SYDNEY: A prominent Australian Muslim leader criticised the government's $1 billion programme to deradicalise Muslim youths, saying it put too much emphasis on law enforcement and not enough on......
KARACHI: Fast-rising spinner Yasir Shah is set to make his Twenty20 comeback in Pakistan's upcoming series against Sri Lanka while injured pacer Wahab Riaz could also make a return subject to......
COLOMBO: Ahmed Shehzad smashed 95 off 90 balls as Pakistan thrashed below-par Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the fourth one-day match in Colombo on Wednesday to clinch the five-match series.Mohammad......
LONDON: A British university disclosed on Wednesday that scientific tests prove a Quran manuscript in its collection is one of the oldest known and may have been written close to the time of the......
KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange on Wednesday closed at an all-time high with its 100 index closing above 36,000 points for the first time as the market reopened after the long festival weekend of......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has again reiterated his stance that negotiations with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) should be initiated.“If America can negotiate......
A report published by London-based advocacy group Privacy International claims that the practical surveillance capacity of the Pakistani government and Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI) has......
KARACHI: Supermodel Ayyan Ali, who was released on bail from Adiala Jail last week in a currency smuggling case, thanked her legal team for facilitating her release and termed the episode a......
2015 is definitely Fawad Khan's year.He's wrapped up Bollywood flick Kapoor and Sons, and has firmly established himself as a globe-trotting celebrity hunk. Just recently we saw him schmoozing with......
KABUL: An Afghan police official says a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vest among a crowd of shoppers at a market in the country's north, killing 19 civilians.Deputy provincial police......
Amitabh Bachchan might be of the opinion that Bollywood is no less than Hollywood and needn't get influenced by it, but critically acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan has stressed that foreign films are......
JOS: Six new wheelchairs are lined up near the entrance of the Beautiful Gate Handicapped People's Centre in the central Nigerian city.The chairs' new owners — all of them polio survivors — crawl one......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday has announced Rs 500 million aid package for the flood affected people in Chitral during a visit of the region where 300,000 people have......
When Ali Zafar set out to confront Junaid Jamshed for his sexist comments on Twitter, little did he know that this would be the start of a budding bromance.The Kill Dil actor tweeted to the......
He was feeling isolated at home since his father entered a second marriage, leaving behind him, his eight siblings and his mother. As a severe financial crises erupted in the household, the......
MILAN: Italian police say they have arrested two people, including a Pakistani and a Tunisian, suspected of being behind a Twitter account that carried threats in the name of Daesh or the self-styled......
BAMIYAN: Trudging halfway up a jagged goat trail, guide Mohammad Ibrahim extolled the panoramic view ? a vast, ancient landscape of russet-hued cliffs that is on the frontline of Afghan efforts to......
MANILA: Gold fell on Wednesday for a seventh session in eight, reflecting sustained downward pressure on the metal days after its steepest drop in almost two years, with more losses seen ahead as the......
NEW DELHI: Sitting on a cold concrete slab, Sunita Devi reapplies her red lipstick as she prepares for customers at a dingy brothel along the Indian capital's infamous Garstin Bastion road."We don't......
As promotions for Yasir Nawaz's upcoming movie Wrong Number have been in full swing, one thing has become evident: leading lady Sohai Ali Abro has her perfectly manicured finger right on the pulse of......
LAHORE: Staying the execution of a Christian woman, Asia Bibi, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday admitted for hearing a petition filed by the death-row prisoner who was convicted on......
WASHINGTON: A United States-led coalition air strike earlier this month killed the leader of an Al Qaeda offshoot in Syria that American officials accuse of plotting attacks against the US and its......
PESHAWAR: Despite getting free textbooks and monthly stipend from the government, about 0.8 million students of the state-run schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remain absent from the educational......
ISLAMABAD: The ministry of climate change fears that the country is going to suffer in coming years more bouts of inclement weather patterns like the heatwave in Karachi that led to over a thousand......
ISLAMABAD: A World Bank (WB) analysis estimates that 45,000 people died prematurely in 2009 in Sindh from major environmental health hazards, and its economic impact in terms of GDP was 15 per cent......
UNITED NATIONS: The spokesman to the United Nations secretary general has confirmed that the UN Mission in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) is investigating Pakistan’s allegation of ceasefire violations......
PAKISTAN developed close relations with Iran and Turkey in the 1960s through the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD). The RCD was meant for collaboration in economic, development and culture......
ON the morning of July 18, my mother, sister and I drove from Bara Kahu for Faisal Mosque in Islamabad to offer Eid prayers. We reached at 7.05am, but Eid prayers had already been offered. The......
THIS is apropos the article “Pakistan’s ‘Gone Girls’” (July 1).Sex selective abortion is not an issue in Pakistan. In my practice of over 25 years, I have not come across a single couple who has had......
YOUR editorial ‘Missing foreign minister’ (July 21) has rightly criticised the government for not appointing a full-time foreign minister. The question arises: do we really need a foreign minister?......
I AM from Balochistan and my father is a government servant. I completed my undergraduate studies from a public sector university in Islamabad in 2013 – the same year when the government announced......
THIS refers to the news reports about an anti-corruption director caught for corruption. So how can we expect to achieve anything? Corruption is like cancer that has spread in Pakistan from top to......
THIS is apropos heatwave deaths in Karachi. Among other factors, the closure of eateries and restaurants was also described as a reason for so many deaths.I suggest that the relevant law should be......
THE personality and style of our new minister, Mr Mushaidullah, does not really suit the sophisticated ministry of climate and environmental change.This was quite obvious from his recent TV......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday said around 300,000 people had been affected by the flash floods in the northern district of Chitral.Information minister Mushtaq Ghani told......
PESHAWAR: The much-talked about ‘mass transit system’ in the provincial capital has hit newer snags with those associated with one of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s pet projects are now acknowledging its......
NOWSHERA: Renowned research scholar, poet, critic and former director of Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar Dr Rajwali Shah Khattak died of cardiac arrest late on Monday night. He was......
LAKKI MARWAT: Firing at a musical concert on Tuesday resulted into the death of a man who, police claimed, was a proclaimed offender. The incident occurred in Karmukhel village in the limits of......
SWABI: A man and his son were shot dead over a land dispute in Sheikh Jana village here on Tuesday, police said.They said the victim, Araf Khan, had been running a dispute over the ownership of a......
PESHAWAR: A team of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission has raided an official premises in search of secretary mines and mineral development, Mian Waheeduddin, required in a case of misuse of......
PESHAWAR: The World Health Organisation in collaboration with the provincial health department is conducting a refresher training on emergency basis to increase the preparedness level of health care......
PESHAWAR: Despite getting free textbooks and monthly stipend from the government, about 0.8 million students of the state-run schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remain absent from the educational......
SWABI: Awami National Party has offered the district naib nazim slot to Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F in a bid to thwart the PTI plan to form local government at the district and the tehsil levels with the......
KOHAT: Malik Mohammad Ilyas, owner of an over 200 years old watermill, sits on a cot in the mill yard worried about the future of this traditional way of turning the grain into flour.In his 60s and......
MANSEHRA: The PTI is likely to install the district government in Torghar as the JUI-F distances itself from the ANP.“I want to make it clear that we are not going to make alliance with the ANP to......
PESHAWAR: On a sweltering day in June, curious drivers slowed their cars, bikes and buses down by the Speen Jumaat Chowk to take a gander at what the two boys, their faces concealed, were doing up on......
MINGORA: The once blooming business of DVDs and CDs in Mingora is on the verge of collapse owing to the introduction of modern mobile phones.“There was high trend of watching movies, songs, dramas,......
RAWALPINDI: The immigration staff of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday offloaded daughter and three grandchildren of prominent lawyer and politician Ahmed Raza Kasuri from a Bangkok-bound......
ISLAMABAD: Community libraries and gymnasiums built in four sectors of the federal capital in 2007 appear to be nearing collapse but the Capital Development Authority (CDA) does not appear to be......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police chief has ordered a survey to determine the manpower strength of the 22 police stations in the capital.On the direction of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tahir Alam......
TAXILA: Four young men lost their lives in a head on collision between their motorcycle and a passenger van on Hazara Raod near Shahiya Bridge in Hassanabdal on Sunday.According to police sources, a......
ISLAMABAD: The Awami Workers Party (AWP) and the residents of slums in the federal capital have announced their decision to oppose any operation against the katchi abadis.Candidates from a number of......
ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of frequent strikes by doctors, Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) sent letters to management of hospitals, medical colleges and district health officers instructing......
ISLAMABAD: Health experts blame rising gastro cases on humid weather and change in eating habits after the fasting month of Ramazan.Media coordinator of Pims and Gastroenterologist Dr Waseem Khawaja......
ISLAMABAD: Are they back – the moral brigades that blackened the faces of women on advertisement boards in 2007?At least that is what people feared when they found bared arms and faces of models on......
ISLAMABAD: The seriousness of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government towards the Protection of Pakistan Act (PoPA) could be gauged by the fact that it appointed one PoPA judge on the......
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani mountaineer (high-altitude porter) was presumed dead after an avalanche swept down a group of climbers on the Broad Peak on Tuesday.According to details coming out of the Base......
ISLAMABAD: All government, semi-government and private offices, including banks and financial institutions and outpatient departments in hospitals, will reopen after Eid holidays on......
RAWALPINDI: With the announcement of the schedule for local bodies elections in Punjab, the ruling PML-N sprang into action trying to bridge differences between local leaders to ensure success in the......
RAWALPINDI: Even the massive loss of life and property during the last spell of rains in the garrison city could not push the City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) to take precautionary......
ISLAMABAD: The prime minister is facing another petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), in which the appointment of the chief executive of the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has been challenged.Earlier......
RAWALPINDI: Heavy rainfall on Tuesday killed three people, including a seven-year -old girl.Madiha Perveen, 7, was sleeping inside her house in Kotli Sattian when a wall collapsed on her.The body of......
BAHAWALPUR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has extended the date of the disposal of the objections/appeals against the proposed/preliminary delimitations of the union councils and wards in......
LAHORE: The PPP has criticised Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif for extending his stay in London at a time when a large number of people of south Punjab are getting affected by the flood.“The Sharif......
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate of Model Town Courts on Tuesday sent 14 students to jail on judicial remand for consuming ‘sheesha’ at a café of Gulberg.Officials of the city district government had......
LAHORE: Like other zones the regional passport office (Central Zone Punjab) here is also waiting for the directorate general of immigration and passports (Islamabad) orders to destroy around 23,289......
LAHORE: The stench of toxic dumping is inimical. Plastic bags – hundreds of them – float like corpses on the blackened water in the drain. Mosquitoes can almost be seen breeding. On either side are......
LAHORE: Training of pilgrims intending to proceed on Haj from Punjab under the government scheme will begin on Thursday (tomorrow).Some 17,000 pilgrims from 25 cities will proceed on Haj this year......
LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday displayed new electoral lists at the offices of (vote) registration officers and assistant registration officers in Punjab so that people can......
LAHORE: Pakistani movies did a good business as well at the box office during Eidul Fitr holidays along with Indian blockbuster ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’.The glitz and glamour world folks from Pakistan......
BAHAWALPUR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has extended date for the disposal of objections/appeals against the proposed/preliminary delimitations of the union councils and wards in the......
LAYYAH: High level flood (500,000 cusec) in the River Indus has inundated 150 villages of 70 mouzas in 11 riverine union councils of the district.The floodwater has inundated standing crops of......
SHEIKHUPURA: Two members of a poverty-stricken family, who had consumed poisonous pills in Safdarabad on the third day of Eid, died in hospital on Tuesday while the third one was in critical......
FAISALABAD: The district government sealed five more restaurants allegedly operating without pure food licences and preparing foods in unhygienic conditions.On Tuesday, district government teams......
KASUR: A youth living in Mustafabad, a small town of Kasur, claims to have collected thousands of ancient coins, currency notes and medals from across the world.Shakeel Ahmed, 27, wants to donate all......
SIALKOT: Two minor sisters were killed in a roof collapse here on Tuesday during heavy rains at Jaamkey-Qila Kalarwala of Pasrur tehsil.Reports said labourer Jamil’s daughters Saira, 6, and Saadia,......
SIALKOT: Surveillance teams of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) caught 34,364 electricity thieves in the districts of Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad and Gujranwala......
MUZAFFARGARH: The district coordination officer (DCO) on behalf of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Tuesday gave away compensation cheques to families of the seven people who......
BAHAWALPUR: At least 12 newborns have died in Bahawal Victoria Hospital’s paediatric ward No 1 during the past five days.Dawn has learnt that the babies, mostly suffering from dehydration, were......
GUJRAT: The Irrigation department could not complete the repair work of those embankments and spurs along the Gujrat side of the river Chenab that had been badly hit by the last year’s flood.Around a......
LAHORE: Heavy rain for over an hour exposed the tall claims of authorities of improving infrastructure, as Lahore’s sewerage and drainage system in various localities either collapsed or choked......
LAHORE: A woman and a youth died while 10 others were injured in various rain-related incidents in the provincial capital on Tuesday.Police and Rescue 1122 reports said a woman died after being run......
KARACHI: The beasts of burden these days are dealing with a different kind of load. You can’t miss them roaming leisurely with their owner on shady streets with a cart load of cantaloupes, honeydew......
BADIN: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) leader Liaquat Baloch has said Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain hatches conspiracies against the solidarity of the country while sitting in London.He said the......
SUKKUR: Sukkur Commissioner Abbas Baloch has apprehended that around 600,000-700,000 people living in the katcha areas of Sukkur, Khairpur and Naushahro Feroze districts are vulnerable to......
SUKKUR: Two brothers were among three persons who drowned in the Indus River near the Zero Point Vaspur area of old Sukkur on Tuesday.Divers and area residents succeeded in fishing out one body......
SUKKUR: To settle a 10-year-old bloody dispute between the Malik and Jafferi communities, a Jirga (tribal court) was held in Karam Pur, Kandhkot-Kashmore district, on Tuesday.Differences had cropped......
LARKANA: The tomb of Shah Baharo, the great general of the Kalhora period, is in dire need of preservation and restoration, but the Sindh culture department’s apathy towards it persists despite the......
KARACHI: With the display of initial voter lists at the offices of assistant registration officers, the preparations for holding local bodies elections in Sindh on Sept 20 entered their second phase......
KARACHI: The traffic police department has raised questions over the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s process of awarding charged parking contracts in more than 20 “downtown areas” violating the......
KARACHI: The Sindh Environmental Tribunal, set up to hear complaints about pollution, has yet to start functioning even though the much-delayed appointment of its chairman and members had been made......
KARACHI: More than 1,000 historical sites in Sindh have been painstakingly documented and made part of an electronic database, which was handed over to the Sindh government at a ceremony on......
KARACHI: It’s a vintage library. All it has is a few halls lined with cabinets full of books and nothing but books. Urdu books, most of them. No computer, no Wi-fi connection, so you cannot google......
KARACHI: Over 250 illegal and substandard hoardings have been removed in Saddar, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, North Nazimabad and other areas by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation during the Eid holidays.A......
KARACHI: After conducting a series of research projects for five years, doctors at the Aga Khan University (AKU) have found a diverse group of drugs effective against Naegleria fowleri (N. fowleri),......
KARACHI: Over 970 people were murdered in the first half of 2015 — about 57 per cent less than the killings reported during the same period last year, it emerged on Tuesday.The cases of extortion......
KARACHI: Over 50 picnickers were released on personal bonds by judicial magistrates on Tuesday in cases pertaining to violating the ban on swimming in the sea imposed by the city administration.The......
BEIRUT: A deadly suicide bombing in southern Turkey appears to be part of the self-styled Islamic State group’s war against the Kurds, and shows the country’s growing vulnerability to the conflict in......
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump, the loose-talking US billionaire real estate mogul, has finally gone too far for some fellow candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. He had gotten a pass when......
DUBLIN: A trove of documents from a French chateau has cast doubt on the remains of beloved Irish poet W.B. Yeats but fans have shrugged off the controversy and said there is no doubt as to his......
UNITED NATIONS: In ‘a major breakthrough’, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Tuesday that its first ship since the eruption of conflict in Yemen in March berthed in the port......
ASHKABAD: Health-obsessed former Soviet Turkmenistan is the country with the world’s lowest proportion of smokers, World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan said during a visit to the isolated......
JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament imposed tougher penalties of up to 20 years prison for people throwing stones at vehicles and roads, a move one Palestinian official branded racist and......
KABUL: Afghanistan banned the sale of imitation Kalashnikovs and other toy guns on Tuesday after they caused injuries to more than 100 people during Eid celebrations, as it seeks to curb a culture of......
BISHKEK: Ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday announced it was tearing up a long-running cooperation agreement with the United States after Washington awarded a rights prize to a jailed ethnic minority......
MADRID: Three Spanish freelance journalists have gone missing in Syria where they were reporting from the northwestern Aleppo region, the president of a Spanish press federation said on Tuesday.Jose......
PARIS: Native American ancestors reached the New World in a single, initial migration from Siberia at most 23,000 years ago, only later differentiating into today’s distinct groups, DNA research......
The images of an Egyptian gunboat exploding off the coast of Sinai last week were a warning to our Western politicians.Yes, we support Egypt. We love Egypt. We continue to send our tourists to Egypt.......
WASHINGTON: The US Congress began a review of the nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday amid a warning by Secretary of State John Kerry that the United States would lose “all credibility” if Congress or......
NEW YORK: Black children in the United States are still poorer than the young in other communities, according to a Pew study released recently.About 38 per cent of black children live below the......
VATICAN CITY: Dozens of mayors from around the world demanded on Tuesday that their national leaders take bold steps at the Paris climate talks this year, saying that could be the last chance to keep......
COLOMBO: The European Union will send a mission to Sri Lanka at the invitation of the government to monitor the parliamentary election slated for Aug 17, Cristian Preda, a EU official who would......
DAKAR: Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre was forcibly brought to a court in Senegal on Tuesday, where judges adjourned his trial until Sept 7 to let appointed lawyers prepare his defence.Prison......
BUJUMBURA: Burundians voted on Tuesday amid gunfire and grenade blasts, with President Pierre Nkurunziza widely expected to win a third term despite international condemnation and thousands of......
SYDNEY: Australian surf champion Mick Fanning on Tuesday called his escape from a shark attack a “miracle” and vowed to return to the waves, while paying tribute to “warrior” mate Julian Wilson for......
ST ANDREWS: American Zach Johnson claimed the second major triumph of his career after winning a four-hole playoff at the end of a captivating, cliffhanger of a final round in the British Open on......
COLOMBO: Pakistan look to grab a rare series victory against Sri Lanka when they clash in the fourth One-Day International here at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday.Azhar Ali-led Pakistan, who......
LAHORE: Dilemma abounds for selectors ahead of the two-match T20 series against Sri Lanka, with T20 captain Shahid Afridi being out of form while batting all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez suspended from......
LONDON: Jonny Bairstow has replaced Yorkshire team-mate Gary Ballance in a 13-man England squad announced on Tuesday for the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston starting on July 29.England suffered a......
WELLINGTON: Promising all-rounder Mitchell Santner has been ruled out of New Zealand’s tour of southern Africa after breaking his thumb in training, New Zealand Cricket said on Tuesday.The......
CHITTAGONG: After a dream ODI debut last month, teenaged paceman Mustafizur Rahman announced his Test arrival by claiming three wickets in four balls as Bangladesh bowled out South Africa for 248 on......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cricket authorities announced a ban on alcohol during Wednesday’s fourth One-day International between Pakistan and the hosts following a drunken riot at the venue on Sunday.Sri......
SEOUL: South Korean tycoon Chung Mong-joon, one of the most influential figures in Asian football, said on Tuesday that leaving Sepp Blatter at the helm of FIFA until a new president is elected shows......
MELBOURNE: Record signing Raheem Sterling made an instant impression on his Manchester City debut, scoring in the third minute of the Premier League club’s 5-4 penalty shootout win over AS Roma after......
LONDON: Sussex all-rounder Michael Yardy — a member of the England side that won the 2010 World Twenty20 in the Caribbean — is to retire at the end of the season, it was announced on Tuesday.The......
NEW YORK: Former FIFA Vice President Jeffrey Webb no longer has time on his hands.The indicted football official is providing 11 luxury watches to secure the $10 million bond that provided his......
LAUSANNE: Swiss rider Steve Guerdat, the individual showjumping gold medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, has been provisionally banned after two of his horses failed doping tests, the......
SAO PAULO: Pele has been released from a Brazilian hospital after successfully undergoing back surgery.Doctors say the 74-year-old football legend left the Albert Einstein hospital on Monday, less......
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet outgoing FIFA head Sepp Blatter on the sidelines of a 2018 World Cup draw, the Kremlin said, amid a corruption scandal that threatened to hit......
SYDNEY: Tennis Australia will not guarantee Lleyton Hewitt the Davis Cup captaincy on his retirement next year and will instead open up the process to a group of applicants, a report said on......
MUMBAI: The iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata will host the World Twenty20 final in April next year, the Indian board said on Tuesday as it announced the venues for the tournament.The BCCI named eight......
SHANGHAI: A cool finish by Mario Gotze ten minutes from time propelled Bayern Munich to a 1-0 exhibition match victory over Inter Milan in Shanghai on Tuesday.The scorer of Germany’s World Cup final......
TOKYO: Construction of the new National Stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will begin in January or February.The government will choose a new design and builder through an international competition......
KARACHI: When K-Electric (KE) make their first appearance in an international competition next month, Majid Shafiq will be providing all the technical, tactical and strategic know-how from the......
OUVAIN: Nigel Richards, indisputably the best scrabble player in the world in the English language, has won the world title in French language by winning the Francophone Classique World Championship......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) has announced 18 probables for the Asian Championships to be held in Bangkok from Aug 25 to Sept 5.A press release issued by the federation said that out......
SISTERON: Under-fire Tour de France leader Chris Froome is “clean” say his rivals who added the media witch-hunt against him is a “lynching”.Froome, 30, has had to put up with speculation about his......
ZURICH: A FIFA committee headed by Domenico Scala will supervise integrity checks on candidates hoping to stand in February’s election to replace Sepp Blatter as president of world football’s......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan has drawn the attention of the government towards its promises to increase investment, which could not be fulfilled.“The Annual Plan for fiscal year 2014-15......
TOKYO: The president of Toshiba along with other high-level executives and directors resigned on Tuesday over a $1.2 billion accounting scandal blamed on management’s overzealous pursuit of profit,......
SHANGHAI: A new $100 billion international bank dedicated to the emerging BRICS countries opened in China’s commercial hub Shanghai on Tuesday, officials said, as an alternative to other multilateral......
MANILA: Blame poor rains or a lack of weddings, but Indians, for whom gold is the investment of choice, aren’t rushing to buy bullion after this week’s sharp sell-off.India and China are the world’s......
ISLAMABAD: The government has selected three trade officers for posting on top three lucrative stations in foreign missions, in disregard of a merit-based selection policy and under intense pressure......
ISLAMABAD: In a move termed unlawful by the opposition, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) displayed on Tuesday voters’ lists in Punjab and Sindh for one week -- one third of the minimum......
ISLAMABAD: Mayor of London Boris Johnson MP will likely visit Pakistan early next year along with a delegation of business persons from London.The invitation of visit was extended by Pakistan’s High......
KARACHI: Apropos a news report published in Dawn on Tuesday, deputy parliamentary leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in the National Assembly, Abdul Rashid Godil, has denied that five of......
QUETTA: Security forces foiled an attempt to blow up Pakistan Customs office in the border town of Chaman by defusing an IED that was planted near the office on Tuesday.A spokesman for Frontier......
QUETTA: Six persons, including a woman and a girl were killed and 23 others injured in a head on collision between a car and a pick -up near Khanozai area of Qila Saifullah district on Tuesday. ......
QUETTA: Three children of a family died and four others, including a woman, were injured when a roof of a house collapsed because of heavy rain in Kohlu area on Tuesday.Levies officials said that the......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Gunmen kidnapped three farmers, two brothers among them, from Chattar area of Nasirabad district on Tuesday.According to police, Faqir Hussain, his brother Nazar Mohammad and......
LILLE: A migrant has died after being badly burnt while attempting to enter the Channel Tunnel in Calais in a bid to reach Britain, French officials said on Monday.“One of three migrants who were......
LAHORE: The Paris Airport Authority has imposed a fine of 40,000 euros on the Pakistan International Airlines for violating ‘curfew hours’ (at the airport).The Paris Airport Authority has recently......
SURUC: Turkey said on Tuesday it had identified a suspect over a devastating suicide bombing on the border with Syria blamed on militants of the self-styled Islamic State (IS), as the government......
CHITRAL: More villages were hit by flash floods on Tuesday after torrential rain continued for the seventh day and washed away a number of houses in Kasset village, on Chitral-Garam Chashma road, and......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could not undertake a planned visit to Chitral on Tuesday because of bad weather in Lahore.He later arrived in Islamabad and directed the National Disaster......
LAHORE: The Met office set alarm bells ringing on Tuesday with its announcement that the Indus River was in high flood at Taunsa barrage and it might rise in a couple of days.“At present there is......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah met PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in Dubai on Tuesday.He was accompanied by Senior Minister for Finance Syed Murad Ali Shah, Information Minister......
THE contrast last week could hardly have been sharper: indignation, rage and firebombs on the avenues of Athens; barely restrained joy on the streets of Tehran.The citizens of Greece and Iran were......
ON Eidul Fitr, praying Muslims turned towards Makkah to ask for respite from hardship, for blessings and, for many millions, an elusive peace. So it was in Yemen. However, even as the citizens of......
MULLAH Omar’s customary Eid message this year indicates a paradigm shift in the views of the Afghan Taliban on war and peace in Afghanistan. His approval of peace talks marks a clear deviation from......
A RECENT description of Chowkandi, published in this paper on Tuesday, makes for depressing reading, for the necropolis on Karachi’s outskirts appears to be completely neglected by the state.Some of......
WITH five consecutive years of flooding since 2010 one would have thought that by now some basic lessons would have been learned.But going by the experience of Chitral and Alipur and parts of Layyah......
NEW DELHI: India's top court on Tuesday rejected a final appeal by Yakub Memon, a key plotter of bomb attacks that killed hundreds in Mumbai in 1993, paving the way for his execution.Media reports......
