RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif said aim of the ongoing operation Zarb-i-Azb was to bring enduring peace and stability in Pakistan and the region.Speaking at a reception......
QUETTA: Unknown assailants killed five people belonging to the Hazara community in Quetta's Bacha Khan Chowk area on Sunday evening.Police sources said suspected militants opened fire at two shops......
JERUSALEM: The Israeli Air Force bombed the Gaza Strip early on Sunday for the second time in three days after new rocket fire from the territory allegedly hit southern Israel, the Israeli military......
KABUL: Teachers in the Afghanistan's capital are on strike in support of demands for higher pay and improved conditions, a representative said on Sunday.Fazel Ahmad Fazel, the head of Afghanistan's......
SITTWE: The rickety internet huts have fallen silent in the crowded camps of displaced Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar, no one comes anymore to bargain for the release of loved ones being held......
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the sentencing of a Saudi blogger, Raif Badawi, who was convicted of insulting Islam, according to a report on the BBC website.The blogger's wife told......
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron has been challenged by a group of over 50 lawmakers from his Conservative Party who are prepared to join a campaign backing Britain's exit from the......
SANAA: Saudi-led air strikes killed at least 44 people during an air raid on the main headquarters of the Yemeni army in central Sanaa on Sunday, the Houthi-run state news agency Saba said.The agency......
ISLAMABAD: At least three Pakistan Air Force (PAF) JF-17 Thunder fighter aircrafts along with a contingent, comprising pilots and technicians, departed for Paris today, to participate in the......
Xavi brought his glittering Barcelona career to a fitting and emotional end when he hoisted aloft the European Cup following a 3-1 victory over Juventus in the Champions League final on......
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......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Sunday predicted heavy rains in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northeast Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir during the coming week.Heavy rains forecast......
We are quick to haggle with the daily-wage owner and the man who sells fruits at the corner shop, not truly understanding that the small profit he makes is essential to his survival.Think for a......
QUETTA: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested 33 suspects during various raids in Quetta's Pashtoonabad area.A crackdown was launched in Balochistan's provincial capital city in the aftermath of......
The print media has played a central role in the history of the major studios of Madras.Three among the five majors Modern Theatres, Gemini, and Vijaya-Vauhini had their own printing press, and......
ISTANBUL: Turks went to the polls Sunday in the most-closely fought legislative elections since the Islamic-rooted ruling party came to power 13 years ago, in a crucial test for President Recep......
As is the case with any other sport, in cricket as well, all great cricketers earn their nicknames; such as the likes of the great Michael Hussey and Sachin Tendulkar who graced the cricketing fields......
Recommending Sarmad Sehbai's last collection of poems, Pal Bhar Ka Bahisht, Mohammed Hanif said, "Sarmad's poetry should be read at every Friday sermon. We as a nation will feel much better."While......
The credit for giving Pakistan a free media goes to journalists and press workers, the political parties' contribution being incidental. It couldn't be otherwise, because elected and 'democratic'......
Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah, the wife of Sheikh Muhammed Abdullah, who was thrice the chief minister of India-held Jammu and Kashmir, needs no introduction. One of the harbingers of state feminism in......
In her review of Immanuel Wallerstein`s seminal The Modern World-System, Theda Skocpol was referring to the study of capitalism and its historical evolution when she said that she could "think of no......
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Saturday announced it would begin a protest movement against the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government if it didn’t announce fresh local government elections in......
ABBOTTABAD: PTI general secretary Jehangir Tareen has said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will announce a special package for the families of those workers who were killed after the local......
PESHAWAR: Through a unanimous resolution the tripartite alliance of Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and Pakistan Peoples Party on Saturday condemned rigging in the May 30 local......
CHARSADDA: Two people, including a girl, were killed and two others were injured in separate incidents here on Saturday.Police said that a man was shot dead by unidentified motorcyclists in Prang......
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has termed the federal budget for fiscal year 2015-16 anti-poor and pro-rich, and asked the government to take concrete steps for the......
SWABI: Local government election winners from different political parties have rejected the offer of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan and Chief Minister Pervez Khattak for fresh local body......
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F are going to install a coalition district government in Torghar, a highly conservative and backward district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.In......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved the corporate structure of the Provincial Energy Development Organisation (PEDO) to make it an autonomous commercial entity and to expedite......
KOHAT: A big amount of Rs120 million has gone down the drain as work was abandoned on a waste treatment plant, which could not be made functional during the past 23 years for various reasons, sources......
HARIPUR/UPPER DIR: A big chunk of the runners-up, who lost on the district and tehsil council seats in the local government elections, staged a protest against the alleged rigging in the polls here......
PESHAWAR: A local accountability court on Saturday sentenced an accused to 10 years rigorous imprisonment and Rs34.5 million fine after he was found guilty of receiving bribe from a private......
NOWSHERA: A woman committed suicide allegedly over her husband’s plan to have second marriage in Zendo Banda area here on Saturday.Police said that Rehmat Bibi (20) committed suicide by swallowing......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is planning to introduce civic reforms aimed at streamlining urban development and other planning-related issues in the capital city and its suburbs.The Planning......
ISLAMABAD: The budget for the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has been increased by around 10 per cent to Rs91 million for the next fiscal year 2015-16, however the operating expenditure of the......
ISLAMABAD: Town planners from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) believe that the new concept of the ‘Peri-Urban Development Plan’, which they say was originally adopted for Lahore, will never......
ISLAMABAD: Kohsar police on Saturday arrested 23 motorcyclists for entering the metro bus track in the capital city.According to the police, the bike riders trespassed into the track despite a ban......
After crossing Chakwal’s major bazaar, the ‘Chhapar Bazaar’, one enters the narrow lanes of the historic Moti Bazaar. There are two accounts associated with the name Moti Bazaar. According to some,......
TAXILA: The Hassanabdal Police on Saturday foiled a bid to smuggle narcotics from Peshawar to Abbotabad and arrested four persons.Sub divisional Police officer Raja Taifour Akhter told newsmen here......
BERLIN: Barcelona won the Champions League for the fourth time in a decade on Saturday, with Luis Suarez grabbing the crucial goal in a 3-1 victory over Juventus at the end of a season that began......
ISLAMABAD: The Lok Virsa presented a beautiful tribute to two musical legends of Pakistan who passed away recently. Ustaad Allah Rakha Khan and Ustaad Ghulam Hassan Shagan were among the last few......
ISLAMABAD: It was in 2010 when Skakeel Ahmed learnt at a medical camp that he was suffering from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Later, he was shifted to a rehabilitation centre established......
ISLAMABAD: The climate change minister, Mushahidullah Khan, said on Saturday that reduction in taxes on clean energy technologies would lessen Pakistan’s heavy dependence on coal, oil, and natural......
RAWALPINDI: A week-long exhibition of drawings by Korean artist Hyun Ju Kim started at the Potohar Gallery of National College of Arts on Friday.South Korean Ambassador Song Jong Hawan inaugurated......
The flash flood of 2012 had washed away the water supply scheme and 1.5 kilometres link road of the remote Kiyar village of Karimabad valley, but the services were restored the very next week by the......
‘Folk Islam?’ Yes, Folk Islam — the strand of faith that still drives the everyday lives of millions of Pakistanis, especially in the country’s vast rural and semi-rural areas. And yet, till about 35......
Although the discipline of archaeology is very old and the Greek historian Thucydides also mentioned old (and ruined) cites of past civilisations, the discipline became modernised and technical in......
The fashion week wheel goes round and round … and propelling it on, in one way or the other, is Sultana Siddiqui, president of Hum Network Limited.She’s got a keen eye for what works in the......
In the space of a week we have been served with modern updates of two classics and the results have been as different as chalk and cheese. First up was Mad Max: Fury Road; a terrific example of how......
Presenting taboo subjects without ruffling the sensibilities of the public is an art in itself. Guillaume Giovanetti and Cagla Zencirci — French directors who make short films and documentaries —......
The son of celebrated Bollywood director David Dhawan and brother of Rohit Dhawan (Desi Boyz), Varun Dhawan is four films old and has so far found success reasonably easy. Here, he talks to Images on......
Having just returned from the International Guitar Festival (IGF) held in Mexico, Asif Sinan spoke to Images on Sunday about the festival that brings world-class guitarists on one stage. The lineup......
The dreaded ‘brain-eating amoeba’ has thus far claimed seven lives in Karachi, causing residents to anxiously look for ways to protect themselves and their loved ones. The concern is real, as this......
It takes 45 minutes for Fayaz Khan to hand-peddle all the way from Keamari to Sea View on his tricycle. He does not drive nor can he take a bus to work; Fayaz was hit by polio when he was just a......
Where previous visits were formal or festive, a recent visit in April 2015 was educative and restorative. On the first evening in Istanbul one was introduced to a vantage point from where the sight......
The long-awaited, doubly-welcome, meticulously-organised and efficiently-administered, brief but delightful, series between the cricket teams of Zimbabwe and Pakistan, which successfully concluded in......
If you were to believe fruit seller Mohammad Wakeel, mangoes haven’t really arrived in the cities. They have been ushered in through ripening agents, simply so that produce from Sindh doesn’t go to......
If you have seen the recent Bollywood movie Piku, starring Amitabh Bacchan and Deepika Padukone, you would know that the whole movie basically revolves around an old man’s inability to move his......
Creepy crawlies are every homeowner’s worst nightmare. While habitually disinfecting the entire house with pesticides is an effective way to get rid of home infestations, pest repellents can be......
If foods could be given human characteristics, then the South Indian dosa would be the friend who does not really push himself forward but whose presence cannot be completely ignored either.......
Dearest Khala jan,First I would like to say that writing to you is like writing to an old friend who is very understanding. What is bothering me is that we used to at least look like a family until......
Gardening has — it appears — finally come of age here in Pakistan where people of all ages, all income levels and in all our wonderfully diverse regions, are gardening away like never before. At the......
Welcome 2 Karachi, which released on May 28, has been produced by Vashu Bhagnani and directed by Ashish R. Mohan (Khiladi 786) and stars Arshad Warsi and newcomer Jackky Bhagnani.The director was......
RAWALPINDI: President Ayub Khan today [June 6] exhorted the Members of the National Assembly to work within the legislature for betterment of the people and their constituents and to function with......
WHEN the PML-N leadership was in exile, no day passed without their statements expressing sympathy with the nation suffering from distress. But that dream has come sour.The track record of the PML-N......
THE federal government and retired employees have been greatly disappointed, shocked and surprised over a peanut-like increase of 7.5pc in their salaries and pensions as announced in the new budget.......
THANKS to the sagacity of the minister for inter-provincial coordination (IPC) and the deft handling of the issues relating to the national sports policy by the IPC secretary we have overcome a......
Apropos the news report on page 8 of May 30, it seems the Indians are suffering from xenophobia. They are afraid of a small bird, and seem ignorant of the various breeds and their capabilities.The......
Recent events point toward a new trend of well-educated youth adopting the path of radicalised extremism. This new breed of extremists breaks every stereotype that we use to label extremists. These......
WHAT the people are doing to democracy in this country is completely against its basic principles. Democracy will not turn our dreams into reality if we do not develop a sense of responsibility.After......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is going to regulate, at last, construction in plains of rivers to handle high floods generated mainly during monsoons and avoid loss of life and property.That the......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the two coal power projects are being set up in Sahiwal to generate 1,320MW electricity from them.Presiding over a meeting to review the progress of......
LAHORE: The Sikh community on Saturday commemorated June 6, recalling sacrifices of a large number of Sikhs at Golden Temple in 1984 during a brutal attack of Indian army on the orders of the then......
LAHORE: Lahore police sought help and suggestions from ruling party parliamentarians for the implementation on the National Action Plan to root out terrorism and street crime from the provincial......
LAHORE: Funeral prayers for former chief justice of the Lahore High Court Iftikhar Husain Chaudhry will be offered on Sunday (today) at 9am at DHA Y-Block Jamia-Masjid.He will be laid to rest in......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore health wing will launch the first-ever eight-day intra-muscular polio drive in 74 vulnerable union councils from Monday (tomorrow), pledging to cover......
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quiad senior central leader and former deputy prime minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said the PML-N government has ruthlessly imposed tax on farmers.Commenting on......
GUJRAT: Executive District Office (Health) Dr Ijaz Haider has suspended eight senior officials of the Allied Health Workers Association who were leading the ongoing agitation against him for the last......
TOBA TEK SINGH: In an operation against encroachments on state land, the revenue department and tehsil municipal administration staff along with a police team led by Toba Assistant Commissioner......
GUJRANWALA: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited on Saturday the residence of slain MPA Rana Shamshad in Kamoki and condoled with his brother, Rana Akhtar.He paid homage to the deceased MPA for his......
VEHARI: Two people, including a woman, were killed and six others injured in a road accident on Saturday near Jaleebi Stop, some 30-km from here.Reports said a speeding Karampur-bound bus collided......
LAHORE: Two persons were killed while as many others suffered injuries in separate accidents in the city on Saturday.A young man, so far unidentified, was killed when he was hit by a train while......
GUJRAT: Former PPP MPA Chaudhry Tariq Alloana announced joining the PML-N while Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal candidate for NA-108 Iftikharul Hasan announced supporting PML N’s nominee Mumtaz Tarrar.Mr......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) has closed its customer service centre (CSC) in the Rahim Yar Khan circle at the Mepco complex which was inaugurated by the Mepco chief......
OKARA: A senior Board of Revenue member has put up a proposal to the chief minister seeking the establishment of a police station in Deepalpur, District Police Officer Muhammad Faisal Rana told a......
From carving micro-scale sculptures out of thin lead sticks to making cars, Fizza Shabbar works with a commitment and passion. During every creative venture, she starts living with her works so......
DADU: As Dadu became the country’s hottest place with the mercury shooting up to 46 degrees Celsius on Saturday, at least six people died from heatstroke and by drowning while taking a bath in a......
KARACHI: Friends, colleagues, admirers and members of the family of noted social worker Mohammad Umer Lasi shared their memories of the late community activist at an event titled ‘An Ode to an Unsung......
MIRPURKHAS: Overshadowed by a ban on the entry of the general public to the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Hall where an exhibition of mango varieties was under way on Saturday, the golden jubilee......
DADU: An emotionally charged demonstration by relatives and supporters of slain Pakistan Peoples Party activist Fayaz Ahmed Khushik, who was allegedly gunned down at the behest of a Jamali tribal......
KARACHI: Photographers become artists when they graduate from being capturers of moments to storytellers. It is easier said than done, though. The art of storytelling requires, nay demands, a......
KARACHI: A sessions court on Saturday directed the police to inform it about the whereabouts of an absconder in the Baldia factory fire case.The owner of the ill-fated industrial unit, Abdul Aziz......
KARACHI: Sindh police chief Ghulam Hyder Jamali has disbanded all special investigation teams (SITs) across the province with immediate effect.The decision was taken after the IGP received several......
KARACHI: A man was found shot dead in Gulshan-i-Maymar on Saturday, police said.The body of the man in his early 40s was found near Haibat Goth. Three bullets were fired in his back, said......
KARACHI: Scores of people were detained in an operation following a gun attack on a police vehicle which resulted in the death of a passer-by and injuries to a policeman late Friday night in PIB......
KARACHI: The disclosure at a meeting on Saturday that nine of the total 14 assailants who killed 45 people of the Shia Ismaili community in the Safoora bus carnage are still at large set alarm bells......
KABUL: Afghan security forces and militant fighters are locked in a battle for control over a remote district in northeastern Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday.Police and local officials......
AMMAN: Jordan said on Saturday that former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz will be buried on its soil after approving a request from his family to hold the funeral in the kingdom.Aziz, who served......
RIYADH: In a potentially major escalation of the months-long war, Yemeni rebels fired a Scud missile into Saudi Arabia early on Saturday. The attack suggests that despite more than two months of air......
JERUSALEM: A rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip struck southern Israel on Saturday, causing no damage or casualties, Israel’s military said.Air raid sirens sounded throughout Ashkelon,......
ISTANBUL: If cockroaches infest someone’s house or office, they might put down some poison or maybe call in the pest-controllers.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey had a more radical......
BERLIN: Authorities in Germany say 33 people have been hurt after lightning struck a rock festival in western Germany overnight.The Rock am Ring festival in the town of Mendig was hit by two......
MOSCOW: Russia is not a threat to the West, President Vladimir Putin insisted in an interview published on Saturday, saying he was still committed to a Ukraine peace deal after a fresh flare-up in......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations refugee agency has sought $13 million to cope with the needs of new boat arrivals to countries in Southeast Asia, where thousands of refugees and migrants from......
KUNDASANG: A strong earthquake that jolted Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu killed at least 11 people and left another 8 missing, an official said on Saturday, as authorities searched for survivors on......
SARAJEVO: Pope Francis on Saturday attacked “the atmosphere of war” besetting the world as he urged Bosnians to step up reconciliation efforts, 20 years after a conflict that ripped the country apart......
DUBAI: Two men, a German and a Filipino, have drowned after the boat they were aboard sank in Gulf waters off Bahrain, the official BNA news agency quoted the coast guard as saying.Another four......
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN: Around 4,000 people staged colourful and largely peaceful protests under a very heavy police presence on Saturday on the eve of the G7 summit in southern Germany.Police......
WASHINGTON: After extremists’ latest advances in Syria and Iraq, the US is falling back on an old and discredited measurement — estimated enemy deaths — to show it isn’t losing the war against the......
THOUGH still in good form, Dr Regis Barnavin decided to call it a day when he turned eighty early last month and went on retirement. His clinic, in an apartment that he owns, was situated on the......
KOLKATA: India’s first transgender college principal says her struggle to be recognised as a “third gender” was not easy in the largely conservative country and urged the government to provide jobs......
LONDON: On Thursday, June 11, in the afternoon, the famous auction house Bonhams will hold a major auction of “Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art” on their premises located at London’s prestigious......
CAIRO: An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday cancelled a ruling to list the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, judicial sources said, signalling a possible easing of pressure on the......
LONDON: Paul Collingwood has spoken to Andrew Strauss about a potential return to the England set-up, revealing he would be open to a role in the new regime but that he remains committed to playing......
PARIS: Novak Djokovic can become the eighth man to claim a career Grand Slam in the French Open final on Sunday when he takes on Stan Wawrinka who has described the world number one as a ......
ROSEAU: Australia completed a comprehensive nine-wicket victory just before stumps on the third day of the first Test against the West Indies at the Windsor Park Stadium in Dominica on Friday after......
DUBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson has said the world cricketing body is in favour of India and Pakistan resuming cricketing ties, but added that it cannot......
BERLIN: The thousands of Barcelona and Juventus fans streaming into Berlin’s Olympic Stadium for the Champions League final later on Saturday were confident the showpiece would knock the FIFA scandal......
KARACHI: One of the most reliable players in the current Pakistan side, Test vice-captain Azhar Ali has really made rapid strides ever since being installed as skipper of the national one-day......
PARIS: Serena Williams won her 20th Grand Slam title and third French Open crown at Roland Garros here on Saturday, clawing her way back from a break down in the last set to defeat Lucie Safarova......
KOLKATA: Former Test captain Rahul Dravid was on Saturday appointed coach of the India ‘A’ and U-19 teams after the first meeting of BCCI advisory committee here but suspense continued over Ravi......
LONDON: Britain’s Bradley Wiggins hopes to break the UCI hour record this weekend and is aiming to set a mark that could stand for the next two decades.The former Tour de France winner is widely......
ROSEAU: West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin believes his team will have learnt a very harsh lesson from the Australians in the first Test here in Dominica going into the second and final match next......
LONDON: The way FIFA can regain credibility is to implement reforms such as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) did in the wake of the scandal surrounding the awarding of the 2002 Winter......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s left-arm spinner Raza Hasan on Saturday challenged a two-year ban imposed on him for failing a drug test, saying he was not given a chance to defend himself.The PCB last week......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) ‘D’ certificate coaching course which was attended by 25 participants concluded here on Saturday.AFC and PFF instructor Siddique Sheikh conducted the......
LAHORE: Four more matches were decided on the fifth day of the LRCA Commissioner Cup Cricket at different venues here on Saturday.At the picturesque Bagh-e-Jinnah ground, Shapes LACAS School defeated......
WELLINGTON: Portugal charged into the knockout rounds of the Under-20 World Cup on Saturday with a 3-1 defeat of Colombia while Serbia also advanced after sending Mexico crashing out of the......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Asim Khan, representing Champion Hunt Initiative Programme for Squash (CHIPS), clinched the under-19 title as his three fellow countrymen went down to opponents in the finals of......
LAHORE: The IOC Olympic Solidarity Technical Badminton Course concluded here on Saturday with all the 16 participating coaches being awarded certificates.Sambenthan Sivaperumal, a Sri Lankan......
KARACHI: Despite a defiant half-century from Mubashir Ahmed, Zone-III suffered a 53-run defeat against Zone-V in the KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal Cricket Tournament at the KCCA Stadium here on......
JOHANNESBURG: Football’s world governing body faced fresh pressure on Saturday, after media reports the highest levels of South Africa’s government approved a $10-million payment that US......
There is a reason why Mrs Safdar Khan remembers the dates of June 8 and Nov 21, 2014.The first one marks the day when her life was shattered: her elder son, Inayatullah, was found among the seven......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Saturday provided cover to ongoing irregular import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) through spot purchases and temporary pricing......
ISLAMABAD: The government has proposed several provisions in the Finance Bill 2015 for documentation of economy.The bill empowers the government to obtain or render information related to......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) on Saturday warned of at least 25 per cent increase in prices in the wake of duties and taxes introduced in the budget 2015-16 on all kinds of poultry......
KARACHI: The country has projected to receive Rs896 billion from external sources during 2015-16, which included both plan and non-plan resources.The budget documents showed that the country......
RIYADH: By opting to roll over its current output target of 30 million barrels a day (bpd), Opec ministers on Friday decided to adopt — rather consensually — a ‘wait and see’ strategy at least until......
WASHINGTON: If you want to be in the top 1 per cent of the world, the most important thing you can do is be born in a rich country.But if you want to be in the top 1pc of a rich country, that takes a......
LONDON: World oil prices slid this week as Opec decided against cutting its output target, while a boost for the dollar also weighed on commodities, including gold.OIL: Prices fell throughout the......
KARACHI: Cotton prices moved higher on Saturday on strong demand for quality. However, activity could not pick up because of limited stocks with ginners.Prolonged winter season in Sindh and long......
ISTANBUL: Whichever way Turks vote on Sunday, the lira is tipped to keep sliding.This year’s second-worst performing major currency will lose 4 per cent more against an equally weighted basket of......
MOSCOW: As if investing in Russian markets didn’t carry enough risks, the central bank just added another one: a $140 billion rouble-sale plan.Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina said on......
BEIJING: Chinese and Japanese finance ministers held talks on Saturday to deepen economic cooperation that had been delayed for about two years over strained relations between the Asian......
WASHINGTON: One of the cornerstones of American income tax policy is that taxes are progressive. People who make more money devote a higher share of their income to federal income taxes than people......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has denied allegations levelled by PPP before the poll inquiry commission that the results of the 2013 general elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were also......
QUETTA: A division bench of Balochistan High Court has suspended implementation of different notifications issued by local governments and asked the additional chief secretary of planning and......
RAWALPINDI: Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif, who is on an official visit to Sri Lanka, went to the army headquarters on Saturday and called on Commander of Sri Lankan army, Lt Gen A.W.J.C. De Silva.On......
ISLAMABAD: Former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has described federal budget for 2015-16 as “anti-poor and anti-farmer” and said the document is devoid even of small steps that could......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court is expected to take up on Monday the federal government’s request to suspend the May 29 Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict, declaring illegal the imposition of different......
WASHINGTON: The United States has asked Pakistan to ensure that all those responsible for the 2012 attack on Malala Yousafzai are brought to justice.Malala, now 17, was shot in the head in October......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said that all budgetary measures proposed by federal finance minister will benefit the rich but the poor and ordinary people will be taxed......
SUKKUR: Four bogies and the locomotive of a Quetta-bound passenger train derailed when a bomb exploded on the track in Jacobabad on Saturday. But no one was killed or injured because the train was......
ISLAMABAD: The government has convened a three-day conference of its ambassadors and high commissioners beginning from Tuesday (June 9) for devising a strategy for dealing with evolving situation in......
QUETTA: Three suspected militants were killed in clashes with security forces during search operations in Johan and Barag areas of Mastung district late on Saturday night.Official sources said that......
ISLAMABAD: After doling out over Rs480 billion to settle the circular debt in his first budget two years ago, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Saturday that circular debt had nothing to do with the......
PESHAWAR: Eight suspected militants were killed when a US drone fired missiles at a compound in Shawal area of North Waziristan Agency on Saturday.Sources said that four missiles were fired at the......
QUETTA: Four policemen were killed in an ambush in Pashtoonabad area here on Saturday, police sources said.A police van carrying four personnel was on routine patrol at the Baloch Khan roundabout......
SARGODHA: Two young suspected suicide attackers were killed in an explosion near a bridge in Sargodha on Saturday.According to a witness, a car pulled up beside the bridge at 11am. After a few......
ISLAMABAD: A high-profile committee, formed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, will meet for the first time on Sunday to suggest measures and relief efforts for Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar who are......
Barcelona were crowned kings of Europe for the fifth time after beating Juventus 3-1 in a superb Champions League final at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, capping their magnificent season with a......
Every year when the budget is presented, a number of generic themes are rolled out in its aftermath to help drive the conversation. Some decry the targets set as ‘too ambitious’, other call the......
The convictions took the country by surprise: an anti-terrorism court operating in secrecy inside a military-controlled internment centre in Swat had handed life sentences to 10 individuals involved......
After over two months of bloodshed in Yemen, the first serious signs of a negotiated settlement to the conflict are emerging. As reported on Saturday, both the Houthi rebel militia as well as......
AS an extreme summer engulfs the Indo-Gangetic plane, the political temperature is also rising. The Indian defence minister’s extraordinary statement about “fighting terror with terror” amounts to an......
Two years, three budgets, three-fifths of the way to go — it’s that time of the year, so may as well check in on the state of things. Spoiler alert: basically, more of the same (as if you hadn’t......
Gilgit-Baltistan goes to the polls tomorrow to elect members to its legislative assembly. The first successful and democratic transition from one government to the other in the post-2009 set-up makes......
IN a propitious development, Afghanistan’s women lawmakers and government negotiators met the Taliban this week in Oslo to ponder prospects for a formal peace dialogue as part of a......
ARE you a responsible citizen who recycles, reuses and reduces waste? Well, let’s check out if you really care about your environment and your surroundings; here is an interesting activity game at......
94-year-old man finishes college after starting 75 years agoA 94-YEAR-OLD man became the oldest graduate in the West Virginia University history when he received his diploma recently.The school said......
WE often read and hear about environmental hazards that affect human health but what is happening to the environment of the silent world of waters is not paid its due attention.Unfortunately, we......
