QUETTA: In a news conference held Tuesday at the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) in Balochistan's capital, it was revealed that more than 20,000 parents in the province, on average, refuse polio......
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers Sindh in a statement issued on Tuesday said some “extremist and anti-state elements are engaged in a conspiracy to destabilise the security situation in Karachi” and that......
LAHORE: Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada on Tuesday said police had arrested five men suspected of involvement in the twin Taliban suicide attacks that targeted two Lahore churches in......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in a circular to party members on Tuesday said those who comment on “internal party affairs” in public will be stripped off their basic......
ISLAMABAD: The chief operating officer and managing director of World Bank, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, underscored the importance of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), saying “Pakistan should......
For the past 13 years, Geeta has been living in Pakistan, but she refuses to call it her home.Clad in a regular shalwar kameez, this Indian girl, who can neither hear nor speak, does not look any......
ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Tuesday referred till Thursday the matter of voting on the motions submitted by the Jamiat-i-Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) and the Muttahida......
GHOTKI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today announced a Rs1 billion relief package for flood affected areas of Sindh while visiting the affected areas in Ghotki district along with Chief Minister Sindh......
Last month, the central government notified a set of new guidelines that promise to make the process of adopting children faster and more transparent. As the system braces for change, Scroll brings......
NOTTINGHAM: Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has insisted he is relishing the role of being the man English crowds love to hate.Johnson was subjected to prolonged vocal abuse as England won the......
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed on Tuesday sacked two members of his cabinet belonging to the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM), a day after he had given......
Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers have been recalled to South Africa's one-day international side for the visit of New Zealand later this month, but young wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has been axed after......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfraz Ahmed has downplayed the controversy surrounding his surprise exclusion from the two Twenty20 Internationals the country played against Sri Lanka.“I......
The country's most anticipated show is soon to be back on television with a bang!Coke Studio's (Season 8) new sneak peak features countless legends and some fresh faces coming together to showcase......
The reactions I get from people on telling them I am a teacher can be categorised into three kinds: reactions from those who happen to find my profession admirable and praiseworthy; those who......
KABUL: The head of the Taliban's Qatar-based political office has stepped down, a statement said, a high-profile resignation within leadership ranks highlighting growing discord over the movement's......
KOLKATA: Floods from days of torrential rain have now claimed at least 180 lives in India with one million people sheltering in relief camps after fleeing surging waters, officials said......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday referring to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain's recent diatribe has said that the MQM supremo's 'loose talk'......
ADEN: Pro-government forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition retook Yemen's biggest airbase from Houthi rebels on Tuesday in a significant new gain after their recapture of second city Aden last......
Wajahat Rauf’s rom-com Karachi Se Lahore has several things going for it – a story that is unique to its local audience; endearing characters and solid performances from the entire cast.What's also......
LOS ANGELES: The tense search for two missing Special Olympics competitors ended well, but it was unclear what happened to the two while they were gone.A teenage table tennis player from Ivory Coast......
ISLAMABAD: The construction of Turkemanistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India gas pipeline project is set to begin in December, officials said Monday after a Turkmenistan delegation met Prime......
BEIJING: State media reports say the flood struck Xiaoyuhecun Valley on Monday afternoon amid the heaviest rains recorded in the area in 30 years.A flash flood has struck a scenic area outside the......
Over 1,000 people died in the horrific 2002 Gujarat violence. Subsequently, I visited different parts of Gujarat on a number of occasions, and got the opportunity to learn about two legendary youths......
KABUL: The confirmed death of the Taliban's reclusive leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has weakened the movement, giving Kabul an opportunity to step up the battle against the insurgency, an Afghan......
MUMBAI: A dilapidated building collapsed outside Mumbai on Tuesday killing at least 12 people, the second such accident around the Indian financial capital in a week, a rescue official said.Rescuers......
Dubsmash might be the new cool but it isn't easy to pull off every time. Perhaps this is why the new Bajrangi Dubsmash by Shoaib Malik and boxer Amir Khan isn't as good as the previous attempt by the......
QUETTA: At least two suspected militants were killed in Balochistan's Noshki district on Tuesday morning, security officials told DawnNews..Khan Wasey, the spokesperson for Frontier Corps, said a......
RAWALPINDI: At least three Pakistani citizens, including a minor, were killed and 22 injured along the Working Boundary area in Sialkot district during an exchange of fire between Indian and......
PESHAWAR: The Provincial Management Service (PMS) Officers Association on Monday announced a pen-down strike from Tuesday (today) against alleged discrimination by the federal bureaucracy posted to......
PESHAWAR: Opposition parties in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly have demanded production of the detained minister for mines and minerals in the House as the government admitted lacunas in the law on......
MINGORA: Two people were killed and three injured in separate incidents here on Monday.A man, reportedly a principal of a technical college, was killed after being hit by a Wapda van on Saidu Sharif......
LAHORE / HYDERABAD: The Flood Forecasting Division said on Monday that Indus was in very high or high flood at various important barrages and head works.Meanwhile, hill torrents continued to......
RAWALPINDI: It is festival time in Punjab as the ‘Sohna Punjab Festival’ organized by the provincial government, starts today at divisional headquarters of Punjab.Punjab Parliamentary Secretary for......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Monday dismissed the bail petition of a man arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on the charge of hacking a married woman’s Facebook account and......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar told the National Assembly on Monday that like the main opposition PPP the ruling PML-N too would oppose two motions due to come before the house on Tuesday......
ISLAMABAD: The sub-committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms will discuss the report of the poll inquiry commission on Tuesday.According to the meeting’s agenda, the secretary......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamoon Hussain is likely to give his assent on Tuesday to the Federal Capital Territory Local Government Bill seeking party-based LG elections in Islamabad.The information was......
PESHAWAR: Paying rich tribute to the slain police personnel, speakers at seminar here on Monday stressed the need for forging unity against terrorists to eradicate the menace of terrorism completely......
PESHAWAR: The government is introducing referral system to reduce burden of patients on the tertiary care hospitals and provide better treatment to those, who are suffering from chronic diseases and......
MANSEHRA: A tourist from Lahore died after drowning in the Kunhar River here on Monday. The incident occurred when Faisal Saleem, who was in his 30s, slipped into the river in Naran area of Kaghan......
PESHAWAR: The elders of Chitral on Monday complained about the misery of flood-hit communities in their district and announced the launch of the ‘Save Chitral, Save Pakistan’ campaign to draw the......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif called on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif here at the Prime Minister House on Monday.Overall security situation in the country was discussed......
ISLAMABAD: Iran’s Ambassador Alireza Haghighian has called for stepped up efforts to increase bilateral trade and economic cooperation and said his country is ready to fulfil Pakistan’s energy......
QUETTA: The Balochistan government will provide adequate security to polio workers during vaccination campaigns, officials said.A meeting of the provincial security coordination committee at the......
KARAK: The local farmers have demanded of the government to declare Karak a calamity-hit district as torrential rains and floods have swept away agricultural lands and damaged infrastructure in the......
GILGIT: One person was killed in a landslide as flash floods triggered by monsoon rains damaged roads, bridges and submerged farmland in Diamer, Kharmung and Ghanche districts of Gilgit-Baltistan on......
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Monday arrested four persons including former provincial minister Makhdum Syed Murid Kazim and three revenue officials on charges......
UPPER DIR: The residents of Sheringal Kohistan have threatened to stage a demonstration and block Dir-Peshawar road to protest stopping of work on Dir-Sheringal road project.The Rs11.8 billion......
KOHAT: Two men were gunned down allegedly by hired assassins in Kalo Chinna Banda here on Monday, police claimed.Officials at the Riaz Mohammad Shaheed police station said the victims, Jehanzeb and......
FROM the irresponsible and the inadvisable to, now, the indefensible, Altaf Hussain’s political career appears to be in self-destruct mode.In recent months, the MQM supremo has railed against the......
Pakistan’s remarkable victory in the two-match T20 series against hosts Sri Lanka reaffirms their status as the most unpredictable team in world cricket, especially in the limited overs format.It was......
THIS is apropos M. Ismail Ansari’s letter ‘Private schools’ (July 23). The concerns raised by the writer regarding private schools and teachers of Sindh are of significance.The unwarranted role and......
THIS refers to the news item ‘Pakistan’s drug regulatory authority not recognised by WHO’ (July 10). The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has a testing laboratory — Federal Drug......
APROPOS the editorial “No end to ‘encounters’” (July 21), I take strong exception to the views expressed in it. Accepting Dawn’s policy to insist on ensuring that the ‘system’ be followed rather than......
THE land mafia has become active along Sunhera beach, which is a public beach, about 30 km from Karachi. It is not only a beach but also a harbour for the Manjar Goth, Deh Mann, Deh Allah Bano and......
APROPOS the letter “Art and Garbage” (Aug 02).The disposal of garbage can be put to productive purposes for the community.I want to suggest a solution where, instead of burning of garbage in......
DYNAMIC youth ensure the success of a country. Unfortunately, youth in Pakistan seem more engrossed with themselves thanks to their smart phones. I pray that they pay more attention to the grim......
THE applications for CSS examination for the year 2016 will be announced soon, but the age relaxation issue has not been resolved yet.I request the concerned quarters to save the year of many......
JEWISH extremists set a West Bank home on fire and burnt a Palestinian toddler to death. The parents and brother of the deceased boy are in critical condition and struggling for life.Israeli settlers......
Iran and the West have concluded a historic nuclear deal. There are lessons for all of us in this development.I salute the wisdom and sagacity of Iranian leaders who did not stick to the notion of......
IN many countries, wind energy now forms a substantial portion of energy production. In Pakistan, excepting three projects of total 150MW, we have not been able to make a go of it. A few years ago......
WHILE debate on the contradictions of capitalism, its ruthlessness and vulgarity, gains momentum on the margins of global discourse, capitalism glides smoothly along on the back of its modus......
SOME of the people’s faith in judiciary in democracies like India is real and spontaneous for a clutch of valid reasons. Another part of the apparent faith is put on, faked, because there is no other......
THE government (with the State Bank of Pakistan in tow) is, understandably, ecstatic that the IMF, other donors and international rating agencies like Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s are endorsing......
In recent days, the CDA has been criticized for its anti-poor bias and its failure to act against the more powerful and rich - the authority has never taken such decisive action against the......
ISLAMABAD: An official of CDA who is not authorized to speak on the record said that two major operations against illegal katchi abadis were conducted in the past but both were halted in their tracks......
Ammar Rashid is a researcher and teacher at the Gender Studies Department at Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad. His research interests include political theory and collective action. Dawn spoke to Mr......
ISLAMABAD: Senators in the opposition as well as the treasury benches lambasted the government on Monday, for using ‘brutal force’ against poor slum-dwellers in Sector I-11 and registering cases......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has sought suspension of an order of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the promotions of bureaucrats and has approached the court in this regard.IHC Justice......
RAWALPINDI: An activist of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and his cousin who were killed in a shoot-out with robbers on Sunday night were buried at a local graveyard amid slogans against the......
ISLAMABAD: A group of disgruntled students of the city campus of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology stormed the campus on Monday and forced the faculty to cancel the ongoing......
TAXILA: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) has failed to clear rainwater from most of the roads and streets of the residential and commercial areas even after several hours after rain.During a......
Sanga Bibi, 70“My family moved here from Mohmand Agency, thirty years ago. Now the CDA has made us homeless and have nowhere else to go. I have four sons and one of them is disabled. Another is in......
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government assured the Supreme Court that it will go ahead with its plan to build the Dadhocha Dam, at the site allegedly being included in a housing scheme by private......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police on Monday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that the lawyer and his cousins who went missing on June 20 had been ‘kidnapped for ransom’ and they had registered a......
ISLAMABAD: Sohail Qadir, 40, had been using injections for years to relieve himself of Hepatitis C. Since his Interferon injection treatment has become ineffective, his doctor has advised him to......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Monday said that the nexus between drug dealers and financers and perpetrators of terrorism will be broken.He issued the statement, during......
ISLAMABAD: Asadullah, 22, a resident of I-11 slum who used to work in the fruit and vegetable market, on Saturday loaded some steel sheets, cotton mattresses, polythene, wood and a few pieces of......
MIANWALI: Hill torrents on Monday devastated Isakhel tehsil owing to torrential rains on surrounding mountains.The tehsil has been cut off from the Mianwali headquarters and other parts of the......
GUJRANWALA: Four people, including a railway gatekeeper, were killed while two others suffered injuries in a collision between a car and a locomotive near Kamoki on Monday.Four friends -- Ghulam......
GUJRANWALA: A man allegedly committed suicide after killing his married daughter over a domestic issue in Wapda Town here on Monday.Police said Tahir’s daughter ‘J’ who was married to Munawar a year......
BAHAWALPUR: A bakery and a beverages factory were sealed, while various other food outlets were slapped fines by local administration under Punjab Food Authority Act, 2011 here on Monday.Leading a......
LAHORE: A team of the City District Government of Lahore on Monday raided the Shalamar Gardens Parking Stand over a public complaint against overcharging on parking fee, held the contractor and his......
SAHIWAL: Police claim to have arrested 12 members of four gangs involved in robbery, attempted murder and street crime cases.According to District Police Officer Muhammad Baqir Raza, Rs4.7 miilion,......
LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) on Monday approved 12 development schemes worth an estimated Rs59 billion.The schemes were approved in the fourth meeting of the PDWP of the......
FAISALABAD: The body of an infant, who went missing on Sunday, was found in a canal on Monday.One-and-a-half month old son of Munawar, of Peoples’ Colony, went missing from the house when family......
OKARA: Two minor brothers died late on Sunday when the roof of their house fell on them while their grandfather suffered severe injuries in the Lalo Jasray locality in Deepalpur.According to the......
FAISALABAD: Carrying a cage with dozens of birds on his bicycle, Salman, a Class VI student, starts completing his holiday homework when there is no customer around.A student of a private school at......
LAHORE: On July 30, Kot Lakhpat police picked up Rasheed, 50, of Javed Colony. After three days, when police released him saying that he was captured mistakenly, Rasheed, a roadside vendor, had a......
LAHORE: The brother of a PML-N MNA and his five guards allegedly shot at and injured two women and as many children, including a two-month-old girl, in Batapur on Monday.Manawan DSP Qaiser Butt told......
LAHORE: The Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) has cancelled legal practice licences of seven lawyers and also got criminal cases registered against them for getting enrolled as professionals on the basis of......
LAHORE: A team of the City District Government of Lahore’s (CDGL) livestock department seized 13 calves slaughtered illegally and another two alive after it raided a house in Chah Meeran, Shalimar......
LAHORE: Traders vowed to observe country-wide wheel-jam strike on Wednesday (tomorrow) against the imposition of withholding tax on all banking transactions and instruments above Rs50,000 per......
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the authorities engaged in an anti-encroachment operation in Sector I-11 of Islamabad to act in a responsible manner, paying......
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) continued sealing food outlets, eateries and production units besides imposing fines on them on Monday.According to a PFA spokesperson, a team, headed by......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench has allowed a 19-year-old appeal of Sharif family against ‘incorrect’ assessment of income tax by the Income Tax Department and subsequent decisions of IT......
LAHORE: Appointment of vice chancellors of 10 Punjab universities further delayed as a summary containing names of the ‘final candidates’ for the slots sent to Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had some......
LAHORE: The government has suspended Punjab Director General Nursing Rukhsana Kamal for irregularities in admissions of nurses.An official said that action was taken against Mrs Rukhsana for......
LAHORE: Razia Waseem, a faculty member of the Department of English Literature at Lahore University of Management Sciences (Lums), passed away on Monday after a brief illness.She was the wife of Dr......
KARACHI: The chairman of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK), Prof Anwar Ahmed Zai, on Monday set up a scrutiny committee to look into students’ issues with the results of this year’s......
KARACHI: As the provincial government finds it hard to seal unregistered madressahs in Sindh, the federal government is playing its part as well in delaying the issue of madressah reforms by not......
KARACHI: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested three alleged extortionists, who targeted doctors and pharmaceutical companies, and are believed to have links with a South Africa-based......
KARACHI: Condemned prisoner Shafqat Hussain is set to be sent to the gallows in the early hours of Tuesday at the Karachi central prison.He was condemned to death by an antiterrorism court in......
ExhibitionsAn exhibition of new works by Masood A. Khan opens at Canvas gallery at 5pm. The exhibition will remain open till Aug 13, daily from 11am to 8pm (excluding Sunday).An exhibition of......
KARACHI: In a daylong operation against illegal structures on the Gujjar nullah, a Karachi Metropolitan Corporation team on Monday removed a cattle pen, a house and other encroachment despite facing......
KARACHI: The moment of truth about the confusion over the conclusion of summer vacations arrived on Monday morning when those schools which were adamant on reopening on Aug 3 kept their gates......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Monday granted interim pre-arrest bail to Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader and former Sindh minister Rauf Siddiqui in six cases registered against him for listening......
KARACHI: Mohajir Qaumi Movement chairman Afaq Ahmed on Monday condemned the Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief’s latest speech and said the whole community should not be punished for the crimes of Altaf......
KARACHI: A constitutional petition was filed on Monday in the Sindh High Court against the withholding tax on bank transactions.The petitioner impleaded the federal finance ministry, chairman of the......
KARACHI: The water being supplied to the Malir town is heavily contaminated with faecal material and is unfit for human consumption, says a research study conducted at Karachi University’s Institute......
KARACHI: A young man was shot dead in Soldier Bazaar on Monday evening, according to police.They said that Arslan Mujeeb, 28, sustained critical wounds when unknown gunmen targeted him in Soldier......
SUKKUR: A kidnap victim, Hakim Abro, walked to freedom after what the Ghotki police claimed to be an encounter with his kidnappers in the Damdama Shah Wali area near Ubauro town.Speaking to the media......
LARKANA: After a long delay, the Sindh culture department has awarded the contract for resuming the dry core drilling at Moenjodaro, a mandatory requirement of Unesco, to determine the actual areas......
HYDERABAD: A woman was found shot dead in her house near Alamdar Chowk, Qasimabad, on Monday, officials at the Bhitai Nagar police station said.DSP Abdullah Lakhair told the media that Hameeda......
BEIRUT: A Syrian army aircraft crashed during a bombing run over rebel-held Ariha on Monday, killing at least 31 people and destroying a vegetable market, a monitoring group and residents said.The......
RYBNIK: In the past few years the Polish city of Rybnik has acquired a new shopping mall and its tenement blocks have been spruced up with European money, yet residents are no longer prepared to give......
KUALA LUMPUR: Beijing faces pressure over its island-building in the South China Sea during high-level Asian security meetings this week that will include the top US and Chinese diplomats.China is......
LAST week, academics from around the world descended on Lombok, the Indonesian island known for palm-fringed and coral-ringed beaches and world-class surf, for the International Geographical Union......
MOSCOW: From cheery peasant girls in Tsarist times to Soviet-era cosmonauts to today’s Pussy Riots, the changing face of Russia’s matryoshka nesting dolls reflects the country’s tumultuous......
WASHINGTON: HitchBOT — an adorable hitch-hiking robot cobbled together from household odds-and-ends — prematurely ended its summer travels across America on Saturday after being destroyed by......
MADRID: A 27-year-old Moroccan man suffocated to death while trying to illegally enter Spain hidden inside a suitcase in the trunk of a car, police said on Monday.The man’s older brother appears to......
NEW DELHI: India’s parliament on Monday suspended 25 opposition lawmakers following days of uproar and disruptions that have so far thwarted the government’s hopes of passing major economic reforms......
VALLAURIS: Workers were busily returning a beach in southern France to its previous condition on Monday after the premature departure of Saudi King Salman, whose commandeering of the coastline had......
UNITED NATIONS: Some 140,000 children, mostly belonging to displaced Rohingya-Muslim families, have been affected by heavy rains and floods that have devastated Myanmar since a cyclone made landfall......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced a peace accord with a faction of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), an armed rebel group in northeast India, ending the......
DOHA: Washington has agreed to speed up arms sales to Gulf states, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Monday after talks in Doha on their concerns over the Iran nuclear deal.His Qatari......
GAZA: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Qatar on Monday and invited him to visit Moscow, a Hamas official said, extending a diplomatic welcome to the......
DUBAI: Iran’s Press Supervisory Board has suspended a hardline newspaper and cautioned two other outlets for criticising last month’s nuclear deal with world powers — a rare move for a body more used......
DOHUK: The president of Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan, Massud Barzani, promised on Monday to avenge the Yazidi minority brutally attacked by the self-styled Islamic State a year ago.“We will......
SANAA: The leader of Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels said a political settlement with the exiled government was still possible after what he called the “short-term” setback of their ouster from second......
PARIS: Glaciers worldwide have shrunk to levels not seen in 120 years of record-keeping, with melt-off accelerating in the first decade of the 21st century, according to a study released on Monday.On......
LAHORE: Pakistan defeated Kuwait 3-2 at the Asian Volleyball Championship being held in Tehran.According to the information released by the Pakistan Volleyball Federation here on Monday, Pakistan......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s cricket chief on Monday defended the decision to host South Africa’s Test series in the monsoon months of July and August, saying no other dates were available.The two-Test series......
DHAKA: The rain-marred, two-Test series between Bangladesh and South Africa ended in a predictable draw on Monday after the final day’s play of the second match was called off without a ball being......
LONDON: Australia wicket-keeper Peter Nevill has insisted the tourists remain united despite the ‘complex situation’ which saw him included in the side for their third Ashes Test defeat by......
LONDON: England batsman Ian Bell expects Australia to come back ‘hard if not harder’ in the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge after an embarrassing loss at Edgbaston.Bell, returning to form, made two......
ISLAMABAD: Former Test captain Javed Miandad, strongly criticising the statement made by BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur on the resumption of Pakistan-India contests, says this immature attitude is......
SYDNEY: An inquest into the apparent suicide of renowned cricket writer Peter Roebuck in South Africa four years ago is set to be reopened, his former employer reported on Monday.English-born......
KUALA LUMPUR: Some of the readings from athletes’ blood tests leaked by a whistleblower for a report exposing suspected doping were so extreme they were “downright dangerous”, one of the experts......
SYDNEY: Relatives of Australian cricket legend Donald Bradman have revealed simmering tensions with a foundation that bears his name, disagreeing with the expansion of a museum celebrating his......
MUNICH: Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema will miss two pre-season matches with Real Madrid after picking up injuries during training.Real said Ronaldo hurt his back during training on Monday,......
KUALA LUMPUR: Under pressure FIFA President Sepp Blatter was relieved of his International Olympic Committee ex officio membership on Monday, seven months before he will be replaced as the head of......
LOS ANGELES: Thousands of athletes said goodbye to Los Angeles on Sunday in an emotional closing ceremony for the Special Olympics marked by cheers, tears and pride.After more than a week of games,......
KARACHI: Almost all prominent players of the country are expected to feature when the Rs 6.0 million UMA 20th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Open Golf Championship takes place at the Karachi Golf......
KARACHI: Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Siddiqui on Monday held out firm assurance to Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Federation (PBSF) pertaining to providing foolproof security to foreign teams during......
LAHORE: The FIFA-AFC delegation which came to Pakistan on a fact-finding mission following a dispute between two warring groups of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) declared null and void the......
LAHORE: Twenty-two probables were shortlisted for the second phase of the training camp to prepare Pakistan baseball team for participation in the Asian Championship to be held in Chinese......
ISLAMABAD: Following their spectacular performance at the Special Olympics World Games, the Pakistan contingent — which secured 33 medals in Los Angeles — will land in Karachi on Wednesday.According......
LOS ANGELES: An Albanian athlete who disappeared from the Special Olympics in Los Angeles turned up safe on Monday, 350 miles (563 kilometres) away in a San Francisco Bay Area city.Andi Gusmari, 44,......
LAHORE: Well-backed horses made a clean sweep to oblige their backers when a card of seven events was decided during the day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday evening.The......
KAZAN: The women are getting it done at the world swimming championships.Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden lowered her own world record in the 100m butterfly to win gold on Monday night, and then Katinka......
ATHENS: Greece’s stock exchange took a historic beating on Monday as trading resumed after a five-week shutdown forced by capital controls, with the main index registering its greatest-ever drop of......
MOSCOW: Sanctions linked to the Ukraine crisis could end up costing Russia 9 per cent of its gross domestic product, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday.Russia’s economy is showing......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will join talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Dubai on Tuesday to resolve policy level issues for disbursement of over $500 million worth of next......
KARACHI: The federal government has sought automobile companies’ data on exports, employment and taxes and duties paid by the sector during the last seven years.The Engineering Development Board......
KARACHI: The 12-year low inflation has pushed the real interest rate up which could bring long-term economic stability with the equity market a major beneficiary in the short-term, said bankers and......
ISLAMABAD: The main inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI), stood at 1.8 per cent in July year-on-year compared to 3.2pc in June 2015 and 7.9pc in July 2014.According to data compiled by......
ISLAMABAD: As a review of the GSP Plus scheme by the European Union is scheduled for next month, the commerce ministry has taken a major step to project the initiatives taken to improve the human......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), with the approval of its policy board, has notified the “2015 Bancassurance Regulations.”The regulations have been implemented by......
LAHORE: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Ijaz A Mumtaz has urged the government to conduct market-based research to find out new destinations for Pakistani products.Talking to......
KARACHI: Stocks traded range-bound on Monday where the KSE-100 index closed up by 83.04 points at 35,824.56.The index drifted in and out of the red for most of the trading time, to make intraday high......
Qatar, Emirates launch new flightsMULTAN: Qatar Airways has launched new flights to Multan, Faisalabad and Sialkot.“The flights for Multan were commenced from August 2, for Silakot on July 16 and......
SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell in Asia on Monday on persistent concerns about the global supply glut, after the Opec cartel indicated that it will not budge from its current lofty output levels, analysts......
LONDON: Gold edged lower on Monday, after falling by the most in two years in July, as the dollar steadied and investors monitored US economic indicators for clues on the timing of a hike in US......
KARACHI: Cotton prices moved further downwards on Monday on reports that phutti (seed cotton) reaching ginneries is having higher moisture content, thereby adversely affecting cotton quality.Floor......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures hit an eleven-month low on Monday, as other vegetable oils traded lower and expectations of weak demand and higher output in the coming weeks weighed on......
SHANGHAI: Two Chinese smartphone makers pushed US technology giant Apple into third place in the world’s biggest market in the second quarter, an independent analyst firm said on Monday.Upstart......
HELSINKI: Finland’s centre-right government announced on Monday plans to cut the cost of labour by 5 per cent to boost competitiveness and revive Finland’s slumping economy.“The goal is to improve......
SYDNEY: Headwinds for the world’s second-biggest economy intensified at the start of the third quarter, with manufacturing conditions in China deteriorating to their worst in two years in July and......
LONDON: A trader who worked for UBS and Citigroup was jailed on Monday for 14 years by a London court after becoming the first person to be found guilty by a jury of rigging the benchmark Libor......
ISLAMABAD: The groundbreaking ceremony of Tapi gas pipeline project will be held in December this year, and the president of Turkmenistan has officially invited Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to attend......
KARACHI: The under-19 team of the Debating Society of Pakistan, currently competing in the World Schools Debating Championships-2015 being held in Singapore, has reached the event’s semi-finals......
QUETTA: Three government departments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for implementation of the gender equality programme.The MoU signed by the departments of women development, social......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has criticised Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain for using ‘negative remarks’ against state institutions in his recent......
SUKKUR: The first Haj flight from Begum Nusrat Bhutto Airport Sukkur would leave for Jeddah on Aug 29.A meeting, presided over by Deputy Commissioner Sukkur Shahzad Fazal Abbasi on Monday, finalised......
GWADAR: Three personnel of the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) were killed and seven others injured in a road accident at Turbat-Panjgur National Highway on Monday.Official sources said an FWO......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani asked the government on Monday to brief the house on the suspended dialogue between the Afghan government and Taliban as well as the death of Mullah Omar.Mr......
KHUZDAR: An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Khuzdar and Naal areas on Monday.Panicked residents ran out of their homes and other buildings when the quake struck Khuzdar town and......
QUETTA: At least 11 suspected militants belonging to banned organisations were arrested in Turbat and Mach area of Bolan district on Monday.A spokesman for the Frontier Corps said that FC personnel......
THE district of Khairpur is one area where Sindh’s fabled heat is celebrated. As temperatures climb in the searing summer months of June and July, thankful farmers pray for more sun to ripen their......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama unveiled a major climate change plan on Monday aimed at a large reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from America’s coal-burning power plants.“This is the......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf moved on Monday resolutions in Punjab and Sindh assemblies seeking “strong action” against MQM chief Altaf Hussain for making allegedly insulting remarks against......
ISLAMABAD: World Bank Managing Director Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said that confidence of the public and private sector in Pakistan has been restored, and the bank considers Pakistan a reliable......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has rejected rumours about an in-house conspiracy in the army and said there is no room for success of such a plot within the disciplined and......
KARACHI: Death-row prisoner Shafqat Hussain was hanged to death at the Karachi Central Prison in the wee hours of Tuesday, after his hanging was postponed on four previous occasions this year,......
