KARACHI: In his stimulating talk at Karachi’s Habib University, Dr T. C. Raghavan, the High Commissioner of India in Pakistan, spoke quite exhaustively on History and Diplomacy: Contextualising......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday held a public gathering in Peshawar despite imposition of section 144 of the criminal procedure code (CPC) in the city,......
Like father, like son. Rahul Singh, a distinguished journalist, has inherited his love for Pakistan from his legendary father Khushwant Singh.Hiding behind distinguished Indian journalist Rahul......
DUBAI/KUWAIT: Saudi Arabia has designated two senior officials of the Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah group as terrorists, alleging their involvement in conflicts in Syria and Yemen and......
GUJRANWALA: Police have lodged two first information reports (FIR) against 52 individuals allegedly involved in the May 25 lawyers' protests following the Daska shootings ? where two lawyers were......
PESHAWAR: The federal government handed over two mobile vehicle scanners to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s administration on Wednesday, police sources confirmed.Sources said the scanners were lying in trucks......
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Pakistan should be the last institution to make public its ranking of universities.The commission is directly responsible for funding research and providing......
ISLAMABAD: Taking strong exception to the statement made by Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar about sponsoring terrorism to counter terrorism, the Senate's Standing Committee on Defence......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday dismissed a writ-petition that sought annulment of the results of the PK-95 by-election on the merit that women voters were not allowed to cast......
PESHAWAR: Nine security personnel sustained injuries Wednesday in two separate Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts in Mohmand Agency.The first blast occurred in Safai tehsil when an IED exploded......
Salman Khan is not behind bars. Some call it a godsend, others a travesty of the law. Regardless, Sallu has been living it up the best he can.So how exactly has he been enjoying his freedom?1. He's......
SYDNEY: The appointment of Trevor Bayliss as the new England coach will make Australia's job of winning the Ashes series much harder, his Australian counterpart Darren Lehmann said on Wednesday.The......
VATICAN CITY: The Irish vote to allow same-sex marriage was a “defeat for humanity”, a senior Vatican official has said in the first high-level reaction from the Holy See to last week's landmark......
UKHIYA: The traffickers spun stories that were unimaginable to their listeners, many who hailed from tiny Bangladeshi villages where almost no one earns more than a few dollars a day.First, there......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting at Prime Minister House here today.Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)......
Baraf Paani — A Karachi Love Story offers a simple yet pleasing glimpse of Karachi life. Written and directed by Hamza Bangash and produced by Zoha Shakir, the play was the highlight of the ‘I Am......
When it comes to entertaining at home, deciding on what to do for dessert can often be an agonizing process, ending with you serving something store-bought instead of home-made.Any dessert recipe......
KOLKATA: In an unprecedented development, India has appointed its first transgender college principal in the state of West Bengal, said a report published on the Times of India (TOI).Manabi......
HYDERABAD: More than 1,100 people have died in a major heatwave sweeping India, authorities said Wednesday, as forecasters warned searing temperatures would continue.Southern India has borne the......
GENEVA: Six football officials were arrested in Zurich early Wednesday upon request from US authorities, suspected of receiving bribes worth millions of dollars, Swiss authorities said.The New York......
HOUSTON: Torrential rain left much of central Texas swamped Tuesday after savage weather killed at least 28 people in the United States and Mexico, and Houston's mayor warned more deadly flooding......
KARACHI: At least three policemen, including a sub-inspector and two constables, were killed and another wounded early on Wednesday when unidentified attackers opened fire on a police mobile van in......
SHIKARPUR: The district returning officer of the NA-202 (Shikarpur) constituency on Tuesday declared Pakistan Peoples Party’s Aftab Shaban Mirani successful after the re-checking of rejected votes of......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Tuesday claimed to have killed six Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan suspects, arrested a wounded suspect and recovered a child who had been kidnapped for ransom......
KARACHI: As police gathered information without making any breakthrough in the investigation of the Monday heist, the private bank on Tuesday vowed to follow the rules set by the State Bank of......
APROPOS the letter (May 17) the State Bank of Pakistan would like to share its views on the issues highlighted in it. The practice of seniority-based promotions has long been abandoned by the bank.......
IT is interesting to note that the creation of new provinces is supported by all political parties, including the PPP, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Pakistan Muslim League -N, Pakistan Muslim League-Q,......
THIS refers to media reports (May 19) that shortfall of electricity has risen to 4,700 MW and which would further rise with increase in temperature.The recent MoU between the PEC and the HEC must......
I AM a Pakistani professional working in Oman for the last more than five years. Early in the morning if you take a stroll in the embassy area (Madina-tul-Haq) of Muscat city, a long queue is visible......
The federal government has funded the Lahore Orange Line metro to the tune of Rs162 billion but failed to provide the promised 50per cent share for the Rs27 billion K-IV water supply project for......
THE issue of May 23 carried two letters to the editor that highlight the pathetic condition of roads and blocked sewerage drains in Karachi.University Road is in a deplorable condition. This......
THE previous government had given much relief to people in all sectors. The current government should also follow in the footsteps of the previous government to give some relief to the people.All......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan said on Tuesday that the federal government was responsible for the delay in completion of major projects like Lowari Tunnel in Khyber......
SWABI: For the first time in the history of Swabi district, women candidates for the upcoming local government elections are seen busy in door-to-door campaign to secure votes.In the past, women in......
PESHAWAR/MANSEHRA: A condemned prisoner, Shamsul Islam, will be hanged early on Wednesday (today) here at the Peshawar Central Prison.The prisoner, who was a prayer leader, had been charged with......
MINGORA: Hundreds of hepatitis patients in Swat district have complained about shortage of medicines in Saidu Teaching Hospital (STH), and appealed to the provincial government to provide the same......
PESHAWAR: Like other parts of the country, lawyers boycotted courts and staged demonstrations in Peshawar and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against the killing of two legal practitioners in Daska......
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Medical Association, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Tuesday warned that administrative changes at government teaching hospitals in the province was tantamount to committing contempt of......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) on Tuesday claimed that it had reduced loadshedding by two hours on 219 feeders of the province where the overall losses were comparatively......
PESHAWAR: Robbers on Tuesday deprived a money changer of Rs5.7 million at gunpoint in Shah Qabool area here.Gul Zaib, money changer in Sarafa Bazaar, said that he was near his house in Shah Ghazi......
PESHAWAR: “Let them eat cake,” a famous quote attributed to the bride of France’s King Louis (XVI) when she heard that peasants had no bread to eat for the wrong or right reasons suits well to how......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) on Tuesday arrested an additional secretary of finance department on charges of making illegal appointments in the social welfare department......
ISLAMABAD: As a strong heat wave continues to take its toll on the Indian plains, Pakistan is not under any immediate threat from the scorching sun, possibly because of the constant inflow of cool......
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has urged the government to allow internally displaced persons of Fata to go back to their homes before Ramazan.The JI chief stated this while talking to a......
SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s young candidates could pose a serious threat to survival of seasoned politicians in the Saturday’s local body elections in Swabi district.The most interesting......
KARAK: Awami National Party-Wali (ANP-W) provincial president Fareed Khan Tofan on Tuesday alleged that the government had planned to rig the local government elections on a large scale.He was......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday filed an application seeking suspension of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) decision restoring Chaudhry Rashid Ahmed as chairman Pakistan Electronic Media......
RAWALPINDI: A teenage girl, found hanging in her house in Pirwadhai on Tuesday, was suspected to have been killed.SI Masood Ahmed who was leading the investigation into the case told Dawn that her......
ISLAMABAD: On Tuesday, the federal capital gained two more police stations to fight crime - but to the loss of men and resources of the existing 20 stations.“At least for now,” said police sources......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is a county with a diverse culture but unfortunately its cultural space has been challenged in the recent years. So it is time to support Pakistan’s culture in order to ensure......
ISLAMABAD: Tobacco companies use urea compounds to add addictive flavours to their products, which shows how much hazardous the tobacco can be. This is done to increase brand loyalty of smokers......
ISLAMABAD: Burglars and auto-thieves struck at three different places and made off with cash and valuables, police said here on Tuesday.Some burglars broke into the shop of Mohammad Sayed, located in......
ISLAMABAD: Lawyers observed strike in various parts of the country and boycotted court proceedings to protest the killing of two lawyers in Daska.The two lawyers, including president of Daska bar,......
MURREE: Police are searching for a man who allegedly uprooted 11 benches installed at Kashmir Point near the house of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and sold them at a scrap shop.Assistant Commissioner......
ISLAMABAD: Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) has sought allocation of Rs1.54 billion for 17 projects under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) in the upcoming budget.The......
As the Axact fake degree scandal continues to make headlines, it has also brought to the fore the problem of unrecognised degree awarding institutions that are currently operational across the......
RAWALPINDI: Punjab’s home department has raised a threat alert for VVIPs after receiving intelligence warnings that they could be targeted by Taliban militants.Official communications seen by Dawn......
ISLAMABAD: In a huge exhibit spanning three display areas, the Annual Degree Show of the National College of Arts (NCA) Rawalpindi represents the culmination of the art school experience for more......
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed the officials concerned to keep him updated on the progress of final touches being given to the metro bus project in the twin......
MUZAFFARABAD: The federal government has assured Azad Kashmir (AJK) that it will meet its fiscal needs for the development budget during the next financial year.This was claimed by the AJK government......
RAWALPINDI: Due to the lack of a proper waste management system in the civilian-populated areas of the Rawalpindi cantonment, the residents fear the spread of ‘dengue’ prior to the monsoon......
LAHORE: A number of officials on Tuesday kept the Lahore Fort closed for tourists reportedly for two hours in protest against the government for shifting its administrative/functional control to the......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said there is no justification to take law into hands and damage public and private properties.“The elements damaging public property are not doing any......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Three coaches of Peshawar-bound Khushhal Express reportedly derailed in the precincts of Umer Kot police station, Rajanpur district, on Tuesday.No casualty was reported.According......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Bank staff and passersby captured a gunman on Tuesday for trying to snatch money from a man at an ATM cabin on Tehsil Office Road in Gojra.Staffers told reporters Afzal, of Bilal......
MULTAN: Punjab Governor Malik Rafique Rajwana said on Tuesday that he would recommend Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to grant the status of a university to the Nishtar Medical College.He was......
GUJRANWALA: Two suspected robbers were killed in an alleged police encounter in the Model Town area on Tuesday. Both were wanted by police in various cases.They had robbed two persons, identified as......
FAISALABAD: Experts have expressed concern at the decrease in pulses production in the country as farmers are ignoring this product and diverting to other crops.The concern echoed at a seminar titled......
FAISALABAD: Two death row prisoners were hanged in the central jail here on Tuesday.Iftikhar Ahmed had gunned down Allah Rakha, his brother Ramzan and relative Ashraf in 2001 in Model Town.Second......
MIANWALI: Camel owners in the district are concerned over a mysterious disease that has reportedly claimed some of their animals and affected a large number of them.District Coordination Officer......
GUJRAT: Executive District Officer (EDO) Health Dr Ijaz Haider, declared guilty of misconduct by the inquiry committee, has sought reconstitution of the committee while questioning the authority of......
SAHIWAL: If Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) is behind spreading sectarian violence and terrorist attacks in Pakistan, it must be countered with the same force.Prof Hafiz......
LAHORE: The PPP on Tuesday held a demonstration outside the press club against the killing of lawyers in Daska.Led by PPP central Punjab President Manzoor Wattoo, the workers chanted slogans against......
LAHORE: A Sectors Commanders Conference was held at headquarters of Pakistan Rangers presided over by Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) Director General Major Gen Umar Farooq Burki.According to a press......
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has slammed the killing of two lawyers in Daska in targeted police firing, and called for a thorough look at the police modus operandi to ensure......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s meat exports have risen from $14 million in 2003 to $240 million last year but the figure can still multiply very quickly if the country can respond to sensitivities of......
LAHORE: The Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture had to close down its commercial theatre after the venture proved unsuccessful and it invited sharp criticism by writers and intellectuals,......
SIALKOT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader and former governor Chaudhry Sarwar attended the funeral prayers of two lawyers on Tuesday in Daska who were killed by a police official.After the......
LAHORE: The two-day 8th Vasakh International Documentary Film Festival will open at Ali Auditorium on Friday.The festival has been organised by teh Interactive Resource Centre (IRC), a......
LAHORE: Two murder convicts were executed at the Kot Lakhpat Jail early on Tuesday.The jail authorities had received death warrants for Muhammad Shakil and Sher alias Nawab Din after their mercy......
LAHORE: A group of 350 students and faculty members from the Lahore University of Management Science (Lums) visited the Corps Headquarters here and met Corps Commander Lt-Gen Naweed Zaman.According......
LAHORE: The regional police officers’ (RPOs) conference reviewed on Tuesday the implementation on the National Action Plan (NAP), restructuring of traffic police, settlement of pending promotion......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly, which is about to enter its third year on May 29 during the five-year tenure, surpassed its performance of the first parliamentary year, with the passage of 41......
SUKKUR: Sukkur police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested the prime suspect in the Nov 29, 2014 assassination of the then Sindh secretary general of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl Dr Khalid Mahmood......
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Dr Sanaullah Abbasi has observed that usually criminal investigations are 100 per cent tampered with by policemen on the basis of caste, creed and......
HYDERABAD: Lawyers observed a boycott of court proceedings across Sindh on Tuesday on a joint call given by the Supreme Court and high courts bar associations and bar councils to protest the killing......
HYDERABAD: Relatives of two death row convicts met them in the Hyderabad central jail on Tuesday. They could meet again today (Wednesday) for the last time.The convicts’ black warrants were issued on......
HYDERABAD: PPP Senator and member of the Senate standing committee on water and power Aajiz Dhamrah has slammed the alleged corrupt officials of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) and......
HYDERABAD: The Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) has raised objections over the ranking of universities as announced by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and expressed......
KARACHI: Rejecting the unconditional apology of the inspector general of police and other senior officials for the siege of the Sindh High Court on May 23 on the occasion of Dr Zulfikar Mirza’s......
KARACHI: Helmet-wearing has been declared mandatory for motorcyclists, including pillion-riders, in the metropolis from June 1, the traffic police said on Tuesday.Legal action would be taken against......
KARACHI: Provincial health authorities on Tuesday confirmed the year’s first death caused by dengue virus, and identified a boy of Orangi Town as the victim.Officials in the provincial dengue control......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Tuesday that he had taken some tangible measures to improve the overall water supply in the bulk and distribution system.“I have taken......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah will perform the ground-breaking ceremony of the K-4 water project on June 10 for which all arrangements have been completed.Sindh Local Government......
KARACHI: A suspected gangster having ties with the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army was killed in an alleged encounter with Rangers in Pak Colony on Tuesday.Officials said that the paramilitary......
KARACHI: Two books titled Reimagining Karachi — Perspectives and Reimagining Karachi — Memories on the different historic facets of the city was launched at a hotel on Monday evening at an event......
KARACHI: Experts at a symposium discussed hazards posed by radiation to healthcare workers and agreed on the need for adequate safety arrangements at health facilities to avoid any possible dangers......
KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation staff carried out an anti-encroachment operation in Gulistan-i-Jauhar and reclaimed a 2,500-square-foot amenity plot reserved for parking by demolishing the......
KARACHI: Tobacco use has emerged as a serious health challenge in Pakistan that now stands among the top four countries of the world with rapid increase in tobacco market.This was stated by experts......
DUBLIN: Europe must do more to help migrants crossing the Mediterranean, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday ahead of a visit to Brussels, as a planned EU naval operation awaits UN Security Council......
LOS ANGELES: Egyptian-born film legend Omar Sharif, star of such classics as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ (1962) and ‘Doctor Zhivago’ (1965), is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, his agent said on......
KABUL: Heavy gunfire and explosions echoed through an upscale neighbourhood in Afghanistan’s capital late on Tuesday night, as police surrounded a guesthouse thought to be under attack by......
MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who is on bail over a deadly hit-and-run 13 years ago, was granted permission on Tuesday to travel to Dubai for a movie awards ceremony, reports said.The......
BEIJING: A fire at a nursing home in central China left at least 38 people dead, officials said on Tuesday, with bodies burned beyond recognition and wheelchairs reduced to charred frames.The fire......
ISTANBUL: Turkey and the United States have started training moderate Syrian rebels on Turkish territory to prepare them to fight the self-styled Islamic State (IS) militants, the Turkish foreign......
WASHINGTON: The United States encouraged the Iraqi forces on Tuesday to expel the rebels from Ramadi as the country’s deputy prime minister also questioned his troops sudden collapse in the rebel......
UNITED NATIONS: More women and children have been used as suicide bombers in Northeast Nigeria in the first five months of this year than during the whole of last year, according to reports collated......
SYDNEY: A Sydney mother has abandoned her two children and fled to Syria for a new life with the self-styled Islamic State group, becoming one of more than 100 Australians who have joined the......
TEHRAN: Iran said on Tuesday it had foiled a cyber-attack on the Islamic republic’s oil ministry, and that those behind the hacking attempt were based in the United States. The Fars news agency cited......
HONG KONG: A teenage leader of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests was turned away at the airport on Tuesday when he tried to enter Malaysia, which said he has been blacklisted.Joshua Wong said the......
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s general election looks likely to push Tayyip Erdogan’s dream of an all-powerful presidency further from his reach, and usher in a period of turbulence as its most divisive modern......
AZROU: The cedar tree, considered by many to be Morocco’s national treasure, is coming under attack from climate change, greedy humans who indulge in illegal logging, and monkeys.The noble conifer......
LAHORE: Top-order batsmen helped Pakistan earn their highest ODI total at home as they posted 375-3 in the three-match series opener against Zimbabwe at the Gaddafi Staduim on Tuesday.With all the......
LAHORE: Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman Wilson Manase has declared Pakistan ‘safe’ for international cricket after two matches of the five-game tour and urged Test-playing nations to revisit their......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan on Tuesday hailed the great spirit shown by fans since international cricket returned after a six-year hiatus, promising to gradually......
LONDON: England turned to the old enemy in an attempt to restore national pride as Trevor Bayliss became the first Australian to be appointed head coach of the team on Tuesday.With an Ashes series......
PARIS: Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal eased closer to a French Open quarter-final showdown Tuesday but women’s tour poster girl Eugenie Bouchard was a first-round casualty as top-seeded Serena......
ZURICH: FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday he is confident of securing a new term as head of world football and slammed what he called the “negative influences” that he said threaten the......
ROME: AS Roma qualified for the Champions League group stage in the best possible style on Monday, booking their place with a last-gasp 2-1 win over neighbours and bitter rivals Lazio in a fiery Rome......
MADRID: Upon sacking Carlo Ancelotti as Real Madrid coach, club president Florentino Perez offered the solace that the 10th boss of his reign in charge will be named next week.Moments later when......
BERLIN: Top Germany stars Manuel Neuer, Thomas Muller and Toni Kroos were notable absentees as Joachim Loew named his squad for a friendly with the United States and a Euro 2016 qualifier with......
NEWCASTLE: European Ryder Cup Captain Darren Clarke has stuck to a winning formula in announcing no changes to the 2016 European Team qualifying process.Clarke confirmed he will stick with the......
LONDON: The road to Europa League success is renowned for being one of football’s greatest slogs, making it all the more impressive that holders Sevilla stand on the brink of lifting the trophy for a......
KARACHI: Pakistani cueists completed their engagements in the fourth Asian 6-Reds snooker championship which reached the semi final stage at the Iranian city of Kish Island on Tuesday.According to......
KARACHI: Spinners Fawad Khan and Faraz Ahmed Khan shared 15 wickets between them to help Zone-VI inflict a nine-wicket defeat on Zone-III in their opening fixture of the PCB Senior Inter-district......
KARACHI: Zone-I and Zone-IV shared honours in their KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal divisional cricket fixtures after each won one game at the Pak Star Ground here on Monday.In a low-scoring Division-I......
ISLAMABAD: Hockey coach Shahnaz Sheikh on Tuesday urged the Inter-provincial Coordination Ministry (IPC) and Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) to grant the long due cash rewards to the national team......
ISLAMABAD: The country’s sports federations came to the rescue of hockey with the national game hit by acute shortage of funds and at risk of missing out participating in the 2016 Olympic......
LONDON: The English Football Association says it has charged Ipswich midfielder Teddy Bishop with multiple breaches of its betting rules.The 18-year-old Bishop plays for Ipswich in the League......
ISLAMABAD: The 1st SNGPL All Pakistan Ranking Tennis Championships 2015 will be held from from June 7-12 at the grass courts of the Cosmopolitan Club, Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore.Country’s top players......
LONDON: New Zealand will not let their tight loss to England in the classic Test at Lord’s lessen their resolve to keep playing aggressive cricket, captain Brendon McCullum said.New Zealand’s batsmen......
LONDON: Britain’s banks have in recent years paid a third of the corporation tax they were paying less than a decade ago despite a rebound in profits, a study showed on Tuesday.The study comes as......
NEW YORK: They’re not Hollywood stars, they’re not TV personalities and they don’t play in a rock band, but their pay packages are in the same league.Six of the 10 highest-paid CEOs last year worked......
LONDON: The first financial trader to face prosecution accused of rigging global benchmark interest rates went on trial in London on Tuesday, following a scandal that cost banking giants billions in......
ISLAMABAD: The commerce ministry has proposed zero-rating for major exportable products in the next budget.The major exportable items are textile and clothing, sports, surgical, leather goods and......
KARACHI: Banks’ locker-holders are disturbed over the incidents of lockers breaking, which deprive them of their valuable holdings while they get nothing or peanuts in the name of compensation.Since......
KARACHI: Local cigarettes are being sold in black ahead of the budget 2015-16.Many brands, such as Gold Leaf and Marlboro, are being sold at higher rates.A Rs100 packet of Gold Leaf is being sold at......
ISLAMABAD: Belarus has expressed interest to undertake joint ventures in private sector for military-related manufacturing and assembling endeavours, besides setting up plants to assemble automobile......
KARACHI: The market turned bearish on Tuesday as the KSE-100 index plunged by 196.87 points (0.60 per cent) to 32,510.35.The celebrations over the higher-than-expected discount rate cut lasted for......
Amazon starts declaring sales to pay taxesPARIS: Online retail giant Amazon said on Tuesday it has started declaring sales in four European countries which would now be subject to local taxes, a move......
LONDON: The world’s rich donor nations must increase their overseas aid budgets and reverse the trend of declining funding for the poorest countries in order to meet a global goal of ending poverty......
PARIS: Former Mexican Finance Minister Angel Gurria was re-elected secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Tuesday, giving him a further six years to press......
LAHORE: Punjab’s textile industry, reeling under rising cost of doing business and energy shortages, has urged the government to restore the industry’s zero-rating status.In a statement on Tuesday,......
ISLAMABAD: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) president has acknowledged problems in its ATM operations, but blamed it on the obsolete IT system which he hoped would be upgraded by July.“There are......
WASHINGTON: A slowdown in smartphone sales in China is cooling the global market for the devices, research firm IDC said Tuesday.The market tracker said global smartphone sales will see a rise of......
NEW YORK: Charter Communications Inc, the No. 3 cable TV operator, offered to buy No. 2 Time Warner Cable Inc for $56 billion on Tuesday but immediately ran into questions about whether regulators......
KARACHI: Cotton prices came under pressure on Tuesday as buyers withdrew to the sidelines. Dismayed over the Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) Act, 2015, spinners have reduced their......
BEIJING: China’s yuan currency, which Washington has long alleged was manipulated, is “no longer undervalued”, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.The value of the yuan, also known as the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has urged the European Union (EU) to relax travel restrictions imposed on the country because of increasing incidence of polio.During a meeting with a German parliamentary......
ISLAMABAD: The procedure of appointment of superior court judges introduced through the 18th Amendment came under severe criticism on Tuesday and a petitioner termed it illegal, unconstitutional and......
KARACHI: Four suspected gangsters were shot dead in encounters in Manghopir and Lyari areas on Tuesday night.According to officials, Rangers raided suspected hideouts of Lyari gangs in......
ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) issued on Tuesday directive for removal of the name of Farooq Bhoja, the Director of Bhoja Airlines from the Exit Control List......
QUETTA: Speakers at a seminar have said that the country has to improve its human rights situation to increase exports to Europe and get maximum benefit of the European Union’s Generalised Scheme of......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s protest over death sentence for former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and over 100 other activists has upset the Egyptian government.The Egyptian foreign ministry summoned......
KARACHI: DawnNews reported late on Tuesday night that the Federal Investigation Agency had taken Shoaib Shaikh, the Chief Executive of the Axact information technology firm, into custody.An FIA......
QUETTA: The Central Committee of the National Party criticised the federal government for not taking the Balochistan government and NP leadership into confidence on the China-Pakistan Economic......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that his government would take strict action against a group or party which had armed wings.Talking to delegations of Ahle Sunnat Wal......
QUETTA: Security forces on Tuesday claimed to have arrested four people allegedly involved in the Sunday’s bomb attack on a convoy of President Mamnoon Hussain’s son in a village near the industrial......
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court suspended on Tuesday transfer of Sohbatpur Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Aslam Raisani and directed the provincial chief secretary not to take any decision on the......
ISLAMABAD: Amid strong protest by provinces against federal government’s decision to withdraw funding for provincial health and education projects, the Planning Commission recommended on Tuesday a......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expressed concern on Tuesday over the plight of the Rohingya and asked the Myanmar government to ensure the fundamental rights of the persecuted Muslim community.“The current......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif cautioned his economic team on Tuesday against setting unrealistic targets for the next financial year, 2015-16. He was chairing a budget strategy meeting for......
LAHORE, May 26: A career-reviving century by Shoaib Malik and substantial knocks by three other batsmen steered Pakistan to an emphatic 41-run win against Zimbabwe on Tuesday as the Gaddafi Stadium......
LAHORE: The Milli Yakjehti Council (MYC) has decided to monitor Friday sermons in mosques to limit clerics or prayer leaders to deliver speeches on the subject of morality and humanity alone as......
LAHORE: Violent protests by lawyers against law-enforcers over the killing of the Daska Bar Association president and his colleague continued on Tuesday as the black coats attacked the Punjab......
ISLAMABAD: A judicial commission investigating allegations of rigging in the 2013 general elections is likely to decide on Wednesday whether it should allow the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)......
KABUL: Four Taliban insurgents armed with assault rifles and a grenade launcher stormed a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital overnight and held out for hours until they were......
KARACHI: A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against seven individuals including Axact director and CEO Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh as well as a UAE-based company, Federal Investigation......
THERE is no doubt that the signs were there all along. The tragic loss of life in Daska was the unavoidable culmination of smaller confrontations between the police and the lawyers over the last many......
A RAID by the tax authorities on an ‘investment exhibition’ being held in Karachi shows that the government might be getting serious about netting some of the big fish allegedly engaged in......
THE message for the Shia Hazara community in Balochistan is clear. There is no place for them outside the walls of their guarded enclaves in Quetta; for outside those walls lurks death at the hands......
OLD allies turning foe is not a rare phenomenon in our political culture. Politics and vendetta go together. But the spectacle of masked police commandos in civvies beating up the supporters of......
“IT was painful to see the state chair of gold of late lion of the Punjab ... with a mere picture upon it, shawls without babes, musical instruments without a Hindu player, jezails and swords without......
PAKISTAN’S economic growth has been faltering for many years. In this environment, recent gains reaped by the economy due to a turnaround in agricultural production have gone unnoticed. Last year,......
THERE are inevitable differences as well as inescapable similarities between the refugee crises that have lately been brewing simultaneously in the unforgiving waters off southern Europe and......
LAHORE: Shoaib Malik hit his first century in six years to help Pakistan outbat Zimbabwe in the first day-night international by 41 runs in Lahore on Tuesday, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match......
