QUETTA: Three people were killed and over a dozen reportedly injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off outside a local restaurant in Balochistan’s industrial city— Hub—Sunday......
LAHORE: Pakistan pulled off a sensational last over win by two wickets in the second Twenty20 international against Zimbabwe in Lahore on Sunday to take the two-match series 2-0.With 12 needed off......
TRENTON: John Forbes Nash Jr., a mathematical genius whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie “A Beautiful Mind,” died along with his wife in a car crash on the New Jersey......
NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in a press release on Sunday said it was committed to hosting a full Pakistan-India series in December this year at the United Arab Emirates (UAE),......
KABUL: The Islamic State group is recruiting fighters in Afghanistan, but they are not yet operational, said the commander of foreign forces in the country on Saturday.There have been fears of IS......
Saudi Arabia's King Salman said on Sunday he was “heartbroken” over a suicide bombing at a Shi'ite mosque in the kingdom that killed 21 people, state news agency SPA reported, a conciliatory......
Dawn.com is now on Instagram and we are taking submissions from across the country. If you are a photographer or artist and would like to be featured on our account (and possibly our Facebook page......
PESHAWAR: Wearing 250 tolas of gold on the streets of Peshawar is no mean feat, but 21-year-old Saleheen Khan does it with swag.A resident of Landi Arbab, the wealthy Pashtun does not own a gold......
PESHAWAR: The district administration of Peshawar has imposed Section 144 in the city for a period of one month in an effort to maintain law and order during the upcoming local body elections in......
NEW DEHLI: The south Asian neighbours may not share the best of relations but Pakistan would like to play their home matches in India, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Shaharyar Khan said.Top Test......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities said Sunday that they have discovered a series of graves in more than a dozen abandoned camps used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand, where Rohingya......
MULTAN: Former prime minister of Pakistan and veteran Pakistan Peoples Party leader Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday held an eight-minute long telephonic conversation with his abducted son Ali Haider......
KATHMANDU: Thousands of panic-stricken villagers fled their homes fearing flash floods after an overnight landslide blocked a river in quake-hit Nepal's mountainous north-west, officials said......
Sydney: Australia is set to introduce new counter-terrorism laws, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Sunday, with the package expected to include stripping dual nationals who are linked to terrorism of......
Let's begin with the obvious. South Bank, a famous Central London entertainment and culture hub, is not Jaipur. And so, the Jaipur Literature Festival (or simply JLF) at Southbank Centre is not the......
FIVE thousand two hundred years ago in Mesopotamia, for the very first time, humans started to write and record history on clay tablets. The birth of the first written language, cuneiform, and its......
Sherlock Holmes, the most widely known detective in the world, is perhaps also the most widely recognised fictional character in the world — at par with Hamlet, who appeared amongst us 400 years......
ONE of Penguin's most prestigious publishing divisions, Hamish Hamilton, has brought out this collection of interesting short stories by Ali Akbar Natiq, ably translated from Urdu to English by Ali......
"That's how families are, these days. It's not all two point four," is something Jess Thomas, the main protagonist in One Plus One, reminds herself often. Divorced at 28, Jess works two jobs in order......
Lula Ann Bridewell leaves her mother's house, changes her name to Bride and dresses only in white one word, one colour, one startling, spectacularly beautiful, confident and successful woman, who was......
KABUL:With a burst of confetti, dancers clap and twirl around a garland-bedecked groom as Afghanistan's wedding season kicks into high gear, but lawmakers pushing for austerity are bent on taming......
KANDAHAR: Taliban insurgents attacked police checkpoints Sunday in volatile southern Afghanistan, killing at least 10 officers in the ongoing assault, authorities said.Mohammad Ismail Hotaki, the......
MUMBAI: Fewer auspicious days later this year compelled Ramesh Phalke, an auto company employee in India's Maharashtra state, to hold his daughter's wedding in May. This bride was lucky because many......
PESHAWAR: Security personnel killed seven militants after a bomb attack on their vehicle left four soldiers dead and two others injured in Datakhel area of North Waziristan Agency on Friday night,......
ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan has reduced the interest rate to a 42-year low of seven per cent in order to spur economic activities.Announcing the monetary policy at a press conference here......
“3 Bahadur is not a film, it’s a movement,” says Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, when asked how the idea of the movie originated. “When we were young, we had Uncle Sargam, Ainak Wala Jinn etc. to relate to,......
Talk about extremism. There’s a group in India called the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) which has demanded that the Canadian actress of Indian descent Sunny Leone should be deported from India (and......
Even singer Atif Aslam may not have expected such a good response to his latest song Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main. Ever since its video was released on the Internet, which is a little over a week back,......
Last week we published in this column that the Imran Abbas starrer Abdullah was selected for this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Well, it turns out that the official communication was a little......
There you go. Another Pakistani getting a chance to display his talent in an Indian film! According to a showbiz source, film and TV actor Fahad Mustafa has been ‘approached’ by an Indian producer to......
It is always nice to see quality actresses graduating from stage and television to films. It shows gradual but assured artistic growth. Sanam Saeed, who has done a number of memorable roles in......
No, they are not the unlikeliest pair in the world. In fact, they both have quite a bit in common. For example, both of them are not awfully tall or muscular yet perform macho roles, and want Asian......
We thought, because he said so, that Ali Zafar was distancing himself from Bollywood to devote some time to his family and projects made in Pakistan, his homeland. It turns out that’s not the case......
For the past many months the voluptuous Bollywood babe Parineeti Chopra is in the news for reasons which have nothing to do with the success of her films (because she hasn’t tasted success in a......
After wading through the Rubik’s Cubesque visa form for India, we clamber on to the rickety PIA bus alongside a chap in a kurta, jeans and Ray Bans. The bus door flaps open like a caged bird while......
The maps are all red, yellow and pink; earthquake, flood risk and landslide. Turn the page to chapters on the hazard and risk profile of these disasters, and district after district is rendered in......
On Lahore’s Jail Road, opposite the Lahore College for Women University, a Doppler radar sticks out like a landmark. The radar is erected upon a tower which hosts the monitoring staff of the Pakistan......
In March, as the crow breeding season begins, fisherfolk of the Indus Delta get busy counting their eggs.“If the crows lay more than three eggs, the monsoons will bring good rains,” explains......
Make no mistake, the Pakistan film industry is making strides, albeit short, in becoming a global force to reckon with. Another evidence of it is the selection of a film Abdullah — The Final Witness......
The city of Hyderabad is famous for many reasons. It’s cool evening breeze, its Hala Naka mutton karahi, it’s rabri and its Bombay bakery cakes make it distinctive among other cities. It also doesn’t......
To start with, I am being provocative. It’s true that the music industry is struggling, and being a musician no longer carries the glamour it once used to. Yet bands are still around, they’re still......
It is difficult not to gush about Clouds of Sils Maria. French director Olivier Assayas has crafted here a beautiful looking and wonderfully acted metaphorical film that tells the skillfully written......
Being a repository of past events, history preserves the record of those individuals who played an important role in shaping the history of their time and are resurrected and used from time to time......
Dekh Magar Pyaar Say, declares the movie poster and it’s easy to comply when the hero is Sikander Rizvi.Tall, handsome and with the firangi fair looks that tend to leave us smitten, Sikander is......
Q) How do you rate the way the conflict has being covered? Some paint it as a sectarian war while others paint it as a proxy war.Brett: Yemen has been covered by international press in a way that is......
“It tastes horrible!” “It’s the latest super food.” “It’ll save your life but it tastes real bad!” are the reactions I got when I asked people on the internet where I could find kale in Pakistan.None......
Have you collected a lot of things over the years that you don’t know what to do about? Have you come to realise that it is time to clear up the mess and get rid of the unwanted stuff but don’t know......
Google has now become a part of just about everything we do online; starting from searching the web, using a Gmail account to searching for a location on Google Maps. It’s like a one-stop shop for......
They say that “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. That’s excellent advice: practical, encouraging and promoting an unwavering can-do attitude in the face of adversity. But why, I have often......
Dear Auntie, I am a single 30-something, who is the only child of a single parent. My mother was a working lady and she managed to give me quite a luxurious life growing up.Five years ago, my mother......
Q. I want to grow Physalis and Kiwi fruit. Can you please guide me where to get the plants?A. Presumably you wish to cultivate edible rather than purely ornamental Physalis in which case Physalis......
Over the decades, the project of defining art has received much attention in Western artistic and scholarly circles. In his essay, ‘But they don’t have our concept of art’, Denis Dutton points out......
The painting was originally known as ‘La Familia’ (The Family) when Diego Velázquez, a leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age, painted it in 1656, at the royal court of Spain. It was later renamed......
The Punjab Landscape Movement, initiated by Khalid Iqbal in the ’50s, has inspired powerful artists and retains its popularity today.A former student of Khalid Iqbal from the National College of Art,......
If one has to pick a single genre of art in Pakistan, that not only has made its mark in the national and international art circles but also attained eternal acceptance and popularity among the......
THE Quaid-i-Azam Library is the most prestigious library in Lahore and Punjab. It is meant to serve as a centre of reliable knowledge and to provide opportunity and encouragement for research......
THE International Day for Biological Diversity was observed the world over on May 22, with an objective to raise awareness about its importance and the threats it faces owing to the poaching, trade,......
A COUPLE of days ago I travelled from Islamabad to Lahore via motorway by a well-known bus service. We were served with some edibles intended to elevate their standard and sophistication in......
AS reported in the media, four persons belonging to an unknown militant group have been arrested, including the mastermind involved in the Safoorah Goth bus carnage. The remaining members of the......
THIS is apropos Muhammad Ashtar’s letter ‘Solid waste’ (May 22). But, as usual, like all other problems brushed under the carpet, this one will also meet the same fate. We can earn millions of......
THE Philippines has announced it is ready to help thousands of stateless seaborne stranded Rohingya people — did anyone feel shame on this humanitarian gesture from a poor Catholic country?Both......
SINDH is not able to meet the water needs of its tail-end growers during early kharif sowing, writes Muhammad Hussain Khan in his report ‘Water shortage at canal tail-ends’ (Dawn Business and......
SWABI: Awami National Party Khyber Pakhtunkhwa president Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has said that keeping in view the preparations and enthusiasm of the party workers the ANP would win the May 30 local......
PESHAWAR: The local lawyers on Saturday continued boycott of courts for the second consecutive day against torturing of their colleague by police officials and decided to continue their protest till......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief Nasir Khan Durrani on Saturday suspended seven police officials of Karak district over false entry in daily dairy report (roznamcha) and faulty investigation......
MARDAN: District and Sessions Judge, Mardan, Sajjad Khan on Saturday ordered the officials of city police station to register an FIR against the director and deputy director of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa......
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Saturday demanded of the federal government to unveil Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s share in the recent economic agreements worth $46 billion......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said the provincial government is developing viable alternative energy resources, and launching community driven micro hydel projects......
NOWSHERA: A woman and her son were killed, while another son and a brother sustained critical injuries when attackers opened indiscriminate fire on them in Badrashi area here on Saturday. Police said......
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that the federal government is trying to include Lahore in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and vowed to thwart all......
PESHAWAR: The family members of a former tribal senator Abdur Razaq narrowly escaped when a rocket hit his residence in Hayatabad Township on Friday night, police said.According to police, it was......
PESHAWAR: With thousands of contestants spending billions of rupees, canvassing for the upcoming local government elections has generated a huge economic activity in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Experts say......
MANSEHRA: There is a likelihood of 1,500 personnel of security forces helping the police maintain law and order in Mansehra district during the May 30 local body elections.“We have requested the home......
PESHAWAR: Despite announcement by Chief Minister Pervez Khattak to establish the first-ever hospice for the care of terminally ill cancer patients in the province, the health department has placed......
PESHAWAR: The Institute of Architects Pakistan has planned to organise a three-day national conference a local hotel on the role of architects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.IAP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chairman......
Vendors selling substandard food items and spurious drinks outside schools and colleges in and around Peshawar city are a common sight.Hundreds of such pushcart owners could be seen from morning to......
With all its historical splendour and ancient treasures, one of Swat’s most important archaeological sites, the Bir-kot-ghwandai, also known as the Bazira of Alexander the Great, welcomes everyone......
ISLAMABAD: A summery has been moved to the Prime Minister Office to ensure that the latest recommendations of Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) are strictly implemented to eradicate the crippling......
ISLAMABAD: Vice chancellors of public sector universities here on Saturday rejected the idea of public-private partnership campuses.Around 60 vice chancellors at a meeting held at the Higher......
ISLAMABAD: The newly established Islamabad Bar Council (IBC) on Saturday elected Shoaib Shaheen, a senior lawyer, its vice chairman.The lawyers of Islamabad on May 2, 2015 elected five members of the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Rawalpindi Zone on Saturday carried out a raid along with Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) at a house in I-8 sector.During the raid, grey......
ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of Japan hosted a performance by Sumie Kaneko at the National Art Gallery auditorium.Sumie is a trailblazer in musical innovation as she blends traditional Japanese music with......
“The government needs to come out with a proper explanation for the failure that caused the helicopter accident in Gilgit, which killed and injured ambassadors, their spouses and Pakistani pilots,”......
A homely party for diplomats and friends was hosted by Dr Piyus Singh and his wife, Counselor of the Indian High Commission, last Friday evening. The mid-career diplomats were from a number of......
The Austrian ambassador, Dr Brigitta Blaha, hosted a large-screen TV-viewing in connection with the spectacular Eurovision Song Contest taking place in Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna on Friday night.The......
RAWALPINDI: Two murder suspects wanted by Samanabad police were brought to Islamabad from Abu Dhabi after being arrested by Interpol on Friday.According to police sources, Mohammad Ashraf and......
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Raja Javed Ikhlas on Friday said solid waste was one of the reasons for the spread of dengue.Presiding......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have arrested outlaws from different areas of the city and recovered weapons, stake money and stolen property, police said.The Khana police raided Barma town and......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad’s love for creativity and networking came to life on Saturday evening when scores of young amateur and aspiring filmmakers came to attend the screening of the 60 Second......
ISLAMABAD: An ASI was suspended and served a show-cause notice after he made obnoxious gesture to a senior official of an intelligence agency, Dawn has learnt from police.The ASI, stationed at......
MUZAFFARABAD: The head of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Department of Inland Revenue has attended his office in Muzaffarabad only twice after assuming this position on deputation basis in June last......
LAHORE: ‘Laurels of Honour’, an event to honour those women who were given awards by the Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was held on Saturday at a local hotel.The event was organised for......
LAHORE: A Lahore-based lawyer says he is going to approach the Lahore High Court for staying execution of a condemned prisoner set for May 27 on the grounds that he was a juvenile at the time the......
LAHORE: The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has decided to run tubewells for 18 hours daily.“As complaints about water shortage are rising, we will rent generators for the tube wells lacking such......
SIALKOT: The Chenab Rangers handed over the dead body of an Indian woman that had floated into Pakistani territory to the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) on Saturday.Chenab Rangers Sector......
MULTAN: Eleven schoolchildren and a teacher were injured when the roof of their school collapsed on Saturday.Sources told Dawn that 37 students of class three and their two teachers were trapped......
LAHORE: The health department has not included an “important scheme” of the Fatima Jinnah Medical College/Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in the annual development programme (ADP), showing a zero “mercy”......
LAHORE: Reham Khan, wife of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, has vowed to work for the betterment of street children.Reham Khan, who was made ambassador for street children by the......
LAHORE: Four anti-terrorism courts (ATC) on Saturday convicted culprits in four different cases.In the first case, an ATC convicted four men found guilty of killing seven-year-old Yasir of Hanjarwal......
LAHORE: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) head Maulana Fazalur Rehman called on Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif here on Saturday.Matters of mutual interest, political situation and other affairs were discussed......
LAHORE: The Punjab Metro Transport Authority announced on Saturday keeping metro bus operational till 11:30pm on Sunday to facilitate cricket fans on the second T20 match between Pakistan and......
LAHORE: Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Khwaja Salman Rafique has said the government will provide land for the new campus of Services Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS) as Phase-II......
We have been frequenting the eatery ‘Kim’s’ from the days it was Hilton Lahore. Today the chefs of Avari Hotel are probably among the best in the city. To have a good meal the trick is to consult......
BAHAWALPUR: The patients admitted to the Constant Care Unit of Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) had to be evacuated late on Friday as the ward was filled with smoke after uninterrupted power supply......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The social security department seems to be least interested in completion of a hospital in Rahim Yar Khan as two years have passed since work on the project was stopped.The Rs90......
GUJRAT: The Sara-i-Alamgir Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) has made the Canal View Park along the upper Jhelum canal fully functional, making it the sole recreational facility for locals.Though......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Gojra’s Nishatabad police post constable and a Fesco employee were arrested from the DPO office on the orders of DPO Rana Shahzad Akbar on Saturday.Reports said that accused constable......
MUZAFFARGARH: A murder case was registered against a man and his 200 men who had clashed with a PML-N MPA and his associates over a land dispute on May 9 that resulted in the killing of a passerby,......
BAHAWALPUR: The 49th death anniversary of Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi (the fifth) is being observed here on Sunday.The district administration declares a local holiday every year as a mark......
She is born with an eye for finding beauty in mundane objects which we see everyday and just pass by. She frames them into strikingly beautiful photographs, playfully and comfortably.A self-taught......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement organised a big protest demonstration — second in a row — on Saturday against what it called the artificial water crisis in the city created by the Pakistan......
KARACHI: Another building is being constructed illegally on the premises of Jinnah Courts, as the temporary headquarters of the Pakistan Rangers has become a place where violation of heritage law......
KARACHI: As the ruling elite in Pakistan does not want to get affected by the tax system, the system impacts the less privileged segments of society. The prime minister paid a tax of Rs300,000 last......
BADIN: The Badin district and sessions judge on Saturday extended the interim pre-arrest bail of former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza and his 72 associates till June 2.The court had earlier granted......
DADU: A large number of power consumers took to the streets of Dadu on Saturday against alleged what they described as callousness of local power utility officials and some corrupt employees who,......
HYDERABAD: Sindh Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Jam Khan Shoro has said that the local government election will be held as per the relevant directives of the Supreme Court. The Pakistan Peoples......
SUKKUR: A three-year-old girl died and her parents as well as some other relatives fell ill after consuming toxic tea in Ghulam Mohammed Jakhrani village of Jacobabad district on Saturday.Area police......
HYDERABAD: Speakers at the 45th death anniversary of peasant leader Comrade Hyder Bux Jatoi called for land reforms and an end to oppressive feudal system to bring prosperity to peasants by making......
WE have already discussed in this column last month a split within the French Socialist party. The nationwide teachers’ strike that shook up France on Tuesday May 19 was another example of how the......
DUBLIN: Ireland has voted to introduce gay marriage by 62 per cent of ballots cast in favour and 38pc against, official figures showed on Saturday. Only one of Ireland’s 43 constituencies,......
BERLIN: A fire that ripped through a hotel in the German Alps on Saturday killed at least five people and wounded seven others, while another person was missing, police said.The fire began early on......
NICOSIA: Rival Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders took a stroll together on both sides of the divided capital’s medieval centre on Saturday to raise the feel-good factor as talks aimed at reunifying......
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s top Sunni cleric on Saturday branded a deadly attack on Shias a bid to sow chaos, after villagers targeted in the bombing vented their anger at what they saw as the......
TRIPOLI: Libyan authorities on Saturday arrested about 600 illegal migrants from African countries who were planning to sail to Europe, a coastguard official said.The migrants were rounded up during......
BEIJING: Over 50 people have been killed in China’s latest round of flooding. The toll includes two schoolchildren aboard a bus carrying more than twice its authorised passenger load that plunged......
BERLIN: A 65-year-old German woman, who already has 13 children, has given birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine, RTL television reported early on......
NEW DELHI: With 11 crucial MPs in the Rajya Sabha who could tip the balance in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s favour or mar his chance of pushing business-friendly laws by staying with the......
SACRAMENTO: California farmers who hold some of the state’s strongest water rights avoided the threat of deep mandatory cuts when the state accepted their proposal to voluntarily reduce consumption......
YANGON: A group of migrants recently rescued by Myanmar will be deported to Bangladesh, officials confirmed on Saturday, as the United Nations chief called on regional nations to prioritise saving......
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, battling the combined force of Hindutva and business tycoons he has taken on, summoned an emergency session of the state assembly on Tuesday to......
TOURS: As the Cannes Film Festival comes to a close, a more than century-old precursor to cinema’s ‘talkies’, the Chronomegaphone, will soon be available in France to the highest bidder.The device,......
WASHINGTON: Former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email account about the deadly attack on US diplomatic facilities in Benghazi that was later......
LAHORE: The Zimbabwe tour goes on smoothly with Pakistan taking an unbeatable 1-0 lead in the T20 series.With the greenshirts winning the first match by five wickets at the 27000-capacity Gaddafi......
LONDON: Kane Williamson’s century gave New Zealand a significant lead over England in the first Test at Lord’s on Saturday.New Zealand were 507 for eight at tea on the third day, 118 runs ahead......
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court directed on Saturday that charges in the infamous IPL 2013 spot-fixing case will be framed on June 29 and that it will accept written submissions from the accused till June......
PARIS: For years and years — a full decade, in fact — Rafael Nadal ruled the French Open the way no one had ever dominated any Grand Slam tournament, winning 66 of 67 matches and collecting nine......
BERLIN: SC Paderborn and Freiburg were relegated from the Bundesliga on the last day of the season on Saturday, while Hamburg clinched the relegation playoff spot and VfB Stuttgart stayed up.Daniel......
MONACO: Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton clinched his first ever pole at the Monaco Grand Prix when he topped qualifying times after a strong drive on Saturday to deny Mercedes team mate Nico......
SINGAPORE: Two men who launched challenges to Sepp Blatter for the leadership of world football body FIFA have been targeted in an attempted blackmail scam, a report said on Saturday.Prince Ali bin......
MADRID: Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira has accused the La Liga club of freezing him out by dropping him from the team after talks on a contract extension broke down even though he was fit to......
ISLAMABAD: Defending champions Army will face the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in the 14th National Men’s Netball Championship final here at Hamidi Hall of the Pakistan Sports Complex on Sunday.In a......
KARACHI: Centuries from Kithuruwan Vithanage and the in-form Kusal Perera enabled Sri Lanka ‘A’ to deny Pakistan ‘A’ victory in the final unofficial Test in Dambulla on Saturday, leaving the......
KARACHI: Top seed Amir Sarkhosh of Iran will start the defence of his crown when the fourth Asian 6-Reds snooker championship cue-off at the Iranian city of Kish Island on Sunday. The 6-Reds......
KARACHI: Mohammad Junaid hit a century and spinner Abu Hurraira snared a seven-wicket haul as Zone-VI annihilated Zone-IV by 196 runs in the Division-I fixture of the KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal......
KARACHI: Dera Murad Jamali made a solid response after Karachi made 315 in their first innings on day one of the three-day final of the PCB-Pepsi Cricket Stars U-16 Tournament in Faisalabad on......
KARACHI: Skipper Asmavia Iqbal produced a fine all-round performance as Omar Associates continued their winning spree in the 10th Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women’s Cricket Tournament here on......
KARACHI: Over 100 golfers — amateurs, seniors, ladies and juniors — are set to feature in an 18-hole Suzuki amateurs golf tournament which is being played at the Arabian Sea Country Club course on......
KARACHI: The Karachi City Sports Association (KCSA) will organise the third Karachi Games at various venues in the city from June 14-16.A meeting of the core committee of KCSA was held at a local......
LAHORE: A competitive card of six events has been drawn up for the second Lahore Summer Meeting which gets under way at the Racecourse here on Sunday,The current wave of hot weather gripping the......
KARACHI: Business leaders have supported the central bank’s decision to reduce discount rate by 100 basis points, saying that cheaper credit will induce private investment.The fourth consecutive cut......
KARACHI: Pakistanis remained in pursuit of real estate in Dubai in the first quarter of 2015 as third biggest amount of foreign property transactions $379 million came from Pakistani......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar gave a wide-ranging briefing to ambassadors, diplomats and leading business community on the business climate and investment opportunities in Pakistan, on......
KARACHI: Final notices have been issued to the public and private limited companies and modarabas that owe millions of rupees in professional tax to the Sindh government.These defaulters have been......
RIYADH: World will not need oil, admits Ali Naimi, the veteran Saudi oil minister while addressing the Business and Climate Summit last Thursday in Paris.He said: “In Saudi Arabia, we recognise that......
LONDON: Commodity markets diverged this week as traders balanced the strong dollar against supply concerns, while star performer cocoa hit seven-month peaks on output fears in key producer......
WASHINGTON: Discussions of US economic inequality usually focus on income inequality (as in the case of a CEO who makes 300 times as much as his workers do). But there’s another type that gets less......
TOKYO: South Korea called on Saturday for deeper cooperation with Japan on a China-led development bank, while Japan remained cautious about the lender, which it and ally the United States have held......
ISLAMABAD: The government has imposed a ban on the use of wooden packaging material for exporting perishables with effect from May 20, 2015.Through a notification, the Ministry of National Food......
KARACHI: Steady conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Saturday as sellers refused to dispose of their stocks at current prices. The undertone remained steady and firm.Floor brokers said that......
SOUTHERN SHUNEH: Bring more Arab women into the workforce, invest in “bite-sized” infrastructure projects and get the private sector more involved in training young job seekers — these are the......
WASHINGTON: Whatever you call the new sector built on “platforms” that allow independent workers to find individual clients — think Uber, AirBnb, Taskrabbit, etc — you’ll probably acknowledge that......
KARACHI: The cut of 100 basis points in the interest rate was surprising for many stakeholders as they see money flowing from bank accounts towards equity, property, gold and other markets in the......
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific has strongly urged the regional countries to formulate a roadmap to support the implementation of the development......
KARACHI: Four suspected bandits were killed in a shootout with police in Railway Colony area here on Saturday.Officials said after receiving a complaint that armed bandits were snatching cash and......
QUETTA: Workers and supporters of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) held a demonstration here on Saturday in protest against the alleged extra-judicial killing of 20 people during a......
GWADAR: A man was shot dead in the coastal town of Pasni in Gwadar district late on Friday night, police said.Murad Jan was going home when armed men on a motorcycle shot him dead.Police shifted the......
KARACHI: In less than a week after The New York Times broke a story against the parent company of a media conglomerate, veteran journalists like Kamran Khan and Azhar Abbas called it a day at the......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court restrained police on Saturday from arresting estranged PPP leader Dr Zulfikar Mirza till Monday or registering new cases against him without the court’s permission and......
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has decided to fill all posts lying vacant in different departments and address the problem of unemployment in the province.The decision was taken during a two-day......
GWADAR: Armed men attacked the house of Balochistan Health Minister Rehmat Saleh Baloch in Panjgur town on Saturday evening.Police said unidentified armed men hurled three grenades into the......
NEW DELHI: India is going for intelligence-backed “targeted kills in (India-held) Kashmir” while militarily dominating the Line of Control with Pakistan, forcing a 30 per cent decline in both......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Saturday that a decision had been taken to seek legal assistance from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Interpol for......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain removed Muhammad Akhtar Buland Rana from the office of auditor general on Saturday, according to an announcement by the finance ministry.A notification issued by......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has termed the report of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on the Model Town incident “shocking” and said that it was the “height of......
“IT’S a patriarchal society and everyone is very narrow-minded when it comes to women,” said Sara Afridi, a 22-year-old schoolteacher from Jandool, Lower Dir. “I wanted to vote in the by-election but......
Till the early 1940s, the All India Muslim League (AIML) was still far from being the sole political representative of India’s Muslims. The Muslims of the region — who constituted about 20 per cent......
These are difficult times for Saudi Arabia. A new king has recently taken the reins of power and is in the process of consolidating his rule. Meanwhile, the kingdom has launched a war against Yemeni......
It took six full years without cricket at home to unite this country. The T-20 game at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday was accompanied by chants of joy and expectations across Pakistan and so......
AS the fighting season in Afghanistan opened, the hopes generated during the early months of the Ashraf Ghani-led unity government have visibly dissipated. The Afghan Taliban have launched a series......
The high point was the lawyers’ movement and the first restoration of Iftikhar Chaudhry. TV news had come of age in Pakistan. The low point came immediately after — Lal Masjid and the wretched......
IN 1868, Iowa Supreme Court Judge John F. Dillon articulated America’s legal doctrine on local government — Dillon’s rule that “Municipal corporations owe their origin to, and derive their power and......
