LONDON: A military jet taking part in a British airshow crashed into a busy main road, killing seven people and injuring more than a dozen others, police said Saturday.The Hawker Hunter fighter jet,......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday night said it had come to the conclusion that the proposed National Security Adviser (NSA) level talks between Pakistan and India would not serve any purpose if......
LAHORE: Punjab election commission's tribunal on Saturday ordered re-polling in National Assembly constituency, NA-122, declaring the election in the constituency null and void – accepting Imran......
LONDON: Manchester United's winning start to the Premier League season ended on Saturday as they were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by Newcastle United at a sun-soaked Old Trafford.The hosts, who......
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews hit a century before India fought back to assume control of the second Test at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Saturday.The tourists, seeking a......
KABUL: At least 12 people including three Nato contractors were killed Saturday when a suicide car bomber struck a foreign forces convoy, officials said, underlining the precarious security situation......
ZURICH: Swiss authorities have received more than 100 reports of suspicious financial activity linked to FIFA's decisions to let Russia and Qatar host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments, the......
Asif Mujtaba scored a whopping 17932 runs in 291 First-class games at an average of 49.39.Yet, he remains a forgotten man in Pakistan's cricketing circles where the true measure is solely the......
Somewhere, in between all the politics of the state, we have forgotten the one thing that binds us all together – humanity.Raed, a 30-year-old refugee from Syria, points to a bullet wound on his......
DUBAI: Iran on Saturday unveiled a new surface-to-surface missile it said could strike targets with pin-point accuracy within a range of 500 km and it said military might was a precondition for peace......
Every year, I go through this: celebrations and bereavement in parallel. This year too, the CIE result day saw my Facebook timeline flushed with posts by my students — the ones who had scored well in......
NEW DELHI: A Kashmiri leader says police have detained a top Kashmiri separatist leader after he landed at New Delhi's airport ahead of talks between Indian and Pakistani security advisers.Zameer......
Ever since their turn in TV drama Humsafar as star-crossed lovers Khirad and Asher, fans have been waiting for Mahira Khan and Fawad Khan to reunite.The wait is over, even if the reward is pretty......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday directed the Punjab government to adhere to the National Action Plan (NAP) and ensure its implementation, said a report published on Radio......
CHICAGO: Jurors at a civil trial focused on the market value of Michael Jordan's identity handed him a major win Friday, ordering a grocery-store chain to pay him $8.9 million for invoking his name......
Barely a week after upcoming film Jawani Phir Nehi Aani's (JPNA) latest trailer release, lead actor Hamza Ali Abbasi has posted a status to his Facebook page that distances himself from the film.Also......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz on Saturday said that he was saddened that the Indo-Pak security adviser level talks had been virtually......
MANILA: Seven people were killed, while thousands fled to higher ground as powerful typhoon Goni brought torrential rains to the northern Philippines, triggering landslides and floods, officials said......
WASHINGTON: The second-in-command of Daesh or the self-styled Islamic State jihadist group has been killed in a US air strike in northern Iraq, the White House said Friday.The National Security......
LOS ANGELES: Steven Gerrard warned Frank Lampard to be ready for “war” as the two former Liverpool and Chelsea midfield adversaries prepared to lock horns once more for their Major League Soccer......
SYDNEY: Arthur Morris, one of Australia's finest opening batsmen and a key member of Don Bradman's ‘Invincibles’ side, has died aged 93.Left-hander Morris scored 3,533 runs in 46 Tests at an average......
ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will arrive in the federal capital on Monday and stay here for some days to streamline party affairs."Bilawal Bhutto will be in Islamabad on Monday and......
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) sacked on Friday three employees and suspended a fourth one on charges of human traficking, corruption and negligence.The airline's......
Soon-to-be Bollywood superstar Mahira Khan delighted fans by announcing that she's joining popular photo-sharing site Instagram.Mahira, who previously connected with fans mostly through Twitter, made......
PESHAWAR: At least three people including two tribal elders were killed and two others injured on Saturday in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Arang area of Bajaur agency.According......
KARACHI: Habib Bank (HBL) after-tax-profit rose by 25 per cent to Rs16.9 billion during the first half of 2015 from Rs13.54bn in the same period last year, which escalated its earnings per share to......
ISLAMABAD: Weekly inflation for combined income group, measured through the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), decreased by 0.35 per cent for the week ended August 20 as compared to the previous week,......
PPL finds oil, gas reservesKARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has announced gas and condensate discovery in Gambat South.The Kabir X-1 was spud on April 24, 2015 and reached the final depth of......
DUBAI: Some of Opec’s Gulf members are concerned about the latest drop in oil prices which had not been expected, Opec delegates said, but they see little chance of the exporting group diverting from......
LONDON: Equity investors are suffering from negativity bias. After bad Chinese economic news, and sliding currencies in emerging market manufacturing powerhouses, they have succumbed to gloom too......
KARACHI: The Employees Old-Age Benefit Institution (EOBI) is going to issue ATM cards and will also start verification of pensioners through biometric system.The EOBI has entered into an arrangement......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures ended Friday’s trading lower, posting its eighth consecutive weekly loss as another wave of China growth worries hit global commodity markets.Palm oil has......
LONDON: The 19-country eurozone economy was resilient in the face of the recent crisis in Greece, which saw the country on the brink of a euro exit, a closely watched survey showed Friday.Financial......
ASTANA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Friday it had approved a $1 billion loan for energy-rich Kazakhstan after the Central Asian country’s currency lost a quarter of its value against the......
KARACHI: Stocks sank further on Friday with the Karachi Stock Exchange’s (KSE) benchmark 100-share index taking a plunge of 699.82 points (1.99 per cent) to close at 34,519.77.Over the week, the......
ISLAMABAD: Exports of textile and clothing witnessed a sharp decline of 11.79 per cent to $1.025 billion in the first month of this fiscal year from $1.162bn in the same month last year, suggested......
KARACHI: The State Bank has expressed deep concern over the fast appreciation of dollar and asked the currency dealers to explain why the US currency crossed Rs104 in the open market, said dealers......
KARACHI: The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) has opposed government intervention in cotton trade as “it will distort the commodity’s economy and hurt its exports”.Referring to reports that the......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has urged economic ministries to come up with steps and measures to boost exports in the short term.Chairing a meeting of the cabinet sub-committee on production......
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Friday urged the government to avoid any increase in the gas tariff.“At present, when the economy is excelling and economic indicators......
LAHORE: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) placed a fresh demand for an early decision by the Finance Minister Ishaq Dar-led committee for making the textile industry viable.In a......
ISLAMABAD: Two days after announcing that the first phase of local government elections in Punjab and Sindh will be held from Oct 12, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided on Friday to......
QUETTA: With their concerted efforts, the army and the provincial government have taken guns from the youths of Balochistan and given them pens. To a large extent they have brought the province out......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal complained on Friday to the prime minister about what he called the water and power ministry’s non-cooperative attitude towards finalising a......
ISLAMABAD: Officials investigating the terrorist attack in Attock have made a sketch of the suspected suicide bomber. They also arrested a man on suspicion on Friday from a seminary in Hazro,......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, on Friday expressed the hope that India and Pakistan would continue to address “their differences through dialogue”.Asked at a......
LAHORE: After Tarbela Dam, which was filled on Aug 9, Mangla Dam also hit the maximum level of 1,242 feet on Friday.Given the flow trend, the Indus River System Authority had planned filling of both......
KHUZDAR: Two people were killed in Kalat and Lasbela districts on Friday, police said.A car coming to Quetta from Karachi overturned near Amarjan area of Kalat, leaving one of its occupants injured.......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has sought more time from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to respond to allegations levelled by one of the founder members of the PTI regarding......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage on Thursday formally issued Code of Conduct 2015 for amendments in the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority......
DAMASCUS: Israeli air strikes in southern Syria killed six people and wounded seven, Syrian state TV reported on Friday, in retaliation for a rocket attack on Israel that Jerusalem blamed on......
SRINAGAR: The flags of Pakistan were raised here on Friday ahead of talks scheduled to be held between the national security advisers (NSAs) of India and Pakistan.The flags were seen near Jamia......
NEW DELHI: Chinese hackers are believed to be snooping on information related to the Sino-India border dispute and Tibetan exile groups in India since 2012, Press Trust of India said from Beijing on......
LONDON: Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person to win the Nobel peace prize, has another reason to celebrate after posting a string of top grades in her GCSEs, a set of important exams taken by......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India set up a cliffhanger ahead of their national security advisers’ (NSAs) dialogue scheduled for Sunday after both refused to budge from their positions on the agenda and a......
KARACHI: Alleging that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had sabotaged the efforts of Maulana Fazlur Rehman for addressing its grievances, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has asked the government to accept......
ISLAMABAD: European Union’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Franz-Michael Mellibin said on Friday that Afghan government was thinking about “revitalising” the process for normalisation with......
ISLAMABAD: The long-awaited code of conduct for the electronic media, which was notified by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday, has been sent to all satellite TV,......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court constituted on Friday two commissions with the task of submitting comprehensive reports on illegal crossing into Pakistan by people through the towns of Chaman and......
THIS refers to the resignations by the MQM members of the National and Sindh Assemblies and the Senate. Such tactics are nothing but blackmail. Its only objective is to stop the Rangers’ operation in......
A GIANT portrait of Gen Raheel Sharif caught my attention against the backdrop of Pakistan’s geographical map covering an entire page of Dawn on Independence Day.The general looked graceful and the......
THE Pakistan Lawyers Forum pleaded before the Lahore High Court in 2002 against the massive salaries, perks and privileges provided to government functionaries at public expense. The court rejected......
APROPOS the editorial “Ghost pensioners” (Aug 20). This phenomenon should not surprise us. After all, we have ghost teachers, ghost policemen, ghost schools as well as government employees who (when......
RECENTLY the Sindh High Court has passed orders banning motorcycle rickshaws known as qingqis.This service was providing a convenient and economical mode of transport facility for shorter distance......
SARTAJ Aziz will be shortly meeting his counterpart in India and discuss the relationship between the two countries. I would urge them both to kindly spare some time to take into account the problems......
THIS is apropos the article ‘Learning reform’ (Aug 20) by Sadia Shaukat. The writer correctly highlighted the issue that our madressah education system needs a radical reform.As madressahs teach only......
IT was good to see Brandon Stanton, founder of Humans of New York, visit Pakistan and contribute towards the eradication of bonded labour here.His views about Pakistanis are worthy and his efforts......
WE recently celebrated our Independence Day.The day went well until the evening. First, Mushaidullah Khan exploded a bombshell about the ISI conspiracy before flying out of Pakistan.Then many......
BADIN: The special judge of Hyderabad anti-corruption court on Friday handed down three-year rigorous imprisonment to former chairman of Tando Bago town committee and three others in a case of......
KARACHI: Karachi police chief Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar conceded on Friday that unlike targeted killings and acts of terrorism, the incidence of street crime in the metropolis had not come down.He said......
KARACHI: With five days left in a deadline set by the Supreme Court to remove all ‘dangerous’ billboards and signboards in the city, the various land controlling agencies in Karachi have yet to......
KARACHI: A huge cache of ammunition was found on Friday in a car abandoned outside a house near Chawla Market in Nazimabad No 1, police said.They added that the grey Suzuki Cultus car, which had been......
KARACHI: Five suspected gangsters were killed in an encounter in the Lea Market area on Friday.Officials said that the SHO of the Napier police station, a police constable and a Rangers man were also......
KARACHI: Police investigators have suggested political rivalry and terrorism as a means to destabilise the city as possible motives for the deadly attack on Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmaker......
KARACHI: The construction work on the twin nuclear power plant project is moving forward with absolute disregard for the safety and well-being of 20 million people who live in Karachi. Further......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court issued on Friday an arrest warrant against police inspector Amjad Kalyar for not complying with a court order in a kidnapping for ransom case.Published in Dawn,......
KARACHI: The issue of government college students needing tuitions and private students not really in need of any such thing came up as the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) announced......
KARACHI: Representatives of public sector university teachers and non-teaching staff held successful negotiations with government officials on Friday after which they announced withdrawing their......
SUKKUR: A fierce armed clash between the Bijarani and Tehani clansmen in Garhi Tegho village near Ghouspur town in Kandhkot-Kashmore district on Friday left two brother dead and several others......
HYDERABAD: Primary schoolteachers took out a rally outside the press club on Friday, demanding removal of secretary of education Fazlullah Pechuho while the secretary advised the protesters to......
THATTA: Floodwater passing through the Indus River for several weeks washed away a big portion of yet another protective bund in Thatta district and caused damage to 20 other bunds in Thatta and......
MIRPURKHAS: Three police constables were injured in a clash with shopkeepers who were resisting an anti-encroachment campaign in Digri town late on Thursday night.Police have arrested three alleged......
KARACHI: The outgoing country director of World Bank Rachid Benmessaoud called on Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at CM House to say farewell on Friday.The meeting, which was also attended by......
KARACHI: Workers and supporters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement gathered in front of the Karachi Press Club on Friday to protest against the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority for......
LAHORE: A heavy rain lashed the city on Friday and waterlogged many localities which led to clogging of many roads. In the three-and-a-half-hour torrential rain the motorists got stuck at various......
LAHORE: An election tribunal will announce on Saturday (today) its verdict in alleged rigging case of National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq’s constituency NA-122, Lahore.Tribunal member Kazim......
LAHORE: Farmers on Friday continued their protest on The Mall for the second day running despite downpour, disrupting traffic and scuffling with irritated motorcyclists who tried to pass through......
MULTAN: PML-N MNA Chaudhry Arif Husain, elected from NA-144, Okara, was disqualified by an election tribunal here on Friday for holding a fake degree.Independent candidate Fayaz Ahmed Ghauri had......
LAHORE: A new Emergency Response Unit (ERU) will be launched in the provincial capital to reform the existing set-up of Rescue 15 (police emergency).Many key features have been incorporated in the......
LAHORE: Participants at a consultative meeting unanimously said on Friday the National Education Policy (NEP) 2016 must be in line with international standards and the 18th Amendment in order to......
LAHORE: A city district government special monitoring team on Friday detected a large quantity of dengue larvae at the state-run asphalt plant on Outfall Road and had its in-charge arrested for......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders say senior as well as sagacious politicians from all parties are joining their party for their better political career.PML-Q leader Chauhdry Pervaiz......
LAHORE: Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed has demanded that the Election Commission of Pakistan should call an all-party conference for consultation instead of unilaterally......
LAHORE: A thought-provoking travelling poster exhibition-competition against terrorism, titled Sympathy to Victims of Terrorism, by students of various colleges and universities will be exhibited......
LAHORE: Punjabi writer and language activist Surjit Singh Kalra died of pneumonia in Birmingham on Friday.Kalra was born in Douglaspura, Faisalabad, in 1933. After the Partition, the family moved to......
LAHORE: Field teams of the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Saturday sealed several food production units, outlets, restaurants, eateries and imposed fine on others for flouting hygiene standards and......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Ejaz Chaudhry has said those who termed Kasur child abuse case a property dispute should hang their heads in shame after the revelations by the Human Rights......
LAHORE: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Lahore, has declared the result of secondary school (Class IX) annual examination, 2015.As many as 251,641 candidates appeared in the......
LAHORE: PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has called growers’ demands genuine and asked that the government should accept their demands immediately.In a statement issued here on Friday, he said the......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has fixed Rs13,000 as the minimum monthly wage for industrial labourers and workers.A handout quoted a notification issued by the Minimum Wages Board of Punjab......
MULTAN: The Bahauddin Zakariya University on Friday declared the results of BA and BSc annual examinations 2015, with girls clinching all top positions.As many as 50,962 candidates appeared for the......
BAHAWALPUR: The Punjab government has approved a project to divert 1,600 cusecs of irrigation water from Mailsi-Siphon link to Bahawalpur district.This was stated disclosed to Dawn by MPA and Punjab......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A spur protecting the Jhallar Saglay locality on the River Ravi has been eroded by 150 feet in the last three days with the water level increasing in the river.Farmers told reporters......
GUJRANWALA: Residents of Ladheywala Warraich blocked on Friday Hafizabad Road in protest at the registration of a case by the Qila Dedar Singh tehsil municipal administration (TMA) against some......
MULTAN: Law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) have handed over the letters recovered from the possession of the convicts imprisoned in the Central Jail and are involved in terrorism activities to the......
SARGODHA: The Sargodha police registered on Friday water theft cases against at least 50 landlords of suburban villages but they (police) were reluctant to disclose their identities.Earlier, the......
LONDON: England crumbled meekly to 107 for eight in their first innings in reply to Australia’s 481 to put the touring side firmly on course for victory in the final Ashes Test after a dramatic......
ISLAMABAD: The cherished dream of Britain-born Pakistani boxer Amir Khan to establish a boxing academy in Pakistan is about to be realised after the WBC silver welterweight world champion on Friday......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) claims of launching the high-profile Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Qatar or the UAE next year with the help of major sponsors, suffered a huge blow as they......
COLOMBO: Kumar Sangakkara contributed to a Sri Lankan revival in his final Test as India found wickets hard to come by in the second Test here at the P. Sara Oval on Friday.The hosts recovered from......
KARACHI: Chief selector Haroon Rasheed on Friday ruled out an early return to international cricket for the disgraced trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif ahead of the expiry of their......
LONDON: Former England fast bowler Chris Tremlett announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Friday after struggling to overcome a back problem.Tremlett, 33, starred in England’s 2010-11......
PARIS: Borussia Dortmund came from three goals down to beat Norwegian side Odd 4-3 in a remarkable Europa League match on Thursday, while Southampton were held at home by the Danish champions......
ZURICH: FIFA’s independent ethics committee is probing “many” cases of suspected corruption, is accelerating its investigations and expects life bans for all but minor offences, according to a source......
CINCINNATI: Novak Djokovic smacked his racket on the court after losing serve, seemingly headed for another unexplainable loss at a tournament that has eluded him. In the end, he stopped fuming and......
LONDON: Liverpool midfielder James Milner claims Monday’s clash with Arsenal is the perfect opportunity to test his side’s improvement since last season.Brendan Rodgers’ team have been widely written......
LONDON: Australia great Shane Warne accused selection chief Rodney Marsh of “panic” and poor decision-making during the Ashes campaign against England.The tourists headed into the ongoing fifth and......
GREENSBORO: Tiger Woods fired his lowest round in two years on Thursday, launching his quest for a place in the Fedex Cup play-offs with a sparkling six-under-par 64 at the Wyndham......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan will host Chinese badminton team for a five-match series in October-November this year at the Jinnah Sports Complex in Islamabad.This was stated by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton......
BEIJING: Usain Bolt and the controversial Justin Gatlin will get the world championships off to an explosive start when they take their rivalry onto the Beijing track in the 100m heats on......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top player Aqeel Khan, Abid Ali Akbar, Yasir Khan, and Mohammad Abid won their respective matches on the second day of PTF Masters’ Invitational Tennis event here on the......
KARACHI: Test batsman Asad Shafiq struck a stylish half-century and leg-spinner Shahzaib Ahmed Khan claimed five wickets as the formidable Pakistan CC breezed into the semi-finals of the KCCA Zone-VI......
ISLAMABAD: A 14-day training camp for junior tennis players between ages 13-17 years is in progress at POF Tennis Centre under the auspices of the POF Sports Control Board.Pakistan Tennis Federation......
KARACHI: Veteran Nadeem Javed upstaged youngster Saud Shakeel in the battle of centuries as Karachi Port Trust (KPT) dethroned K-Electric to seal the 20th Hinopak Trophy KCCA Inter-departmental......
KARACHI: On the occasion of announcing the part-II pre-engineering and general group results, the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Friday issued a letter of service to young......
LAHORE: The pair of Ushna Suhail and Rushmi Chakravarthi (India) reached the semi-finals of the ITF Women Pro Circuit Tournaments in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.They defeated Binasa Beslagic (Australia)......
WASHINGTON: The world can breath easy. A giant asteroid is not hurtling towards Earth about to wipe out much of the Americas, Nasa has felt compelled to explain following a swirl of online......
PARIS: A heavily armed man opened fire on a high-speed train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday, injuring at least two people before being overpowered by passengers.The motives behind the......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran won an important endorsement on Friday from Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, who bucked opposition from fellow New York......
SEATTLE: US crews battling a flurry of wildfires raging unchecked across the Pacific Northwest contended with high winds on Thursday, a day after three firefighters were killed and four others were......
MANILA: Two people were killed while thousands were evacuated as powerful typhoon Goni approached the Philippines and Taiwan on Friday, authorities said.In the Philippine highland town of Itogon, two......
COPENHAGEN: Two robbers have made off with a bronze bust by French sculptor Auguste Rodin from a Copenhagen museum in a bold theft in broad daylight, the museum said on Friday.“So far we have no......
COLOMBO: Ranil Wickremesinghe, chief of the United National Party (UNP), was sworn in for a fourth term as Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Friday.He was elected for the fourth time as prime minster in......
PARIS: Globalisation was supposed to tear down barriers, but security fears and a widespread refusal to help migrants and refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building across the world, even if......
ADEN: A commercial ship docked in Aden on Friday, the first to reach the former southern capital since Yemen’s devastating war came to the port city in March.The Venus, operated by United Arab......
BEIJING: China on Friday hit out at Japan after the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine, saying the country should “deeply reflect” on its history of......
DAMASCUS: The self-styled Islamic State on Friday demolished a monastery founded more than 1,500 years ago in central Syria, near a town where the extremists abducted dozens of Christians earlier......
MOSCOW: Russia and China on Friday started joint military drills in the waters and airspace of the Sea of Japan, Russia’s military said.The exercises off the Russian city of Vladivosktok — which are......
FRANKFURT: The number of births in ageing Germany rose to around 715,000 in 2014, the highest level since 2002, the Federal Statistics Office, Destatis, said on Friday.A total 714,966 babies were......
BANGUI: Ten people were killed and five others injured on Friday in communal clashes in the Central African Republic, police said.A local police official said the clashes in the central region of......
FORT BENNING: They hiked for miles across mountains and jungle with 90 pound packs, jumped out of helicopters and worked 20-hour days on the US Army’s most gruelling training course.On Friday, the......
ANKARA: President Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling AK Party will keep their grip on power when an interim government is formed next week to lead Turkey to a snap election, with the cabinet set to be......
WARSAW: It’s been a dream of some Polish leaders for nearly a century: an alliance of Eastern European countries running from the Baltic Sea down to the Black Sea that would keep Russia at......
KULLU VALLEY: Its ski slopes are considered among the best in India while its stunning views are a magnet for hikers, horse riders and paragliders in the summer.But a new ruling by India’s......
At a time when tensions between Islamabad and Kabul are rising, an eight-member group of Afghan youth has arrived in Islamabad to attend a five-day ‘Af-Pak Youth Dialogue’. Dawn spoke to some of the......
ISLAMABAD: In a midnight raid on a seminary in the heart of the capital, law enforcement agencies have picked up four men allegedly involved in the attack on the Punjab home minister in his hometown......
RAWALPINDI: Cantonment affairs are still being run by a mini-board formed by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf despite elections to the cantonment boards on April 25.On Friday, the three-member......
ISLAMABAD: The arrival of a delegation of 12 journalists from Indian-held Kashmir has provided people with the opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of life on either side of the Line of Control......
The long- awaited National Security Adviser (NSA) level talks between India and Pakistan may be in jeopardy after Pakistan’s NSA Sartaj Aziz agreed to meet with Hurriyat leaders, but neither side has......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is still looking towards the federal government for the approval of the much-awaited Ghazi-Barotha water supply project to cater to the need of the......
ISLAMABAD: The special court of customs, excise and taxation on Friday deferred supermodel Ayyan Ali’s indictment in currency smuggling case after her counsel objected to the challan submitted......
ISLAMABAD: “The mountain didn’t let them get to the summit,” the official sponsors of Czech climbers Marek Holecek and Tomas Petrecek said, after the climbers’ attempt to climb Gasherbrum I was......
RAWALPINDI: Even three months after the launch of the metro bus service, public parks damaged by the contractors during the construction of the elevated track have not been repaired in the city.The......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government will soon make further amendments to the Punjab Food Act 1960 which was first amended in 2007. The new amendments will be made regarding the provision of clean food......
RAWALPINDI: Lukas Musil, Charge d’ Affaires at the Embassy of the Czech Republic on Friday said that his country was keen to promote trade relations with Pakistan and would support any action......
KASUR: Victims of Hussain Khanwala child abuse scandal continued their boycott of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on the fifth consecutive day and refused to appear before it to record their......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has initiated a sector-wise renovation and up-gradation campaign.According to a CDA spokesperson, the authority will restore the greenery in the......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja appointed Abdur Rehman as his private secretary, replacing Mohammad Hamid Ali as secretary to the chief justice.The chief justice appointed Rehman,......
MUZAFFARGARH: Farmers from five villages blocked Mahmood Kot and Qasba Gujrat roads for hours on Friday against coal power projects on their land while demanding withdrawal of case against 150......
BAHAWALPUR: The Punjab government has approved a project to divert 1,600 cusecs of irrigation water from Mailsi-Siphon link to Bahawalpur district. This was stated disclosed to Dawn by MPA and Punjab......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is still looking towards the federal government for the approval of the much-awaited Ghazi-Barotha water supply project to cater to the need of the......
ISLAMABAD: The special court of customs, excise and taxation on Friday deferred supermodel Ayyan Ali’s indictment in currency smuggling case after her counsel objected to the challan submitted......
ISLAMABAD: “The mountain didn’t let them get to the summit,” the official sponsors of Czech climbers Marek Holecek and Tomas Petrecek said, after the climbers’ attempt to climb Gasherbrum I was......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja appointed Abdur Rehman as his private secretary, replacing Mohammad Hamid Ali as secretary to the chief justice.The chief justice appointed Rehman,......
RAWALPINDI: Lukas Musil, Charge d’ Affaires at the Embassy of the Czech Republic on Friday said that his country was keen to promote trade relations with Pakistan and would support any action......
NOWSHERA: The under-training policemen continued their protest on the second consecutive day on Friday against the alleged killing of their two colleagues during a tough training session at the Joint......
PESHAWAR: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday arrested a terrorist and recovered a remote-controlled explosive device from his possession.The device was later defused by officials of the......
KARAK: The residents of Showanki, Kurd Sharif and adjacent localities held a protest demonstration against the owners of local coal mine companies for not providing rights to the local people.The......
PESHAWAR: Eight people, including three sisters, were killed and several others suffered injuries in Charsadda district and Khyber Agency when a strong windstorm coupled by torrential rain hit parts......
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Friday alleged that certain Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders had illegally invested millions of rupees from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s Rs25......
KHAR: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party on Friday rejected changes in the current system of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and said that any changes would not be fruitful till Fata was......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa information minister Mushtaq Ghani on Friday said the allegations of PML-N leaders against the provincial government were baseless and concocted.In a reaction to a news......
SWABI: Rapid urbanisation and unplanned constructions in the district have been posing serious problems to the people’s living standard besides giving birth to social instability and evils, according......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa establishment department on Friday announced a reshuffle of several senior bureaucrats.A notification issued here said that Syed Akhtar Ali Shah, BS 21, who was......
MANSEHRA: The Tehsil Municipal Administration employees on Friday announced they would go on strike from September 1 against the government’s failure to upgrade their pay scale and restore the son......
KOHAT: The district administration demolished 35 shops and a marriage hall during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive on Rawalpindi road here on Friday.The operation was led by deputy commissioner......
RAWALPINDI: Even three months after the launch of the metro bus service, public parks damaged by the contractors during the construction of the elevated track have not been repaired in the city.The......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police had to apologise for arresting four Chinese nationals on the charge of their involvement in illegal activities after the intervention of the Chinese embassy.Officials in......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) late Friday night in a statement released on its website announced that its members’ resignations from all three legislative floors were final, adding that it......
THE so-called final phase of Zarb-i-Azb is under way in North Waziristan, 14 months after the operation began.Thus far it appears the military has reclaimed much of the terrain that it had set out to......
TO say that the mission to restore peace in Karachi has been accomplished would be incredibly premature; yet it should be acknowledged that the nearly two-year-old operation in the metropolis has......
THE challenge facing Pakistan in cleansing itself of the evil of extremism was underlined in no uncertain terms by the killing of Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada last Sunday at his village home......
“A TEAM of assistant gravediggers” has been appointed to help John Whittingdale, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, to “bury the BBC that we love”. So warned the former chairman of the......
HERE we go again. Another high-level meeting between senior Indian and Pakistani officials with lots of hype and low expectations.Meanwhile, Cyprus is heading towards reunification as leaders of the......
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday that he would call snap elections likely to be held on November 1, after coalition talks failed in an unprecedented political......
