PESHAWAR: The engineering faculty of a private university in Peshawar on Thursday successfully exhibited a rescue drone. The remote-controlled light-weight plane was flown for several minutes at the......
LASHKAR GAH: Soldiers from the US-led NATO coalition have joined combat to stop a Taliban advance in Afghanistan's Helmand province, where battlefield success has given the insurgents' their biggest......
Police in India on Thursday arrested a prominent media personality on charges of murdering her daughter, according to reports in the Indian media.Mumbai police announced that it had arrested Indrani......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani on Tuesday said Article 6 of the Constitution had become “virtually redundant” to prevent the derailment of democracy in future, adding that “laws and......
AHMEDABAD: A court in Gujarat ordered a police inquiry on Thursday after at least ten people died in the worst violence to hit the Indian prime minister's home state in more than a decade.Police......
KARACHI: Pakistan's Israr Ahmed beat Malaysia's Ng Eain Yow 3-2 on Thursday to win the Asian Junior Squash Championship held Tehran, Iran.Ahmed's win brought Pakistan it's fifth Asian Junior......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Thursday strongly refuted the impression it was involved in terror financing, saying the party had itself suffered huge losses in the fight against......
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch on Thursday announced the formation of a Grand Jirga, comprising of influential political and tribal leaders to meet the Khan of Kalat and......
ISLAMABAD: A formal memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed Thursday in the presence of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to merge the stock markets of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad into a single......
LAHORE: Pakistan women's cricket team will take on the West Indies in a series of four ODIs and three T20s starting October, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Thursday.Three of the four......
BEIJING: When time came for Usain Bolt to celebrate a record 10th world championship title, a clumsy cameraman got a little too close for comfort.A man riding a two-wheel vehicle and holding a video......
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) on Thursday approved a grant of $75 million for the internally displaced people (IDPs) from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), who have been severely......
BEIJING: Jamaica's Usain Bolt easily outstripped American rival Justin Gatlin to claim his fourth consecutive world 200m title on Thursday and complete a rousing sprint double in Beijing.Bolt clocked......
Worcestershire have relieved under-performing spinner Saeed Ajmal of his duties for the final two matches of their County Championship campaign in what will be an end to the 37-year-old's third stint......
KARACHI: Counter-terrorism Department’s (CTD) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Naveed Khawaja on Thursday said the security force had foiled a major terror plan in the metropolis, arresting a......
SRINAGAR: Indian soldiers killed four suspected rebels and captured another during a day-long gun battle in India-held Kashmir near the border dividing the region between India and Pakistan, a......
TOBA TEK SINGH: At least five people, including three children and a woman, were killed during a joint-raid conducted by police and security forces in Pirmahal area of Punjab's Toba Tek Singh......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced on Thursday it will contest by-elections in NA-122 and NA-154 constituencies, said a report on Radio Pakistan.Information Minister Pervaiz......
RAWALPINDI: The army will not allow the killing of fellow countrymen and will expose all enablers, Army Chief General Raheel Sharif was quoted as saying during his visit to Shawal area on Thursday.In......
Pakistan could become the third largest nuclear stock pile within the next five to ten years, behind only the United States and Russia, the Washington Post reported, quoting reports published by two......
The national security advisors’ meet fiasco has led to some graver questions.Are both sides losing control to the hardliners?Are they even aware of the consequences of their actions?Is there any......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Qazi Khalilullah on Thursday said that Pakistan's Pakistan's ambassadors stationed abroad have been instructed to inform their host countries regarding......
The reunion of one of Bollywood's most iconic joris has not only delighted its fans, but also the stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol themselves.If their selfie spree isn't enough indication of the above,......
Ever since local films started vying for screen time in cinemas, many filmmakers are pushing their films for a later release so as not to clash with each other.Resham's comeback film Swaarangi too is......
KARACHI: A federal anti-corruption court here on Thursday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders Yousuf Raza Gilani and Makhdoom Amin Fahim, and......
The language at least speaks of determination. According to the ISPR, army chief Gen Raheel Sharif has pledged that the Karachi operation will continue against terrorists, criminals and mafias across......
IT appears that the Punjab government has been busy cleaning up the seminaries — but away from public view.Rana Sanaullah, the provincial law minister, says the madressahs in Punjab have somehow been......
ALMOST six months since commencing commercial operations, the LNG import terminal is still gasping for air. Now we have a leak from PSO — the company responsible for arranging the imports — saying......
THE verdicts of the election tribunals announced so far and the debates generated by them have amply demonstrated the need for review of the safeguards created for ensuring fair elections.These......
If you have any money in the stock market, and you are not a super wealthy individual with high-level contacts, you should be very concerned. There are a number of reasons why, but let me share only......
HISTORY never forgets a tune; it merely adapts new lyrics to it. Indo-Pak relations have a similarly repetitive refrain. Both countries periodically apply a fresh libretto to match the same old......
PAKISTAN seeks to join the mainstream of the international nuclear order with Beijing’s support. Washington has offered words of qualified encouragement. A June 2015 US-Pakistan joint statement......
Looking for your daily Hamza Ali Abbasi fix? Here it is: his dance debut in Jawani Phir Na Aani!The first song from the Eid ul Azha release, 'Jalwa', shows him get his mehndi mode on — hair flicks,......
Surveys show repeatedly that Pakistanis carry and exhibit high levels of patriotism. Yet, despite this, these citizens do not fulfill an important component of their social contract with the state......
AHMEDABAD: Thousands of troops patrolled Gujarat Thursday after at least nine people including a police officer died in the worst violence to hit the Indian prime minister's home state in more than a......
KARACHI: Justice (retd) Zafar Hussain Mirza passed away in a Karachi hospital on Thursday, hospital sources confirmed to Dawn.com.The prominent judge was the father of firebrand politician Dr......
A report released last week by the Pew Research Center predicting that India will overtake Indonesia as the country with the largest Muslim population has set off the usual suspects. In response, the......
QUETTA: At least two labourers were killed when unidentified armed opened opened fire at them on Quetta's Sariab road on Thursday.Police sources said motorcycle-riding armed men opened fire at the......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court (ATC) on Thursday remanded Dr Asim for 90 days to Rangers custody.The former federal minister was presented in ATC-III by the Rangers today who informed the court that......
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Cricket on Thursday announced details of upcoming tours involving Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia, as the Black Caps seek to capitalise on their stirring run to the World......
MULTAN: A death row prisoner, convicted of killing at least six persons, was hanged to death in Multan's Central Jail on Thursday.Condemned inmate Maqbool Hussain was sentenced to death by a sessions......
PESHAWAR: A pro-government tribal elder was killed on Thursday in a blast in Bajaur tribal agency's Chamarkand tehsil.According to security sources, the blast was caused by a planted improvised......
With the Jazbaa trailer out, the hype of the Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan and Irrfan Khan starrer is building already and it has been decided that the film will be dubbed into multiple international......
Remember that striking embellished skirt and top Humaima rocked at a Dekh Magar Pyaar Hai event recently? And that edgy red and white outfit Mahira wore at a Bin Roye promotion?They were both by......
PESHAWAR: In a big midnight operation against encroachments, the district administration demolished over 100 shops and kiosks in the old Panj Tirth Fruit Market near Shahi Bagh in the wee hours of......
UPPER DIR: Over a century-old traditional guns, swords and other antiquities displayed at the three-day cultural exhibition during the sports festival at Dir Stadium attracted a large number of......
PESHAWAR: Members of both treasury and opposition benches in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Wednesday warned they would give a call for protest across the province against Peshawar Electric......
NOWSHERA: Two brothers were shot dead allegedly by their rivals over an old enmity in Amanpura area of Nizampur here on Wednesday.Police said that Mohammad Khalid and his brother Bashir were going......
MANSEHRA: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl have agreed to form coalition government in Torghar district.“Talks between JUI-F and PTI on the formation of Torghar government......
PESHAWAR: In an interesting development, a member of the provincial government committee tasked with suggesting reforms in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission Act, Sajid Jadoon, was arrested by......
KARAK: The members of Employees Union Municipal Administration Karak have threatened to stop performing duty if their demand about payment of salaries is no met by the provincial government.The......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a workshop here on Wednesday urged the manufacturers to focus on the capacity building of their employees, especially the managerial staff, to attain sustainable training......
PESHAWAR: The Wapda employees on Wednesday boycotted duty and held rallies across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against attacks on their installations, delay in promotions and illegal appointments, and demanded......
KOHAT: The decades old police checkposts at all the entry points of Kohat have been relocated to stop criminals away from the fast expanding population of the city.Old checkposts on the Kohat-Hangu......
KHAR: The political administration of Bajaur Agency destroyed standing maize crop along the road in Mamond tehsil owing to ‘security reasons’, residents told Dawn on Wednesday.They said that maize......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday issued a stay order against the performance audit of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan by an accountancy firm on the orders of the provincial higher......
WHILE political statements are often digested with a pinch of salt, the prime minister’s deweaponisation statement of Aug 24 calls for a tablespoonful. If one is not mistaken, it is his seventh......
THIS is apropos the letter “National anthem” (Aug 25). While the anthem might be full of ‘deep meanings and perfection’, its inclusion in the school curriculum would not be as effective as......
With the shifting of the capital to Islamabad, foreign dignitaries’ formal visits to the mausoleum of the Quaid-i-Azam have stopped. This means they now don’t even know the name of the Founder of......
I WANT to draw attention towards the letter “Mistake” (Aug 21).Vacation and holiday are words with similar meanings. They both describe days when you don’t go to work or school. However, there are......
APROPOS the headline, ‘Imran Khan says will come out on streets against ECP’ (Aug 26). The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in its reply to the PTI letter, said that it was a constitutional......
I URGE higher authorities to look into the issue of degrees conferred by universities that are not recognised by the Higher Education Commission or by the professional councils concerned.The state......
SUKKUR is the third largest city of Sindh. It has a population of about 1.5m. The city is quite rich in culture and is the proud possessor of a great history, like the Indus civilisation. It is one......
APROPOS the editorial “Chairlift incident” (Aug 22). It rightly says that all-out efforts be made to ensure that Patriata, being a popular tourist spot, is made secure for visitors.The management......
MUKESH Chand Mathur, the legendary playback singer of Indian films, who was popularly known as Mukesh, had died on August 27, 1976 at the age of 53 in Detroit, Michigan, US where he had gone on a......
SWABI: The district administration would launch an operation against quacks and unqualified technicians, working in private medical centres and laboratories, sources said.They said that none of the......
ISLAMABAD: An officer of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) was robbed of an official laptop carrying records of plagiarism cases and other valuables, on Wednesday.Besides the laptop, the......
ISLAMABAD: Hearing a petition filed on behalf of slum dwellers and social activists, the Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the capital administration from taking adverse action – similar to the......
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services (NHS) turned sour on Wednesday after Dr Ramesh Vankwani criticised NHS minister Saira Afzal Tarar.The......
RAWALPINDI: A vendor was allegedly beaten up by his wife and children and then left chained in his home in Naseerabad on Wednesday.Upon hearing the victim, Saleem Khan’s cries, the neighbours called......
ISLAMABAD: A Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday issued show cause notices to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for its ‘poor coordination’ in ensuring the attendance of US lobbyist Mark......
ISLAMABAD: Speaking at a seminar on the importance of education, State Minister for Federal Education Balighur Rehman said that the percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) spent on education......
TalkA talk on ‘Beyond evictions: resolving the crisis of low income housing in Islamabad’ will be held on Thursday, August 27 at Hill View Hotel, F-7 Markaz, at 2pm.Book launchIndividualland Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: Despite 55 years of the city’s existence, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has yet to set up a landfill site where the city’s waste can be disposed of properly.The CDA, which has so......
ISLAMABAD: The managing director, Pakistan Baitul Mal, Barrister Abid Waheed Sheikh on Wednesday said the social safety net planned to establish thalassaemia centres throughout the country for the......
The US State Department’s designation of Abdul Aziz Haqqani, brother of Sirajuddin Haqqani and one of the leaders of the feared Haqqani Network, comes at a time when Pakistan is under pressure to act......
RAWALPINDI: Three more dengue fever patients arrived at Holy Family Hospital (HFH), taking the total number of patients in three government hospitals to 29.The health department, meanwhile, is still......
RAWALPINDI: The government’s refusal to withdraw 0.6 per cent withholding tax on bank transactions has once again brought different trader groups from across the country on one table and they have......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Environment Protection Agency’s (Pak-EPA) environmental, regulatory and monitoring functions have been put on hold after the position for head of the agency became vacant more......
RAWALPINDI: Fearing retaliation from militants, the government has placed the country’s 36 airports on red alert.According to sources, security of major airports, including Benazir Bhutto......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday called on the government departments to take steps to promote “progressive, moderate and democratic” image of the country.He was speaking at the......
SAHIWAL: On the order of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, a joint investigation team has been formed to probe circumstances which led to ‘suicide’ of a police officer, DSP Ghulam Muhammad Shaheen.The......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Students of Ghazi University on Wednesday boycotted their classes and staged a rally against the humiliation of a female teacher by two members of the vice-chancellor committee.The......
SHEIKHUPURA: City A Division police registered a case against a four-member gang under sections 365, 511, 506, 452 and 186 of the PPC on Wednesday who barged into government high school and tried to......
KASUR: Scores of people tried to capture a suspect of the serial child abuse case in Hussain Khanwala on Wednesday. The suspect, also former employ of the Lahore High Court, is on interim bail till......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Executive District Officer (EDO) Dr Nawaz Ranjha on Wednesday sealed a factory manufacturing fake herbal medicines and multinational products in Kamalia.The health EDO said factory......
LAHORE: Workers of power distribution companies and the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) observed Wednesday as a protest day against the privatisation process of ‘profitable’......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday set aside delimitation of dozens of union councils of Lahore for upcoming local government elections carried out by the district election commissioner,......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Punjab chapter may write a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to express its reservations against the “manner of holding the upcoming local......
LAHORE: Initially, seven doctors mustered up the courage to speak up about certain unidentified people blackmailing them through stolen social media and mobile phone data. Now, more women doctors and......
LAHORE: Jamiat Ulema Pakistan (JUP) President Pir Ijaz Hashmi claims that four of the six constituents of the defunct religious alliance, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, have agreed to form a new grouping......
LAHORE: Efforts have been intensified to form a ‘new party’, under the possible title of United Muslim League and the leadership of former president Gen Pervez Musharraf and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain......
LAHORE: Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall was brimming on Wednesday night with Ajoka Theatre’s loyal audience who were there for premiere of the group’s latest play, Kaun Banay Ga Badshah.A political......
LAHORE: Three terrorism cases, including that of the attack on Sri Lankan cricket team, are reportedly being withdrawn from military courts due to insufficient evidence and technical reasons, Dawn......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) continued its celebrations on Wednesday as it got third decision in a row in its favour, and this time by the Multan election tribunal against the PML-N......
LAHORE: Thousands of passport applicants in Pakistan and abroad had to face a great deal of inconvenience after the central online link of the National Database and Registration Authority remained......
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday appointed acting vice-chancellors of the Government College University and the Education University.According to a notification, Dr Muhammad Aslam and Dr......
LAHORE: The investigation police claimed on Wednesday to have arrested 73 suspects from different city areas in a campaign launched against illegal weapons under the National Action Plan (NAP) and......
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday adopted a unanimous resolution to award the country’s highest civil award to Shaheed retired Col Shuja Khanzada.Khanzada, who was the Punjab home minister,......
LAHORE: Only Sufi poets can guarantee national unity because their teachings of tolerance, brotherhood and love can overcome the present day social and political degeneration in the country.This was......
MIANWALI: The district police have auctioned properties worth Rs4 million of nine notorious absconders.Sources in police said most of the absconders were hiding in the adjacent tribal area which was......
SUKKUR: Jacobabad police on Wednesday claimed that Balochistan Liberation Army commander Daren Shambhani Bugti and his close associate Ali Hassan Banglani were picked up and taken away by security......
KARACHI: An improvised explosive device (IED), weighing around half a kilogram, was defused near a police post on University Road, while two policemen were hurt in a firecracker attack on their van......
KARACHI: Apprehension of arrest by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) finally took the provincial government’s top bureaucrat to the Sindh High Court that approved his interim pre-arrest bail......
KARACHI: A three-day exhibition of Rana Muhammad Tahir’s photographs of Karachi’s historical sites and buildings opened at the Arts Council on Wednesday.The show is aptly titled Neglected Beauty. The......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is going to announce a “special package” for Karachi, said a key member of the provincial cabinet on Wednesday without explaining......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned the relevant authorities of initiation of contempt proceedings against them if they fail to immediately remove all hoardings and signboards which do not......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday refused to settle two draft paras of Rs134.322 million from the audit reports for 2009-10 of the home department’s prisons section......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal have agreed in principle to form an alliance to contest the coming local government election in Sindh.This agreement was reached......
KARACHI: A district and sessions court granted on Wednesday bail to leader of the Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Pakistan Shabbir Abu Talib in a foreign exchange scam case.Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2015On a......
KARACHI: “Japan has territorial disputes with three neighbouring countries [Russia, South Korea and China] but we believe that these problems could only be resolved through a dialogue process under......
HYDERABAD: Employees of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) and Sukkur Electric Power Company (Sepco) put locks on offices and staged rallies and demonstrations across the province on......
SUKKUR: Sindh Rangers will help the Sukkur Electric Supply Company (Sepco) recover its dues from major defaulters, mainly highly influential figures, from Monday, it was officially announced on......
MIRPURKHAS: Several provincial leaders of the proscribed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) speaking at a press conference here on Wednesday expressed their resentment over the “enforced disappearance” of......
BADIN: Police on Wednesday arrested the man who had allegedly shot dead his wife’s parents after a heated argument at their house in Ahsan Colony in Matli town on Monday.A team of Matli police......
MITHI: Chhachhro police on Wednesday arrested a feudal lord on the complaint of a villager who alleged criminal assault on his 12-year-old daughter by the suspect.Waryam Samejo told the police that......
SHIKARPUR: The 4th Additional Sessions Judge, Shikarpur, Zahid Hussain Metlo, on Wednesday sentenced two accused to life imprisonment in an honour killing case.In his verdict, the judge said the......
ADEN: Al Qaeda militants on Wednesday blew up an army headquarters and set up checkpoints in the jihadist network’s southeastern stronghold of Mukalla, officials in Hadramawt province said.The......
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has summoned an Iranian envoy to protest Tehran’s apparent offer of investment opportunities in the disputed Dorra gas field, state media reported on Wednesday.The move followed a......
BUNOL: Thousands of half-naked revellers pelted each other with tomatoes on Wednesday in the town of Bunol in eastern Spain, bathing the streets with red goo in the 70th annual “Tomatina” battle.A......
KABUL: Men wearing Afghan military uniforms shot dead two Nato soldiers in the country’s south on Wednesday, the coalition said, the first insider attack on foreign troops since the Taliban’s bitter......
DUSHANBE: A Russian military court in Tajikistan on Wednesday sentenced two soldiers from Moscow’s largest foreign military base to lengthy prison terms for murdering a local taxi driver.Fyodor......
COLOMBO: The United States will be moving a resolution on human rights and alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka at the September session of the UN Human Right Council (UNHRC) but the resolution will be......
BERLIN: More than 1,000 Nato paratroopers jumped from aircraft above Germany on Wednesday in one of the alliance’s largest airborne training exercise in Europe since the Cold War ended, the US army......
BAGHDAD: The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq says its peshmerga forces have killed 25 Islamic State group (IS) militants and cleared nine villages south of the northern oil city of......
COLOMBO: The United States pressed the Maldives on Wednesday to release former leader Mohamed Nasheed after he was returned to prison despite anorder commuting his 13-year term to house arrest.US......
HEIDENAU: German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced down far-right hecklers on Wednesday, vowing zero tolerance for “vile” anti-migrant violence as rescuers found 40 corpses on a stricken boat off the......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations peace envoy for Libya said on Wednesday he was confident that the past seven months of talks will yield an agreement on ending the violence in the north African......
BANGKOK: Thailand destroyed more than two tonnes of ivory on Wednesday — a victory for animal rights groups fighting against the trade in a country renowned for being a hub for illegal tusks.The......
BEIRUT: Hundreds of people have kept up protests in Beirut as a crisis over garbage collection worsens with fresh piles of trash accumulating in streets of the capital.Beirut has been jolted by daily......
SAN JUAN: Governments ordered schools, airports and even casinos to close and they prepared shelters as Tropical Storm Erika approached the eastern Caribbean on Wednesday.The storm was located about......
WASHINGTON: The smaller of the two giant panda cubs born at the US’s Smithsonian National Zoo over the weekend died on Wednesday, zoo officials said.The undersize cub was less than four days old and......
NEW YORK: A group of black women from a book club were kicked off a wine tour in California’s wine country at the weekend - sparking accusations of racism on the company’s part.One of the women, Lisa......
KUALA LUMPUR: It’s Malaysia’s $700 million question: who transferred massive amounts of cash into Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal bank accounts, and where is the money now?But with Najib......
SAO UATUMA: Deep in the pristine Amazon jungle, Brazil’s newest skyscraper has a mission unlike any other: to save the world.The white and orange metal frame called Amazon Tall Tower Observatory, or......
IN May 2015, the self-styled Islamic State group captured the modern city of Palmyra. The adjoining Unesco world heritage site is a breathtaking archaeological complex like no other. In the 2nd......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced Doha, Qatar, as the venue for the first edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), slated to take place from Feb 4 to 24.Najam Sethi, chairman......
LAHORE: The return of the spot-fixing tainted trio — Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir — to international cricket is not possible before Feb 28, 2016 as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on......
DURBAN: A.B. de Villiers hit a rapid 64 to lift South Africa to a competitive total of 283 for seven in the series-deciding third and final One-day International against New Zealand here at......
BELFAST: Australia play their first One-day International as world champions here on Thursday with a new captain and three uncapped players in the 14-man squad which face Ireland in a one-off game......
LONDON: Newly-appointed Australia captain Steven Smith on Wednesday said he was ready for a “new era” as he prepared to lead them for the first time since Michael Clarke’s retirement.Australia face......
ISLAMABAD: Ireland will host One-day Internationals against Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the summer of 2016.Sri Lanka will play two games against the Irish in June while the two ODIs against Pakistan......
KARACHI: Former Test cricketer and chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed Sallu on Wednesday backed young Pakistan brigade to form the nucleus of the team and to put up an impressive show in the upcoming......
LONDON: Spain became the first country to have five teams in the Champions League group stage in one season after Valencia squeezed past Monaco 4-3 on aggregate in the playoff round despite a 2-1......
LONDON: On a frenzied, big-scoring night in the League Cup, Premier League newcomers Watford suffered an upset in a 1-0 loss at Preston North End in the second round on Tuesday.Premier League teams......
WINSTON-SALEM (North Carolina): Top seed Gilles Simon of France was upset by Britain’s Aljaz Bedene, while two other high seeds survived upset bids on Tuesday during second-round play at the......
ISLAMABAD: Top-ranked Aqeel Khan continued his winning streak in the PTF Masters’ Invitational Tennis Championship on Wednesday when he outclassed Ahmed Chaudhry 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 to set up a final......
LONDON: All-rounder Moeen Ali has declared his readiness to open the batting for England even though he is well aware of the consequences for Adam Lyth’s Test career.Off-spinning all-rounder Ali has......
KARACHI: Former two-time world champion Amir Khan, who spent over three hours in Lyari on Wednesday, said the locality has abundance of talent and if given proper training and exposure it can produce......
BEIJING: A sparkling Kenyan double led by Julius Yego and Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi at the world championships on Wednesday was overshadowed by news that two of their team-mates had failed......
KARACHI: Due to sparkling century by Rabish Ahmed, Karachi Blues U-19 cricket team beat Pakistan Disabled Cricket team by a big margin of 121 runs in a T20 practice Match during the training camp......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has turned down a request by the Pakistan Karate Federation (PKF) for a special grant to participate in next month’s Commonwealth Karate Championship to be......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tennis Federation will hold the Fauji Fertilizer Company Open National Ranking Tennis Championships from Aug 30-Sept 4 here at the S. Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex and......
KARACHI: Two Pakistan teams comprising women and seniors will be featuring in the Bermuda Bowl World Bridge Championship being held in Chennai from Sept 26 to Oct 10, the Pakistan Bridge Federation......
LAHORE: After secretary of the Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF), Adil Abdullah Khan Rokhari, resigned from his post, the executive committee of the federation elected legendary player Wajid Ali to......
LONDON: Global equity markets went on another rollercoaster ride on Wednesday as China’s interest rate cut showed little sign of calming jitters over the country’s faltering economy.Europe’s main......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday formally requested Iran to withdraw its ban on imports of rice and kinno.The ban has led to a drastic cut in Pakistan’s exports to Iran, which fell to mere $43......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan said on Wednesday that from Jan 2, 2017, banks will disburse only machine authenticated and sorted cash to their clients and general public from their branches......
ISLAMABAD: Despite recent optimism surrounding Pakistan’s economy, the country is facing an “existential crisis” stemming from its woeful tax collection rates and inability to finance itself, a......
KARACHI: Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL) profit-after-tax declined 30 per cent to Rs87.2 billion for the year ended June 30, 2015 from Rs123.9bn in the previous year.Earnings per share......
KARACHI: Equities resumed decline on Wednesday after a one-day rebound as the KSE-100 index fell 261.38 points (0.77pc) to close at 33,537.42.The index has pulled back by 6pc during the last nine......
ISLAMABAD: The Tax Reforms Commission (TRC) has been given another extension of three months to complete its task.This will be the third extension in the tenure of the commission till Nov 15. The......
Personal tracker range launchedKARACHI: TPL Trakker, a venture of TPL Holdings, has announced the launch of its first personal tracking product ‘Personal Trakking (PT)’ powered by Imhere, across......
DUBAI: Dubai’s tighter property rules aimed at preventing a housing bubble are the main cause of a slowdown in the emirate’s real estate sector rather than a sustained drop in oil prices, industry......
SINGAPORE: Faced with falling exports and deflation risks, it suited much of Asia to let their currencies drift lower, until China’s abrupt devaluation triggered a tide of volatility that is......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Privatisation on Wednesday stressed the need to improve performance and capacity of national financial institutions for economic......
KARACHI: There was some respite in the downtrend on cotton market on Wednesday as the oversold position of ginners came under correction which helped lint price stabilise.Floor brokers said the......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures declined for a sixth session on Wednesday, as weakness in external markets sapped appetite for the edible oil while a weak ringgit offered little support.The......
LONDON: Gold slipped 2 per cent on Wednesday as the dollar gained and shares recouped some of their earlier losses, while investors kept a close eye on China’s efforts to support its economy.Gold’s......
ZURICH: Switzerland is likely to confirm on Friday that it has fallen into its first recession since 2009, the clearest sign yet of the country’s struggles this year with a strong currency.A Reuters......
LONDON: Sterling rose against the euro on Wednesday, with some investors viewing Britain’s currency as a safe haven given the country’s relatively limited trade exposure to China.Traders said the......
LAHORE: Former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri joins a long list of senior state functionaries who have penned down their memories, as his book Neither A Hawk, Nor A Dove on Pakistan’s......
ISLAMABAD: Ahead of the forthcoming local body elections in Punjab and Sindh, the government has disbursed within two months the entire amount of Rs20 billion under fiscal year 2015-16 allocation for......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has congratulated PTI leader Jehangir Khan Tareen over the verdict of the election tribunal ordering re-polling in the NA-154.“Jehangir Tareen’s......
ISLAMABAD: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday that changes in the pension disbursement procedure had resulted in the reduction of over......
Quetta: A strike was observed in Quetta and several district towns of Balochistan to mark the 9th death anniversary of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, founder of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP). The strike......
Quetta: The Balochistan government has finalised a plan to take over 64 acres of land owned by Radio Pakistan in Quetta by shutting down the station’s transmission, removing its machinery and......
ISLAMABAD: Dismayed by the way the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) is being run, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Attorney General Salman Aslam Butt to convey to Prime Minister Nawaz......
KARACHI: A court in London granted three more months to the metropolitan police on Wednesday to keep hundreds of thousands of pounds they had seized during raids as part of a money laundering......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has claimed that he can prove in any court that the ongoing Karachi operation is partial and aimed only against the MQM.Speaking from London to......
KARACHI: Apropos a report published in Aug 22 issue of Dawn and captioned “Palpa criticises new aviation policy”, the PIA has clarified that the policy envisages outsourcing of only major airports of......
KARACHI: At a seminar held here on Wednesday, senior journalists, including office-bearers of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) headed by Rana Azeem said that the latest code of......
QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau’s Balochistan branch has filed a reference against three former officials and an incumbent employee of the Quetta Development Authority (QDA) in an......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan discussed with his British counterpart Theresa May in London on Wednesday matters relating to bringing to justice proclaimed offenders, exchange......
ISLAMABAD: Perturbed over the arrest of former federal minister for petroleum and natural resources Dr Asim Hussain, the PPP has sought explanation from the federal government over recent actions......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the schedule for first phase of local government (LG) polls in Sindh and Punjab, to be held on Oct 31.Transfers and postings of......
WASHINGTON: Two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia on Wednesday morning while conducting a live interview.Police said the suspect, Vester Flanagan, 41, was a disgruntled former......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan this week pressed on with its diplomatic offensive at the United Nations headquarters in New York in an attempt to explain its stand on the cancelled meeting between National......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two soldiers have been killed after a roadside improvised explosive device (IED), planted by terrorists in Nano area of South Waziristan, exploded when a military convoy was passing......
KARACHI: Showing flexibility over his long-standing stance, Brahamdagh Bugti, the self-exiled leader of the separatist Baloch Republican Party (BRP), said in an interview on Wednesday that he was......
LAHORE/MULTAN: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf won another moral victory on Wednesday when an election tribunal in Multan disqualified the PML-N candidate from NA-154 (Lodhran-I) and ordered......
KARACHI: In what has been described as the first major action against the PPP leadership during the ongoing Karachi operation, Dr Asim Hussain, a former federal minister and close aide to former......
ISLAMABAD: The deseating of a third Pakistan Muslim League-N MNA in a row has forced the ruling party to reconsider its earlier decision of challenging judgments of election tribunals in the Supreme......
QUETTA: Security forces killed at least 12 suspected militants belonging to two banned organisations during operations in Quetta and Sui area of Dera Bugti on Tuesday night and Wednesday.According to......
Brahamdagh Bugti, the separatist leader of the outlawed Baloch Republican Party (BRP) on Wednesday said that he is willing to negotiate with the government over the Balochistan issue, according to an......
