CHARLESTON: People prayed, dropped colourful flowers and wrote inspirational notes Saturday at the black church where nine people were fatally shot earlier this week at the end of a Bible study......
FRANKFURT: A postcard bearing a signed drawing by Picasso fetched a record $188,000 (166,000 euros) at an auction on Saturday, the Gaertner auction house in southern Germany announced.The sales set a......
On May 22, in Karachi, my cousin was returning from his hotel at midnight, accompanied by three of his colleagues and his 10-year-old son. He had reluctantly taken his son with him on that day. All......
KARACHI: Five suspected gangwar criminals were killed in two separate pre-dawn shootouts in Karachi's Lyari Town on Saturday, Sindh Rangers claimed in a press release issued today.According to the......
ADEN: Saudi-led warplanes launched dawn raids Saturday against Shia rebels in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, the military said, hours after peace talks in Geneva ended without agreement.At least......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday reprimanded Secretary Water and Power Younus Dagha over power outages in several parts of the country.During the meeting with Dagha, the prime......
NEW DELHI: The death toll from drinking tainted liquor in a Mumbai slum climbed to 84 in the worst incident of its kind in more than a decade, police said Saturday.Another 31 people, 13 of them in......
BAREILLY: Barely a year after India was declared polio-free, more than 200 samples have tested positive to polio-like symptoms from districts in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, said a report published on......
GALLE: Asad Shafiq's seventh hundred and a belligerent 96 from Sarfraz Ahmed helped give Pakistan a sizeable lead against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the opening test at Galle on Saturday.Sri......
Jurassic World has been a mammoth success. It is well on its way to rake in $1 billion at the box office, shattering previous records but that's not what's making rounds on social media — viewers are......
A teaser of 'Tu Chahiye', Atif Aslam's song for Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan, is out!Watch the song here:Instead of a slow, lilting love song, 'Tu Chahiye' turned out to be an upbeat number with......
BEIRUT: A year after its establishment, the Islamic State group's self-declared “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq remains well-funded and heavily armed, and experts say it could be around for years to......
It's a question on our minds about this Eid: Will Salman Khan come to Pakistan... on the silver screen?Since its release on Wednesday, the trailer of Khan’s upcoming drama film Bajrangi Bhaijaan has......
BEIJING: Heavy storms that swept through several southern Chinese provinces this past week have killed 18 people and left four more missing, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.The storms have......
SANTIAGO: Brazil superstar Neymar was dramatically thrown out of the Copa America on Friday as Chile shrugged off the drunken-driving controversy surrounding Arturo Vidal to power into the......
LOS ANGELES: A US man who gave money to a suicide bomber who attacked a headquarters of Pakistan's intelligence service was sentenced to more than seven years in prison Friday, prosecutors said.Reaz......
CHESTER STREET: Ross Taylor may be averaging more than a hundred in the ongoing one-day international series against England but the New Zealand batsman has backed plans to redress the balance in......
IS Asif Ali Zardari losing hurrah! He ruled Pakistan for five straight years, and that too in a much applauded (and mutually beneficial) democratic era. But deals are deals, as in politics too. I......
THE recent criticism by the PPP co-chairman is a continuum of the rhetoric in which the establishment is held responsible for almost all the problems faced by us. The view that chosen......
THE Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) has stated that $200bn stashed away in Swiss banks by Pakistanis cannot be recovered. It seems that the FBR and the federal government are unaware that, on the......
THE month of Ramazan is sacred for Muslims because they fast and care for everything, but it is disappointing that the government has not announced special packages as yet.It is also an old practice......
THE government has withdrawn the ban on INGO Save the Children one day after the interior minister at a press conference took a very strong stand against INGOs which do not abide by local laws.He......
THIS is apropos Rafia Zakaria’s article ‘Spare the children’( June 17). The writer has raised the issue of INGOs’ mechanism in Pakistan and the government crackdown on the working of some of the......
WHAT is happening to Myanmar Muslims is a slap in the face of international community, in general, and the Muslim world, in particular. Passing of a resolution in the National Assembly and a few......
YOUR editorial ‘Drought forecasts’ (June 16) calls for capacity-building in flood forecasting to give adequate warnings to the population living around rivers. It also recommends that the government......
UNLIKE doctors who go through a house job after the completion of MBBS, engineers do not have any such programme. Hence they do not have any practical knowledge.Consequently, a number of fresh......
SWABI: Local leaders of tripartite alliance have stated that it was clear from the ‘rigged’ May 30 local government elections that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had......
PESHAWAR: The provincial police department on Friday paid Rs6.7million and commendation certificates to police personnel as reward for arrest or killing of the wanted terrorists.The cash and......
KARAK: The residents of Karak city have complained about the poor performance of tehsil municipal administration (TMA), Karak, to ensure cleanliness and supply of drinking water in the city.The......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Q has expressed grave concern over the prolonged, unscheduled loadshedding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and warned to start protest demonstrations against federal government......
PESHAWAR: Registration of Afghan nationals living in Pakistan without legal documents will start on July 25.The Rs500 million exercise to be jointly conducted by the Ministry of State and Frontier......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday approved demands for grants valuing over Rs111 billion for various government departments.Absence of the most opposition members paved the way for......
KOHAT: A retired warrant officer of Pakistan Air Force was gunned down while going to offer morning prayers at a local mosque in Nasrat Khel area here on Friday.The cantonment police said that PAF......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan on Friday announced launching of interest-free loan scheme for the people of Federally Administered Tribal Areas through M/S Akhuwat for......
SWABI: Four people, including policemen, were injured during a violent protest in Swabi against the excessive loadshedding on the first day of Ramazan on Friday.Also in the day, the police......
PESHAWAR/MARDAN: The students of the science group studying in the private educational institutions got first three positions in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination results announced......
MANSEHRA: Four persons were killed and seven critically injured when armed men opened fire on people coming out of a mosque after Friday prayers in Oghi here on Friday.The incident happened in......
UPPER DIR: Awami National Party’s provincial joint secretary Naveed Anjum Khan, his supporters, and some disgruntled workers of Jamaat-i-Islami and PPP in Upper Dir have joined Pakistan......
KOHAT: The road transport mafia has been monopolising the inter-provincial and intra-provincial routes while discouraging train service on Kohat-Rawalpindi and Kohat-Peshawar routes for decades now.......
ISLAMABAD: An additional district and sessions judge on Friday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf while dismissing his exemption plea in......
MUZAFFARABAD: A couple was among at least nine people who were killed in two accidents on a same highway in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Friday.At least 15 others were injured and nine of them......
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of non-governmental organisations, trade unions and civil society organisations (CSOs) from all over the country gathered here on Friday to chalk out a future course of......
ISLAMABAD: At a time when Operation Zarb-e-Azb and health workers’ dedication have improved conditions for a sustained anti-polio campaign in the country, a new roadblock has appeared in the way of......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday dismissed a petition seeking the repatriation of a Pakistani citizen from the Guantanamo Bay.In his petition, Mohammad Shafi alleged that his......
RAWALPINDI: The administration of Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) has sought Rs310 million from the Punjab government to make the new emergency block functional and improve the operation theatre of the......
RAWALPINDI: A three-member team of forensic experts have taken samples from the house gutted in Wednesday’s fire in which seven members of a family died of suffocation.“The team visited the house in......
“My life has been full of surprises and hard work. During my childhood and my teenage years, I was fond of flying kites. I learnt how to make them at an early age from a local ustaad and within a......
ISLAMABAD: The ministry of climate change pushed for better cooperation and diplomacy to reach viable agreements on climate change between the rich and poor countries.Minister for Climate Change......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has failed to improve the condition of three parks damaged during the construction of the metro bus track in the garrison city.The women park near Liaquat Bagh and......
ISLAMABAD: Thieves struck at three different places and made off with valuables, including two vehicles, police said on Friday.In the first incident, thieves entered a shop owned by Asif Mehmood Butt......
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration has constituted different teams which would ensure peace in Ramazan and keep a check on prices of daily use of items, Dawn has learnt.The teams were finalized......
RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD/TAXILA: The blackout that made the first fast miserable for the faithful in many parts of the country took its toll on residents of Rawalpindi as well, and residents of certain......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has revived its demand to ensure that overseas Pakistanis must have the right to vote, particularly in the upcoming local bodies elections in Islamabad......
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Friday acquitted former IB DG Imtiaz Ahmad and co-accused Adnan Khwaja, former head of the OGDCL, in a NAB reference of illegal assets.Barrister......
LAHORE: Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) police claimed on Friday to have arrested a man for selling illegal weapons and also recovered a huge quantity of arms from his possession.A Nawankot CIA......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday issued a notice to the investigating officer of Customs Intelligence for June 26 on an appeal of model Ayyan Ali languishing in jail on money-laundering......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri has said the silence of representatives of south Punjab for their rights amounts to disloyalty with the poor masses of the region.The......
LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab has taken action against some of its members, holding them responsible for internal rifts in the association.The association has suspended......
BAHAWALPUR: The scholarships of Rs9.5 million from the Punjab Education Endowment Fund (PEEF) for 2014 were distributed among 137 boys and girls students of the Islamia University Bahawalpur (IUB)......
LAHORE: The Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) has demanded alteration to the route of the Orange Line metro train, saying the incumbent course will damage the historical Mominpura graveyard.Punjab MWM......
LAHORE: A Punjab Food Authority team raided a food outlet in Faisal Town and arrested its owner after spotting unhygienic conditions on Friday.A senior official said that a team of PFA inspected......
SIALKOT: The management of Khwaja Safdar Medical College plans to demolish the building of a paramedical school established in 1958.The demolition will fell a paramedics colony having 15 family......
SHEIKHUPURA: An alleged sexual harassment victim tried to self immolate herself on Friday outside the Nankana Saddar police station in protest at police failure to arrest the suspects.The 35-year-old......
MULTAN: Hepatitis C is spreading rapidly in Jampur tehsil of Rajanpur district, claims a female doctor who conducted blood screening of people for the disease in the tehsil through a group of......
SIALKOT: The district administration has made mandatory the production of original Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) and its attested photocopy for those who intend to purchase sugar at the......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A Zambian woman was arrested for carrying drug-filled capsules in her stomach at Shaikh Zayed International Airport here on Friday.Officials of the ASF and ANF shifted Kamasha to......
FAISALABAD: Almost 50 per cent of pesticides imported in Pakistan are highly hazardous, warns the University of Agriculture vice chancellor.Addressing a gathering at the Department of Entomology, VC......
GUJRANWALA: Three people were sentenced to death on Friday by Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 Judge Imtiaz Ahmed in the murder case of lawyer Ehtesham and his father Abdul Majeed in 2013.The judge also......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Civil Society Forum (PCSF), comprising national non-governmental organisations (NGOs), trade union groups, human rights institutions, journalist groups and other civil society......
LAHORE: Contrary to official pledges, enhanced outages in the provincial capital on Friday, the first day of Ramazan, caused a great deal of inconvenience to the citizens who braved soaring......
LAHORE: The Punjab government will “privatise management of 10 district hospitals” next year where everyone will get free medical treatment, said provincial Finance Minister Ayesha......
LAHORE: A lawyer on Friday abused an additional district and sessions judge and locked up staff in the courtroom for quite some time for being asked about his identity.The lawyer had come to court......
KARACHI: On the 4th day of general discussion on the 2015-16 budget in the Sindh Assembly, the alleged corruption of the PPP government was highlighted by opposition lawmakers, particularly by former......
BADIN: Lightning killed three persons, including a woman, as parts of Badin district were hit by a thunderstorm and rain on Friday evening.Lightning struck several areas during the rainfall killing......
BADIN: Two managers of Khoski Sugar Mills who had gone missing along with their two companions in separate incidents on Thursday surfaced on Friday and it emerged that they were whisked away by......
SUKKUR: The bullet-riddled body of a woman who had gone missing after getting upset by domestic disputes was found dumped in a house in Jacobabad city on Friday. Her son told the police that his......
KARACHI: Ignoring concerns on building twin nuclear power plants close to the city, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has accorded approval to the project’s environmental impact......
KARACHI: An accountability court on Friday remanded four current and former officials of town municipal authorities of Sehwan and Sujawal in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau on......
KARACHI: With an outlay of Rs33.682 billion, the surplus budget of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation for the financial year 2015-16 was approved by KMC Administrator Saqib Soomro on Friday.No new......
KARACHI: The emergency department of the Civil Hospital Karachi, which caters to millions of people living mainly in the city’s south and west districts, did not function for two hours on Friday when......
KARACHI: The city experienced several power outages while also facing fluctuation issues on Friday, the first day of Ramazan.The problem started even before sehr and continued throughout the day,......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday directed the federal law secretary, chairman of the National Accountability Bureau, chief secretary and others to file their respective comments on a......
KARACHI: The metropolis is home to 47 per cent of HIV/Aids patients living across Pakistan, with a significant number of those affected by the deadly disease living in Saddar, Baldia, Korangi and......
LONDON: Prince Harry ended his career with the British army on Friday after 10 years’ service that saw him fight on the front line twice in Afghanistan.The 30-year-old will spend the next three......
UNITED NATIONS: As the Yemen peace talks called by the UN in Geneva failed, the United Nations relief arm on Friday called for over one billion dollars in funding in order to lift Yemen from a......
WASHINGTON: The killing of nine black worshippers by a white gunman at Charleston has once again left Americans wondering why the most affluent society on earth has failed to put its past behind......
WASHINGTON: Kangaroos tend to be lefties, according to a study on Thursday that sheds new light on the capacity for mammals, particularly those that walk upright, to prefer one paw over the other.The......
COLOMBO: At a time when the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is heading for a split between the factions led by President Maithripala Sirisena and his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa, the United......
DAMASCUS: Representatives of some of Syria’s leading pro-government tribes on Friday rejected support from Jordan’s King Abdullah II against the self-styled Islamic State, accusing him of backing ......
SIDI IFNI: Green technology to turn fog into fresh water straight from the tap has put an end to exhausting daily treks to distant wells by village women in southwest Morocco.Families in five......
MUMBAI: Fifty-three people have died in Mumbai and 28 others are being treated in hospital after drinking toxic home-made liquor, police said on Friday, in the latest incident of alcohol poisoning in......
JERUSALEM: An Israeli civilian was killed and another wounded in the occupied West Bank on Friday in an attack apparently carried out by a Palestinian gunman, a hospital spokeswoman and security......
TUNIS: Tunisia said on Friday it was shutting its consulate in conflict-hit Libya as 10 staffers abducted by an armed militia in Tripoli returned home after a week in captivity.The staff were seized......
AUGUSTA: People traffickers in Libya know they are untouchable and the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean is set to continue, says the EU’s border agency.The smugglers who pack thousands of......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and other American leaders have felicitated Muslims on the beginning of Ramazan, pledging to work with them for promoting peace and stability.“In the months to......
LUCKNOW: A fire in a hotel in a northern Indian town on Friday killed at least 10 people after breaking out overnight when guests were asleep, officials said.Fire fighters battled for more than an......
NEW YORK: A ton of illegal ivory carved into decorative objects was destroyed in New York’s Times Square on Friday as US officials denounced poaching that kills thousands of elephants a year.Under......
PARIS: Nearly three decades after the assassination of Burkina Faso’s iconic ex-president Thomas Sankara, his widow Mariam is still campaigning to shed full light on his 1987 death.“I haven’t given......
IT has taken one year, but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has finally signalled an interest in reviving ties with the European Union. And the EU is ready to reciprocate, albeit cautiously.India......
CHARLESTON: Church shooting suspect Dylann Roof was ordered to remain in custody on nine murder charges on Friday after an emotional bond hearing during which relatives of the victims expressed......
KARACHI: Fakhar Zaman produced a splendid all-round show as Dollar East made a great start when they defeated Eaton Cricket Club by six wickets in the opening match of Omar Associates 30th Karachi......
GALLE: Sri Lanka’s bowlers ripped through Pakistan’s top order in dramatic fashion to leave the tourists struggling on the third day of the first Test here at the Galle International Stadium on......
DURHAM: New Zealand coach Mike Hesson believes Saturday’s deciding One-day International against England in Durham will provide a “fantastic finale” to an enthralling series.England ensured a......
Once considered as a force to be reckoned with in the world, the Pakistan hockey team faces a Herculean task to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics. The team has reached Antwerp, Belgium, where the......
DHAKA: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman were fined on Friday for “deliberate physical contact” during the first One-day International between the......
LAHORE: An Additional District Judge Sohail Shafiq on Friday granted restrained/stay order against former Test cricketers Sarfraz Nawaz and Aamir Sohail for levelling false, malicious and......
VALPARAISO (Chile): A 72nd-minute goal by veteran striker Claudio Pizarro gave Peru a 1-0 victory over 10-man Venezuela on Thursday, leaving the four teams of group ‘C’ in the Copa America exactly......
LONDON: Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah has denied ever taking performance-enhancing drugs and said rumours and speculation over his career after the revelation that he missed two drugs......
VANCOUVER: It’s down to business at the Women’s World Cup as the knockout rounds get under way on Saturday with top-ranked Germany and former runners-up China both in action.Germany, winners in 2003......
BIRMINGHAM: Kristina Mladenovic, only the third best French player and ranked outside the top 40, ousted top seed Simona Halep to reach the Birmingham semi-finals on Friday.The 22-year-old......
SANTIAGO: Brazilian star Neymar has been provisionally suspended for one match and could face a harsher final punishment, officials said on Thursday after the striker received a red card during a......
LA SERENA: Lionel Messi will play his 100th match for Argentina on Saturday against Jamaica in the Copa America but it will be a century marked by too many tears and no titles.Silverware envy has......
BUENOS AIRES: Argentine businessmen Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, who are wanted by US prosecutors as part of the FIFA bribery investigation, turned themselves in to authorities in Buenos Aires on......
KARACHI: Sarcramento Republic FC, an American professional football team in California, is likely to contract with Pakistan captain and forward striker Kaleemullah Khan making him the first......
TACOMA: Tiger Woods endured the worst US Open round of his career on Thursday with a shocking 10-over 80 at Chambers Bay.It marked Woods’ third round in the 80s this season and he equalled the worst......
KARACHI: Inspired by brilliant century from Furqan Lohar and a whirlwind knock from Adeel Khan, Kaaf Engineering annihilated Acme Technologies by a huge 171-run margin in the opening fixture of the......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s talented and upcoming cricketer Mohammad Rizwan smashed an enterprising half century as Dollar East hammered Azad Innovators by eight wickets in the opening match of Dr.M.A.Shah......
DUBLIN: Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom hopes the 2019 World Cup will include more than 10 teams.The International Cricket Council (ICC) meets in Barbados on Monday and could rule on......
ISLAMABAD: Asian countries are making a vital contribution to achieving global sustainable energy goals, however, the region performs strongly on ensuring electricity access for people and using more......
KARACHI: The demand forecast of petrol is projected to be the highest as compared to that of other petroleum products during 2014-15 to 2018-19, the Oil Companies Advisory Council (OCAC) said.The......
KARACHI: The government seeks to exempt capital gains tax (CGT) for the tax years 2015 and 2016 on the disposal of securities whose holding period is more than four years.A new slab has been......
ISLAMABAD: A local manufacturer of seamless pipes/tubes has approached the National Tariff Commission (NTC) for seeking protection against cheap imports.The NTC said that the commission received an......
LAHORE: The Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company’s (PIEDMC) chairman on Friday approved the appointment of a Chinese firm as foreign consultant for technical evaluation of the......
WASHINGTON: Rich people are raising the stakes. The wealthy are now keeping more of their money in stocks than any other asset class, according to a new report out on Wednesday that offers a glimpse......
KARACHI: The stocks traded within a narrow band on Friday with the KSE-100 index conceding 147.91 points (0.43 per cent) to close at 34,526.70.Volume slipped to 207 million shares of only Rs5 billion......
Toyota in damage control mode after exec arrestTOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp moved into damage control mode on Friday after its new communications chief Julie Hamp, an American and its first senior woman......
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Thursday reversed course, approving “fast-track” legislation central to President Barack Obama’s trade deal with Pacific Rim nations and sending it back......
LONDON: Gold was steady and set for a second weekly gain on Friday, bolstered by the US Federal Reserve’s caution on an interest rate rise and worries over Greece, but a recovering dollar capped the......
LONDON: Strong income tax receipts pushed British government borrowing to its lowest May reading since 2007, adding to signs that revenue growth could play a major role in debt reduction plans being......
KARACHI: Despite pricing and policy constraints, pharmaceutical companies in Pakistan are producing quality drugs under the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations......
ZURICH: Switzerland may tighten its anti-money laundering laws after a report by a government-appointed group found the country was still subject to financial crime.A report from Switzerland’s......
BEIJING: China will allow full foreign ownership of some e-commerce businesses, aiming to encourage foreign investment and the development and competitiveness of the industry, the Ministry of......
LUXEMBOURG: EU finance ministers agreed a draft law to rein in trading risks at banks on Friday, including an exemption for Britain’s lenders because they already face similar curbs.The deal marks a......
QUETTA: The opposition parties in the Balochistan Assembly decided to end their boycott of the budget session on Friday after Chief Minister Dr Malik Baloch and Senior Minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has dropped a plan for trial of biometric verification of voters in the coming by-polls for a Punjab assembly seat in Gujranwala after a......
ISLAMABAD: With merely two days left seeing passing his third budget passed, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar renewed his call in the National Assembly on Friday to all parties to frame a `charter of......
WASHINGTON: In its annual report on terrorism released on Friday, the US State Department has listed Pakistan as a critical counter-terrorism partner.Countries listed as non-cooperating states face......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday unseated PML-N’s Omar Ayub Khan from the National Assembly constituency NA-19 Haripur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The poll inquiry commission sought from the legal counsel of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and PML-N on Friday the memorandum of understanding (MoU) which had led to the constitution......
ATHENS: The European Central Bank expanded emergency funding for Greek banks as depositors pulled out 1.2 billion euros in a single day on Friday, bankers said, but Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras......
SRINAGAR: India-held Kashmir was largely under curfew on Friday with top leaders detained to halt a planned protest march over a series of recent killings in the disputed territory.Hundreds of police......
BRATISLAVA: British Prime Minister David Cameron urged Muslim communities and families on Friday to do more to fight extremism, warning that some Muslims risk fostering radicalism in young people by......
GENEVA: Yemen peace talks ended in Geneva on Friday with no agreement, but the United Nations said it was still optimistic a ceasefire could be reached “pretty soon”.“I won’t beat around the bush.......
ISLAMABAD: The heads of political parties urged Pakistan Peoples Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Friday to adopt a conciliatory political stance instead of taking a confrontational approach......
ISLAMABAD: As most parts of the country sizzled with temperatures hitting record high in some areas, violence erupted in cities and towns on Friday with people in large numbers taking to the streets......
KARACHI: India on Friday released more than 80 Pakistani fishermen in a reciprocal gesture only a day after Pakistan freed 113 Indian fishermen as telephonic contacts between prime ministers of the......
LANDI KOTAL: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif has said that all terrorists and their facilitators, abettors and financiers will soon be apprehended and brought to justice.During a visit to the front......
KARACHI: In an apparent move to defuse tension between the PPP and the security establishment, the Sindh government on Friday decided ‘in principle’ to allot 9,000 acres of its forest lands to......
AT the conclusion of the general discussion of the budget debate, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has shown flexibility in agreeing to some of the suggestions made by the Senate and industry groups. He......
AS the latest developments indicate, it seems there has been some forward movement at last in the Dr Imran Farooq murder case. On Thursday, two men wanted in the senior MQM leader’s 2010 murder in......
OF late, senior Indian and Pakistani politicians have been trading threats and accusations like Federer and Nadal exchanging ground-strokes from the baselines.Although lacking the tennis champs’......
WHOEVER has acquired power in Indian Kashmir has treated Kashmir University as a department of government. It has systematically flouted, at the instigation of the rulers of the day, students’......
GILGIT-Baltistan (GB) is that forgotten corner of Pakistan which only catches the media’s attention when there is a natural disaster or an incident of terrorism. There is general confusion about the......
THE annual budgets of the federal and provincial governments should make a significant impact on the real economy, financial variables, social sectors, poverty and income distribution and finally......
WASHINGTON: Militants fuelled a major spike in terror attacks last year, with the global death toll soaring 81 per cent in more than 1,100 assaults a month, the United States said Friday.There were......
