ISLAMABAD: Traders in the city have threatened to launch a countrywide no-banking day and shutter-down strike if the withholding tax was not withdrawn.The traders demanded the suspension of the 0.03......
ISLAMABAD: A seven-year-old boy drowned in the Korang Nullah in the limits of the Bhara Kahu police on Sunday.According to police sources, the mentally-disturbed child was crossing the nullah along......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police conducted a search operation in various parts of the city this Sunday, and arrested 28 suspects in separate incidents, a police spokesperson said.The search operation was......
ISLAMABAD: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has announced that it will set up an ‘accessibility centre’ for visually impaired students and its national library.The centre will be available......
LOS ANGELES: Famous Hollywood horror movie director Wes Craven died on Sunday at his residence in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, after a long battle against brain cancer, said his family in a......
KARACHI: Two persons were injured when unknown miscreants resorted to firing and hurled crackers near a private university in Karachi's Gulistan-e-Johar area Monday evening, triggering fear and......
ISLAMABAD: The members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided on Monday not to submit their resignations under pressure from opposition parties of the country.The matter was discussed......
ISLAMABAD: The government has announced reduction in prices of petroleum products by Rs3 a litre on all denominations. The renewed prices will be effective from midnight September 1.Addressing a......
BEIRUT: A powerful blast in the ruins of Syria's ancient Palmyra raised fears on Monday that the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group has damaged another of the Middle East's most treasured heritage......
SHANGHAI: Chinese state media announced a slew of confessions on Monday following investigations into dramatic stock market fluctuations, including from a reporter who said he had spread false......
CINCINNATI: Roger Federer isn't in such a rush anymore.He's doing things his way and taking time to savor each moment. After losing to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final, he took a month off from......
BERLIN: Kevin de Bruyne's record transfer to Manchester City earned Wolfsburg a reported 79.8 million euros (#58 million, $89.3 million), but there are concerns here about the drain of Bundesliga......
COLOMBO: Fired-up India sighted their first series win in Sri Lanka for 22 years when the home team's top order collapsed during the decisive final Test in Colombo on Monday.Sri Lanka, set a tough......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson and former president, Asif Ali Zardari, on Monday said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reverted to revenge politics of the 1990s, referring to the......
CAPE TOWN: Australia and England might have the Ashes but India and South Africa have evoked the memory of two iconic historical figures to name future cricket series between the two......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday announced the schedule for by-elections in NA 122 and NA 154 constituencies which were vacated after the Punjab election tribunal's......
Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar says the Ashes-winning England side will have ‘to perform at its best’ to beat Pakistan when the two sides meet in the UAE in October.Aktar, who played a vital role......
Indian authorities have claimed the arrest of a terrorist who they allege belongs to Pakistan and was sent to India-held Kashmir to setup a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) camp in the area, according to a......
Earlier this week, Dawn reported on a group of lady doctors in Lahore being harassed by criminals who had hacked their social media accounts, and were using their private information to blackmail......
KIEV: Clashes erupted outside parliament in Kiev on Monday as lawmakers gave initial approval to constitutional changes granting more autonomy to pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.A blast......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Minister of Germany Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier was given assurances by the adviser on national security Sartaj Aziz that the ongoing military action in North Waziristan was......
NEW DELHI: India's Jain community scored a legal victory Monday when the Supreme Court temporarily lifted a ban on the traditional ritual of Santhara, or fasting to death.Thousands of Jains protested......
For women, taking back the wheel has always been a herculean task.In neighbouring India, for instance, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the female labour force participation......
Whenever bands announce that they are parting ways with a prominent member, splitting up, or simply retiring and calling it a day, it’s hard not to cynically start the countdown to their inevitable......
HONG KONG: Suzuki Motor's capital structure is due a tune-up. The Japanese car-maker has amassed a huge cash pile during a long feud with 19.9 per cent owner Volkswagen.Now arbitrators in London have......
DUBAI: Saudi Electricity Co (SEC) has received approval from its executive committee to negotiate for loan financing worth $2.3 billion and to set up a Sukuk Programme worth as much as $1.5 billion,......
KABUL: The Taliban on Monday admitted covering up longtime leader Mullah Omar's death for more than two years, saying he died in 2013 as was first claimed by the Afghan intelligence.The group had......
A few years ago, British columnist and whip-smart funny woman Caitlin Moran wrote about the particular breed of sexism she often encountered."These days," she said, "sexism is a bit like Meryl Streep......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf (PTI) on Monday officially announced a protest rally to be held at D-Chowk on October 4 to announce the plan of action for a possible sit-in to pressurise......
LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday banned the live telecast of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain's speeches on TV channels till further orders.The court,......
KANDAHAR AIR FIELD: It is a striking vision for a country torn to pieces by war and jihadi insurrection: a series of airports, built by Nato to fight the Taliban, are being handed over to the Afghan......
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pace bowler Mohammad Asif can return to cricket this week following five-year spot-fixing bans, but age and public hostility mean the pair face a hard......
News broke over the weekend that actress Momal Sheikh, daughter of industry veteran Javed Sheikh, has bagged a role in a Bollywood film, which is Tanu Weds Manu director Anand L Rai’s next.The......
PESHAWAR: At least one man killed and four others sustained injuries Monday in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Khar Tehsil of Bajaur agency.According to security sources, the vehicle......
One of the most anticipated films this year, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol's Dilwale's shoot has finally been wrapped up in Iceland, reported IANS.Directed by Rohit Shetty, who has previously worked with......
NEW YORK: Maria Sharapova, winner of five grand slam events, has pulled out of the US Open tennis championships due to a leg injury, the Russian said on Sunday.Sharapova, 28, has not played a match......
All those who were wondering about the sudden disappearance of Aamina Sheikh from the glam scene of the industry now have their answer. The popular actor wasn't busy in projects; she was preparing......
LONDON: Australia will not use Indian conditions as an excuse if they fail to win the World T20 in the subcontinent next year, opening batsman David Warner has said.Australia have never won the......
ISLAMABAD: Expectations were high when Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal took the stage at Lok Virsa this Saturday, and he did not disappoint. After a three-hour performance featuring some of the best known rock......
PESHAWAR: The candidates of ruling PTI were elected nazims in nine districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, followed by four district nazims of its coalition partner Jamaat-i-Islami, as the process of local......
PESHAWAR: Civil Secretariat Fata is set to start payment of compensation to the internally displaced persons, whose houses were damaged in militancy, after receiving Rs5 billion from the federal......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Sunday congratulated the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on successful holding of the local government elections and swearing in of its......
PESHAWAR: At least three people were killed and another one was injured over a monetary dispute in the limits of Paharipura police station here on Sunday.A police official at the Paharipura police......
PESHAWAR: The newly-elected district nazim of Peshawar, Mohammad Asim Khan, lost his wallet containing over Rs25,000 and identity papers soon after taking oath as head of the district council on......
Ever since the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance (JJSO) 2000 was promulgated during the military government of retired General Pervez Musharraf the issues related to juvenile offenders continue to......
LANDI KOTAL: Sixteen out of the total 18 parliamentarians from seven tribal agencies and six frontier regions have threatened to boycott all official meetings and functions if their six-point charter......
PESHAWAR: The local traders have decided to hold rallies and demonstrations on Sept 2 to protest imposition of 0.6 per cent withholding tax on bank transactions.They have displayed black banners......
KHAR: Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor Engineer Shaukatullah Khan has welcomed the decision to establish civil courts in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and called for immediate......
ISLAMABAD: Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, the outgoing speaker of the National Assembly, has vacated his official residence in the capital and has moved back into his own Lahore residence. However, sources say......
ISLAMABAD: A government team is expected to leave for China on Sept 6 to launch soft marketing for the strategic sale of Pakistan Steel Mills.The initiative has been taken at a time the PSM has been......
THIS is in response to the two letters, both published in your issue of Aug 26. August.The last line of the first, “Our Justice System,” by Kunwar Idris, one of the finest civil servants Pakistan has......
WHILE visiting various cities, towns and villages of Sindh, from Karachi to Kashmor, one can see open and overflowing gutters , broken roads, clogged lanes and choked drains and nullahs. These open......
APROPOS the article, ‘Happy taxpayers’ by Idrees Khawaja (Aug23). I agree with the author’s contention that if the taxpayers’ money is utilised for public welfare, the problem of non-payment of......
RECENTLY many raids have been conducted on restaurants, fast food outlets and hospitals by different authorities with the aim of improving the quality of services they provide.As a result, many......
THE time is ripe now for both Pakistan and India to discuss all important issues.Nothing can be done overnight. But at the same time, nothing is impossible. Definitely, it will take time for efforts......
SINCE inception, Pakistan has been facing multiple problems and challenge. But tolerance and democracy are most critical issues. Both are interlinked with each other. However, in present time we are......
THE slow pace of development in Karachi’s phase VIII in Defence Housing Authority has forced plot owners to abandon their plans to build houses. Instead they are seriously contemplating to sell their......
I applied for Form ‘B’ for my son on Nov 25, 2014 at Nadra registration centre (executive), Naseerabad, Karachi. I was given 15 days time by the staff at the Nasra centre to collect the form at the......
THIS refers to Zahid Hussain’s article ‘Death by stealth’ (Aug 12). He talks about one political party (of Karachi mainly) as being a victim of extra-judicial executions and in a very well-reasoned......
PRIME minister Sharif was recently in Kazakhstan. This adds to a large number of countries he has already visited since assuming office. None of these visits has produced any results for the country......
IT is never too late to mend our wayward ways. The introduction of the new laws for school vans by the Karachi police is a commendable step which will go a long way in ensuring road safety for our......
SWABI: Hundreds of students who have passed the secondary school certificate (SSC) examinations are confronting problems to get admission in the government colleges due to limited number of seats in......
PESHAWAR: Abdul Munghaim, a student of 7th grade and resident of Kadi in Shah Mansoor village, Swabi district, got a widespread fame on social media due to his velvety voice.According to his father,......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Health Services (NHS) Saira Afzal Tarar will hold a press conference on the future of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Monday.As over 100,000 doctors,......
RAWALPINDI: A man shot and killed his daughter in Sadiqabad this Sunday, after she refused to accept the marriage proposal of her parents’ choice, police said.The suspect, identified as Tariq......
ISLAMABAD: Workers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday held a rally and a vigil in memory of those who were killed and injured during a clash with the......
ISLAMABAD: The delay by the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) in starting third-year admissions in degree colleges provided a chance for private educational institutions to attract the......
ISLAMABAD: Suleman Gohar Khan, who would be 21 years old, came to Shakoor village in the Charsadda district in 2009, after the ‘Way of Salvation’ operation was launched in Swat. He reached a......
RAWALPINDI: Crispy round papri cups, boiled chickpeas, cubed potatoes and spicy tamarind water; yes, we’re talking about that quintessentially sub continental snack: the gol gappa.Gol gappas, or pani......
ISLAMABAD: Due to the negligence of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) the fate of 11 Informational Technology (IT) labs hangs in the balance, and their employees have not been paid for......
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a workshop on Sunday urged the government to let the world know of its increasing vulnerabilities to the altering weather patterns at the United Nations Framework Convention on......
ISLAMABAD: For the first time in Pakistan’s history, a Pakistani university has awarded an MPhil degree in Hindi.Military-run National University of Modern Languages (Numl) has become the first......
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly will meet here on Monday afternoon after a two-day break amid beefed up security.Extra-ordinary measures have been taken given the fresh security threats to the assembly......
LAHORE: Heavily assigned but weak deputy commissioners (DCs) are going to be the “face of the state” in Punjab districts after local elections, even without any legal powers to direct police to......
LAHORE: After the PPP, the PML-Q too has announced boycotting of upcoming by-polls if the Election Commission members do not resign over rigging allegations.“All four provincial members of the ECP......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab organiser Chaudhry Sarwar has announced launching ‘workers contact campaign’ for Oct 4 protest in front of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).In a......
LAHORE: The PPP has demanded discontinuation of entrance test for admission to medical colleges in Punjab.“Entrance test is anti-merit and discriminatory in nature because students who secure 950......
LAHORE: The Immigration and Passports authorities have recently suspended a system in-charge from Garden Town Regional Passport Office and transferred a few officials, including two assistant......
LAHORE: Punjab Council of Arts will celebrate Defence Day from Sept 5 to Sept 7, council Executive Director Chauhdry Asif told Dawn on Sunday.Mr Asif said the council’s head office in Lahore, along......
LAHORE: Ahead of a stock-taking meeting by the prime minister, Chief Secretary Khizar Hayat Gondal on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to accelerate the pace of development projects in......
LAHORE: A man and a woman were found dead in Factory Area on Sunday.The victims were identified as Rehana, 27, and her cousin Safdar, 40. Both were allegedly shot dead at Rehana’s house in Sitara......
LAHORE: A special team of the City District Government of Lahore’s livestock wing carried out three raids in different localities of Lahore on Sunday, seized 1,600kg of unhygienic and unapproved meat......
GUJRANWALA: Paddy growers from across the division blocked on Sunday Lohianwala Bypass in protest against what they said government’s apathy to their just demands.Reports said paddy farmers from......
VEHARI: Gymnasiums in Burewala and Vehari could not be operational despite the fact that the chief minister had performed the inauguration ceremony on Feb 13, 2013.The gyms are awaiting funds for the......
SIALKOT: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani said the Modi government had miserably failed internally in India and was now trying to divert world’s attention from the ongoing riots in state of Gujarat by......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) on Sunday arrested a youth of Gojra for his alleged contacts with killed terrorist Habibur Rehman.Youth Hafiz Suhaib Akram is the son of Prof Akram of ......
KASUR: Three-day celebrations of the 258th urs of Bulleh Shah concluded here on Sunday.Despite police claims of foolproof security arrangements, pickpockets remained active while thieves took away......
SIALKOT: Jamaatud Dawa Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed on Sunday led the funeral prayers in absentia for those killed in an unprovoked shelling by the Border Security Force (BSF) of India in border......
MULTAN: Former Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said that he would not appear before the anti-corruption court in Karachi in the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) cases today......
CHINIOT: The Chiniot municipality has identified 34 buildings as dangerous, and another six the most dangerous.Tehsil Officer (planning) of Chiniot Tehsil Municipal Administration Khalid Masood Khan......
SAHIWAL: The Government Post-Graduate College has got two buses for students’ transport for the first time since it was founded in 1942 .The buses were purchased from the grant allocated by Punjab......
BAHAWALPUR: Three suspects in police custody were killed by the `firing of their accomplices’ here on Sunday in Baghdadul Jadid area.Police said Khatib, Attique and Jamil were being escorted for......
SIALKOT: A man shot dead his mother-in-law, daughter and son over a domestic dispute in Lorhiki village, Daska tehsil on Sunday.According to police, Ghulam Abbas alias Achhu’s wife Bismillah had......
LAHORE: The ruling PML-N on Sunday completed interviews of aspirants to tickets for the forthcoming local body polls being held in 275 union councils of the provincial metropolis.At least 5,500......
LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences conducted entrance test for admission to public and private medical and dental colleges in Punjab on Sunday.The test was held in 34 examination centres......
LAHORE: Authorities will resume routine checking of quality of milk from Monday (today) after an official committee and representatives of Milk Sellers and Suppliers Association agreed on a......
KARACHI: The main accused, who allegedly fired a shot at the car of former captain of Pakistan cricket team Wasim Akram, has been reportedly pardoned by the cricketer after tendering an unconditional......
KARACHI: A gigantic exercise for the registration of all Afghan refugees in the country planned for next month under the National Action Plan will help identify over one million Afghans who the Sindh......
It is a sad fact that the standard of Urdu research is falling. Though it has not been very high in the not-so-distant past either, it has suffered from rather a tangible lapse lately.Some may argue......
KARACHI: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested three alleged hit men involved in two dozen murder cases.“The police arrested three suspects who were involved in killing of nine policemen and the......
KARACHI: The book launch of a biographical account on former mayor of Karachi H.M. Habibullah Paracha held at the Mohatta Palace on Sunday was a poignant affair for many reasons. Mr Paracha is......
KARACHI: The provincial health authorities have sent an alert over danger of Congo-Crimean haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) ahead of Eidul Azha, asking all quarters concerned to take measures to preempt the......
KARACHI: A suspected robber was killed in an ‘encounter’ in Gulshan-i-Maymar on Sunday, police said.Two suspects intercepted a police inspector, Nafees, who was travelling in a car with his family on......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi, on Sunday welcomed the presidential ordinance that dissolved the controversial executive council of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council ......
KARACHI: The word discerning is often used for admirers of classical music. But nothing could be more heartening when at the mere announcement of a raga-to-be-performed music lovers begin to nod in......
Surprised? Startled? Don’t be. It’s a 50-year-old headline, though the subject does not seem to have lost its relevance. Back to the headline which appeared in Dawn’s city pages on Sept 4, 1965. It......
THATTA: Extremely panicked by the roaring floodwater blowing up the 46-Mile section of the S.M. Monarki Bund — serving as flood-protective shield for Sujawal town and its surrounding villages —......
HYDERABAD: Activists of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Hyderabad took out a rally to mark ‘International Day of the Victims of Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances’ while......
SUKKUR: Condemning the treatment being meted out to the Higher Education Commission chairman and former federal minister for petroleum Dr Asim Hussain by security forces, Leader of the Opposition in......
HYDERABAD: Leaders of Sindh chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz have criticised detractors of the ongoing targeted operation in Karachi and the rest of the province and said the very parties......
MIRPURKHAS: The Satellite Town police on Sunday took into custody the body of a 40-year-old man after they were informed about the victim hanging from the ceiling with a rope in a hut near the......
KARACHI: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has lodged 72 FIRs, begun inquiries into 209 cases and arrested 52 officers of different departments within two months on charges of corruption,......
SUKKUR: The three-day 147th annual Urs of Sufi saint and poet Fakir Qadir Bux Bedil got under way at his shrine in Rohri near Sukkur on Sunday.Sindh Minister for Local Bodies Sindh Syed Nasir Hussain......
HYDERABAD: Speakers at a training workshop on peace and harmony called for holding cultural programmes for youths from different provinces regularly to understand inter provincial issues and create......
KARACHI: Two traffic police constables were shot dead on University Road in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Sunday evening, police said.The policemen were performing their duty at the Sunday Bazaar near Safari......
KARACHI: “Nabeel Baloch ko bazyab karo”, “UNO, where are you?”, “Meray papa ko riha karo” and “Aafia Siddiqi ko riha karo” were some of the slogans chanted outside the Karachi Press Club on Sunday at......
ROME: When Italian Public Administration Minister Marianna Madia tried to take advantage of a reform that should have allowed her to change her residency online, the local council said it couldn’t be......
SUPERBLY nuanced performances from Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay and exquisite direction by Andrew Haigh in 45 Years, who also co-wrote the film, turn an apparently everyday story of a......
The tidal wave of refugees from North Africa and the Middle East is testing European unity and resolve in a way nothing has in recent times. The frontline states of Greece and Italy are demanding......
MBABANE: Thirteen people were killed in a road accident in Swaziland involving girls heading to a traditional royal ceremony police said on Sunday, giving a much lower toll than previously......
UNITED NATIONS: Asserting that “prohibition of enforced disappearance is absolute”, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has denounced the “alarming” number of disappearances and appealed......
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad, joining anti-government protesters for a second day on Sunday, called for a “people’s power” movement to topple Prime Minister Najib Razak over......
NEW YORK: Renowned neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks, who explored the mysteries of the human brain in a series of best-selling books, died Sunday at age 82, the New York Times reported.Sacks’......
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a prisoner amnesty as part of commemorations of World War II’s end that could see thousands of inmates, including war veterans and juveniles, released.The......
LONDON: British thriller writer Frederick Forsyth revealed he had conducted missions for intelligence service MI6 in extracts from his autobiography published on Sunday.Forsyth, whose bestsellers......
LOS ANGELES: Hurricane Ignacio moved menacingly closer to Hawaii on Sunday but the worst of the powerful storm should spare the American archipelago, according to latest forecasts.With maximum......
DUBAI: A large fire broke out on Sunday in the basement of a sprawling residential complex in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich east, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 200, officials in the......
KANDAHAR: Afghan forces backed by Nato air attacks on Sunday drove the Taliban out of a district centre in southern Afghanistan, days after the insurgents overran it, officials said.The town of Musa......
BEIT JALA: Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades on Sunday to disperse a protest in a Palestinian Christian town near Bethlehem against renewed work on Israel’s West Bank separation......
SANAA: An air strike by warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition, which said it targeted a bomb-making factory, killed 36 civilians working at a bottling plant in the northern Yemeni province of Hajjah......
CAIRO: Egypt’s foreign ministry on Sunday summoned the British ambassador over his criticism of prison sentences handed to three journalists from Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera.“What counts is the......
LONDON: Around a million people are expected to attend the Notting Hill Carnival, a celebration of Caribbean culture which sees colourful floats and sound systems filling west London’s streets, from......
BEIJING: Asbel Kiprop produced a trademark sprint finish to win a third straight 1,500 metres gold and ensure Kenya topped the medals table at successive world championships after the final night of......
COLOMBO: The decisive third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka was on a knife edge after 15 wickets fell during a dramatic third day’s play in Colombo on Sunday.Play ended with India on 21-3......
NEW YORK: Ask Serena Williams what could prevent her from completing tennis’ first true Grand Slam in more than a quarter-century at the US Open, and the response will not include the name of a......
MADRID: Real Madrid got their season up and running when Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez struck twice to fuel their 5-0 thrashing of Real Betis in their home opener on Saturday while La Liga......
LONDON: Swansea City defeated Manchester United 2-1 for the third successive meeting as Louis van Gaal’s side’s unbeaten start to the Premier League season ground to a halt at the Liberty Stadium on......
SILVERSTONE: Valentino Rossi of Italy reclaimed the outright lead at the top of the world championship standings with his fourth victory of the season when he triumphed in the British MotoGP at......
BERLIN: Thomas Mueller celebrated his 200th Bundesliga match by netting twice as Bayern Munich eased past Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 to go top of the Bundesliga on Saturday, their third win in three......
MILAN: New strikers Carlos Bacca and Luiz Adriano bagged their maiden Serie A goals to give AC Milan their first points of the season with a 2-1 home win over Empoli on Saturday.Colombian Bacca,......
PARIS: France forward Nabil Fekir scored a hat-trick on Saturday to help Olympique Lyon claim a 4-0 win at Caen, while Stade de Reims moved provisionally top of Ligue 1 with a 4-1 victory at......
ASTANA: Japan will head to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year full of hope and expectation after completing a superb world championship week in Astana on Sunday.Having already dominated......
LAHORE: The favourite backers had a disastrous day when only two fancied horses obliged them in a card of six events during the 15th Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.The punters......
ISLAMABAD: The coaching camp organised for budding players with the cooperation of the Asian tennis Federation (ATF) concluded here at the Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) Wah courts on Sunday.Axe......
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) launched the Cool & Cool Presents Haier Q8 Twenty20 Cup 2015-16 here at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday.Eight teams will contest in the qualifying......
CARDIFF: Australia’s endeavours to form an effective Twenty20 line-up to break their ordinary record in World Twenty20 starts with the one-off Twenty20 International against England here at Sophia......
KARACHI: Second favourite Captaan, an unknown pedigree bay horse, produced awesome performance to celebrate his maiden success of the season with a six-length win over favourite bay colt Fantastic......
KARACHI: A 24-member Pakistan squad, led by Hasnain Alam, will leave for Dhaka on Monday to compete in the Five-nation ICRC International Cricket Tournament for People with Physical Disabilities......
ISLAMABAD: Qualifying matches in different categories were decided on the opening day of the Fauji Fertilizer Company Open National Ranking Tennis Championships here at the PTF Tennis Complex and the......
WINSTON-SALEM: Second seed Kevin Anderson used his powerful serve to end the unlikely run of French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert and win his first title in more than three years with a 6-4, 7-5......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Table Tennis Federation (PTTF) on Sunday named a seven-member team for the Asian Table Tennis Championship which is being held at Pattaya, Thailand, from Sept 26 to Oct 3.The......
BIRMINGHAM: Australia all-rounder James Faulkner capped an eventful couple of months by helping Lancashire to a 13-run win over Northamptonshire in the final of English domestic cricket’s Twenty20......
PAKISTAN’S stock market suffered massive losses last Monday as the benchmark KSE-100 index crashed 4.11pc during the day.Analysts linked the fall to the turmoil in the global equity markets on......
AMID much political discourse over the issue of money earned through corruption, tax evasion and fraud in Pakistan and stashed away in Swiss banks, the authorities in Switzerland have cold-shouldered......
The success of digitised crowd financing heralds the start of a new age, with an active global citizenry gaining voice and influence that the current set of power wielders in the world may find hard......
RECENTLY, the Al-Meezan Investment Management Ltd announced the launch of an open-ended commodity fund, offering to invest in gold at the Pakistan Mercantile Exchange.Shariah-compliant funds have......
MOUNTING dollar demand amid speculative trading in the local currency market brought the rupee under heavy pressure versus the dollar and the euro last week.The rupee as a result plunged against the......
KEEPING up with the trend of massive liquidity injections, the central bank had pumped in a big Rs1.08tr into banks on August 28. The open market operation was conducted in a seven-day contract at......
PUNJAB’S law on taxing income from agriculture is but a hugely flawed legislation. It not only discriminates between small and big landowners, but also between businessmen and salaried......
THE Kot Addu Power Company is looking to set up a 660MW coal-based power project in Sheikhupura, Punjab. Its existing power plant in Muzaffargarh district, Punjab, has 15 generating units and a......
AS a fallout effect of the drastic reduction in international oil prices, inflationary pressures have eased considerably in oil-importing countries, including Pakistan.According to the State Bank of......
OVER the past few decades, events have overtaken the policymakers as they remain stuck with a few dominant ideas that fueled socioeconomic development in the past but have now lost much of their......
THE commerce ministry has a minimal role in the formulation and implementation of the trade policy owing to the all-pervading presence of the federal finance division, the Federal Board of Revenue......
FOOD processing and packaging companies continue to fare well on the back of rising domestic demand being fuelled by urbanisation and a change in lifestyles. But in the last fiscal year, the......
THE Ministry of National Food Security and Research is preparing a strategy to tackle the crisis arising out of falling international prices of agricultural commodities and their surplus domestic......
A FEASIBILITY report for the modernistaion of the 53-year-old Guddu Barrage — the first controlling point over the Indus in Sindh — is now ready and awaiting implementation.The project, which also......
IN the third week of this month, farmers in Punjab took to the streets of Lahore to air their grievances and register their protest against the deteriorating economic conditions in the agriculture......
NepalNepal is among the poorest and least developed countries in the world and the second poorest in Asia, with a GDP per capita of $2,381 on purchasing power parity basis or $698 at current prices......
THE decision of the Reserve Bank of India earlier this month to allow 11 entities to set up payments banks is being seen by many as a game-changer for the Indian banking sector. The central bank had......
AT the moment, the Federal Reserve’s favourite message appears to be either ‘not yet’ or ‘almost there’.The Fed’s almost zero interest rate policies evidently are to be with us at least a bit longer.......
RAISING interest rates is always harder than cutting them. When investors are bleeding and workers fear the chop, promises of cheap money sound like the hoofbeats of arriving cavalry. But the trauma......
MARDAN: Two police constables were shot dead in Shahdhand Baba area on Mardan-Swabi road near here on Sunday.Constables Mohammad Waleed and Mohammad Zubair of Garhi Kapura police station were going......
KARACHI: A suspected terrorist was killed in an encounter with law-enforcement personnel and a shopkeeper was gunned down in a robbery attempt on Sunday night, police said.According to Landhi SP......
ISLAMABAD: The Secretary of the federal climate change ministry, Arif Ahmed Khan, stressed on the need for global efforts to boost climate resilience of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).He was......
RIYADH: Saudi authorities executed a Pakistani man on Sunday for attempting to smuggle drugs into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said.Up to 129 people have been executed in......
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Sunday that an incomplete Election Commission could not hold elections and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan’s demand for resignation of......
ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the Gwadar port, Dostain Jamaldini, said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was not just the name of a road or railway system but a mega project.Speaking to Radio......
QUETTA: In the wake of assassination of Punjab home minister Shuja Khanzada, police have worked out a new security plan for foreign missions, ministers, parliamentarians and major government......
QUETTA: Secretary of Prime Minister’s Office and Board of Investment Syed Iftikhar Hussain Babar said on Sunday that the business community of Balochistan could get maximum benefits from the......
QUETTA: The vice president of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), Fehmida Jamali, said on Sunday that potential of Balochistan as a regional hub for energy and trade would......
KHUZDAR: Two people were killed and two others injured in a clash between Zagar Mengal and Zehri tribes in Dashat-i-Goran area of Kalat district over a land dispute on Sunday.Sources said that armed......
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia allowed women to register to stand in local elections on Sunday, in a historic first for the conservative kingdom.In a country where women face a host of restrictions the move......
TOKYO: Tens of thousands of protesters gathered near Japan’s parliament building on Sunday to oppose legislation allowing the military to fight overseas, the latest sign of public mistrust in Prime......
BEIRUT: The self-styled Islamic State (IS) group has executed more than 90 people, a third of them civilians, over the past month in areas of war-torn Syria it controls, a monitoring group said on......
ROME: An Italian energy group said on Sunday it had discovered the largest known gas field in the Mediterranean off the Egyptian coast, predicting that the find could help meet Egypt’s gas needs for......
ABUJA: Nigeria’s secret police said on Sunday they had arrested notable Boko Haram suspects, including a ‘commander’ linked with several suicide attacks across the country.The Department of State......
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: The United States spelt out on Sunday the steps it expected Pakistan to undertake for dealing with the Haqqani network and stressed that these were crucial for Islamabad’s......
PESHAWAR: Candidates of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf were elected on Sunday nazims in nine districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, followed by the Jamaat-i-Islami which bagged the posts in four and the......
SIALKOT: Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif has said Pakistan will take the issue of violations of the Line of Control and Working Boundary by India to the United Nations and other international......
QUETTA/GWADAR: Two officials of the Civil Aviation Authority were killed and another was injured in a pre-dawn attack on the Jewani Airport in Gwadar district on Sunday. The airport is located not......
ISLAMABAD: Hitting back at the US allegations that Pakistan was not doing enough to tackle the Haqqani network, the military said on Sunday that Pakistan was not alone to blame and that restoring......
THE Election Commission of Pakistan has many shortcomings. Be it the individual election tribunal judgements or, more importantly, the inquiry commission report authored by former chief justice of......
AN image going around on the internet these days depicts the azure waters of the ocean, with a dozen human bodies floating in the shape of the circle — a biting comment on the general attitude......
AFTER much legal and political wrangling, a clear schedule for local government polls in Islamabad has finally been announced.On Friday, the Election Commission of Pakistan said local polls in the......
Pakistanis live from crisis to crisis, hardly learning any lessons. They remain in denial of challenges recognised only after enormous suffering. Reluctantly, they seek solutions but select those......
AFTER facing the disappointment of an unfriendly judicial commission verdict, the PTI can now draw comfort through a couple of favourable decisions from the much-maligned election tribunals. In both......
THE numbers are staggering. According to a new report by two international think tanks, Pakistan is estimated to possess 120 nuclear warheads. Within the next decade, the report claims, it could have......
It is a pity that the code regulating the functioning of the country’s electronic media landscape had to come from the government rather than the Pakistan Broadcasters’ Association. But the failure —......
KARACHI: Two traffic police personnel were shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of the metropolis Sunday night, police said.According to the office of Sindh Police......
