Pakistan's cricket chief Shaharyar Khan on Tuesday said former captain Salman Butt has confessed to his role in a spot-fixing scandal, potentially paving his way for a return to international......
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday evening and appreciated Pakistan government’s counter-terrorism policy, lauded its strong resolve to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday gave a hard-hitting speech, where he lashed out at the military establishment for overstepping its......
ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday and extended greetings on the arrival of Ramazan.According to a statement issued by PM Office, Indian......
Pakistan's woes against left-arm spin are well documented now but captain Misbah-ul-Haq believes his team may have finally found an answer to arch-nemesis Rangana Herath's mystery.Pakistan and Sri......
LA SERENA: Lionel Messi has warned his Argentina team-mates that Tuesday's Copa America clash with Uruguay is a must-win encounter after their stumbling draw with Paraguay.The tournament favourites......
LOSBY: Representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban attended an international conference on Tuesday in Norway on ways to end conflicts, but Oslo said there were no plans for formal peace......
KARACHI: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi on Tuesday received Mr Benedetto Detta Vedova, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister who is leading a business......
NEW YORK: A meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held at UN headquarters in New York on Monday unanimously approved a Pakistani proposal to bring into greater focus the plight of......
Two weeks ago, I attended the Chicago Forum on Global Cities. The Forum brought in speakers and audiences from around the globe (from both public and private sector) and discussed how cities will......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Attorney General Salman Aslam Butt to submit details pertaining to the trials of five convicts awarded death sentences by military courts in order to......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said on Tuesday that there is a high chance for the month of Ramazan to begin on Thursday.Director General of the Pakistan Meteorological......
GENEVA: A Yemeni rebel delegation finally arrived in Geneva Tuesday for the second day of United Nations-backed peace talks after being stranded in Djibouti and accused Saudi Arabia of trying to......
Straight-shooting Pakistan all-rounder and Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi said it was time authorities in the country stopped using the absence of international cricket at home as ‘excuse’ for the......
CAIRO: A US airstrike has killed Al Qaeda's No 2 leader, who commanded its powerful Yemeni affiliate, dealing the global network its biggest blow since the killing of Osama bin Laden and eliminating......
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to life in prison on Tuesday on charges of spying for Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Lebanese militant group Hezbollah,......
BEIJING: Some local governments in China's unruly far western region of Xinjiang are stepping up controls on the Islamic faith followed by the Uighur people ahead of Ramazan, including making......
While upcoming film Bin Roye's trailer left us wanting more, the teasers for songs from the feature film are a testament to the expression 'be careful what you wish for'.Bin Roye is a tragic story......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government decided Tuesday that all International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) presently working in Pakistan will continue to function for a period of six months......
A Pakistani cricketer doing the sajda (prostration) on the cricket field after achieving or crossing a sporting milestone, has become an iconic image in international cricket.The deed is inspired by......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday announced the commencement of construction on two motorways connecting Pakistan with Termez in Central Asia.The PM told the National Assembly that......
KABUL: The Taliban on Tuesday warned the leader of the self-styled Islamic State group against waging a parallel insurgency in Afghanistan, after a string of defections and reported clashes with......
Reaching out to the Muslim world, avowed Hindu nationalist and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Islam for underscoring the importance of education, said a report published on The Times of......
KARACHI: Twelve death row prisoners convicted of murder were hanged on Tuesday morning in various cities of Punjab, including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, and Gujranwala, DawnNews reports.Mukhtar,......
KARACHI: Dr. Raza was waiting for his next patient when two young men walked into the consultation room, took pistols from a bag and shot him six times. Left for dead, the Pakistani physician was......
This is what you've been waiting for, even if you didn't know it!In this new video series for Dawn.com, makeup artist Bina Khan shows you how to highlight, glow, bronze and shine like a superstar.Her......
The two bowlers gasp as the ball flies narrowly past the head of 22-year-old Mati, then burst into laughter as the batsman's momentary look of panic turns into a bashful grin.The scene on a sunny......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain on Tuesday announced once again that he was stepping down from the post of party chairman over the remarks made by Federal Defence Minister......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan pledged to crack down on religious seminaries suspected of fostering extremism following a Taliban school massacre in December that left more than 130 children dead, but the move......
If he had once taken a backseat in Bollywood, we can no longer say that that's true. Atif Aslam is set to lend his vocals to a love song titled 'Tu Chahiye' in Salman Khan's next, Bajrangi Bhaijaan —......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to seize on yoga as India's signature cultural export have his Hindu nationalist allies swelling with pride, but are leaving minority religious......
DHAKA: Bangladesh's highest court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence against the second highest ranked Islamist leader for war crimes during the country's battle for independence, paving the way......
WASHINGTON: The leader of Al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen was targeted in a CIA drone strike last week, though US officials would not immediately confirm he had been killed, The Washington Post reported......
LANDI KOTAL: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Khyber chapter, on Monday distributed seven million water purification tablets to the residents of Landi Kotal here.PTI local leader Shahid Khan Shinwari......
PESHAWAR: The budget document of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa like the previous years is more about brick and mortar than initiatives that would bring the change the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf promised when......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs32.75 billion for the police during the next financial year.Of the money, Rs28.57 billion is meant for salary, Rs4.18 billion for......
KARAK: Death grants were given on Monday to the relatives of two labourers, who lost their lives while at work in gypsum mines here.The compensation was paid at a ceremony organised by the local......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party has reaffirmed its stand to remain part of the tripartite alliance of opposition and force the provincial government to step down over what it calls the rigged local......
LANDI KOTAL: With the rehabilitation activity gaining momentum in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency, the forests in the picturesque area face serious threat owing to cutting of trees by local residents......
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party has urged the opposition parties in provincial assembly to avoid protest rallies over the issue of local government elections and sit together to devise a mechanism for......
SWABI: Local people have demanded establishment of sasta bazaars in the district during the holy month of Ramazan.Talking to Dawn here on Monday they said that in big cities relief was provided to......
LAHORE: Pakistan will play their crucial match against traditional rivals India on June 26 in the World Hockey League (WHL) in Antwerp, Belgium, which also serves as the qualifying round for the......
GALLE: Sri Lanka’s coach Marvan Atapattu has said Pakistan will miss spin spearhead Saeed Ajmal in the series.The first Test between the two sides will start on Wednesday. The second Test will be......
KINGSTON: Australia maintained their dominance over the West Indies with a crushing 277-run victory on the fourth day of the second Test in Kingston on Sunday to claim a 2-0 series win.They have not......
KINGSTON: Australia’s short Caribbean tour always looked like something of an hors d’oeuvres for the Ashes and captain Michael Clarke finally allowed himself to address the main course after wrapping......
KARACHI: Former Test opener Sadiq Mohammad believes that the holding of the inaugural edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would be a bad decision.The Pakistan......
Pakistan open their challenging series in Sri Lanka this week with the first Test to be played at the picturesque Galle International Stadium from tomorrow.It will be a tough contest by all counts......
MINGORA: For years, villages scattered across the mountainous swathes of Chitral, Swat, Shangla and Kohistan had no access to electricity from the national grid.After the sun would set, the village......
PESHAWAR: Hundreds of CNG stations and industrial units on Monday moved the Peshawar High Court against the recovery of arrears on account of Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) by the Sui......
KOHAT: The Kohat Cantonment Board (KCB) on Monday sealed a bank over a dispute on payment of rent.However, a bank official told Dawn on condition of anonymity that they had been regularly paying the......
MANSEHRA: An anti-terrorism court of Abbottabad on Monday sent on judicial remand the three students, all brothers, for hurdling hand grenades on others and firing gunshots in the air at Hazara......
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has decided to form a committee to probe internal differences, ‘mistakes’ in the issuance of tickets for local body and general elections and......
PESHAWAR/ABBOTTABAD: Patients and their attendants on Monday held protest demonstrations in the provincial capital and Abbottabad against the doctors and paramedical staff, whose strike has......
ISLAMABAD: The prime minister’s adviser on national security and foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz, on Monday said Pakistan had decided to bring the Indian prime minister’s statement to the notice of the......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate sub-committee on Monday acknowledged that the Capital Territory Local Government Bill in its current form had several shortcomings.The bill was passed by the National Assembly on......
ISLAMABAD: Pushed by dissatisfied students and parents, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has decided to categorise the country’s 132 medical colleges according to the quality of......
ISLAMABAD: PML-led by Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain moved an application in Islamabad High Court (IHC) requesting the prime minister to submit documents related to the exile agreement with the Musharraf......
AT present, there is no seat available for Ghotki students at the Khairpur Medical College. I request the Sindh chief minister, Sindh health minister and Sindh health secretary to allocate a suitable......
Your story, headlined, ‘Nadra accuses PTI of launching malicious campaign’ (June 15) would have been better understood contextually if a day earlier you had also given some space to my statement......
The PML -N government has disappointed pensioners by announcing a paltry 7.5 per cent increase in their pensions, which is inadequate.The announcement to raise the upper ceiling of deposits in......
THE Holy Quran ordains the death penalty for murder as justice to the bereaved who alone have the power to condone the crime. According to press reports (June 12), the European Union has asked......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, during his visit to Karachi on Friday, asked the Sindh governor to take notice of the frequent strikes in the metropolis, stating that they were harming the economic......
I WANT to put a simple question to the country’s finance managers: can we call money transfer tax ‘extortion’ by the government? Will it not discourage legal transactions within the country and......
IN spite of clearing all four stages conducted by the Sindh Public Service Commission in November 2014 for the post of assistant sub inspector, the candidates have not received letters offering......
A DONKEY was killed when a live electricity wire snapped and fell on it on Jamshoro Road (June 10).Animals may not have any rights in our country, and the electrocution of a donkey may be a petty......
The editorial on Aftab Masih’s hanging (June 14) says it all.When self-confessed murderers and serial killers have been spared, citing poor police work, when the scions of our feudal lords have......
IT was a good experience to travel in the Metrobus from Islamabad to Rawalpindi. The buses, stations and staff were all above expectations. However, I feel there is a need for a partition between the......
It is Newton’s law I refer to.For example you do something for people either by sharing thoughts and knowledge or by helping them and then wait for a favourable response to your action.Let us note......
I and my colleagues have been working as visiting faculty members at the Sindh University campus, Larkana, since the inception of this campus in 2013.Nowadays in the semester system the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday filed a petition with the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking party-based local government elections in the federal capital.The local government......
TAXILA: An official of the population and welfare department was held by health authorities on Monday, for illegally selling medicines donated by USAID.According to sources, in response to a tip-off,......
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Ministry of Housing and Works Shah Rukh Arbab is facing a contempt petition for posting a chief engineer to Quetta after the latter challenged the ‘controversial’ appointment of......
RAWALPINDI: All the departments of City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) on Monday observed Anti-Dengue Day to create awareness of precautionary measures for dengue among the people.Different......
RAWALPINDI: As the sun began to set over the garrison city, Bank Road in Saddar came alive with the sound of music and the delicious smells wafting from the various food stalls.The Bank Road was......
ISLAMABAD: The auction of commercial plots by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) was on Monday disturbed just after the sale of the first plot as the investors boycotted the process accusing the......
ISLAMABAD: The chairman of India’s university grant commission, Professor Ved Parkash, said on Monday that South Asian countries are faced with several common challenges, which can be better......
ISLAMABAD: The Noon police allegedly picked up three men, illegally detained them and maltreated them.Mohammad Nabeel, a resident of Jhangi Syedan told Dawn that his brother went to the market on......
RAWALPINDI: A 25-bed new emergency block was inaugurated at Benazir Bhutto Hospital on Monday.The main hospital of the garrison city had lost four kanals and a portion of emergency department......
ISLAMABAD: Fearing a fresh clash between two student groups, the administration of the Islamabad campus of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology on Monday extended the vacations......
TAXILA: Around 600 Sikhs from India and other parts of the world on Monday paid homage to Guru Arjun Dev Ji on his 409th death anniversary.According to Sikhism, the occasion is also called Shaheedi......
LAHORE: A huge fire engulfed Al-Fatah department store in the Liberty Market on Monday, causing a loss of millions of rupees and huge damage to the entire four-storey building.Six people, including......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by 43 civil judges of Punjab against a restriction on their candidacy for the examination for the additional district and sessions......
OKARA: Two blind girls died, while their four sisters who were also visually impaired suffered serious injuries in a blast when they were helping their father in making fireworks and crackers in......
LAHORE: Three people, including a minor girl, were killed and four others injured when the roof of a house caved in at neighbourhood Jalotiyan inside Bhati Gate on Monday.Rescue 1122 and Edhi......
LAHORE: Opposition members in the Punjab Assembly questioned on Monday the ‘misplaced’ priorities of the Punjab government in the budget 2015-16 and its failures in the outgoing year.Opposition......
LAHORE: An election tribunal on Monday linked the fate of a “supplementary report” filed by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on inspection of National Assembly constituency......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq regrets the government has backtracked on the issue of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under pressure from the US.In a statement issued here on Monday,......
LAHORE: Monday turned out to be a ‘bad day’ for patients at the state-run hospitals in Lahore as only emergency care was provided to them due to a complete strike by the paramedics.The protesting......
LAHORE: Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) Chief Executive Officer Dr Faisal Sultan has said the second branch in Peshawar is likely to be made fully functional by December.Talking to......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Monday suspended death warrant of a ‘mentally ill’ condemned prisoner staying his execution set for Tuesday (today) at Kot Lakhpat central jail.The bench......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed that all protective measures should be taken ahead of monsoon and possible floods.He was addressing a meeting here at the Civil Secretariat through......
LAHORE: The controversial tribunal set up to investigate rigging in Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s intra-party polls has ordered expulsion of senior leaders Jehangir Tareen and Nadir Khan Leghari from......
SAHIWAL: Kosowal police during a raid on Monday arrested four personnel of anti-motorcycle lifting squad, Mustafabad, Lahore, for setting up an illegal picket and extorting money from bikers.Kosowal......
LAHORE: An exhibition of photographs titled ‘ Old City Life’ featuring traditional city life of Lahore and Faisalabad opened at Zahoorul Akhlaq Gallery of National College of Arts on Monday.The......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek will hold a protest rally on Tuesday (today) on the completion of one year since the Model Town tragedy occurred on June 16.The rally will be addressed by PAT......
LAHORE: The Punjab University and the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) launched on Monday anti-dengue measures in connection with the International Anti-Dengue Day.At the UET,......
FAISALABAD: A large number of doctors from Allied and DHQ hospitals organised a protest procession against the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Monday.The procession was organised by the......
MULTAN: Expressing his annoyance over the approach being adopted at government level to run the affairs of the Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture (MNSUA), acting Vice Chancellor Dr Iqrar......
GUJRANWALA: The Crime Investigation Agency arrested on Monday four people in murder of MPA Rana Shamshad and his son Shahbaz Ahmad Khan and seized two Kalashnikovs and a vehicle from them.City Police......
MUZAFFARGARH: Summer vacation bring much-needed respite to students but not so at several private boarding schools, where students from 10 to 18 years spend their days and nights in crowded......
OKARA: A teenaged boy fell victim to jubilation fire during a wedding procession (barat) on Sunday night at Chak 39/4L village.According to police, during the wedding ceremony of Tariq some guests......
FAISALABAD: Transgender people clubbed some motorists and shoved the policemen on Monday during their protest against the police for not arresting a suspect ‘involved in snatching’ a vehicle and......
hLAYYAH: A man thrashed his wife and when she fell unconscious due to the beating he hanged her to death with a tree to make it look like a suicide case in Sohiya Thal in the Kot Sultan area.The......
SAHIWAL: Around 6,000 residents of five villages located on the southern downstream side are threatened by fast erosion of their agricultural land by the Ravi.Villagers of Qutab Shahana, Thatha......
OKARA: Farmers from villages of tehsil Depalpur on Monday staged a protest demonstration in front of the district coordination officer (DCO) office against their tehsil administration for cancelling......
KARACHI: Rangers personnel in balaclavas on Monday paid a ‘visit’ to the head office of the Sindh Building Control Authority, held a meeting with its chief and collected ‘relevant details’ about......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said police are being trained on modern lines and equipped with latest gadgets and weapons to turn them into an impregnable force that......
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau on Monday arrested five officers of the Lines Area Redevelopment Project (LARP) for their alleged involvement in land-grabbing worth billions of rupees,......
KARACHI: People at a public hearing held at a hotel on Monday expressed doubts over the capacity, authority and influence of the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) to carry out post-EIA......
THATTA: Five passengers of a tri-wheeler were killed and four others injured when it was hit by an oncoming dumper truck near Bhanbore link road on the National Highway on Monday.Three of the......
SUKKUR: A 10-year-old boy was convicted by a tribal court (jirga) of having an extramarital affair and his family was ordered to pay a fine of Rs700,000 to the aggrieved side.The matter had sparked a......
SUKKUR: A kidnap victim got freed by the Kashmore police told the investigators that he fell into the criminals’ trap 15 days ago when he accepted a girl caller’s invitation to meet her for......
BADIN: The playground of the historical Mir Ghulam Mohammed Khan Talpur Higher Secondary School has been occupied and its students are being stopped from entering it by a DSP and his brother, an......
KHAIRPUR: Two kidney transplantation operations were done successfully at the Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) on Sunday night.A team of doctors, comprising Mohammad Khan Babar, Saboor......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly will meet after a two-day break on Tuesday at 10am, when it will start general discussion on the budget for 2015-16 as a whole and on a supplementary budget for......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Monday sentenced a man to life imprisonment and acquitted a co-accused and a female approver in two kidnap for ransom cases.Imran Ahsan alias Sunny was found guilty......
KARACHI: The auditorium of Habib University on Sunday evening was abuzz with activity as the three-day hackathon ‘I am Karachi Innovation Challenge’, held in collaboration with Pakistan Innovation......
KARACHI: Three suspected gangsters were killed in an alleged police encounter in a Mehmoodabad locality on Monday.Acting on a tip-off, when a targeted action was carried out in Chanesar Goth police......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Monday remanded till June 29 a suspect in police custody in a case pertaining to the murder of a Karachi University teacher.Sami-uz-Zaman has been booked and......
KARACHI: Two men were found hammered to death in the Sachal area on Monday, police said.They added that the bodies stuffed in gunny bags were found in the bushes in Gulistan Society off the......
KARACHI: A book of Afzal Ahmed Syed’s poetry collection, Rococo and Other Worlds, translated from Urdu to English by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, was launched at the Alliance Francaise Karachi on Monday......
KARACHI: The Sindh police on Monday transferred three senior officers as heads of its different arms after their recent promotion to grade 21 of the basic pay scale, said an official.“DIG Sanaullah......
AKGAKALE: Kurdish forces on Monday seized a post on Syria’s border with Turkey, a vital supply line to the self-styled Islamic State group, as they battle for the jihadist-held town of Tal Abyad.The......
NEW DELHI: India is sending its national security adviser to Myanmar to calm tempers over a rare cross-raid against insurgents that it trumpeted as a warning to countries harbouring anti-India......
PARIS: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stressed on Monday there was no link between extremism and Islam, as he opened a conference aimed at improving ties with France’s large Muslim community.“We......
SRINAGAR: Unidentified attackers shot dead a former militant in India-held Kashmir on Monday, the fourth apparently targeted killing in a week in the region.Police said the attackers shot Aijaz Ahmed......
RUNNYMEDE: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth led celebrations on Monday to mark 800 years since the sealing of the Magna Carta, one of the world’s most significant historical documents and credited with......
TBILISI: Twenty people were missing on Monday after devastating floods killed more than a dozen people in Georgia, with escaped zoo animals -- including two tigers — still on the loose.The death toll......
BAUCHI: Two bomb attacks in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Potiskum killed 10 people on Monday, eyewitnesses and a hospital source said.The first bomb exploded at around 1pm in the office of a group......
KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived in Khartoum from Johannesburg on Monday, after a South African court ordered him not to leave as it decided whether to arrest him over alleged war......
GENEVA: UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for an immediate humanitarian truce in Yemen as peace talks began in Geneva and a Saudi-led Arab coalition continued aerial bombardments of the ravaged......
DENVER: Pot may be legal in Colorado, but you can still be fired for using it. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a medical marijuana patient who was fired after failing a drug test......
JAKARTA: More than 1,200 Indonesian villagers were evacuated on Monday from their homes close to a rumbling volcano on Sumatra island, an official said.Authorities raised the alert status of Mount......
TUNIS: Three Tunisian policemen and a suspected jihadist were killed in clashes on Monday in the centre of the country, the interior ministry said, blaming an Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group for the......
DANNEMORA: The intense manhunt for two escaped murderers in upstate New York hit its 10th day as a woman charged with helping the killers flee from prison appeared in court on Monday.Prosecutors say......
LOS ANGELES: Drawing on real neuroscience and the latest psychological research, Inside Out goes where no animated film has gone before: deep inside the workings of a young girl’s mind.The much......
COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s economy and cradle-to-grave welfare system have taken centre stage in the run up to Thursday’s election, with a looming skills shortage fuelling a debate on the scope of......
TEMUCO: Brazil captain Neymar scored once and set up an injury-time winner as the five-time world champions scraped a 2-1 win over Peru on Sunday after Colombia suffered a shock defeat to......
KARACHI: Zone-VI retained the PCB Senior Inter-district Karachi region title on Monday after drawing their last match against Zone-IV at the KCCA Stadium to finish the tournament undefeated.Zone-VI......
LAHORE: The two-day men and women Lahore Inter-district Weightlifting Championships will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday.Besides Lahore other districts like Sheikhupura, Kasur and Nankana Sahib will......
KARACHI: Waseem Khatri made a remarkable recovery to snatch the title at the ‘Premier’ division of Danpak 5th Chishty Memorial Scrabble Tournament played at BVS Parsi School this weekend.Tariq Pervez......
LAHORE: CDGL Qilla Laxchman Singh High School and Meiji Beaconhouse will face off in the final of the Lahore Region Cricket Commissioner Cup after they won their respective semi-finals by big margins......
KARACHI: The divisional finals of the KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal Cricket Tournament will played at the TMC Ground on Tuesday.According to Touseef Siddiqui, chairman of KCCA tournament committee,......
LONDON: Wayne Rooney closed to within one goal of England’s all-time scoring record on Sunday, while Vicente del Bosque reached his 100th game in charge of Spain with a victory in European......
LAHORE: Brilliantly ridden by jockey Bilal Ahmed, filly Proposal put up a scintillating display of speed to land the feature event during the day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse here on......
KARACHI: A record purse of Rs.1.2 million will be on offer in the Omar Associates 30th Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament which begins at the KG Ground from Thursday.Speaking at joint media......
ABBOTTABAD: Muqaddas Ashraf overwhelmed Zoya Khalid 3-1 to add another title to her collection by winning the Sixth National Women’s Squash Championship trophy at the Jansher Khan Squash Complex here......
LAHORE: The Olympic Solidarity Fund Rugby Training and Education Courses ended here on Monday with Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) president Lt Gen Arif Hassan giving away the certificates.The......
KARACHI: Former Pakistan caretaker coach Shahzad Anwar said he wants to work “with a free hand” after he was named the new Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) technical director on Monday.Shahzad, who......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s stock exchange allowed foreign investors to trade shares for the first time on Monday, boosting efforts by the world’s top oil exporter to become a major global capital......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has earmarked Rs174.88 billion for the next fiscal year’s Annual Development Programme (ADP), an increase of 25 per cent over the current budget of......
KARACHI: The saga of the sale of DH Fertilisers Ltd (DHFL) to Pakarab Fertilisers by Dawood Hercules Corporation Ltd (DHCL) appeared to draw to a close on Monday as the DHCL board announced to enter......
LAHORE: Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir on Monday said he would take up the issue of local taxes on textile exporters with other ministries and agencies to make the exports “truly......
KARACHI: Dr Hafeez Pasha, Managing Director of the Institute for Policy Reforms, has called for shifting the economic policy direction to growth from stabilisation.He also called for resolving......
KARACHI: Under the recently promulgated Securities Act 2015, insider trading has been declared a criminal offence.The law vests powers in the Securities And Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP)......
KARACHI: Despite the fact that Eidul Fitr is still well over a month away, shoppers have started scouring the markets for eid shopping, pushing sales of clothes and shoes up by 40 to 50 per cent from......
KARACHI: Bulls continued to charge relentlessly on Monday extending the previous week’s strong performance, as the KSE-100 index recorded gains of 59 points to close at a four-month high at......
QSE visits KSE for mutual cooperationKARACHI: A Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) delegation on Monday visited the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) to explore cooperation in the areas of cross-listing, raising......
ATHENS: Greece and its creditors were locked in a stalemate Monday after loan talks collapsed over the weekend, bringing Athens just two weeks away from a catastrophic default on its debt.Both sides......
LAHORE: Romanian embassy and All Pakistan Business Forum (APBF) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in areas of trade, heath, education, public diplomacy,......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures extended losses for a second day on Monday, tracking declines in competing markets, while data showing an increase in shipments from Malaysia in June and a......
ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Monday urged all traders, businessmen and vendors to reduce profit margin on all products by 50 per cnet during......
LONDON: Gold was little changed on Monday, as the impact of a stronger dollar ahead of a Federal Reserve policy meeting was offset by persistent uncertainty over Greece after debt talks with its......
LONDON: Iran is storing as much as 40 million barrels of oil on supertankers at sea as it prepares for a sales drive if a nuclear deal can be sealed.Iran and six world powers are seeking to overcome......
BODRUM: The world’s leading economies have narrowed down their commitments to boost global growth under a G20 plan and should be able to demonstrate progress by the end of Turkey’s G20 presidency......
WASHINGTON: The operation Pakistan launched against the militants in North Waziristan last year has “absolutely” eliminated extremist safe havens in Miramshah and Mirali, says a US official.“Suicide......
QUETTA: The Balochistan health department is preparing a draft of amendments to the law on vaccination, envisaging persuasive measures to create awareness among people about polio eradication......
KARACHI: The cable operators association has opposed the imposition of a fresh ‘service tax’ by the Sindh government and called upon the authorities to declare their business tax-free for 10......
ISLAMABAD: The controversy sparked by remarks recently made by the director general of Sindh Rangers echoed in the Senate on Monday with PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar criticising the ‘unbridled......
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Chaudhry Latif Akbar presented a Rs68 billion deficit but tax-free budget in the Legislative Assembly on Monday.The budget proposes Rs56.5bn for......
ISLAMABAD: Amid reinstatement of the former petroleum secretary suspended for the January oil crisis, the oil industry has urged the government to introduce “an additional margin” in prices for......
MUSLIMS praying in a synagogue is as rare to hear about as the concept of an all-women mosque. But both have a long history, organisers of the Women’s Mosques of America insist, and that it needs to......
ISLAMABAD: The poll inquiry commission ordered the Election Commission (ECP) on Monday to furnish Forms-15 of 12 National Assembly constituencies where the number of ballot papers printed exceeded......
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s Special Assistant Tariq Fatemi has defended an intelligence cooperation accord struck recently with Afghanistan and pledged strong support for embattled Afghan......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly interrupted its budget debate on Monday to extend the life, for another 120 days, of a presidential decree that amends the Pakistan Army Act to augment its existing......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Muzaffar Said presented a Rs487.88 billion budget for 2015-16 in the provincial assembly on Monday. The budget proposes a development outlay of......
ISLAMABAD: After days of uproar surrounding the banning of an international non-governmental organisation, the government has decided to streamline overall working of the sector.However, the......
INDIRA Gandhi had many flaws but vacuous boastfulness was not one of them. She never growled at Pakistan; never shouted ‘I am going to fix you’. When the time came, however, no inveterate male......
IT is a cliché that Pakistani society is being torn apart by ethnic, linguistic, religious and sectarian conflicts. From highbrow politicians to street vendors, the level of concern for the strife in......
GILGIT-BALTISTAN has spoken loud and clear. It has given an unambiguous mandate to the party ruling at the centre. This is no surprise as in the previous elections too the then-ruling PPP had......
ALL governments lie.A free people expose them.Recently, Seymour Hersh, the renowned American investigative author and journalist, published an account of the US assault on Osama bin Laden’s residence......
DROUGHT conditions may be worsening in the country this year and forecasts for rain, particularly in the southern regions, spell trouble for cotton farmers and vulnerable populations in Balochistan......
OVER the past few days, some 50 Baloch insurgents have surrendered to the government. On Saturday, two leaders of the banned separatist groups United Baloch Army and Baloch Liberation Army along with......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s field hockey team set off for Belgium on Monday, hoping to secure a spot in next year’s Olympics and revive the country’s past glories in the sport.The three-time Olympic and......
