LAHORE: The third and final day-night international between Pakistan and Zimbabwe ended as a no result in Lahore on Sunday after play was ended by a sandstorm followed by rain.Zimbabwe, chasing a......
LAHORE: A top Zimbabwe cricket official Sunday expressed delight in contributing to the revival of international cricket in Pakistan after a six-year hiatus, hoping it will open more doors for their......
GUJRANWALA: PML-N's member of Punjab Assembly (MPA) Rana Shamshad was shot dead along with his son and a party worker in Kamoki on Sunday evening.According to DawnNews, the Punjab legislator was on......
CAIRO: In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on bomber planes and soldiers but on white-turbaned clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt's......
It has been a while since we heard any news about Dr. Hassan Waqas Rana's Yalghaar but it appears that the director-producer is now venturing into the much-talked-about sequel of blockbuster Waar.......
GENEVA: United States Secretary of State John Kerry broke his right leg in an accident while cycling in the Alps near Scionzier, France, on Sunday and is returning to the US, his spokesman said.He......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday lashed out at the federal government and former president Asif Ali Zardari for labeling Mian Iftikhar Hussain’s arrest in......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police said they will press murder charges on Sunday against the owner of a garment factory that collapsed and killed more than 1,100 people in 2013, the worst industrial disaster......
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani demanded tough action from Pakistan against Afghan Taliban militants in a letter seeking greater anti-terrorism cooperation, after facing strong public criticism......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz on Sunday said that Pakistan's acquisition of nuclear power "smashed India's dreams".Aziz was addressing......
QUETTA: A shutter-down strike and day of mourning was observed today in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan to protest the killing of bus passengers in Mastung late on Friday.All shops and business......
DUBAI/RIYADH: Human Rights Watch on Sunday published new evidence alleging a Saudi-led coalition is using internationally banned cluster bombs in Yemen, urging it to stop such attacks that were......
ISLAMABAD: When Taliban militants stormed a school in Peshawar last December, killing 150 people, mainly children, in the country's deadliest terror attack, comic book creators Mustafa Hasnain,......
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: Awami National Party (ANP) central general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain was arrested on Sunday after the killing of a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) activist in Pabbi area of Khyber......
Brain injury gives woman new interests!A FORMER Colorado rancher, Leigh Erceg who lost all memories of her life with a 2009 traumatic brain injury but build up new interests in art, poetry and......
AS summer vacation has started, why don’t you also embark on a long journey to have fun around the world? You can easily do it while sitting comfortably in your armchair by exploring amazing photos......
THE ‘Ancient Astroanut Theory’ has been a topic for many a debate and discussion for decades if not centuries. Numerous books have been written on it and quite a few age-old and unique artefacts that......
“Ouch! Stop pulling my hair, let go! You can have the lunchbox, please let go,” Adil said as Umar, another boy, snatched his lunch.It was recess time in the school, my friend Adil was weeping loudly.......
FRIENDS, I am sure most of you know that Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) is an important agency of the United Nations. The main objectives of Unesco are to......
In the beginning of the takeover, the military leadership was in a position to uphold the 1973 Constitution as the law of the country. But it soon discovered that it was difficult to rule without any......
Summer camps Ask a parent / guardian how they came to their decision on choosing a particular summer camp and the standard response is: activity type, time and cost. Rarely do you hear parents......
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Hi Auntie Jaan I am a 24-year-old girl working in a multinational company, I was in school when my father passed away and my mother has worked really hard to bring me up as I am the only child. She......
In a recent op-ed piece for the Guardian, influential environmentalist George Monbiot gave horrifying details about the appalling conditions of the poultry industry in Britain. Apart from the......
Having received countless questions about easy, organic, methods of pest control and requests for details of how to make low-cost, organic fertilisers at home, this week’s column is devoted to these......
Technically the good simply became better in Saqib Mughal’s current series “Zindan-i-Khayal” shown at Koel Gallery, Karachi, recently. Refining his existing signature with greater precision, cohesion......
Katsushika Hokusai painted ‘Under the Wave off Kanagawa’ (Kanagawa oki nami ura), polychrome woodblock print; ink and colour on paper, (10 1/8 inches x 14 15 /16 inches) in 1830-32 which is......
Artists of the De Stijl movement believed that linear abstraction and a controlled palette could create a universal visual language. Abid Hasan’s new body of work at the Full Circle Gallery, Karachi,......
The dynamic relationships between art galleries, the artists, private collectors and public institutions play an essential role in today’s art world. Galleries support emerging artists by funding......
The story of ’92 Cricket World Cup is engraved onto the hearts of every cricket-lover and almost every Pakistani.The highlights, clips and footages, the ‘cornered tigers’ phrase and T-shirt, the two......
What makes 3 Bahadur different from other movies produced in Pakistan is the fact that it was an underdog from the moment it was conceived.Not many believed that the Academy Award-winning director......
Ever since Pakistan’s tumultuous birth in 1947, much has been said and written about the topic of ethnic nationalism(s) in the country. This has always been a thorny and controversial subject because......
At the 2009 UN climate summit held in Copenhagen, a scandal called “Climategate” engulfed the scientists when unknown hackers stole emails from the server at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the......
Language is a repository of social and cultural values and traditions. It reflects ideas, concepts, sensibilities and the mindset of a society. Literature in a certain language indicates its richness......
Now if this was Bollywood, Ali Kazmi would have a different story. Being the son of veteran actors Sahira and Rahat Kazmi, he would have had a big banner project lined up for his launch, followed by......
Oh boy, to say that this is unbelievable would be an understatement. The beauty with oodles of attitude Katrina Kaif can play chess. Says who? Well, not Katrina K, but actor Aamir Khan.Recently Aamir......
These days the bhai jaan of Indian cinema, Salman Khan, is playing it cool. Not even the recent court verdict on his infamous hit-and-run case has managed to fluster him. Add to this his fan......
The heroic story of two pilots, the Pakistani-American father-son duo Babar Suleman and Haris Suleman, who lost their lives in a plane crash while trying to raise funds for education in Pakistan,......
After successful foray into the film world, actor Moammar Rana has decided to move behind the camera in order to provide the requisite fillip to the nearly resurgent Pakistani film industry.The cast......
King of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan has health issues that just don’t seem to go away. First it was his shoulder that a few years back kept him away from his profession, and now it’s his left knee.Last......
Happy Birthday to our very own Meera! We are wishing her because last week she celebrated her birthday with a fair degree of fanfare, as was shown by the media. However, Meera dear, once again, did......
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Mad Max: Fury Road gives you wings. I returned home at exactly midnight after viewing the post-apocalyptic action film. Blood still pumping, I did the laundry, vacuumed the floor, read through my......
David Letterman, the man who, in the words of the always spunky Julia Roberts, brought intelligence to the world of television talk shows, the man who turned humour into an off-beat art, did his last......
Lalee was born in captivity. Her parents were haris (landless peasants) who tilled the land for an Umerkot landlord. As she discovered, her life was scripted to be all about a farm too. When she was......
Protection of Women Act-2006, Anti-Rape Bill-2014Before the introduction of the Protection of Women Act-2006, thousands of women languished in jails on unproven charges of adultery. “There was no......
Despite having long known and respected Ahmad Ali Khan, in reviewing this book one simply wanted to learn, most of all, about the author, in his own words. And perhaps about oneself as well. Because......
At a London gathering a few nights ago, I heard a fellow-Karachiite complain: “There are so many books for children in English, but when I tried to find similar stories in Urdu for my daughter, there......
Romesh Gunesekera, born 1954, left Sri Lanka at the age of 12 for the Philippines. He moved to England in 1972, and has stayed there since. His first book Monkfish Moon, a collection of short stories......
It is not too far-fetched to say that Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, the critic, would have surely approved of Faruqi, the writer. By the looks of it, he writes with the critic in mind, and if it happens to......
India and China have also been underscoring the transformative potential of subregional cooperation in the field of tourism. It is easy to understand why. The subregion presents a postcard collage......
THE National Action Plan (NAP) in accordance with the 21st amendment to the constitution of Pakistan was the result of massive carnage at the Army Public School Peshawar on Dec 17, 2014.The NAP and......
THE penny finally dropped: the PML-N realised the importance of taking all stakeholders on board, and also the futility of claiming the laurels solo.When reminded earlier to take the chief minister......
THIS is apropos Zubeida Mustafa’s article ‘Save Karachi’ (May 29) and the frequent show of concern by most learned and senior children of the city, especially under the recent endeavour ‘I am......
PAKISTAN is facing major issues of energy, security, and socio-economic development. However, to ensure any concrete improvement, our leaders must realise and recognise the importance of......
MAY I congratulate Dawn for an absolute, if inadvertent, truism about the value of the few citizens like myself that pay taxes in Pakistan?On the front page of the May 27 issue in the lead story,......
THIS is with reference to the article ‘The mysterious ideologue on Jinnah’s left’ (Smokers’ Corner, Images, May 24) by Nadeem F. Paracha.The article is indeed well-researched. However, the last......
THIS is apropos the proposal by a real estate tycoon for establishing a welfare project for businessmen. Mere statements are paperwork.Those who proclaim to be philanthropists must pay their taxes,......
WE have been observing inconsistency in our educational system, as we have Urdu medium curriculum for one class of our society and English for another.Besides, we have religious curriculum for yet......
SOME journalists refer to the people from Hazara as ‘Hazaras’. The correct name is ‘Hazaravaal’.Abid ShaikhKarachiPublished in Dawn, May 31st, 2015On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple......
MANSEHRA: Three people were killed and another sustained critical injuries when an oil tanker plunged into the Indus River in Kohistan on Saturday.The incident happened at Ichar Nullah when the......
KOHAT: The city’s only slaughterhouse is in a state of disrepair and there is no lighting system there, though the slaughtering of animals is carried out from 11:00pm to the time of morning prayers.......
KHAR: Houses of eight militant commanders were razed in different areas of Bajaur Agency on Saturday.According to officials, a joint search and clearance operation was launched in Mamond, Khar and......
SWABI: Union leaders of government departments and government employees have demanded merger of adhoc relief in salary with basic pay in the upcoming financial budget.The federal budget 2015-2016 is......
LAKKI MARWAT: Lakki Marwat Deputy Commissioner Ihsanullah Khan has sent two officials of revenue department on compulsory retirement after charges of tampering revenue record were proved against......
NOWSHERA: The JUI-S and PML-N reportedly announced boycott of voting while election was postponed on four polling stations in protest against alleged ‘rigging and mismanagement’ by the provincial......
PESHAWAR: A number of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa women, who turned up at polling stations to exercise their right to vote during the local body elections on Saturday, seemed to lack knowledge of the polling......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak held the Election Commission of Pakistan responsible for mismanagement and violence during polling process across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday.In a statement......
PESHAWAR: At least 55 people, including two women, were wounded in scuffles among supporters of candidates at various polling stations in the provincial metropolis during the local government......
ISLAMABAD: Despite being reinstated by the court as chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), Chaudhary Rashid Ahmed has been told by the authority’s executive director......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-Epa) has cancelled the licence of a company and issued warnings to two others for dumping hospital waste with the municipal throwaways.The......
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions judge (DSJ) on Saturday imposed Rs500 fine on Babar Awan for not submitting reply on an application filed by the former chief justice (CJ) Iftikhar Mohammad......
ISLAMABAD: The Sabzi Mandi police are hunting for a taxi driver who allegedly raped a university student.The police said on the complaint of the victim a case had been registered against the accused.......
Lost in the hum-drum of everyday life, most of us do not stop to appreciate the people who work to make our lives more comfortable. Indeed, those responsible for many of the basic amenities we take......
When Argentina on May 25 celebrated its 205th independence day, the First National Day of Government of Argentina, it was a festive day for all.The blue and white colours of the flag were depicted in......
ISLAMABAD: A number of events were held in the federal capital in connection with the World No Tobacco Day to be observed on May 31.A large number of citizens gathered in front of the National Press......
ISLAMABAD: Micronutrient deficiency among children is a matter of great concern and it should be addressed by the provinces jointly.This was said by Ayub Sheikh, secretary Ministry of National Health......
“There is always something special about neighbours,” said a Pakistani guest at Azerbaijan’s national day reception in Islamabad.The day, Respublika günü, the Republic Day, is celebrated in......
ISLAMABAD: Four-day Margalla Sports Festival started at F-9 Park cricket ground on Saturday.Acting High Commissioner of Australia Jurek Juszczyk was the chief guest at the ceremony.Office-bearers of......
Although, the centuries-old Urs at Bari Imam shrine has not taken place since 2008, the number of devotees visiting the place has not dwindled.Every day, hundreds of people visit the shrine of Shah......
LAHORE: The Concerned Citizens of Pakistan (CCP) has condemn government’s negligent attitude towards fellow citizens.In the wake of massacre of 21 bus passengers in Mastung, the CCP said in a press......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf Punjab Assembly members on Saturday held a demonstration outside the assembly to protest reinstatement of Rana Sanaullah as law minister.Led by Mahmoodur Rashid, the......
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways will run a special train between Karachi and Lahore to facilitate families desirous of traveling between the two provincial capitals ahead of summer vacation in educational......
LAHORE: A male puma died on Saturday at Lahore Zoo, said Zoo officials.The puma named Moti, was nine-year-old and brought to Lahore Zoo from Karachi back in 2009. He had been sick for the last four......
BAHAWALPUR: Muhammad Moavia, an activist of militants’ group allegedly involved in Safoora Chowrangi (Karachi) bus massacre, was shifted to Karachi from Bahawalpur, it is learnt.The intelligence......
LAHORE: The election tribunal on Saturday summoned the Nadra chief for cross-examination in NA-122 alleged rigging case.Lawyers of National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and PTI chief Imran Khan......
LAHORE: The legal fraternity continued protest on Saturday against Daska killings.At a general house meeting of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, its president Pir Masood Chishti said the......
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the murder of at least 21 passengers of two Karachi-bound buses in Mastung district on Friday and demanded that the killers should......
KASUR: A groom committed suicide just hours after his marriage at Rakh Jhok village on Friday night.The wedding procession of Usman Haider reached home at Rakh Jhok village from Mandi Faizabad on......
OKARA: Three alleged gunmen were shot dead when their accomplices tried to get them free from police custody on Saturday near village Jithiana village, Gogera. The gun battle also left four police......
GUJRAT: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid leader Pervaiz Elahi has said people belonging to all walks of life are protesting but the PML-N remains unconcerned.“Policemen are on strike in Daska and the......
BAHAWALPUR: In the English declamation contest for schoolboys, Owais Aziz and Hafiz Waleed were adjudged first and second while in girls Mahnoor and Rida Fatimah won first and second positions,......
SAHIWAL: The body of a 14-year-old seminary student was found at the central graveyard of Chichawatni on Saturday.City police said the boy was molested and strangled to death.The deceased, of Ghafoor......
When visiting Shinwari Restaurant a few weeks ago, I had mentioned the famous, and much larger, Yasir Broast eatery in Johar Town opposite the Shaukat Khanum hospital. To them I returned after a......
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan launched two documentaries on Saturday at the Dorab Patel Auditorium.Chief guest was Danish Ambassador Jesper Moller Sorensen who said the......
LAHORE: A 10-member delegation of scholars led by Ye Hailin, editorial director of South Asian Studies of China Academy of Social Sciences, a Chinese international research institution, met Chief......
LAHORE: A woman was shot dead allegedly by her rivals in Essa Nagri, Shadbagh, on Saturday.Police said Fehmeda, 32, was asleep when Mubashir, Bhoola, Parvaiz and Raheem entered her house after......
His romance with common people and their movements dates back to his early childhood when his father would send him with homemade glue and a bag full of posters to be pasted on the walls of......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has promoted over 500 medical officers and women medical officers to BS 18 as senior medical officers and senior women medical officers.These medics were awarded......
LAHORE: The Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (Inmol) organised a seminar on Saturday to observe the World No-Tobacco Day to highlight health risks associated with the tobacco use.Many......
LAHORE: A meeting of officials of Wapda, AJ&K government and Nespak on Saturday reviewed measures taken for rehabilitation of Mirpur-Kotli road near Khaliqabad Chowk.The meeting was attended by AJK......
KARACHI: A young resident of Orangi Town on Saturday became the sixth victim of the deadly Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, this year in Sindh, officials said.Mohammad......
KARACHI: Eight employees of the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) were on Saturday arrested and booked for rioting in the health facility.The employees, members of the Paramedics Staff......
KARACHI: The provincial government on Saturday issued a notification of a two-member committee formed by the chief minister to probe the violation of the sanctity of the Sindh High Court on May 23......
KARACHI: Parliamentarians, government officials, trade unionists, police and civil society members at a policy dialogue on Saturday called for amendments to the Bonded Labour Abolition Act, 1992 by......
THATTA: A woman, her son and their driver were killed when the car they were travelling in collided head-on with a coaster near Gujjo town on the National Highway on Saturday .Ms Marvi, along with......
MIRPURKHAS: A judicial magistrate recovered in a raid a man illegally detained at the official residence of the SHO of town police station in Police Lines here on Saturday.Judge Mohammad Bux Chang......
HYDERABAD: A fire that broke out in a flat on the fourth floor of a dilapidated building in the Fakir Ka Pir locality killed 10-month-old twins on Saturday.Mobeen Khokhar, the father of the female......
KARACHI: The interim pre-arrest bail of former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza and his associates was on Saturday extended by different courts in five cases.In addition to the bail extension, an......
KARACHI: Commissioner of Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui has directed the deputy commissioners to close all swimming pools in the city which have not been chlorinated according to the safe......
KARACHI: The preliminary lists of delimitation of constituencies will be announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan on June 10. Earlier these lists were scheduled to be released on May 30.The......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has released Rs120 million to the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board to upgrade its five major pumping stations to ensure their uninterrupted operation.Chairing a meeting......
ALEPPO: Barrel bombs dropped from regime helicopters on Saturday killed more than 70 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo, while government forces in neighbouring Iraq retook an area west of the......
INDIANOLA: Hundreds of people filled a church in the Mississippi Delta for the funeral of B.B. King, who rose from sharecropper in the area’s flat cotton fields to worldwide fame as a blues singer......
BRUSSELS: The European Union hit out on Saturday at a travel ban imposed by Russia on 89 European citizens, calling it “totally arbitrary and unjustified”.The formerly undisclosed list was revealed......
BEIRUT: The self-styled Islamic State on Saturday demolished a prison in the Syrian city of Palmyra, a monitor said, eliminating what was for decades one of the country’s most feared detention......
DALLAS: Heavy rain was pounding Dallas on Saturday as US authorities searched for 11 people still missing in the record-setting storms that have submerged highways and flooded homes across Texas.At......
SINGAPORE: The United States on Saturday called for an immediate end to China’s intensifying reclamation works in the South China Sea and vowed to continue sending military aircraft and ships to the......
ROME: The Italian coastguard said it had coordinated the rescue of about 4,200 migrants sailing across the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, but also found 17 corpses on several of the rickety......
DUBAI: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, on bail over a deadly hit-and-run 13 years ago, performed in Dubai on his first overseas public appearance since his conviction earlier this month.Arriving at......
TOKYO: A magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan on Saturday, shaking buildings in Tokyo, but there was no danger of a tsunami and no reports of damage since the quake was......
HYDERABAD: Showers and thunderstorms in parts of southern India on Saturday helped eased a weekslong summer heatwave that has claimed nearly 2,000 lives.The intense heat, however, was expected to......
WASHINGTON: US law enforcement agencies have prevented a potential clash between anti and pro-Muslim protesters outside a mosque in Phoenix, Arizona.On Friday night, about 250 mostly armed......
VIENNA: With the top US and Iranian diplomats meeting in Geneva one month before a deadline for a historic nuclear deal, demands for UN inspections of Iranian military bases appear to be becoming a......
THE scene is set in Wellende Old Hall, the “magnificent stately old pile” that has been the family seat of the Temples for centuries. But the crime novel by the granddaughter of Jane Austen’s nephew......
LAHORE: Pakistan and Zimbabwe will be taking the field in the final One-day International of the three-match series at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Sunday with contrasting aims at the back of their......
ZURICH: FIFA president Sepp Blatter came out fighting on Saturday as he began his fifth term in charge of football’s governing body, implying that the US timed the announcement of a major corruption......
LEEDS: Alastair Cook became England’s highest-ever run-scorer in Test cricket when he broke the record of batting mentor Graham Gooch during the second Test against New Zealand at Headingley on......
LAHORE: Sri Lanka Cricket interim-committee chief Sidath Wettimuny and a member of that committee Prasanna Jayawardene held a meeting with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar M. Khan over......
LEEDS: Alastair Cook became England’s top run-scorer in Test cricket and was on course for a record-extending 28th century as he and Adam Lyth propelled the team to 163-0 by tea on day two of the......
KARACHI: The Pakistan delegation has indicated its support for the president of world’s football governing body Sepp Blatter.And while almost the whole of Europe along with the US, Australia and a......
PARIS: Grand Slam old guard Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray put next generation hopefuls Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios firmly in their place on Saturday with comfortable French Open third round......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s senior string thrashed Hong Kong 3-1 to qualify for the semi-final of the third Asian Team Event snooker championship at Kish Island, Iran, on Saturday.Last year’s losing......
KARACHI: Jaahid Ali and Faraz Ahmed Khan played major roles in guiding KCCA Zone-VI to an eight-wicket victory over Zone-II in the Karachi Region event of the PCB Senior Inter-district Cricket......
NEW YORK: Britain’s Amir Khan took a unanimous decision victory on Friday over American Chris Algieri in a welterweight match-up, then called out unbeaten Floyd Mayweather for a world title......
ISLAMABAD: Top-ranked Mohammad Muzammil outplayed Aman Atiq in the U-18 Junior Ranking Tournament final of the PTF Development Series here at the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Complex on......
EUGENE (Oregon): Britain’s Mohamed Farah pulled away on the final lap to win the 10,000m at the Eugene Diamond League athletics meeting on Friday in a season’s best time of 26min 50.97sec.Farah,......
KARACHI: A six-member team of Champion Hunt Initiative Programme for Squash (CHIPS) left here for Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to compete in the Malaysian Junior Open Squash Championship being held at......
KARACHI: KGA Gymkhana will take on Shameel Cricket Club in the final of the first Angelo Lopes Memorial cricket tournament at the KGA Gymkhana Ground here on Sunday.The 20-over match will start at......
LAHORE: A card of six races will be gone through during the first day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.In view of the mercury shooting up high turning the weather......
ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has called upon countries of the Asia Pacific region to invest heavily in agricultural research since the scope for......
JAKARTA: A slide in the Philippines’ economic growth to its weakest in three years wraps up a slew of dismal data from Southeast Asia and adds pressure on governments to unleash some of their fiscal......
DUBAI: Sukuk issuance by governments around the world is expanding, helping to bring Islamic finance into the mainstream. But in one respect, the sovereign issues are proving a disappointment: they......
WASHINGTON: Christine Lagarde’s people say China’s currency is no longer undervalued. Jacob Lew’s argue it still is. There’s a lot at stake in the debate: The yuan can’t gain status as a global......
WASHINGTON: Smartwatches such as the Apple Watch are designed to keep us from being glued to our smartphone screens all day. But even with their bite-size messages, are these new gadgets still too......
WASHINGTON: If there was any time for American consumers to feel good, it would be this moment. Job growth is brisk. Paychecks are finally nudging up. And a surprise drop in gas prices has given the......
TOKYO: Japan aims to step up financial support to promote investment by Japanese companies in African mines by accelerating bilateral meetings with each African country to bring more mining projects......
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Freight Forwarders Association (PIFFA) on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bahria Foundation for the establishment of first transhipment......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has for all practical purposes set the US dollar rate at Rs103.20 for the open market and assured currency dealers unlimited supply of the greenback at Rs103......
ISLAMABAD: No consensus could be reached between the government and the textile sector representatives on Saturday on the issue of zero-rating or proposed tax measures ahead of budget 2015-16.Finance......
KARACHI: The government’s claim of record improvement in power generation and zero load-shedding in industrial sectors got a reality check on Saturday as data showed import bill of power generating......
LAHORE: As Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is going to acquire some six A320 planes on dry lease next month, questions are being raised about the airworthiness of the five French-built ATR-72......
KARACHI: The federal government will cancel licences of all the units using small fish in manufacturing of chicken feed. The Sindh government has been directed to crack down on such factories.In this......
RIYADH: With oil prices rebounding from the lows, a drop in US rig count signalling a decline in shale output and the possibility of non-Opec producers working in tandem with Opec to stabilise the......
LONDON: Oil prices sank this week to one-month lows on the back of the strong dollar and global supply glut fears, ahead of the Opec cartel output meeting next week.The rising greenback makes......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking abolition of the death penalty in Pakistan on the grounds that miscarriage of justice is bound to happen in the presence of an ineffective......
ISLAMABAD: Wary of the experience of the 2013 general elections, the National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee (NJPMC) rejected on Saturday a request made by the Election Commission of Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has expressed satisfaction over the conduct of local bodies elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.“ECP expresses its satisfaction at the end of the......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly adopted a condolence resolution on Saturday, condemning killing of bus passengers in Mastung on Friday night and terming it a conspiracy to pit members of an ethnic......
QUETTA: Twenty of the 22 passengers killed in Mastung on Friday night were identified and bodies were handed over to heirs on Saturday.Later, they were buried in their native towns.The unidentified......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch and Leader of Opposition in the provincial assembly Maulana Abdul Wasey said on Saturday that an all-party conference would be held in Quetta......
QUETTA: The Baloch Republican Party (BRP) condemned the massacre of 22 bus passengers in Mastung district and termed it an inhumane act.In a statement on Saturday, the BRP spokesman said that killing......
From Glutian Morr on Daska Road, a 10km length of half tarmac, half dusty and broken road will take you to the ancestral home of Rana Khalid Abbas in Seikhwan village.A large canvas canopy has been......
GENEVA: Tehran rejected a key Western demand for site inspections on Saturday just as US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart launched crunch talks to secure a nuclear deal ahead......
PESHAWAR: The largest local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s history were held on Saturday amid sporadic incidents of violence, mismanagement and complicated balloting that left voters......
LAHORE: Zimbabwe’s cricket authorities announced on Saturday that they had decided to go ahead with the third and final match of the one-day series, putting to rest apprehensions about its......
ISLAMABAD: The government and the military on Saturday used Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) headquarters for a briefing on security matters, especially......
QUETTA: The death toll in the Mastung carnage rose to 22 after security personnel carrying out a search operation found three more bodies on Saturday.Gunmen on Friday kidnapped about 30 people from......
THE gruesome trend of killing people on the basis of their ethnic or religious affiliation in this country shows no sign of abating. The latest incident in this regard is the killing of over 20......
THE government wants the State Bank to devise a strategy to boost housing finance in the country as part of its plan to provide “dignified houses for the downtrodden” in the country. This is a......
PUNJAB has just sworn in two ministers. One of them is a well-known expert in her area and is holding the crucial finance portfolio.But if this is deserving of a laudatory comment, the task has to be......
THE alleged involvement of educated youths in Karachi’s Safoora Goth massacre has once again ignited the debate on growing extremism among educated and higher-income groups.As expected, the media......
THE Sindh government hasn’t been able to run its schools. Affordable private or subsidised NGO-run schools can’t pick up the slack entirely simply on account of scale. That is why the government......
IN September 1995, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted, in which the international community reaffirmed its commitment to equal rights and the inherent human dignity of......
