TAIPEI: More than 200 people were injured, over 80 of them seriously, in an explosion at a water park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei Saturday after coloured powder being sprayed onto a crowd......
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara will quit international cricket during the Test series against India in August, the island nation's most prolific batsman said on Saturday."I have decided......
AHMEDABAD: Relief workers were Saturday trying to reach residents stranded by floods in India's western Gujarat state triggered by torrential rains that have so far claimed 55 lives, officials......
LAHORE: Indian authorities on Friday handed over to Pakistan Rangers the mutilated body of a Pakistani man who was allegedly tortured after he crossed the Indo-Pak border "by mistake" six years ago,......
For Kangana Ranaut, Rani is a name that's stuck.After her turns as Revolver Rani and the unforgettable Rani from Queen, she is now rumoured to have been roped in for the Rani of Jhansi biopic. What's......
KARACHI: An eye-witness on Saturday identified Saad Aziz, the main accused in the attempted murder of American educationist Debra Lobo, as the man who shot at the US national.The witness positively......
ISLAMABAD: A team from Britain's Scotland Yard (London Metropolitan Police) arrived in Islamabad on Saturday in relation to the investigation of the murder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr......
It is easy to forget that Yousuf Bashir Qureshi wasn't trained to be an artist.His interests, which range from fashion design to the fine arts, have taken him to Hollywood and back. Yet if you asked......
WASHINGTON: The White House is lit up in rainbow colours in commemoration of the Supreme Court's ruling to legalise same-sex marriage.Gay and lesbian couples in Washington and across the nation are......
Over the deafening roar of the Shiraz coach, my headphones comfort me with Slipknot, as I sit in a corner women's seat aligned with the chassis of the bus. It isn't my first time on this bus, but......
KARACHI: The devastating heatwave that struck Sindh last weekend is slowly subsiding but the toll has climbed to 1,242 with 32 deaths reported in Karachi on Saturday.Various government-run hospitals......
LAHORE: Pakistan and China have agreed to gear up work on generating 900 megawatts of electricity in Bahawalpur Solar Power Park, said a report published on Radio Pakistan.The understanding came......
PORT KANTAOUI: The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a massacre in a Tunisian seaside resort that killed nearly 40 people, most of them British tourists, in the worst attack......
COLOMBO: Gritty half-centuries from Ahmed Shehzad and Azhar Ali steered Pakistan to 171 for two against Sri Lanka when bad light ended the third day of the second Test on Saturday.Shehzad fell for 69......
KARACHI: Documents purported to be property of the London police surfaced on social media late Friday, suggesting that a senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader had disclosed the party's alleged......
WELLINGTON: Delhi's top diplomat in New Zealand said Saturday he would return to India but denied that his relocation was linked to accusations that his wife had assaulted a staff member.Police said......
CANTERBURY: Kent are set to concede a huge first-innings lead in their tour match against Australia, but 40 years ago this week on the same Canterbury ground, Colin Cowdrey produced a remarkable......
``Leg-spinner Yasir Shah claimed five for 95 as Pakistan halted Sri Lanka's march towards a big first innings lead in the second Test at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Friday.Shah made up for the......
LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook believes winning this summer's Ashes series would be his “best achievement”.Cook has endured some torrid days since leading England to a 3-0 series win at home......
The BBC report that alleges that the MQM has been receiving funds from India, has opened a whole new Pandora’s Box for party chief Altaf Hussain, who already faces money laundering charges in the......
VINA DEL MAR: Argentina reached the semi-finals of the Copa America here Friday, defeating Colombia 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out after a fiercely contested match finished 0-0 at full-time.Former......
KARACHI: Pakistan cricket selectors Friday announced medium-pacer Rahat Ali and batsman Babar Azam as replacements for injured fast bowler Wahab Riaz and spinning allrounder Haris Sohail for the Test......
WASHINGTON: The latest US human rights report, which underlined widespread abuses in China, has led to a counter-report from Beijing, which points out similar violations in America.On Thursday, the......
BRIDGETOWN: ICC took a major step in trying to restore some balance between bat and ball in ODIs when on Friday they announced the scrapping of batting powerplay and allowing five fielders......
COLOMBO: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah claimed five for 95 as Pakistan halted Sri Lanka’s march towards a big first-innings lead in the second Test at the P. Sara Oval here on Friday.Yasir, 29, made up for......
When Younis reached his century in the first Test at Dubai against Australia last year to rescue Pakistan after it had been tottering at 7-2, many people expressed surprise as to how he had managed......
LAHORE: Fitness issues continue to haunt Pakistan cricket. After losing all-rounder Haris Sohail due to injury, Pakistan squad in Sri Lanka suffered another big blow on Friday when fast bowler Wahab......
KARACHI: Former Pakistan cricketer and chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed Sallu on Friday said Pakistan, despite being in a pressure situation, can still make a comeback into the second Test at Colombo......
ANTWERP: The much-anticipated Hockey World League (HWL) semi-final pool ‘A’ clash between traditional rivals India and Pakistan ended in a 2-2 stalemate at the Brasschaat Municipal Park here on......
TEMUCO: Brazilian-based striker Paolo Guerrero scored a hat trick as Peru swept aside Bolivia 3-1 to set up a Copa America semi-final showdown with fierce rivals Chile on Thursday.Flamengo forward......
EUGENE: Galen Rupp easily won his seventh straight 10,000-metre title at the US championships on Thursday amid allegations that coach Alberto Salazar encouraged him and others to skirt anti-doping......
KOLKATA: Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have faced lot of flak for his team’s embarrassing ODI series defeat against Bangladesh but Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi is “not happy” in the manner the......
LONDON: Defending champion Novak Djokovic avoided his three biggest traditional rivals in the Wimbledon draw on Friday as the other members of tennis’ “Big Four” were all placed on the opposite......
DHAKA: Bangladesh paceman Taskin Ahmed will be out for at least three weeks following a rib injury, a team official said on Friday.Taskin suffered the injury on his left side during a training......
WELLINGTON: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum on Friday announced that he had signed a one-year contract extension with the Black Caps, ending speculation about his immediate international......
NEW DELHI: The one-time easy beats of South Asian cricket have just turned a corner, with an impressive series win at home against continental powerhouse India.South Africa, watch out! Almost 30......
ZURICH: Sepp Blatter has told a Swiss newspaper he has not quit as FIFA president, adding to speculation he may try to stay on as head of world soccer’s governing body that is gripped by a corruption......
KARACHI: Omar Associates will clash with the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) for the inaugural title of the Interloop presents Mezan T20 Ramazan-ul-Mubarak Cup in Faisalabad after sealing easy......
KARACHI: Inspired by a mesmerising spell of spin bowling from skipper Rehan Sheikh, Rivo Mobile overwhelmed Acme Technology by eight wickets in the third Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cricket Tournament at......
EASTBOURNE: Double junior Grand Slam winner Belinda Bencic will be aiming for the first WTA title of her career after injured opponent Caroline Wozniacki quit their semi-final after 13 minutes at the......
KARACHI: Off-break bowler Haris Ayaz captured four wickets to bowl Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) in the quarterfinal of the Omar Associates 30th Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament after thrashing......
LAHORE: Ex-Pakistan coach Olympian Tahir Zaman has said even Pakistan’s 2-2 drawn game against India in the World Hockey League semi-final in Antwerp, Belgium on Friday is beneficial for the......
KARACHI: The duo of Ejaz Shah and Sadat Munir excelled with bat and ball as Dollar East routed Al Hamd Academy by nine wickets to register their second win in Dr M.A.Shah Night Trophy at the Asghar......
KARACHI: Persistent heatwave that has taken the city into its grip for the last couple of days has again compelled the Karachi Race Club (KRC) management to keep the horses away from competitive......
LAHORE: Pakistan tennis prodigy Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi had to pull out of the ATP Tennis Championship’s doubles quarter-final at Nottingham, UK due to a knee injury on Thursday.“He is now getting his......
The death of nearly 1,000 people in Karachi in a heat wave made worse by recurrent bouts of power outage is indeed a great tragedy.Our beautiful country has become a blighted land where one finds......
The international community suspects Pakistan’s commitment to fighting terrorism.To eradicate terrorism, total commitment on the part of all stakeholders is required. Even after a series of bloody......
While the Awaran Earthquake (Balochistan) victims still wait to be rehabilitated after all these years, while the population forcefully evicted by security forces from Meerani Dam (Makran) and......
THIS refers to director-general, Sindh Rangers’ declaration about black money in Karachi through land-grabbing and the Rangers’ subsequent operation against the then Sindh Building Control Authority.......
The maximum temperatures recorded in recent days in some cities were Lahore 47 degrees Centigrade, Peshwar 47 degrees, Multan 49 degrees, Karachi 45 degrees and Lasbela 47 degrees.Next year it is......
IT is really shocking how honest consumers are harassed by some staff of K-Electric. An exorbitant charge of Rs68,175 (i.e. over 60 times of normal monthly charge) was levied in my April bill,......
MY phone (021) 3498 2158 has been disconnected for non-payment, the PTCL itself having failed to deliver the bill for the last three months. The PTCL man who came to my home after I lodged a......
KARACHI: Nearly 200 bodies remained unidentified and unclaimed at the Edhi morgue for days before over half of them were finally buried by the charity to make space for the bodies of other heatwave......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Friday reserved its order till June 29 on the bail application of senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Aamir Khan in a case pertaining to instigating terrorism......
KARACHI: While describing outages as the chief reason behind more than 1,000 deaths during the past week when the punishing heatwave gripped Karachi, two federal ministers on Friday said that......
KARACHI: “There can never be any justification for the use of torture, which is an act that intentionally inflicts physical and psychological harm and is being practised in Pakistan with impunity,”......
KARACHI: Highlighting the issues religious minorities are facing at various levels in the country, participants in a meeting held on Thursday demanded that the government implement the Sindh Child......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday directed police and Rangers to make all-out efforts to track down two missing persons who were alleged to have been detained by the law enforcement agencies.A......
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan chief Senator Siraj-ul-Haq has said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has failed to do justice with the people of Karachi by not delivering to them and not honouring......
KARACHI: The Rs2.44 billion surplus budget for the financial year 2015-16 of the Korangi district municipal corporation was presented on Friday.Korangi DMC Administrator Qurat-ul-Aain Memon presented......
KARACHI: The Sindh chapter president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Ismail Rahu, has said the provincial government in a bid to cover up its incompetence and corruption is trying to shift its......
THATTA: A man and his two nephews were gunned down on Friday in the Lotia Wah locality near Sujawal town apparently in a dispute over farmland, officials at the Jati police station said.Identifying......
HYDERABAD: A village elder who had gone missing on June 17 after travelling to Karachi in connection with his over 30-year-old dispute with the Military Estate Office (MEO) over proprietorship has......
SUKKUR: Activists of political parties and the general public took out rallies and held demonstrations and sit-ins in a number of Sindh towns on Friday in protest against prolonged loadshedding and......
SUKKUR: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Students Federation, Jeay Sindh Latif Sangat and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz staged protests on Friday in Jacobabad and Hyderabad against the murder of JSQM......
ISLAMABAD: The government and regulators have decided to settle all outstanding gas receivables and electricity circular debt against lower international fuel prices instead of directly benefiting......
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Friday launched a new vehicle to help developing countries speed up ratification and acceptance of the World Trade......
KARACHI: Instead of taking steps to curb the price hike, the city government has consistently been increasing the rates of chicken live birds and its meat both at the wholesale and retail levels.The......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) injected Rs667.8 billion into the banking system on Friday to meet the liquidity gap emerged after heavy government borrowing from the banks.The central bank......
ISLAMABAD: The government has stepped up efforts for increasing revenue collection to achieve the downward revised target of Rs2.605 trillion for the outgoing fiscal year.To facilitate taxpayers to......
KARACHI: Stocks drifted lower for the third consecutive day on Friday on account of unabated foreign selling, with the KSE-100 index taking a plunge of 192.79 points (0.57 per cent) to close at......
KARACHI: The General Tyre and Rubber Company is building a new mixing plant facility at a cost of $10 million.Retired Lt Gen Ali Kuli Khan Khattak, the company’s chairman, while performing the ......
ISLAMABAD: In a major assessment of more than 30 trade facilitation measures in the Asia and the Pacific region, a new United Nations survey reveals that the regional trade facilitation......
Nestlé donates 80,000 litres of water in KarachiKARACHI: Nestlé Pakistan has donated 80,000 litres of water to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to be distributed at centres set up......
MULTAN: The cotton market was listless on Friday as the leading players did not participate in the trading. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) has revised down its spot rate by Rs100.Cotton brokers......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures rose in light trade on Friday to post their first weekly gain in three as the ringgit continued to retreat, but caution over Indonesia’s new palm export......
LONDON: Gold slid to three-week lows on Friday as the euro slipped against the dollar on caution ahead of crunch talks on Greece this weekend, with concerns over the longer-term outlook for the metal......
LONDON: The initial consumption stimulus from lower oil prices may be fading, at least in the United States, according to the latest round of official data on traffic volumes and fuel sales.Traffic......
FRANKFURT: European companies may find it difficult to win back the market share they have lost to Asian rivals in Russia as a result of economic sanctions, an economic adviser to Russian President......
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican signed its first treaty with the ‘State of Palestine’ on Friday, calling for “courageous decisions” to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and backing a two-state......
PARIS: The US and UN leaders led an international chorus of outrage and condemnation after a string of suspected Islamist attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia on Friday left dozens dead.The White......
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), finally received on Friday the long-lost necklace, which had been donated by the wife of (now) Turkish President Recep Tayyip......
SANAA: Air strikes by Saudi-led forces hit military bases across Yemen on Friday, and the country’s foreign minister was quoted as saying there was no need to convene another peace summit after the......
SANTO DOMINGO: More than 17,000 undocumented Haitians have voluntarily left the Dominican Republic since the end of a controversial registration process that left thousands of people facing......
LONDON: Harry Potter is going to have a new adventure — one that takes him from page and screen to stage. Author J.K. Rowling announced on Friday that a new play called “Harry Potter and the Cursed......
BRUSSELS: Britain’s attempt to forge a new relationship with the European Union has officially started — with positive words but little detail, and months of tough negotiations ahead.Prime Minister......
TOKYO: A Japanese woman, who beat her husband to death over his love affairs 36 years ago, has avoided jail time, according to local newspaper Asahi Shimbun.During a trial, the woman, 71, said she......
MOSCOW: Russia’s former prime minister Yevgeny Primakov, famed for turning around his US-bound plane over the Atlantic upon learning of Nato’s bombing of Serbia in 1999, has died aged 85, the Kremlin......
BEIRUT: The self-styled Islamic State group killed 164 civilians in its offensive on the Kurdish town of Kobane, in what a monitor on Friday called one of the jihadists’ “worst massacres” in......
WASHINGTON: Rape is the fastest growing crime in India, but still remains under-reported, according to the a US report on human right violations released on Friday.According to official statistics,......
NEW DELHI: Heavy early monsoon rains have killed at least 81 people in India’s western Gujarat state, bringing misery to thousands of people uprooted from their flooded homes, an official said on......
VIENNA: Opium cultivation and production in Afghanistan have reached record levels, triggering “a large increase” in cheaper heroin supply in the US, the United Nations said on Friday.Afghan poppy......
ROME: Italy said on Friday it had initiated international arbitration proceedings in the case of two of its marines facing trial in India for the 2012 killing of two fishermen.The unilateral move by......
BANGKOK: Thai police on Friday charged 14 students with “sedition”, a lawyer said, which could see them jailed for seven years, after they staged a peaceful rally against the ruling junta’s sweeping......
YANGON: Myanmar and Thailand on Friday destroyed nearly $1 billion of seized narcotics to mark World Drugs Day, as the UN said East and Southeast Asia remained the world’s biggest markets for......
VIENNA: As negotiators at Iran nuclear talks focused on a June 30 deadline, a senior Iranian official spoke on Friday of slow progress, invoking differences not only between Tehran and the six other......
THE first time Miley Cyrus acquainted us all with the sight of her twerking behind more than two years ago, people could barely contain their hysteria. Half of her critics considered the dance......
MAPUTO: Mozambique turned 40 on Thursday, mixing formal military parades with exuberant African dancing as it turned from a generation of civil war and poverty to look to a more prosperous future,......
EUROPE has been slow in its response to China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative. This may be about to change. If both sides play their cards right, the EU-China Summit on June 29 could kick-start a......
A WAVE of grisly strikes in Kuwait, Tunisia, France and Somalia shocked the world on Friday — days after the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group urged supporters to carry out attacks during......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday formally asked the British authorities for access to information cited in a BBC report which alleged that Indian government funded MQM and trained militants linked......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Apex Committee announced on Friday a general amnesty for militants who stop armed activities against the state and surrender.It said the government would work for......
ISLAMABAD: After intense argumentation over the course of nearly five months, the Supreme Court finally closed the hearing of challenges to the 18th and 21st amendments on Friday.“The judgment is......
KARACHI: Although the number of deaths caused by a gruelling heatstroke in Sindh significantly declined on Friday, the day’s count swelled to 94 after the release of fresh figures by some government......
ROME: A Pakistani accused of organising a 2009 bomb attack on a Peshawar market that killed more than 130 people has been detained in Italy, police said on Friday.Siyar Khan, 36, who is also......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee has been tasked with submitting to the upper house of parliament a report on the power cuts which have reportedly contributed to the death of over 1,000 people in......
KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari returned to Karachi on Friday after a couple of days’ stay in Dubai.Senator Rehman Malik said the PPP chairman had gone to Dubai to see Amin Fahim, a......
QUETTA: Ten people, women and children among them, were killed and 35 others injured when a bus overturned in Mohabbat Faqir area of the Khuzdar district on Friday.According to police, the bus......
KARACHI: The K-Electric (KE) has objected to statements made by some ministers which it says incorrectly portrays its performance.A KE’s spokesman said on Friday that the company had been fully using......
ISLAMABAD: Amid criticism, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has reduced levelised upfront tariff for wind power projects by 20 per cent to Rs10.6048 per unit from......
ISLAMABAD: A court here on Friday handed over the custody of Shoaib Sheikh, the chief executive officer of Axact, to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on a seven-day physical remand in the fake......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office has said that India is politicising the working of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee.“India has been making attempts to politicise the work of this technical......
KHAR: A tribal elder was injured and a nephew of his killed in a bomb explosion near a mosque in Gut Agra locality of Mamond tehsil in Bajaur Agency on Friday.According to Bajaur administration......
RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force has seized drugs worth Rs849 million and arrested 24 mules, among them nine Nigerians, and impounded three vehicles in 10 operations across the country.The seized......
KARACHI: Two suspects were shot dead in an ‘encounter’ in Lyari area of the city on Friday night, according to police.They said the encounter took place when law-enforcement agencies personnel......
QUETTA: The routine immunisation campaign in Balochistan will be carried out simultaneously with the polio eradication initiative in order to secure better result.It was decided during a meeting......
WASHINGTON: Wars in Pakistan and Afghanistan have killed at least 149,000 people between 2001 and 2014, says a recent report by a US think-tank.The Watson Institute’s Costs of War Project also......
KHUZDAR: Two people were gunned down in Gadani, near the industrial town of Hub, on Friday.Police said unidentified men on a motorcycle opened fire on the pair in front of the Baldia office, killing......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: The vice-principal of the Technical Training Centre was killed in a traffic accident on the Quetta-Sukkur Highway on Friday.Police said Noor Muhammad Khuttak was crossing the road......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A leader of PML-N was shot dead here on Friday, police said.Nizamuddin Bhutto, vice president of PML-N’s labour wing in Balochistan, was attacked by armed men on a motorcycle near......
ISLAMABAD: Thousands of hopefuls filed their nomination papers on Friday, the last day for submitting nominations for the upcoming local government (LG) polls in the federal capital.The first-ever LG......
ISLAMABAD: Response to the call for countrywide protests against electricity load shedding, by seven political parties on Friday remained lackluster as political workers were busy filing nomination......
RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) president Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said poor workmanship on the metro bus project started surfacing soon after the inauguration of the service.He was......
ISLAMABAD: The Ahle Sunnat Wal Jammat (ASWJ) president and his brother narrowly escaped an attempt on their lives on Friday night.Police sources told Dawn the ASWJ President Ghulam Mustafa Baloch and......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Highway is the busiest road of the city and the city mandarins have decided to relieve it of the mounting pressure of traffic by widening it.On Friday, the Capital Development......
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Riverine Police’s first batch began training at Sihala College on Friday and will join the force after eight months. The first batch includes 1000 officials.The police unit was......
RAWALPINDI: Water meters will be installed in the garrison city by the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) by the end of the fiscal year 2015-16 to prevent wastage.A senior Wasa official told Dawn......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police arrested nine outlaws from different areas of the city and recovered vehicles, narcotics and weapons from their possession on Friday.According to sources in the police,......
TAXILA: Punjab Governor Malik Rafique Rajwana said on Friday that the values of the renowned institution of Cadet College Hassanabdal must be kept alive. He was presiding over the meeting of the......
TAXILA: The Hassanabdal Police on Friday foiled a bid to smuggle 16 kilograms of narcotics from Peshawar to Lahore and arrested two smugglers suspected to be members of an interprovincial gang of......
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Friday said a total of about 246 million people – slightly over 5 per cent of those aged 15 to 64 years worldwide – used an illicit......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday directed the police to recover three ‘missing’ persons and present them before the court on Monday.Advocate Hammad Dadan, his cousin Abdullah Umar......
“For the last six years, I have been teaching sketching and painting at this stall. I like taking on students who do not know anything about painting and make artists out of them.Those who are......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) urged the government to provide all possible support to farmers to boost fruit and vegetable production and increase export.In a statement......
RAWALPINDI: As many as 18 station house officers (SHOs) in the Rawalpindi district were fined Rs5,000 each for their failure to submit the challans of different cases to the local courts under the......
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has asked private housing societies to reserve special plots for solid waste and maintain details of all their plots to facilitate buyers.“All housing......
SIALKOT: The suspension of power to the Sialkot industry during Ramazan nights has been affecting the production of export consignments. Traders, industrialists and exporters are worried about their......
GUJRANWALA: The management and several students of local campus of the University of Sargodha (UoS) demonstrated by blocking Sialkot bypass against sealing of the campus on Friday.The education......
LAHORE: Faiz Ghar and Pakistan US Alumni Network Lahore will hold a single day workshop on ‘Theatre for Change’ at Faiz Ghar, F block, Model Town, on Sunday (tomorrow).The workshop “Theater For......
LAHORE: Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority Managing Director Shahid Hussain, who was shifted to the Jinnah Hospital with critical injuries after a road accident, has survived a prolonged and......
LAHORE: Two people were killed in two accidents in the city on Friday.A man, yet to be identified, was crossing Multan Road when a wagon hit and severely injured him.A Rescue 1122 ambulance shifted......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday gave time to customs intelligence until Monday to submit a reply to the appeal of fashion model Ayyan Ali, facing charges of money laundering.The counsel for......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday issued a show-cause notice to Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Director General (DG) Ahad Cheema asking him to explain why proceedings under contempt of......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Lahore organiser Shafqat Mahmood has notified Lahore district women and youth advisory councils as well as seven more members of the District Organising......
BAHAWALPUR: The district administration has acquired the services of a technical team from Lahore to deal with the issue of sewage in various parts of the city.According to District Coordination......
SIALKOT: The suspension of power to the Sialkot industry during Ramazan nights has been affecting the production of export consignments. Traders, industrialists and exporters are worried about their......
GUJRAT: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) has declared 31 buildings in Walled City dangerous and issued notices to their owners, asking them to vacate and demolish the crumbling structures......
LAHORE: The Sheikhupura District Bar Association on Friday suspended membership of three lawyers for locking the court of Additional District & Sessions Judge Khizar Hayat Gondal.A notification......
MUZAFFARGARH: Four passengers were killed and 40 injured seriously in a road accident here on Friday morning.The accident took place early on Friday on Alipur Road, some 80km from the city when a......
SAHIWAL: Railway police seized 40 kg of hashish from a couple traveling in Farid Express on Thursday evening near Pakpattan Railway Station.Police said the constables in routine checking of......
GUJRAT: The Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences, University of Gujrat (UoG), organized a workshop on ‘Social Awareness Campaign’.The objective of the workshop was to promote social......
SIALKOT: Customs Intelligence officials have seized a huge cache of smuggled cloths, television sets, crockery, toys and welding rods worth Rs10 million from a passenger bus and three other vehicles......
LAHORE: Twenty-six opposition parties observed Friday as protest day against deaths due to heatwave and power loadshedding in the country.In the provincial capital, activists of various parties......
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly passed the supplementary budget worth Rs39.97 billion for fiscal year 2014-15 with majority vote and rejected all cut motions moved by the opposition members.During the......
SHEIKHUPURA: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mushtaq Sukhera on the orders of the chief minister suspended from service Nankana Sahib District Police Officer Kamran Yousaf Malik over dereliction of......
LAHORE: An agreement of 300 megawatt (MW) solar project was signed between the Punjab government and a Chinese company under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on Friday. Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif......
SHEIKHUPURA: Seven passengers were killed while 12 others sustained serious injuries in a road accident near Kala Khatai on Friday.Reports said that a truck went out of control after one of its tyres......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Friday forecast a weak monsoon in the country with some uncertainties, producing slightly less than normal rainfall from July to September.However,......
LAHORE: Opposition in the Punjab Assembly sought on Friday action against the Punjab Textbook Board (PTB) for declaring in a geography book Indian-occupied Kashmir as a disputed territory and......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Gaddai police arrested a man on Friday for detaining his daughter for 15 days.Accused Abdul Rehman Khosa, of Yousufabad, married twice but both marriages ended in breakup because of......
LAHORE: The Anti-Torture Alliance (ATA) held a consultation with the civil society on Friday to discuss the torture legislation in Pakistan, especially with regards to the UN International Convention......
LAHORE: Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Director General Jawad Akram said on Friday they were ready to combat any eventuality in the rainy and river flooding monsoon season starting in......
LAHORE: Chief Secretary Khizar Hayyat Gondal on Friday laid foundation stone of a five-storey building in the Civil Secretariat, costing an estimated Rs296 million.The building is being constructed......
LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party Punjab (PDWP) approved Rs5.76 billion for 10 development schemes in Punjab for the fiscal year 2014-15 in its 49th meeting held here on Friday.The......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) will start construction of a model graveyard ‘Shehr-i-Khamoshan’ along Ferozepur Road by next month’s end.According to the DCO, the graveyard......
LAHORE: The Contractors’ Association accused on Friday the administration of the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) of clearing payments of their favorite contractors, depriving those completing......
KHAR: Local leaders of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) have demanded of the government to grant Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) the status of a separate province so that problems of......
PESHAWAR: The Higher Education Department (HED), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has finally started academic and financial audit of the public sector universities in the province despite their strong......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have recommended a proposed plan to the home and tribal affairs department for working out a better and effective arrangement for the forthcoming local......
PESHAWAR: A top banker of the provincial government, who receives a staggering amount of money in salary and other privileges, has formally demanded further increase in his perks and privileges.With......
PESHAWAR: The body of a missing woman was found in a drain in Tehkal police station limits here on Friday.A police official said the body was retrieved from the drain on information of a local person......
UPPER DIR: Serious food shortage was reported in Biyar area of Upper Dir district on Friday, the day after flashfloods killed nine people and destroyed dozens of shops and houses.Local people......
MINGORA: Mismanagement has marred the affairs of the Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital Swat due to the health department’s failure to fill the medical superintendent vacancy during the last three......
SWABI: Re-election would be held in Swabi district at 15 polling stations for women and two for men in nine union councils on July 5, sources in the district office of the Election Commission of......
PESHAWAR: Non-allocation of funds for the free cancer treatment programme in the provincial budget for fiscal 2015-16 is likely to affect and even cause suspension of treatment of patients due to......
MANSEHRA: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has secured majority in the Mansehra Tehsil Council to form the next local government.The development comes as a group of eight independently elected......
PESHAWAR: Doctors and paramedics on Friday announced boycott of duties at the Lady Reading Hospital here until the government provided proper security to them.Speaking at a news conference at the......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has sought comments from the provincial chief secretary, health secretary and other relevant officials on a petition against the merger of a Peshawar hospital for......
GILGIT: Pakistan Muslim League-N’s Hafeezur Rehman on Friday took oath as chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan. The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Governor House in Gilgit and Governor Chaudhry......
RAWALPINDI: Stray dogs enjoy complete freedom to roam about the city and bite people thanks to differences over jurisdiction between Rawal Town Municipal Administration (RTMA), Health Department and......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Friday submitted to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) a four-phase plan for the removal of illegal slums in the capital.The plan will be executed......
KOHAT: An SOS message service has been introduced in the educational institutions across the district linked with the local Rescue 15 centre to deal with any untoward incident, a security official......
CHARSADDA: The election commission has withheld results of 16 union councils in the district on the recommendation of the district returning officer as it notified official results of 33 UCs out of......
PEACE talks, or even talks about talks, in Afghanistan for many years now have been a case of going round in circles — with the Afghan Taliban in particular always sending mixed messages. Once again,......
KARACHI’S beleaguered power utility is once again the focus of public ire following the enormous loss of life from the recent heatwave. The government of Sindh has blamed prolonged power outages as......
THE appointment of former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas as the president of the International Cricket Council is a rare honour coming Pakistan’s way, besides being a step in the right direction by......
PAKISTAN’S weather is getting more extreme, less predictable. Concomitantly there is rising temptation to put the onus upon some human agency. Unsurprisingly, sinister and malign forces bent upon......
IT isn’t clear how big the issue of illegal migrants arriving in droves in Europe actually is, but the politics and the media coverage around it — at least in the United Kingdom — suggests it may be......
INDIVIDUALS can sever relations for good. That luxury of self-indulgence is denied to states on a shared planet, especially to neighbours and, even more so, if they have a heavy long-standing agenda......
I WAS going to write about something else this week, but an email from a reader sent my mind in a different direction. My reader reminded me about the days in the 1950s when Clifton was a place for......
