VIENNA: Global powers upped the pressure on Iran late Sunday, warning now was “the time” to strike an elusive deal curbing its nuclear ambitions, as the US said the fate of the talks hung in the......
ATHENS: Greeks voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to reject terms of a bailout, risking financial ruin in a show of defiance that could splinter Europe.With nearly half of the votes counted, official......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said veteran journalist and former caretaker chief minister of Punjab, Najam Sethi, was not just involved in ‘35 punctures’ as he......
QUETTA: Armed militants killed three labourers in Balochistan's Gwadar district Sunday evening, according to Levies sources.Sources told Dawn.com that the militants opened fire at a construction......
QUETTA: An explosion killed one person and injured another 15, including three women and two children, around Quetta's Bacha Khan Chowk area Sunday evening.The bomb blast smashed windows of shops and......
PALLEKELE: Sri Lanka were 228-5 at stumps on day three of the third Test against Pakistan at Pallekele on Sunday.Skipper Angelo Mathews was unbeaten on 77 and Dinesh Chandimal was on 39, with the......
DERA KHAN: At least 12 suspected militants and four security personnel were killed in an exchange of fire in Data Khel area of North Waziristan tribal region, according to an Inter-Services Public......
A senior lawyer of India's Supreme Court Ram Jethmalani has claimed to have met Dawood Ibrahim in London, where the fugitive underworld don offered to surrender himself and his close associate Chota......
NEW YORK: Americans marched in star-spangled parades, ran relay races, gathered for fireworks shows and crowned a new world hot dog eating champion as they celebrated Independence Day in traditional......
ISLAMABAD: Over 50 children fell ill on Sunday after consuming 'substandard food' at the Pakistan Sweet Homes (PSH) in Islamabad.The children were shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences......
PESHAWAR: A lover's eyes compared to a drone strike, a smile to a suicide bomb and lips to fire. The violence of Pakistan's bloody insurgency has been injected into catchy pop lyrics after more than......
SANTIAGO: Chile wrecked Lionel Messi's dream of a first international title with a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over Argentina to end their 99-year wait for a Copa America crown here......
ATHENS: Greeks started casting ballots early Sunday in the closely watched bailout referendum, with opinion polls showing people evenly split on whether to accept creditors' proposals for more......
MULTAN: Trading was moderate on the cotton market on Saturday as spinners kept looking for quality lint. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) kept its spot rate unchanged at Rs5,000 a maund.Floor......
FRANKFURT: With aid negotiations off and ATMs running out of money, it’s not speculation any more. Greece could leave the euro. And soon.What would that mean for the Greek people and for the European......
KARACHI: The surplus liquidity instead of going into banks is chasing dollars in the wake of tax on transactions and withdrawal of money.The government, which preferred to tax the already taxed money......
KARACHI: Cement sales soared to a record 35.4 million tonnes during 2014-15 as compared to 34.28 million tonnes in 2013-14.The jump was led by record domestic consumption of 28.2 million tonnes......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) decided 71.6 per cent of the total complaints in favour of taxpayers in 2014, the FTO office observed in its annual report for the year.In all, the FTO......
KARACHI: Sindh’s Excise and Taxation department, which collects seven taxes constituting 60 per cent of the province’s total revenue, amassed around Rs35 billion in 2014-15.It was eight per cent......
KARACHI: Almost 70 per cent of mangoes in Punjab have been damaged by the adverse climate, causing shortage of the fruit in the local market, besides pushing up its rates.The damage to Punjab crop......
RIYADH: Oil markets are set for a rough ride.The ongoing Greek financial soap opera, prospect of a deal between Iran and the west, resilient production from US shale, increasing output from Opec,......
ISLAMABAD: Coal would remain a predominant energy resource to generate electricity in South Asia in future.It would account for more than half of the total installed capacity in the region by 2040......
BEIJING: China froze share offers and set up a market-stabilisation fund on Saturday, the Wall Street Journal said, as Beijing intensified efforts to pull stock markets out of a nose-dive that is......
MONTREAL: Canada’s finance minister denied Friday that the country is heading for recession, a day after two major banks predicted economic doomsday.Canada, the world’s fifth-biggest oil producer,......
LONDON: Oil prices came under pressure this week from concerns about Greece’s future in the eurozone and the possibility of higher Iranian crude supplies.Gold failed to benefit from its status as a......
CHICAGO: There’s so much milk flowing out of US cows these days that some is ending up in dirt pits because dairies can’t find buyers.Domestic output is set to be the highest ever for a fifth......
WASHINGTON: Ukraine will finish 2015 as the biggest loser in global growth, according to forecasts of economists surveyed by Bloomberg.The conflict-battered eastern European nation will see its gross......
TOKYO: Japan on Saturday pledged $6.1 billion in financial aid to the “Mekong Five” countries as it pushes infrastructure exports and courts influence in a region where rival China has an increasing......
VIENNA: Since the start of tortuous nuclear negotiations with Iran, France has been seen as taking the toughest stand. Now as a deal nears, Paris must be ready to dash in and grab a slice of long......
MUMBAI: Call it India’s serendipitous stimulus.Indirect tax receipts jumped 37 per cent in May from a year earlier, the most since 2011, government data showed this week. The budget deficit reached......
LAHORE: The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has blacklisted 432 construction, vending and service providing firms allegedly being run by its own employees in the name of family members, relatives......
LAHORE: The crackdown on restaurants, hotels, eateries, food outlets by the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) seems to have been intensified in the city particularly since the beginning of Ramazan.The......
LAHORE: Police on Saturday launched a search operation in Raiwind and arrested 20 suspects.The Sadar Division police took action after receiving reports from security agencies about the possible......
LAHORE: The joint team of the Pakistan Railways (PR) and army officers, constituted to investigate the plunging into canal of a special train near Gujranwala, is considering all possibilities......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) plans to take up the issues of bringing back black money stashed abroad, undeclared foreign income and assets, anti-money laundering and tax reforms by......
LAHORE: The government has increased its national power transmission capacity to 16,300MW and plans to take it up to 21,000MW by the end of next year, claims Minister of State for Water and Power......
LAHORE: The PPP is observing Sunday as black day to commemorate the imposition of martial law by Gen Ziaul Haq in 1977.“July 5, 1977 is the blackest day of the history of Pakistan when dictator Gen......
LAHORE: The president of Pakistan has asked the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination, Islamabad, to register an ‘affordable’ medicine of hepatitis C in oral form to......
THERE’S this belief in the US that you are an East Coast person or a West Coast person. A New Yorker would not like living in Los Angeles, vice versa, never the twain shall meet and so forth.......
“We need to engage in literature, stories, debate and ideas that ignite our imagination and inspire us to reimagine our lives and the world.” - Sadaf SaazSADAF Saaz, 46, is a Bangladeshi poet,......
WITH the rapid increase in the number of books self-published by authors around the world every year, it is becoming fairly obvious that the boom in self-publishing has been a mixed blessing. The......
FOR many people like me the question of the Persian language in South Asia has significance in the context of the ongoing exploration of what has become of Urdu in the course of the past one and a......
A BOOK that one simply will not be able to put down, Omar Shahid Hamid’s new novel The Spinner’s Tale is an exciting and worthy follow-up to his bestseller, The Prisoner. Revolving around the complex......
Everybody knows about Fifty-Fifty —the satirical skit show that debuted in 1978 on the state-owned Pakistan Television (PTV) and ran till 1984.The show’s legacy has been such that it is not only......
The people of Karachi are angry … which is something of an anomaly. We aren’t the type to get fazed easily; despite prolonged power cuts, little water and questionable sanitation, we have soldiered......
The African continent suffered immensely at the hands of European imperialist powers who destroyed and plundered its resources, enslaved its people and forced them to work in the North and South......
Too old to be a newbie, too new to be an oldie; that’s Hareem Farooq for you, the actress who was recently declared a ‘New Sensation’ at the Hum TV Awards. For those who have been following her work......
The journey to self-awareness can be a difficult trek, sometimes as insurmountable as climbing K2. Here, courtesy of Disney and Pixar, we have our sherpa in the shape of Inside Out, a tour de force......
The relationship between music and fashion was more than evident at an event arranged by BodyBeat at the Marina Club with Anoushey Ashraf as the red carpet host. It attracted a large number of......
Zoe’s set included a mix of jazz, blues, Bollywood and a few nostalgic Pakistani covers. For jazz/blues, she sang an original song Raat Gaye and followed that up with the dreamy Feeling You. For the......
When it comes to beating the heat, rural communities in Sindh know their onions. Literally.The prevailing wisdom in villages across Sindh is to eat raw onions as salad with lunch, as they believe......
Dr Noman Ahmed is the chairman of the Department of Architecture and Planning at the NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi. Considered among the foremost voices on Karachi’s cultural......
“To visit the Holy Land was my dream, but it wasn’t to be,” a journalist friend responds when I tell him about my trip. Israel, the country he calls ‘temporarily occupied Palestine,’ refused him a......
In the aftermath of the Snowden revelations in June 2013, digital security and privacy have become new buzzwords and garnered immense significance. Snooping of your private information online is a......
Those who have experienced serious kidney stone pain say that the agony is awful and simply cannot be described. If it is only a small stone (about 5 millimetres in size) it will pass through on its......
Believe it or not, but your child’s bedroom plays an important part in shaping his / her personality. It is the only place where they get some time alone to indulge in their flights of fancy,......
We are all familiar with the four major flavours: sweet, sour, salty and bitter. But about a century ago, a Japanese chemist discovered a fifth: umami, or “pleasant savoury taste”. He translated this......
Dear Phupo, I am 28 years old; my husband is from another sect. I got married last year after almost two years of a beautiful relationship. His family, especially his mother, was against our......
With the weather rumbling and grumbling away as it builds up to what is predicted to be a less than normal monsoon — although one generally takes such predictions with a large pinch of salt as,......
A man of many parts, Ali Imam (1924-2002) is best celebrated as a history maker who steered the modernist initiative in Karachi as a principal of the Central Institute of Arts and Crafts (CIAC) and......
Paul Cézanne painted ‘Bords de la Marne’ (1888-1890) measuring 65cm by 81cm, representing the banks of the Marne, in Ile-de-France, with a house and willows and poplar trees reflecting in the water......
Contemporary art practices are slowly and steadily continuing to make their mark in Pakistan. For example in Lahore, art galleries have emerged that particularly promote new ideas and experimental......
Cricket’s controlling body, the ICC (aka “Intentionally Confusing Conference”), continues to baffle the fans with its various (mis)deeds. In order to save their flagship event the ICC World Cup 2015,......
The all-time best left arm fast bowler of the world Wasim Akram may have left the cricketing field but he is still a crowd-puller. If you are on social media, you must’ve seen the selfie that he took......
My o my, talk about loud stress-busting techniques! Bollywood babe Sonakshi Sinha is nowadays learning how to play the drums. Yes, you heard right, the drums. Not because she intends to join a band......
It’s time to pay back. Says who? Answer: Moammar Rana who has had a successful run as a film star for a little more than two decades and now wants to pay back his fans’ love. How does he plan to do......
A biopic on a former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, especially focusing on the days when she imposed Emergency in her country, is in the offing.The director of the film Manish Gupta has written......
They are members of an illustrious film family, and yet they haven’t worked together in a movie before. Now is their chance to mend ways.Actress par excellence Shabana Azmi, her poetic husband Javed......
All you X-Files junkies, you might not have known this. The star of the TV show David Duchovny wanted actress Jennifer Beals (whom he knew from his Yale days) to play the part of agent Dana Scully......
Q What exactly happened? How did you find out about Patari? In your opinion, what are they doing that is so wrong?Zeeshan Chaudhry: Nothing ‘happened’. We found out about Patari from an online......
PAKISTAN is plagued by a delayed monsoon, drought and now a heat wave. Meanwhile, the debate on dams, reservoirs and development of water resources continues. It would have been amusing had the......
PAKISTAN is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world that is susceptible to climate change, but very few studies have been conducted to measure the range and scale of climate change impact......
A FEW days ago, I visited Nadra’s G-10 Islamabad office for the renewal of my CNIC. After paying a heavy fee for smart CNIC, photo, biometrics and signature, I was astonished to know that I and my......
RAMAZAN seems to have become a festive occasion instead of the month in which we control all human desires which include feasting. Let me recollect the pre-Pakistan days of fasting in the 1940s.In......
APROPOS the letter written by Mr Javed Khan Tareen (June 30). I was a student of the Langlands School and College (erstwhile Sayurj Public School and College) for 14 years. I feel it necessary to......
THE advent of summer opens the floodgates to thousand of seasonal refugees towards the valley of Quetta. People rush towards Quetta in order to pass summer under pleasant weather.But the influx of......
IS is becoming a threat not only to regional security but also to Al-Qaeda. It is making its presence felt in Afghanistan by taking over many areas such as Faryab province in northern Afghanistan.The......
THIS is apropos ‘The world’s unwanted’ (June 24), by Rafia Zakaria. The author has very illustratively highlighted the philosophy of hatred among humans triggered by difference through the case of......
PESHAWAR: The number of applicants for the posts of vice-chancellor in public sector universities has reduced by around 75 per cent since the provincial government incorporated the new criteria for......
MINGORA: Two young men drowned in Swat River while beating the heat on Saturday. Sources said the incident occurred in Kalam area and the victims were identified as Bakth Amin and Ibrar. Search for......
UPPER DIR: Local people complain shopkeepers are selling goods in the district at the prices higher that those fixed by the administration without let or hindrance.The complaint belies the......
MANSEHRA: A man and his two sons were killed when their car plunged into a deep ravine in Chatterplan area here on Friday night.The accident occurred when the driver lost control over the steering......
KARAK: The qul of renowned Pashto poet Ameenullah Khamosh was observed at his residence at Darab Kalay here on Saturday.Poets, educationists, scholars and people from all walks of life in large......
LAKKI MARWAT: Activists of political parties have hailed the decision of Peshawar High Court, directing the Election Commission of Pakistan not to hold local government re-polling on July 5 in the......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department is planning to extend the contract of the People’s Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI), a private organisation owned by senior leader of the ruling......
MINGORA: The Grassy Ground in Mingora, which currently hosts a Ramazan nigh cricket tournament, has become a favourite spot for the people of the surrounding areas to socialise and enjoy cricket......
PESHAWAR: While praising sacrifices of the Pakistan Army and Zarb-e-Azb’s “disruptive effect on terrorists” in North Waziristan Agency, US Ambassador Richard Olson has said that it is time proxy wars......
NOWSHERA: Pakistan People’s Party provincial general secretary Liaqat Shabab has termed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission as a tool to victimise political opponents.“I was arrested on charges......
PESHAWAR: After finalising most of the power-sharing terms with the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, the Qaumi Watan Party is likely to join the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government after Eidul......
SWABI: Entrance test to various disciplines of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology would be held across the country on Sunday (today), said Jehangir Bashar, Rector......
RAWALPINDI: More than 341 students of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi on Saturday received laptops under Prime Minister Laptop Scheme and Punjab Education Endowment Fund......
The May 30 local government elections proved that the priorities of voters are fast changing and ideological politics is gradually diminishing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, raising new challenges for the......
ISLAMABAD: Army is likely to be called in Islamabad on the local government election day. However, the final decision will be taken by the capital territory administration after the polling scheme is......
ISLAMABAD: Former president retired General Pervez Musharaf on Saturday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) challenging his non-bailable arrest warrants issued by an additional......
ISLAMABAD: As many as 4,275 gastro patients –2,850 adults and 1,425 children --visited Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) since first Ramazan.Media coordinator of Pims and......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) on Saturday announced secondary school certificate (SSC) results with pass percentage standing at 76.69.According to the......
RAWALPINDI: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) has formed committees in all the National Assembly constituencies in the district for the selection of candidates for the local government......
ISLAMABAD: Following a barrage of criticism on social media, the management of Islamabad’s largest shopping mall has apparently relented in its decision to impose a Rs100 entry fee.The management of......
ISLAMABAD: Despite action taken against profiteers by the capital administration, retailers continue selling fruits and vegetables at higher rates.The retailers said they were making losses due to......
ISLAMABAD: With the Supreme Court all set to take up the petition by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday for the early enactment a local government law, a local politician has also......
RAWALPINDI: A poster designing competition was held under the auspices of Population Welfare department to celebrate World Population Day.Participants from Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal and Rawalpindi......
BAHAWALPUR: The district police claim to have arrested under Section 11 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 13 people for allegedly collecting donations for banned outfits and politico-religious parties......
GUJRANWALA: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Cantonment on Saturday and inquired after those injured in the Chanawan head train accident.He went to each......
GUJRAT: The administration and police have failed to check illegal parking stands established in the areas surrounding the compound of the District Government Complex and DPO’s office.The parking......
SIALKOT: Three people were feared drowned in the Upper Chenab Canal here on Saturday.Sadiq Masih, Ilyas and Kashif went missing while taking a bath in the Upper Chenab Canal.Divers of Rescue 1122 are......
MUZAFFARGARH: District Police Officer (DPO) Awais Ahmed is leading an operation against the Jakha gang in the Indus riverside in Alipur to rescue two children kidnapped by the gang on Monday.Police......
OKARA: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was arrested here on Saturday for detaining a man and minting money from him in Depalpur on Wednesday.Imran, of Pakpattan, complained to District Police......
Bollywood legend Naseeruddin Shah will visit Lahore in November to stage a play at the Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall.This was stated by Moneeza Hashmi of the Faiz Foundation Trust while talking to......
LAHORE: While the Pakistan People’s Party on Saturday rejected the resignation of Firdous Ashiq Awan, former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar categorically denied reports of her quitting the......
KARACHI: The staffers of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation demolished two wedding halls constructed illegally on amenity plots reserved for a park and other amenity purposes on Saturday.A KMC......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court ordered release of three accused facing trial in the Shershah scrap market carnage case after key prosecution witnesses failed to appear in court to testify against......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Saturday granted bail to four Muttahida Qaumi Movement workers in a case pertaining to ‘forcible’ Fitra collection.Police produced Hamid Ali, Muhammad Qayyum,......
LARKANA: A Chandio couple sold their eight-month-old baby girl to pay back an amount of Rs30,000 they were accused of having withdrawn in excess to their entitlement of Rs4,500 under the Benazir......
BADIN: A court on Saturday issued warrants for the arrest of the Badin SSP, DSP and over 20 other policemen after a court official submitted his inquiry report with regard to the Feb 4 raids on the......
KHAIRPUR: A literary conference and poetry recital (Mushaira) marked the end of the 194th Sachal Sarmat Urs celebration at Daraza Sharif here on Saturday night.Speaking at the conference, poet and......
SUKKUR: A man was injured in an armed clash broke out on Saturday between two groups of the Katohar community over a piece of land within Dil Murad police limits in Jacobabad.According to reports......
SUKKUR: Employees of the Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College (GMMMC) in Sukkur on Saturday staged a demonstration in front of the principal’s office.Leading the protest, Zulfiqar Mahar, Hashim......
KARACHI: They say no feast is complete without the rice dish be it in the shape of pulao, biryani, the plain white variety or sweet zarda. There are some people who don’t touch bread or roti and like......
KARACHI: Reham Khan, wife of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan, visited a major hospital of the city to see heatstroke victims on Saturday when she was informed by the hospital......
KARACHI: A sessions court on Saturday directed police to submit a re-investigation report in the fire-wrecked garment factory case till Aug 1.The owners of the Baldia industrial unit, a general......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain turned his guns on Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday over their failure......
KARACHI: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a suspect allegedly involved in looting of lockers worth over Rs70 million of a private bank in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on May 23, 2015 and seized Rs2.7......
KARACHI: Some extremely precious artefacts dating back to as ancient times as Moenjodaro and Mehergarh civilisations were found damaged at the archaeology department’s exploration and excavation......
MADRID: Spain’s meteorological agency on Saturday warned people to brace for high temperatures across much of the country over the coming days, amid a lingering European heat wave.The agency said ......
PORT PRINCE: Beltha Desir wanders aimlessly around the front of the school where she has taken refuge, holding tight to her 10-month-old child, the only family member with whom she was......
BEIRUT: The self-styled Islamic State on Saturday released a video showing 25 Syrian government soldiers being executed by teenagers in the ancient amphitheatre in the city of Palmyra.The video......
HAVANA: Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, 88, visited 19 cheese masters for four hours on Friday in a rare trip outside his Havana home, official media reported on Saturday.The photos showing the......
TAIPEI: Taiwan marched out thousands of troops and displayed its most modern military hardware on Saturday to spotlight an old but often forgotten claim that its forces, not the Chinese Communists,......
TIRANA: Two Czech tourists were shot dead while travelling by car in northern Albania, Albanian police said on Saturday.The two tourists, identified by police as Michael Svatos, 27, and Anna......
CALAIS: Traffic along the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France was disrupted on Friday night when dozens of migrants attempted to enter restricted areas of the tunnel in Calais, officials......
TUNIS: Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday to give his government more powers following an Islamic militant attack on a beach hotel, where 38 foreign......
ISMAILIA: Egyptian warplanes killed 25 Islamist militants in North Sinai on Saturday, security sources said, as the Egyptian president visited the province after a major escalation of the conflict......
ANKARA: Talks will begin next week to form a new coalition government in Turkey after the ruling party lost its overall majority in a shock electoral setback, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu......
SANAA: A Saudi-led air strike on a Houthi Shia rebel stronghold in Yemen’s northern mountains killed 23 people early on Saturday, tribal sources said.The strike targeted a munitions factory in......
KABUL: Afghanistan’s parliament on Saturday rejected President Ashraf Ghani’s nominee for defence ministry, a crucial post that has sat vacant for months as stretched security forces fight to secure......
RIYADH: A Saudi fugitive was killed in a shootout with police after having escaped a raid on suspected jihadists, the interior ministry said on Saturday.A policeman was shot dead during Friday’s raid......
BERLIN: The historic vineyards, wine cellars and champagne houses where the world’s most famous sparking wines are produced were listed as a world heritage site by Unesco on Saturday.In a double......
ASTANA: Kazakhstan’s veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev celebrates his 75th birthday on Monday, in good shape and vastly popular, but the expected fireworks and fanfare mask uncomfortable questions......
BOYHOOD, an American film, was at the centre of much attention earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival. The uniqueness of the movie lies in the fact that its shooting lasted from 2002 to 2014,......
PALLEKELE: Pakistan’s brittle top-order undid the good work of Yasir Shah’s brilliant bowling as Sri Lanka seized control of the series-deciding third and final Test in Pallekele on Saturday.Having......
ISLAMABAD: Ex-Olympian Samiullah Khan, who once ruled the game of hockey and was named ‘Flying Horse’ by the critics for his agility and scoring, said on Friday that the entire nation is in mourning......
LAHORE: A quintessential post-defeat situation prevails in Pakistan hockey with a committee being formed to probe the causes of the national side’s poor show in Belgium as a result of which the......
LONDON: Australia’s injury-plagued paceman Ryan Harris announced his immediate retirement from all forms of cricket on Saturday, dealing a major setback to his team’s defence of the Ashes starting in......
LONDON: Seven-time champion Roger Federer defeated big-serving Australian Sam Groth to reach the Wimbledon last 16 on Saturday while Dustin Brown, the conqueror of Rafael Nadal returned to earth with......
SILVERSTONE: Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton gave the British Grand Prix crowd what they wanted by powering to pole position in a one-two with Mercedes team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg on......
CONCEPCION: Paolo Guerrero fired Peru to a third place play-off victory over Paraguay here on Friday to stay in the hunt for Copa America tournament top-scorer honours.The Flamengo striker,......
VANCOUVER: Suspended FIFA vice-president and CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb, already facing charges in football’s global bribery scandal, has now been charged in a healthcare fraud case in his......
VANCOUVER: The US arrive at the Women’s World Cup final battle- hardened and seeking revenge, while Japan enter Sunday’s match determined to retain the trophy they denied the Americans four years......
KARACHI: Spinner Osama Basharat starred with a decisive spell while guiding Candyland into the quarter-finals of the third Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cricket Tournament with a 10-run defeat of Shaboo......
KARACHI: Mohammad Nadeem played a pivotal role with a wonderful all-round performance as Sojhla International outclassed BankIslami by 10 runs in the 28th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament......
LAHORE: After two of the three-segment Ramadan Golf Tournament contested at the par-72 Royal Palm Golf Course on Saturday, the man in command of the leaderboard was Fareed Bajwa who retained the lead......
LAHORE: Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) chief retired Lt Gen Arif Hasan lamented the failure of the national hockey team to qualify for next year’s Olympics, adding that the country has little......
DHAKA: South Africa’s Twenty20 captain Faf du Plessis on Saturday welcomed the new cricket rule which allows free hits after all kinds of no-balls in limited-over games.The new rule will come in......
KARACHI: City School and Ghazi Club outplayed their rivals on Friday to storm into the final of the Abdul Razzak Arain Ramzan Night Rocball Tournament 2015 which is being played at the Mini Sports......
LONDON: Premier League champions Chelsea signed Colombia striker Radamel Falcao on a season-long loan from Monaco on Friday with an option to make the deal permanent.The 29-year-old had an......
KARACHI: For the first time in at least over a decade, horse racing fraternity focused on Ramazan instead of gambling at the Karachi Racecourse.Normally, it has remained a practice that three races......
KARACHI: Inspired by a blazing half-century from Sharjeel Khan, Touchme made light work of Omar Colts in their 30th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan Cricket Festival match at the KG Ground......
QUETTA: Cricket Academy Peshawar (CAP) won the All Pakistan T20 Balochistan Ramazan Cricket Cup after defeating Peshawar Region by 24 runs in the final at the Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti Cricket Stadium......
LAHORE: Six races in the summer meeting are scheduled at the start of the 2015-16 Lahore racing season at the Racecourse here on Sunday afternoon.As the new season starts there seems a great......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate is set to amend its rules to allow for the formation of a permanent house committee to oversee the process of devolution under the 18th amendment, which was passed by parliament......
QUETTA: Ulema and prayer leaders in Quetta region have agreed to play their role in making the polio eradication campaign a success by persuading parents to get their children vaccinated against the......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has started preparations for the coming local government (LG) elections in Punjab.The PTI’s national organiser Shah Mehmood Qureshi held a meeting with......
GWADAR: A convoy of security forces escaped a bomb attack between Dang and Kogudan areas near Turbat in Kech district on Saturday.Official sources said that suspected militants planted a......
KHUZDAR: Mutilated bodies of two men were found in Zehri area of Khuzdar district on Saturday. Officials of Levies Force received information about the presence of bodies in Gud Maidan area. They......
KARACHI: Abdullah Hussain, one of the most prominent Urdu novelists and short story writers of the post-independence era, shot to fame with his debut novel, his magnum opus, Udas Naslain, which won......
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari informed his father and Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday about his recent meetings with several top leaders of the Punjab chapter and......
LEGEND has it an elderly pir stopped at a village handpump in Shikarpur district to prepare for prayer. Two pregnant women passing by were mortified to see he had only one finger on each hand and......
QUETTA: Five suspected militants were killed and several others injured when fighting broke out during search operations conducted by security forces in different areas of Kech, Gwadar, Barkhan and......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has asked the federal and provincial governments to come up with responses to issues raised in a petition moved to seek cancellation of licences and permits granted to......
ISLAMABAD: A ‘missing’ officer of the Pakistan Navy was allegedly involved in last year’s attack on the Naval Dockyard in Karachi, it has emerged.The attackers, allegedly linked to Al Qaeda, were......
LAHORE: Renowned Urdu novelist Abdullah Hussain passed away on Saturday. He was 84.Mr Hussain’s family told Dawn that he had been suffering from blood cancer for the past one year. He was taken to......
ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry decided on Saturday to submit a detailed report regarding the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) to counter terrorism before the Supreme Court to prove,......
ISLAMABAD: Even as the Met Office predicted at least two more dry and hot days across the country, the Ministry of Water and Power, in a plea to the general public, has resorted to asking electricity......
DESPITE two disastrous world wars, and a debilitating Cold War, Europe rose like a phoenix to become the world’s most prosperous, stable and humane region. Its success was due, initially, to......
RECENTLY, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that Operation Zarb-i-Azb would continue till peace and tranquillity were permanently restored to Fata. The director general of ISPR, however, was more......
WE are a hydro-society where historically our livelihoods, settlements, wealth and culture were defined and inspired by water. Despite the importance of water for Pakistan, we have transformed from a......
THE latest review of progress under the Extended Fund Facility Pakistan signed in 2013 tells us more about the International Monetary Fund than it does about Pakistan. Despite serious weaknesses in......
A NEW president who vowed to crush terrorism doesn’t seem to have made much difference to Nigeria’s fortunes, for on Friday, the militant group Boko Haram once again demonstrated its chilling power......
KARACHI’S business community and its citizens in general have long complained of being shaken down by criminals as well as elements associated with political parties and religious groups in the name......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, while responding to the remarks made by Supreme Court, claimed it would be wrong to say that 'not a single bit of work' was done under National......
