PARIS: Serena Williams won her 20th Grand Slam title and third French Open crown at Roland Garros on Saturday, clawing her way back from a break down in the last set to defeat Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-7......
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: Joint opposition parties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)—Awami National Party (ANP), JUI-F and PPP— on Saturday announced rallies and shutter-down strikes across the province beginning......
MAUNGDAW: Unwanted by Bangladesh and unwelcome in Myanmar, hundreds of stick-thin migrants found adrift at sea as a transnational trafficking route collapsed are now living in tents on a frontier......
PESHAWAR: Eight of the 10 men acquitted by a court over the attempted murder of Malala Yousafzai are still being held in custody on other charges, officials said Saturday.Court and security officials......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday constituted a federal cabinet committee to suggest measures and relief efforts that Pakistan can undertake for Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims.The......
LAHORE: Left-arm spinner Raza Hasan Saturday challenged a two-year ban imposed on him for failing a drug test, saying he was not given a chance to defend himself.Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) last......
PARIS: World number one Novak Djokovic stayed on course for a career slam when he beat British third seed Andy Murray 6-3 6-3 5-7 5-7 6-1 to reach the final of the French Open on Saturday.The Serb,......
PESHAWAR: At least nine suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike in the remote Shawal Valley in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday.According to sources, the drones......
Former West Indian bowling great Curtly Ambrose expressed disappointment at Pakistan's isolation in world cricket, adding that other ‘teams should follow Zimbabwe’s lead.’The 51-year-old Ambrose, in......
I know that this may sound a little extreme but sometimes, I feel my children force me into a state of insanity when I deny them access to the internet. When they find out that they can’t play their......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday said the aim of the 2015-16 budget was not to burden ordinary citizens with more taxes.Addressing a post-budget press conference in Islamabad, Dar......
The Times Group likes its princesses too little for most people's liking.For its annual beauty pageant 'College Princess', the call for entries on Facebook said to the hopefuls: 'If you’re a size......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army troops have been deployed in all districts of Gilgit-Baltistan for maintenance of peace and security in the upcoming elections for the region's Legislative Assembly.The polls......
VANCOUVER: With a bribery scandal enveloping FIFA it might seem like a bad time for soccer's governing body to hold the Women's World Cup in Canada — even more so given indictments last week included......
KABUL: Hundreds of Afghan Taliban militants launched a major assault on a remote district in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, leaving beleaguered police officers there hoping for......
SRINAGAR: Three suspected militants were killed in a gun battle Saturday after they entered Indian-held Kashmir from the Pakistani side, an Indian army spokesman said.Soldiers intercepted the......
Recently, someone by the name of Vishal gave me a phone call. He told me that he was a regular reader of my blogs on Dawn.com and suggested that I write about the Mari Mata Temple at Ratan Talao.......
OTTAWA: Canadian immigration authorities on Friday ordered the deportation of a Pakistani man accused of plotting to bomb the US consulate and financial buildings in Toronto.Jahanzeb Malik is the......
Given her recent string of successes, one would think Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone would have her head in the clouds. But that's not true. The Piku actress is just as grounded as ever and......
Bollywood's A-listers have flocked to Kuala Lampur, Malaysia for the weekend bash that is the 16th IIFA Awards 2015.The three day extravaganza includes numerous press meets, parties leading up to the......
JIANLI: The death toll in the Eastern Star capsizing rose to nearly 400 on Saturday after disaster teams stabilized the river cruiser in an upright position and searched it for more bodies, making it......
RIYADH: Forces loyal to Yemen's former president on Friday attacked “several locations” on the Saudi border, sparking a battle in which four Saudis and dozens of the Yemenis were killed, the......
SARGODHA: Two suspected would-be suicide bombers were killed when their jackets exploded in Sargodha on Saturday, police sources said.The two were on Sargodha’s University Road when their jackets......
DHAKA: Bangladesh authorities have shut down a madrassah next to a cricket stadium in Dhaka and have forbidden provocative banners ahead of the Indian team's upcoming tour of the country, officials......
JACOBABAD: At least eight people were injured in a blast on Saturday on a railway track near Jacobabad's district jail.The blast occurred when the Jaffer Express train, which was taking passengers......
KUNDASANG: A strong earthquake that jolted Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu has killed at least 11 people and left another eight missing on Southeast Asia's highest peak, a government official said......
DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started a two-day visit to neighbouring Bangladesh during which he and his hosts will conclude a landmark land swap agreement to settle a border......
ANKARA: Two people died and more than 100 were injured after two explosions rocked a Kurdish party election rally in southeast Turkey on Friday, the country’s Agriculture Minister Mehdi Eker said.The......
REFERENCE your editorial on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project (June 3), one sentence makes a startlingly sweeping statement and is wholly misleading, ie “.. In search of a common,......
THIS is apropos the letter ‘Plea to KE’ (June 3). The writer has highlighted the problem regarding loadshedding in his area. We understand the gravity of this problem and, as a responsible entity, do......
THE wave of terrorism has shaken Quetta to its core. Last week, at least 15 people were victimised. Then a bus was attacked in Mastung in which 20 people were killed and dozens were kidnapped.The......
THE Jamaat-i-Islami has accused the PTI of rigging the recently-held local bodies elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to news the item ‘CM House behind rigging: JI’ (June 2).I find it amusing......
THE federal government has placed a ban on YouTube in a move to unjustly punish the service provider for showing blasphemous content. More than two years have elapsed, but the ban has not been......
ACCORDING to latest press reports, two resignations in international sports bodies auger well for the future of two most popular sports in the world — football and cricket.Sepp Blatter resigned as......
THE majority of the people can’t afford their own vehicles which is why they have to commute on public transport.However, our local transport system is in terrible condition and fares are quite......
LANDI KOTAL: After over four-month long talks, the Khugakhel elders and government officials reached an understanding on Friday about the modalities of constructing a modern customs terminal at......
PESHAWAR: The elders of Khyber Agency have expressed concern over the non-availability of schools and healthcare centres in Tirah valley and demanded of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab......
PESHAWAR: The political parties and losing candidates of various wards continued to raise voice against rigging in the May 30 local government elections and warned on Friday to come to the streets if......
SWABI: Political parties have been busy with intense manoeuvring for the formation Swabi and Chota Lahor tehsil governments since the holding of local body polls on May 30.In Topi tehsil, where the......
KOHAT: Despite availability of funds the relevant authorities have failed to meet longstanding demand of the people to set up a burns centre, provide CT scan and MRI facility and appoint doctors at......
MANSEHRA: The people of Mansehra have shown little interest in the campaign of losing candidates for fresh local government elections in the district against the alleged poll rigging on May 30.The......
MARDAN: Provincial Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Mohammad Atif Khan has claimed that the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf is in a position to form governments in the district council......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan has announced a government plan to make Islamabad resilient to extreme climate events.If implemented successfully, the plan would be......
MANSEHRA: The Sungi Development Foundation with the financial assistance of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) has established two digital hubs in remote union council of Balakot to impart......
UPPER DIR/GHALANAI: Jamaat-i-Isalmi and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F workers on Friday demonstrated against the killing of Muslims in Myanmar.JI activists in Upper Dir took out a rally from Jamia Masjid in......
MINGORA: “What if I am crippled with both legs, I am active enough to fight for the rights of people of my area better than anyone else. People will see how actively and boldly I will snatch the......
PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA), a nongovernmental organisation, on Friday urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to expedite utilisation of funds for Annual......
PESHAWAR: The public representatives elected in the local government elections are likely to help address the chronic problems related to eradication of polio in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The province,......
NOWSHERA: The leaders of tri-partite alliance comprising ANP, JUI-F and PPP will organise a demonstration outside the Election Commission offices in Islamabad today (Saturday) to protest ‘massive......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party leader and former MPA Mohammad Anwar Khan has accused provincial Minister for Local Government Inayatullah Khan of using official machinery in the recently concluded......
TIMERGARA: A group of women on Friday demonstrated at Odigram Bridge in Munjai area here against the area elders and political workers for barring them from voting in the recently concluded local......
The federal budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 introduced some new taxes and measures that, ideally, should provide relief to burdened citizens. But in the greater scheme of things, the budget did......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan National College of Arts (PNCA) hosted a dialogue on culture in tandem with the launch of ‘Pakistani Saqafat’, a newly-published book that provides vital insights into the......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan has announced a government plan to make Islamabad resilient to extreme climate events.If implemented successfully, the plan would be......
ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister Zahid Hamid on Friday denied that he had played any role in imposition of the November 3, 2007 emergency.Giving his reaction to the statement filed by former......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated Rs1.5 billion for different development projects of the law, justice and human rights division.The major chunk -- Rs738.545 million-- of the allocation......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) and the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training will face a significant decrease in their development budgets in......
ISLAMABAD: Thirty-five years after its establishment, the capital police have started organising profiles of wanted criminals for their first-ever Red Book.“Now that we have created a Special......
ISLAMABAD: Research and development remains lowest on the government’s list of priorities.The government declined another request from the Ministry of Science and Technology to provide funds for......
TAXILA: Aurangzeb Farooqui of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) was arrested by the counter-terrorism department from Taxila on Friday.According to SHO Taxila Mohammad Arif, Mr Farooqui has been......
TAXILA: The police have arrested five suspects in connection with a murder of a watchman from different areas of the city.The suspects included two nominated accused of the murder and a woman. They......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday issued notices to the ministries of law and justice and the secretary Cabinet Division on a petition to make Gilgit-Baltistan the fifth province of......
ISLAMABAD: Unaware what the national budget had for it, the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) still resounded with celebration on Friday as good news arrived for its Cardiac Centre.About......
ISLAMABAD: The police have arrested 34 persons for trespassing on the newly constructed metro bus tracks, police said here on Friday.The capital administration has imposed a ban on plying vehicles,......
SIALKOT: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) judge in Gujranwala remanded police inspector Shahzad Warraich in judicial custody on Friday for one week in the murder case of two lawyers.Police produced the......
MUZAFFARGARH: Three people were booked for getting educators’ job on fake documents here on Friday.District Education Officer Mukhtiar Husain said the department had announced vacancies for educators......
GUJRAT: The Gujranwala commissioner has asked the Gujrat district coordination officer (DCO) to send findings of an inquiry committee into the allegations leveled against the Gujrat EDO (Health) by......
BAHAWALPUR: The traditional police culture can be changed with the cooperation of the public for whom police are striving hard to provide justice within limited resources.This was stated by......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) central leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday the Sharif brothers should keep in mind that their rule was a blessing of lawyers’ movement aimed at......
GUJRANWALA: The body of an expatriate who was stabbed to death by robbers in South Africa was brought back to Gujranwala on Friday.Jamil Manj, of Ghakkhar town, had been settled in South Africa......
OKARA: Haveli Lakha police booked 60 protesters on Thursday night for blocking a road.Groups of two businessmen, Sarfaraz and Ishtiaqe, were involved in litigation over a rice sheller in Haveli......
GUJRAT: Senior leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party in a bid to muster support for party candidate Asif Basheer Bhagat in the NA-108 by-election has reminded the people of Mandi Bahauddin that......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has issued a white paper “Government’s Failures” on Punjab government’s two-year performance explaining that it has failed in almost all fronts including law and......
LAHORE: The Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) on Friday held countrywide protests and rallies against ethnic killing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma.The largest demonstration was staged at Chauburji Chowk in the......
LAHORE: Farmers have termed the federal budget “disappointing and irrelevant” for the sector and farming community because it has missed the real issues of general sales tax and cost of......
LAHORE: Labour and trade unions rejected on Friday the federal budget of 2015-16, calling it disappointing, anti-labour and pro-business-cum-ruling class.They also criticised the PML government for......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission and others on a petition challenging eligibility of PML-N MPA Mannan Khan from PP-134, Narowal.Runner-up candidate......
LAHORE: The capital city police officer (CCPO) has said admin officers will have to play a key role in the implementation of National Action Plan and maintain a watchful eye on implementation of......
LAHORE: The Pak-US Alumni Network and the Walled City of Lahore Authority will jointly organise a cleanliness activity under the solid waste management plan at the Royal Trail on Saturday......
LAHORE: The ruling PML-N and Punjab chief minister welcomed the budget as balanced while the opposition parties reject it as anti-worker and pro-capitalist.Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that the......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday dismissed petitions challenging establishment of a judicial commission probing alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections.Advocate AK Dogar of the Lawyers......
LAHORE: Former Lahore High Court (LHC) chief justice Iftikhar Husain Chaudhry passed away on Friday in London.His body will be brought to Pakistan on Saturday (today) at 10am.He had gone to London......
LAHORE: In view of an indication by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that the delimitation of wards will be completed by the end of August, the Punjab government has put preparations for the......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting here on Friday which reviewed implementation of the National Action Plan against terrorism and the overall law and order situation in the......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Friday remanded Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Amir Khan in police custody for a week in a case pertaining to instigating terrorism and harbouring criminals.The......
KARACHI: None of the coastal areas of Pakistan are under threat of a cyclone at present and fishermen may continue their activities till the issuance of any warning, said a Met official on Friday.In......
KARACHI: A 28-year-old woman burned to death when a fire erupted in a flat in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Friday morning, police and Fire Brigade officials said.They added that the fire broke out in the......
KARACHI: The Landhi police SHO and five other policemen were suspended and booked on charges of illegally confining a young man following a protest by relatives and neighbours, officials said on......
KARACHI: It was a moving experience to see a film made on the life of a trailblazing person and then get to hear her speak in person in an unassuming, unaffected way in front of a discerning......
KARACHI: To appreciate Gwadar, it is important to understand the geopolitics of the Indian Ocean and the context of new routes that will be developed for the Kashgar-Gwadar Trade Corridor (KGTC), or......
KARACHI: With temperatures rising in the city, it wouldn’t be surprising to see only a few leaving their homes to attend any event but by the evening considerable number of people had gathered to see......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Friday extended the police remand of four suspects allegedly involved in the Safoora bus carnage for two weeks in total nine cases.The court also remanded a......
KARACHI: An accountability court on Friday remanded two senior provincial government officials in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau for two weeks.NAB arrested former minorities......
KARACHI: With an average of eight designers showing everyday along with a grand couturiers segment, the three-day Telenor Bridal Couture Week got under way at the Palm on Friday night.In its 10th......
KARACHI: At the book launch of Political Thought of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai by Khalil-ur-Rahman Shaikh held at the Arts Council on Friday, the dynamic contributions of popular Sindhi Sufi poet were......
THATTA: The Sindh Board of Revenue has cancelled almost the entire record of rights (land ownership) of 56 dehs of Thatta taluka reconstructed under the July 17, 2013 Supreme Court order.The apex......
SUKKUR: Two suspected Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) activists were arrested following an encounter in the Bakhshapur area of Kandhkot-Kashmore district on Friday. Police claimed to have seized......
MIRPURKHAS: Sindh Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Environment Dr Sikandar Mandhro has stressed the need for use of modern technology and latest farming techniques to increase mango export.He......
HYDERABAD: Activists of Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan-Noorani and civil society organisations held demonstrations after Friday prayers to express solidarity with Rohingya Muslims who were being subjected......
HYDERABAD: The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) on Friday said that it was unable to ensure proper water supply to consumers in Hyderabad despite having optimum level storage, and attributed its......
DHAKA: Bangladesh and India will seal an agreement simplifying their 4,000-km border at the weekend, over four decades after the neighbours first tried to untangle complex territorial rights set down......
NEW YORK: Yahoo will close its maps page, and several other sites, as it focuses on its search business, communication tools and content.The Internet company said on Friday that it will close its......
JIANLI: Authorities admit there is no hope for more survivors from a capsized Chinese cruise ship, as cranes on Friday slowly raised the sunken vessel with exhausted relatives preparing themselves......
KUALA LUMPUR: A magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck near Southeast Asia’s highest mountain on Friday, killing two climbers, injuring 11 others, and stranding more than a hundred people on the peak,......
NEW YORK: The UN Security Council on Friday urged all sides in Ukraine to respect a Europe-brokered ceasefire, as the warring parties accused each other of endangering the truce.UN political chief......
KABUL: The Taliban on Friday admitted taking part in informal talks in Norway with an Afghan delegation, reportedly made up of women, signalling a nascent dialogue despite an escalating militant......
LONDON: British police have arrested four Polish drivers on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration after 68 people were found inside lorries at a southeastern English port, officials said on......
STRASBOURG: Europe’s rights court on Friday backed the decision of a French court to allow a man in a vegetative state to be taken off life support, in a ruling that could become a benchmark on the......
NEW DELHI: India’s food safety regulator on Friday banned Nestle from making and selling its hugely popular Maggi instant noodles, calling them “unsafe” and “hazardous” after tests found they......
YORKTOWN: A replica of a French frigate that in 1780 transported General Lafayette to America to rally US rebels battling for independence arrived to great fanfare on Friday in the Virginia town......
MARDIN: The result is, admits Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) leader Selahattin Demirtas, balanced on a “knife-edge”. But the rise of his pro-Kurdish party means it could play the decisive role in......
READ the headlines and there’s no doubt: the world is a nasty, violent, unequal place where man kills man and women are either victims of violence, discrimination or quite simply invisible.Take a......
NEW YORK: Paris, Milan, New York and London may reign in world fashion, but Asian and South American cities are the ones to watch, according to an exhibition at one of the world’s best design......
PORT LOUIS: Prominent scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was sworn as president of Mauritius on Friday, becoming the first women to hold the ceremonial position in the Indian Ocean island nation.“My......
ST. PAUL (Minnesota, USA): Criminal charges were filed against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis on Friday for its handling of a priest who molested children, with a......
ATLANTA: A young beluga calf, heralded as a milestone for whales born in captivity, has died. The Georgia Aquarium says the female calf, not yet a month old, died on Friday morning next to her......
BAGHDAD: Tariq Aziz, the debonair Iraqi diplomat who made his name by staunchly defending Saddam Hussein to the world during three wars and was later sentenced to death as part of the regime that......
SANAA: Houthi Shia rebels and Yemen’s exiled government agreed on Friday to attend UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending a more than two-month war that has cost over 2,000 lives.The......
KARACHI: Applauding fans and Pakistani media for their tremendous response during the recently held home series against Zimbabwe, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar M. Khan on Friday......
ROSEAU: Shane Dowrich and Marlon Samuels battled grittily to defy Australia as the West Indies reached 97 for three in their second innings at lunch on the third day of the first Test at the Windsor......
KARACHI: PCB chief Shaharyar M. Khan has explicitly acknowledged that the standard of domestic cricket in the country seriously lacks in quality.“Our domestic game is not developing high-quality......
PARIS: One year after his first-round loss in Paris, Stan Wawrinka will be playing in the final of the French Open.The eighth-seeded Swiss took on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and 15,000 of his most passionate......
CAPE TOWN: Cricket South Africa have confirmed the itinerary for Australia’s three-match Twenty20 tour to the country in March that will serve as a warm-up for the World Cup in India which follows......
BERLIN: The most fearsome attack in world football has fired Barcelona to the verge of their fourth Champions League title in a decade.Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar have scored 25 of Barca’s......
BERLIN: Both Juventus and Barcelona are looking to cap fantastic seasons by completing rare trebles when they meet in the Champions League final at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Saturday.Juve are......
BERLIN: Less than 10 years ago, Juventus were battling for survival in the second division, tainted by an Italian football scandal.The comeback has been spectacular and could be crowned by the......
BERLIN: When Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri was greeted with a hail of eggs and spat at on his first day at work he could not have imagined he would lead them to the brink of an unprecedented......
BERLIN: The enduring image of Luis Enrique for many football fans is the Spain player with blood gushing from his nose after a vicious elbow from Italy defender Mauro Tassotti in the 1994 World Cup......
Four matches decidedLAHORE: Four more matches were decided in the Lahore Region Cricket Association Commissioner Cup at different grounds here on Friday.CDGL Qilla Laxchman Singh High School beat......
ROME: American sprinter Justin Gatlin won his third successive Rome Golden Gala 100m when he clocked 9.75 seconds at the Olympic stadium on Thursday to snatch the track record from Jamaican rival......
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......
KARACHI: A 10-day annual summer basketball coaching camp for youth commenced at the Arambagh floodlit court on Friday.The duration of the camp has been curtailed this year due to holy month of......
LONDON: Former England international Craig Kieswetter has retired from cricket after failing to recover from a serious eye injury sustained last summer, his club Somerset said on Friday.“After been......
LAHORE: The IOC Olympic Solidarity Technical Badminton Course concludes here on Saturday.Sixteen coaches are attending the course which is being conducted by Sambenthan Sivaperumal, who is a......
ISLAMABAD: The following is the text of ‘Taxation Proposals’ presented by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in his budget speech in the National Assembly on Friday for FY16.PART-II“Mr Speaker,Now I present......
ISLAMABAD: The government unveiled its annual plan on Friday setting a growth target of the GDP at 5.5 per cent for fiscal year 2015-16, with contributions from agriculture at 3.9 per cent,......
WASHINGTON: A surge in job creation and higher wages in May triggered talk the United States was finally entering a “sweet spot” that would push the Federal Reserve closer to a long-awaited rate......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday announced that the special package unveiled last year under the Textile Policy 2014-19 will remain available for the sector during 2015-16 as well.In his budget......
ATHENS: Greece has ramped up pressure in make-or-break negotiations with its EU-IMF creditors after postponing a loan repayment due on Friday, and securing time to reach a deal compatible with its......
KARACHI: The stock market witnessed a range bound session on Friday with the KSE-100 index closing down by 73.25 points (0.21 per cent) at 34,012.49.Volumes stood down to 334 million shares of......
KARACHI: Prices firmed up on the cotton market on Friday amid slow trading on the back of depleting stocks and shortage quality lint.Floor brokers said there was strong demand for quality lint but......
KARACHI: The trade and industry received budgetary proposals presented by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar for 2015-16 with reservations as measures fell short of their expectations.There was consensus......
LAHORE: The large-scale textile manufacturers on Friday rejected the budget for fiscal year 2015-16 as disappointing, saying that it did not contain any measure to help them reduce their cost of......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday announced Rs700 billion Public-Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for 2015-16 with major emphasis on water and power, temporarily displaced persons, highways,......
KARACHI: The federal budget proposals presented on Friday are not expected to ease the pressure on the family budget of tax-paying salaried middle class in the country.Some meek effort in the budget......
KARACHI: Builders welcomed the steps taken in the budget 2015-16 to promote the construction sector, though they were critical that no steps have been taken to bring down cement price.Salim Kassim......
KARACHI: The investors were taken aback by back-to-back blows delivered by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on the country’s corporate sector and the stock market in his budget speech for 2015-16 on......
ISLAMABAD: The government has increased defence spending for the next financial year by 11.6 per cent to Rs781 billion.Presenting the budget in the National Assembly, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said:......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to commission a feasibility study for the creation of a dedicated freight corridor for Pakistan Railways, and made allocations in the 2015-16 budget to procure......
ISLAMABAD: The government has increased expenditure of the presidency to Rs801 million for the fiscal year 2015-16 despite the opposition having raised questions about increasing allocation for the......
ISLAMABAD: Under an agreement with the IMF, the government has reduced the size of subsidies being offered to various sectors to Rs137.6 billion in the budget for 2015-16.No subsidy will be available......
ISLAMABAD: The federal budget for the financial year 2015-16 failed to impress opposition politicians who, collectively, labelled it a “pro-rich and anti-poor budget”.Across the board, politicians......
ISLAMABAD: Undeterred by Jamaat-i-Islami’s decision to challenge annulment of by-elections in PK-95 (Lower Dir) by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over disenfranchisement of women voters,......
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that he will soon be visiting Punjab to meet workers and people to organise the party from ward to district levels in order......
QUETTA: Two rockets apparently aimed at a security checkpost in Malar area in Awaran landed near the post and exploded. No casualty or damage was reported.Official sources said on Friday that the......
ISLAMABAD: The government has planned to make available 139 million acre feet (MAF) of water for crops during the fiscal year 2015-16.According to the Annual Development Plan document released here......
QUETTA: Balochistan’s secretary for secondary education, Abdul Saboor Kakra, said on Friday that only 2,778 of the 10,585 government primary schools in the province were for girls and that about......
GWADAR: A suspect allegedly belonging to Lyari gang was arrested from the industrial town of Hub on Friday.He was allegedly involved in the killings of personnel of Rangers and police and civilians,......
KARACHI: PPP vice president Sherry Rehman filed on Friday nomination papers for a general seat of the Senate from Sindh that had fallen vacant after resignation of Abdul Latif Ansari who had been......
WASHINGTON: US doctors hailed a complex operation as world’s first after performing a skull and scalp transplant on a cancer patient who also received new kidney and pancreas during the......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain extended on Friday the tenure of a prominent judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), Athar Minallah, for a year and approved appointment of 10 additional judges......
KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has allowed five airlines of the United Arab Emirates to carry out unlimited operations at another four airports in Pakistan.The CAA said in a statement on......
QUETTA: Decomposed bodies of nine people who are believed to have died in a clash with security personnel in Kalat were brought to the Civil Hospital, Quetta, on Friday for identification. The......
ISLAMABAD: With fiscal adjustment of around Rs350 billion, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Friday PML-N’s third federal budget that cut subsidies, increased tax rates, offered incentives for......
MINGORA: In a surprising development, it emerged on Friday that in the trial of 10 accused in the high-profile attempted murder of education activist Malala Yousafzai, eight of them who were earlier......
ISLAMABAD: The government has announced special incentives in the budget for manufacturing, agriculture and construction sectors.All manufacturing units set up between July 1, 2015, and June 30,......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar seemed quite excited by the applause he received from ruling party members as he unveiled the new budget in the National Assembly on Friday.However, this was......
ISLAMABAD: The government has proposed Rs267 billion additional taxes in the budget with a special tax from elites to fund the current war on terror while advancing Rs29bn worth of tax facilitation......
Umar Akmal showed his experience to guide Leicestershire Foxes to a six-wicket victory in their NatWest T20 Blast match against Notts Outlaws at Trent Bridge.The Pakistan international, on his Foxes’......
IT was like a jamboree of twins — Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif, a transport project and the PML-N, Pakistan and Turkey, the centre and Punjab.They all contributed to a......
THE upholders of a patriarchal system that would deny women the right of franchise have suffered a severe and much-deserved setback.Taking notice of the fact that none of the 47,280 women registered......
LIVING in Lahore in the ’70s and ’80s, I remember drinking water straight from the tap.Now, you’d have to put a gun to my head to force me to adopt such a suicidal way of quenching my thirst.......
AN American scholar, Harry Kalven, said that the existence of the offence of seditious libel is the hallmark of an unfree society. There has been no prosecution for it in Britain since 1947.In 1997,......
IN our wonderful land, hope can hit a peak and a trough all in a matter of moments, as was experienced when towards the end of this week two developments were more or less juxtaposed on the pages of......
When Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed spoke at the Karachi Arts Council on May 3, he stated the self-evident. Without explicitly naming madressahs, he said large numbers of factories mass-produce......
THE government hit its midpoint stride with a budget that gives us schemes for the poor, incentives for the rich and a prayer for the country.The allocations are ordinary, the ambitions are muted and......
