, worked as a labourer in Muzaffargarh till last year when he joined the Punjab police as a sub-inspector after passing the provincial......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa labour and public health engineering minister Shah Farman on Monday alleged the federal government had intentionally subjected his province to excessive loadshedding......
ISLAMABAD: While the government focuses on fighting terrorism and extremism under the National Action Plan (NAP), another threat seems to be looming on the horizon: cyber warfare. Sources have told......
KARACHI: The President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, visited today [May 18] a number of Pakistan Army units in the field. He was accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan......
THIS is apropos the news report,‘Drug-makers plan 10 FDA-certified plants’ (May 17). According to the report, pharmaceutical manufacturers plan to have 10 FDA-certified manufacturing plants, and the......
K-ELECTRIC (KE) says it has ended loadshedding in 55pc areas of Karachi and it is done in those areas only where power thefts and line losses are prevalent.However, KE has not been able to separate......
CURRENTLY Karachiites are facing severe water scarcity. The reason for this is being blamed by ministers of water (KWSB) and power (KE) over non-payment of dues that caused power cuts at pumping......
THIS is apropos the ‘Tobacco manufacturers lobby to scuttle govt decision’ (May 16). According to the news, tobacco companies are exerting pressure on the government to withdraw its decision of......
THIS refers to Irfan Husain’s article, ‘A house for Zardari’ (May 16).Lahore is a place where kings like Mughal Emperor Jahangir and Qutbuddin Aibak are buried. It is here in this city that the......
IT was shocking to learn that six innocent children lost their lives in Lahore because of the non-availability of fire-tenders in time at the site of the house where the fire broke out. This is not......
NOWHERE in the world is an elected government toppled with its elected leader jailed for 20 years and later awarded death sentence by a military-led judiciary without serving legal purposes.But this......
I am an 84-year old retired pensioner facing considerable financial hardship.I have noted with concern that while the government contemplates an increase in government employees’ salaries in the......
IN Pakistan when someone loads a card worth Rs100, they receive only Rs75. After that when they check their balance, a few paisas are immediately deducted; then when they activate a package, the......
KARACHI: Lawmakers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional and the PML-Nawaz on Monday tried to hijack the discussion on the quarterly report of financial performance of the government and......
KARACHI: Former Sindh home minister and disowned leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party Dr Zulfikar Mirza on Monday challenged his trial under the anti-terror law and sought transfer of three cases......
DADU: Four people were killed and several hundred others mostly children suffered heatstroke as the mercury rose to 49 degrees Celsius in Dadu, Khairpur and some other towns of the interior of Sindh......
MIRPURKHAS: Police on Monday carried out raids on a number of seminaries in Mirpurkhas city as well as Mirwah Gorchani, Kot Ghulam Mohammed and some other towns and sealed at least 15 of......
KARACHI: “If you find a train arriving late, set your watch right,” remarked a smart young porter hurrying down the platform overloaded with several pieces of a passenger’s luggage. “Trains don’t......
KARACHI: The Sindh government’s ambitious schemes named after slain prime minister Benazir Bhutto aimed to providing cheap houses to the poor across the province has already hit snags as officials......
KARACHI: Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed appreciated on Monday the government’s move to “finally” expose the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for its involvement......
KARACHI: Two workers were killed when an elevator in a factory broke down in the Site area on Monday, according to police.“Ittehad dyeing factory’s lift fell down as its chain broke down,” said......
KARACHI: University teachers’ leaders said on Monday that they had postponed their protest after a meeting with the chief minister who, they said, had assured them of meeting all their demands,......
KARACHI: There you go again. Another indicator of where society is headed. Nowhere!How many old book shops have closed down in the city in the last two decades? Many. These days the only readily......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday threw out a constitutional petition of the former vice chancellor of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology against the decisions taken by......
KARACHI: Anti-aircraft guns, light machine guns and other arms and ammunition were seized in a house in the Upper Gizri area on the information provided by a suspect, Clifton police said on......
KARACHI: A motivational lecture by a religious scholar was organised for customs officers at the auditorium of the directorate general of training and research in Customs House here on Monday......
SUKKUR: A clash between two rival tribes armed with rockets and automatic weapons left a young man and an unspecified number of cattle head dead in Mehran Bijarani village near Ghouspur town of......
HYDERABAD: Provincial ombudsman’s office Director General Syed Abdullah Shah said on Monday that Sindh had taken the lead by establishing the office of ombudsman for protection against harassment to......
HYDERABAD: The Khanabadosh Writers Cafe established on the premises of the Sindh culture department’s Sindh Museum was formally opened on Sunday evening for providing some private space to writers,......
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation will dramatically reform its emergency response operations this year, its chief said on Monday, after the UN agency faced blistering criticism for its slow Ebola......
WASHINGTON: “Hello, Twitter! It’s Barack. Really! Six years in, they’re finally giving me my own account”. With that inaugural Tweet sent from a smart phone in the Oval Office before jumping on......
SALGAR: An avalanche of mud and debris roared down an alpine town in western Colombia before dawn on Monday, killing at least 49 people in a flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains.Residents were......
LONDON: Britain’s opposition Labour Party is struggling to regain its balance after suffering one of its worst election results in modern times. Shocked by the extent of the loss, leaders are trying......
BAGHDAD: The fall of Ramadi has scuppered Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s efforts to build a credible cross-sectarian force to fight the self-styled Islamic State group, said analysts.The......
CARACAS: Venezuela’s socialist government is struggling to put food on the shelves amid runaway inflation. Brazil’s president is facing calls for impeachment. And even Cuba’s communist government, an......
WASHINGTON: Nearly 200 people were under arrest on Monday following a brawl between rival motorcycle gang members that left nine people dead in Waco, Texas, police said.The fight broke out in a......
SANAA: Saudi-led coalition warplanes resumed strikes on rebel positions in southern Yemen on Monday after a five-day ceasefire expired, jeopardising efforts to deliver desperately needed aid.The......
NEW DELHI: A nurse died on Monday after 42 years in a coma following a brutal rape, in a case that led India to ease some restrictions on euthanasia.Aruna Shanbaug suffered brain damage and had been......
DOHA: A BBC journalist invited to Qatar to examine the living conditions of workers building infrastructure for the 2022 football World Cup was detained for more than 24 hours, the broadcaster......
MULLIVAIKKAL: Sri Lanka’s ethnic Tamil politicians, religious leaders and civilians gathered on Monday under heavy surveillance at memorial ceremonies on the battleground where thousands died in the......
LONDON: A medical mystery that began four years ago with unexplained deaths in a British hospital ended on Monday when a nurse was convicted of using insulin to murder two patients.The 49-year-old......
KANDAHAR: A Taliban attack on a district government headquarters in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province on Monday killed at least seven people, an Afghan official said.Among those killed in the......
UNITED NATIONS: The plight of Rohingya and Bangladeshi Muslims afloat on vessels seeking refuge is focus of attention of top United Nations officials, led by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Deputy......
BAGHDAD: Shia militias converged on Ramadi on Monday to try to recapture the capital of Iraq’s largest province from militants who dealt the government a stinging blow by overrunning the city in a......
ISLAMABAD: Due to its apparent incompetency, the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has transformed the National Games into Inter-provincial Games which will be held here from June 9-12.The mega sports......
CHARLOTTE: Rory McIlroy underscored his status as the best golfer in the world on Sunday as he put the finishing touches to a record-shattering triumph in the US PGA Tour Wells Fargo Championship.The......
CHARLOTTE: Ryan Lochte seized the spotlight at the Charlotte Pro Swim on Sunday with an impressive win in the 200m individual medley.Lochte posted the third-fastest time in the world this year,......
ISLAMABAD: Abdul Wali Khan University of Nowshera reached the North region final of the Red Bull Campus Cricket after a narrow win against Abbottabad’s Hazara University here at the Comsats......
KARACHI: Opener Sidra Amin continued her brilliant form with a second century as Omar Associates whipped Lahore by 201 runs in their opening match of the Super League round of the 10th Mohtarma......
KARACHI: Zone-II, Zone-VI and Zone-I completed the semi-finals line-up in the K-Electric Under-19 Colour-kit Cricket Tournament here the other day.Zone-II topped Group ‘A’ despite losing their last......
MUMBAI: Acknowledging that the balance had shifted too far in favour of batsmen in limited-overs format, the ICC cricket committee on Monday recommended the removal of batting powerplay besides......
KARACHI: Ahmed Shehzad made his first significant contribution in the Cool & Cool presents Haier Super 8 T20 Cup in the nick of time late on Sunday night as Lahore Lions qualified for the......
LONDON: Benfica won the Portuguese title for the 34th time on Sunday despite a 0-0 draw at Vitoria Guimaraes while Zenit St Petersburg also drew — 1-1 with FC Ufa — but it was enough to see them......
DOHA: A BBC journalist invited to Qatar to examine the living conditions of workers building infrastructure for the 2022 football World Cup was detained for more than 24 hours, the broadcaster......
KARACHI: Dera Murad Jamali, inspired by Fahad Hussain’s 11-wicket haul, caused a major upset on Monday when they defeated Lahore by eight wickets to reach the semi-finals of the PCB-Pepsi Cricket......
KARACHI: Team Deuces accumulated 73.61 victory points (VPs) to annex the Karachi Bridge Association’s weekend Bridge Tournament here at the Aslam Bridge Hall on Sunday evening.Deuces comprising Abdul......
LAHORE: The Second Punjab Strongest Women’s Senior and Junior Powerlifting Championships will be held at PAF Cinema here on Thursday.Powerlifters from Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Rawalpindi,......
PESHAWAR: Peshawar, Swat, Bannu and Hazara reached semi-finals of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inter-Region Youth Games Hockey Championship which started here at the Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium on......
ISLAMABAD: Subh-e-Nau (SN) chairperson Shahida Farooq on Monday demanded what she believes “deserving” membership of the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) since her organisation has been regularly......
LONDON: England bowler Stuart Broad has revealed that he has apologised for missing a sponsor event last week, following media reports he had been out drinking the night before.Broad was due to......
SYDNEY: Veteran Australia Test opener Chris Rogers appears set to retire from international cricket after the upcoming Ashes series in England.The 37-year-old’s first two Tests were separated by more......
LAHORE: Hosts South Korea defeated Pakistan 4-0 in the first match of the four-Test hockey series on Monday, according to information made available here.Pakistan had defeated South Korea, twice, in......
KARACHI: Teenager Nauman Anwar arrived on the big stage with a stupendous 97 while inspiring Sialkot Stallions to a crushing 74-run victory against Lahore Lions in the final of the Cool & Cool......
KARACHI: With a game to spare, Pakistan are out.Such dismal has been their performance at Al Ain’s Al Qattara Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the Group ‘B’ qualifiers of the AFC U-23......
HARARE: Zimbabwe have left Harare for a high-stakes tour of Pakistan, national cricket association spokesman Lovemore Banda said Monday.“The team has left (Harare),” Banda told AFP.“They are going......
LAHORE: With Zimbabwe cricket squad — putting for a while their security concerns aside — set to arrive in Lahore in the small hours of Tuesday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and fans hope the......
ISLAMABAD: The focus of next year’s budget would be on increasing economic growth, the government announced on Monday.After presiding over an inconclusive meeting of the Economic Advisory Council......
KARACHI: Pakistan will start mango export from May 20, and exporters are hoping to cross the 100,000 tonnes target amid expectations of more orders at better prices.Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable......
ISLAMABAD: The government accepted on Monday it had missed economic growth target for this fiscal year because of the underperformance of agriculture and industrial sectors.The economy grew at the......
KARACHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Pakistan fell by eight per cent to $824 million during the first 10 months (July-April) of this fiscal year, the State Bank said on Monday.The second......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account deficit stood at $1.364 billion during the first 10 months of this fiscal year, a considerably low figure compared to $2.931bn in the same period last year, the......
KARACHI: Stocks lost 153.14 points (0.46 per cent) to close at 32,886.06 on Monday.Investors seemed hesitant to take positions prior to the monetary policy and the budget. Turnover declined 33pc to......
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund voiced alarm Monday about energy subsidies across the world, saying they were expected to reach $5.3 trillion in 2015, more than government health......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Urban Immovable Property Tax (Amendment) Bill 2015 has been enforced into law with immediate effect.An official notification issued by the Balochistan Assembly Secretariat......
ISLAMABAD: Countries in developing Asia have, for the first time, collectively invested more money abroad than North American and European countries, the UNCTAD ‘Global Investment Trends Monitor’......
NEW YORK: A US appeals court on Monday reversed part of the $930 million verdict that Apple Inc won in 2012 against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, saying the iPhone maker’s trade dress could not be......
KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has urged the government to present a people and business friendly budget, and stressed the need for broadening tax......
KARACHI: The National Investment Trust (NIT) received Rs3.9 billion subscription to the NIT Islamic Equity Fund (NIT-IEF) during the pre-IPO period (May 11 to 15).NIT, the country’s largest Asset......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures slipped for a second day on Monday in light volume to their lowest level in more than a week as competing vegetable oil markets fell and as the......
KARACHI: Cotton trading slowed down on Monday as buyers and sellers took to the sidelines amid shortage of quality lint.Floor brokers said ginners were unwilling to sell cotton from their limited......
LONDON: Gold hit a three-month high on Monday, rising for a fifth session, as a run of soft US data supported expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold off raising interest rates for the time......
NEW DELHI: India’s finance ministry, seeking to speed up deals with outside investors, is set to take full control of the oversight of more than $40 billion a year in foreign direct investments and......
KUALA LUMPUR: Iran hopes its crude oil exports will return to pre-sanctions levels within three months once a deal with major powers to lift an oil embargo is finalised, the country’s deputy oil......
FRANKFURT: Germany’s banking sector proved its strength during the financial crisis, but needs to examine its business model to increase stability in the future, Bundesbank board member Andreas......
LONDON: International coordination will be needed to deal with any negative effects of national attempts to snuff out asset bubbles, top financial firms said in a World Economic Forum paper.Asset......
RAWALPINDI: A ground-breaking ceremony was organised by the Afghan Ministry of Public Works at Jalalabad on Monday for the construction of an additional carriageway along the Torkham-Jalalabad......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, which is trying to convince a three-judge poll inquiry commission that the 2013 general elections were massively rigged in a systematic manner, withdrew on......
ISLAMABAD: A member of the treasury benches from Balochistan has accused law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) of killing innocent people in the name of security in his province.Speaking in the National......
WASHINGTON: “Pakistan cannot exist without coexistence between Sunni and Shia Muslims,” warns a group of senior diplomats and scholars.The group which met in US capital also warned that time was......
ISLAMABAD: A counsel defending the 18th and 21st amendments on behalf of the federal government has termed the original 1973 Constitution “infinitely inferior” to what exists now as the earlier one......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday condemned Saturday’s drone strike that resulted in a number of casualties in Mana area of North Waziristan Agency.“We condemn such strikes which are a clear violation of......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast that a pre-monsoon week-long rain spell is likely to begin in the country on June 20 and will mainly cover central Punjab and lower......
QUETTA: A three-day polio eradication campaign was launched amid tight security on Monday in seven districts of Balochistan.Over 800,000 children below five years of age will be administered polio......
QUETTA: The provincial Department of Colleges and Higher Technical Education suspended on Monday 11 professors, lecturers and librarians belonging to the Balochistan Professor and Lecturers......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday decided to constitute a committee comprising all members of the house to suggest “steps and reforms for providing inexpensive and speedy justice” to people after......
KARACHI: The Rana Azeem faction of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has warned the government against any move to withdraw notification of Sept 16, 2013 regarding constitution of the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sought the World Health Organisation’s support for strengthening the Lady Health Workers Programme and its independent evaluation to improve quality of immunisation drive in......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif here on Monday.They discussed matters relating to national security.Published in Dawn, May 19th, 2015On a......
KARACHI: The Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has issued a statement clarifying a news report published in Dawn on Sunday under the headline, ‘Fuel supply to small power houses suspended’.The PSO says that......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has rejected reports about likely changes in the political set-up in Sindh in the wake of the recent massacre of 45 members of the Shia......
NEW DELHI: Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday that his forces had caught India by the throat in the 1999 Kargil war, but a close aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi pooh-poohed......
THE special court for customs, excise and taxation has been derided by beat reporters for being a place where nothing exciting ever happens. But then, the court has probably never seen a suspect as......
KARACHI: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that “three to four arrests” have been made in connection with the Safoora Goth carnage and during their interrogation those responsible......
ISLAMABAD: In a path-breaking deal Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Afghan intelligence outfit National Directorate of Security (NDS) have signed an......
KARACHI: The parent company of an infant media conglomerate came under the spotlight on Monday when The New York Times accused it of selling fake diplomas and degrees online through “hundreds of......
THE budget presented in June 1988 was an extraordinary one for many reasons. It was hastily prepared in the aftermath of the dissolution of an elected government, the first of what was to become many......
THE shocking verdict by an Egyptian court sentencing to death no less than 100 people, including former president Mohammed Morsi, for a mass jailbreak highlights what Amnesty International rightly......
ONCE again, an ill wind is blowing. And once again, the state is demonstrating its pusillanimity.It all began about two weeks ago when Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed at a conference organised......
THE Pakistani civilian and military top brass was in Kabul last week. This wasn’t a normal visit. Nor was what came out of it. The visit was meant to comfort Afghan President Ghani. As one Pakistani......
IN the 2015 British elections, Respect Party leader George Galloway, previous MP for Bradford West, lost his seat to a newcomer on the scene, Labour Party member Naseem (Naz) Shah, by a majority of......
Some left-wing activists these days are worriedly discussing post-16th May India. According to them Narendra Modi’s consummate victory on this day last year marked a paradigm shift in the nation’s......
SOME time ago, the interior minister warned that the Federal Investigation Agency would be disbanded if its officials were found incapable or unwilling to combat corruption and net big fish. He also......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to share intelligence and conduct......
