GENEVA: Both Israel and Palestinian militants may have committed war crimes during last year's Gaza war, a widely anticipated United Nations report said Monday, decrying “unprecedented” devastation......
BAUCHI: Two girls blew themselves up on Monday near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria's biggest city, killing about 30 people, witnesses said.It is the fourth suicide bombing this month in......
ISLAMABAD: As the death toll from a devastating heatwave that has gripped Sindh for several days reaches 300, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast pre-monsoon winds and light......
PESHAWAR: At least two civilians were killed and 10 wounded after soldiers fired on internal refugees displaced by the military operation against the Taliban, an official said Monday.The incident on......
SRINAGAR: Two suspected militants and a civilian were killed in a gun battle in Indian-held Kashmir that lasted more than 15 hours, Indian police said on Monday.The shooting began Sunday when......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly on Monday expressed serious reservations over the increasing number of executions of Pakistanis in foreign countries.During a meeting......
If Mera Naam Yousuf Hai could be summed up in one word, it would be filmi.It isn't merely filmi in the sense that it features over-the-top melodrama; there are also a fair number of larger-than-life......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali while speaking to the press on Monday said that Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) will now operate under the Interior Ministry instead of the......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities Monday gave a Muslim burial to 21 human trafficking victims, believed to be Rohingya Muslim refugees, found in shallow graves in jungles bordering Thailand.The 21......
KARACHI: Death toll from a devastating heatwave that has gripped Sindh for three days has led to at least 250 more deaths in the provincial capital of Karachi on Monday, taking the number of people......
Even the indefatigable Sri Narendra Darmodardas Modi can get tired and make mistakes. Otherwise, he would not have shot himself in the foot during his Bangladesh visit from the 5th to 7th of June.......
Young minds are the most susceptible to damage, and in a society like ours, they easily tend to fall victim to drug peddlers, abusers and those who use them to commit crimes for their own gains.This......
GUJRANWALA: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Gujranwala on Monday indicted former Station House Officer (SHO) Shahzad Warraich — the main accused in the killings of two lawyers in the Daska......
SANNA: More than 20 air strikes by Arab forces hit targets controlled by Houthi rebels across Yemen late on Sunday, residents said.An Arab military coalition has been bombing the Houthis for three......
LONDON: Australia captain Michael Clarke has insisted his side “won't overstep the mark” when it comes to the vexed question of 'sledging' during the upcoming Ashes series.England and New Zealand......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday suggested that with the support of the international community, United Nations High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) should assist the Afghan government in creating pull......
After Narendra Modi’s yogi habits were out for everyone to see, many stars from B-town decided to follow their minister’s suit and showed the world that they knew all the asanas too at the......
It's often the most trying times that breed creativity, so it comes as no surprise that Ramzan has hungry roza-keepers wax satirical about the antics of fellow fasters!The result of this creative......
Sudhir Gautam, arguably Sachin Tendulkar and India’s biggest fan, claimed that he was attacked by Bangladesh spectators in Dhaka hours after India’s humiliating series defeat to the hosts on......
NEW DELHI: Indian police said Monday they have arrested Bollywood director Mahmood Farooqui after an American woman accused him of rape.Mr Farooqui, best known for co-directing the 2010 satire Peepli......
KABUL: Taliban militants launched a brazen assault on the Afghan parliament Monday, triggering gunfire and explosions and sending lawmakers scurrying for cover in an attack that killed two civilians,......
Pakistan’s seven-foot-tall ace fast bowler Mohammad Irfan termed the 2015 World Cup a great learning curve and said missing the all-important quarterfinal against Australia was the biggest ‘regret’......
BEIJING: China inaugurated a new land crossing into Tibet on Monday for Indian pilgrims who wish to visit one of the holiest sites in both Hinduism and Buddhism, state media said, as the two......
Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman tore through the Indian batting order once again to help Bangladesh seal the three-match one-day international series with a thumping six-wicket win in Dhaka on......
KUNDUZ: Four years after a militiaman doused Mumtaz with a flesh-searing acid for rejecting his marriage proposal, leaving her disfigured, scarred and traumatised, death threats have forced the......
Mahendra Singh Dhoni shot back at the media after questions over his fate as India's captain sprung up agains following a series defeat to Bangladesh on Sunday.Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman tore......
A career best bowling performance by Yasir Shah inspired Pakistan to a 10-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test which concluded in Galle on Sunday.The 29-year-old leg-spinner, playing in......
THE outbreak of the first world war was, we are told, greeted with confidence and jubilation by the peoples of Europe. Something similar seems to be happening after years of economic crisis and......
DESPITE their initial hue and cry, representatives of the manufacturing, power, industry and allied sectors can take heart from the FY16 budget, which contains many sector-specific proposals that......
THERE is a growing expectation on the part of Balochistan’s present political leadership that the next National Finance Commission award is little likely to significantly enhance the province’s share......
THE Chinese mainland’s determination to open up its $6tr domestic bond market to foreign investors will further help expand the renminbi’s global footprint — a hot pursuit of Beijing as it looks to......
THE smoldering frustration among the farmers seems to be boiling over. In the last three months, they have taken to roads thrice on a single agenda: the rising cost of inputs that makes their......
IN Sindh’s budget FY16, the agriculture sector has gotten little attention both in terms of current and development spending.The revenue expenditure of agriculture department has been increased by......
THE Indian automobile sector, which has been going through a rough patch over the past three years, is finally showing signs of some revival. Car sales, which had declined by 7pc in 2012-13 and 5pc......
Saudi ArabiaTHE Saudi Arabian economy remains dependent on oil revenues to support growth and fiscal and external balances. Over 90pc of fiscal revenues and 80pc of export revenues is generated from......
AMID another wave of feverish speculation about US interest rates Janet Yellen, chairwoman of the US Federal Reserve, confirmed on Wednesday what most observers suspected: US central bank will not......
THE rupee managed to recover some lost ground against the dollar in the open market last week, while trading range-bound in the interbank market.In the interbank market, the rupee started the week by......
THE government raised Rs52.415bn from the auction of Pakistan Investment Bonds of various tenors last Wednesday.Of the total, three-year bonds fetched Rs42.941bn at a cut-off yield of 8.0934pc,......
THE government’s typical style of dealing with issues of national importance in a haphazard manner and on an ad-hoc basis invited embarrassment on the diplomatic front last week, despite it being on......
K-Electric took the market by surprise last week when the daily turnover of its shares accounted for over 10pc of the aggregate market volume, making it the top-traded scrip on the stock market for......
THE Khyber Pakhtunkhwa coalition government’s third budget offers a limited development agenda, except for a fresh approach to grass-root development.The budget allocates Rs30bn for raising the......
AGRICULTURAL research — essential for food security — will receive a setback due to Islamabad’s development authority’s decision to convert 1,250 acres of land, which is being used for such research,......
AS an economy grows, the role of services increases in the domestic value-added products and the export sectors.Pakistan’s services sector has been growing at a considerable rate for the last few......
THE proposals of Sindh’s Rs726bn budget for 2015-16, announced on June 13 and being debated in the provincial assembly, have not addressed the issue of investors’ trust deficit or generated energy in......
RAWALPINDI: Mr Ghiasuddin Chaudhry, a member from the Treasury Benches, today [June 21] demanded a probe into rumours of leakage of the Budget. Speaking during the general discussion at the evening......
EVEN before the people of Karachi could wake up for their first Sehri on June 19, a power breakdown took place that plunged Karachi into darkness. It was not just Karachi, but also the same fate......
THE current taxation system has been stifling economic growth and widening the gap between the rich and the poor in Pakistan. This unfair and inequitable tax system is placing an unbearable burden on......
MY grandmother used to call it Ramzaan shareef. There was no discussion, debate or argument over its pronunciation. The month would come in its usual cycle without much fuss or ado.Television......
A dysfunctional bureaucracy with its outdated processes and attitudes has kept this country some 200 years behind the rest of the world. A visit to any National Savings Centre branch provides a......
WITH the arrival of Ramazan, Karachi is flooded with all varieties of beggars. They are seen at public parks, on roads and in streets, at traffic signals, near bazars and even on sea fronts. Poverty......
Apropos the news (June 20) regarding granting agricultural land to shaheed officers and jawans decorated with Sitara-i Jurat or higher gallantry award in recognition of their bravery was a good......
I am fortunate to be a student of the University of Karachi.This institution has everything a good university should; qualified and experienced teachers, state-of-the-art research centres, hostels......
I read about the KP government providing 5,000 schools with Rs100,000 each for sports kits. I think this is a good idea. In fact, anything spent on schools and our future generation is a good......
LAKKI MARWAT: A food department official on Sunday fined over a dozen shopkeepers for violating the official pricelist during a surprise visit to bazaars in the city here.Food inspector Inamullah......
MANSEHRA: The dropout rate of girl students had decreased in the district because of the effective role played by civil society and parents, said District Education Officer Nagmana Sardar.“I would......
SWABI: The centuries-old tradition of grazing livestock, mostly by children, is still alive in parts of Swabi district, especially in areas situated near rangeland terrains.Farmers belonging to......
KARAK: With the start of Ramazan, ice has become a scarce commodity, while prices of daily-use commodities are also registering a sharp increase in the district.Reports from different parts of the......
RAWALPINDI: Awami Workers Party (AWP) started its campaign for the upcoming local government elections with a public meeting in Rawalpindi.The AWP activists, volunteers, students and katchi abadi......
KHAR: Prices of eatables have jumped in Bajaur Agency bazaars in the absence of an official pricelist during Ramazan.Rates of vegetables, fruits, chicken, fish, pluses, rice, meat, ice, juices and......
AS I take a U-turn from the crossroad across to fetch a forgotten file from home, seconds later at 9:30 am, the ground beneath me reverberates as I emerge from the car. A cloud of smoke and dust......
PESHAWAR: The workers of Pakistan People’s Party pledged on 62nd birthday of their late leader Benazir Bhutto here on Sunday to restore democracy in the party, rid it of the corrupt elements and......
CHARSADDA: The unscheduled and prolonged power loadshedding was a conspiracy of the federal government to defame provincial government, alleged PTI leader Fazl Mohammad Khan here on Sunday.Addressing......
MINGORA: Five persons were killed when a pickup van collided with a jeep in Gogdara area here on Sunday.Rahimabad police said an over-speeding jeep rammed into a jam-packed pickup that was heading......
NOWSHERA: Hundreds of residents of different localities on Sunday demonstrated outside the Pesco subdivision office at Nowshera Kalan here against the unscheduled and prolonged loadshedding.They......
The issue of women’s disenfranchisement in by-election in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly constituency of PK-95, Lower Dir, is still far from settled. The Election Commission of Pakistan on June 2......
PESHAWAR: The installation of biometric attendance system has been benefiting the patients visiting the teaching hospitals for treatment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.“The new attendance system installed......
BAHAWALPUR: The district police claimed that different police stations have traced five cases of blind murders and arrested the culprits.According to police sources, Kotwali police arrested brothers......
RAWALPINDI: Awami Workers Party (AWP) started its campaign for the upcoming local government elections with a public meeting in Rawalpindi.The AWP activists, volunteers, students and katchi abadi......
GUJRAT: The unprecedented increase in traffic on a single track road from Gujrat to Jalalpur Jattan has become dangerous for motorists as 623 road accidents have been reported on this road since......
ISLAMABAD: Those managing the affairs of the city appear to have a knack for initiating expensive projects only to abandon them later for other, newer ventures.The dancing fountain at the 7th Avenue......
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to offset criticism against announced and unannounced loadshedding, Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) has launched a crackdown on electricity theft.As many as six cases......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has decided to suspend the registration of faculty members who have been teaching in unrecognized medical colleges or which are recommended for......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has started work on three roads at a cost of Rs1.1 billion under Punjab government’s annual development plan for fiscal 2014-15.The Rawalpindi Development Authority......
ISLAMABAD: While the residents of the federal capital enjoy greener environment, better road network and other facilities than many other parts of the country but they also pay around 30 to 40......
RAWALPINDI: People have adopted modern ways to get up at Sehri but the Dholchi (drumbeater) has kept alive the decades-old tradition of waking up the faithful to keep fast.Alarms on mobile phones and......
RAWALPINDI: The 62nd birth anniversary of Pakistan Peoples Party’s late chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, was celebrated in the garrison city by more than 100 party workers at a local hotel.PPP City......
RAWALPINDI: Seven cases have been registered against landlords and tenants for violating Punjab Information of Temporary Residence Ordinance 2015 and Shop and Security Ordinance.According to......
ISLAMABAD: Police officials of police, manning the police check posts of the federal capital will now get Sehri and Iftari.Earlier, they had to arrange Sehri and Iftari on their own and first two......
ISLAMABAD: “Bt”, the genetically modified cotton seed surreptitiously introduced in Pakistan in 2005, is proving a disaster than a boon to the country’s strategic crop.Growers say Bt has disproved......
RAWALPINDI: Every time that Ramazan falls during the summer months, the faithful are quite wary of venturing outside in the scorching summer sun. Because Iftar, Taraveeh and Sehri all take place......
It is rare to see such a large number of top diplomats and dignitaries gather at an occasion as was the case when the new Chinese embassy was opened in Islamabad last week.“It is the largest embassy......
The banquette room in Islamabad Club became a festive place when ‘Friends of Romania’ held a dinner the day before the eve of the first day of Ramazan.The Friendship Association’s president, Shahla......
TAXILA: The shopkeepers in Taxila and Wah have increased the prices of fruits, vegetable and other edible items making a mockery of local administration’s claim of controlling prices in Ramazan.A......
SIALKOT: Federal Minister for Defence, Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said the government is making all-out efforts to improve the demand and supply system of electricity to ensure minimum......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is launching a scheme of registration of new vehicles through automobile dealers initially in Lahore from the first week of July.The scheme is being introduced under the......
MULTAN: The vaccines meant for the cattle belonging to poor farmers under the chief minister’s package were freely used by the district livestock department to oblige influential landlords, including......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau has arrested three people for “fraudulently” acquiring and selling more than 70 plots of different measurements in Jauhar Town, Lahore.A NAB Lahore......
GUJRANWALA: PML-N candidate Ashraf Warraich was defeated by PML-Q and PTI candidate, a former MPA Nisar Cheema, by 459 votes in re-polling at 33 polling stations in PP-97, Gujranwala, on Sunday.Mr......
LAHORE: After strongly realising that Punjab lacks any research or analysis in its key tax collection bodies to plug in loopholes and enhance revenue base, the provincial government plans to......
MULTAN: Two children of a maid were found dead in the boot of her employer’s car late Saturday night.Police said the dead bodies of Shakir, 6, and Irshad, 8, were found in the car parked at the......
LAHORE: As unscheduled outages continued for the third consecutive day amid sultry weather conditions on Sunday, a number of people turned to the canal to while away fasting hours.Scores of......
LAHORE: Chief Secretary Khizar Hayat Gondal on Sunday directed all commissioners and DCOs to ensure abundant supply of food items in Ramazan bazaars, and there should not be any complaint of their......
LAHORE: More than 400 Sikh pilgrims arrived in Lahore from India on Sunday to commemorate the 176th death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh.Reaching the Wagah Railway Station by a special train,......
LAHORE: PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz chaired the maiden meeting here on Sunday after being appointed head of the committee to select party’s nominees for the local elections due on Sept 20.All members......
LAHORE: Samjhota Express will run according to its schedule on Monday (today) but driven by an Indian driver between Wagah and Atari.Indian authorities have yet to renew the visa of a Pakistani......
LAHORE: The country’s first stroke center was inaugurated in the Lahore General Hospital by renowned neuro-surgeon Prof Anjum Habib Vohra here on Sunday.The stroke center headed by head of......
LAHORE: Police claimed on Sunday to have arrested 58 people for possessing illegal weapons and seized arms in quantity from them.According to a news release, on the direction of acting DIG......
LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party has criticised the government for unscheduled loadshedding during the holy month of Ramazan.“People are praying for getting rid of this government because it has......
LAHORE: The National Highways and Motorways Police (NH&MP) on Sunday devised a strategy to control accidents on highways at Sehr and Iftar.According to a press release, NH&MP DIG Mirza Faran Baig......
GUJRANWALA: A PML-N Ghakkar Town office-bearer who was arrested on charges of interfering into official work and misbehaving with a station house officer (SHO) at a polling station on Sunday, was......
LAHORE: The PML-Q has pinpointed various health projects in the province that have either been ignored or closed by the Shahbaz government because they were initiated by Pervaiz Elahi government.“The......
SAHIWAL: As many as 863 newly inducted educators are likely to join their service at public schools at the end of summer vacations three months after their final selection.The recruitment of......
GUJRAT: The district government has planned a ‘Kidney Centre’ to be built on a two-kanal piece of state-land, to be funded by local business community and other philanthropists, in collaboration with......
LAHORE: Robbers and thieves struck at several places and made off with cash, jewellery and valuables on Sunday.Four armed men barged into the house of Asjad Jawad in Sanda and looted cash and......
SIALKOT: Federal Minister for Defence, Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said the government is making all-out efforts to improve the demand and supply system of electricity to ensure minimum......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab organiser and former governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Sunday removed from their posts the party’s Toba district organiser Dr Waheed Akbar and......
LAHORE: A livestock team of the City District Government on Sunday sealed an unlawfully operated animals’ semen production unit in Raiwind.The raiding team also got a case registered against the unit......
LAHORE: The Christian community organized a rally on Sunday outside the Lahore Press Club and Charing Cross to express solidarity with the Pakistan Army and its success in eliminating terrorists......
LAHORE: The Lahore Arts Council will hold the launching ceremony of singer Humera Arshad’s new Na’at video album next week.LAC Executive Director Atta Muhammad Khan told Dawn that a big screen would......
KARACHI: Despite most residents of the city remaining without power for hours and even as long as two days, K-Electric on Sunday insisted that things at their end were improving.After calling an......
KARACHI: Though authorities have identified over 40 seminaries in Sindh with alleged links to terror groups, no legal action has yet been initiated against them, it emerged on Sunday.Informed sources......
LOOKING at the fanfare with which birth centennials and death centenaries of writers and poets, such as Manto, N.M. Rashid, Miraji and Faiz Ahmed Faiz, were commemorated, it was not too much to......
NO, it hasn’t happened just now. Everybody knows that the magnificent Frere Hall building is a protected heritage structure. The title of this piece refers to a news story published on June 25, 1965......
KARACHI: An alarmingly large number of women in Orangi Town are hooked to tobacco, says a recent study that calls for immediate preventive measures to control the use of the hazardous substance that......
KARACHI: A young man was shot dead in the Kalakot area on Sunday evening, according to police.Unknown gunmen attacked the man in his early 20s, in Photo Lane, just 10 minutes before Iftar time. He......
HYDERABAD: After seeing no end to their agony, frustrated consumers took to the streets again and protested in several parts of the province on the third consecutive day on Sunday against prolonged......
BADIN: A cane broker who had reportedly gone into hiding amid the ongoing probe into the alleged misappropriation of Rs700-750 million and bank fraud has obtained his pre-arrest bail while two other......
DADU: A rally was taken out here on Sunday to support the ongoing action against corrupt elements within the Sindh government and bureaucracy as well as against private individuals involved in......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) has opposed moves to allot nearly 10,000 acres of forest lands to the heirs of martyred soldiers.STP secretary general Dr Abdul Hameed Memon, Gulzar......
KARACHI: An ambitious project to improve ailing health facilities and better the aggravating health delivery system in Sindh is still waiting to be formally launched despite a lapse of three months......
KARACHI: While accusing the government of taking over forest land for sugarcane projects and patronising the illegal occupation of forest land, members of civil society organisations have opposed the......
SHANGHAI: The world’s second tallest building, Shanghai Tower, will soon open in the Chinese financial capital with a twist — a 120-degree twist, to be exact.A softened triangular “outer skin” is......
PARIS: Tweets and YouTube videos by fighters from the self-styled Islamic State group have allowed analysts to pinpoint their movements in Iraq and Syria, highlighting the group’s increasing push......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter will visit his European counterparts this week to take stock of cooperation with Nato in the wake of Russian aggression in Crimea and Ukraine.The......
KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti court sentenced a female rights activist to three years in jail on Sunday after convicting her in absentia of publicly criticising the oil-rich Gulf state’s ruler.The lower......
KIEV: Ukraine on Sunday reported the deaths of two soldiers while pro-Russian rebels accused Kiev’s forces of killing a civilian in clashes preceding crunch talks aimed at ending the 15-month......
ADEN: Rebel shelling of residential areas in the port city of Aden killed at least three civilians on Sunday, as air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition also hit the southern city, medics and......
JERUSALEM: The flamboyant wife of Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom published an “inappropriate joke” on Sunday about US President Barack Obama on her Twitter account, only to later delete it......
A bureaucratic screw-up or a mighty blow at press freedom struck by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s democratic Germany on behalf of an Arab dictator? Who on earth decided that German cops were going to......
WASHINGTON: The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the US capital was cleared this weekend following a bomb threat hours before a scheduled service for the victims of the AME church in Charleston,......
CAIRO: Egypt has named a new ambassador to Israel nearly three years after it had recalled the last one at the outset of the 2012 Israeli offensive in Gaza.A statement released on Sunday said......
JERUSALEM: A Palestinian stabbed and seriously wounded an Israeli border policeman outside Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday, with the officer managing to shoot his attacker, leaving him in critical......
MOGADISHU: Al Shebab militants launched a major suicide attack on Sunday against a military intelligence base in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, setting off a car bomb before storming inside, security......
TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida held talks with his South Korean counterpart on Sunday in a bid to mend ties strained by a territorial dispute and a feud over “comfort women” forced......
STONEHENGE: Nine people were arrested as thousands gathered at the prehistoric stone circle in Stonehenge to mark the longest day of the year, British police said on Sunday.Around 23,000 people, some......
FEW nations celebrate their history and traditions with the same pomp and pageantry as the British. And over the last week, there was much to celebrate: the 200th anniversary of the victory over......
GALLE: Yasir Shah claimed seven second innings wickets in a spectacular display of leg-spin bowling to destroy Sri Lanka as Pakistan crushed the hosts by 10 wickets in the first Test to go 1-0 up in......
DHAKA: Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman tore through the Indian batting line up once again to help Bangladesh seal the three-match One-day International series with a six-wicket win in Dhaka on......
GALLE: Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has once again been reported for a suspect action, according to a report in ESPNcricinfo.The 34-year-old off-spinner was cleared to bowl by the......
LONDON: Australian captain Michael Clarke believes the Ashes series against England starting next month will be played in the correct spirit, even if some players come close to crossing a......
CHESTER STREET: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said he would take some time to decide on his One-day International future after the dramatic climax to a 3-2 series loss in England.The......
SANTIAGO: Argentina marked Lionel Messi’s 100th cap with an unconvincing 1-0 win over Jamaica to reach the Copa America quarter-finals as group winners on Saturday as holders Uruguay advanced to the......
SPIELBERG: Nico Rosberg showed his championship potential by overtaking pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton on the first turn to win the Austrian Grand Prix in style on Sunday.The German driver, runner-up to......
KARACHI: The turmoil within the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) continued on Sunday with the two warring factions differing over the venue for its presidential elections to be held on June 30.PFF......
OTTAWA: Twice champions Germany and a resurgent China reached the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup after contrasting victories the first matches in the knockout phase of the competition on......
CHESTER-LE-STREET: Jonny Bairstow bludgeoned a brilliant 83 not out in Durham to lead England to a three-wicket win over New Zealand on the Duckworth-Lewis method on Saturday, earning a 3-2 victory......
ANTWERP (Belgium): Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Waqas were the heroes as Pakistan edged out brave Poland 2-1 in an absorbing Hockey World League Group ‘A’ opener on Saturday.Pakistan, who need to......
LONDON: Andy Murray claimed his 34th career title on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over un-seeded South African Kevin Anderson in the final of the grass-court Queen’s Club tournament.Top-seeded......
UNIVERSITY PLACE: Jason Day wrote his name into US Open folklore on Saturday, grabbing a share of the third-round lead on a punishing Chambers Bay layout that had literally brought the Australian to......
KARACHI: Nadeem Omar, prominent sports organiser and managing director of Omar Associates, has announced cash award Rs100,000 each for Pakistan wicket-keeper Sarfraz Ahmed, batsman Asad Shafiq and......
KARACHI: Mohammad Rizwan excelled with quickfire half-century to help Qasmi Gymkhana record a 19-run victory over Heroes CC in the third Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cricket Tournament at the Lawai Cricket......
KARACHI: Discarded Pakistan T20 batsman Sharjeel Khan lit up the 28th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Festival for the State Life Trophy with a blistering 95 as Touchme CC crushed Ali Sports by 82......
KARACHI: Talented opener Fakhar Zaman smashed 86 off just 44 deliveries as Dollar East outclassed Omar Colts by 54 runs in the 30th Omar Associates Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Festival match......
KARACHI: The Karachi Race Club (KRC) has abruptly cancelled the Gymkhana race meeting that was slated to take place at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday due to scorching heat.“The races have been......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Association has openly called for punitive action against anyone — irrespective of rank or status -- who is guilty of corruption or providing support to......
PESHAWAR: A displaced man was killed and six others were injured when troops opened fire at protesters in Bakakhel Camp in the Bannu Frontier Region on Sunday.A police official at Bannu District......
LAHORE: Indian authorities handed over 88 Pakistani prisoners to Punjab Rangers, officials at Wagah border said on Sunday.Rangers’ personnel greeted the released prisoners and handed them over to......
ISLAMABAD: Climate Change Minister Mushahidullah Khan has praised G7 industrialised nations for deciding to phase out the use of fossil fuels and ‘decarbonising’ global economy by the end of the......
QUETTA: The Baloc-histan Assembly continued on Sunday its debate on budget proposals for the next financial year and members from the treasury benches praised the adviser to chief minister on finance......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan is actively supporting peace moves in Afghanistan because it feels that a Taliban-occupied Kabul will threaten its security as well, write two former US officials.The two......
QUETTA/GWADAR: Electricity supply from Iran to all three districts of Makran division was suspended on Sunday after four pylons collapsed because of heavy rain and gusty winds.Torrential rain also......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change is implementing a project to promote conservation of biodiversity and strengthen existing conservation efforts by using an innovative market-based mechanism,......
QUETTA: Frontier Corps personnel raided the house of a leader of a banned militant organisation in the suburbs of Dera Murad Jamali and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition.An FC spokesman said......
QUETTA: The Water and Sanitation Authority (Wasa), Quetta, is making strenuous efforts to ensure smooth supply of water to citizens during the holy month of Ramazan.Talking to APP on Sunday, Wasa......
ISLAMABAD: With the LNG business being run on an ad hoc basis, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority urged the government to put in place a comprehensive legal framework to regulate the entire system,......
ISLAMABAD: The government’s foreign policy will come under parliamentary scrutiny in the coming week as Prime Minister’s Adviser Sartaj Aziz is scheduled to brief the standing committees concerned of......
ISLAMABAD: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres is arriving here on Monday on a three-day visit.Pakistan has been hosting a large refugee population for the past over 35......
KUNDUZ: Taliban militants advancing on the capital of a northern Afghan province have captured a key adjoining district, officials said on Sunday, sparking renewed alarm among residents who fear the......
DAMASCUS: Fighters of the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group have mined the spectacular ancient ruins in Syria’s Palmyra, an antiquities official and a monitor said on Sunday, prompting fears for......
TURIN (Italy): Pope Francis said on Sunday the plight of asylum seekers hoping for a new life in Europe was enough to make him cry, condemning those who treat them “like merchandise”.Speaking during......
KARACHI: Despite the Met office’s academic conclusion about Karachi’s weather sliding down a notch, a devastating heatwave gripping Sindh for several days has taken a toll of at least 136 people in......
ISLAMABAD: Even as reports of power failures continued to pour in from various parts of the country, the government claimed on Sunday that it had controlled the situation and that there was no......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has formally approached former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for information about a missing necklace — donated by the Turkish first lady —......
LARKANA: PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari said here on Sunday that ‘all killers’ of Benazir Bhutto, except retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, had died.Addressing a ceremony held in Naudero to mark the......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers Sindh reportedly detained two central leaders of Sunni Tehreek (ST) late Sunday night, a party spokesperson told Dawn.ST Spokesperson Faheemuddin Shaikh said their party......
THE high point of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s energetic whirl of diplomacy that has taken him to a record number of countries in his first year in office came a little before 4pm on May 15......
A COUPLE of weeks ago, egged on by a Rangers’ press conference on corruption and the illegal economy in Sindh, I engaged in a thought experiment of sorts. I suspended every single conviction I hold......
WHILE the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee was trying to spot the new moon, another phenomenon was brewing on social media. Pakistanis took to their Twitter accounts and Facebook status updates to call for the......
ACROSS Pakistan, it becomes evident that circumstances in the country are what they are because it faces double jeopardy: if on one side there is a neglectful and inefficient state, on the other is a......
AN inaugural Pentagon report submitted to Congress evaluating the post-December transition from leading the war effort in Afghanistan to a so-called train, advise and assist mission named Resolute......
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi’s recent phone call to his Pakistani counterpart to convey Ramazan greetings may not have solved the Sir Creek dispute, but it was no less momentous for around 200......
