Four security personnel were killed and five others injured when heavily armed militants attacked military personnel in the tribal region of South Waziristan, military spokesman said on Saturday.The......
CARDIFF: England beat the odds and Australia by 169 runs to surprisingly win the first Ashes Test at Sophia Gardens on Saturday, inside four days.The Australians began the day needing an Ashes-record......
LONDON: Serena Williams won a sixth Wimbledon title on Saturday as the world number one became the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam crown with a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Garbine Muguruza in......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has advised the president to issue the Ordinance regarding adjustment in withholding tax, reducing it from 0.6 per cent to 0.3 per cent, stated the PM house on......
KABUL: A senior commander of the self-styled Islamic State has been killed in an air strike in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan intelligence officials said on Saturday, the fourth high-ranking member of......
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong reiterated China’s support to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and said that the project will be completed at every cost.A spokesman for the Chinese......
SREBRENICA: Tens of thousands of people gathered in Srebrenica on Saturday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Muslims in the worst mass killing in Europe since World......
DAMBULLA: A dominant all-round performance by Mohammad Hafeez steered Pakistan to a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Dambulla on Saturday.The off-spinner shrugged......
CAIRO: A powerful bomb ripped through the Italian consulate in Cairo on Saturday, killing one person, the first assault on a foreign mission in Egypt since jihadists launched a campaign against......
QUETTA: More than 4,000 parents have refused to administer polio drops to their children in the Quetta block that comprises of the Quetta, Pishin and Killa Abdullah districts of northern Balochistan,......
“Darling, just today, I have recorded three songs at the Karachi radio station. Tune in at eight o’clock to listen to them.”It was the Queen of Melody, Noor Jehan, on the phone with then President of......
LAHORE: DJ Butt has been served a tax notice of Rs17 million on services rendered by the Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA).DJ Butt was served the notice in regards to revenue earned from event......
SEPANG: Families of those killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine last year demanded justice Saturday at an emotional memorial ceremony ahead of the first anniversary of......
"They chose me (for the role of Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia) because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all luck."Those were the words of Egyptian actor Omar......
PESHAWAR: Lying on a rickety wooden bed in his house situated in Peshawar's Pokh Jumat area, Constable Mushtaq tears up as he recalls the moment that ended his job and mobility; the day that 15......
PESHAWAR: Former chief executive of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco), Pervez Akhtar Shah was arrested by the National Accountability Burueau (NAB) Saturday for alleged corruption charges......
BEIJING: Uighurs from China's Xinjiang are being given Turkish identity papers in Southeast Asia by Turkish diplomats and then taken to Turkey where some are sold to fight for groups like the self......
Perhaps, it was laziness stopping me from searching for proper housing, or perhaps it was the idea of freedom which played with my mind. In fact, it was probably both. I don't recollect putting much......
KARACHI: Two eyewitnesses on Saturday picked out Syed Asif Ali ? said to be a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist ? as the alleged shooter during an identification parade before a judicial......
From an unapologetic wife-beater in TV drama Jackson Heights to the slickest henchman we've ever seen in Deepa Mehta's Beeba Boys, Ali Kazmi plays the part of the bad guy like it's second skin.In the......
BRUSSELS: Eurozone officials were steeling themselves Saturday for weekend talks that could decide Greece's future in the single currency, hours after Athens's parliament approved a reform package to......
The cast of Karan Johar's upcoming Kapoor and Sons have culminated their shooting in the valleys of Coonoor, India.Our very own Fawad Khan will be playing Siddharth Malhotra's brother in the movie,......
South Africa's Kagiso Rabada became only the second bowler to claim a hat-trick on his one-day international debut on Friday as they thrashed Bangladesh by eight wickets in the rain-hit first ODI to......
SANAA: A new truce in Yemen was pierced within an hour as Saudi-led airstrikes hit targets in the south-western city of Taiz following reports of ground fighting, security officials said.The United......
SHANGHAI: More than 865,000 people have been evacuated from China's eastern province of Zhejiang ahead of Saturday's expected landfall of Typhoon Chan-Hom, state news agency Xinhua said.The typhoon,......
CARDIFF: Ian Bell insisted England would be anything but complacent despite leaving Australia with a mountain to climb to win the first Ashes Test in Cardiff on Friday.Australia, who hold the Ashes......
LONDON: Serena Williams has revenge on her mind as the world number one aims to end the fairytale run of Garbine Muguruza in the Wimbledon final on Saturday.Williams was plunged into a prolonged bout......
Miss Gulzar Bano, who passed away in Lahore last week, was an iconic figure in the Pakistani women’s struggle for realizing themselves. Better known as a former federal secretary, she also possessed......
Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, who died in Islamabad on Friday at the ripe age of 91, was rightly called Mujahid-i-Avval (the first mujahid), because he was the first to raise the banner of revolt for......
THIS is apropos your editorial ‘Loss of forest land’ (June 24). I wish that a prestigious newspaper like Dawn should have done a little more research before denigrating a welfare allotment of martyrs......
Five years ago, the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, which stands 98th in animal sciences in the world, initiated an outreach programme for the rural area and on the quota of urban area......
THE National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) is the largest research centre, bringing rare benefits and pride to the country’s agriculture.A spate of news items saying that the CDA, along with a......
THIS is apropos your editorial ‘Punctured ego’. Pakistanis have inflated egos. In this, there is no doubt. We give a whole new meaning to the ‘never back down’ concept .Thus, even when we sometimes......
THIS is apropos the report on NAB submitting 150 mega corruption cases to the Apex Court’ (July 7). The list of cases against high-profile figures include the prime minister, the Punjab chief ......
THE capital’s citizens have been waiting for the local government system so that they get a decentralised body to look after Islamabad’s developmental work.With each shower the sewerage and drain......
APROPOS ‘Integrating Fata’ (July 9). The writer correctly highlighted the issue of integrating Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The situation that prevails in Fata is because of lack of local government......
APROPOS ‘Heat wave deaths’ (July 6). The writer has made some valid points regarding Karachi and its worsening condition. The government, of course failed to take precautionary measures, but some......
THIS is apropos M. Tahir Naimi’s and Qammar Abbas’s letters in these columns about the EBOI pension. I endorse their comments about the delayed and meagre increase in EOBI pension from Rs3,600 to......
THIS is not by way of complaint but an attempt to put the record right because the report of electricity breakdown as published in the July 8 issue does not give the true picture.Phase V Extension in......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Friday dismissed 19 petitions challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s notification of re-polling at 356 polling stations of different local councils in......
PESHAWAR: Provincial mineral development minister Ziaullah Afridi on Friday alleged that Chief Minister Pervez Khattak was behind his arrest by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) on the......
PESHAWAR: Unknown assailants gunned down a policeman in the limits of the Gulbahar police station here on Friday, while another policeman managed to escape unhurt.An official at the Gulbahar police......
KHAR: The delay in declaration of results of around 200 students of Bajaur Agency, who had been charged with using unfair means during the resent Secondary School Certificate examinations by the......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has transferred the administrative control of its 15 rest houses in Galiyat to the tourism department saying the move will boost tourism in the province by......
KARAK: Three children were killed and four others of the same family were seriously injured when roof of a room collapsed after heavy rain here on Friday as the Provincial Disaster Management......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf activists on Friday said chairman of the party Imran Khan had fulfilled his commitment to bring a real change in the system by ensuring accountability of......
MINGORA: Residents of Mingora complained on Friday about 100 per cent increase in price of ice in the local markets.“We are already in misery due to prolonged loadshedding as we are unable to either......
NOWSHERA: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) is a fully independent body, adding that looters and corrupt elements should be put behind......
LANDI KOTAL: The Khyber Agency political administration has granted the status of ‘Lungi holder’ (tribal elder) to four representatives of minority communities living in the agency.Officials said......
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has asked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mineral development minister Ziaullah Afridi, who was arrested by provincial ehtesaab commission on the charge of misuse of powers,......
PESHAWAR: A businessman, Engineer Yasir Arafat, has accused MNA Shah G Gul Afridi and Senator Taj Mohammad Afridi of supporting kidnappers of his eight-year-old son and demanded of Governor Sardar......
SIALKOT: Two teenagers were drowned in separate incidents in seasonal Nullah Baeen near Noor Kot village and Madan Bagga village in Shakargarh on Friday.Reports said that Muhammad Javaid, 19, was......
MULTAN: Public protests due to hardships caused by civil work on the Metro Bus Project have led to blame game among officials.People are taking to the street to protest traffic snarls, power outages......
GUJRANWALA: The suicide attacker, who was killed in an encounter with police at a mini stadium on Sheikhupura Road two days ago, has been identified as Ali Raza who was involved in killing nine......
RAWALPINDI: Just 36 days after the launch of the metro bus service, its drivers on Friday went on a strike against non-payment of two months’ salaries as promised by the Turkish Al-Burraq company,......
ISLAMABAD: Army helicopters rescued an American mountaineer from the base camp of K2 on Wednesday.Robert Jackson, 38, had developed high altitude sickness. He was part of a 27-member K2 expedition......
ISLAMABAD: The Presidency has rejected a long pending plea of the National Assembly to uphold its ‘privilege’ to deny public access to the attendance record of its members.The National Assembly......
ISLAMABAD: Three roads have been named after three distinguished figures of literature and art.The CDA on Friday announced that after the approval of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, three roads have......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday recalled its notification issued for holding the local government elections in Islamabad on July 25.The schedule for the elections......
ISLAMABAD: A teenager drowned in a nullah after the spillways of Rawal Dam were opened on Friday.Police said Mohammad Zeeshan, 18, was swimming in the nullah adjacent to the dam when the spillways......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Taj Haider on Friday said that children are the future of the country so the Child Protection and Welfare Bureaus (CPWBs) should not hand them to criminals for adoption.Speaking at......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police remained on their toes on Friday as three different processions were brought out by religious groups in the city.The first procession was taken out by Ahle Sunnat Wal......
RAWALPINDI: The oath-taking ceremony for the elected vice president of Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) was postponed for four days as the station commander was not available.The ceremony was......
ISLAMABAD: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Islamabad police has busted a gang involved in looting goods transporters and recovered a truck, cash worth over a million rupees and weapons,......
TAXILA: Thanks to intervention of local court, the family of the man who was axed to death and later his body was set on fire has succeeded in getting his murder case registered.Mohammad Akhter in......
RAWALPINDI: The city police officer (CPO) fined 24 SHOs Rs2,000 each for insubordination.Spokesman for the police said the CPO had directed the SHOs to visit their respective area mosques and......
Inclined towards violence in the beginning, Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan turned pacifist later. Indeed, he was a blend of paradoxes - devout in his private life but secular in his politics; an......
ISLAMABAD: The World Population Day is being observed globally on Saturday and this year the theme is “Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies”.Moreover, population and environment experts believe that......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is going to put up a notice outlining hygiene standards on entrances to all eateries to sensitise customers, and make sale of unhygienic food items a cognizable offence......
LAHORE: CNG stations across Punjab will reopen from Saturday (today) to operate 21 hours a day, with one-hour break during Sehar and two-hour during Iftar, says All Pakistan CNG Association central......
LAHORE: A concrete pedestrian bridge on Canal Road connecting Punjab University New Campus academic blocks with hostels collapsed after being struck by a trailer carrying heavy machinery in early......
LAHORE: After an assurance from the federal government that tax on bran will be withdrawn, the Pakistan Flour Mills Association on Friday withdrew a strike call and promised to supply flour as per......
SIALKOT: The Punjab Rangers handed over the body of an Indian man to the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) on Friday which was found floating in the Head Marala on Thursday.The deceased, identified......
LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) administration penalised on Friday four officers for misusing official information for unlawful monetary gains.LDA Director-General Ahad Khan Cheema......
LAHORE: The Lahore Zoo has got a leopard cub through captive breeding for the first time in three decades.Zoo Deputy Director Mudassar Hasan told this reporter that its management was overjoyed to......
LAHORE: An application has been filed in the Lahore High Court asking it to hear afresh a petition seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on charges of money laundering.Barrister......
LAHORE: The Punjab School Education department will utilise Rs14bn with the help of school councils of public sector schools across the province during fiscal year 2015-16.The Punjab government has......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Punjab organiser Chaudhry Sarwar has said corrupt politicians should be banned from practicing politics and ill-earned money be recovered from them.He said holding......
SIALKOT: Two teenagers were drowned in separate incidents in seasonal Nullah Baeen near Noor Kot village and Madan Bagga village in Shakargarh on Friday.Reports said that Muhammad Javaid, 19, was......
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Amin Wains visited various mosques and imambargahs to check security for Friday prayers.He also met administrators of mosques and other worship places to......
MULTAN: Public protests due to hardships caused by civil work on the Metro Bus Project have led to blame game among officials.People are taking to the street to protest traffic snarls, power outages......
GUJRAT: The Punjab government on Friday suspended Medical Superintendent (MS) Dr Mian Wajid and Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Ashraf of Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital over poor performance and......
GUJRAT: The Punjab government has allocated Rs5.6 billion for 31 new development schemes in the Gujrat district in the annual development budget for the current fiscal year.This was stated by......
MUZAFFARGARH: About nine villages consisting of more than 100 houses have been swept away in the River Indus erosion in Kot Addu, 75 kilometres from the Muzaffargarh city area.Dawn correspondent......
MULTAN: The 68-bed emergency ward of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology (CPEIC) started fully functioning on Friday.It was stated by CPEIC Executive Director Dr Rana Altaf while he was......
LAHORE: PML-Q, PPP and Jamaat-i-Islami leaders have expressed grief over the demise of former Azad Kashmir president Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan and former foreign minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Saud......
KARACHI: The Sindh government should not politicise the brave efforts of the Rangers in establishing peace in the financial capital of the country, said Sindh Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q)......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has declared a five-day public holiday from July 17 to July 21 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday) on Eidul Fitr throughout the province for all offices,......
KARACHI: The mechanical sweeping and washing of city roads resumed late Thursday night after a gap of around five years with the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation mechanical road sweepers cleaning......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court remanded on Friday a suspect in police custody in a murder case.Umair Hassan Siddiqui, said to be an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, has been booked for......
BADIN: A shutdown was observed across Malkani Sharif town on Friday on a call given by the Sindh Abadgar Tanzeem (SAT) against an armed attack on a camp pitched by it for protesters demanding an......
HYDERABAD: Shia organisations took out rallies in several towns of the interior of Sindh on Friday to mark Al-Quds Day by condemning atrocities let loose by the Israeli forces on Arab Muslims in the......
LARKANA: The chief executive officer of the Sukkur Electric Power Company (Sepco), Muzaffar Abbasi, has admitted the power utility is on top of the list of companies running in deficit and said it......
HYDERABAD: Seri police on Thursday lodged a case against Ashraf Noonari, a central leader of the Sindh National Party (SNP), and two other suspects for allegedly issuing threats to a person after......
KHAIRPUR: Twenty-one people, including five women and three children, were injured when a Vehari-bound bus skidded into a roadside ditch near Khairpur Economic Zone on the National Highway on Friday......
KARACHI: After the detection of a new polio case in Quetta, Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari, an ambassador for polio in Sindh who champions Pakistan’s fight against polio, on Friday asked provincial health......
KARACHI: Five eyewitnesses separately picked out two Safoora Goth bus carnage suspects from among the dummies during an identification parade before a judicial magistrate on Friday.The names and......
KARACHI: A day after the Sindh government extended the police powers of the paramilitary force for a mere 30 days rather than the usual four months, the Rangers director general took to the social......
KARACHI: A day after a Pakistan Peoples Party stalwart from Gujranwala announced his defection to the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday received a......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has sanctioned Rs25 million to provide financial assistance to the poorest of the poor of Baba Bhit and Shams Pir islands and Rs15 million for Lyari......
KARACHI: Men, women and children filled M.A. Jinnah Road on Friday evening while participating in the Al-Quds rally to highlight the atrocities against Palestinians and illegal occupation of Al-Quds......
KARACHI: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested seven suspected militants belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in the Maripur area.“The anti-extremism cell of the counterterrorism......
ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday that he would begin coalition talks next week, over a month after legislative elections where his ruling party lost its overall majority......
ADDIS ABABA: An Ethiopian police official has said police killed 30 armed people who tried to illegally enter the country’s territory from Eritrea.Assefa Abiyu of the Ethiopian Federal Police......
UNITED NATIONS: The presidents of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone are appealing for $3.2 billion to help their countries recover from the Ebola epidemic which has devastated their economies,......
MOGADISHU: Suspected Shebab militants stormed two hotels in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday, killing at least three people, security officials said, adding that three insurgents also died in......
WASHINGTON: The head of the US government’s personnel office resigned abruptly on Friday, giving in to bipartisan calls for her to step down following a government data breach that is believed to be......
ISTANBUL: Turkey on Friday detained 21 suspected members of the self-styled Islamic State group, including three foreigners, in a major operation in several cities including Istanbul, state media......
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II and other royals have watched from the balcony of Buckingham Palace as vintage aircraft flew overhead to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.Spitfires and......
CALAIS: Airbus flew its electric plane across the English Channel for the first time on Friday — hours after an independent French pilot made a similar voyage, beating the aeronautics giant in this......
COLUMBIA: South Carolina removed the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds on Friday to chants of “USA, USA!,” after three weeks of emotional debate over the banner, a symbol of......
ROME: The Italian coastguard announced late on Thursday that 12 migrants had been found dead and more than 800 rescued during multiple operations in the Mediterranean.The bodies were recovered from a......
DHAKA: A stampede during a Ramazan charity handout killed at least 25 people in Bangladesh on Friday as hundreds of desperately poor people tried to get their hands on free clothing, police said.The......
SANTA SIERRA: Pope Francis ventured on Friday into a violent, overcrowded and gang-ridden Bolivian prison that even houses small children living with their parents, and urged inmates not to......
KATHMANDU: A Nepal hospital says CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta incorrectly reported that he operated on an 8-year-old girl after the country’s devastating earthquake in April.A top......
BANGKOK: Thailand on Friday closed its embassy and consulate in Turkey after a protest against the kingdom’s deportation of Uighur Muslims to China, as the US warned the minority could face “harsh......
DENPASAR: Ash drifting from an Indonesian volcano has forced the cancellation of more than 100 flights and closed the airport on the tourist island of Bali, an official said on Friday, stranding......
Entangled in the Greek debt crisis, few European policymakers had the time or interest this week to pay attention to the summit talks in the Russian city of Ufa between the leaders of Brazil, Russia,......
BELFAST: Pointing out the portable barricades in a Belfast parking lot, a Northern Ireland police chief explains: “Normally, they are used in case of biological or nuclear attack, but we are using......
DAMBULLA: With the Test series in the bag, Pakistan will now focus on the One-day Internationals against Sri Lanka from Saturday that could determine their qualification for the 2017 Champions......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed Aizad Sayid the game development director at the National Cricket Academy.It is the first time when a person who never played a Test for......
LONDON: Roger Federer became the oldest Wimbledon finalist in 41 years when he downed Andy Murray 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 on Friday to set up a title rematch with defending champion Novak Djokovic.Federer, 33,......
CARDIFF: Ian Bell’s much-needed half-century helped England move into a commanding position in the first Ashes Test against Australia after pushing their lead well past 250 on the third day at Sophia......
DHAKA: Kagiso Rabada became only the second man in history to claim a hat-trick on debut as South Africa thrashed Bangladesh by eight wickets in a rain-hit first One-day International here on......
HARARE: India held on for a narrow four-run win in the opening One-day International against Zimbabwe here on Friday, fighting their way out of trouble and keeping their cool at the end to avoid......
BARCELONA: Barcelona’s new midfield playmaker Arda Turan has no intention of trying to fill the boots of club legend Xavi following the decorated Spaniard’s departure for Qatar at the end of last......
MOSCOW: Russian Olympic biathlon competitor Alexander Loginov was banned for two years for doping, while two more Russians had their bans extended on Friday.Loginov originally tested positive for the......
LAUSANNE: Justin Gatlin easily beat two big-name rivals by clocking 9.75 seconds in the 100 metres at the Athletissima Diamond League meet here on Thursday.The in-form Gatlin left runner-up Asafa......
CHICAGO: Striker Oribe Peralta scored a hat-trick as Mexico ended a seven-match winless streak with a 6-0 rout of Cuba in the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Thursday.Trinidad and Tobago also won easily in the......
LAUSANNE: FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Friday deflected blame from himself over recent corruption scandals that have undermined the governing body of world football as he called the elections for......
KARACHI: Babar Hussain Agha continued to enhance his growing reputation as an all-rounder as Ali Sports whipped Rivo Mobile by eight wickets on Thursday to storm into the semi-finals of the 28th Aga......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Sailors at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be protected by a fleet of special trash collecting boats, the organisers said on Thursday, admitting there is no time to resolve a......
KARACHI: Slow left-armer Samiullah grabbed four wickets while inspiring Rivo Mobile into the last-four stage of the 30th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan Cricket Festival with an exciting......
KARACHI: Dollar East showed their true mettle as the start-studded outfit overwhelmed Soni Associates by eight wickets in a totally one-sided last quarter-final of the third Naya Nazimabad Ramazan......
LAHORE: Prof Qamar Zaman, president of the National Athletics Association of Technical Officials, passed away on Friday, according to a press release issued by the Athletics Federation of Pakistan......
LAHORE: Mohammad Saleem Butt and Idris Haider Khawaja were elected unanimously as president and secretary general, respectively, of the Pakistan Cycling Technical Association (PCTA) by the general......
LAHORE: Pakistan will participate in the World Judo Championship, subject to the availability of funds. The event is being held in Astana, Kazakhstan from Aug 20 to 31.The squad will comprise four......
LONDON: A fresh-faced Spaniard who has a love-hate relationship with grass will be eager to prove in Saturday’s Wimbledon final that the mighty Serena Williams is as human as the next person with......
WASHINGTON: Multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday signalled plans to extend more than $400 billion in financing over the next three years to......
KARACHI: Car manufacturers had a blissful 2014-15 as they saw sales jump to 151,134 units from 118,102 in the preceding fiscal year.The launch of new Toyota Corolla brought a big relief to its......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has asked banks to ensure availability of fresh currency notes and the smooth functioning of ATM services.The SBP held a meeting on Friday with the group......
KARACHI: The State Bank on Friday asked banks to stop deducting withholding tax (WHT) over cash transactions from tax-filers.The imposition of WHT irked trade bodies who started protests across the......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has issued its first sovereign bonds since 2007 to cover a budget deficit created by low oil prices, launching a series of debt sales that could reshape its financial markets.The......
KARACHI: A volatile KSE-100 index, which remained on the positive side for most of the day, closed in the red with a minor loss of 34.84 points (0.10 per cent) at 35,112.29 on Friday.The benchmark......
MULTAN: The cotton market slightly improved on Friday as spinning mills made deals to fill their stocks. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) kept its spot rate unchanged at Rs4,800.Floor brokers......
SHANGHAI: Chinese stocks surged for a second day on Friday as a government rescue plan offered a respite from a month-long rout, but analysts warned of further uncertainty and volatility ahead.The......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Association of Auto Parts and Accessories Manufacturers (Paapam) has objected to the 15 per cent regulatory duty on imports of steel products and requested the Federal Board of......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has enhanced the exports quota for ghee/vegetable oil to 1,000 metric tonnes per month to Afghanistan and Central Asia under the Duty and Tax Remission......
NEW DELHI: Malaysian palm oil futures edged up on Friday, extending gains from the previous session after inventories dropped for the first time since February on the back of lower output and a jump......
LONDON: Gold steadied above a four-month low on Friday, as the dollar tumbled against the euro on signs of progress in Greece’s efforts to secure fresh funding.Spot gold was unchanged at $1,159.65 an......
LONDON: A brief period of high profitability for the world’s oil refineries is likely to come to an end as quickly as it began, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday.Weak crude oil and......
ATHENS: Greece on Thursday submitted to its eurozone creditors a new bailout plan proposing a pensions overhaul and tax hikes in return for debt relief and a three-year rescue loan.The plan submitted......
LONDON: Britain’s financial watchdog has promised to be clearer about how it decides whether to punish banks and individuals after industry criticism of inconsistency.The Financial Conduct Authority......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government informed the Supreme Court on Friday that an executive order had been issued to make it mandatory for the president, prime minister, federal ministers and other......
QUETTA: Two people were injured in a bomb blast in front of a private hospital at Zarghoon road here on Friday.Police said the bomb was placed near a car parked under an overhead bridge, adding that......
GWADAR: A former commander of the banned Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) and his brother were among six people killed in an ambush in Nasirabad area of Kech district on Friday.Fazal-i-Haider had been......
ISLAMABAD: Always a sought-after affair, the latest meeting between Pakistani and Indian prime ministers, this time in Ufa, Russia, brought mixed reactions from the two major opposition parties of......
ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed Auditor General of Pakistan, Rana Assad Amin, admitted on Friday that there was a backlog of audit reports for the past three years, mostly of the PML-N government, and......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani did not allow the government on Friday to table four bills and stopped a minister from moving motions seeking suspension of the said rule for presentation of......
WASHINGTON: Welcoming the Sharif-Modi meeting as a positive development, the United States has asked the two neighbours to take more steps to reduce tensions.“We welcome the recent meeting between......
WASHINGTON: The United States still has three key interests in Pakistan, averting Al Qaeda’s re-emergence, preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons and promoting regional stability, says the......
UFA (Russia): President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday that India and Pakistan would join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a group dominated by Russia and China and also including......
LAHORE: The Meteorological Department on Friday forecast more widespread rain-thundershowers in Islamabad, Punjab, Azad Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday and Sunday due to a westerly wave......
BEIJING: China would provide Afghanistan with security equipment and training, President Xi Jinping told his Afghan counterpart on Friday, days after Chinese officials attended the first peace talks......
NEW YORK: In an expression of compassion, three Muslim charitable organisations are raising money to help African Americans rebuild churches that were the target of arson attacks following the......
VIENNA: Laborious talks towards a deal ending a 13-year standoff over Iran’s nuclear programme looked set on Friday to slip into a third successive weekend with both Tehran and Washington upping the......
CAIRO: Actor Omar Sharif, best known for his title role as ‘Doctor Zhivago’ in the Oscar-winning film, has died, Egyptian state television said. He was 83.In May, Mr Sharif’s agent confirmed the......
UFA (Russia): Pakistan and India agreed on Friday to hold talks on all issues, including terrorism, as their leaders met here on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)......
MUZAFFARABAD: Former president and prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan passed away on Friday after protracted illness. He was 91.Given the epithet......
QUETTA: The Chief of Army Staff, Gen Raheel Sharif, has assured the government and people of Balochistan of all support in their quest for durable peace, development and prosperity.He commended......
LAHORE: In a first of its kind development in the country, law enforcement agencies have decided to install ‘tracking chips’ on the ankles of 1,600 ‘terror suspects’ in Punjab after Eidul Fitr to......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) loves to reorganise itself in Punjab. Young, exploring and expanding, it is frequently found adjusting, some of the rearrangements caused by the ambitious entrants......
IN Pakistan, a cabinet post is the equivalent of a ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’; it confers upon the holder a Teflon-like protection against criminal prosecution. At the most, you may be disqualified......
THE low expectations betrayed a relationship that appears to be either in further decline or frozen in mutual mistrust.But yesterday’s meeting between prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi......
THERE is yet more proof that health is not an area where the priorities of this country lie. A news item in this paper has discussed why the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan is not recognised by......
THE first desktop computer I used 30 years ago was an IBM PC AT. The AT stood for ‘advanced technology’, and it ran at the blinding speed of 6 Mhz.Now, of course, even the humblest cell phone runs at......
“THE most elementary qualification demanded of a minister is honesty and incorruptibility. It is, however, necessary not only that he should possess this qualification, but also that he should appear......
WITH the passage of time, even important events begin to resemble a dot fading fast in the rear-view mirror. It is surprising, then, that sometimes a trigger can lead to a detailed, vivid......
