Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to play a proactive role in promoting peace in the region, adding that it was incumbent on the UN Security Council to......
ANKARA: Whether it teams up with the nationalist or secularist opposition, Turkey's ruling AK Party must navigate the same obstacle in its search for a junior coalition partner: the ambition of......
KARACHI: The management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Tuesday terminated services of five crew members on flight PK-788 from London to Karachi for violating rules and regulations.A day......
ISLAMABAD: Rights groups and church leaders on Tuesday urged authorities to halt the imminent execution of a man for a murder committed in 1992, saying his conviction was flawed.The plea for mercy......
WASHINGTON: Fourteen journalists killed covering the news in 2014 — including Pakistani journalist Irshad Mastoi — were recognised on Monday by the Newseum, which added their names to its Washington......
ISLAMABAD: A cabinet committee formed to tackle issues over the plight of Rohingya Muslims has decided on a $5 million grant in the form of food to be channelled through the World Food Program for......
Pakistan U17 wrestling team's hopes of competing in the annual Cadet Asian Wrestling Championship were dashed after the Indian High Commission denied them visas for the New Delhi event, DawnNews......
Pakistani has executed approximately 150 ‘criminals’ over the past six months amidst concerns that those executed may have been tortured into making false confessions, reports The Independent.Saudi......
With the revelation of the Pakistan Economic Survey 2014-2015 ? essentially a scorecard of the economy’s performance over the current fiscal year ? and the much-awaited presentation of the FY15-16......
TRIPOLI: Islamic State militants have seized a power plant west of the Libyan city of Sirte which supplies central and western parts of the country with electricity, the group and a military source......
With Ramazan around the corner, my children are already demanding a variety of foods to be enjoyed at iftar time in the upcoming weeks. Hence I decided to start a little early this time, and upon......
PESHAWAR: The tripartite opposition alliance comprising PPP, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Awami National Party (ANP) rejected the proposals made during the All Parties Conference (APC)......
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing to launch India's biggest overhaul of labour laws since independence in a bid to create millions of manufacturing jobs, at the risk of......
LONDON: Former England hero Paul Gascoigne has said the current team under Roy Hodgson lack the passion he was famous for, and that he cannot bear to watch much football these days because he misses......
BARCELONA: Dani Alves put an end to speculation about his future when he signed a two-year extension to his deal with recently-crowned European champions Barcelona on Tuesday.The 32-year-old......
There's celebrities, there's dance numbers, there are even awards — call it a fashion week if you will, but Telenor Bridal Couture Week is more fanfare than fashion.Created with its later TV......
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Tuesday called the PML-N budget for the upcoming fiscal year "pro-rich", and said it is unlikely that revised......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani envoys conference opened at Foreign Office today. The conference will focus and deliberate upon foreign policy challenges facing Pakistan in its immediate and extended......
For decades, Mahesh Bhatt’s life has been the gift that simply won’t stop giving. He has made so many movies about his most personal experiences, vast numbers of Indians know as much about his......
Bangladesh must ramp up efforts to tackle its “epidemic” of child marriage – a problem fuelled by the country's repeated natural disasters, rights campaigners said on Tuesday.Human Rights Watch (HRW)......
NEW DELHI: Police say they have arrested the New Delhi state law minister for allegedly holding a fake degree in law and registering as an attorney in the Indian capital.Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat......
Our recent import, Imran Abbas is going places: after filming his recent Bollywood venture Jan Nisar, the actor is now in Turkey on an invitation by his musician friend Ersin Faikzade, reported......
ISLAMABAD: At least twelve suspected militants were killed during airstrikes in Khyber Agency on Tuesday, said a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).Fighter jets carried out......
Pakistan's spin king may be out of favour with the national selectors but England batsman and Worcestershire team mate Moeen Ali believes Saeed Ajmal is just a “four-day game away from getting back......
MUZAFFARABAD: Relatives of death row prisoner Shafqat Hussain said Tuesday they “felt a wave of life” when his execution was halted to examine claims he was a juvenile when the crime was......
The Social Sciences discipline has long remained an extremely neglected and mistreated subject area in Pakistan. Our present complex policy, security, societal, local and regional challenges demand a......
KUNDUZ: Mauludeen lifts the shirt of his writhing, shrieking infant daughter to reveal a gunshot wound, highlighting the plight of tens of thousands of Afghans caught in the crossfire on the......
HAGATNA: There were no flowers. There was no music. The onlookers witnessing Guam's first wedding of a gay couple were mostly members of the media.“It's my privilege to officiate at this. Do you......
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch on Tuesday inaugurated the new freight train from Quetta to Zahedan, Iran via Taftan.The freight service has been relaunched after five years......
Lingering memories of a World Cup controversy which erupted nearly three months ago will return to the centre stage when Bangladesh host India for a one-off Test, which starts on Wednesday, and three......
NEW DELHI: Twelve Maoist rebels died in a gun battle with security forces in a remote forest in eastern India, police said Tuesday.Police said the fighting broke out when they tried to intercept a......
MUMBAI: Mumbai's ornate horse-drawn carriages are nearing the end of the road after a court in the Indian city ruled them illegal, saying owners must wind up operations within a year.The......
AHMEDABAD: A city council in western India is planning to pay residents to use public toilets in a desperate attempt to stop legions of people urinating and defecating in public.The Ahmedabad......
ISLAMABAD: Taking note of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statements during his visit to Bangladesh, Foreign Office spokesperson Qazi M. Khalilullah said on Tuesday that it confirms Pakistan’s......
KARACHI: Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Majeed Abbasi was killed Tuesday when unknown assailants opened fire on a police mobile in Karachi's Shah Latif Town area.The DSP was on his way to duty......
NEW DELHI: Indian rescuers were searching Tuesday for a coast guard plane that went missing overnight off the country's southeastern coast, a defence official said.The aircraft had been on a routine......
DUSHANBE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday addressed the Conference on Implementation of the International Decade for Action, 'Water for Life' 2005-2025, after arriving in Tajikistan on a......
PESHAWAR/SWABI: Four parties, sitting on the opposition benches in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, have joined hands to form district government in Swabi. The leaders of ANP, JUI-F, PML-N and PPP vowed......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-N on Monday threatened to hold a rally at D-Chowk in Islamabad on June 12 if the provincial government didn’t announce re-election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.PML-N......
KARAK: A young labourer was killed when he was hit by rolling boulders while working in a gypsum mine in the Khandi Mountain near Lakki Banda village in Karak tehsil.The local people said that Luqman......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission on Monday arrested three persons, including two key officers of Child Protection and Welfare Commission, on the charges of misuse of authority and......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Monday said his government was committed to complete empowerment the upcoming local governments in the province.He directed the relevant......
KOHAT: The police arrested 33 workers of different political parties the other day as they were nominated in FIRs for allegedly disrupting the voting process during the local government elections......
LAKKI MARWAT: A large number of women from Darra Pezu and Kherukhel wards held a demonstration outside the press club in Lakki city here on Monday to protest bar on them to use right of vote in the......
LANDI KOTAL: The political administration sealed the shop of the president of local traders union on Monday for what he claimed to punish him for attending a public rally, held in Landi Kotal......
ABBOTTABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz are making hectic efforts to woo independents to strengthen party position for the Abbottabad district and tehsil nazim slots as......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday asked the opposition parties that if they’re willing, it was ready for re-elections of local councils in the province under the supervision of......
PESHAWAR/MARDAN: The tripartite alliance of opposition parties has rejected the government’s offer to hold all parties conference over the widespread rigging allegations in the May 30 local body......
GHALANAI: Activists of various political parties held a demonstration here on Monday to demand of the federal government to announce local body elections in the tribal areas as well.Mohmand Seyasi......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party has requested the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold the local government elections on a divisional level in phases, it emerged during a party meeting jointly......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday gave a last chance to the inspector general of police to submit a reply on the May 23 incident till June 12; otherwise it would pass an order in the contempt......
THE prime minister inaugurated the metro bus service in Islamabad. This is indeed a good step. Moreover, the government has introduced metro bus in Lahore and announced an orange train there as......
THE metro bus has finally started operation in Rawalpindi-Islamabad. It must be a great boon for all the people who use the route to get to Islamabad from Rawalpindi and back.Now the trip is quicker......
DRUG and alcohol abuse among youth is increasing in certain segments of Pakistani society and assuming alarming proportions that would have devastating effects if allowed unchecked.Sometimes I can’t......
THE Trauma Centre at the D.H.Q.H, Mirpur Mathelo, is non-functional for want of a trauma surgeon.The Oil and Gas Development Corporation is requested to appoint a few trauma surgeons so that precious......
THE budgetary axe has fallen on the pocket of the poor man. Perhaps the finance minister thinks there are no poor left in the country.He has given the traders’ budget with a variety of exemptions,......
THE Aghaz-i-Haqooq-i-Balochistan overseas scholarships, recently announced by the Higher Education Commission, are a golden opportunity for the students of backward areas of the province to continue......
REFERENCE the news report ‘Balochistan government urged to allocate Rs52bn for schools ‘ (June 6). I want to state that more investment in education can paylong-lasting, rich dividends. Perhaps, it......
ONE is shocked to read about the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar perpetrated by the ruthless army and otherwise peaceful Buddhist majority in Myanmar.Muslims, who constitute about 4pc of......
ISLAMABAD: People in Pakistan are living longer, but not happily.It is not a political statement but the finding of a worldwide study that the longer living Pakistanis are spending more time in ill......
ISLAMABAD: Due to the ‘lethargy’ of the ministry of interior and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), a Romanian citizen could not go back to his country to meet his wife and the only child since......
RAWALPINDI: E-ticketing and internet service on the metro bus service was suspended for an hour after fire erupted in the cable network outside 6th Road bus station on Monday afternoon.However,......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) will launch a crackdown on defective and unfit motorcycles from June 10.According to a statement, motorcyclists driving bikes without helmets and side......
ISLAMABAD: ‘Pakistan behind the Headlines’, a photographic exhibition by Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), explores the lives of the residents of Kurram Agency and other displaced people of the......
RAWALPINDI: One of the policemen, involved in the shooting of two brothers on 6th Road was arrested on Monday, while another is still at large.A senior police official, requesting anonymity, told......
ISLAMABAD: Two months after the commencement of the academic session, the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) has issued a revised syllabus for three subjects.Students will......
ISLAMABAD: Three persons of a family, including a toddler, were killed and seven others injured in a road accident in Islamabad on Monday, police said.A family from Masrial Rawalpindi was going to......
CHAKWAL: On a first visit, one only notices the calm which engulfs the sleepy village of Pichnand, located some 90 kilometres from the district capital, in Talagang tehsil. Most of its 24,000......
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has become the first region in the country to launch a wheat flour fortification project with the assistance of a UN agency and a Canada-based......
ISLAMABAD: Two policemen were beaten by traders when they tried to arrest a suspected drug peddler on Monday, police said.The policemen recovered charas from a man who told them that he bought it......
LAHORE: The FB Naraindas Moolchand Hospital in Mozang is virtually on the verge of collapse.Housed on the premises of the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, the 80-bed Moolchand Hospital is one of the oldest......
LAHORE: The IPV (Inactivated Polio Vaccine) campaign was inaugurated in Punjab at a ceremony organised at the Mian Munshi Hospital here on Monday.The IPV was introduced for the first time in Pakistan......
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Rafiq Rajwana has convened 15th session of the provincial assembly on June 10 (Wednesday).The provincial budget will be presented during the same session on June 12......
GUJRAT: The ruling PML-N won the NA-108 by-election by defeating PTI with a clear margin on Monday.Mumtaz Ahmed Tarrar won by securing some 77884 votes whereas his closest rival, PTI’s Tariq Tarrar......
LAHORE: The two-day 4th DAWN Franchise Expo 2015 opens today (Tuesday).It is the ideal platform for investors and entrepreneurs to meet franchisers, and explore opportunities that will enable them to......
During the last two weeks, elimination of beggary or at least its decrease or control during Ramazan and on the eve of Eidul Fitr was discussed in various meetings held at the Town Hall.Following the......
LAHORE: Ten newly-appointed additional judges of the Lahore High Court took oath of their offices on Monday. Chief Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik administered oath to the judges at judges’ lounge.Those......
LAHORE: In adherence to judgments of Punjab Subordinate Judiciary Service Tribunals, the Lahore High Court has recalled a notification about imposition of major penalty of reduction to a lower grade......
LAHORE: The budget proposal for only 7.5 per cent increase in the pension is another blow to the retired government employees, a large number of whom are already facing stoppage of the meager pension......
LAHORE: US Ambassador Richard Olson called on Governor Rafique Rajwana at Governor House here on Monday and discussed matters pertaining to bilateral relations and boosting economic ties between the......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday sought a reply from the federal government on a petition challenging appointment of Syed Adil Gilani as adviser to Prime Minister Inspection Commission.A......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri has said the non-allocation of funds for the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) is a manifestation of the ruling PML-N’s low......
LAHORE: A photographs exhibition-cum-competition organised by The Media Foundation with the support of Umeed Jawan for professional and amateur photographers opened at Racecourse Park on Monday.The......
LAHORE: A man died while a woman sustained injuries when some wedding guests opened fire after a physical clash in Sundar area on Monday.Police said Waqar, Ashiq and Sajid scuffled over a minor issue......
GUJRANWALA: Five people, including a police constable, were injured while resisting robberies in separate incidents here on Monday.Suspects looted Rs1.5 million from a petrol pump employee and......
LAHORE: Visually impaired and the disabled government employees on Monday once again blocked The Mall by staging a sit-in on it against the Punjab government for not fulfilling the commitments it had......
SAHIWAL: Ghala Mandi police have registered six first information reports (FIRs) in a land fraud involving the buyers and sellers of an illegal housing scheme, Shuja Town, on Arifwala-Sahiwal......
LAHORE: Scores of people from Sahiwal staged a protest against special assistant to chief minister and former inspector general of police Rana Maqbool Ahmad outside the Lahore Press Club on......
FAISALABAD: A government job has been offered to the ill-fated woman whose husband strangled their three minor daughters allegedly because of abject poverty in Jhumra on Sunday.District Coordination......
FAISALABAD: A group of 10 to 15 lawyers on Monday vented their ire on three policemen deputed at District Council Chowk after arrest of their colleague.Carrying sticks, the lawyers turned up on the......
FAISALABAD: A three-member committee of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) recommended ‘registering a case’ against the Fesco officials to recover missing meters installed at the steel......
KARACHI: With over 24 designers and a segment highlighting the great masters of fashion and design, the three-day Telenor Bridal Couture Week organised by Hum Network’s Hum Sitaray concluded on......
KARACHI: About 51 tonnes of rations were distributed by army personnel to the people of Nagar Parkar and Chachro in Tharparkar district at a five-day relief and medical camp. Some 5,000 families......
KARACHI: The week which saw a lot of patronage for arts ended on a promising note as I am Karachi Film Festival concluded with better prospects for aspiring film-makers.Divided over three events, I......
KARACHI: A suspected robber was was shot dead in a police encounter in Ferozabad on Monday.Area SP Akhtar Farooq said that three robbers were looting passers-by near Aqsa Masjid on Khalid Bin Waleed......
SUKKUR: Activists of the Primary Teachers Association (PTA) took out a rally in Jacobabad on Monday, demanding promotion to higher grades.Carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against......
KARACHI: The tropical cyclone Ashobaa, currently located at around 700 kilometres south of the city, has turned north-west towards the Persian Gulf, missing the Sindh coast though affecting weather......
KARACHI: Foreign diplomats of five European countries called on Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Monday and urged him to stop the execution of death row prisoner Shafqat Hussain.A......
Karachi: A significant part of fish export earning now comprises fish meal, which is an alarming indicator of steep decline in the production of commercially important fish resources, said an expert......
KARACHI: Anyone who is interested in contemporary British theatre must be familiar with actor and playwright Ayub Khan Din. As a dramatist, Din shot to fame in the mid-1990s with a hilarious and......
KARACHI: Helmet-wearing became mandatory for motorcyclists on Monday after the week-long relief in the enforcement of the order given by the authorities came to an end, said an official.He said......
DADU: Three more devotees of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar died from heatstroke on Monday as the mercury rose to 50 degrees Celsius in and around Sehwan town.The victims were identified as Noor Ali Khan, 55,......
SUKKUR: Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali has ordered suspension of 19 officers of the Sukkur Electric Power Company (Sepco) on charges of failure to perform duties in the best......
HYDERABAD: Former SHO Khuda Bux Panhwar has accused Badin SSP Khalid Mustafa Korai of forcing him to lodge ‘fake FIRs’ against former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza and his supporters, and......
HYDERABAD: Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has said that Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah is insulting Sindh as he is too old to effectively manage the affairs of the......
WHETHER she’s advocating an audit of the national debt, lamenting the deterioration of Spain’s public health services or urging the creation of a public bank, the Benedictine nun Teresa Forcades......
ELMAU CASTLE: Thousands of foreign jihadists are still flooding into Syria to fight, US President Barack Obama warned on Monday, as he urged greater efforts to halt the flow, particularly through the......
TOKYO: Japanese academics on Monday urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to renew apologies for the country’s imperialist past and offer to compensate victims of its wartime brothel system, in the latest......
COLOMBO: A two-judge bench of Sri Lanka’s supreme court on Monday clarified that former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa cannot be arrested in four cases mentioned in his fundamental rights......
DONETSK: At least seven Ukrainian servicemen died on Monday when their truck hit a mine planted by pro-Russian insurgents in the war-torn country’s separatist east, a Kiev military spokesman......
NEW YORK: Two convicted killers, who cut their way out of a maximum security jail near the Canadian border, probably had help from prison workers in their movie-style run for freedom, New York’s......
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi set off a social media storm on Monday after he praised his Bangladeshi counterpart for having the courage to fight terrorism “despite being a woman”.Mr......
BEIJING: Chinese students sat the annual make-or-break university entrance exams on Monday, with officials deploying drones or high-tech radio surveillance trucks at schools across the country to try......
WASHINGTON: Nasa launched a giant balloon on Monday carrying a kind of “flying saucer” that will test technologies for landing on Mars.The aircraft is fitted with the largest parachute ever......
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to show Jerusalem as a part of Israel in American passports despite a strong congressional endorsement of the demand.The decision renders a US law,......
SKHIRAT: Libya’s warring factions began crunch talks on Monday as world leaders called for “bold political decisions” to prevent the oil-rich nation crumbling into a failed state.Amid warnings that......
VIENNA: The world’s first artificial leg capable of simulating the feelings of a real limb and fighting phantom pain was unveiled by researchers in Vienna on Monday.The innovation is the result of a......
UNITED NATIONS: Thousands of people are being killed or wounded as a consequences of the continuing conflict in Afghanistan, forcing families to leave their homes and seek refuge in neighbouring......
It's an obvious pitch. Just when the Americans are frothing around for something sane to say about their non-existent policy in the Middle East, along comes the Al Nusra Front – AlQaeda’s beheaders......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new mangrove protection scheme, the world’s first country-wide initiative, is relying on women like Michel Priyadarshani, head of a fisherwomen’s group in eastern Ambantotam......
KARACHI: Sixteen outstanding sportspersons including eight boys and eight girls were presented with the Karachi Commissioner Sports Awards for Emerging Players of 2013 in an impressive ceremony held......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s first Asian gold medallist in 200metre race, Sharif Butt (88) died in Rawalpindi on Monday.Sharif’s close relative Salman Iqbal Butt, who is also a former national athlete and now......
LAHORE: Odds-on favourite mare Sabre Queen produced a high calibre performance to be a magnificent winner during the day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the floodlit Racecourse here on Sunday.In the......
LAHORE: Four more matches were decided in the LRCA Commissioner Cup cricket tournaments at different venues here on Monday.At Bagh-i-Jinnah ground, Meiji Beaconhouse beat Government High School,......
KARACHI: Eight teams picked from amongst the camp trainees feature in an under-16 hockey tournament which begins at Olympian Iftikhar Syed Sports Academy (OISSA) on Tuesday, says an announcement.The......
LAHORE: While expressing full confidence in his Test team, head coach Waqar Younis on Monday acknowledged the ODI squad due to loss of several key campaigners was currently not very strong, but......
BIRMINGHAM: England, not for the first time, will try to re-launch themselves as a One-day International cricket side when they face World Cup finalists New Zealand in the first of a five-match......
ISLAMABAD: One-day captain Azhar Ali on Monday hoped Pakistan, after recording the home series victory against Zimbabwe recently, would do well on the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka.Talking to a private......
MADRID: The mother of Cristiano Ronaldo, the highest-paid footballer in the world, was stopped by Spain’s civil guard from returning home to Portugal with 55,000 euros in her handbag, it emerged on......
KARACHI: South Africa’s Pakistan-born leg-spinner Imran Tahir says he owes recent improvement in his bowling to Pakistan’s spinning legend Abdul Qadir whose guidance has proved invaluable in his......
KARACHI: Yasir Shah has vowed to expand his repertoire of deliveries to become a potent wicket-taker in international cricket as the young Pakistan leg-spinner prepared to embark on the tour of Sri......
LONDON: Belgium produced a scintillating attacking display to win 4-3 away to France, Russia came from behind to beat Belarus 4-2 while England extended their unbeaten run to 10 games with a tame 0-0......
PORT-OF-SPAIN: Trinidad and Tobago’s Centre of Excellence, a football academy built with millions of dollars from FIFA, today hosts more weddings and conventions than matches, a symbol of the shady......
OTTAWA: Former champions Germany and Norway got off to winning starts at the women’s World Cup on Sunday as newcomers Ivory Coast and Thailand took a battering.Germany whipped the Ivory Coast 10-0......
MONTREAL: Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton bounced back and increased his lead in the drivers world championship Sunday when he drove to a well-measured victory ahead of Mercedes team-mate......
LAHORE: The Punjab Olympic Association celebrated the Olympic Day 2015 here on Sunday, holding athletics, basketball and cycling contests in collaboration with the respective federation.The athletics......
SINGAPORE: Former world champion boxer Josie Gabuco is gunning for a fourth consecutive SEA Games gold medal after the Filipina reached the women’s light flyweight final on Monday with a convincing......
KARACHI: The stock market witnessed unprecedented volatility on Monday, but the KSE-100 index managed to close the post-budget session with a gain of 138.62 points or 0.41pc at 34,151.11.As was......
WASHINGTON: Water scarcity in Pakistan could threaten all aspects of national economy, the International Monetary Fund warned on Monday, while blaming “lack of proper management” for this......
ISLAMABAD: The business community has sought an incentives package for Balochistan to help accelerate its economy.The demand came from Quetta and Chaman chambers at a time when the federal government......
KARACHI: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has decided to accept the right shares offered by Pakistan Refinery (PRL), in order to maintain its percentage shareholding in the refinery.According to the annual......
LAHORE: The container special train between Quetta and Zahidan will start operation from Tuesday after about four years with the assistance of Iranian Railways.Initially, the freight train will......
ISLAMABAD: The poultry sector has warned of a further increase in prices due to imposition of new taxes in the budget.The sector recently made an increase of around Rs40 per kg in the rates of live......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has collected over Rs20 million for number plates over the last 10 months but it has yet to deliver them, much to the inconvenience of buyers of new vehicles.According......
ISLAMABAD: Dependency on the internet is increasing and by 2017 as many as 4 billion people all over the world will be connected with internet.CEO for Alcatel-Lucent Pakistan Aadil Rauf said that by......
BERLIN: Tohid Tasoujian is a co-founder of online fashion store Taxi Moda and one of a growing breed of Internet entrepreneurs in sanctions-hit Iran.He set out his stall this week at a conference of......
State Life, Summit Bank sign agreementKARACHI: The State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan (SLIC) and Summit Bank Limited have signed a bancassurance distribution agency agreement, a press......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is seeking support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for an effective implementation of the ‘Zero Hunger and Family Farming Programme’ to start school feeding......
MONTREAL: Greece has only “a matter of days” to reach a deal with its international creditors, European Central Bank governing council member Christian Noyer said on Monday, adding that a Greek exit......
KARACHI: The cotton market remained steady amid slow trading on Monday as spinners took to the sidelines owing to harsh budgetary proposals considered to be anti-export oriented industry.Floor......
LONDON: Gold steadied after a three-day losing streak on Monday as the dollar and stock markets fell, though prices stayed near 11-week lows after Friday’s strong US jobs report fuelled speculation......
WASHINGTON: The World Bank wants all corporate bidders on bank-funded projects to publicly reveal their true owners as a way of tackling fraud and cronyism in government contracts, a senior official......
TOKYO: Japan posted stronger-than-expected growth in the first quarter as a pickup in capital spending powered the world’s number three economy, but some economists warned that the recovery could be......
GELENDZHIK: Russian officials said on Monday it was too soon to say when an oil-for-goods deal with Iran would start, contradicting a report that Moscow had already begun delivering grain under such......
SHARM SHEIKH: Senior African officials negotiating a trade deal in Egypt to create a common market across half the continent said on Monday the pact was ready to be signed.The Tripartite Free Trade......
BARABANKI: The packets of Nestle’s Maggi 2-Minute Noodles that triggered India’s worst food scare in a decade almost got lost in the post.Returned months later to the north Indian food inspector who......
KARACHI: PPP Vice President Sherry Rehman returned unopposed as senator from Sindh on Monday when the opponent withdrew his candidature.Monday was fixed for scrutiny of nomination papers of......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk on Monday administered the oath of office to Rana Asad Ameen as Auditor General of Pakistan at a simple but dignified ceremony.The federal finance minister,......
QUETTA: A strike was observed in the city on Monday in response to the call of Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) and Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) to protest against Sunday’s killing of five people......
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: A judicial magistrate remanded on Monday the chief executive officer of a software company and eight other officials in prison in a fake degrees and money laundering case.The......
QUETTA: Police claimed to have arrested on Monday three men for their suspected involvement in last year’s attacks on the Khalid and Samungli airbases in the city.The arrests made in a pre-dawn raid......
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) continue to build pressure on the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for its alleged role in rigging in the local government elections held......
THE vast, sparsely populated stretches of Balochistan give up their tales of terrible human rights violations only reluctantly, but closer to urban areas like Quetta murder makes it to the news. In......
ISLAMABAD: An opposition walkout from the National Assembly and hard bargaining on Monday won the facility of a live telecast of parliament’s budget debate for the first time in Pakistan beginning on......
DO you have enemies? Are you being threatened and are afraid to leave home? Well, worry no more and march ahead, or rather drive ahead, without fear — on offer now are bulletproof and armoured......
ISLAMABAD: As Afghans appear increasingly wary about Islamabad’s promises of help for achieving peace in their war-ravaged country, Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz......
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee Awais Leghari denounced on Monday Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement about India’s role in the separation of......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif launched on Monday the Integrated Security System at the Allama Iqbal Airport, making it the first airport in the country to have a modern security system.Director......
KARACHI: Death-row prisoner Shafqat Hussain was given a last-minute reprieve after his execution was stayed a fourth time late on Monday night, sources at the Karachi Central Prison told Dawn.Shafqat......
GILGIT/SKARDU: The PML-N was ahead of other parties in the initial unofficial results of the elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly held on Monday.According to unofficial results......
ISLAMABAD: The minister for planning and development has disputed an assessment by the finance ministry that the country’s unemployment rate had fallen to six per cent, arguing that the joblessness......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court suspended on Monday the May 29 Lahore High Court judgment which had declared illegal imposition of different surcharges on electricity bills.The apex court issued the......
ISLAMBAD: A witness produced by the Election Commission of Pakistan conceded before the poll inquiry commission on Monday that 30 per cent more ballot papers than the number of registered voters in......
US DRONE strikes have continued relentlessly in the Fata region. Most recently, on June 6, a US drone strike killed at least nine suspected militants in the Shawal valley of North Waziristan.A few......
COMMENTS about Narendra Modi’s sartorial metamorphosis turned my thoughts to the 19th-century poet and wit Akbar Allahabadi. Also, a friend in Chicago forwarded me Emma Tarlo’s book on the sartorial......
THE $46 billion investment tag being associated with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor could be transformational. But its ultimate fate will depend on whether Pakistani is able to fulfil its......
THE annual budget should be the means to achieve stated objectives. The government should use the occasion to present its strategic vision and announce the instruments, policy initiatives and......
AS the one-year anniversary of the launch of Operation Zarb-i-Azb approaches, it is helpful to recall just how much has changed inside Pakistan over the last year on the security front — and how much......
EVEN though his party still has a plurality, the outcome of Sunday’s parliamentary election is a blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions, especially to his appetite for more powers to turn......
INTERIOR Minister Nisar Ali Khan’s penchant for wading into areas beyond the scope of his ministry has manifested itself again.In a statement issued last Saturday, he expressed the hope that the......
KARACHI: Death-row prisoner Shafqat Hussain was given a last-minute reprieve after his execution was stayed a fourth time late Monday night, sources at Karachi Central Prison told Dawn.Shafqat was......
