ISLAMABAD: IT began with soaring rhetoric and ended on a prayer. The finance minister began his budget speech on time, and opened it by lavishing praise upon himself. “The economic performance we......
KARACHI: A group of United Nations human rights experts, in a last ditch effort, urged the Pakistani authorities on Friday to halt the execution of Shafqat Hussain — scheduled for June 9, 2015 — who......
NASIRIYAH: Tareq Aziz, who served as the voice of Saddam Hussein's regime, died in Iraqi hospital Friday aged 79 after many years of poor health as a convicted prisoner, a provincial official......
Nearly three decades ago, when I was born in Islamabad, the capital was nothing like it is today.There were no coffee shops, no enclaves of the elite or those of diplomats, not even as many sectors......
PESHAWAR: Eight of the 10 men supposedly convicted and jailed for attempting to murder Nobel Peace Prize winner and education activist Malala Yousafzai were actually cleared, officials said on......
This Independence Day, audiences in Pakistan will have the chance to witness a cinematic love letter to the motherland.Directed by Jami, Moor (pronounced 'Mor' and alternatively used for 'mother' and......
Pakistan's star all-rounder Shahid Afridi and spin wizard Saeed Ajmal are set to face off in the T20 Blast, the Friday evening clash between Northants Steelbacks and Worcestershire Rapids receiving......
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Friday approved the budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 (FY2015-16), with a total outlay of Rs4.313 trillion, which is 9.1 per cent higher than the revised 2014-15......
LONDON: England and Somerset wicketkeeper/batsman Craig Kieswetter has been forced to retire due to an eye injury, he announced on Friday.The 27-year-old South Africa-born player was left with vision......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehkreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Friday that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Revenue Minister Ali Ameen Gandapur is being politically victimised and that he had appeared at a......
PARIS: Serena Williams plays Lucie Safarova in the French Open final on Saturday and the odds, on paper and also by the statistics, are hugely in the American's favour.Only the top seed's fragile......
Amitabh Bachchan never hesitates to speak his mind. Lauded for his role as the grumpy father in Piku, the actor maintained that Hollywood wasn't the only industry where aged actors continued to play......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif has arrived in Colombo on a four day official visit to Sri Lanka.He was received at the Bandaranaike International Airport by Sri Lankan Army Chief......
When a woman is denied a can of diet coke aboard a United Airlines flight for being a Muslim, we know we’re facing no ordinary news item; we have a veritable litmus test sifting out the raging......
KARACHI: The central president of the banned Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) Aurangzeb Farooqi was arrested near Taxila on Friday, the party's secretary general told Dawn.ASWJ Secretary General Allama......
It's that time of the year, the time for Telenor Bridal Couture Week! The three-day regal event kicks off today, with an impressive line-up, which includes big names like Hassan Sheheryar Yasir (HSY)......
WASHINGTON: Hackers broke into US government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees, and investigators were probing whether the culprits......
NEW YORK: United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on Thursday praised Pakistan as 'one of the most consistent and effective providers of troops and police for the UN', for their service......
KARACHI: As strange as it sounds, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon seems to think that free outdoor WiFi may be the answer to Karachi's many woes.The announcement appears to be an attempt to......
KARACHI: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-2) on Friday handed over Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) Rabita Committee member Amir Khan to the Azizabad police on a one-week physical remand.Security......
MUMBAI: Food group Nestle has withdrawn Maggi noodles from sale in India due to “an environment of confusion for consumers”, following a food scare sparked by reports of excess lead in some packets......
PESHAWAR: At least four policemen, including Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Kulachi Zahoor Khan, were injured on Friday in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera......
KARACHI: Investigators probing the first attack claimed in Pakistan by the Islamic State group believe a notorious local sectarian group may have carried out the massacre as it seeks to expand its......
ROSEAU: Adam Voges scored a century on his debut as Australia built a 132-run lead over the West Indies in the first Test in Dominica on Thursday.Voges, 35, became the 20th Australian to notch a......
“Tum kuch nahi lay kay jaa saktey. Yeh sab saman hamara hogia hay (You’re not taking anything. All of this stuff is ours now),” the young man threatened.Our landlord’s slight son trying to appear......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan ruled out sharing its nuclear weapons with Saudi Arabia, insisting Thursday that the atomic arsenal would continue serving solely for the country's national defence even as world......
IT was terribly shocking to observe that on a very short notice all so-called public representatives got together on May 19 for a special session of the National Assembly on a single agenda item,......
THROUGH these columns I would like to draw the attention of the senior management of K-Electric that we, the residents of Block-2, Gulistan-i-Jauhar, have been facing the immense problem of irregular......
THE army chief meets the prime minister once every week to brief about the army operation against terrorists. It is an irony that the civilian government is not implementing the 20-point National......
THIS is apropos the news item ‘Pakistan will not sign NPT, says foreign secretary’ (June 3). The stand taken by our foreign secretary in the US is commendable. He has very rightly safeguarded......
ONE child died in the hospital last week when JPMC and NICH doctors were on strike. Don’t these doctors have their own children?Does anyone in this country realise the agony of the parents who took......
Illegal parking lots have emerged on Raja Ghazanfar Ali Road, from Hotel Sarwan to Baloch Ice-Cream and on Daudpota Road, Saddar .Such parking lots are hindering traffic flow on adjoining roads and......
LAHORE and other cities were in the grip of fear and tension following the killings of lawyers. The incident was another reminder of our police culture.People across the country condemned the......
RAWALPINDI Cantonment was launched in the 1960s. Its existence is not known to most people as there are no signboard and lane numbers to identify. Problems faced by visitors, Rescue 1122, police,......
ISLAMABAD: The biggest challenge in lifting the growth rate of the economy is in the industrial sector. Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) growth slowed down to 2.5 per cent during July-March 2014 -15......
ISLAMABAD: Despite a massive cut in tax exemptions this year, the total amount of foregone revenue on account of these exemptions jumped rapidly this year.The Pakistan Economic Survey 2014-15 shows......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s public debt increased to Rs16.936 trillion during the first nine months (July-March) of this fiscal year from Rs15.99tr last year, the provisional figures of the economic survey......
KARACHI: Stocks resumed the rally on Thursday with the KSE-100 index up by 177.12 points (0.52 per cent) to cross 34,000-level after about four months. The index had last seen that level on February......
ISLAMABAD: Agricultural sector posted a growth of 2.9 per cent during 2014-15 as compared to 2.7pc last year.It was, however, lower than the target of 3.3pc.According to Pakistan Economic Survey......
KARACHI: The import of second-hand clothing continues to thrive despite falling inflation during the outgoing fiscal year, official data released on Thursday showed.The trend hints at pressure on the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways (PR) is undertaking steps to increase its share in the overall transport sector from 4 per cent to 20pc, the economic survey 2014-15 said on Thursday.The Ministry of......
KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) provided return of 13.75 per cent to the investors during the first ten months (July-April) of 2014-15, the economic survey showed on Thursday.The return is......
LAHORE: Telecom operators on Thursday urged the government to withdraw its decision to impose extra taxes on the telecom sector in the forthcoming budget.“Taxation on telecom sector in Pakistan is......
KARACHI: The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) has expressed its reservations over the government’s intent to impose sales tax on raw cotton in the federal budget 2015-16 for generating more......
KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $17.028 billion during the week ending May 29 compared to $17.494bn the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Thursday in anticipation the ringgit will continue to retreat and on market talk the world’s biggest edible oil consumer India will ramp up......
LONDON: Gold prices fell on Thursday, shrugging off early weakness in the U.S. dollar and hitting five-week lows as robust U.S. economic data fed expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise......
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday cut its 2015 growth forecast for the United States and called on the Federal Reserve to put off a rate hike until conditions are......
LONDON: Growth in natural gas demand will slow to an average 2 per cent a year globally over the next five years, largely due to weaker than expected Asian markets, the International Energy Agency......
PESHAWAR: The meeting of Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP), chaired by additional chief secretary Dr Hammad Owais Agha, on Thursday approved 16 projects worth Rs7.35 billion.The meeting was......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government expects around Rs22 billion shortfall in the current budget’s revenue receipts as so far during the ongoing fiscal, it has received Rs18 billion less from......
PESHAWAR: An accountability court here on Thursday convicted a female former pension payment clerk of the Peshawar General Post Office (GPO) of possessing illegal assets and sentenced her to 14-year......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade vice chairman Senator Mohsin Aziz on Thursday said the provincial government was committed to launching the bus rapid transit project in......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Local Government Inayatullah Khan has rejected the allegations regarding involvement of provincial government in irregularities during the recently held......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has formally approved construction of two-level flyover at Phase-III square of Hayatabad-Jamrud Road that is named as Bab-i-Peshawar (gateway of......
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party has opposed dissolution of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in the wake of complaints about rigging the local government elections and asked Election Commission of Pakistan to......
MARDAN: As many as 88 political activists, including a newly-elected member of the district council, were arrested after indiscriminate firing by supporters of the winning and losing district council......
PESHAWAR: Rejecting a review petition of the National Accountability Bureau, the Peshawar High Court on Thursday upheld its earlier order about the non-summoning of one retired and five serving......
LAKKI MARWAT: More than 3000 women voters were deprived of their right to cast vote at different polling stations in Titterkhel ward during the local government elections, claimed the losing......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday dismissed two identical petitions of around 80 civil judges seeking participation in the examination for vacant posts of additional district and sessions......
KOHAT: Responding to allegations of violation of code of conduct by the police during the local government polls, district police officer Mohammad Sohaib Ashraf has asked the local political leaders......
LAKKI MARWAT: A man was killed and another sustained bullet injuries in firing during a musical concert, held at the hujra of Shafqatullah Khan, the PTI district councillor-elect, in Khoidadkhel area......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar called upon Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to recognise the literary services of the late nationalist Pashto poet Andesh Shamsul Qamar.The seminar was organised by......
ISLAMABAD: “The metro bus project may have been implemented first in Lahore, but the Islamabad metro is far more beautiful,” exclaimed a zealous newsreader on the national broadcaster during coverage......
ISLAMABAD: The inspector general (IG) of the capital police on Thursday assured the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to extend full security to the city managers in case they launched an operation against......
ISLAMABAD: A handcuffed suspected auto-thief escaped from the police custody from the premises of the district and session courts here on Thursday, police said.The accused wanted by the capital......
ISLAMABAD: Former president Pervez Musharraf claimed that PML-N leader Zahid Hamid, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz and former chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar “implemented and executed” the......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain addressed rows upon rows of empty seats at the joint session of parliament on Thursday. Had the quorum been pointed out, the session would have been suspended and......
Elections in Pakistan invariably throw up allegations of fraud. Imran Khan and his PTI raised such a rumpus following the 2013 general election that the victorious PML-N was forced to form a judicial......
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar here on Thursday demanded reforms in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) besides making it transparent and non-discriminatory.The recommendations came at the......
TAXILA: Spectators and parents gave applause to students at the concluding day of a swimming festival held at the Heavy Industries Taxila Education City on Thursday.The students in the age group of......
School charging fee from prep studentsAgainst the spirit of Article 25-A of the Constitution, which guarantees free education in public sector educational institutions, schools under the Federal......
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has never tolerated Yemen for decades as it (Yemen) is the only country with a democratic system in Saudi Arabia’s neighborhood. Yemen will become ‘Vietnam’ for Saudi Arabia......
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Senator Pervaiz Rasheed arrived at the National Press Club (NPC) early Thursday morning, in an attempt to deter journalists from protesting at the launch of the metro......
ISLAMABAD: “Most schools in my constituency in Cholistan are not functional. There are no teachers and things like electricity and running water in schools are stuff of dreams,” said PML-Q MPA Dr......
LAHORE: Commuters opting to travel on the newly-launched Green Line Train on different sections between Islamabad and Karachi will be paying less from June 20.The fare from Islamabad to Lahore will......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Ejaz Chaudhry says the way customs inspector Muhammad Ejaz, who was investigating the money laundering case of model Ayyan Ali, was murdered in......
LAHORE: Temperatures on Thursday fell between two and 12 degrees Celsius in most parts of the country due to persistent rain and gusty winds being generated by a westerly wave, temporarily saving......
LAHORE: The Technical Experts Committee, a body of the Environment Department of Punjab, has objected to figures and design of the Rs165 billion Orange Line Metro Project and directed the Lahore......
LAHORE: A man who was shot at and injured by robbers late on Wednesday succumbed to his wounds on Thursday.Ghulam Mursaleen, 50, was riding a motorcycle late on Wednesday when gunmen held him in the......
LAHORE: Members of the civil society have raised concern at the draft Punjab Protection of Women Victims against Violence Bill 2015 which is expected to be passed in the Punjab Assembly.A number of......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday granted bail to fashion model Uzma Rao alias Tooba in the murder case of her ex-husband, Yousuf Khokhar.Counsel for the suspect argued before the court that......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency on Thursday raided a workshop in Amin Park, Ravi Road, and seized 20 illegal transformers.An FIA team, headed by additional director Fareed Shah, on a tip off......
LAHORE: Police claimed on Thursday to have arrested three criminals involved in a spate of car-theft incidents and recovered nine stolen cars from them.The accused were identified as ringleader......
LAHORE: A condemned prisoner was executed at Kot Lakhpat Central jail early on Thursday.Shamsul Haq was convicted of killing Ali Imran, of Manawala, Sheikhupura, in November 1999 and his death......
SAHIWAL: As many as 13 divers of Rescue 1122 involved in an operation for the last 28 hours to search two minor girls feared drowned in the River Ravi on Wednesday evening near koray Shah, failed to......
FAISALABAD: The owners of power-loom units on Jhang Road, including Sidhar, Dhandara and Seven-mile have alleged that some “labour leaders” are demanding monthly extortion money and threatening them......
LAHORE: The Lahore General Hospital has established a new treatment centre for newborns suffering from deformity of bones at its orthopaedic department.The LGH administration made the announcement......
GUJRAT: The Jamaat-i-Islami and the ruling PML-N on Thursday amicably resolved the issue of holding their by-election rallies in NA-108 at the same venue of Quaid-i-Azam ground in Mandi Bahauddin......
MULTAN: The Multan police on Thursday arrested the former personal secretary of Mureed Hussain Qureshi after the Lahore High Court rejected his bail in a case lodged by Mr Qureshi.Mr Qureshi, son of......
OKARA: Additional Inspector General Sohail Khan with Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ghulam Mahmood Dogar visited Okara on Thursday to inspect horses being bought for police.The Punjab government has......
KASUR: Saddar police recovered on Thursday the body of a journalist from BRB Canal who had been missing for the last few days.On Sunday, Batapur police, Lahore, had lodged a complaint of missing of a......
LAHORE: Around 1,000 farmers led by the Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) on Thursday blocked Multan Road just outside Lahore for more than nine hours to protest against power disconnection of their......
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, while negotiating with the Pakistan Kissan Ittehad as a purely farmers organisation, appeared ignorant of the fact that the PKI is a political party and......
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly has been moved against the Punjab Institute of Cardiology for giving much delayed appointments to patients needing heart surgery or angiography.An adjournment motion......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition challenging alleged ‘discrepancies’ in the result announced for 696 posts of civil judges in Punjab.A Punjab Bar Council member, Farhad......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to initiate a crackdown on 48 seminaries which have been found to be promoting terrorism in the country in general and in the province in particular.......
KARACHI: While many parts of Sindh continued to receive showers with dusty winds on Thursday, climatic conditions some 1,600 kilometres south of the coast were found to have the potential of......
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday detained the provincial excise secretary and the anti-corruption establishment director on corruption charges.Informed sources told Dawn......
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday detained the provincial excise secretary and the anti-corruption establishment director on corruption charges.Informed sources told Dawn......
KARACHI: Blaming the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) for the continuing water crisis faced by the city, Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment provided a platform to discuss the water......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Thursday called the killing of an MQM worker in police custody as part of “the state operation against the party” and wondered why despite......
KARACHI: City life remained largely suspended following an MQM ‘appeal’ to observe ‘two-day mourning’ in protest against the killing of its worker in police custody. Traders and transporters said......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court allowed on Thursday former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza to go abroad for three weeks for the treatment of his wife.The disgruntled and disowned leader of the......
KARACHI: Hate crime, violence and discrimination against religious minorities have increased manifold in recent years and there is a dire need to set up autonomous commissions with judicial powers at......
HYDERABAD: The GOR police on Thursday obtained a three-day remand of a suspect who had damaged several deities in the Shiv temple, located within the local circuit house on Wednesday......
HYDERABAD: Sindh Senior Minister for Education Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said that the Sindh government has nothing to do with the resignation of Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad.To resign or otherwise was up......
MIRPURKHAS: The three-day annual National Mango and Summer Fruit Festival which was celebrating its golden jubilee this year opened here on Thursday, with 183 varieties of mangoes and a number of......
BADIN : The body of a 37-year-old woman with her throat slit was found dumped in the bushes near Shafi Mohammed Nizamani village in Matli town on Thursday.Mother of five, the victim, Malooka Saami,......
SUKKUR: The three-day 152nd death anniversary of Baba Bankhandi Maharaj which featured various rituals and prayers at the historical Sadhu Bela on an island in the Indus River, where the Baba spent......
PARIS: Ill and sluggish, Serena Williams overcame a big deficit to reach the French Open final by beating 23rd-seeded Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Thursday.With the temperature......
ROSEAU (Dominica): Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo bamboozled the Australian batsmen, picking up three wickets as the West Indies dominated the first session on day two of the first Test on......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s frontline batsman Mohammad Mahmudullah was on Thursday ruled out of this month’s home matches against India after he fractured a finger during practice, officials......
DUBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson says Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir can make a successful return to international cricket despite his long absence from the......
KARACHI: Legendary Pakistan umpire Aleem Dar maintained his top spot in ICC Elite Panel of Umpires for the year 2015-2016, it was announced on Thursday.Aleem Dar is just five match away from......
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has received the Pakistan Cricket Board’s nomination of former captain Zaheer Abbas for the post of president left vacant by the resignation of......
ISLAMABAD: Hockey coach Shahnaz Sheikh is optimistic that the national team will get the long due cash rewards from the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) in the next few days.“I have......
NEW YORK: American Pharoah drew the favourable post number five for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday when the colt looks to become the first Triple Crown winner in nearly four......
PRETORIA: South Africa World Cup skipper AB de Villiers was called a “batting genius” Wednesday after winning five of the nine major awards at a Cricket South Africa (CSA) function.“He is a true......
WELLINGTON: Big guns Brazil and Germany advanced at the Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand on Thursday, as minnows Fiji notched their first-ever win at a FIFA tournament.Five-time champions Brazil......
BERLIN: Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini’s hotly anticipated first meeting with Luis Suarez since the Uruguay forward bit him at the World Cup has been scuppered through injury and he will miss......
SINGAPORE: Once a football minnow, the Middle East has emerged as one of the sport’s most powerful blocs during Sepp Blatter’s 17-year reign at FIFA, and is likely to have a big say in who will......
LONDON: English Premier League clubs generated record combined revenues of £3.26 billion ($5 billion, 4.4 billion euros) in 2013-14, according to a report published by business advisory firm Deloitte......
LAHORE: A goal each by Ambreen, Kalsoom and Azra Naz helped Wapda overcome Punjab University Club to win the final of the third All-Pakistan Fatima Jinnah Gold Cup Hockey Tournament by a close margin......
KARACHI: Seventh NBP summer junior boxing coaching camp commenced here at Ustad Abdullah Boxing Stadium, Maripur on Wednesday.Fifty-six junior boxers are participating in the 15-day camp where......
KARACHI: Punjab Football Association (PFA) president Sardar Naveed Haider Khan expressed his delight as he said the opening day of three-day trials in Multan to select the Punjab U-16 team saw over......
NEW YORK: The FIFA corruption scandal escalated on Thursday as one suspect told of World Cup bribes and another promised to reveal an “avalanche” of secrets, including about FIFA president Sepp......
LONDON: Dick Advocaat has reversed his decision to leave Sunderland and signed a one-year contract as head coach, the Premier League club announced on Thursday.The experienced Dutchman, 67, stepped......
LAHORE: Three more matches were decided in the Lahore Region Commissioner Cup Cricket at different venues here on Thursday.Meiji Beaconhouse, Meiji Educators and Fashion Fabrica LSS won their......
KARACHI: The weekly Gymkhana race meeting has been cancelled for the second time in a fortnight owing to lack of entries, a spokesman for the Karachi Race Club (KRC) told Dawn on Thursday.Only 14......
LAHORE: The Dar Hockey Club squad will tour Holland and Belgium from June 7 to 18 to play eight matches in the European countries.The team is being led by Umair Aziz while Mohammad Asif is his......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) is celebrating ‘Olympic Day’ across the country on Sunday.In this connection, the Punjab Olympic Association in collaboration with the athletics,......
ISTANBUL: Dozens were injured in eastern Turkey on Thursday as police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse nationalists protesting against an election rally by the pro-Kurdish People’s......
GAUHATI: Heavily armed rebels in India’s restive northeast killed at least 20 troops on Thursday, police said, in one of the area’s worst such attacks in years.Another 12 soldiers were seriously......
ACCRA (Ghana): An explosion at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital killed around 90 people sheltering from a storm early on Thursday, emergency services said, in the worst disaster to strike the West......
TOKYO: Japan and the Philippines agreed on Thursday to start talks on transferring Japanese military hardware and technology to the Southeast Asian country trying to upgrade its defences.Tokyo eased......
UNITED NATIONS: Extremist groups like the self-styled Islamic State (IS), Al Shabaab and Boko Haram succeed because they offer young people opportunities to engage with their peers and pour out their......
LONDON: France presented 19 of Britain’s famous “Chelsea Pensioners” with the Legion d’Honneur at a ceremony in London on Thursday, recognising their role in liberating France during World War......
LONDON: Guns, gallstones, death masks and hangman’s ropes are going on display in an exhibition drawn from one of Britain’s most macabre, and least-seen, museums.For more than a century, the crime......
SARAJEVO: For centuries, Sarajevo was known as “Europe’s Jerusalem”, where Christianity, Islam and Judaism lived in harmony. In the 1990s, the city became synonymous with religious enmity, as its......
UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations official warned on Thursday Iraq was on the brink of humanitarian disaster unless funds are made available immediately to contain the crisis.With escalating conflict,......
NEW DELHI: Internet giant Google apologised on Wednesday “for any confusion or misunderstanding” caused after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s images started appearing in image search results for query......
BEIRUT: The self-styled Islamic State jihadists, emboldened by a string of battlefield victories, advanced on Thursday to the gates of the Syrian city of Hasakeh after intense fighting with regime......
JERUSALEM: Israeli warplanes struck militant targets in the Gaza Strip early on Thursday after Palestinian rockets hit the Israeli south for the second time in 10 days, sources on both sides......
LONDON: A first edition of “The Hobbit” accompanied by a handwritten note in Elvish by British author J.R.R. Tolkien was sold by Sotheby’s at auction on Thursday for 137,000 pounds. The book was a......
SANAA: Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition pounded rebel positions in central Yemen on Thursday as air raids intensified amid attempts to revive UN-proposed talks in Switzerland, witnesses......
NEW YORK: The Human Rights Watch has asked UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to put Israel on an annual “list of shame” of children’s rights violators, recalling that more than 500 children were......
MUNICH: More than 30,000 people on Thursday kicked off protests against a G7 summit starting at the weekend in the southern German state of Bavaria.The peaceful rally and march took place in the......
WASHINGTON: Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said on Thursday that Pakistan wants to have a normal relationship with India, but New Delhi had suspended the bilateral dialogue process.We want to......
ISLAMABAD: The chief coordinator of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), Ahmed Raza Kasuri, has filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court, seeking a constitutional amendment for turning......
ISLAMABAD: Mismanagement witnessed during the recently held local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has forced the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to consider the proposal to hold......
ISLAMABAD: Former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf challenged in the Supreme Court on Thursday the rejection of his nomination papers in the 2013 general elections.The former military ruler had......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate extended on Thursday the physical remand of the chief executive officer of a software company and eight other officials in a fake degrees and money laundering case.The......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif has said that there is no reason to be worried about the recent attitude by India because the army is capable of responding to any aggression.Talking......
QUETTA: A leader of the banned United Baloch Army (UBA) has surrendered to authorities along with his 50 supporters.Wali Mohammad alias Haji Kalati, the UBA ‘commander’ for Kohlu, Kahan and Barkhan......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar portrayed a rosy picture of economy at a briefing on Thursday but had to face criticism by PML-N lawmakers who said agriculture sector had been ignored by the......
ISLAMABAD: Can a provincial government curtail, modify or take back political, administrative and financial responsibilities devolved to elected representatives of a local government? This is among a......
AT their hujras, district and town councillor candidates are surrounded by supporters. General and youth councillor candidates chat at corner shops. Colourful posters and graffiti depicting election......
NEW DELHI: China opposes India’s oil exploration in the South China Sea because it is a disputed area while regarding its ambitious $46 billion economic corridor through Pakistan-controlled Kashmir a......
ISLAMABAD: Despite their tall claims of placing a special emphasis on the education sector, the provincial and federal governments could not improve the literacy rate over the past five years.In......
ISLAMABAD: The launch of official report card — Pakistan Economic Survey 2014-15 — on second year performance of the PML-N government started with a walkout and ended in pandemonium.In between,......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain called on Thursday for a constant national vigilance against what he called a threat to use terrorism as a weapon against Pakistan, in remarks aimed at India.He......
QUETTA/KHUZDAR: A flash flood overwhelmed three villages in Saroona and Shah Noorani areas of Khuzdar district late on Wednesday night, leaving at least 13 people dead.Seven people were said to be......
ISLAMABAD: When Finance Minister Ishaq Dar rises to deliver his government’s mid-point budget in parliament today, he will be trying to do something that would be the envy of every finance minister......
ISLAMABAD: The government reported on Thursday that because of improved security losses caused by terrorism declined by about 32 per cent during the first three quarters of the outgoing fiscal year......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif hailed the launch of the metro bus project in the twin cities on Thursday, saying, “This is New Pakistan. This is the ray of a new dawn.”Inaugurating......
IN a village just one kilometre from Sheikhupura city girls cannot go to schools or colleges and cannot look for work as they do not have access to safe and secure means of transport. They cannot......
THE situation that journalists — or some among them — find themselves in reminds one of this timid soul who worked with a newspaper in Lahore. For ages, he was stuck with the same organisation as......
WE are different from one another yet we are one community. In fact, the Holy Quran says that all humans are one community. Everyone born in this world is human first, then takes on his family’s......
IT is one of the most used and abused ideas in the contemporary world. Just about everyone talks it up and even authoritarians are compelled to at least pay lip service to it. Indeed, a healthy dose......
THE seventh round of the US-Pakistan Security, Strategic Stability and Non-proliferation Working Group has yielded a familiar joint statement: Pakistan has asked for access to civilian nuclear......
DESPITE the frequent use of torture of suspects by law enforcers across Pakistan — and the complete failure of such brutal methods to bring down the crime rate — it appears that security officials......
