PESHAWAR: A clutch of unofficial groups, led by Mufti Shahabuddin Populzai of Masjid Qasim Ali Khan in Peshawar, declared late on Thursday that the Shawwal crescent had been sighted and Eidul Fitr......
KARACHI: Pakistan is currently struggling at the 9th spot in International Cricket Council (ICC) One-day International (ODI) ranking and faces a stiff challenge to qualify for the 2017 Champions......
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP) Banking Services Corporation issued Rs249 billion worth of fresh currency notes to meet the increasing demand on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.To meet this......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) approved on Thursday a reduction of Rs2.68 per unit in electricity rates of all distribution companies, except K-Electric, on......
CAIRO: An Egyptian naval vessel was hit and caught fire in the eastern Mediterranean during a clash with militants in the restive Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, the Egyptian military said.The patrol......
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat leadership in India-held Kashmir remains divided in respect to attending the ‘Eid Milan’ function which will be hosted by the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi.Chairperson of......
RAWALPINDI: Supermodel Ayyan Ali was released from Adiala jail on bail Thursday, where she was forced to spend another day despite obtaining bail from the Lahore High Court on July 13, DawnNews......
Clothes may make the man or woman but so does wearing the right jewellery. And while diamonds are forever and gold is timeless, there is something exciting about wearing head-turning, chunky, funky......
It's award season once again in Pakistan. The LUX Style Awards nominations are out, and for many designers, directors, musicians and stars, it's going to be a very joyous Eid.The nominations list......
From Prime Minister Nawaz SharifDear patriots and patwaris,Assalamualaikum. Full stop. New para.I take this asparagus … err … aus … aus… auspicious occasion to greet you all a very hefty … err …......
LANNEMEZAN: While the battle for the yellow jersey should be dominating thoughts ahead of Thursday's final Pyrenean stage, it has been doping, the heat and even Lance Armstrong hogging attention at......
QUETTA: The provincial government of Balochistan has imposed a ban on collection of Zakat and Fitrana by banned organisations in the province. The provincial government would take strict against......
BEIRUT: At least 11 civilians, among them three children, were killed Thursday in regime barrel bomb attacks on a jihadist-held town in northern Syria, a monitoring group said.Government helicopters......
QUETTA: Four militants, including a key commander of a banned organisation, surrendered to security forces in Balochistan's Sui area on Friday.The commander identified as Tota Khan Bugti laid down......
AGRA: An Indian couple forbidden to marry because of their different backgrounds are in hospital after slitting their own throats in an apparent suicide pact at India's famed monument to love, the......
“What’s the English word for editorial guidelines?” I thought to myself as I fumbled and then eventually froze, quickly hanging up in the middle of a telephonic interview for my dream job.I realised......
DHAKA: A special war crimes tribunal has sentenced a man to death on charges that he committed rape and murder in 1971 during Bangladesh's war for independence from Pakistan.The tribunal's head......
WASHINGTON: A US experimental drone has set a record for the longest continuous flight of a craft of its size, staying in the air for three days, the International Aeronautical Federation said.The......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Thursday has approved a sum of Rs480 million for payment of one month’s salary to the employees of the Pakistan Steel Mills.The minister......
ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the alleged claim of Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan T C A Raghavan that a portion of Jammu and Kashmir is under illegal occupation of Pakistan, Foreign Office spokesperson......
NEW DELHI: Scientists in India have developed a low-fat version of ghee that cuts the cholesterol content by 85 per cent in a move that could give a much-needed boost to fitness levels, a senior......
Reham Khan's first film Jaanan is said to go on the floors this year, and the newest addition to the film's cast has just been announced:Reham Khan confirmed the news on her Twitter account on behalf......
TEHRAN: For book lovers at a recent exhibition in Tehran the "Buy Direct From Amazon" poster summed up their plight: if something seems too good to be true, it usually is.Iranian consumers, unlike......
If Ranveer Singh's shaved head isn't enough to pique interest in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical romance Bajirao Mastani, then Deepika Padukone's fearless stride definitely is.Playing the role of......
SURABAYA: Ash spewing from an erupting volcano closed the airport serving Indonesia's second-biggest city Thursday, as millions of people were travelling across the archipelago ahead of the Muslim......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police said Thursday they had arrested a man on suspicion of filming the brutal murder of a 13-year-old boy that provoked public outrage after the footage went viral.Police arrested......
Adopted by the Abid family as a young pup, Milli was a gentle, loving dog, as Labradors tend to be.On one occasion, an injured pigeon landed in Milli’s house. While the Abid family nursed it for......
TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned President Hassan Rouhani that “some” world powers are not to be trusted in implementing a nuclear deal, urging vigilance for any......
Eid wouldn’t be the same without the yearly marathon of visits to friends and family, and the Eid trolley or table is always a focal point. After a month of fasting, this array of goodies is a......
Fawad Khan fans can now mark their calendars; his highly anticipated second Bollywood venture's release date has been announced!Kapoor & Sons producer Karan Johar made it public on Twitter:Also read:......
KARACHI: Pakistan veteran Younis Khan has vowed to hold off retiring until he has guided his team to Test series victories in England and Australia to cap off a remarkable career.The 37-year-old......
Sri Lanka opener Kusal Perera blasted the second fastest one-day fifty in their series-levelling two-wicket victory against Pakistan in the second ODI at Pallekele on Wednesday.Perera (68) took 17......
Former US President George HW Bush suffered a neck fracture in a fall at his home in Maine on Wednesday, though he was listed in stable condition and his hospital stay was expected to be brief, his......
SEATTLE: Louis van Gaal on Wednesday warned his raft of new signings they would have to fight for their Manchester United places as the Premier League giants prepared to kick-off their pre-season......
ADEN: Several ministers and top intelligence officials touched down in Yemen's war-torn southern city of Aden on Thursday, Yemeni officials said, in the first visit by the exiled government based in......
JERUSALEM: Israel's military said its aircraft struck Hamas facilities in the Gaza Strip early Thursday after Palestinians fired a rocket from the territory into southern Israel overnight."Overnight,......
BERLIN: FIFA needs an independent commission to end the “culture of corruption” destroying football's world governing body, which is engulfed in a graft scandal, Transparency International said......
PARIS: Andy Murray will lead Great Britain against France at The Queen's Club as Serbia travel to Argentina without Wimbledon champion Novak Djokavic in Davis Cup World Group quarter-final action......
WASHINGTON: He says that he is the only reporter to ever be barred by FIFA president Sepp Blatter — and veteran investigative journalist Andrew Jennings wears it as a badge of honor.No more so than......
SIALKOT/ISLAMABAD: Three people were killed and five others injured in Sialkot's Chaprar sector, whereas another person was killed in firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in Rawalakot's Neza Pir......
APROPOS the article ‘ Judging Chaudhry’ (July 13 ). It is worth commenting that the worthy writer has glossed over some unsavoury aspects of Chaudhry Iftikhar’s legacy. Many are familiar with the......
WHAT prompts me to write this letter is a remark by a former Indian ambassador to Pakistan that Pakistan’s prime minister was powerless; what matters in Pakistan, he said, was the army.What shocked......
THANKS to Mr Bhagwandas and Dawn for doing a story on illegal construction of the project called ‘Urban Twin Towers’ coming up on Stadium Road, Karachi. The residents of Dawood Co-operative Housing......
THIS is in response to the letter published on July 8. Foresters, social workers, NGOs working in various areas, including environment, have failed to raise voice regarding growing more trees in......
THE confusion of governance is such that it is difficult for people to sift fact from fiction. Conspiracy theories abound. Economic corruption, land-grabbing, street crime and extortion result from......
THIS refers to horrifying disclosures by the BBC that MQM has not only been receiving funds from India, but some of its activists were being trained by RAW to destabilise Pakistan.Although our......
IT has been eight years since the flood in 2007 hit some parts of Turbat city, damaging homes of people. Since then these people have been living without shelter.No doubt the government did release......
THE PPP is considered one of the most influential parties in Sindh. It was founded in 1967 by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Its motto was Islamic socialism.During the foundation of the party, there were......
AN expansion of the Islamabad expressway is planned in phases to make the section from Rawat to zero point a signal-free 10-lane carriageway, with the first phase being the expansion of Zero Point to......
THE polygraph test is being used the world over as a tool to detect lies and has proved highly successful. Given the inflating rate of crime in our country, it is strange that the polygraph test has......
I WANT to bring to the notice of the public the plight of young men and women who want to become chartered accountants by qualifying for the membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of......
PESHAWAR: For ten years, Afshan dressed her son in new clothes on the morning of Eidul Fitr to go to mosque for offering Eid prayers. Yaseen would leave with his father and return from the mosque to......
PESHAWAR: A bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday granted bail to an official of the Expanded Program on Immunisation and another health department official in an Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab......
MINGORA: Students on Wednesday held a demonstration demanding establishment of a campus of the University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, in Swat.They held placards and raised slogans......
LAKKI MARWAT: With Eidul Fitr a few days away shopping for the religious festival has gained momentum in the district markets, particularly in the city bazaars.Internally displaced tribesmen of North......
SWABI: Confectioners are working round the clock to meet the increasing demand of customers on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. They told Dawn that perhaps they were the only people who remained busy on......
MANSEHRA: Three robbers on Wednesday gunned down a woman on resistance in a Parain village here.Relative Mohammad Gulab told reporters that robbers barged into his brother’s house in Mehmooda at......
LANDI KOTAL: Thousands of residents of Sheen Qamar area of Bara are stranded in their homes as the security forces have suspended convoy service to the area since Friday.Residents told Dawn by phone......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday issued notices to the provincial chief secretary, health secretary and director general (health services) to explain position on a petition against......
PESHAWAR: The house of ANP leader Hidayatullah Khan was slightly damaged in a bomb blast in Din Bahar Colony here at iftar time.However, no damage to human life was reported.The house’s outer walls......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf general secretary Jahangir Tareen on Wednesday kicked off his party’s reorganisation campaign in Peshawar, pledging to make it stronger and effective down to the......
PESHAWAR: The district administration on Wednesday sealed departmental stores, eateries and ice-cream parlours for selling substandard items.A famous departmental store Jones Arcades was among other......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a dialogue on Wednesday urged the government to help non-Muslims get back their occupied land and ensure protection of their life and honour.The dialogue was organised at a......
KHAR: The political administration in Bajaur Agency on Wednesday freed 60 people imprisoned for petty crimes.The development comes on the occasion of Eidul Fitr as the administration wanted the freed......
PESHAWAR: Local traders have rejected the police’s claim about a sharp decline in extortion cases in the city, insisting extortionists continue to threaten many of them for money.Lately, the Peshawar......
KOHAT: Highway robbers shot dead a motorcyclist and injured another one on resistance on Marai-Oarkzai Agency road on Wednesday.The injured, Sagheer Ali, told police he along with Mughees Ali was......
ISLAMABAD: Students of the Federal Medical and Dental College (FMDC), who were earlier denied admission, may be admitted this week following an undertaking submitted by the college, promising to......
ISLAMABAD: Child rights activists say that creation of a National Commission on Rights of Children (NCRC) has been hanging fire for 15 years and its absence is a major hurdle in resolving children’s......
ISLAMABAD: Security audit of media houses is under way as police have so far scanned 38 buildings.This was said by DIG Security Dr Sultan Azam Temuri in a meeting with Pemra officials and......
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Wednesday claimed to have completed arrangements for cleanliness and security of different Eid Gahas, parks and other recreational spots during Eid......
ISLAMABAD: Two boys drowned in different nullahs of the city on Wednesday, police said.Waseem Aslam, 13, came at a Nullah in H-9 for swimming, the police said, adding that during swimming he went......
RAWALPINDI: A number of passengers hoping to go to their hometowns for Eid by train are facing disappointment, as only one special Eid train is leaving from the garrison city.Across the country 23......
ISLAMABAD: Despite obtaining bail from the Lahore High Court (LHC) supermodel Ayyan Ali was forced to spend another day in Adiala Jail, where she has been detained since March 14 in a currency......
ISLAMABAD: With chances of heavy rain during Eid days, the Met Office has warned citizens to be cautious of flash floods and landslides.Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) spokesperson told Dawn......
RAWALPINDI: The Counterterrorism Department apprehended an activist of a banned outfit while he was collecting funds in Gulzar-i-Quaid on Tuesday.According to sources, the CTD staff also recovered......
ISLAMABAD: In a baffling move which critics are viewing as the PML-N’s aversion to freedom of information, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif travelled to an important summit without being accompanied by......
Mohammad Affan Javed is a Fullbright Scholar from Pakistan, studying at the Columbia University. He is also a resident at the International House in New York, a non-profit organisation which offers......
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of students of grade five and eight, who had qualified for scholarships in 2013-14, are yet to receive their cash awards from the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE).According......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Aamir Farooq of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed against the release of the Indian movie Bajrangi Bhaijaan in Pakistani cinemas.Justice Farooq......
TAXILA: Ahead of Eid, the demand for crisp, new currency notes of various denominations for Eidi, is growing. Many traders are using this opportunity to make profits while fake currency notes,......
LAHORE: A non-ticketed shuttle service will be launched between Lahore Zoo and Zoo Safari for three days, from first day of Eidul Fitar, officials told Dawn.The officials said four buses, adorned......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is amending the Local Government Act 2013 to provide for the party-based elections in the province, say sources.According to the sources on Wednesday, the decision to......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has challenged provision of reserved seats for women in local government law.The party’s Lahore Women Wing President Zarqa Taimoor filed the petition and submitted......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: The district police claim to have smashed a gang of terrorists besides arrest of a member of Alfarooq group of Taliban who was involved in attack on a policeman outside a worship......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has admitted for regular hearing two petitions blaming the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board for rule violation in a tender floated for the purchase of 500 metric......
LAHORE: The health department has removed medical superintendent of the Lahore General Hospital, Dr Saeed Sohban, from his post and directed him to report to the department immediately.A notification......
LAHORE: The All Pakistan Anjuman-i-Tajiran led by Naeem Mir group on Wednesday urged the opponents of advance withholding tax on banking transactions not to sabotage the positive outcome of talks......
LAHORE: The Punjab Police Department has violated criteria set by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony for the nomination of Moavineen-i-Hujjaj (helpers of pilgrims) for Hajj......
LAHORE: “Shah Hussain is a poet of pain who draws sustenance in his poetry from the sufferings and anguish of people. He was a wordsmith whose Kaafis were composed in a cultural template of the......
SIALKOT: PTI chairman Imran Khan and his wife Reham Khan on Wednesday got Rs50 million donations from Sialkot exporters for Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital in Peshawar.The exporters donated......
LAHORE: The chief minister presided over a high-level meeting here on Wednesday which reviewed proposals regarding preparation of skilled manpower and its demand in the province.Shahbaz Sharif......
LAHORE: Out of 300 sub-inspectors of the Punjab police, only 52 could get through the promotion board criteria to become inspectors.The promotion board which met at the Central Police Office after......
LAHORE: The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited on Wednesday severed 148 connections for failing to pay dues, and the disconnections included 85 CNG stations and 35 big industrial units.According to......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has cancelled party membership of its Lahore Cantonment Board Ward 4 Councillor Faisal Faryad Awan for allegedly taking bribe from the PML-N.The PTI has......
LAHORE: The Jamaatud Dawa has criticised Islamabad for what it called annoying Kashmiri leadership to appease New Delhi.Abdur Rehman Makki told an iftar dinner here on Wednesday that the government......
LAHORE: Wapda provided 1.969 billion units of low-cost hydel electricity to the national grid through its hydel power stations during the first two weeks of July, which are 313.4 million units more......
LAHORE: People belonging to all walks of life besides scholars and followers of all religious schools of thought in large numbers gathered at the Jamia Masjid of Punjab University on Wednesday to......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Scores of relatives of Mujahid Ali, of village 519-GB, who allegedly died due to torture by Sadar police, staged protest by putting his body in Shahbaz chowk and then on rail track on......
GUJRANWALA: Resident of a village attacked a grid station in Farid Town on Wednesday and attempted to set it on fire over suspension of electricity supply, claimed station officials. Police arrested......
GUJRAT: DCO Liaquat Ali Chatha along with local politicians and businessmen laid the foundation stone of the kidney centre here on Wednesday.The 23-bed project would be completed within six months......
BAHAWALPUR: The Baghdadul Jadid police registered on Wednesday a case against two unidentified motorcyclists for injuring a tehsil municipal officer with a gunshot fire in Muslim Town here on Monday......
FAISALABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will set up a new barroom for the Tax Bar Association on the regional tax office premises and no case will be registered against any one allegedly......
SIALKOT: Former Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) prime minister Barrister Sultan Mehmood has urged the Pakistan government to adopt a clear and solid policy regarding the Kashmir dispute with India,......
KASUR: Two unidentified suspects shot dead a Rangers official and injured his friend during a robbery here on Wednesday near Dollaywala village. The suspects fled with Rs450,000.Rangers official......
KARACHI: Two more witnesses on Wednesday rightly picked out three Safoora Goth bus carnage suspects during an identification parade before a judicial magistrate almost a week after two of the......
KARACHI: A renewed wave of political sentiments against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief over his recent speech turned into a one-on-one battle between the MQM and the Pakistan......
KARACHI: The closure of only 28 unregistered seminaries in Benazirabad and 139 in Hyderabad since the launch of a province-wide operation against 1,423 unregistered seminaries has displeased the......
KARACHI: More than 250 water birds, including pelicans and common cranes, have been forced to live in harsh conditions at the zoo for the past four months, it emerged on Wednesday.A visit to the zoo......
KARACHI: The post of Accountant General of Sindh (AGS) has again become the centre of controversy as two notifications have been issued within a few days of each other with the second one superseding......
KARACHI: The Jamaat-i-Islami Karachi chapter on Wednesday launched a protest drive against the K-Electric through holding an hours-long peaceful demonstration and a sit-in outside the KE head office......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court asked on Wednesday police to initiate proceedings of proclamation and attachment of property against banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Mullah Fazlullah and the......
DADU: Several hundred people belonging to the media held a six-hour sit-in at the Dadu-Larkana section of the Indus Highway on Wednesday to lodge their strong protest over police failure to arrest a......
LARKANA: A court official in a surprise visit on Wednesday discovered two brothers kept in illegal confinement at the Rehmatpur police station.A man named Muhammed Soofan in an application moved......
MIRPURKHAS: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has given additional charge of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Mirpurkhas, to the chairman of the Board of Secondary......
SUKKUR: The Pakistan Sunni Tehreek (PST) took out a rally in Sukkur on Wednesday to condemn Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain’s remarks against the country’s security institutions and......
BADIN: Thirteen people of a family fell unconscious, including five children and four women, in a village near Badin city on Wednesday after drinking poisonous lassi.At least thirteen people were......
MIRPURKHAS: Two minor boys drowned in separate incidents in villages of Mirpurkhas and Kandhkot districts on Wednesday.Three-year-old Shahid drowned in a canal near Raho Faqeer village.He was playing......
BEIJING: Twenty people from South Africa, Britain and India were detained in China and some may face criminal charges after being accused of watching “propaganda videos”, a charity said on......
LONDON: The British government has refused to let police in England and Wales use second-hand water cannons purchased after 2011 riots.Home Secretary Theresa May said on Wednesday she would not......
PARIS: Tiny fossil eggs long thought to harbour the embryos of dinosaurs or primitive birds, in fact contained unhatched baby lizards — the oldest ever found, scientists said Wednesday.The eggs,......
KANO: At least 30 people were killed in three attacks by Islamists in northeastern Nigeria, local officials and inhabitants said on Wednesday.The three assaults were carried out simultaneously on......
UNITED NATIONS: Yemenis continue to suffer immensely as violence escalates unabated, the UN humanitarian agencies operating in the country said on Wednesday.This week has seen some of the deadliest......
COLOMBO: Continuing his feud with his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday stalled a meeting of the central committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party......
HOWEVER much Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Gulf sultans rage at the Vienna agreement between Iran and the big powers, the Arabs at least will suspect the truth: the Americans have......
TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made another pitch on Wednesday for security bills which would beef up Japan’s military, as he pushed legislation through a key panel despite surging public and......
LONDON: Hundreds of Sikhs protested outside the British parliament on Wednesday, calling for the release of what they said were Sikh political prisoners in India.Demonstrators also raised the case of......
KIEV: Ukraine lost eight soldiers on Wednesday in a dramatic spike in fighting with pro-Russian gunmen that further imperilled a truce Washington’s top European envoy is desperately trying to salvage......
RABAT: A mouse triggered panic and a crush in a Casablanca mosque has left more than 80 injured, mostly women, the Moroccan news agency MAP reported.The incident occurred in the city’s Hassan II......
NICOSIA: Two missiles fell from a warplane at a British base in southern Cyprus on Wednesday as the aircraft returned from a military operation, without causing casualties.The runway was closed after......
MOSCOW: Two Russians and an American in orbit commemorated on Wednesday the 40th anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz mission, when a “handshake in space” brought the two Cold War rivals closer......
JAKARTA: From drones to smartphone apps, Indonesia is harnessing technology to tackle traffic chaos during the annual mass exodus before the Eid holiday, when the potholed roads of overpopulated Java......
Cultural revolutions are under way in two nation-states — India and Israel — founded by secular nationalists in the late 1940s. Right-wing demagogues, emerging in both countries from among previously......
VIENNA: Staff at the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN watchdog set to play a vital role in the new Iran nuclear deal, call this pleasantly cool basement the dungeon.Inside a display cabinet......
KARACHI: Discarded Pakistan T20 opener Sharjeel Khan struck a rapid 63 after Mohammad Nawaz took four wickets to lead Touchme CC into the final of the 30th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan......
KARACHI: Scintillating knocks from Fawad Alam and Khalid Latif helped Touchme CC set up a final date with Dollar East in the 28th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament for the State Life......
KARACHI: With his future as Pakistan’s football chief hanging in the balance, Faisal Saleh Hayat blamed the government for the country’s non-participation in next month’s SAFF U-16 Championship.The......
LAHORE: Except for Shafqat Rasool, three other players appeared before the Pakistan Hockey Federation’s appointed fact-finding committee, probing the reasons behind Pakistan’s failure to qualify for......
KARACHI: Celebrated Pakistan middle-order batsman Younis Khan pledged on Wednesday that he has not set any deadline as to when would be calling time on his glorious international career.Speaking at a......
KARACHI: The ministry of interior has assured the issuance of a no objection certificate (NOC) to Indian cueists after Eid for their participation in the Jubilee Insurance IBSF World 6-Reds and Team......
LAHORE: The cash-strapped Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) which had gone from pillar to post to generate funds for its national and junior teams early this year also approached the Pakistan Cricket......
LAHORE: Having avoided any association with former captain and pace bowling icon Wasim Akram since his retirement from international cricket, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to engage......
CHITTAGONG: Opener Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal hit half-centuries as Bangladesh drubbed South Africa by nine wickets in the third and final One-day International to take the three-match series 2-1......
PALLEKELE: Dinesh Chandimal hit an unbeaten 48 to guide Sri Lanka to a series-levelling two-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second One-day International in Pallekele on Wednesday.Chasing......
NEW DELHI: The Twenty20 Champions League, an international tournament featuring the top domestic teams of the major cricket nations, is to be scrapped after failing to excite fans, the organisers......
LONDON: Australia captain Michael Clarke has backed his side to emulate their 1997 predecessors by coming from behind to win an Ashes series.Clarke’s men go into the second Test at Lord’s on Thursday......
NEWPORT: US top seed John Isner crashed out on Tuesday in the opening round of the ATP Hall of Fame Championships, losing to 161st-ranked countryman Rajeev Ram 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 7-6 (10-8).Isner,......
TORONTO: Jamaica scored a late winning goal while Costa Rica needed only a scoreless draw as both teams advanced from Group ‘B’ to the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Tuesday.Jamaica’s......
NEW DELHI: India’s cricketing fraternity on Wednesday welcomed the shock decision to ban two teams from the Indian Premier League (IPL) as a long overdue opportunity for the game to clean up its......
KARACHI: Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) and Touchme Cricket Club, Dollar East and Omar Associates advanced into the semi-finals of Dr M.A.Shah Night Trophy Cricket Tournament after contrasting victories......
CAUTERETS: Chris Froome enjoyed a safe day in the saddle on Wednesday, retaining the overall leader’s yellow jersey after his rivals failed to attack him on the 11th stage, a 188-km Pyrenean trek won......
ST. PETERSBURG: Serena Williams, who owns all four tennis Grand Slam titles for the second time in her career, has achieved another historic milestone in the wake of her Wimbledon victory.The WTA......
ST ANDREWS: Tiger Woods has seldom, if ever, been upstaged in a major golf tournament, but at this week’s British Open, golf’s new poster boy, Jordan Spieth, will run him close.The former world......
Change of guard in the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) alone will not solve the ongoing crisis confronting the game and it is imperative to revamp the system for Pakistan to make a comeback into the......
LAHORE: Pakistan lost the doubles match in their Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group II semi-final to hosts Indonesia on Wednesday to see their advantage reduced to 2-1, according to information released by......
ATHENS: Greece’s parliament on Wednesday prepared to vote on tough reforms demanded by eurozone creditors in exchange for a huge new bailout ahead of street protests and a brewing revolt within the......
KARACHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2014-15 more than halved to $709 million, one of the worst annual figures, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Wednesday.It was a sharp decline of 58......
ISLAMABAD: Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) posted a growth of 5.9 per cent in May 2015 from a year ago, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said on Wednesday.The growth in the industrial output......
KARACHI: Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Iftikhar Ahmed Vohra has urged the government to immediately withdraw 100 per cent increase in regulatory duty (RD) on import of......
WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Wednesday stuck to her forecast for an increase in the Fed’s key interest rate later this year, predicting a pick-up in the US economy.But she also......
KARACHI: Investors took fresh positions on Wednesday ahead of long Eid holidays starting from Friday in anticipation of healthy corporate results and payout for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.The......
KARACHI: Lasbela Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Yakoob H Karim said on Wednesday that too many holidays on Eid will hurt business.Criticising the government decision of five......
MULTAN: Cotton prices were stable on Wednesday amid moderate business activity. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) also kept its spot rate unchanged at Rs4,850.“Apart from exporters, a couple of......
Toyota recalls 625,000 Prius cars, other hybridsTOKYO: Toyota on Wednesday recalled 625,000 hybrid vehicles globally, mostly the Prius model favoured by the eco-conscious including Hollywood......
DUBAI: How to spend $100 billion may sound like a pleasant problem to have, but it is one of several economic policy headaches looming for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani after this week’s nuclear......
KUALA LUMPUR: As the Muslim fasting month draws to a close, Malaysian retailers are lamenting the most dispiriting Ramazan sales in years, adding to evidence recent hard decisions on taxes and......
LONDON: Britain’s banks will have been hit by an additional 40 billion pound ($62bn) tax bill by the end of this decade, harming their ability to lend to businesses and create new jobs, an industry......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau decided on Wednesday to open another three corruption cases.A meeting of the bureau’s executive board authorised an investigation against officers and......
ISLAMABAD: On the advice of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, President Mamnoon Hussain granted on Wednesday special remission to convicts of various categories on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.According to......
ISLAMABAD: Welcoming the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, the People’s Party has urged the government to expedite work on the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.“The government should......
QUETTA: A three-member delegation of the Balochistan government headed by tribal elder and Minister for Services and General Administration Department Nawab Muhammad Khan Shahwani reached London to......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has, in a fact-finding report on repeated power breakdowns in Karachi, held the Karachi Electric (K-Electric) responsible for......
PESHAWAR: Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif has said that the nation and the armed forces stand with the families of the children who lost their lives in last year’s terrorist attack on the Army Public......
ISLAMABAD: The idea of holding local government elections in phases in Sindh and Punjab appears to be gaining momentum with both the provincial governments seeking staggered polls for better......
ISLAMABAD: Since taking over the reins of power in 2013, the PML-N government has depended heavily on bilateral and multilateral donors for investments in the social sector and its plan to bring in a......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China signed on Wednesday a $10 million agreement to support efforts to rehabilitate people of Federally Administered Tribal Areas and promote social development.The agreement......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Wednesday challenged critics of the Iran nuclear agreement to come forward with a viable alternative, saying the only two real options were a negotiated deal to......
SRINAGAR: While there is a lot of anger brewing within many circles in Pakistan over Kashmir not having been specifically mentioned in a joint statement issued after a meeting between Prime Minister......
VIENNA: Following is a timeline for the implementation of the landmark deal signed between Iran and six major powers on Tuesday.JulyAfter announcing the deal, Iran and France, Britain, China, Russia,......
ISLAMABAD/MUZAFFARABAD: The army shot down on Wednesday an Indian unmanned aerial vehicle on spy mission near the Line of Control, prompting the Foreign Office to summon the Indian high commissioner......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Water and Power has suspended over 50 officers of four distribution companies because of poor performance, days after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) ruled against its......
ISLAMABAD: Taliban chief Mullah Omar endorsed on Wednesday the recently started peace talks with the Afghan government and assured his fighters that he would not negotiate to the detriment of their......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaurdhry Nisar Ali Khan has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to present “complete challans” of all major scams before courts within the next few weeks.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has directed the National Accountability Bureau to come up with an explanation on Thursday about how much of the Rs256 billion it had recovered from offenders over the......
NOW that the historic deal to remove nuclear sanctions against Iran has been reached, it is time for the government of Pakistan to get serious about expanding economic cooperation with its important......
THE Muttahida chief is no stranger to making impolitic remarks. With legal troubles in the UK and a barely hidden confrontation with the government and security establishment in Pakistan, the party......
THERE are not many statistics that evoke the pathos of the following: every minute, somewhere in the world, a child dies of a waterborne disease. This stark reality, which illustrates that......
THE ongoing debate on the Rangers’ mandate in Karachi and its time frame is apparently missing the central issue, namely, a mega metropolitan city’s need for a democratic, efficient and......
THE luck just doesn’t run out in Pakistan. Just as one door closes, another opens. For almost a decade now, rulers in Pakistan have tried to overcome domestic opposition to broadening our ties with......
THE Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline (Tapi) is like Pinocchio’s nose. The more participating governments lie about it, the longer its implementation schedule grows.Tapi has been under......
IN Pakistan, the death of ordinary citizens has become a spectator sport. Man-made and natural disasters are a constant of daily life. Children are killed in schools, people are pulled out of buses......
