WASHINGTON: As talks on an Iran nuclear deal enter the final stretch, US lawmakers are sharpening warnings against a “weak” agreement and laying down red lines that, if crossed, could prompt Congress......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Flying Officer Junaid Saleem has achieved the singular distinction of winning the “Best Overseas Cadet Award” at Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) College at......
KARACHI: Sindh Rangers on Thursday claimed to have arrested the killer of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) central information committee member Waqas Ali Shah, who was shot dead during the commotion......
MASTUNG: At least 13 people were killed and seven were injured in a road accident on Thursday in Balochistan's Mastung district.Officials said that a passenger van collided with a truck coming from......
KARACHI: Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq Thursday hailed his former team mate Younis Khan for completing 100 Tests, praising his uncompromising hard work and commitment as key to reaching the......
ISLAMABAD: Talking to media personnel on Thursday, Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan said the sensitive disclosures made in the BBC report confirmed Pakistan's suspicions about India's......
When Mahendra Singh Dhoni collided with Mustafizur Rahman during the first one-dayer against Bangladesh, the incident appeared to serve as a metaphor for the teenage paceman's ability to block......
Five days of hell, of death.As I write this, I can say with assurance that at least 950 people in Karachi alone have died in the past five days due to heat-related medical complications. And with......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said Thursday that India is trying to politicise the United Nations Security Council's Sanctions Committee by making unfounded allegations, according to a report published on......
BEIJING: Buyers of abducted children in China will face criminal punishment under proposed laws that would remove an exemption from prosecution, reports said Thursday, as authorities clamp down on......
UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations panel is calling for Internet and social media companies to respond to the exploitation of their services by Al Qaeda and other extremist groups who use the web to......
SANAA: Eight-year-old Abdullah Musleh lay screaming in pain in a Sanaa hospital on Wednesday as a doctor cleaned his torn face, the victim of a worsening war that threatens millions of Yemenis with......
Despite a long trajectory, Diyar-e-Dil is maintaining a strong hold on its audience, surprising them with one dramatic turn after another.With one elopement, two forced marriages, and – capping it......
Relief rather than joy was the defining emotion as India finally managed to salvage some pride against Bangladesh in the third One Day International. Finally the template worked for them – Mahendra......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while chairing the 16th Cabinet Committee meeting on energy at the PM House on Thursday, expressed displeasure over unscheduled loadshedding in the beginning......
Mardeela (aka Man Pulp) is a hybrid vegetable/fruit that is becoming popular among the middle-class men of our faithful republic.The medical benefits of Mardeela have been known since ancient times.......
ISLAMABAD: In a letter to K-Electric on Thursday, the Ministry of Water and Power asked Karachi's power-generation company to effectively address the current situation allegedly arising out of its......
KARACHI: Sindh Information and Local Government Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon while addressing the issue of water shortages raised by the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly said that the system is......
SANTIAGO: Lionel Messi and James Rodriguez are about to meet again.They've left their clubs behind, Barcelona and Real Madrid, and this time Messi is wearing Argentina's blue and white and Rodriguez......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said it is ready to facilitate dialogue between the Afghan government and Afghan Taliban which is expected to start in the upcoming weeks."Pakistan is ready to play any possible......
ISLAMABAD: A petition filed in the Supreme Court against the privatisation of K-Electric on Thursday pleaded that the apex court order compensation for the families of Karachi's heatwave......
LONDON: Thirty years after he stormed to his first Wimbledon title, driven by a confident, teenage swagger, Boris Becker is still making waves at Wimbledon.Living within a drop-shot distance of the......
Bollywood director Ashutosh Gowariker praised the actor Hrithik Roshan for working hard to perform stunts in their upcoming film Mohenjo Daro. He said that Hrithik is “pushing all limits” to perform......
BERLIN: Liverpool have agreed to sign Brazil international Roberto Firmino pending a medical that will take place after his participation at the Copa America, the Premier League club confirmed on......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka off-spinner Tharindu Kaushal scythed through Pakistan's batting order to pick up his first five-wicket haul as the visitors were bundled out for 138 on the opening day of the......
Atif Aslam isn't the only Pakistani who will feature on the soundtrack of Salman Khan-starrer Bajrangi Bhaijaan. According to Times of India, Adnan Sami Khan will also lend his vocals to one song,......
As the first monsoon winds blow from the Arabian Sea to bring relief to a city where 950 people have been reportedly killed in a heat wave this June, climatologist Qamaruz Zaman Chaudhry terms the......
KATHMANDU: India pledged $1 billion for earthquake reconstruction in Nepal on Thursday, with a quarter of the amount in the form of grants, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj told a donor conference also......
BANGKOK: Five Thai students detained in Pakistan for trying to board a plane with a pistol and ammunition have been freed and returned to Bangkok on Thursday, said Thailand's foreign ministry.The......
Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas was named president of the International Cricket Council for the next year at the annual conference of the sport's world governing body in Barbados on......
Pakistan's most-reliable batsman in Test cricket, Younis Khan, will enter the field today to record his 100th Test presence for his country. A feat achieved by only four other Pakistanis: Javed......
SANTIAGO: Hosts Chile sent nine-man Uruguay crashing out of the Copa America on Wednesday, winning a stormy quarter-final 1-0 to edge closer to their dream of a first South American crown.An......
Australia handed Pakistan a 6-1 drubbing in their second match of the Hockey World League Semi-Finals on Wednesday, making the prospects of Rio 2016 much tougher for the Greenshirts.The result puts......
What a pity! The media reports more than 800 deaths due to extreme heat and dehydration during the first five days of Ramazan in Karachi, and what we see is the usual blame game. The province blames......
The rulers sitting in their air conditioned offices and houses need to explain to the people why they have failed them.Pollution in Karachi is also to blame. Why are there so few trees and parks in......
The situation in Karachi is a calamity. Therefore, the government needs to take the following measures: mobilise the media, electronic as well as print, to spread awareness about the gravity of the......
KARACHI is witnessing a heatwave which has resulted in hundreds of casualties.Like drought or a cyclone or floods, a heatwave is a natural phenomenon which converts into a natural disaster. In all......
The prime minister made a statement at the start of Ramazan promising a decrease in loadshedding. A lot of us took those words seriously, thinking that his promise would be kept.Driving around on......
IT was most distressing to read a letter under the heading ‘Joblessness kills couple’ (June 15). The parents have died but how will the six progeny survive now?In such close proximity to Karachi’s......
ISLAMABAD: The offices of international non government organization (INGO) Save The Children (StC) were reopened on Wednesday after it was granted permission by the Ministry of Interior to continue......
ISLAMABAD: With the announcement of schedule for local government elections in Islamabad, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in his capacity as the head of PML-N, set up a committee on Wednesday to select......
ISLAMABAD: Efforts are underway to bring some animals to Murghazar zoo.Talking to Dawn, Abdul Rasheed said in the absence of some animals, the number of visitors to the zoo had decreased.“In the......
ISLAMABAD: An accused, involved in the murder of Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, prosecutor in Benazir Bhutto murder case, has allegedly been picked up by the intelligence agencies.Khalid Mehmood, father of......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly met on Wednesday to discuss the electricity shortage in the country. But as Khawaja Asif briefed the house over his ministry’s performance, incensed opposition......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday regretted the absence of a separate allocation by the federal government for providing free dialysis services to the poor who generally depend on Zakat......
ISLAMABAD: The secretary for the Economic Affairs Division (EAD) told a Senate committee on Wednesday that nine applications for registration by International Nongovernmental Organisations (INGOs)......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday reserved its order on the maintainability of the petition filed against expelling three Filipino missionary workers, including two principals of......
ISLAMABAD: Police deployed on security duties were asked to remain vigilant especially at Sehr, Iftar and Taraveeh timings.The alert was issued by SS P during a briefing session, which was attended......
MUZAFFARABAD: A special parliamentary committee in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has at last come up with the recommendations for amendments to the region’s Interim Constitution Act 1974.The proposed......
Television, film and radio artist Sajjad Kishwar began his career from Pakistan Television Rawalpindi in 1967, as an actor in drama Raizgari. Over the course of his career, he performed in 100 films......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan has said that the coal-powered plants in Rajasthan, India, could have contributed to the deadly Karachi heat wave.“Trans-boundary......
RAWALPINDI: The rain on Wednesday which was welcomed by the residents of the twin cities, flooded some newly constructed metro bus stations.The underground metro bus stations at 6th Road and I.J.......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy on Wednesday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that an official under the custody of Naval Intelligence is facing court martial proceedings in a ‘sensitive’ matter.This......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notices to Deputy Commissioner Islamabad and Chief Executive Officer of Iesco in a petition challenging loadshedding in Islamabad and its......
RAWALPINDI: Solar panels were installed to operate street lights at some roads in the garrison city, some four years ago. Since the last few months, however, these lights have been out of order with......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to send the employees of the four teaching hospitals in the province to surplus pool in case they don’t opt to become institutional staffers......
PESHAWAR: An Afghan youth was killed near Bagh Banan Bazaar in the limits of Urmar police station on Wednesday in an honour related case, sources said.Munir Khan, an Afghan national, presently living......
PESHAWAR: Owners of marble factories in the provincial capital have threatened to stop paying bills if smooth power supply is not ensured to the industries within 24 hours.Speaking at a news......
ABBOTTABAD: Girls clinched the top three positions in the matriculation examination results announced by the Abbottabad Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education here on Wednesday.Mahroosha......
KHAR: The political administration of Bajaur Agency has arrested about 40 drivers of public transport vehicles, including cabs, for overcharging commuters on Peshawar-Bajaur route.An official said on......
SWABI: Poor people are finding it difficult to get the form for obtaining computerised national identity card (CNIC) attested as they claim they are often turned away by government officials.It is......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Local Government Inayatullah Khan has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to fix a timeframe for the election tribunals to decide LG election......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has excluded itself from the purview of the law on right to information, which it had passed in 2013 to ensure transparency and good governance, raising......
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has endorsed the name of Sheryar Khan, nephew of Senator Azam Khan Swati, as the party’s candidate for the office of Mansehra district......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a dialogue have urged the government to make effective legislation for ensuring solution to the problems of minorities relating to marriage, divorce, inheritance and other......
PESHAWAR: A widow of a government school watchman in Charsadda has threatened to set herself and her three children on fire if compensation is not paid to her.Shagufta, 35, who is widow of Imam Shah,......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday upheld the acquittal of all 13 accused, including three policemen, by the trial court in the Karak girl gang-rape case around five years ago.A bench......
KARAK: Local labour union leaders have demanded payment of compensation to the legal heirs of the workers killed and injured in the salt mines here. They threatened to launch agitation after Eidul......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The local district police officer has terminated 40 policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector, from service for negligence in duty during the central jailbreak two years......
PESHAWAR: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf has announced demonstrations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday to protest the excessive loadshedding in the province.The PTI workers have been asked......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police and Pakistan Provincial Service Academy (PPSA) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for introducing junior command course for transparent......
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday officially notified the much-awaited results of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local government elections held on May 30, paving the way for filling......
LAHORE: A man reportedly committed suicide after killing his wife, two sons and a daughter in Model Town here on Wednesday.Basharat, 42, his wife Faiza, 39, sons Abdullah, 8, and Abdul Hadi, 6, and......
BEIJING: China on Wednesday gave its first assessment of the scourge of drug abuse, saying it caused annual economic losses of 500 billion yuan ($80.54bn) and as many as 49,000 deaths last year.China......
KARACHI: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari left for Dubai on Wednesday, party sources said.However, they said they were not aware of reasons for his......
KARACHI: While the punishing heatwave gripping Karachi since Saturday showed signs of subsiding, the death toll across Sindh rose to 1,011, with at least 229 fatalities reported on Wednesday by......
ISLAMABAD: Opposition lawmakers lashed out at the federal government in the National Assembly on Wednesday over the relentless power cuts and what they called “inaction” following the deaths of......
KARACHI: Based on the statement of an unnamed ‘authoritative Pakistani source’, a BBC report said on Wednesday that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement had been receiving funds from the Indian government —......
ISLAMABAD: The leadership of Afghan Taliban has disassociated itself from a process Pakistan has been facilitating to encourage the group’s dialogue with the government of Afghanistan for peace and......
ISLAMABAD: The presence of heartbroken parents and the screening of video clips showing militants’ acts of savagery were the two distinct features of Wednesday’s hearing by a 17-judge full court of......
ONE of the associations of ex-servicemen highlighted the need for transparency in investigations involving senior military officers following the recent exchange of accusations of corruption by the......
WASHINGTON: There is no immediate cure for Pakistan’s energy crisis but the country can turn around the situation through comprehensive planning and hard work, says a US study released on......
ISLAMABAD: Acting President Raza Rabbani approved on Wednesday 23 more election symbols to be allotted to new political parties and those awaiting the allocation.“On a summary initiated by Ministry......
ISLAMABAD: Expecting to get $5 billion in a year from the sale of state assets, the government said on Wednesday that conditional transfer of power distribution companies to provinces, particularly......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Forum for Policy Research (SFPR), the country’s first parliamentary think tank, has constituted a committee to make recommendations to the upper house of parliament about the......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly passed on Wednesday a Rs229.67 billion budget for the year 2015-16 with Rs175.16bn being allocated for non-development expenditure and Rs54.50bn for development......
ISLAMABAD: The government admitted on Wednesday that the prime minister’s special compensation package for the families of government functionaries killed in the line of duty had been held in......
KARACHI: Police on Wednesday night claimed to have killed four suspects in an ‘encounter’ in Lyari area.The encounter took place in Kalri when police carried out targeted operation in which four......
GWADAR: Five people died and another fell unconscious after inhaling poisonous gases in a well in Nodoz area near Turbat in Kech district on Wednesday.According to Levies Force, three people climbed......
QUETTA: A police officer was killed in firing at his vehicle in Mastung on Wednesday.According to police, sub-inspector Abdul Quddoos Bangulzai was patrolling an area near Quetta-Karachi highway when......
MANILA: Climate change has been making the poor in the Asia-Pacific region even poorer and is also setting back efforts to haul them out of poverty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report on......
BEIJING: Russia became China’s top crude oil supplier last month for the first time in a decade, Bloomberg News reported, as Moscow seeks new markets for its crude following western sanctions.China......
GENEVA: The global insurance industry gained momentum last year, as economies improved and the long suffering life insurance sector returned to growth in Europe and Japan, a study showed on......
GENEVA: Global foreign direct investment is expected to rebound in 2015 after falling 16 per cent last year due to a fragile world economy and political and military crises, the UN said Wednesday.FDI......
KARACHI: Cut-off yields on treasury bills have started moving up as the market again witnessed an increase of up to 15 basis points on Wednesday, hinting at a change in the interest rate scenario.The......
KUWAIT CITY: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have begun talks to resolve a dispute that halted oil production in the neutral zone between the Gulf neighbours, the Kuwaiti oil minister said.“A joint committee......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) on Wednesday urged the federal government to save textile exports from consistent decline, both in terms of value and quantity.PTEA Chairman......
ISLAMABAD: The government has ignored 11 tax amendments proposed by the opposition parties in the Finance Bill 2015-16.Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa told Dawn that the tax......
KARACHI: A central Texas-based US fried chicken chain is all set to enter Pakistan.The Golden Chick Restaurant — Chicken Tender-Fried Chicken will initially open three restaurants this year and aims......
KARACHI: Stocks staged strong recovery on Wednesday with the KSE-100 index adding 198.10 points (0.58 per cent) to close at 34,331.94.Volumes jumped to 391 million shares of Rs12 billion value. Major......
SBP allows AMBL to operate nationwideKARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued a nationwide microfinance banking licence to Apna Microfinance Bank Ltd (AMBL), previously known as the......
WASHINGTON: The US economic slowdown was less severe than previously estimated, a senior White House official said on Wednesday.This development puts the US economy on a trajectory for stronger......
LONDON: Gold edged lower on Wednesday as the dollar pared earlier losses versus the euro, while traders took to the sidelines to await news on Greece’s negotiations with its international lenders to......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures rose to their highest in a week on Wednesday as the ringgit dipped, making the ringgit-denominated palm feedstock cheaper for overseas customers.The September......
SYDNEY: Australia said Wednesday it will join the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as a founding member, contributing Aus$930 million (US$719m) in paid-in capital over five......
LAHORE: Inspector General (IG) Mushtaq Sukhera ordered on Wednesday divisional and district police chiefs to remove donation boxes placed along bus stops, in shopping malls, grocery stores,......
BAHAWALPUR: At least 10 people, including women and children, were injured in rain-related incidents in the city and its suburbs in the wee hours of Wednesday.Torrential rain accompanied by a dust......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has decided to stage protests against power outages across Punjab on Friday (tomorrow).The day will also be observed as a day of mourning for Karachi heatwave......
LAHORE: Over eight million people on social media have endorsed building of Kalabagh dam for overcoming energy crisis in the country, said PML-Q Parliamentary Leader in Punjab Assembly Moonis......
CHINIOT: A prayer leader was allegedly hacked to death in a mosque on Tuesday night.Mukhtar Ahmad, the prayer leader of Rao Bagh village’s Jamia Masjid, was sleeping in the mosque after offering......
SAHIWAL: The Markazi Anjuman Tajran (MAT) and other traders’ bodies took out a rally against police for not arresting a senior lawyer despite being nominated in an FIR lodged against him on June 11......
MUZAFFARGARH: The ringleader of Javedi Khar gang, Javed Khar, was allegedly killed by the firing of his accomplices during a shootout with villagers on Wednesday in Dinga Korai, some 70-km away from......
KASUR: A train crushed to death a woman who was crossing the railway track here on Wednesday near Bhoay Aasal village.Hakam Bibi of Bhoay Aasal was crossing the track when a train crushed her to......
MULTAN: Police have banned the sale of toy guns in the district while issuing warning of legal action against people involved in the trade of these toys.According to a handout issued here on......
MULTAN: Lt Col Iftikhar Ahmed Jamil, who laid down his life during Zarb-i-Azb operation, was laid to rest here on Wednesday.His funeral prayers were attended by a large number of people. An army......
LAHORE: On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, June 26, the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) called on......
LAHORE/SHEIKHUPURA: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik had to rush to Sheikhpura district courts on Wednesday to control an ugly situation after a group of lawyers locked a senior......
MUZAFFARGARH: The diamond necklace of the Turkish prime minister’s wife, which is at the centre of controversy between the interior ministry and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, has ‘new......
LAHORE: Rain that was torrential in Bahawalpur continued in cities of Punjab, including Lahore, and upper parts of the country and Kashmir on Wednesday.It remained cloudy in Lahore almost the whole......
BAHAWALPUR: At least four children drowned in a perennial canal near Chak 11-BC village on Ahmedpur East Road on Wednesday, while search for another was on.According to sources, some 12 children......
LAHORE: Chief Minister’s Special Monitoring Unit and the Law Department were able to satisfy women MPAs and members of the civil society about the Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Bill......
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday passed The Punjab Finance Bill 2015 and The Punjab Infrastructure Development Cess Bill 2015 amidst uproar from opposition benches, paving the way for the......
LAHORE: Police claimed on Wednesday to have busted two robbery gangs and arrested their nine members, who would specially target expatriates in Federal Investigation Agency uniform, recovering looted......
LAHORE: About 50 Christians, of Bund Road, protested outside the Lahore Press Club on Wednesday against, what they alleged, the ‘takeover’ of the Haji Park Christian Graveyard by an MPA.MPA Shahzad......
LAHORE: A sessions court on Wednesday issued warrants for the arrest of a fashion model-cum-television host Sofia Mirza for ignoring notices issued on a petition carrying kidnapping allegation......
COLOMBO: Pakistan are eager to celebrate senior batsman Younis Khan’s 100th Test appearance with a series-clinching victory against Sri Lanka in the match starting here on Thursday.Misbah-ul Haq’s......
ISLAMABAD: Former Test leg-spinner Abdul Qadir believes Pakistan should not take Sri Lanka lightly and go into the second Test with all guns blazing.“Sri Lankans are tough competitors and will try to......
MANCHESTER: England limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan says the national side have shown they “could beat the best in the world in any game of cricket” after ensuring New Zealand’s tour ended on a......
LAHORE: Suffering from a tendon injury in his left knee sustained during practice in Galle, batsman Haris Sohail is returning home tonight to undergo rehabilitation here at the National Cricket......
LONDON: Two-time champion Rafael Nadal was seeded No 10 for Wimbledon on Wednesday, his lowest seeding ever at the All England Club.The seeding means Nadal could face top contenders as early as the......
DHAKA: India avoided a series whitewash by securing a 77-run victory over Bangladesh in the third One-day International here on Wednesday.After the tourists rattled up 317-6, India put in a......
VANCOUVER: Japan completed the quarter-final lineup for the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday when the defending champions rolled into the last eight with an impressive 2-1 win over the Netherlands.The......
BERLIN: Liverpool have agreed to sign Brazil international Roberto Firmino, pending a medical that will take place after his participation at the Copa America, the Premier League club confirmed on......
EASTBOURNE: Belinda Bencic reached her second grass-court quarter-final of the summer on Wednesday, with the Swiss teenager advancing 6-4, 3-0 as opponent Eugenie Bouchard retired injured in......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil plans to deploy around 60,000-strong security force for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a source familiar with the preparations said on Tuesday, bolstering security......
LONDON: James Anderson has called on both sides to ditch the verbals and cut out ‘sledging’ during the upcoming Ashes series between England and Australia.New Zealand have just completed a tour of......
MOSCOW: The Russian Football Union will hold talks with national team coach Fabio Capello on ending his contract, the TASS news agency quoted a member of the union’s executive committee as saying on......
MANCHESTER: England set themselves up for the Ashes by ensuring New Zealand’s tour ended in a comprehensive defeat as they thrashed the Black Caps by 56 runs in the one-off Twenty20 International at......
KARACHI: Giant Pakistan speedster Mohammad Irfan produced a telling burst to help Omar Associates score a 15-run win over Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) in the Interloop presents Mezan T20......
LAHORE/KARACHI: As the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) continues its investigation over the fate of its flood relief project in the Jhang district, it has asked three pertinent queries from the......
KARACHI: Pakistan T20 discard Sharjeel Khan played a record innings in the history of Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan cricket while inspiring Touchme CC to a 61-run victory against Qasmi CC at the AKG......
KARACHI: Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) scored an exciting two-wicket victory over Revo Mobile in the Omar Associates 30th Karachi Gymkhana Ramzan Cricket Tournament at KG Ground on Wednesday.Fareed......
KARACHI: Pakistan batsman Mohammad Rizwan stole the limelight in the third Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cricket Tournament with a superlative century while Fakhar Zaman played a whirlwind innings as Dollar......
LAHORE: Three-goal Usman Senior helped Dar Hockey Academy beat Klein Zwitserland Club, Holland 5-0 to end its tour of Europe on a winning note, according to information received here on Wednesday.The......
LAHORE: A delegation of the Netherlands Embassy in Pakistan visited the National Hockey Stadium and Johar Town Hockey Stadium here on Wednesday.Karel Hartogh, who led the delegation, said Pakistan......
KARACHI: A civil rights campaigner on Wednesday moved the Sindh High Court through a constitutional petition against the unprecedented loss of life caused by the current heatwave coupled with power......
KARACHI: It’s hard to imagine a life confined to a small inhospitable place and that, too, without a partner. But that’s how many animals are forced to live their life at the Karachi Zoological......
KARACHI: An accountability court on Wednesday remanded the provincial excise secretary and an anti-corruption establishment (ACE) director to prison in an illegal appointments case.The National......
KARACHI: A three-member task force set up by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah to “examine” a report submitted by the Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, that says Rs230 billion is extorted annually from......
KARACHI: A sessions court on Wednesday allowed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to shift the detained chief executive officer of a software company and four members of the management to......
KARACHI: The body of a man with his throat slit was found in Memon Goth on Wednesday, police said.They added that the corpse spotted in the Malir riverbed near Jam Got was shifted to the Jinnah......
KARACHI:The Pakistan Rangers on Wednesday informed an antiterrorism court about the 90-day preventive detention of two suspects for grilling.The Rangers personnel produced Irfan and Ghayas, said to......
KARACHI: The killer heatwave has already claimed hundreds of lives. But spare a thought for those who have been living under a small tent on a pavement outside the Karachi Press Club since March 1 to......
HYDERABAD: At least 23 people have died of heatstroke and complications caused by extremely hot conditions in several Sindh towns since Tuesday evening.In Hyderabad, bodies of 15 people were brought......
SUKKUR: Abandoning a Rs40 million project halfway, the Sukkur Municipal Corporation (SMC) has given up efforts to complete installation of solar panels at specified sites in the city and decided to......
HYDERABAD: The All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union (CBA) has claimed that the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is unable to run its transmission system because it is obsolete......
BADIN: High-ranking police officials have directed the SHO of the Khoski police station not to arrest two sugar mill managers booked in a Rs700-750 million scam related to the alleged defrauding of......
HYDERABAD: A rally was taken out by a large number of riverine communities hailing from different villages located on the right bank of the River Indus in Jamshoro district to show their annoyance......
MIRPURKHAS: A team of the National Accountability Bureau, Karachi, aided by police commandos raided the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Mirpurkhas office on Wednesday over......
KARACHI: Members of the provincial assembly, led by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, ministers and other lawmakers on Wednesday set a precedent by staging a sit-in on a footpath opposite the......
KARACHI: Police on Wednesday claimed to have killed a suspected kidnapper in an encounter and recovered the abducted man safely.A shopkeeper, Mehboob Karim aka Munna, was kidnapped by five......
KARACHI: Cloud seeding or ‘artificial rain’ is not a viable solution to the extremely hot weather being currently experienced in the city, which is likely to see a drop in temperatures in the coming......
ABBEVILLE: Leaders of America’s core white supremacist groups have a laundry list of perceived grievances. They say the media ignore black on white crime; that desegregation has led to poorer schools......
KHARTSYZK: He is only 14 but already knows how to assemble a Kalashnikov rifle. Denis is a child soldier in the making — eager to join the pro-Russian militants fighting Ukrainian troops.“If I were......
WASHINGTON: The White House announced a major policy change on Wednesday, declaring that families of American hostages seeking to negotiate with or pay ransom to the abductors will not be threatened......
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court agreed on Wednesday to hear a complaint alleging that India’s education minister lied about her college degree, triggering calls for her resignation.The petition claims......
PARIS: Saudi Arabia signed agreements worth billions of dollars on Wednesday to buy helicopters, Airbus jets and two possible nuclear reactors from France.The signing in Paris comes as Saudi Arabia......
THE HAGUE: A Dutch court ordered on Wednesday the state to slash greenhouse gas emissions nationwide by at least 25 per cent by 2020, in a case that could serve as a blueprint for activists around......
WASHINGTON: China and the United States launched a new joint initiative on Wednesday to protect the oceans, a key issue along with climate change on which the two nations say they can cooperate.US......
LONDON: British crime experts say some 300 suspects have been identified in a wide-ranging inquiry into industrial-scale child sex abuse in the northern city of Rotherham.The National Crime Agency......
MOGADISHU: Nine people were killed on Wednesday after a suicide bomber tried to ram his explosives-laden car into a convoy of vehicles transporting Emirati diplomats in the Somali capital of......
MEXICO CITY: The US Embassy in Mexico says a truck carrying visas was hijacked in northern Mexico and the visas stolen.The embassy says in a statement on Wednesday that the theft occurred on June 7 ......
TEHRAN: Iran has hardened its stance less than a week before the deadline for a nuclear deal, with its top leader rejecting a long-term freeze on nuclear research as it ratified a bill banning access......
JERUSALEM: Israel said on Wednesday it was revoking permits for 500 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to enter Jerusalem for Ramazan prayers because of rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave.The......
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel joined Berliners in rolling out the red carpet for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday, kicking off a state visit to Germany steeped in symbolism as Britain......
LONDON: Music festivals like Glastonbury sometimes leave the British countryside strewn with discarded tents and beer cans for days after — but they’re big money-spinners for the nation’s economy,......
AN indicator of how low a priority human development is for the state is that there exists a special parliamentary task force on sustainable development goals. This may come as a surprise to many,......
THE latest moves to regulate non-government organisations (NGOs) need to be approached with a due sense of responsibility as they touch upon some of the fundamental rights of civil society.The......
AS a blistering heatwave skewers southern Pakistan, a blame game and shouting match has broken out amongst the political leadership to deflect responsibility and settle a few scores. To complicate......
PAKISTAN has executed over 150 people since a seven-year moratorium was lifted on state executions just six months ago. If we continue at this pace, we will quickly surpass China, North Korea, Iran......
BOSTON: Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Wednesday apologised in court for the first time to his victims for the suffering he caused, moments before being formally sentenced to death by a federal......
