KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers Sindh has recommended a crackdown on terror-funding activities across Karachi, in which the law-enforcing agency claims several influential personalities of Sindh are......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that externally-sponsored terrorism and violent extremism are grave threats to a secure and prosperous Pakistan.Speaking at the Pakistani envoys conference......
Ahmed Shehzad and Younis Khan scored fifties but there were ominous signs for Pakistan ahead of the first Test against Sri Lanka as Misbah-ul-Haq's side folded for 247 against Sri Lanka Board......
SANAA: Witnesses and officials in Yemen say a Saudi-led air strike hit a public bus on a highway north of the southern city of Aden, splitting the vehicle in half and killing at least 20 civilian......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has utilised only 45 per cent of total Annual Development Programme (ADP) funds allocated to the province with less than a month left till the close......
LAHORE: Officials said Thursday they had detained five Thai nationals for trying to board a plane with a pistol and ammunition.A handgun and bullets were found in the Thais' luggage as they checked......
A suspect in the attempted rape of a six-year-old boy at the Islamabad Convent School was remanded in police custody for three days.On June 9, a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged over the......
In response to this article on a Pakistani's visit to New York, Misbah Manzoor Khashkheli presents her own experience of a stay in the mega-metropolis of New York City.Frank Sinatra was not wrong......
Karachi: The city witnessed its eight victim of the deadly 'brain-eating' amoeba as a 56-year-old man became the latest to succumb to Naegleria fowleri, DawnNews reported Thursday.According to a......
MANILA: Filipino police have freed eight children from a house in Manila where they were allegedly sold for prostitution and forced to have sex for an online audience, authorities said Thursday.Two......
Legendary British actor Christopher Lee has died at the age of 93 after being hospitalised for respiratory problems and heart failure, according to The Guardian.Although the actor passed away at......
LONDON: Former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior announced on Thursday that he has retired at the age of 33 due to injury.Prior made the last of his 79 Test appearances against India at Lord's 11......
How many of us are even aware that sexism plays a strong role in the publishing world? Not many, for sure.Thanks to Pakistani novelist Kamila Shamsie, this point was highlighted in an article she......
PESHAWAR: A school teacher in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat region accidentally shot dead a 12-year-old pupil on Thursday while cleaning his pistol in the staff room, police said.Teachers in Khyber......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution strongly condemning recent provocative statements made by Indian leaders, including the threat of attacks against Pakistani territory.A......
AHMEDABAD: The unique way by which a retired Muslim school teacher in a remote village of Indian state of Gujrat inspired his students was by constructing a temple in the village school, said a......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday suspended the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold fresh by-elections in PK-95 constituency in Lower Dir.Read: Fresh......
``Very few Pakistani bowlers had the ability to mesmerise even when they put in a prolonged wicketless spell on subcontinent dust bowls. Rogue hero, Mohammad Asif possessed that ability and after......
MANSEHRA: Eight students, including a female, at Mansehra's Hazara University were injured when an unidentified person set off a hand grenade during a clash between students and a security guard on......
MUMBAI/ZURICH: Nestle said Thursday it is challenging a ban imposed by India on its hugely popular Maggi instant noodles brand after tests showed they contained excessive levels of lead.Nestle said......
Australia captain Michael Clarke had little time to reflect on a “tough summer” battling injury and grieving the death of his friend Phillip Hughes but took satisfaction in defying the doubters who......
Over in India, an advertisement featuring a same-sex couple is making waves on social media, reports the Times of India.The ad, which was created for a brand that sells women's clothing, features two......
LAUSANNE: FIFA has handed over computer data to Swiss police investigating the 2018 and 2022 World Cup votes and suspended bidding for the 2026 tournament as it remained at the centre of a football......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday while addressing the National Assembly said that motorways will be built in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan as well.The budget discussion......
ISLAMABAD: At least 10 suspected militants were killed during a search operation by security forces in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan tribal region, according to statement issued by the......
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to deliver Thursday his first speech since legislative elections, with his party set to talk to the opposition on forming a coalition after it......
Come summer in Pakistan and those who can afford it jet off to exotic foreign locales to cool off, while some head to the hills in the north. Those that can’t do either, well, they don’t do anything.......
QUETTA: Four policemen were killed on Thursday in Quetta's Pashtunabad area when unidentified assailants opened fire on a police mobile.The armed motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire at a......
KATHMANDU: A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall buried six villages in Nepal's mountainous northeast, and at least 15 people sleeping in the homes are believed to have been killed and another 12......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday expressed his gratitude to the President of Zimbabwe, Mr. Robert Mugabe, after the successful and safe tour of the Zimbabwean Cricket Team to......
Fawad Khan isn't too busy making movies in Bollywood to indulge in a little photo sesh with his co-stars!The Kapoor and Sons team took a breather after their shoot in the Indian hill station of......
RIYADH: Two Saudi Arabian airport workers have been jailed for four years each and will be lashed 1,000 times for sexually harassing two teenage Iranian boys, a report said on Wednesday.Saudi news......
ISLAMABAD: The European Union (EU) on Thursday expressed concern over increasing executions in Pakistan and demanded of the government to reinstate the moratorium on death penalty and fully respect......
PESHAWAR: At least two policemen were killed and six others were injured Thursday morning when a suicide blast targeting the vehicle of Deputy Commandant of Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) occurred in......
Times Higher Education (THE), a leading authority on world-class universities, has launched Asia University Rankings 2015.Bad news for Pakistan: not even a single university could make it to the......
PESHAWAR: A strike call given by an alliance of the Awami National Party, Pakistan People’s Party and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl in protest against alleged fraud in the May 30 local body elections......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has approved the building design of Nowshera Medical College and asked the relevant authorities to set up an autonomous board to run the new teaching hospital......
CHARSADDA: A councillor-elect of Awami National Party and one of his friends were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on their vehicle in Shabqadar area of Charsadda late on Tuesday......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday extended stay orders earlier issued against recovery of three different surcharges in monthly electricity bills from the CNG stations across Khyber......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar on the problems of Federally Administered Tribal Areas said that the tribal region, which has been disowned for long, needs to be integrated with rest of the country......
LANDI KOTAL: Two miners were killed and another injured when an excavator overturned in Sur Kamar area of Jamrud on Wednesday.Khasadar officials said that an excavation machine was at work to remove......
MINGORA: The local transporters, commuters and other residents of the district faced severe hardships owing to shortage of petrol in Swat on Wednesday.The residents of far flung areas said that most......
NOWSHERA: Five local leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, including three councillors-elect, were sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand on Wednesday in the case of attack on Awami National Party......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has announced it will get a case registered against leaders of the opposition’s tripartite alliance for resorting to violence against shopkeepers on University Road......
Tensions have come to a head in the subcontinent once again. The latest controversy erupted after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly admitted India’s role in the 1971 war that saw......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday visited child patients at the liver transplant facility of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) and expressed his......
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Wednesday fielded a nephew of Senator Azam Khan Swati as its candidate for the post of district nazim.During a PTI meeting at the New Circuit House with Azam......
MANSEHRA: Tourists have complained about the ‘dangerous and rough’ road leading to famous Saiful Muluk lake in the scenic Kaghan valley.With the temperatures fast rising, the region is pulling large......
PESHAWAR: A modern sheep farm would be established at Jabba area of Mansehra district to provide facilities to the livestock farmers to produce quality wool and enhance mutton production.This was......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a ceremony here on Wednesday asked journalists to highlight issues of social sector and avoid sticking to politics.They said that many development and positive activities were......
I.A. REHMAN, in his article ‘No Kewalram amongst us?’ (May 21), writes: “The scion of a family that had built many educational institutions in Sindh, including the D.J. College in Karachi, also held......
NORMALLY I do not stop for people who step in front of my car without warning (having been mugged once like this). Lucky that I did for the excise and taxation inspector who did so last week in......
THIS refers to the article ‘A parody of protection’ (June 3) by Rafia Zakaria. She has critiqued the Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Bill 2015.The critical role journalists play to guide......
THE profit rates on investment in Behbood Savings Certificate and Pensioners Benefit Account under National Savings Schemes for widows and retired citizens have been falling for the last several......
THE easiest way for any government to cover up bad governance, lack of planning and foresight is to get foreign loans to meet its day to day expenses.This is exactly what our democratic governments......
THE metro bus service is now ready for commuters at the cost of Rs45bn. No doubt projects like metro are worthy but not for a nation which is under $60bn foreign debts (almost 24.5pc to our GDP).The......
FIVE consul-generals of European countries visited the Sindh chief minister and got the hanging of death-row prisoner Shafqat Hussain stayed which was to be carried out on the morning of June 9. The......
INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told the Chinese leadership during his recent visit to China that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is ‘unacceptable’ to India.Indian External......
I LIVE in North Nazimabad, Block-N, near the deputy commissioner’s office in the Buffer Zone. Adjacent to the DC’s office, there is an old water hydrant where lots of water tankers fill water daily......
ISLAMABAD: As many as 40 students of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) have been sent to jail on a 14-day judicial remand.Vice Chancellor FUUAST, Dr Zafar Iqbal, who is......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday suspended the order for the reinstatement of Chaudhry Rashid Ahmed as chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) while hearing......
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has constituted a committee, comprising high ranking officers of the twin cities’ police and administration, to devise a security plan for the metro bus service.A......
ISLAMABAD: A day after appointing the Regional Election Commissioner, Peshawar Division, as the District Returning Officer (DRO) for the forthcoming local government election in Islamabad, the......
ISLAMABAD: The lack of coordination between Ministry of Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) and Federal Directorate of Education, landed the CADD minister in awkward situation......
It is the middle of the summer mountaineering season but like many other tour operators and high altitude climbers in Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Satpara is disappointed. In his mid-30s, Mohammad Ali......
RAWALPINDI: The Leh Expressway project, which remained shelved for almost eight years, is back on the agenda of the Punjab government.Former President Pervez Musharraf had inaugurated the Rs20......
ISLAMABAD: Abdullah Hussain and Afzal Ahsan Randhawa have been nominated for Kamal-e-Fun Award 2012 and 2013 respectively by a jury nominated by Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL).Abdullah Hussain,......
ISLAMABAD: “Around eight million children in Pakistan, under the age of five years, are not meeting their development potential because of absolute poverty and malnutrition,” Minister of State for......
ISLAMABAD: Protest by 100 students, who were denied admission in the Federal Medical and Dental College (FMDC) despite figuring on the merit list, bore fruit as Pakistan Medical and Dental Council......
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to pacify bureaucrats who were overlooked for promotions, the government has softened its stance and may be willing to re-consider their names for deferred promotions.Ordinarily,......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee approved on Wednesday the controversial Seed Amendment Bill 2015 which the National Assembly has already passed.But the controversy is likely to persist because the law......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have decided to take action against those fanning sectarianism and delivering hate speech in accordance with the National Action Plan.Presiding over a meeting held to......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government will ply red buses on 14 routes of the garrison city to transport people to and from metro bus stations.Talking to Dawn, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Sajid......
TAXILA: The police have foiled a bid to smuggle commercial explosive from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to Punjab and arrested five “suspects”.During a search of a Suzuki van on GT road near Tank chowk......
LAHORE: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Wednesday submitted to the election tribunal the pre-scan report about record of NA-118, Lahore, won by PML-N MNA Malik Riaz.The......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Minhajul Quran women’s wings held a joint candlelit vigil at Liberty Chowk here on Wednesday in memory of the two women activists killed in a police raid on......
SIALKOT: Two minor children died of asphyxia after being locked up in a car parked under the blazing sun at Pasrur’s Chak Machchana on Wednesday.Muhammad Akhlaq, a public works contractor, parked his......
LAHORE: District election commissioners as delimitation officers have published preliminary lists of constituencies (union councils/committees and wards in town and municipal committees) specifying......
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday adopted three resolutions unanimously to condemn atrocities being committed against Burmese Rohingya Muslims and the Indian premier’s statement on......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: District Bar Association members on Wednesday protested against the recruitment criteria for appointment of subordinate employees of court.They questioned the alleged rejection of......
KASUR: The judges of district courts continued their partial boycott of court work for the second day on Wednesday in protest at the manhandling of a lawyer with their colleague.On Tuesday, lawyer......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said terrorism and energy shortage are the major hurdles in the way of progress and prosperity of the country.“Bullets are effective against terrorism but......
LAHORE: The Punjab Educational Endowment Fund (PEEF) has so far distributed as many as 100,000 scholarships among the talented but needy students purely on merit.This was stated by PEEF Vice Chairman......
LAHORE: Hearing the bail petition of a prime suspect involved in lynching of a Christian couple in Kot Radha Kishan, a Lahore High Court division bench on Wednesday summoned police investigation......
LAHORE: Four workers suffered multiple injuries when the roof of an under-construction shop caved in in Sattukatla on Wednesday.Police said the incident could have happened due to the use of......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Emir Sirajul Haq has criticised the Sharif brothers for what he called adopting a “Mughal style of governance” and destroying democratic institutions in the country by......
LAHORE: Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) will hold a two-day (June 13-14) International Mountain Film Festival at Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall.It was announced by Minister for Tourism......
LAHORE: The Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Bill 2015 which the Punjab Assembly is likely to pass on Thursday (today) makes all crimes against women an offence including abetment of an......
LAHORE: The Technical Advisory Group (TAG), a global advisory body on polio eradication, has urged the Punjab government to lay special emphasis on southern districts of the province to eradicate......
LAHORE: Two dust storms and the light rain that followed here on Wednesday provided timely relief to people against a three-day spell of extremely hot weather.It was hot and somewhat humid till the......
MULTAN: Scores of factory workers and owners of powerlooms on Wednesday staged a demonstration against excessive billing and increase in unannounced loadshedding after commencement of work on Metro......
GUJRAT: A huge division in the anti-PML-N vote bank has helped the ruling party clinch Mandi Bahauddin’s NA-108 in the by-election held on Monday.This vote bank is shared by at least five major......
OKARA: On the appeal of the Markazi Anjuman Tajran (MAT), a complete strike was observed here on Wednesday to express solidarity with the Rohingya Muslims.MAT President Chaudhry Saleem Sadiq and......
SAHIWAL: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Chaudhry Asif Iqbal has asked the Sahiwal Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) to examine the claims of 147 people who demand the transfer of land,......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the much-delayed Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme, commonly known as the K-IV......
KARACHI: A suspected robber was shot dead in what police described as an encounter jointly carried out by a private security company guard and local police inside a private hospital on Stadium Road......
KARACHI: A day after the killing of DSP Majeed Abbas in a Landhi locality, police investigating the case claimed to have identified the militant group behind the attack, traced some attackers and......
KARACHI: Charting almost two centuries worth of textile legacy, an exhibition titled ‘A Flower from Every Meadow’ opened at the Mohatta Palace on Wednesday in the presence of artists, critics,......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has directed the organisations concerned to speed up work on the Bus Rapid Transport System projects — Green Line, Yellow Line and Orange Line — and......
KARACHI: City markets have been facing an acute shortage of the low-cost folic acid drugs for the past two months, a situation that could potentially endanger health of newborns, it emerged on......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday restrained the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from taking action against seven deputy directors of the minority affairs department after they moved......
KARACHI: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested four activists of a banned sectarian outfit, including a recently recruited policeman, for their alleged involvement in a Rs5.3 million bank......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Wednesday remanded three suspects in police custody till June 15 in four cases pertaining to the murder of social and human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud and five......
KARACHI: The tropical cyclone Ashobaa, located at around 650 kilometres southwest of Karachi, is no more a ‘risk’ to Pakistan’s coastal belt and is now moving fast to Masirah Island of Oman, said the......
KARACHI: A young cable operator was found shot dead in Orangi Town on Wednesday.The Iqbal Market police said the body of Mohammed Sohail, in his mid-20s, was spotted in a hilly area in Shah Waliullah......
KARACHI: Participants in a workshop held on Wednesday at a local hotel urged the government to make the climate change issue part of the overall development policy of the province as the phenomenon......
THATTA: Four unidentified bodies remained entangled in the weeds around the Pinyari canal regulator for more than 48 hours owing to a dispute over jurisdiction between two police stations. Vultures......
SUKKUR: Employees of Sepco and Hesco took out rallies and staged sit-ins and demonstrations after boycotting work in several Sindh towns on Wednesday, in protest against Minister of State for Water &......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Wednesday confirmed the interim pre-arrest bail of former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza and his 18 associates in a case pertaining to the alleged creation of a......
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court directed on Wednesday the SSP of Hyderabad to conduct probe into disappearance of Sarmad Abro, son of Mehboob Abro who was cited as a......
BADIN: Badin District and Sessions Judge Ghulam Rasool Samoon on Wednesday ordered register registration of an FIR against SSP Khalid Mustafa Korai and 109 other police officers and personnel for......
HYDERABAD: Deputy Commissioner Hyderabad Fayyaz Jatoi on Wednesday directed the Water and Sanitation Agency to keep its standby generators and other machinery in order in view of information provided......
SUKKUR: The district education officer of Ghotki has once again issued notices to 16 primary schoolteachers (PSTs) who face charges of submitting bogus appointment letters, asking them to get them......
HYDERABAD: Residents and shop owners of Arab Panwhar village have accused the Military Estate Office (MEO) management of intimidating them to vacate the village land to build a wedding hall,......
LUXOR: A suicide bomber blew himself up on Wednesday close to the ancient pharaonic temple of Karnak in southern Egypt, a site visited by millions every year, the government said.No tourists were......
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday religious leaders had a pivotal role to play in times of turmoil as they can provide a value-based glue to hold communities together......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama ordered the deployment of up to 450 more US troops to Iraq on Wednesday to advise and assist local forces in an effort to reverse the recent gains of the......
COLOMBO: Veteran Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya was inducted into President Maithripala Sirisena’s government as deputy minister on Wednesday.Three others ministers also took oath along with......
NEW YORK: Thirty-one people were taken to hospital in New York on Wednesday when two buses collided in the busy Lincoln Tunnel, officials said.None of the injured were critically injured, a spokesman......
BEIJING: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in China on Wednesday for a debut visit that will cast an intriguing light on Beijing’s attitude towards the democracy champion and Nobel......
ISTANBUL: More than 2,000 refugees crossed from Syria into Turkey on Wednesday, fleeing clashes pitting Kurdish fighters against the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group, a Turkish official said.“Of......
WASHINGTON: An American police officer accused of using excessive force against black teenagers at a swimming pool party resigned on Wednesday _ four days after the incident.The confrontation between......
NEW DELHI: Police in the Indian capital said on Wednesday they have broken up an illegal adoption racket in which newborn babies were stolen from hospitals and sold to couples.Police have arrested......
UNITED NATIONS: Human rights groups have criticised UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for “bowing to pressure from the United States” after the world body decided on Tuesday against inclusion of......
LONDON: Almost 170 million youths are trapped in child labour, deprived of education and facing a life without decent job, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Wednesday.From India’s......
MADRID: Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura, whose crime novels explore Havana’s grubby underside, was on Wednesday awarded Spain’s Princess of Asturias award for literature.The award foundation hailed......
MEXICO CITY: With just a few thousand dollars and an internet-powered grassroots campaign, a 25-year-old Mexican of Japanese ancestry tapped into discontent with corruption-plagued political parties......
PARIS: Off a corridor at world culture agency Unesco’s star-shaped Paris headquarters, a modest office with potted plants and three small desks has become the war room in the fight against looted......
TARNICHANE: It’s 6am but the pickers are already working in Rose Valley, home to Bulgaria’s centuries-old rose oil industry, providing a vital ingredient for the global perfumes industry — and now......
FATULLAH: Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay flattened Bangladesh bowlers with an unbeaten 239-run partnership on the rain-curtailed opening day of the one-off Test here at the Khan......
COLOMBO: After being sidelined for close to eight years, all-rounder Jehan Mubarak was recalled to Sri Lanka’s Test squad when the 16-man squad for the three-match series against Pakistan was......
MONTREAL: Marta became the all-time leading scorer at the women’s World Cup on Tuesday as Brazil vaulted to the top of Group ‘E’ with a 2-0 win over South Korea, while Eugenie Le Sommer’s superb......
BIRMINGHAM: Jos Buttler said A.B. de Villiers was his “role model” but insisted he’d a long way to go to match the standards of the South African star despite a dazzling hundred against New Zealand......
SEOUL: Asian football minnows Bhutan and Guam are hoping to prove they can handle swimming with the big fish when the second round of regional qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup start from......
BIRMINGHAM: Jos Buttler and Joe Root thrashed brilliant centuries in England’s highest One-day International score on the way to a 210-run rout of New Zealand in the first game of the series at......
Ton-up Yousuf excels in big victoryKARACHI: Yousuf Khan struck a brilliant century as Ravi Gymkhana overwhelmed Unity Gymkhana by 117 runs in the KCCA Zone-VI Daud Khan Memorial Cricket Tournament......
KARACHI: The Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Wednesday presented Rs3.5 million — Rs1 million to Mohammad Asif and Rs2.5 million to Mohammad Sajjad — besides......
LAHORE: Four more matches were played in the LRCA Commissioner Cup at two different venues here on Wednesday.In the first match staged at Bagh-i-Jinnah, Shapes LACAS earned a close eight-run victory......
LAHORE: Dar Hockey Academy of Lahore drew its second match 1-1 with the Hurley Club, Holland, according to a report received here on Wednesday.For Dar Club, Usman Senior scored the......
KARACHI: Sherbaz Malik and Noor Mustafa got past their rivals in the men’s singles contests while Osama Khan and Sahibzada Mubeen also won their matches in the 15-and-under category on the opening......
KARACHI: An Irish coach, Sean Herron, who is currently in Pakistan, will be holding training camps here under the auspices of Sindh Golf Association (SGA).“We have invited Sean Herron to train and......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday dashed hopes of any success in recovering the money stashed by Pakistanis in Swiss accounts.Shahid Hussain Asad, Member, Inland Revenue......
ISLAMABAD: Merchandise exports fell by 5.23 per cent to $21.875 billion during the first 11 months (July-May) of 2014-15 from $23.082bn in the same period last year, suggested data of Pakistan Bureau......
KARACHI: The announcement of Market Classification review 2015 by the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) brought cheer to the Karachi Stock Exchange on Wednesday.The words in the review......
WASHINGTON: Brazil, Turkey, Peru, Colombia and India were among the five top destinations for infrastructure investments in 2014, says a World Bank report released on Wednesday.Pakistan, however, is......
KARACHI: The federal budget has disappointed consumers as they were earlier expecting some relief ahead of Ramazan.“There is nothing new in the budget to ease pressure on prices of edible items.......
KARACHI: After a roller coaster ride the KSE-100 index closed with a gain of 53.56 points (0.16 per cent) at 34,323.84 on Wednesday.The major reason which gave strength to the market was the report......
KARACHI: Remittances from overseas Pakistanis grew by 16.21 per cent to $16.663 billion during the first 11 months (July-May) of 2014-15 compared to $14.338bn in the same period last year, the State......
LAHORE: The Punjab government in collaboration with the World Bank is leading a new initiative, Programme-for-Results (P4R), to promote industrial growth in the province by improving business......
SHARM SHEIKH: African leaders signed on Wednesday a 26-nation free trade pact to create a common market that would span half the continent from Cairo to Cape Town.The Tripartite Free Trade Area......
FB Messenger app tops a billion downloadsSAN FRANCISCO: Facebook crowed Tuesday that an Android version of its Messenger app has been downloaded more than a billion times from the Google Play......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures notched their third straight day of losses on Wednesday after an industry report showed inventories in the world’s second-biggest producer swelled to a......
KARACHI: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has urged the government to hold back its plan of two-day weekly gas closure for the textile industry in Sindh.“Sindh produces 70 per cent of......
LONDON: Wheat surplus in the country is likely to mean little appetite for imports this year, although it will purchase more oilseeds due lower crop prospects, a leading local trader said.In November......
LONDON: Gold rose for a third straight session on Wednesday, bolstered by a softer dollar and worries over the Greek debt crisis, but a looming US interest rate increase and outflows from......
ISLAMABAD: Member Inland Revenue (Policy), FBR, Shahid Hussain Asad on Wednesday clarified a news report published in Dawn which he claimed misquoted him and projected the number of tax returns......
BEIJING: European companies are losing confidence in China’s economy, a lobby group survey said on Wednesday, with many firms planning to lay off staff as Beijing struggles to boost growth and......
DOHA: Qatar faces a budget deficit in 2016 for the first time in 15 years because of the oil price slump but vowed on Wednesday to forge ahead with huge spending plans as 2022 World Cup......
Three months after the pre-dawn raid by the Rangers on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement headquarters Nine Zero, political prospects of the party appear to be bleak with the powers that be still fiercely......
ISLAMABAD: The returning officers summoned by the poll inquiry commission at the insistence of the PML-Q rejected on Wednesday the allegation that they had not issued prior notices to the candidates......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif on Wednesday reassured the Chinese leadership about the security of projects to be built under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the personnel......
ISLAMABAD: Uproars rocked the budget debate in the National Assembly on Wednesday as the concept of its live telecast for the first time in Pakistan was declared virtually half dead only on the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a corruption reference against some officials of the education department and district administration Shikarpur for allegedly......
QUETTA: Parliamentary leaders of parties in the Balochistan ruling coalition proposed on Wednesday names of chairpersons of the standing committees which would be headed by MPAs belonging to the......
GILGIT: The PPP has accused the PML-N of rigging the recent Legislative Assembly elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and announced that it would challenge the results.Addressing a press conference, PPP......
MIRAMSHAH: Five suspected militants were killed when security personnel opened fire on a car at the Saidgi checkpost in North Waziristan on Wednesday.According to sources, the security personnel......
LAHORE: A man who was charged with murder at the age of 15 was executed on Wednesday morning in Kot Lakhpat Central jail.Family members of Aftab Bahadur Masih were present in the jail at the time of......
ISLAMABAD: The matter of whether or not death row prisoner Shafqat Hussain was a juvenile when he murdered a seven-year-old boy in Karachi was laid to rest on Wednesday when the Supreme Court......
NEW DELHI: The Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K), which is the primary target of the ongoing crackdown by the Indian army, has refuted the claim that scores of its cadres......
ISLAMABAD: Military commanders joined the political leadership on Wednesday in condemning India for its provocative statements against Pakistan and vowed to foil ‘Indian plots’ to destabilise the......
ISLAMABAD: Observing that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had acknowledged his country had helped anti-Pakistan elements during the events of 1971, Islamabad on Wednesday called on the global......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly unanimously passed on Wednesday a resolution condemning what it called “heinous crimes” being committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar by religious extremists......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has accepted the government’s plea for imposition of Rs1-4 per unit surcharges on electricity tariff to meet requirements of the......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to investigate the disappearance of a precious necklace donated for flood-stricken people by......
SANTIAGO: Hosts Chile will kick off the 44th edition of the Copa America on Thursday (2330 GMT) aiming to end one of the longest-running and most embarrassing records in South American football.In 36......
HARARE: India will play three ODIs and two Twenty20 matches in Zimbabwe during a two-week limited-overs tour next month, the managing director of Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) said on Wednesday.That will be......
The Commissioner Karachi Sports Awards for Emerging Players of 2013 finally saw the light of the day after a long wait. A committee was entrusted upon with the task to pick the players from those who......
ZURICH: On another day of turmoil for FIFA and the World Cup, the bidding contest for the 2026 tournament was put on hold as it embarked on the search to find a replacement for outgoing president......
BIRMINGHAM: England ODI captain Eoin Morgan said his side had come close to perfection after their record-breaking 210-run win over World Cup finalists New Zealand here at Edgbaston on Tuesday.It was......
KINGSTON: West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has listed batting and catching as key areas the team need to improve on if they are to defeat No.2 ranked Australia in the second and final Test......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) disciplinary committee on Wednesday imposed a life ban on 20 officials for forming a parallel body of the Punjab Football Association (PFA).The banned......
KARACHI: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Wednesday confirmed it had transferred $650,000 to the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) for a flood relief project in the Jhang district, the......
THE escalating war of words between India and Pakistan will do good to neither side; on the contrary it could cause incalculable harm to people of both countries.Pakistan was too easily provoked by......
ALL is not what it seems. The budget and the Economic Survey have come wrapped in a tale that doesn’t hold together very well under close examination.Consider the narrative the government has rolled......
THE ancient civilisation of Moenjodaro was famous, among other things, for its covered drains. Over 5,000 years later in villages surrounding the ruins and hamlets further beyond, sewage spills over......
ONE often wonders how a police organisation tailored to colonial needs can meet the ideals of democratic policing. Public satisfaction is the benchmark for police effectiveness, yet this cannot be......
ONCE again, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government appears bent on raising the temperature in the India-Pakistan relationship.Once again, it is difficult to discern any wisdom or even......
FOR a society whose livelihood structure is largely built on massive endowments of water, it is strange that Pakistan would be considered one of the most water-stressed countries in the world.Yet......
BY any stretch of the imagination, riding a two-wheeler in the free-for-all that is Karachi’s chaotic traffic is to play Russian roulette with one’s life.The gamble becomes far more risky if one does......
