KANO: At least 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State, local residents said on Tuesday.Dozens of......
Abdul Rashid Godil was born in Karachi on September 7, 1960, and belongs to the business-savvy Memon community.He started working for social causes in 1985, and actively strived towards resolving......
MUZAFFARABAD/UNITED NATIONS: “Unrelenting and indiscriminate” shelling by Indian troops from across the Line of Control killed an elderly man and wounded six others, including three siblings, in......
QUETTA: An anti-corruption court (ACC) on Monday convicted four accused, including two National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) officers for issuing Computerised National Identity Cards......
ISLAMABAD: Fresh air strikes in North Waziristan on Tuesday killed at least 18 suspected terrorists in Shawal Valley, said the military in a statement.The area is generally off-limits to journalists,......
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) on Monday arrested Shabbir Abu Talib, said to be associated with the Jamiat-i-Ulema Pakistan (JUP), on charges of money laundering and fraud, from......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the progress of investigation and prosecution of cases in courts, particularly those in anti-terrorism courts in......
GENEVA: The number of migrants arriving in crisis-hit Greece is accelerating dramatically, with nearly 21,000 landing on the overstretched Greek islands last week alone, the United Nations said on......
BANGKOK: Thai authorities have launched a manhunt for a suspect seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage near a famous shrine in the capital where a bomb blast killed 22 people, nearly half......
PESHAWAR: The Chinese government has agreed to a proposal by the Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, initiating the collaboration between Pakistan and China in space technology......
Our heritage sites are key to safeguarding a shared national identity and cultural legacy, but they are withering away.Cultural heritage sites in Pakistan tell a poetic tale of the history of this......
KARACHI: In a startling development, ARY Digital Network Founder and Chief Executive Officer Salman Iqbal announced the media group has taken over the BOL media network.According to BOL's website, it......
BERLIN: Bastian Schweinsteiger is “surprised” at the warmth of the welcome from Manchester United fans since the World Cup winner's move from Bayern Munich to Old Trafford.The 30-year-old Germany......
TUNIS: Diego Maradona kissed and hugged the referee who allowed his handball goal in the 1986 World Cup and presented him with a signed Argentina jersey when the two met in Tunisia this week, local......
COLOMBO: On Tuesday, with election results still incomplete, Sri Lanka's prime minister declared victory over the country's former strongman who was seeking a political comeback eight months after......
Travelling domestic is perhaps the worst experience one could have in Pakistan. It beats threading nose hair and trying to find a good tax lawyer.And it’s not just because you have to fly PIA, with......
Pakistan all-rounder Anwar Ali, who once ironed socks for a living as a teenage factory labourer, may have finally found his feet in international cricket after years of unfulfilled promise.Ali......
SRINAGAR: A policeman and a civilian were killed Tuesday when suspected rebels opened fire outside a Muslim shrine in India-held Kashmir, police said.The militants targeted the police officer......
LONDON: Chris Rogers is retiring from international cricket after this week's Ashes finale against England, the Australia opener announced on Tuesday.The 37-year-old joins his captain Michael Clarke......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has included on the top of its agenda the issue of Indian interference in Pakistan, including that country's alleged support for terrorists activities in the upcoming talks with......
GENEVA: Pakistan and Afghanistan must intensify efforts to halt spread of the crippling poliovirus, including better screening of travellers heading abroad, the World Health Organization said on......
BANGKOK: Thailand's prime minister said Tuesday that authorities had seen "some suspects" in security-camera footage of the central Bangkok bombing that killed at least 20 people and injured 140, and......
After creating waves with the newly released trailer of his upcoming film Jawani Phir Nahi Aani, Ahmad Ali Butt has released a song 'Zehar' featuring 'Humsafar' famed Quratulain Baloch and guitarist......
COLOMBO: Whatever happens in his final Test, Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara is assured of a place in history as one of the finest batsmen who graced the game.The left-hander, who turns 38 in October,......
When Humans of New York's (HONY) Brandon Stanton came to Pakistan this summer, we knew we were bound to discover some remarkable stories. To conclude his series, he put the spotlight on a very......
PESHAWAR: The minor son of PPP Central Executive Committee member Syed Akhunzada Chattan, who was abducted a day earlier by unidentified persons, was recovered in Bajaur Agency on Tuesday.The......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Rashid Godil was critically wounded after unidentified armed men opened fire at his vehicle near his residence in Karachi's Bahadurabad area on Tuesday......
OTTAWA: Press "S" for space? A Canadian company wants to build a tower that would allow astronauts to take an elevator part way into orbit.The tower would be 20 times higher than Dubai's Burj......
DHAKA: Bangladesh's elite security force Tuesday arrested three suspected Islamist militants including a British citizen who police said was the "main planner" of the murders of two prominent atheist......
Sorayya Khan turns the phrase ‘the personal is political’, a rallying cry for feminists in the ’60s, on its head because for the Dutch-Pakistani writer it is the political which becomes personal.In......
NEW DELHI: Wife of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee passed away on Tuesday morning, according to a report published on the Times of India website.Suvra Mukherjee was a heart patient and had been ill......
KARACHI: At least two suspected terrorists and one Rangers man were killed during a targeted operation carried out by the paramilitary force in Gulshan-i-Iqbal neighbourhood early on Tuesday, said a......
PESHAWAR: At least 15 suspected militants were killed airstrikes in the Khyber tribal region's Rajgal area near the Pak-Afghan border, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday.The......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday lashed out on Twitter against "attacks" on wife Reham Khan following the NA-19 by-polls.He said he was "appalled & disgusted......
FAISALABAD: Police subjected to torture some candidates for lady constable slots who staged a protest demonstration on Sargodha Road against what they called “unjust” treatment meted out to them in......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab organiser Chaudhry Sarwar has called upon the PML-N government to launch a clean-up operation against banned organisations and their facilitators to weed......
LAHORE: The Punjab Human Organs Transplant Authority (HOTA) has barred a private facility, the Doctors Hospital and its liver transplant surgeon from conducting further surgeries because of “failure”......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Unidentified people put up posters, purportedly by Daesh (Khurasani group), on the walls of schools in Phugla, Fazla Kachh and Barthi in the tribal areas of Dera Ghazi Khan. Border......
PERHAPS no other ISI chief had such a deep and lasting impact on the military-civilian relationship as Hameed Gul, who died over the weekend in Murree.Appointed by Ziaul Haq as ISI chief in 1987, Gul......
THIS refers to the report, “From remote outpost, India looks to check China’s Indian Ocean thrust” (July 17); the letter, “Nawaz-Modi meeting,” by H. Arif and your editorial, “Missing foreign......
THIS refers to your editorial ‘Raids on eateries’ (July 30). On the balance ensuring that eateries catering to the public are safe is an essential public health function of the government.The Punjab......
APROPOS your editorial of Aug 5, as well as of July 28. People do business through their personal and business bank accounts only where it is inevitable for them. They exchange money in cash via......
THE Ishaq Dar-led Ministry of Finance is bent upon destroying the country’s economy through flawed policies. Exports in July 2015 have registered a massive decline of 17pc over the same month last......
DURING a visit to Karachi during Eid holidays, I was shocked by the ever present garbage, broken roads and the blatant disregard of traffic laws.While having dinner at one of the largest restaurants......
IN an apparent suicide attack on his political house, Punjab Home Minister, Col (r) Shujah Khanzada was killed, along with 18 others on Sunday. Sources in the interior ministry say the banned......
THE announcement by our President to confer Hilal-i Imtiaz on Zeba Ali on the occasion of Independence Day is indeed laudable.It is painful to note that such legends of our film industry of......
PESHAWAR: The government on Monday tabled a bill in the provincial assembly to amend the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission Act (KPECA) to make it more stringent and remove certain lacunas, which......
PESHAWAR: Police on Monday defused three improvised explosive devices in the limits of Mattani and Regi police stations, sources said.They said one of the IEDs weighed around 10 kilograms and could......
KHAR: Unidentified persons kidnapped the son of former MNA and Pakistan People’s Party leader Syed Akhunzada Chattan in Bajaur Agency on Monday morning.Officials and family members told Dawn that......
MANSEHRA: A newly-married couple died after allegedly eating poisonous mushrooms in Karori union council of Oghi on Sunday.According to local residents, they were taken to hospital where doctors......
LANDI KOTAL: The Khyber Agency political administration has dissolved the Malagori peace committee, saying the body has achieved its objectives.However, the chief of the peace committee said that......
NOWSHERA: The police on Monday recovered the body of an unidentified man stuffed in a gunny bag in Amangarh area here.The bag was first spotted by some passers-by who informed the police. On getting......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has tabled a bill in provincial assembly to amend Medical Teaching Institute Reforms Act, 2015 to woo the employees of the teaching hospitals and implement......
PESHAWAR: The restoration of upper Chitral’s Reshun hydel power station destroyed in the recent flashfloods is likely to cost around Rs1 billion and take at least 2.5 years to complete, the relevant......
LANDI KOTAL: Unidentified persons blew up a government school in Bara on Monday, officials said.They said that miscreants planted explosive material in a school in Waliabad locality of Bar Qambarkhel......
LAKKI MARWAT: The local government representatives and revenue department employees have locked horns over the alleged fake lists of rain and flood victims in the district for relief and......
KARAK: The local paramedical association on Monday demanded award of timescale and payment of professional allowance. It also demanded implementation of the service structure prepared during the MMA......
UPPER DIR: A three-day sports and cultural festival concluded at the Dir stadium here late on Sunday night.The festival was organised by the district government in collaboration with Sarhad Rural......
KOHAT: The police on Monday arrested a runaway prisoner of Bannu jailbreak from Barh area here.Shamsher Khan was convicted of killing a man in 2008, and was awarded death sentence.Four hundred......
SWABI: Farmers have to guard their maize crops throughout the night to protect them from the attacks of increasing number of pigs.Talking to Dawn here on Monday, they said the pigs had been damaging......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sports department is working on a plan to provide free education to players across the province to promote sports activities.It is also establishing 47 playgrounds in......
PESHAWAR: Sabrina Khan, a female British citizen of Pakistani origin from Saleh Khan village of Nowshera district, has accused her uncle of grabbing her father’s share in the land property and......
ISLAMABAD: A man was killed by unidentified individuals on Monday over an old enmity, police said.The victim has been identified as Mohammad Anwar, 35, of Afghan origin.Police stated that Anwar was......
ISLAMABAD: Sunday’s terror attack in Attock, which killed Punjab’s home minister retired Colonel Shuja Khanzada and a number of others, jolted the federal capital police into taking precautionary......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court observed on Monday that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) demolished thousands of houses in a katchi abadi overnight but was powerless against the rich.“The CDA is......
ISLAMABAD: The sacked chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), Chaudhry Rashid Ahmed, on Monday challenged before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) the proceedings......
RAWALPINDI: The Metro Bus Service was suspended for three hours on Monday after security guards went on a strike claiming they had not been paid their wages on time.More than 200 security guards......
TAXILA: The adviser to the chief minister of Punjab on health, Khawaja Salman Rafique, on Monday visited four people injured in the suicide attack in Attock who are admitted to the burns unit of the......
RAWALPINDI: Six patients diagnosed with dengue fever have been admitted to government hospitals but the Chaklala and Rawalpindi Cantonment Boards, as well as the Potohar Town Municipal......
ISLAMABAD: Robbers looted over Rs8 million from a bank in the capital city on Monday.Police said 10 robbers reached the bank located at Tarlai in two motorcycles and a car. After seeing the armed......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Monday claimed that development work on the Park Enclave Housing Society and Sector D-12 was in full swing.CDA spokesman Ramzan Sajid said......
RAWALPINDI: A subcommittee of the National Assembly Standing Committee for Railways on Monday recommended the construction of a shopping mall on 2.5 kanals of land recovered by authorities near Dhoke......
ISLAMABAD: Garbage throwing into the Korang nullah along the Islamabad Expressway has become a nuisance for the motorists and residents of the area.The motorists said the Capital Development......
ISLAMABAD: Capital sees overgrown shrubbery following monsoon rainfall Overgrown bushes and wild grass in various sectors of the city may pose a security threats to residents, in addition to being an......
RAWALPINDI: In the first information report (FIR) registered following the terrorist attack in Attock, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) did not declare the attack a suicide bombing or mention......
TAXILA: Four butchers were arrested on the charge of selling unhygienic meat.The local administration has escalated the enforcement of hygiene regulations by sealing restaurants and hotels and......
ATTOCK: The terrorist attack on Punjab Home Minister retired Col Shuja Khanzada has left the whole village of Shadi Khan in shock.According to the minister’s personal staff, the attackers – whoever......
ISLAMABAD: The employees of the capital’s hospitals, who had announced a protest march and sit-in outside the prime minister’s office on August 18, decided to postpone the protest for three days......
LAHORE: PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi says his party stands by traders on their demand about withdrawal of withholding tax and will raise voice against the tax both inside and outside the......
LAHORE: Police claimed on Monday to have arrested a suspect for demanding Rs1 million extortion from the owner of a local hotel.Model Town SP (Operations) retired Capt Mustansar Feroze told Dawn that......
SAHIWAL: Around 400 medical students living in the newly-constructed Sahiwal Medical College hostels protested non-provision of power generators to them during seven to eight hours daily outages.The......
MULTAN: A number of taxpayers are facing hardships to file their income and sales tax returns for 2014-15 owing to ‘flaws’ in the Integrated Tax Management System (ITMS) and its slow processing.The......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A large number of subscribers of a known cellular company in the district have been facing problems like call disconnection, busy network, sound break, call drop, distortion, weak......
SIALKOT: Muneeb Iqbal, the grandson of poet-philosopher Allama Iqbal, has stressed the need for promoting Iqbal’s vision among students and teachers for weeding out terrorism and establishing a......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Villagers belonging to Chak 325-JB, Dullam, blocked the Toba-Jhang Road for traffic on Monday in protest against the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) over power......
SAHIWAL: Six buffaloes drowned on Monday in the 9/L canal and were pulled out by cranes from the canal by Rescue 1122 near Pakpattan Chowk bridge.Muhammad Asif, of village 88/9-L, brought his 12......
LAHORE: The All Pakistan Anjuman-i-Tajiran (APAT), following the assassination of Punjab Home Minister retired Col Shuja Khanzada in a suicide attack, deferred its protest plan that was scheduled to......
LAHORE: An election tribunal on Monday reserved a verdict in NA-122 alleged rigging case after the counsel of National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq concluded his arguments. The tribunal would......
KASUR: Situation at village Husain Khanwala remained tense on Monday after the burial of a relative of the suspects in child porn scam, who was found dead mysteriously on Sunday.Victim Muhammad......
LAHORE: With a ‘negligible’ school attendance by children of families working at brick kilns and absence of any data showing an exact number of such children aged up to 14, the Punjab Labour and......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Monday issued notices to Punjab home department and police on a bail petition of two alleged members of a defunct organisation.Maulana Munawar......
LAHORE: Pakistan International Airline’s Haj operation commenced on Monday with flights departing from Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi and Islamabad for Jeddah.Airlines Director Customer Services and......
LAHORE: Participants in a candlelight vigil on Monday termed Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada’s martyrdom a great loss to the nation.The event was organised by the City District Government of......
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice of the anti-army statements and explain the ambiguities, if any, in the action......
LAHORE: Ramsha Ashraf’s book “Enmeshed” was launched at Alhamra (Adabi Baithak) here on Monday.Published by the Sanjh Publications, the book is a collection of short English poetry, reflecting how a......
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has offered condolences to the families of the victims of the Attock terrorist blast and called upon federal and Punjab governments to......
LAHORE: The Jamaat-i-Islami has started work on the next elections and selecting candidates for National Assembly constituencies.A party meeting, chaired by its emir Senator Sirajul Haq, discussed on......
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) sealed on Monday 17 food outlets for food safety and hygiene rules violations, according to a spokesman.A PFA team sealed four premises in Data Ganj Bakhsh......
KARACHI: Traffic police authorities have approached the Sindh government seeking incentives for the public transport sector to overcome the transport crisis that emerged after the Sindh High Court......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Monday granted permission to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Amir Khan to travel abroad for Haj.The MQM leader was placed under three-month preventive......
KARACHI: Five suspected militants were killed in an alleged encounter with law enforcement agencies in the Manghopir area in the early hours of Monday.Officials said that a joint team of police and......
KARACHI: Dilshad Moavia, 40, deputy secretary of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), was shot dead in Orangi Town on Monday in a suspected sectarian attack, according to police and party......
KARACHI: The director general of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Monday announced Rs1 million reward for the information that would help the law enforcers to arrest the killers of young restaurant owner,......
KARACHI: A major obstacle to upkeep of the Karachi Zoological Garden and Safari Park for a long time was removed on Monday when the city’s commissioner, who also held additional charge of KMC......
KARACHI: It is the language of pictures and images through which every child associates things first, not through his or her first language or mother tongue. Thinking with the help of images is human......
KARACHI: The Sindh police have placed key training centres/ schools across the province under a junior officer, curtailing the powers of the DIG (training), who had recently initiated inquiries into......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has directed the chief secretary to act as arbitrator to resolve a dispute between Fishermen’s Co-operative Society (FCS) and Karachi Fisheries......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday sought provincial authorities response on a plea of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement challenging the demarcation of constituencies in different parts of the......
KARACHI: A recent statement by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has announced a scheme that will begin development work at the Aziz Bhatti Park to regain its past glory so that its green......
KARACHI: In yet another reshuffle in the provincial cabinet within a month, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Monday reallocated the portfolio of education to senior minister Nisar Ahmad......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court extended on Monday physical remand of a suspect in the case of murder of renowned philanthropist Perween Rehman.Police produced Imran Swati in the court after expiry......
KARACHI: Police on Monday resorted to baton charge and tear gas shelling to disperse students of Daud University of Engineering and Technology, who had blocked the new M.A. Jinnah Road, according to......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has taken an initiative to consolidate efforts to boost the mechanism for tax-related revenue collection at the provincial level and address the grievances of the......
HYDERABAD: Thandi Sarak remained blocked and all other thoroughfares leading to it clogged with vehicles for hours as several hundred people took to the streets and assembled at Shahbaz Building on......
THATTA: The provincial government’s efforts to remove obstructions from the natural course of the Indus River in order to contain further devastation by floodwater overtopping its embankments in......
NAWABSHAH: Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has said that MQM and PPP are two sides of the same coin and urged the government to ban MQM like other terrorist organisations.Dr......
Colombo: Over 70 per cent of Sri Lanka’s electorate of 15 million voted on Monday in one of the most peaceful parliamentary elections in living memory. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who heads......
TEHRAN: The fate of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers is still undecided but it will not leave the country vulnerable to US influence, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on......
WASHINGTON: An email about a drone strike in Pakistan is at the centre of a controversy that may force Hillary Clinton to call off her final campaign for the White House.At least that’s what her......
JUBA: Almost 200,000 South Sudanese civilians are sheltering in UN bases, the largest number in 20 months of civil war, the United Nations said on Monday.A total of 199,602 civilians are now seeking......
NEW YORK: The Pentagon plans to sharply expand the number of US drone flights over the next four years, giving military commanders access to more intelligence and greater firepower to keep up with a......
PARIS: Central Asian glaciers have melted at four times the global average since the early 1960s, shedding 27 per cent of their mass, according to a study released on Monday.By 2050, warmer......
KIEV: Fierce clashes in east Ukraine killed at least 10 people in the past 24 hours, government and rebel officials said on Monday, as Russia warned that Kiev could be preparing for a fresh......
VEDARANYAM: On a sun-scorched wasteland near India’s southern tip, an unlikely garden filled with spiky shrubs and spindly greens is growing, seemingly against all odds.The plants are living on......
CATANIA: They made it to Italy in the end but it was tragically nothing like the arrival they had dreamed of.The corpses of 49 migrants who died in horrifying circumstances in the latest......
DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday sentenced six officials of a now-dissolved drug company to 10 years in jail for producing toxic paracetamol syrup that reportedly killed hundreds of......
ADEN: Heavy fighting between government loyalists and rebels for control of Yemen’s third city Taez has killed more than 80 people in the past 24 hours, military sources said on Monday.Pro-government......
UNITED NATIONS: Horrified by “total disrespect” for civilian life in Syria, the United Nations humanitarian chief said on Monday the ongoing conflict was having a devastating impact on civilians......
DHAKA: Police in northeastern Bangladesh are seeking charges against 13 men for allegedly beating a 13-year-old boy to death in a case that stunned a nation used to violent crime because a video of......
RIYADH: The Saudi military says two soldiers have been killed along the border by a missile fired from inside Yemen. The statement released on Monday says the soldiers were killed in the Saudi border......
KABUL: Gunmen abducted a German female aid worker in Kabul in broad daylight on Monday, officials said, highlighting the growing risk to humanitarian workers in war-battered Afghanistan.No group has......
KABUL: Fingers nervously skittering over his cellphone, one Afghan man calls a people-smuggler in a third desperate attempt to claim asylum abroad, as a record number of people escape escalating......
EDINBURGH: The man expected to win control of Britain’s opposition Labour Party has charted a potential collision course with Prime Minister David Cameron over Europe, demanding socialist reforms......
GLAMOUR magazine, a monthly glossy probably best known for its back-of-book, woman-on-the-street fashion dos and don’ts page, announced some major news this week. Sort of.The magazine will, for the......
PARIS: French champions Paris St Germain eased to a 2-0 win against Corsican minnows Gazelec Ajaccio on Sunday to maintain their perfect start to the Ligue 1 season on Sunday.Blaise Matuidi put PSG......
ISLAMABAD: Former office-bearers of Rawalpindi Cricket Association (RCA) termed the recently held elections of the Rawalpindi Regional Cricket Association (RCCA) as ‘fake’ and demanded the......
KOHLER: Australia’s Jason Day held his nerve to end five years of close calls at the majors with an emotional breakthrough victory by three shots over American Jordan Spieth at the PGA Championship......
TORONTO: Swiss teen Belinda Bencic outlasted Simona Halep to win Sunday’s WTA Rogers Cup final when the Romanian second seed retired trailing 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (4/7), 3-0.Bencic, who upset world number......
KARACHI: Following their exploits at the AFC Cup Playoff Qualifiers last week, K-Electric are breaking new ground.The Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) champions won Group ‘A’ of the playoff......
KARACHI: The Generation Amazing Football League kicked off at the KMC Stadium on Monday with Al-Qadir school, Karachi United, Guardian School and Mohsin Gelani FC amongst the winners on the opening......
KARACHI: The talented Puri Estate outfit clinched the 3-day Toyota Cup Bridge Tournament which concluded here recently at the National Stadium, Karachi.The tournament comprised an all-Pakistan......
KARACHI: A Pakistan Panthers veterans team will be leaving for a nine-day tour of the United Kingdom on Aug 22 during which they will play four 40-over matches against the veteran teams of various......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s fastest male athlete Liaqat Ali is hopeful of performing brilliantly in the IAAF World Championships in Beijing as well as the upcoming South Asian Games.The national record......
MONTREAL: Andy Murray ended a long drought against Novak Djokovic when he beat the Serbian 6-4 4-6 6-3 in a draining final of the Rogers Cup on Sunday.The British right-hander ended an eight-match,......
PARIS: Pete Sampras believes it would be foolish to write off Roger Federer’s chances of winning an 18th major at the US Open despite the Swiss having just turned 34.Federer’s last Grand Slam crown......
LAHORE: The LRCA U-19 physical fitness and conditioning camp for preparation of the upcoming Inter-region U-19 Tournament 2015-2016 is in progress at the LCCA ground under the supervision of......
KARACHI: Waseem Khatri stamped his class at the ERGC Independence Day Scrabble Tournament that concluded at the Beach Luxury Hotel here on Sunday.In spite of missing two matches on the second day,......
PRETORIA: Prosecutors on Monday filed an appeal calling for Paralympian Oscar Pistorius to be convicted of murder for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.Pistorius was jailed last year after being......
KARACHI: Miandad Khan won Sindh Cycling Association 70 KM Jashan-e-Azadi Cycle race, the organisers announced here on Monday.Miandad covered the distance in one 1 hour, 13 minutes and 36 seconds.......
LAHORE: PCB chairman Shaharyar M. Khan, executive committee chairman Najam Sethi and chief operating officer Subhan Ahmad have offered their heartfelt condolences on the most unfortunate demise of......
PARIS: South Korean billionaire Chung Mong-Joon on Monday launched his campaign for the FIFA presidency with a blistering attack on outgoing leader Sepp Blatter and his rival to head football’s world......
KARACHI: Former first-class cricketer and ex-coach of women’s cricket Adnan Jamal has called for strengthening and expansion of the national selection committee for women to ensure fair and......
LAHORE: The highly surprising feature of the 37th Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) BoG meeting, being held here on Tuesday, is that it will be the first when no cricketer as a member will be attending......
MADRID: Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has ended speculation surrounding his future by signing a new five-year deal with the Spanish giants, the club confirmed on Monday.Ramos had been courted by......
COLOMBO: Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan was on Monday ruled out of the rest of the Sri Lanka series with a hairline fracture on his right hand, in a major blow to the tourists.Dhawan, 29, sustained the......
BERLIN: VfL Wolfsburg, last season’s runners-up, were made to work hard in their Bundesliga opener for a 2-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday despite establishing an early two-goal lead.The......
MANCHESTER: The Champions League theme music will boom out over Old Trafford again on Tuesday when Manchester United return to the competition against Belgian side Club Brugge in the play-off......
ISLAMABAD: Amid hiccups in the finalisation of financial arrangements for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports, a management delegation of Qatargas (QG) is expected to visit Islamabad next week for......
ISLAMABAD: Regional cooperation in banking and finance is the key to facilitate trade among Saarc member states, State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) Governor Ashraf Mahmood Wathra said on......
KARACHI: The first month of this fiscal year witnessed significant improvement in the foreign direct investment which rose to $75 million compared to just $18.4m in the corresponding month last......
KARACHI: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Industries and Production will not favour sale of 11,000 acres belonging to Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) in the ongoing privatisation......
KARACHI: The collection of sales tax on goods should be devolved to provinces, the working group of 9th National Finance Commission (NFC) proposed on Monday during its second meeting.Chairing the......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday injected Rs1.142 trillion into banks, reflecting that the banking sector has yet not come out from the wide liquidity gap.The liquidity was......
KARACHI: Bears took firm control of the market on Monday with the KSE-100 index recording a steep plunge of 349.28 points (0.97 per cent) to close at 35,588.05.The index closed at its intra-day low,......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to engage all sections of business community over withholding tax (WHT) on banking transactions.A statement......
ISLAMABAD: The country’s first zinc-rich wheat variety would be available for cultivation during the 2015-16 Rabi crop season later this year, Minister for National Food Security and Research,......
Al Meezan launches Shariah compliant gold fundKARACHI: Al Meezan Investment Management Ltd on Monday launched Meezan Gold Fund, the country’s first Shariah compliant open-end commodity scheme, said a......
LONDON: International oil services companies are scrambling to win contracts worth tens of billions to repair and modernise Iran’s oil refineries once sanctions are removed, with officials even......
KARACHI: Following are some of the major company results announced on Monday:Cherat Cement Company (CHCC): The company posted an after-tax profit of Rs1.29bn for the year ended June 30, 2015,......
KARACHI: The cotton prices moved higher on Monday as trading was brisk on the back of short supply of phutti (seed cotton) and surge in demand for quality lint.Ginners in Sindh are facing short......
SAN FRANCISCO: Google gave a name Monday to its soon-to-be released operating system for its Android mobile devices: Marshmallow.The moniker for the 6.0 version of the mobile computing system follows......
LONDON: Gold firmed on Monday, building on its biggest weekly rise in three months, as weaker than expected US data weighed on the dollar and uncertainty lingered over the implications of China’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Monday extended the last date for filing of sales tax/federal excise duty returns for the month of July 2015 until August 21 for all registered......
MUMBAI: Malaysian palm oil futures eased on Monday to extend last week’s losses, hurt by rising stockpiles in top producing countries and sluggish demand.The benchmark palm oil contract for November......
HONG KONG: Two explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin last week that killed more than 100 people could generate total insurance losses of $1 billion to $1.5bn, Credit Suisse analysts said, citing......
LONDON: The average pay of chief executives in Britain’s top companies is 183 times that of the typical worker, according to a study published on Monday.Research among the companies listed on the......
PARIS: South Korean billionaire Chung Mong-Joon on Monday launched his campaign for the FIFA presidency with a blistering attack on outgoing leader Sepp Blatter and his rival to head football’s world......
QUETTA: Five leaders and 23 members of the banned militant organisations surrendered in Quetta and Panjgur on Monday.Four of the leaders handed over their arms to the authorities in the presence of......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Mushahidullah Khan, who lost his ministerial position because of a controversial interview that threatened to harm civil-military relations, is still in the eye of the storm.On......
ISLAMABAD: Parents of the victims of the terrorist attack on Peshawar’s Army Public School (APS) have urged President Mamnoon Hussain to order a judicial inquiry and grant highest civil awards for......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the governments of Punjab and Sindh have decided to defend the proposal to hold local government (LG) elections in the two provinces in three......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice has termed illegal and unconstitutional the Federal Investigation Agency’s actions against the Sindh administration, saying it has no......
KARACHI: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman hopes that the issue of MQM legislators’ resignation would be resolved through talks.Addressing a press conference here on Monday, he said so far Muttahida......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court directed the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau on Monday to submit an explanation about the utilisation of NAB’s resources.The directive was issued by a......
KARACHI: A delegation of PPP leaders from the party’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter, led by its president Senator Khanzada Khan, called on Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at his residence here on......
ISLAMABAD: At least 16 suspects, including the alleged mastermind of the child pornography ring at the heart of the Kasur child abuse scandal, have been arrested. But on Monday, the officer......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan lodged strong protest with India on Monday over ceasefire violations in Kotli sector along the Line of Control.The Indian deputy high commissioner was called in by the director......
ISLAMABAD: The en masses resignation of MQM lawmakers from both houses of parliament as well as the Sindh Assembly led to the institution of two petitions on Monday — the first in the Supreme Court......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Staff of the Qatar Armed Forces, Maj Gen (Pilot) Ghanim bin Shaheen Al Ghanim called on Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif at the GHQ on Monday.According to Inter Services......
KARACHI: Police claimed to have killed three suspected gangsters in an ‘encounter’ in Lyari area of Karachi on Monday night.A police party on a tip-off raided the hideout of suspected gangster Faisal......
THE time to offer Fateha was 3:51pm, precisely the time when the C-130 blew up in mid-air, the bodies of its passengers charred beyond recognition by the time the wreckage hit the ground in Basti......
LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet expressed its determination on Monday to eliminate terrorism from the province and the country.A meeting presided over by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif condemned the......
PESHAWAR/LANDI KOTAL: At least 65 suspected militants were killed in air strikes in North Waziristan and Khyber tribal regions on Monday.According to Inter-Services Public Relations, 50 terrorists......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved the agenda for talks between national security advisers of India and Pakistan scheduled to be held in New Delhi next week, sources told Dawn.The......
KARACHI: A day before talks between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the chief of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), an MQM leader has said that his party does not want the Karachi......
NEW DELHI: Has Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped into the recent breach between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates over Islamabad’s refusal to actively join the Yemen war against the......
THERE is nothing inherently sacrosanct about the speaker of parliament, any parliament. If you compare the speaker of Australia’s parliament with India’s, as some media analysts tried to do recently,......
ALTHOUGH we were unable to meet two key performance benchmarks of the programme, the IMF took a lenient view of these failings and granted waivers – accumulating to 12, the largest number of waivers......
LIGHTS, camera, action and pack up — the make-believe world of cinema revolves around these words. The real-life drama that goes on in the lives of Pakistanis can also be summed up by these words.......
THE assassination of Punjab home minister Shuja Khanzada in a suicide attack in Attock is a grim reminder that, recent successes notwithstanding, the war against militancy will be a very long war......
IT looks like Pakistan is on track to fumble yet another opportunity at economic diplomacy.Reportedly the country has missed an important chance to have a director on the board of the newly created......
CAIRO: Under pressure from a jihadist insurgency, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has boosted police and judicial powers with a new anti-terrorism law that also imposes hefty fines for “false”......
