HARIPUR: According to unofficial results compiled from all polling stations, Pakistan Muslim League – N's Babar Nawaz won the race for the National Assembly seat from Haripur's NA-19 constituency,......
QUETTA: Armed militants killed three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel in Balochistan's Chaghi district adjacent to the Afghan border Sunday afternoon. Two assailants were also killed when security......
BEIRUT: Syrian government warplanes attacked a busy market in a rebel-held suburb of the capital Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 82 people and wounding more than 200 in one of the deadliest......
NEW DELHI: India summoned Pakistan's envoy in New Delhi Sunday to protest against the weekend killing of at least half a dozen civilians in border firings, hiking tensions ahead of talks between the......
JAKARTA: An aircraft with 54 people on board crashed in Indonesia's remote and mountainous region of Papua on Sunday, a government official said, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the......
ISLAMABAD: Security forces on Sunday carried out aerial strikes in Shawal Valley that killed 40 terrorists, said a statement by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) – the army's media wing.The......
Deceased Punjab home minister Colonel (retd) Shuja Khanzada, son of Yousaf Khanzada, hailed from Shadi Khan Village in Hazro near Attock.Khanzada was born into a Pakhtun family belonging to the......
Director Nadeem Baig’s Jawaani Phir Nahi Aani’s first look got Hamza Ali Abbasi in hot waters but the second trailer is cleverly done to save the actor from further troubles. The trailer might save......
ATTOCK: Punjab home minister Colonel (retd) Shuja Khanzada was killed in a suicide attack on his political office in Shadi Khan village, Attock, Sunday, along with 16 others.Punjab Police Inspector......
KARACHI: Three 'terrorists' suspected of affiliation with the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) were killed, while one other was injured in an exchange of fire with Rangers personnel during an operation......
Farhah Humayun of pop band Overload has been around as a drummer for two decades. His talent and skills have earned him a great reputation not just among Pakistani musicians but all over the......
The film on the life and work of the legendary Urdu writer Sadat Hasan Manto, directed by Sarmad Khoosat, is being eagerly awaited. On Aug 6, the first look of the film was shown at Karachi’s Nueplex......
Recall the time when Indian authorities detained Rahat Fateh Ali Khan at Delhi Airport for carrying an amount of money which was more than allowed to travel with. And here in Lahore, last week,......
It’s that time of year when Pakistani music fans feel important. This means, for many years, the music scene in Pakistan hasn’t been much to write home about, except Coke Studio.As always, it is......
It may be hard to believe but Shafqat Amanat Ali says he isn’t media savvy at all! Anyway, after what seems like a long time, he speaks to Images on Sunday about his new album, a video with......
The Fantastic Four is to superhero films what Fifty Shades of Grey is to literature; what the Hindenburg was to dirigibles; what garlic breath is to aphrodisiacs; what Rana Sanaullah is to sensible......
“Being in a rock band is like being in a marriage,” said Salman Ahmed when I met him in the main dressing room where he and his other long-time band members from the Vital Signs Shahzad ‘Shahi’ Hasan......
Anwar Maqsood has termed it as a work along the lines of David Lean and Roman Polanski; Director Jami called it a story about Pakistan and Strings was hopeful that the music will reach out to the......
A dash of that wonderful substance commonly known as ‘Vinegar’ can lift even the most mundane of dishes from plain ‘ordinary’ to absolutely ‘magical’ in just a matter of moments: it is, however, of......
Dear Khalajee: I’m 21 years old and good at nothing. It seems like I’m incompetent in everything I do. I have a sister who is two years older than me and naturally I get compared to her all the time.......
Termites — or ‘white ants’ as they are often called — appear to be causing a startling number of gardening headaches of late as, judging from a recent deluge of mail detailing their destructive......
The works of exceptional contemporary artist Grayson Perry are exhibited for the first time at Pera Museum in Istanbul. The show was organised in collaboration with the British Council, the......
Jacques-Louis David painted ‘Le Sacre de Napoléon’ (The Coronation of Napoleon) 1805-07 (exhibited in 1808), oil on canvas, size 20 feet 4 inches × 32 feet 1 inch, which was commissioned by Napoleon......
Countering prevailing turbulence with tranquility Masood A. Khan paints images of simple rural retreats exuding an atmosphere of peace and harmony. In an increasingly aggressive and materialistic......
Interior and exterior living spaces are part of human experiences that have a profound effect on individuals and society. Indeed, architecture and interior design are serious fields of study, and a......
“Naan cholay [bread and chickpeas] eaters cannot achieve the desired results and no one should have expected victory in the Hockey World League semi-finals,” lashed out Mohammad Imran, Pakistan’s......
Just when you were wondering if they would ever surface, the Lux Style Awards (LSAs) nominations for 2014 were announced, bringing with them the usual spate of wounded egos, controversy and......
Antiquities of the past fascinate people because they depict culture and the development of human civilisation. In this regard, holy relics are especially venerated as a legacy of saints. As it is......
Most major operations of the Pakistan Military in the last decade or so have almost entirely concentrated on such groups stationed in the tribal areas near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and also......
The metro page of a newspaper, last month, gleefully exhibited a photograph of “Replica of a cactus plant” installed along GT Road to “beautify” the city … Amazing!Note the words “cactus plant” and......
From time to time rock paintings have been discovered in different regions of Pakistan such as the Musa Khel region of Loralai District in Balochistan, the Buner, Swat and Mansehra Districts of......
There you go boys! One more bites the dust. The wafer-thin, pretty leading lady of Bollywood Asin has decided that her future does not lie on celluloid, but she would be better off as a wife.Yes, it......
THE word imitation when used in the context of arts and literature is taken as a derogatory term and its Urdu translation naqli is also a derogatory term. But in Urdu there is another word taqleed......
IT takes a brave writer to attempt the biography of somebody he has liked and admired for most of his life as it is difficult to view a fallen comrade objectively. But this is what Stuart Schaar has......
By Aneeqa Mazhar Wattoo“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free,” the 18th-century sculptor Michelangelo wrote in a letter to his friend, the Italian poet Benedetto Varchi. In......
“I hope someone invites me to a literary festival there one day, so I can see your beautiful country” — Robert GlancyIf anyone enumerates the most exasperatingly dull things ever produced by......
AFTER my last column on Balochistan was published, a reader requested a follow-up on Sindh and its literary representations, because “Sindh and Sindhis too are suffering in Pakistan”. In her recent......
IN his debut novel Karachi Raj, erstwhile critic Anis Shivani depicts a year’s worth of Karachi life as viewed from the differing perspectives of an American anthropologist and a couple of......
ISLAMABAD: The three stock exchanges of the country have been directed to complete the divestment process by Aug 25, 2015, but none of them have reported any significant progress in this regard, said......
WASHINGTON: Every day, thousands of people stream in and out of the World Bank’s fortress-like headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington, working on projects meant to fight poverty......
KARACHI: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has given final notice for termination of gas sales agreement (GSA) and discontinuation of supply to Pakistan Steel over non-payment of dues worth......
BEIJING: China’s gold reserves rose by more than 19 tonnes in July, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, after the central bank last month gave the statistic for the first time in six......
WASHINGTON: Mutual fund investors are deserting the United States and sending their money to the rest of the world.They pulled $78.8 billion from mutual funds and exchanged-traded funds that buy US......
KARACHI: Tax experts have criticised the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for not giving legal cover to a scheme under which non-filers are being asked to file income tax returns without paying......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has released new income tax return forms for all taxpayers.FBR spokesperson Shahid Husain Asad in a statement issued on Saturday said the new return......
RIYADH: The crude outlook — approaching its lowest level since 2009 when the financial crisis was blooming — is getting dreadful.A huge rise in US stockpiles last week intensified crude worries —......
LONDON: Oil and base metals prices, already hit by oversupply and sagging demand, suffered a fresh blow this week as China shocked markets by devaluing its currency.But gold and other precious metals......
WASHINGTON: The IMF warned on Friday that China, the world’s second-largest economy, could face a “disorderly correction” followed by slower growth if its reform programme slows.Presenting its annual......
KARACHI: Cotton prices moved higher on Saturday amid slow phutti (seed cotton) arrivals from Sindh, where a pause before next picking has resulted in short supply of lint.Floor brokers said that......
ISTANBUL: Pakistan mercantile Exchange (PMEX) and Borsa Istanbul have signed a memorandum of undertaking (MoU) to develop and improve capital markets in both the countries, said a press release on......
BERLIN: German MPs will be recalled from holiday on Wednesday to vote on the proposed bailout for the Greek economy, Bundestag speaker Norbert Lammert said on Saturday.Eurozone finance ministers on......
MANSEHRA: Eight people, three members of a family among them, were killed and five others sustained critical injuries when a passenger van plunged into deep ravine in Allai area of Battagram on......
PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court here on Saturday dismissed bail petition of a suspected terrorist arrested in connection with a suicide bombing that had killed the then senior minister Bashir Ahmad......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Healthcare Commission is drafting rules and regulations and setting standards for award of licences to health units before it begins formal operations in the......
MANSEHRA: The district administration has extended ban on boating in the Saiful Muluk Lake for another three months.According to a notification issued by the deputy commissioner, Mansehra, Aamir......
PESHAWAR: A multi-party conference on Saturday asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to fulfil the commitment he had made during the All Parties Conference (APC) on May 28 on China-Pakistan Economic......
PESHAWAR: The rowdy celebrations of the 69th Independence Day in the provincial capital have given an impression that inhabitants of the city have no taste for celebrating national days.It seems that......
MANSEHRA: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammad Yousuf has said that quality services would be provided to the Haj pilgrims during their stay in Makkah and Madina.“Though prices of......
SWABI: Both the multinational and national companies either refuse to purchase the Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco directly from growers or offer very low price, causing financial losses to......
MINGORA: Political activists, the people’s elected representatives, civil society members and youths in Swat on Saturday agreed to jointly raise voice for around 5,000 students, who were denied......
KHAR: The Bajaur Agency political administration on Saturday vowed to take every measure for promoting literary and cultural activities in the region to create positive thinking among the youth.This......
CHITRAL: The communication and works department has reopened roads to some major valleys in upper and lower Chitral and restored suspension bridges in many villages in the district for vehicular......
TIMERGARA: Hundreds of residents of various villages in Khall area on Saturday came on the roads against prolonged power loadshedding.People from Toor Mang, Shal Palum, Nam Sair, Khall Bar Kaly,......
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party provincial general secretary Sardar Hussain Babak has alleged that the National Accountability Bureau and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission have started one-sided......
PESHAWAR: Around 250 government schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have long been functioning with less than 10 students each due to their establishment at inappropriate places, say officials of the......
ISLAMABAD: Perhaps for the first time in six years, the revenue department of Rawalpindi has agreed that private housing societies have encroached upon 600 acres of the forest department’s land in......
RAWALPINDI: A 50-year-old man and his seven-year-old son died after their mud house collapsed during the heavy rain early on Saturday morning.Two female members of the family also received injuries......
RAWALPINDI: An anti terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday sentenced six persons to death in a 2011 district courts firing case in which three under trial prisoners and a passer-by were killed.The ATC......
ISLAMABAD: Operations at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) have been disrupted by continuous strikes by employees demanding the separation of the hospital from Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto......
Romanian Ambassador Emilian Ion hosted a pleasant dinner reception at his residence to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day and to bid farewell to his deputy head of mission Dragos Luca and his wife......
MURREE: A large number of traders, hoteliers and hotel employees on Saturday blocked traffic at Jhika Gali in protest against the traffic police for creating problems for them.However, on the......
Life for diplomats this month has been a series of welcome and farewell receptions and national day celebrations. “Always saying goodbye is a down side of foreign service. Whenever one begins to......
TAXILA: A man died of heart attack after shooting his cousin to death in village Totnian in Taxila police area on Saturday.SI Raja Iftikhar, told newsmen that Mohammad Shafeeq, who has recently......
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology (RIC) will start paediatric cardiac surgery by the end of this year.This was stated by retired Major General Azhar Kayani, the chief executive......
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi police on Saturday claimed to have arrested the killers of Additional District and Sessions Judge Tahir Khan Niazi but failed to give details about the motive behind the......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have arrested 10 outlaws and recovered liquor, narcotics, weapons, and stolen property from them, police said here on Saturday.The Koral police arrested a drug peddler......
ISLAMABAD: A man was killed apparently for honour and his friend was injured in the capital’s rural area on Saturday, police said.According to details, Mohammad Yasir Younis, 28, along with his......
To the south of Chakwal lies its oldest village Bhoun. Stretching on both sides of Chakwal-Sargodha Road, the village still holds its cultural touch where Jalsa (bulls’ contest), Chhat (a traditional......
LAHORE: The combined entrance test for admission to engineering institutions of Punjab for BSc Engineering and BS Technology will begin at 10am on Sunday (today) at 13 centres across the......
LAHORE: Some 360 pilgrims will be on board the first Haj flight leaving Lahore’s Allama Iqbal Airport at 5pm on Sunday. Under the government scheme, a total of 17,000 people would proceed on the......
MUZAFFARGARH: Four sanitary workers died after inhaling toxic fumes while as many others fell unconscious while working inside a sewerage pipeline here on Saturday.The incident took place near a......
LAHORE: Punjab Boxing Association President Yousuf Butt, alias, Moda Butt, was shot dead allegedly by his brother and five nephews over a property dispute in the jurisdiction of Naulakha police late......
KASUR: Despite establishment of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the Hussain Khanwala scandal and removal of four police officers, the affected people have threatened that they will go for......
LAHORE: The Punjab Prosecution Department has sought an anti-terrorism court’s permission to cross-examine the complainant of Zain murder case in the presence of media persons along with record of......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Ejaz Chaudhry has condemned PML-N senator Mushahidullah’s statement and demanded that he resign from Senate’s seat as he had tendered resignation from the......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) has expressed its reservations on the amendments to the Drugs Act 1976, stating that it shocked the manufacturers when they came......
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Saturday sealed 10 food outlets and eateries and imposed heavy fine on others for poor cleanliness, health and hygiene arrangements.A Gulberg Town team......
LAHORE: Senior academics of the Government College University, Lahore, have approached Governor Rafique Rajwana, also the chancellor of the institution, for immediate appointment of vice......
LAHORE: Governor Rafique Rajwana says Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has taken unprecedented steps to steer the country out of crises by introducing reforms and viable policies.Addressing the 6th......
LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party Workers (PPP-W) has launched a membership campaign and announced that it will participate in the upcoming local body polls in Punjab and Sindh.At a press......
LAHORE: Two traders were shot dead in different areas of the city over robbery resistance on Saturday.Kashif Parvaiz, 28, a trader in the vegetable market, was going on a motorcycle when two armed......
LAHORE: Punjab organiser of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chaudhry Sarwar has criticised the PML-N for, what he says, hatching conspiracies to defame the Pakistan Army, which is fighting at many......
MULTAN: Three robbers were killed in an alleged encounter with police on Nawabpur Road on Saturday.Reports said that a Qutabpur police team raided the hideout of bandits involved in a robbery at a......
LAHORE: The three-day Harappa International Conference started at a hotel here on Saturday.The conference is being hosted by Sahiwal Campus of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT).Prof......
MUZAFFARGARH: The district police officer has ordered arrest of the station house officer (SHO), a sub-inspector and other policemen of Shehr Sultan police station on Saturday for showing negligence,......
LAHORE: PPP Punjab (central) President Manzoor Wattoo has asked the Punjab government not to raze the Mominpura graveyard for the Metro Train project.“The government will not be allowed to demolish......
LAHORE: River Indus was in high flood at Guddu, Sukkur and Kotri and river Kabul in low flood at Nowshera on Saturday.The level in river Sutlej at Ganda Singhwala was 18.9ft (55,000 cusecs) and was......
SIALKOT: The Kashmiris living in Sialkot observed the National Day of India as a black day.Wearing black armbands, they held several meetings.Dr Zahid Ghani Dar, convener of the Jammu and Kashmir......
GUJRAT: Police welfare cells will be established in all the six districts of Gujranwala range as welfare of the cops has been a most neglected part of the serving policemen.This was revealed by......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Two women were killed and a man sustained injuries when the wall and a roof of two houses collapsed due to heavy rain on Saturday.Police said Allah Rakhi, wife of farmer Muhammad......
GUJRAT: A city beautification committee has transformed a garbage dumping site into a greenbelt near the Sain Raje railway level-crossing on a self-help basis.Also the city’s main entrance and exit......
SAHIWAL: Christians of 135/9-L, 190/9-L and 134/9-L villages demand that their cemetery in village 135/9-L, which remained intact from 1955 to 1982 on seven kanals and eight marlas, be......
And the infinitely beautiful Mumtaz Mahal, with all her trappings of royalty, said to Shah Jahan: “Can you bring down the stars from the sky for me?” And Shah Jahan, whose love for his wife knew no......
Salman and Najma have a two-year-old girl and now the couple hopes for a boy. They are following advices by a fertility consultant to influence the gender of their unborn baby through “natural......
KARACHI: The provincial government has planned to step up security in and around major shrines in Sindh by setting up control rooms and hospitals on the shrines’ premises, officials said on......
KARACHI: A woman and her three-year-old daughter were stabbed to death in their home in the Bhittaiabad area of Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Saturday, police said.They added that they received the......
KARACHI: Tariq Masood Arain, a member of the provincial assembly from Nawabshah, was sworn in as a minister at Governor House on Saturday evening. Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad administrated the......
KARACHI: A petition was filed on Saturday in the Supreme Court seeking court’s order to the respondent authorities for accepting the resignations of the lawmakers belonging to the Pakistan......
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Saturday claimed to have detained five alleged militants in the city.The paramilitary force conducted targeted raids in the Defence Housing Authority, Gizri and......
KARACHI: For Sana Sheikh, the scene is all too familiar; a furtive figure approaches the car at a traffic light, the advance timed perfectly between the switch from red to green. He leans in and taps......
KARACHI: The 89th passing out parade of police was held on Saturday at the Police Training College Saeedabad in which a total of 658 police officers, including personnel from the Islamabad police and......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court reserved on Saturday its order on an application of Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Amir Khan seeking permission for going for Haj.The Pakistan Rangers had taken into......
KARACHI: Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed, whose party membership has been recently suspended, has expressed the hope that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan will expel the ‘mafia’ comprising......
KARACHI: Religious and nationalist parties on Saturday joined the Qaumi Awami Tehreek’s sit-in, which entered its second consecutive day, near the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi and vowed to support......
NAWABSHAH: A man, his son and their three close relatives drowned while bathing in the Indus, which is currently in high flood, at the newly-built Amarji bridge near Qazi Ahmed town on Friday......
THATTA: Mounting pressure of floodwater in the Indus River caused wide breaches in the dykes of the Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD) at four places within the limits of Thatta district on Saturday......
HYDERABAD: A meeting of over 60 trade organisations held in the office of the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) on Saturday demanded registration of an FIR against the SHO of the......
A YEAR on from the Imran Khan- and Tahirul Qadri-led attempt to oust the PML-N government, the repercussions are continuing. The first anniversary of the beginning of the four-month-long sit-in in......
IN an informal chat with the media on Friday, the governor of the State Bank Pakistan floated an interesting proposal. He mentioned that Pakistan and China “should trade in their local currencies” to......
AFTER many years Pakistanis, especially in Karachi, celebrated Independence Day with unusual vigour. It was heartening to see the outpouring of the festive spirit on this day that had been losing its......
THE brief visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif may bring hopes for the revival of the closer and brotherly relations that existed until a couple of decades ago.Mr Zarif spoke at length about......
THE PML-N government is obsessed with mega projects regardless of whether or not those are required. However, it has totally ignored the completion of the new Islamabad airport, although the......
AUGUST 14 reminds us of how the father of the nation dreamt of a country where people were united under one flag. Unfortunately, today the situation is contrary to what the Quaid had envisioned.I......
IT was after a long time that independence day was celebrated throughout the country with such fervour and enthusiasm. The smiles on the people’s faces said it all.Who would have thought our fortune......
A CAREFUL study of Jinnah’s speeches makes him, in my viewpoint, a visionary statesman more than a politician.His words, pace and pitch were according to the emotions of the audience and the......
OVERALL conditions as regards water availability, disposal of sewerage and sanitation and the regular cutting of wild grass, herbs and shrubs in the federal capital, Islamabad, have worsened.Once a......
I AM surprised and disappointed that Dawn’s Aug 14 edition had editorials on subjects other than the Independence Day. I really wonder whether resignations of MQM members could qualify as a topic for......
IT was thoughtful of the authorities concerned to have allowed movement of vehicles in both directions at Lyari expressway in Ramazan. It helped the people reach home quickly and avoid traffic......
THERE are several variations to it. Forgive and forget. That’s usually impossible. Forgive, but never forget. That takes assuredness.And then there’s the PML-N: don’t forgive, but pretend to forget.......
IN Kasur district, Punjab, a gang of men sexually assaulted several children — it is still not certain how many — over several years, filmed them being abused and sold the videos to other......
INFLUENTIAL leaders continue shaping national fate posthumously through concrete legacies. Viewed so, unfortunately Gen Ziaul Haq arguably emerges as Pakistan’s most influential leader ever, whose......
PAKISTAN’S diplomatic initiatives with Afghanistan and India have both collapsed.Afghanistan’s President Ghani and Pakistan’s prime minister and army chief were sincere in desiring normalisation. The......
NABLUS: A Palestinian teen was shot dead by Israeli forces after stabbing a border policeman in the northern West Bank on Saturday, the army and Palestinian medics said.The military said that “an......
BEIRUT: Lebanon arrested on Saturday a fugitive cleric wanted over deadly clashes with the army as he tried to flee the country, security sources said.“Lebanese authorities arrested Ahmad al-Assir......
ISTANBUL: Three more Turkish soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack by members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey, the army said, as authorities carried out new raids to......
VIENNA: Iran on Saturday gave the UN nuclear agency documents linked to the agency’s probe of allegations that Tehran tried to develop atomic arms, along with a confidential explanation that is......
BUJUMBURA: The former head of Burundi’s army during its 13-year civil war was assassinated on Saturday, further fuelling fears of a new civil war in the restive east central African country.Colonel......
DHAKA: Bangladesh troops fired at suspected insurgents in the country’s restive Chittagong Hill Tracts in the southeast, leaving at least five people dead on Saturday, police said.Police said the......
WASHINGTON: Kayla Mueller, the US aid worker killed this year while being held hostage by the self-styled Islamic State, was raped repeatedly by the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, while in......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned on Saturday that corruption was eating away at India “like a termite” as he used an independence day speech to pledge his commitment to eradicating......
LONDON: The Scottish arm of the opposition Labour Party announced on Saturday that members had elected Kezia Dugdale as their new leader to replace Jim Murphy, who resigned following the party’s......
MOSCOW: Russian investigators say a helicopter crashed into the Sea of Okhotsk in the far east, and five of the 16 people on board were missing and presumed dead.The pilot reported by satellite phone......
TIANJIN: Residents around the site of giant chemical explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin were evacuated on Saturday over fears of highly-poisonous sodium cyanide, state media said, as fresh......
BEIJING/SEOUL: China’s foreign ministry on Saturday voiced “strong dissatisfaction” over a visit by a trio of Japanese cabinet ministers to Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni shrine.“Some Japanese......
COLOMBO: The following are profiles of main players in Sri Lanka’s general election on Monday.‘Lord of the rings’Sri Lanka’s former strongman president, Mahinda Rajapakse, who was ousted in January......
THESE are summer vacation days in France and educational institutions are closed until early September. That however is no longer the case with Guillaume Budé high school, situated on rue Jean Quarré......
MONACO: Vincent Enyeama defied Monaco with an excellent display in goal but the home team still took a brief hold on top spot in Ligue 1 after drawing 0-0 with Lille on Friday in a game marred by......
MUNICH: Bayern Munich kicked off their bid for an unprecedented fourth straight Bundesliga title by cruising past hapless Hamburger SV 5-0 on Friday as new signing Douglas Costa shone on his league......
KARACHI: Defending champion Shabbir Iqbal shot a splendid four under par 68 in the second round to grab the lead in the 17th Sindh Open golf championship at Arabian Sea Country Club on......
KARACHI: The three-day ERGC Independence Day Scrabble Tournament featuring 36 players in two categories started here at the Beach Luxury hotel on Friday.In the ‘Masters’ category, reigning national......
KARACHI: Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) champions K-Electric advanced to the playoffs of the AFC Cup following a goalless draw between Bhutan’s Druk United and Khoromkhon of Mongolia in......
TOKYO: The designer of Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics logo has apologised after admitting his team traced the designs used for a Suntory promotion campaign, as he faces plagiarism allegations over the Games......
DURBAN: Hashim Amla guided South Africa to a comfortable six-wicket win in the first Twenty20 International against New Zealand at Kingsmead on Friday.New Zealand squandered a good start, losing......
ZURICH: Former FIFA development officer Julio Rocha, among seven officials arrested in Zurich in May in a corruption scandal that has rocked world football’s governing body, has agreed to be......
LAHORE: Pakistan national champion Ushna Suhail and her Indian partner Rushmi Chakravarthi lost the semi-final of the ITF Women Pro Tennis Championship to Australian duo of Jenny Claffey and Sara......
LAHORE: Trials to select Pakistan archery team for the upcoming international event will be held at the Islamabad Sports Complex on Aug 23.A four-member selection committee headed by Wisal Mohammad......
LAHORE: Pakistan Jiu-Jitsu Federation (PJJF) celebrated the 68th Independence Day of Pakistan by organising the Jiu-Jitsu Azadi Cup at the PSB National Coaching Centre here on Saturday.Published in......
LAHORE: The new Lahore Racing season’s’ first three cup events, in-connection with the independence Day celebrations, will be staged during the 13th Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse here on......
GALLE: Veteran left-arm spinner Rangana Herath grabbed seven wickets as Sri Lanka stunned India by 63 runs in a thrilling first Test in Galle on Saturday.The tourists, set a victory target of 176......
KARACHI: Malaysia overcame Pakistan 3 in a nerve-tingling final by 5-4 to win the men’s team gold as curtains fell on the 10-day third Jubilee Insurance World 6-Reds and Team snooker championship at......
Pakistan’s resounding victory in all the three formats against Sri Lanka on the Islanders’ own turf was an outstanding achievement by all counts. It not only helped Pakistan to emerge as a leading......
LONDON: After being relegation candidates for most of last season, Leicester City could be spending more time at the other end of the Premier League table this time around.A 2-1 win over West Ham......
BILBAO: Athletic Bilbao roared to a stunning 4-0 victory over Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup after striker Aritz Aduriz picked apart the European champions with a second-half hat......
MONTREAL: Kei Nishikori swept aside Rafa Nadal in the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Friday with a swift 6-2, 6-4 victory, while world number one Novak Djokovic saved two match......
KOHLER (Wisconsin): Tiger Woods plunged new depths when he missed the cut in a third successive major for the first time in his career at the storm-delayed PGA Championship on Saturday.The former......
JAKARTA: Chen Long and Carolina Marin enjoyed contrasting semi-final victories on a good day for the top seeds and defending title holders at the world badminton championships on Saturday.China’s......
MONTREAL: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has begun investigating allegations by German broadcaster ARD and The Sunday Times newspaper in Britain that a third of medals in endurance races at......
BRNO: Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo earned the pole position for Sunday’s Czech Republic MotoGP in Brno after setting a new circuit record in Saturday’s qualifying session.The 28-year-old Spaniard......
ISLAMABAD: A former director general of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), retired Lt Gen Hameed Gul, died on Saturday night at a hospital in Murree after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He was 79.The......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has asked the army chief to provide an opportunity to an MQM delegation to meet him in order to remove ‘all misunderstanding’ between his party......
QUETTA: Balochistan Senior Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri met the self-exiled Baloch leader Khan of Kalat Agha Suleman Dawood Ahmedzai in London on Saturday.Nawab Zehri, who is also the chief of......
ISLAMABAD: China has said it has always stood for an ‘Afghan-led and Afghan-owned’ reconciliation process as it believes that peace talk is the realistic way out to solve the Afghanistan......
ISLAMABAD: Six people were killed and five others injured in a road accident near Murree on Saturday night. According to the Polyclinic hospital, four bodies and seven injured were brought to the......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly through a resolution on Saturday asked the federal government to review its decision about withholding tax because it was affecting the business community and other......
LAHORE: About three months after regaining the Punjab law minister’s portfolio, Rana Sanaullah is embroiled in another controversy. And this time around, a senior leader from his own party has......
ISLAMABAD: A tough electoral contest between the PML-N and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is expected as by-poll for the National Assembly seat (NA-19) is set to take place in Haripur on Sunday......
MULTAN: Veteran politician Javed Hashmi said on Saturday he was not aware of the audio tape of ISI’s former chief Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam Abbasi as mentioned by PML-N Senator Mushahidullah Khan in an......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has felicitated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on their Independence Day on Saturday. The Indian leader had on Friday felicitated Mr Sharif on......
NO, Dubai is not a concrete jungle. Yes, there are high-rise buildings that dot the city skyline giving the impression as if that is what the coastal beauty is all about. It is about that, and about......
ROME: At least 40 migrants died in the hold of a boat off Italy on Saturday as the EU struggled to cope with arguably the worst refugee crisis since World War II.“Operation under way... many migrants......
NEW DELHI: The Indian coast guard officer who claimed blowing up an alleged Pakistani boat when the Modi government blamed the crew for setting it on fire will be court-martialled, the Times of India......
ISLAMABAD: Mushahidullah Khan became the first victim of the perceived ongoing civil-military tussle on Saturday when he was asked to quit his cabinet position over his allegations against a former......
MUZAFFARABAD: Indian troops shelled a border village in Azad Jammu and Kashmir from across the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday, leaving two people dead and six others wounded.Causalities occurred......
LAHORE: Giving a verdict in the first-ever case submitted by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), Lahore, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday awarded life imprisonment, with orders for......
ISLAMABAD: As long as the Senate chairman and the speakers of National and Sindh assemblies did not satisfy themselves whether legislators belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement had resigned......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja will don the robe to become the 23rd Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) on Monday.But Justice Khawaja is unlikely to have much of a legacy because he will reach......
RAWALPINDI: Former chief of the Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) General (Retd) Hamid Gul died of a brain hemorrhage in Murree late on Saturday, DawnNews reported.The former ISI chief suffered a......
