KARACHI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has sought information against alleged malpractices at Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC), according to officials and documents obtained by Dawn......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Sunday, addressing a ceremony on Defence Day at the GHQ to honour the martyrs of the armed forces, said Pakistan Army is fully able to......
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Sunday slammed the Indian premier saying that even though Narendra Modi had been elected as the prime minister, “his approach was still......
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan asked Pakistan to act against Afghan Taliban militants operating on its territory during weekend talks in Kabul, while Pakistan said the South Asian neighbours needed to build......
DHAKA: Bangladesh's highest court on Sunday cleared the screening of a film depicting one of the world's worst industrial disasters, the 2013 Rana Plaza garment factory collapse, reversing an earlier......
MANDALAY: With a smile, Myanmar's most notorious Buddhist monk boasts of the sleepless nights he endures on his self-appointed quest against the country's Muslims ? one that he claims has helped......
WASHINGTON: First there was the Jeep, then came the Humvee (HMMWV). Now the United States military (US) has a new all-purpose vehicle that's destined to become another emblem of American fighting......
BRUSSELS: With the world still reeling from images of a drowned Syrian boy, European authorities say it is their top priority to fight an army of an estimated 30,000 people smuggling suspects blamed......
HEGYESHALOM: Austria and Germany threw open their borders on Saturday to thousands of exhausted migrants from the east, were transported by buses to the frontier by a right-wing Hungarian government......
Celebrations of Pakistan's 50th Defence Day are under way across the nation on Sunday as the day commenced with a 31-gun salute in the federal capital and 21-gun salutes in provincial capitals, Radio......
PESHAWAR: Failure of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf to get its deputy speaker elected is expected to cost the provincial exchequer millions of rupees in overtime dues to employees of the Khyber......
PESHAWAR: Around 130,000 intermediate students of government colleges in the province have long been denied free textbooks despite the successive governments’ claim to provide free books to students......
MINGORA: The religious scholars and ulema here on Saturday termed the forced and swara marriages against Sharia and asked the authorities concerned to ban such practices once and for all.They were......
LAKKI MARWAT: The district education department here has asked the teachers of government schools to avoid using mobile phones in classrooms.The directives were issued at a meeting of the principals......
PESHAWAR: Dr Munazza Hassan, the president of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf women wing, has urged the newly elected women councillors of the party to play an effective role to resolve problems of masses......
PESHAWAR: Experts have suggested establishment of ‘oncology support fund’ to ensure prompt and unhindered treatment of cancer patients and save their families from financial and psychological......
KHAR: Scores of people, including tribal elders and workers of various political parties, joined Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf here on Saturday.They made the announcement during a ceremony held for the......
PESHAWAR: The local police here on Saturday claimed to have recovered an explosive device from a motorcar and arrested three suspected terrorists, believed to be involved in several acts of......
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Mansehra chapter, has demanded of the party chairman, Imran Khan, to terminate the basic membership of former provincial president Senator Azam Khan Swati, saying......
PESHAWAR: As the Peshawar Electric Supply Company is about to complete the first phase of replacing old power meters, consumers insist the new digital meters are generating inflated bills.According......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged FBR and Pakistan Railways to materialise the decision of National Assembly standing committee on Commerce and establish a......
KARAK: District nazim Umer Daraz Khattak has banned the transfers and appointments of government employees in the district.In a letter sent to deputy commissioner Shoaib Jadoon, the district nazim......
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that his party came forward to play a role on the issue of MQM resignations on the request of the parliament.He informed......
QUETTA: Two suspected militants were killed and 15 others, two leaders of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) among them, were arrested in operations carried out in Panjgur, Zhob and Quetta......
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GUJRANWALA: At least six workers were killed and 17 others suffered burn injuries when the boiler of a factory exploded and its roof caved in near Ghakkhar town on the GT Road on Saturday.The......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has approved payment of salaries to federal government employees before Eidul Azha on Sept 21.A statement issued by the Ministry of Finance on Saturday said the......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was requested on Saturday to initiate contempt proceedings against National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamaruz Zaman Chaudhry, as well as other government......
GILGIT: Suspected terrorists in army uniform stormed a police checkpoint near the border of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan late on Friday night, tied policemen with ropes and took away their......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will invest over $500 million in the agriculture sector under the new country partnership strategy covering the 2015-19 period, official sources......
SUKKUR: Renowned lawyer and author of the 1973 Constitution Abdul Hafeez Pirzada was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard here on Saturday.Mr Pirzada died on Tuesday in a London hospital where he......
ISLAMABAD: The construction of a much-awaited pedestrian bridge to link the special courts of Rawalpindi with the district courts has begun.The bridge would be completed in four months at a cost of......
ISLAMABAD: The current drive by the Punjab food department against meat sellers has worried the business community in the federal capital.Many butchers claim that political motives are behind the......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have ‘checked’ religious seminaries twice this year, but found nothing suspicious.The Rawalpindi police, on the other hand, arrested suspects from the premises of an......
RAWALPINDI: All government departments were on Saturday directed to take measures to check the spread of dengue in the city.The directives were issued by Chief Secretary Punjab Khizar Hayyat Gondal......
Recently, a volume containing five novelettes has been published by Sang-e-Meel Publishers under the title 5 Novelettes; these five pieces of fiction may be taken as five drops from an ocean of......
Even in patriarchal societies, times of ferment bring into view the role, however marginal, of women. The last years of British rule in the Indian subcontinent were no exception. The stars were few......
Any addition to the historical perspective on art in Pakistan is as welcome as an oasis to our sparse and arid desert of documentation and theoretical writings. Even before we can initiate the debate......
There is something mysterious about music. And there is a universal appeal about it. When mystery combines with the esoteric sources of music’s appeal a spiritual experience results. Layers of......
THE book with a lofty title, The God Who Failed, by former Indian bureaucrat Madhav Godbole, is a well-researched study of the 17 years of Jawaharlal Nehru’s premiership, his leadership in general......
She was born Ashrafun Nisa Begum in September 1840, in a Shia family that held a small zamindari in Bahnera, a small town in Bijnaur district, north-east of Delhi. She died in May 1903 in Lahore,......
A moderately seasoned writer, Sorayya Khan has already written a couple of novels, Noor and Five Queen’s Road, that have established her as a writer who possesses a sound knack for being able to......
It started as a drop but soon became a heavy plummet: crude oil prices in the international markets winged an extended downward this summer. From around $60 a barrel in June, the commodity plummeted......
One of the biggest annoyances since the rollout of modern cell phone services is the presence of prank calls, unsolicited messages and spam that comes our way on a daily basis. Prank calls and......
People with vitamin D deficiency are often advised to spend more time in the sun, but it is not possible to say exactly how much time should one spend in the sun.It is because sun exposure that your......
Getting a passport shouldn’t be much of a hassle, but if you do not have appropriate information about the fee and documents needed, you can end up wasting valuable time. Follow the checklist below......
September is such an exciting month for gardeners that it is hard to know where to start when it comes to listing those all so important tasks to be done in order to turn your green dreams into......
Dear Khala ji,I am an 18-year-old girl, ready to enter university life. The problem I want to discuss here is not about me, but about my 16-year-old, techno-addicted brother. The problem is rather......
The other day I ordered an unusual item on the menu of a nearby gastropub: Game Bourguignon. This is the French name for the region of Burgundy, and Boeuf Bourguignon is a famous dish in which beef......
The third episode of Coke Studio Season 8 was much better than the preceding two parts. The reason for it is that it didn’t try and do more, or less, than what was required to reach the audience’s......
Mohib Mirza and Aamina Sheikh are two of the most respected actors from the current crop of TV and film artists in the country. The fact that they’re a married couple adds all the more to their......
Someone stop Meera. Meera who, you might ask! Well, the Pakistani film actress. Apparently she is miffed with Mahira Khan for reasons that only Meera can elaborate on.Recently the gal who is fond of......
Multiple-award winning Pakistani animated series Burka Avenger, developed by the Unicorn Black team, is popular among of TV viewers of all spheres of life.On August 22, Black Unicorn organised an......
That’s what happens when you can’t resist the richness of the Urdu language. Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, who has made it big in Bollywood, uses the word ‘massala’ (problem) in his day-to-day......
Why Mathira, why? Why did you have to do it? It’s such a beautiful song. In case you are wondering what’s this all about folks, the girl with oodles of sass and sauciness Mathira has sung, yes you......
Iqbal Hussain is amongst those artists in Pakistan who can be proudly placed in the league of universally acclaimed practitioners of art. In fact, it is one’s heartfelt opinion that if any artist has......
The funny thing about humorous art is that it can ‘disrupt’ a situation and, in a split second, draw the viewer in or allow something else out. Hosted by Sanat, Farhat Ali’s recent exhibition “How......
Mary Cassatt was an American artist and printmaker who was born in Pennsylvania but lived much of her adult life in France where she exhibited among the Impressionists and was described as “Iles......
“It was a big day for me. I am still not sure whether this happened in reality or if I am still dreaming,” exclaimed 13-year-old Kamran while glancing at his own cheap boxing gloves.“He exchanged......
Author, Raja Anwar, in his controversial book, The Terrorist Prince (1997), informs how dozens of young Pakistanis who ended up in exile in countries like Syria and Libya in the 1980s, simply......
While the media in regional countries like India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives have a good understanding of global climate change negotiations and are well aware of climate change and its......
After the Renaissance and reformation, Europe emerged from the darkness of the Middle Ages. Since it was energised by new concepts and ideas, society underwent a transformation which subsequently led......
There is a certain charisma about Shaista Lodhi: as she arrived at the Hum TV studios, where we were supposed to meet, walking past the reception in a cloud of Elie Saab, she looked every bit the......
Dawn: First things first … about that statement that you gave saying you have no faith in Pakistan …Saif Ali Khan: “First of all I’m nobody to say that I have faith or don’t have faith in a country......
“Welcome to Asia,” says Hammond (Pierce Brosnan) as he shakes hands with American engineer Jack Dwyer (Owen Wilson), who along with his wife Annie (Lake Bell) and young daughters Lucy (Sterling......
Ritesh Batra, director of award-winning film The Lunchbox, in an article for India Today, says: In the last few weeks a lot of studio heads in Mumbai are calling around and asking ‘Oh well, do you......
When Mustansir Bandukwala moved to North America a year ago, he started managing his business operations in Pakistan from his new home in North America. “With a good internet connection, most of my......
It was thought that after the nightmarish episode of conversions, in particular of Rinkle Kumari, Aisha Kumari and Lata Kumari in 2011, the worst was over for Hindus in Pakistan. That there would be......
IT is ironic that this year the Indian government is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its ‘victory’ in the 1965 war, though various accounts of their own diplomats, scholars and researchers make......
WE are today observing the golden jubilee of the Defence of Pakistan Day. Fifty years have passed, but the memories of the Indo-Pak war are still fresh in many people’s minds.The year 1965 is......
IN your ‘Genesis of the 1965 war’ (Sept 4) there is a news item which claims a PAF officer captured 30 Indian troops single-handedly. This is an example of great courage and I think Dawn should......
WE did not learn from the 1965 war. Not many know that valour and sacrifices of our sons of soil in uniform saved Muzaffarabad, Sialkot and Lahore with great difficultly.The top leadership failed in......
ONE is at a loss to know to react to the news that, in the near future, Pakistan will be the third largest country with nuclear warheads, especially when it is a developing country that faces an......
DESPITE receiving heavy rains a few weeks ago, drought conditions in Tharparkar district remain alarming. It has not received the second spell of rain yet and the maturity of crops and natural grass......
AN advertisement (Aug 30), asks EPC contractors to submit expression of interest (EoI) in installing 660 MW power plant at Kot Addu by using super critical technology.Pakistan needs more energy to......
THE Chinese have a proverb — a book is a house of gold. A society that promotes a book-reading culture is a progressive and enlightened one. The main objective of the National Book Foundation is to......
THIS refers to the news about 75,000 people who have applied for 30 peon jobs in India (Aug 26). The government was expecting 2,000 to 3,000 applications for a Rs14,000 job, which involves fetching......
UNNECESSARILY criticising others has become a hallmark of our society. We should be broadminded and open to the achievements of others.The more we would appreciate the achievements of the good among......
Fifty years on from the war of 1965, Pakistanis still retain the spirit and honour the memories of the brave Jawans who fought to protect their borders from the enemy’s designs.But what does the war......
CHAKWAL: Fazal Hussain’s face lights up whenever someone asks him to recall the events of the 1965 war. The 75-year-old Hussain still appears nostalgic about the war and in recognition of his valour,......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police and Rangers in a joint operation seized a fair quantity of illegal weapons from the dealers operating in Kural Bazaar and sealed three shops on Saturday, police said.The......
ISLAMABAD: Doctors and paramedics on Saturday decided to hold a sit-in in front of the Prime Minister Office on September 8 till the unfreezing of the health risk allowance.The allowance was approved......
Though a welcome step, things are crawling forward on the government’s recent announcement to ban the sale, manufacturing and use of plastic bags in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as homework for it has yet to......
LAHORE: The government has planned automated scanning of vehicles and frisking of people to avert killing of security personnel in suicide attacks at check points of sensitive installations in......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday adjourned hearing of Zain murder case after two prosecution witnesses refused to recognise prime accused Mustafa Kanju, son of former state minister......
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik said on Saturday he would not tolerate any hurdle in dispensation of justice to people.Addressing the officers of court at the Punjab......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has constituted provincial to district level committees to assist the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in the forthcoming local body elections.The provincial......
LAHORE: Police nabbed two suspects at Thokar Niaz Beg on Saturday who were transporting a cache of arms and ammunition to Multan to target Defence Day celebrations there.“Identified as Misal Khan and......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Saturday asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to get ready to feel the heat of a massive protest demonstration in Islamabad on Oct 4.He called......
To honour the sacrifices rendered by the brave soldiers of the 1965 India-Pakistan war, on this Defence Day, the first part of the comic series ‘Haider: 5 Days of Glory’, an exceptional narration......
LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and his sister Bakhtawar Zardari arrived here on Saturday on a week-long visit to Punjab.It is the first visit of Bilawal in Lahore without the company of......
LAHORE: Former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri has said despite irreconcilable positions of Pakistan, India and Kashmiris, the back channel diplomacy of the Musharraf government had finally......
LAHORE: Joint teams of the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) and City District Government of Lahore’s (CDGL) livestock wing on Saturday seized around 400kg of unhygienic meat and sealed two unlawfully......
LAHORE: Begum Mian Meraj Din died here on Saturday.She was the aunt of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and aunt and mother-in-law of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.Her funeral prayers, offered at Ittefaq......
LAHORE: The Last Word hosted a session in collaboration with the Digital Rights Foundation to raise awareness on online harassment on Saturday.The talk was titled ‘Call to Action: Online Misogyny in......
LAHORE: Capital city police have sent a letter on Saturday to Punjab home department to propose head money on 24 hardened criminals in Lahore.The letter sent by Deputy Inspector General (DIG)......
LAHORE: Minister for Railways Khwaja Saad Rafique says the salaries of Pakistan Railways (PR) Police will soon be increased.“The case regarding increase in the pay package of PR Police has been......
MULTAN: The provincial government has allocated Rs2.81 billion to plant olive trees in the Pothohar valley, Additional Secretary on Agriculture Task Force Ahmed Ali Zaffar told reporters on......
SAHIWAL: The divisional administration has given a go-ahead to the EDO Community Development Programme to restart registration of special persons for issuance of “Khidmat Card” (KC) in districts of......
SARGODHA: Police arrested five people on Saturday for harbouring Alam and Nisar, the alleged kidnappers of MPA Rana Jamil, who were killed in an encounter a couple of days ago.Police did not share......
SHEIKHUPURA: Three motorcyclists were killed when a truck hit their bike near the EMCO factory here on Saturday.Reports said Tauqir Shah, Nadeem and another rider were heading towards Lahore from......
FAISALABAD: A second-year student has been booked for blackmailing a girl and receiving cash and jewellery from her by threatening her to post her ‘objectionable’ pictures on social media.The suspect......
OKARA: A court staffer was injured during an attack on a lawyer in his chamber in the district courts on Saturday.According to the FIR, Advocate Shamim Baloch was in his chamber in the district......
KASUR: Mandi Usmanwala police have arrested a labourer over blasphemy charges and registered a case against him under Section 295 C of Pakistan Penal Code.The incident took place some two weeks back......
KARACHI: The city police chief has claimed that the ongoing targeted operations have resulted in a 70 per cent drop in terror-related activities during the past two years and law enforcers are making......
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Saturday claimed to have seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Landhi, dumped by the “militant wing of a political party”, said a statement.Though the......
KARACHI: Though there are some very impressive remnants of war on display at various places in the city, it recently emerged that few civilians know much about them.A tired laborer naps under the Air......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court asked on Saturday the police to initiate proceedings of proclamation and attachment of property against Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain in a case......
KARACHI: Bushra Farooqui, the CEO and founder of Inspire – For the Love of Mountains, a charity for education in Baltistan, passed away while on a trekking expedition in Oman, the family said in a......
KARACHI: Around 150 spiny-tailed lizards (local name Sandha) were confiscated by the wildlife staff in separate raids on two mountainous areas in Thatta district on Friday.Ten lizards were found dead......
HYDERABAD: A committee comprising the Hyderabad DIG and four SSPs has been set up by the home minister to hold an inquiry into the kidnapping for ransom case in which Bashir Brohi, the manager of a......
HYDERABAD: Girls outshone boys in the annual examinations-2015 of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Part-11 (Class-XII) announced on Saturday by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education......
MIRPURKHAS: A woman was killed when two motorcycles collided head-on in Makhan Samon village near Mirwah Gorchani town on Saturday.Shrimati Hasto, 45, was travelling with her husband, Shagan Kolhi,......
KARACHI: Tehrik-i-Niswan’s journey to highlight human rights issue has transcended 35 years and because of their use of dance, song and dramatisations, its appeal has not wavered since.Its latest......
SANAA: Warplanes from the United Arab Emirates struck Houthi targets across Yemen, state news agency WAM said on Saturday, a day after at least 60 soldiers from a Saudi-led coalition, mostly......
BEIRUT: At least 47 fighters were killed in clashes between the self-styled Islamic State and rival Syrian rebels, a monitor said on Saturday, in an area where the United States and Turkey are......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry raised US concerns about reports of “an imminent enhanced Russian military buildup” in Syria, in a phone call on Saturday to his counterpart in Moscow,......
RABAT: Morocco’s Islamists came first in regional elections seen as a test of their popularity after nearly four years in power, but trailed the liberal opposition in municipal polls, results showed......
BENGHAZI: Heavy clashes broke out between the self-styled Islamic State and army units loyal to the country’s official government near the eastern city of Derna on Friday, killing four soldiers,......
DUSHANBE: Thirteen militants were killed on Saturday in Tajikistan, a day after their armed group allegedly carried out deadly attacks on police, the interior ministry said.The operation by both the......
WASHINGTON: The head of the International Monetary Fund on Saturday called for urgent economic overhauls to deal with renewed uncertainty for the global economy and rising financial market......
VENICE: Officially its full title is the International Exhibition of the Cinematographic Arts.Yet the top prize at this year’s edition of the Venice Film Festival could be handed to a film destined......
MUNICH: Hundreds of migrants arrived at Munich railway station on Saturday, a witness said, after Austria and Germany agreed with Hungary to allow migrants to cross their borders.A police spokesman......
TOKYO: The Japanese government on Saturday lifted the evacuation order for the first town near the crippled Fukushima reactors, more than four years after ordering mass relocations near the......
MAZAR SHARIF: Gunmen on Saturday shot dead 13 minority Hazaras after dragging them out of their vehicles in northern Afghanistan, as President Ashraf Ghani implored international donors for renewed......
PARIS: Jean-Marie Le Pen, the expelled founder of France’s National Front (FN), launched a new party on Saturday, adding fuel to a family feud that has dogged his daughter Marine’s campaign to become......
OSLO: Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Saturday criticised Russia — the country that has granted him asylum — calling its crackdown on human rights and online freedom......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Refugee Agency has hailed German and Austrian decision of receiving thousands of refugees and migrants who crossed the border last night from Hungary, praising the......
VALENCIA: Spanish police on Saturday arrested an 18-year-old Moroccan woman accused of preparing to travel to Syria to join the self-styled Islamic State (IS).She was the latest in a series of......
CALLS are getting louder for the oil-rich Gulf states to take in more Syrian refugees. In the Arab world itself, the opinion that they are not doing enough is widespread. Those countries, however,......
WARSAW: Archaeologists are having a field day in Poland’s longest river, the Vistula, which because of a drought has hit a record low water level allowing them to uncover a treasure trove of ancient......
KARACHI: The Karachi Race Club (KRC) joins the nation when it commemorates The Defence Day with fervour at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.The Defence Day Cup features prominently in a five-race......
KARACHI: Rashid Ali produced a good all-round show to help Montgomery Gymkhana defeat Northern Gymkhana by seven wickets in the KCCA Commissioner Karachi Cup fixture played at the KCCA Stadium here......
RAWALPINDI: Bahawalpur, inspired by another superlative Faisal Mubashir innings, caused a major upset when they sealed a place in the main round of the Cool & Cool presents Haier T20 Cup at the Pindi......
LAHORE: The two-day trials to select a three-member national boys’ team, in the age categories of U-21, U-18 and U-16 years for participation in the Nick Faldo Golf Championship in China, began at......
KARACHI: Pakistan continued their winning streak on Saturday when they defeated hosts Bangladesh by 20 runs in ICRC International T20 cricket tournament for the people with physical disabilities at......
KARACHI: Karachi Whites cantered to their third straight victory in the PCB Inter-region Under-19 One-day Cricket Tournament as they overpowered Bahawalpur by seven wickets at the UBL Sports Complex......
LONDON: Australia captain Steven Smith paved the way for the World Cup-holders’ last 10-over assault as they made 309 for seven in the second One-day International against England at Lord’s on......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday announced central contracts for twenty seven players, giving no increase to the players of ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories but offering ten per cent raise......
NEW YORK: Rafael Nadal made his earliest US Open exit in a decade on Friday, suffering his first Grand Slam defeat after leading by two sets, while Serena Williams rallied to keep her calendar Slam......
Pakistan cricket has received great news with the plans for Pakistan Super League (PSL) being revealed by the PCB management. Not only will this event lead to competitive domestic cricket and improve......
The 180-million population of the country are eagerly waiting to see an operation clean-up across the board in the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), the sports federations and the associations by the......
BERLIN: Germany assumed top spot in their European Championship qualifying group at Poland’s expense, while Albania and Denmark could not take advantage of Portugal’s competitive night off on......
KINGSTON: Nicaragua scored a shock 3-2 away win over Gold Cup runners-up Jamaica on Friday to open the third round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.“Today we stole the eagle’s eggs,”......
MELBOURNE: Australia’s national soccer body is monitoring the security situation in Tajikistan ahead of their World Cup qualifier in Dushanbe after 10 people were killed in violence in the former......
KARACHI: Arshad Shahid, Suleman Maniya, Abdul Samad, Ibrahim Khan and others advanced in the 3rd Indus Pharma Open national ranking tennis championship after winning their respective matches here on......
LAHORE: The Lahore Race Club (LRC) starts its winter meetings’ programme with tributes to valiant martyred soldiers who laid their lives to mark the Defence Of Pakistan Day at the Racecourse here on......
ANKARA: Financial leaders from the world’s 20 biggest economies agreed on Saturday to step up reform efforts to boost disappointingly slow growth, saying reliance on ultra-low interest rates would......
WASHINGTON: People used to say the Federal Reserve had to raise rates to fight nonexistent inflation. Then they said the Federal Reserve had to raise rates to fight nonexistent bubbles. And now they......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has asked Afghanistan to resume trade talks after Kabul called off three key trade meetings over the past few months, leading to complete silence on bilateral trade issues.“We......
KARACHI: Unlike last year, when the finance minister was determined to bring the local currency back to below Rs100 against the US dollar from its historic low of Rs110, no effort is being made this......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has embarked upon a project to digitise documents of all property sales deeds registered with the Sindh Board of Revenue (BoR) since 1985.The digital data of all urban......
RIYADH: Oil markets have been on a roller coaster. After enjoying its strongest rally for 25 years over the three sessions last Monday, surging 25 per cent, Brent endured its worst fall for four......
WASHINGTON: A lot of people complain about the math in economics. Economists tend to quietly dismiss such complaints as the sour-grapes protests of literary types who lack the talent or training to......
LAHORE: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Ijaz A. Mumtaz on Saturday asked the government and private sector to utilise alternative resources of power generation to reduce dependence......
KARACH: Pakistan Chemicals and Dyes Merchants’ Association (PCDM) has urged the FBR to restore the valuation ruling system discontinued since 2004.In case the FBR fails to restore the valuation......
TOKYO: Japan and Iran will start talks next week to negotiate a bilateral investment treaty, as Washington moves to ease sanctions against Tehran and Tokyo looks to step up its interests in the......
LONDON: A compromise deal on reforms to give emerging markets greater influence at the International Monetary Fund is increasingly likely, a key official said on Friday, weeks before a deadline for......
KARACHI: Cotton prices rose for the second day on Saturday on the back of short supply of phutti (seed cotton) and sustained demand from spinners for quality lint.Floor brokers said there was panic......
Washington: With President Barack Obama securing enough Senate votes to support a historic accord, it looks like Iran is getting closer to escaping the restrictions imposed to discourage it from......
NEW YORK: This week’s holiday to commemorate the end of World War II couldn’t have come at a better time. For a global financial system traumatised by recent gyrations in China, the closure of......
LA PAZ: President Evo Morales warned Bolivians to start tightening their belts on Saturday because plunging oil prices are likely to lead to hard times over the next year.Bolivia’s economy has been......
ABDUR Rehman does not hesitate for a moment before he removes his glass eye. “I was badly injured when my school was bombed one year ago,” the Syrian teenager says, lifting the leg of his track pants......
NEW DELHI: India’s rightwing Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has nudged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to negotiate with Pakistan, saying “its people were civilisational part of India”,......
ISLAMABAD: The state has been guilty of ignoring a tenet of the constitution by showing indifference to the misery of the multitude, Chief Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja said in a speech at an event......
KOHAT: Two councillors and another man were killed and two others injured in a bomb explosion in Hangu and firing in Kohat district on Saturday.According to police, Hangu district councillor Malik......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Indo-Pak war across the country with fervour and zeal. The day will begin with a 31-gun salute in the federal capital, and a 21-gun......
ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, despite his scepticism about Pakistan’s role and the Taliban’s sincerity in reconciliation, has agreed to consider Islamabad’s proposal for reviving the......
ISLAMABAD: Reacting harshly to the latest call by MQM chief Altaf Hussain for dividing Sindh into two provinces, PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari has termed his politics destructive for his......
THE 50th anniversary of the Indo-Pak war waged in 1965 is an opportunity to acknowledge and pay thanks for the sacrifices of the men and women who serve in the Pakistani armed forces. Fifty years......
NATIONAL Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz’s visit to Kabul was not expected to produce any breakthroughs — and that is what appears to have happened. Yet, these meetings are important in that they help......
THE government’s efforts to convince the MQM to return to parliament hit a snag on Thursday as the Muttahida broke off parleys in an abrupt fashion. The MQM — which resigned from parliament last......
THE September 1965 war days were, to borrow from Dickens, the best of times (for the people of Pakistan) and the worst of times.For 17 days in September 1965, the Pakistani nation achieved a unity of......
FLUSHED with victory in the Rann of Kutch in April 1965, Field Marshal Ayub Khan and his confidants thought that the time was ripe for wresting Kashmir from India by inciting the Muslim population to......
IT’S very exciting to witness history taking place in front of your eyes, and I’m proud to see that there is a sea change happening in Pakistan today. That change is the realisation that sexism and......
