Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's Prince Saud al-Faisal, who was the world's longest-serving foreign minister, has died, family members and a foreign ministry spokesman said late Thursday, over two months after......
UFA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday suggested a four-pronged approach encompassing people-to-people contacts, confidence-building in peace and security, trade and regional connectivity among......
ISLAMABAD: A total of 42,000 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan during 2015, said an official of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Pakistan on Thursday.Talking to APP,......
ISLAMABAD: Australian government lifted the ban placed on the import of Pakistani mangoes and the traders will now be able to export fresh mangoes to Australia.The ban was imposed after flies and......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said Ziaullah Afridi, the PTI provincial minister for mines and minerals, who was arrested earlier today by the Khyber......
With legendary item songs like Halkat Jawani and Fevicol under her belt, Kareena Kapoor had her own big shoes to fill with her latest number, Mera Naam Mary. The song, which features in Karan......
KABUL: Afghan negotiators said Thursday their next round of talks with the Taliban would focus in detail on ways to end bloodshed in the country, wracked by nearly 40 years of war.Government......
Anacharsis, the philosopher from 6th century BC, while discussing the possibility of a written legal system with Solon, had famously observed: “Laws are like spiders’ webs; they will catch, it is......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) Provincial Minister for Mines and Minerals Ziaullah Afridi was arrested on corruption charges on Thursday following a proceeding by the Ehtesab Commission......
PESHAWAR: Former spokesperson for the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Shahidullah Shahid has been killed in a US drone strike, Afghan media reported Thursday.Quoting the National......
LAHORE: The funeral of the parents of Dawn Islamabad’s senior journalist Hassan Belal Zaidi will be held at 5 PM today.The prayers will be held at the Qaumi Markaz community centre situated near......
CAIRO: A roadside bomb blast wounded 15 policemen on Thursday as they traveled in a bus in northern Sinai where militants have launched deadly attacks against security forces.The military is fighting......
When it comes to growth slaying austerity measures, the Greek offered an unequivocal response: No means no.The Sunday referendum in Greece overwhelmingly rejected the austerity measures proposed by......
With countless designers churning out new collections every other week, it can be a little overwhelming trying to decide your Eid outfit. A big part of getting it right is dressing for the occasion;......
OSLO: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday left Oslo for Ufa, Russia to attend the 15th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit and the 7th BRICS summit.Nawaz is expected to meet with......
JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities say two Israeli citizens are being held in the Gaza Strip, at least one of them by the Hamas militant group.The Israeli defense body responsible for Palestinian......
LAHORE: Three people were killed and four others injured on Thursday when a man opened indiscriminate fire inside the branch of a local bank in Lahore’s Iqbal town area.Superintendent of Police (SP)......
BEIJING: Defending its stand to block India's move in the UN that called for action against Pakistan on the release of Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, China said its move was based on......
Every year when Ramzan approaches many of us make ourselves a promise: take advantage of the month’s dietary changes to lose some weight and get back in shape."Yes, it will happen this year," we tell......
NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan batting great Kumar Sangakkara will end his international career at the P Sara Oval next month in the second match of the three-Test series against familiar foes India.Last......
When the news about Hulla Gulla’s release came out, many had assumed that it will be just another Na Maloom Afraad, but rest assured the film is nowhere close to the comedy-drama which is still......
David Llyod is a man very few in the cricket world tend to ignore.Whether is it for his pinpoint analysis or hilarious caricatures of cricket's superstars, the former Lancashire and England batsman......
WASHINGTON: Social media operators such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube would have to notify US federal authorities of online "terrorist activity," according to the text of a bill approved by the......
WELLINGTON: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is a among a clutch of World Cup stars omitted from the Black Caps' squad named Thursday for next month's limited-overs tour of Zimbabwe and South......
SYDNEY: World champions Australia will host India in five one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals in January, it was announced Thursday.Cricket Australia (CA) said it wanted to build......
CARDIFF: Joe Root made Australia pay for dropping him on nought by making a century that rescued England from a dire position on the first day of the first Ashes Test at Sophia Gardens on......
LONDON: Sentimental favourite Roger Federer faces home star Andy Murray for the 24th time Friday hoping his near perfect Grand Slam grip on the Scot will steer him into a 10th Wimbledon final.Such is......
ASTANA: Kazakhstan on Wednesday signed an agreement with India to supply New Delhi with 5,000 tonnes of uranium over the next five years, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said after meeting......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s chances to qualify for the Rio Olympics boxing event appear slim as participation of the national team in the Asian championship is facing difficulties owing to lack of......
LAHORE: An alleged paedophile has confessed in custody to have raped 15 minor girls, says Crime Investigating Agency (CIA).CIA SP Umar Virk told a press conference at Qila Gujjar Singh investigation......
LONDON: Rocketing housing costs in Britain’s capital have fuelled a surge in Londoners seeking cheaper accommodation on boats, with increased numbers putting pressure on the city’s historic network......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar set up on Wednesday a 19-member committee to resolve the issue of imposition of 0.6 per cent withholding tax on banking transactions and other matters related to......
TEMPERATURES like 42?C and 43?C have frequently occurred in Karachi without any casualties. I remember even 46?C and 47?C in the 1970s and 1980s.According to data on the US website Weather......
APROPOS Zahid Hussain’s excellent piece, ‘Beyond Zarb-i-Azb’ (June 17).The writ of the government was non-existent. Now first of all, the writ of the government has to be restored fully and most......
ONE is compelled to acknowledge the fact that former president Asif Zardari has managed to achieve what seemed virtually impossible for over three decades: the demise of the Pakistan People’s......
THE federal finance minister while announcing the budget for 2014 had promised 10pc ad hoc relief to government employees. Luckily, this ad hoc relief has been paid to all government employees except......
THIS is apropos the letter ‘Taxing the elderly’ (June 21). Increasing the withholding tax on non-filers who invest in the National Savings Scheme is cruel and gross injustice on the part of the......
INDIVIDUALS and institutions are at each others’ throat in Pakistan. There is literally a ‘cut-throat’ competition to outdo others and to establish one’s own writ.Certain public figures in recent......
MY American Muslim professor friend has asked me to provide him, if possible, some genealogy details of Jafar al-Malik al-Multani, an Aliid, who was king of Multan in 2nd century Hijri. He was a......
NADRA which has stopped the NICs of more than 50,000 people of Fata, cleared my family’s CNICs after conducting a thorough and vigorous investigation. We heaved a sigh of relief, but our agonies......
CHARSADDA: A windstorm coupled with heavy rain uprooted on Wednesday power pylons, signboards and trees along roadsides disrupting electricity supply to parts of Charsadda district and suspending......
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party central president Asfandyar Wali Khan has lauded the role of Pakistan for facilitating and hosting negotiations between the Afghan government and Taliban.In a statement......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday reserved judgment on 20 petitions of contesting candidates against the re-polling ordered by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) at polling......
SWABI: Burnt electricity transformers in various villages here have left the residents without power supply for the last three to four days.The affected people said that no one turned up to repair......
PESHAWAR: A group of elders belonging to Mohmand Agency on Wednesday accused the political administration of supporting an influential land grabber and warned to start holding protest demonstrations......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department has established its own directorate of works with a view to carry out timely repair and maintenance work at the hospitals.The government has......
LAKKI MARWAT: A committee headed by assistant commissioner Sher Alam Khan on Wednesday visited several sites in Lakki city to select a suitable place for holding the Eid gala.Pak army is sponsoring......
PESHAWAR: The Federation of All Public Sector Universities Administrative Officers Association has urged the provincial government to implement the University Model Act, 2015, to stop ‘illegal......
CHITRAL: A Kashmir markhor was electrocuted in Kilishpi pasture of Toshi Shasha game reserve here in early hours of Wednesday.The wild goat got electric shock when its horns touched a low-lying live......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar district and sessions judge on Wednesday granted bail to four government officials in a case of alleged misappropriation of funds during the purchase of computers for the local......
PESHAWAR: Call it prudence or duplicity, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor’s House on Tuesday issued a circular to government universities in the province to ban student federations on campus but later......
PESHAWAR: The workers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf belonging to KP-III constituency have demanded of the government to stop development funds of the MPA concerned, Javed Naseem, and freeze his bank......
ISLAMABAD: Afghan peace talks have provided PTI chief Imran Khan a chance to defend his stance on talks with Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).Although Mr Khan spent an unusually quiet day on......
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Six people were killed and 14 others injured in a head on collision between two vehicles in Tarnol, in the capital’s suburbs, on Wednesday.The accident took place on Fatehjang......
ISLAMABAD: The first-ever local government elections in the urban areas of Islamabad may not be happening on July 25, as originally planned.Given the uncertainty surrounding the fate of a bill......
ISLAMABAD: Defence Secretary retired Lt-Gen Aslam Khattak on Wednesday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that persons who went missing on June 20 were not in the custody of the intelligence......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Rules and Procedure on Wednesday decided to seek assistance from the country’s leading lawyers on the issue of the privilege motion moved by PPP’s Saeed......
Q: How seriously can we take the talks taking place in Murree?A: These talks are very important and of a serious nature, especially for Pakistan, as this is the first time that Pakistan is holding......
ISLAMABAD: It seems that the federal capital would not be getting another cinema anytime soon, as the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday upheld the CDA’s decision not to allow a cinema to open......
ISLAMABAD: The Right of Expression, Assembly, Association and Thought (REAT) Network has called upon the lawmakers to pass the Hindu marriage act in its true spirits.In a statement issued on......
ISLAMABAD: Thanks to the intervention by President Mamnoon Hussain, the 100 students denied admission to Federal Medical and Dental College (FMDC) may be admitted within the next few days.The......
ISLAMABAD: Satrang Gallery continued its tradition of showcasing calligraphies in the month of Ramazan. The group exhibition, Hurouf, featured works by master artists, Gohar Qalam and Rasheed Butt,......
RAWALPINDI: A number of people from opposition parties attributed the flooding of Leh Nullah to the dumping of construction material by contractors working on the metro bus project at Moti Mehal.They......
RAWALPINDI: Rescuers on Wednesday recovered two bodies that went missing in Tuesday’s heavy rain while efforts were underway to trace two other persons amid forecast of another heavy rainspell on......
ISLAMABAD: A long, mysterious breakdown in the city police’s communication system on Tuesday left the police wondering and worrying who did it and why.A senior police officer told Dawn that Channel 4......
Rich tributes were paid to the novelist Abdullah Hussain by poets, writers and literature enthusiasts, in the twin cities, who said that Hussain made significant contributions to Urdu......
GUJRANWALA: The city division police claimed on Wednesday to have gunned down an alleged terrorist in an encounter on Sheikhupura Road, while his accomplice managed to escape.Police also recovered a......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court single bench on Wednesday overruled a registrar office objection and directed it to fix bail petition of fashion model Ayyan Ali before a division bench.The office had......
LAHORE: Police on Wednesday submitted challan to an anti-terrorism court of the first FIR lodged by the Punjab government against Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) leaders and workers for attacking......
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern over the recent targeted sectarian and ethnic violence in Balochistan. It has called for punishing the perpetrators......
History would record the decade-long dictatorial era of Gen Ziaul Haq (1977 to 1988) as the time when the germs of fundamentalism started germinating in the marrow of this country, before turning......
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has urged the Supreme Court to set up a commission to probe into the 150 scams the National Accountability Bureau has......
LAHORE: As many as 100 patrolling vehicles were given to six divisions of the Lahore police to improve patrolling and curb crime.Capital City Police Officer Amin Wains on Wednesday distributed keys......
LAHORE: As many as 4,862 objections have been filed against local body delimitations across Punjab.According to the Election Commission, Faisalabad district is leading with 415 objections, while......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on a petition challenging the levy of new electricity surcharge.Advocate Azhar......
LAHORE: A group show of calligraphy paintings by seven artists opened at Ejaz Art Gallery, MM Alam Road, on Wednesday.The artists who put on display their works were Amir Kamal, Jamshed Qaisar, Javed......
LAHORE: A pregnant woman died after a quack allegedly administered her a wrong injection in South Cantonment area on Wednesday.Lubna, 23, wife of Aslam Khatak, visited a clinic run by a quack,......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Punjab organiser Chaudhry Sarwar has said the era of corrupt and plundering political parties like the PML-N and the PPP is fading away and the masses want corrupt......
BAHAWALPUR: The delimitation authority of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday began hearing of objections to the provisional delimitations of the union councils and wards in......
TOBA TEK SINGH: City police have registered a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act against a local prayer leader for posting hate comments on his facebook page.Case against Maulana Hameeduddin Rizvi of......
MULTAN: The Bahauddin Zakariya University vice chancellor while exercising the powers of syndicate has granted the status of school of economics to the university’s economics department.It was stated......
SHEIKHUPURA: An alleged proclaimed offender was killed in an ‘encounter’ by Muridke Saddar police on Wednesday.Police had arrested Shafqat alias Baga a few days back over his alleged involvement in......
GUJRANWALA: A trader of the cloth market was kidnapped by four men posing themselves as police officials of the special branch in Kotwali here on Wednesday.Reports said that Mehmood Ahmad was present......
LAHORE: Advance booking for the 23 special trains being operated to cater to Eidul Fitr rush has begun at all reservation offices of the Pakistan Railways (PR).The Eid operation will begin with the......
HYDERABAD: An undertrial prisoner (UTP) of the Hyderabad central jail died of fever and abdominal pain on Wednesday at the jail hospital as he was under treatment since July 6 when he was admitted......
SUKKUR: Two children drowned in a pond at a fish farm in Ghulam Hussain Khoso village near Kashmore town on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.Quoting their parents, the police said that Shumaila, 3,......
KARACHI: A day after the issue of Pakistan Rangers stay in Sindh was raised by Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain, Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad in a......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf lawmaker Khurram Sher Zaman submitted a resolution in the Sindh Assembly secretariat on Wednesday demanding an extension of the Rangers stay in the city with powers......
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Wednesday once again gave Karachi commissioner Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui additional charge of administrator of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) to replace......
KARACHI: All mobile phone services in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur are likely to be suspended on Thursday (today) due to security concerns on account of Yaum-i-Ali, according to a Sindh government......
KARACHI: Electricity played hide-and-seek the entire day on Wednesday after the tripping of a 220kV transmission line that led to the tripping of K-Electric Bin Qasim power plants a day earlier.A KE......
KARACHI: Following the rising temperature due to climate change that led to over 1,200 deaths in Karachi alone earlier this month, Commissioner of Karachi Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui on Wednesday convened......
KARACHI: A law officer of the Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Wednesday decided to step down and sent a resignation letter to the home department.Special public prosecutor Ghulam Shabbir Babar was among......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the Rangers to allow meetings between family members and detained workers of the Muttahida Qaumi who were held for 90 days for their alleged......
KARACHI: Not a trace of chlorine has been found in the water being supplied to 41 per cent neighbourhoods of the city, indicating that millions of citizens are at risk of contracting lethal Naegleria......
KARACHI: To mark the first anniversary of the Sanat Gallery, an exhibition of new paintings made by the artists who had exhibited their works at the gallery during the past one year opened on......
HYDERABAD: Most areas of lower Sindh region, which are supplied electricity by the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco), plunged into darkness late on Tuesday night after a hitherto untraceable......
SUKKUR: A 50-foot-wide breach in the dyke of Shahi Canal in Jacobabad district caused widespread devastation flooding five villages and washing away standing paddy crop over several hundred acres in......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has taken notice of the corruption reports in the education, irrigation and food departments and told the anti-corruption establishment and the chief......
HYDERABAD: The owner of a generator repairing shop received bullet wounds while resisting an alleged robbery bid on Wednesday at his shop located in Hirabad.According to wounded Rafique Shah, eight......
SUKKUR: Personnel of excise police found 360 kilogramme of high quality cannabis hidden in secret sections of a trailer truck during snap checking of vehicles in Rohri on Tuesday and arrested the......
MIRPURKHAS: Faqeer Faiz Mohammed aka Raja, a son of MNA Faqeer Sher Mohammed Bilalani, was among 11 suspects booked on Wednesday for harassing and beating up a sub-divisional officer (SDO) of the......
If you’ve been following the crisis in Greece, you may not have noticed, but President Barack Obama held a news conference on Monday at the Pentagon that will be significant for his legacy. What was......
BELGRADE: Their leaders have paid their respects to the victims, begged forgiveness “on their knees,” and deplored a “heinous crime,” but Serbia and Serbs still stubbornly refuse to call the......
BOSTON: A 15-year-old student visiting Boston’s Museum of Science has uncovered a math error in the golden ratio at a 34-year-old exhibit. Virginia resident Joseph Rosenfeld was visiting the museum......
UNITED NATIONS: The head of United Nations agency helping the displaced Palestinian refugees has warned the root causes of last year’s conflict in Gaza – which claimed nearly two thousand lives and......
VIENNA: Iran has offered “constructive solutions” to resolve disputes in nuclear talks with six major powers, the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported on Wednesday, but Western officials......
NEW YORK: A United Nations panel has concluded that the World Health Organisation did not take timely action to contain the Ebola outbreak even after repeated alerts.The report instead criticised......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is assuring fellow Democrats in the US Senate that he will not agree to a bad nuclear deal with Iran — and asking them to withhold judgement until the deal is......
ADEN: Thirty Yemeni soldiers were killed in Saudi-led coalition air raids and clashes on Wednesday after the troops attempted to defect to Iran-backed rebel ranks near the border with Saudi......
ALGIERS: At least 22 people have died in clashes between Berber and Arab communities in southern Algeria on the edge of the Sahara desert, the national news agency APS reported on Wednesday.It was......
LAGOS: Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists are offering to free more than 200 young women and girls kidnapped from a boarding school in the town of Chibok in exchange for the release of militant leaders......
WASHINGTON: The US Army is to cut 40,000 soldiers from its ranks over the next two years at home and abroad, a defence official said on Tuesday, in a move that will raise doubts about its ability to......
RIYADH: A US aircraft carrier in the Gulf hosted one of Saudi Arabia’s most powerful figures, official media said on Wednesday, as regional concerns mount over alleged interference by Iran.Deputy......
UFA: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday welcomed the leaders of emerging powers for a summit Moscow hopes will show it not isolated despite the standoff with the West over Ukraine.The......
ROME: Italian authorities said on Wednesday they had seized assets worth more than 1.6 billion euros ($1.75 billion) from a family of five Sicilian pensioners believed to have links to a prominent......
KUALA LUMPUR: A government task force investigating a Malaysian state-owned investment fund seized documents from its offices on Wednesday after a probe allegedly found hundreds of millions of......
UNITED NATIONS: The World Health Organisation (WHO) called on world governments to impose heavy taxes on tobacco products in order to reduce consumption of products that kill one person every 6......
STAR CITY: Three astronauts set to travel to the International Space Station this month said on Wednesday they had confidence in Russia’s space programme, despite a delay to their trip caused by the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan hockey team’s head coach Shahnaz Sheikh has flatly refuted the claim made in a section of media that he has resigned.“There is no truth in some media reports, which claimed that I......
CARDIFF: A fluent counter-attacking Joe Root made the most of a second-ball reprieve to move within seven runs of a century and help England recover from a poor start to the Ashes series against......
LONDON: Seven-time champion Roger Federer and 2013 winner Andy Murray set up a Wimbledon semi-final showdown Wednesday.Second-seeded Federer reached his 10th Wimbledon semi-final with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-2......
KARACHI: While lauding Pakistan’s landmark series victory over Sri Lanka, former chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed said on Wednesday that the morale of the touring side has skyrocketed ahead of the......
LONDON: Former England all-rounder David Lloyd has praised veteran Pakistan batsman Younis Khan, dubbing him a ‘modern world great’ for his remarkable and invaluable contribution to cricket.Younis,......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has returned Rs7 million it owed to the former Test fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, according to reliable sources from the Press Trust of India.The money was......
FRISCO (Texas): Clint Dempsey’s strength in the air helped him to two goals as the reigning champion United States opened their CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign with a 2-1 victory over Honduras on......
ISLAMABAD: Former Olympian Naveed Alam on Wednesday called for strict action against the national hockey team and its management for their embarrassing failure in the recently held Hockey World......
LAUSANNE: Lovers of clean track and field will be cringing at Thursday’s Diamond League meet in Lausanne when doping cheats Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay come to face to face in what is sure to be an......
SINGAPORE: In-demand Germany defender Mats Hummels will stay with Borussia Dortmund for another year but offered no assurances about his long-term future.The 26-year-old World Cup winner has been......
LONDON: Rory McIlroy won’t be back to defend his title in the British Open.The world’s No 1 player announced on Wednesday that a ruptured ligament in his left ankle will keep him from St. Andrews to......
BERNE: Gibraltar’s Lincoln were left celebrating a historic victory as a 2-1 triumph at Santa Coloma booked their spot in the second round of UEFA Champions League qualifying , while The New Saints......
LAHORE: In a surprising move, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has also formulated a probe committee of its own to investigate the national team’s failure to qualify for the Olympics following an......
KARACHI: Omar CC and Brothers CC Dadu became group champions in the 30th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan Cricket Festival after winning their last pool matches here at the KG Ground.Holders......
AMIENS: Andre Greipel continued German domination as he won his second stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish at the end of Wednesday’s 189.5km run from Arras to Amiens.Greipel overhauled......
ISLAMABAD: Feeling dejected by the shameful performance of the national team in the World Hockey League’s semi-finals, ruling PML-N leader and former member of the Standing Committee on Sports, Enver......
KARACHI: Left arm orthodox spin bowler Saadat Munir captured three wickets in a fine spell to propel Dollar East into the last-8 round of Dr M A Shah Night Trophy after beating hosts A O Clinic by 35......
LAHORE: An emergent meeting of the Lahore Cricket Association (LRCA) general body has accepted the Model Constitution of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and it also dissolved all its committees to......
KARACHI: Wednesday’s early hours marathon electricity shutdown in the city robbed Kaaf Engineering of a semi-final place in the third Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cricket Tournament when they lost a......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday expressed resentment over reports of non-availability of food items and their poor quality at the state-run utility stores.Informed sources said......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 5,001 new companies during the fiscal year 2014-15, a year-on-year growth of 9 per cent.The number of registered......
KARACHI: The government borrowed over Rs300 billion in the last month of 2014-15 for budgetary support from the banking sector that may lead to breaching of fiscal deficit target projected at 5 per......
SHANGHAI: China stocks took another plunge Wednesday, as the securities regulator warned the market was in the grip of “panic” selling after fresh government moves failed to arrest a rout that has......
KARACHI: The management of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has sent an SOS to the government in view of lingering gas bill payment dispute with the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC).Urging Finanace Minister......
PARIS: The US, UK and Chinese economies are showing fresh signs of weakening while activity in the eurozone as a whole is firming up, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)......
KARACHI: Snapping the seven-session winning streak, stocks fell on Wednesday as the KSE-100 index retreated by 208.86 points (0.59 per cent) to close at 35,328.83.“Turmoil in China’s key share......
NEW YORK: All trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was suddenly halted Wednesday for unknown technical reasons.“The issue we are experiencing is an internal technical issue and is not the......
Scandal-hit Barclays axes chief executiveLONDON: Troubled British bank Barclays, plagued by forex and Libor rigging scandals, announced Wednesday that it has fired chief executive Antony Jenkins with......
MULTAN: The cotton prices moved lower for the second consecutive day on Wednesday due to lack of interest by both ginners and spinners. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCS) reduced its sport rate by......
SINGAPORE: Malaysia’s central bank intervened for a third successive trading day on Tuesday to support the ringgit currency, traders said, as corruption allegations swirled round Prime Minister Najib......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures slid for a third session on Wednesday, falling 3pc to a six-week low as Chinese stocks and Greek crisis continued to hammer markets.The September palm oil......
LONDON: Gold rose on Wednesday as the dollar softened, yet prices remained not far from a four-month low hit earlier in the session.Spot gold was up 0.4 per cent at $1,160.10 an ounce as of 1438 GMT,......
NEW DELHI: India and the United States will sign a tax information sharing agreement on Thursday, under a new US law meant to combat offshore tax dodging by Americans, two Indian government sources......
LONDON: Britain’s Treasury chief pledged on Wednesday to crack down on tax avoidance and evasion as he delivered the first budget put forward by an all-Conservative government in nearly two......
FRANKFURT: Obscured by the Greek crisis, the prospect of weak inflation is once again troubling the European Central Bank, raising the possibility it will have to accelerate or even expand its 1......
LAHORE: The mother and father of Dawn Islamabad’s senior journalist Hassan Belal Zaidi were found murdered in their Model Town house on Wednesday night.According to initial police findings, the door......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani turned down on Wednesday a request of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf for a government briefing on cases pending before the National Accountability Bureau,......
QUETTA: Seven suspected militants were taken into custody in joint operations conducted by the police and Frontier Corps on Wednesday.A Frontier Corps spokesman said raids were carried out in Jan......
QUETTA: The Inspector-General of Police, Balochistan, Mohammad Amlish Khan, said on Wednesday that all suspects involved in recent sectarian attacks and targeted killings in Quetta, among them a......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s decision to facilitate direct talks between the Afghan government and Taliban militants advances prospects for a credible peace, says the White House.“We both (the United......
NEW YORK: Two Pakistanis are among 32 `young leaders’ named on Wednesday as Asia 21 Young Leader Class of 2015 by the Asia Society in New York.They are Mohsin Mustafa of the Strategy and Programme......
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar told the Senate on Wednesday that a Rs124.7 million compensation had been paid to the families of polio workers and......
The first direct talks between officials of the Afghan government and Taliban representatives may have broken the ice, but there is a long way to go before the two sides engage in serious and......
ISLAMABAD: The weather surveillance radars established in Karachi nearly 24 years ago will be replaced with a modern, digitalised system for which the Japanese government will provide a grant of......
LAHORE: ‘Offended’ at the inclusion of its name in a list of mega scandals submitted by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to the Supreme Court, members of the Sharif family sought to clarify......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court allowed on Wednesday the completion of a Rs1.5 billion 7km signal-free corridor in Lahore from Qartaba Chowk, Jail Road, to Liberty Chowk (Main Boulevard, Gulberg).But......
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed warned the federal government on Wednesday against any attempt to convert Gilgit-Baltistan into a province of......
LAHORE: At least 62 persons convicted in heinous crime are due to be hanged in Punjab after Eidul Fitr.Their hanging is stopped at present due to the special moratorium on death sentence in Ramazan,......
BRUSSELS: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras vowed to present “credible” reform plans before a Thursday deadline set by exasperated European leaders, as Athens formally asked for a new bailout to......
OSLO: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai held their first official meeting on Wednesday after both attended a UN education summit in Oslo.The 17-year-old......
UNITED NATIONS: Russia vetoed on Wednesday a draft UN resolution recognising the Srebrenica massacre as genocide.Britain had put forward the text, hoping the Security Council would formally recognise......
RIYADH: Saudi authorities have made vaccination against meningitis mandatory for all people planning to perform Haj this year. Haj will be performed in September this year.The Saudi foreign ministry......
KARACHI: The London police extended on Wednesday the bail of Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain and two other senior leaders of the party for another three months in the ongoing......
OSLO: Torrential rains have become more frequent worldwide since 1980, with Southeast Asia getting the biggest increase in downpours, a scientific study has said.The report adds to evidence that......
ISLAMABAD: The night-long talks between the Afghan government and Taliban which continued till early hours of Wednesday ended on a positive note with an agreement to meet again after Eid and take......
OSLO: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif described on Wednesday the meeting held between Afghan authorities and the Taliban in Murree as a breakthrough and said it was an ‘overt’ and not a ‘covert’......
KARACHI: The Sindh government extended the Rangers’ stay in Karachi by one month late on Wednesday night.Sources in the Chief Minister’s House told Dawn that Qaim Ali Shah gave the approval after a......
QUETTA: Security forces arrested four suspected members of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Nawan Killi area late on Wednesday night.Official sources said the arrested militants......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Wednesday that the federal government would not deploy paramilitary forces in Karachi without legal cover.On the eve of the expiry of the......
KARACHI: A large number of localities in the metropolis faced a blackout yet again early Thursday as a technical fault developed in the national power grid, DawnNews quoted a spokesman for the city's......
GUJRANWALA: A youth allegedly attempted to rape a nine-year-old girl in Gujranwala and later tried to burn her alive, DawnNews reported Wednesday night.Suspect Jameel Khan allegedly assaulted the......
KARACHI: The Sindh government issued a much-awaited notification in the early hours of Thursday morning, extending the special policing powers assigned to Rangers in the province for a month, after a......
IT was the sign that perhaps all those on the side of peaceful conflict-resolution were looking for: the Pakistani state getting directly involved in bringing together representatives of the Afghan......
THE report submitted by the National Accountability Bureau to the Supreme Court listing the details of 150 cases being pursued by NAB inspires little confidence. For one, the list appears to be a......
THERE are many remarkable feats woven into Pakistan’s victory against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Tuesday. The win was due, ultimately, to the combination of new talent and the veteran. This not just......
THE process of social change in Pakistan as depicted by present trends in the choice of personal names should cause considerable anxiety to both sociologists and politicians because the signs of......
THERE is good reason to be wary these days. Storm clouds are gathering over the global economy one more time, and large-scale disturbances have broken out. Nobody knows where they will end.In the......
TWO recent statements by the Inter-Services Public Relations should have raised the spirits of all those who wish to see a formidable threat to the state and society of Pakistan eliminated. ISPR......
THE literacy rate declined by 2pc, reported the print media in mid-May quoting the Pakistan Standard of Living Measurement Survey. One would have expected the media and society to talk themselves......
