KARACHI: A key witness in the murder case of prominent rights activist and co-founder of social forum, The Second Floor (T2F), Sabeen Mahmud, was shot dead in a suspected targeted attack Monday......
LAHORE: Former National Assembly Speaker and PML-N leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq approached the Supreme Court against the election tribunal’s NA-122 case verdict which deseated him as the NA Speaker and......
ANKARA: Turkey's military announced Monday that 16 soldiers were killed and six others wounded in a Kurdish rebel attack against troops in southeast Turkey a day earlier.The attack was the deadliest......
PESHAWAR: Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister for mines and mineral development, Ziaullah Afridi, who was arrested in July by the provincial anti-corruption body, said on Monday he will not work out a......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police said Monday they are seeking to arrest national cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife for allegedly beating their 11-year-old maid who works in their home.Police raided the......
KANDAHAR: An air attack has killed at least 11 Afghan police officers in the volatile and opium-rich southern province of Helmand, officials said on Monday, in the latest apparent case of “friendly......
ISLAMABAD: Weightlifter Talha Talib lifted Pakistan with a silver medal-winning effort at the Commonwealth Youth Games on Saturday.According to Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWLF) vice president......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday said the state will now take action against those calling others kafir (non-Muslim), adding that the government had already......
“It was expected of Moin Khan to get some quick runs, but what he ended up doing was simply mind-boggling. The improvisations were out of this world and at times definitely too cheeky,” Woorkheri......
JAMMU: A spokesperson for the Indian army’s Northern Command has confirmed the life sentence awarded to six personnel, including a colonel and major rank officer, for the 2010 Machil fake encounter......
KARACHI: Stocks plummeted by almost three percent Monday over fears of a crackdown on brokers by anti-corruption agencies.The benchmark Karachi Stock Exchange index of 100 shares lost 2.67 percent or......
Every sensible parent knows that the timely and frequent measurements of their newborn’s height and weight is essential for the child’s mental and physical development. A national Census is no......
SANAA: Qatar has sent around 1,000 ground troops to Yemen, Doha-based Al Jazeera television said on Monday, their first reported involvement in a Saudi-backed offensive against the dominant Houthi......
PESHAWAR: Five members of a pro-government peace committee were shot dead by unknown gunmen in Qamber Khel area of Khyber Agency.Security sources told DawnNews suspected militants abducted the......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has rejected rumours of its possible alliance with other political parties for the upcoming local body polls to be held in Punjab and Sindh province, party's......
BALOCHISTAN: At least 4,443 cases of refusal vaccination refusal were recorded in Balochistan's Quetta, Pishin and Killa Abdullah districts and the children who were documented will be administered......
ISLAMABAD: Tainted right-arm fast bowler Mohammad Asif hit back at critics on Monday and said cricketers, who are opposing his return along with former captain Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir, may not......
RAWALPINDI: Naheed Khan, former political secretary of slain PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, on Monday filed a request with a Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) to be included as a prosecution......
On a TV show discussing if child marriages are kosher, I realised I should not have been there in the first place. It was like discussing if waterboarding, maiming or beheadings were a laudable......
KARACHI: A federal anti-corruption court here on Monday granted interim pre-arrest bail to former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani until Oct 12 in a multi-billion rupee scam case in the Trade......
HYDERABAD: Lightning has killed 22 people, mostly farm labourers working in fields, across the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials said Monday.The fatalities occurred Sunday......
After dodging his sentence and saving Munni in Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Salman Khan is back to his Boss persona in the newly released promo of Bigg Boss Season 9.Watching unseen double contestants from his......
LONDON: Australia captain Steven Smith had no qualms about his part in the controversial dismissal of England's Ben Stokes for obstructing the field in the second one-day international at Lord's on......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and Additional Attorney-General Naseer Ahmed Bhutta to implement a ban on the......
The road to buying or selling a used car is hardly a smooth one in any corner of the world, but it is especially bumpy in Karachi.If you are interested in buying a used car, the first rule is to not......
ISTANBUL: A Turkish police officer who was pictured picking up the lifeless body of three-year-old Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi — whose death pricked the world's conscience — said he thought of his own......
ISLAMABAD: At least three suspected militants were killed while a militant hideout was destroyed in Shawal valley of North Waziristan in the first ever air strike by a Pakistan made drone......
KABUL: The Taliban have condemned the killing of 13 minority Hazaras as a plot to "breed fault lines", in an apparent dig at the rival self-styled Islamic State (IS) group making gradual inroads into......
NEW YORK: World number one Novak Djokovic reached his 26th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final Sunday but only after surviving a US Open scare against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut.The 2011 champion......
KABUL: Plastic surgeon Abdul Ghafar Ghayur is practising his own brand of welfare in Afghanistan, where access to healthcare is limited and many cannot afford private treatment.The money he makes......
NEW YORK: Serena and Venus Williams will meet for a place in the US Open semi-finals on Tuesday. Here is a look at five of the most memorable clashes between the American sisters:Nowhere near a......
After the success of Nawazuddin Siddiqui's biopic Manjhi - The Mountain Man, it appears that another tale of struggle is on its way to the big screen. This film is based on Indian social activist......
NEW YORK: Five-time champion Roger Federer and his French Open-winning compatriot Stan Wawrinka will look to end American hopes in the US Open men's singles at the fourth round stage on Monday.World......
THE imposition of a withholding tax has not been well thought-out or given deep consideration on the nature and capacity of account holders. It is a case of charging 0.3% tax without ascertaining......
THE government has imposed an additional tax of five per cent on remittances sent to foreign education institutions. Imposing such a levy is unjust for two reasons.One, it punishes those who want to......
Every country has the right to decide its national interests, but it is very hard for Pakistanis to understand the UAE preferring India over Pakistan. Then why is the UAE investing $65 billion in......
FOUR hundred crates of rotten eggs were found in the basement of a Lahore bakery.I wonder where our collective morality has gone. Those infidel countries that we never tire of criticising set great......
WE celebrated the National Minority Day on Aug 11, and the National Assembly has adopted a resolution demanding the secular vision of the Quaid-e-Azam. But how can we implement the Quaid’s vision of......
THE number 021-36671092 was never installed at my residence, but I started getting the bill for it effective July 2014. I visited the PTCL’s North Nazimabad office a number of times for rectification......
THE terrorist attack on a vital international navigation facility in Gwadar, which was unguarded, indicates a total failure of CAA and local police/levies to provide protection, resulting in loss of......
SUICIDE by two teenagers has been the topic of the week. I believe this incident is a warning signal for all parents who are negligent about the content the media is showing.Parents should encourage......
I HAVE been waiting for my post-retirement financial claims to be paid since 1984 which have been denied by PIA despite filing a petition in court five years ago.It is not only a test of patience,......
PESHAWAR: Several influential employees in the administration of Hazara University, Mansehra have managed to transfer their services to the newly established Abbottabad University of Science and......
PESHAWAR: A theater show was organised in Tehkal area of Peshawar to encourage out of school children and get them enrolled.A statement issued here said that Alif Ailaan arranged the show that......
PESHAWAR: Different institutions and organisations held separate events in various areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata on Sunday to mark the 50th Defence Day with national zeal and pay homage to the......
PESHAWAR: The rehabilitation of the flood-affected people and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure in Chitral district would cost the provincial kitty Rs1.403 billion.The damage assessment......
CHARSADDA: Two people were killed in a shootout over a land dispute in Najamabad area of Sar Dheri on Sunday.Johar Shah, son of Zahir Shah, succumbed to his injuries in the hospital while his uncle......
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Sunday that his party has serious reservations about the raids on religious seminaries in the country.Talking to mediapersons......
MINGORA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has announced establishment of Kalam Development Authority which will especially cater for the development of communication, tourism, sports......
PESHAWAR: Farmers belonging to different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have expressed dissatisfaction over the role of agriculture and livestock department and demanded of the government to provide......
KOHAT: Hooliganism and fist fight among workers marred a meeting of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl general body of Kohat district, which was convened to remove reservations about changing loyalties by......
ISLAMABAD: Defence Day featured a bout of inconvenience for many of the city’s residents after they were caught in a traffic jam due to the diversion of traffic around F-9 Park.A traffic police......
ISLAMABAD: Flying as low 500 feet, elite pilots of the Pakistan Air Force put on a breathtaking air show this Defence Day.The show was a massive event for the entire family, and people lined rooftops......
RAWALPINDI: It took nine days for a woman to get a case registered after she was robbed in a broad daylight.Rehana Shakeel’s brother Mehmood Abbasi sought help from local member of the provincial......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is all set to make a decision regarding the non-conforming use of houses in residential areas on Monday.A source told Dawn that the CDA board would......
MURREE: Local journalists protested on Mall Road against the killing of their colleague Omair Abbasi last Thursday in Bann Khanitaak near Murree. The protesters brought out a rally which marched from......
TAXILA: Learning no lesson from the defeat in the recent cantonment board elections, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) local chapter has failed to end its internal strife.Though different groups as......
ISLAMABAD: On the 50th anniversary of Defence Day, Islamabad police recovered a suicide jacket within the limits of the Tarnol police station.The police sources said the jacket was recovered from......
ISLAMABAD: “People here can’t handle spicy food. When we first started out, I got so much criticism with people saying it’s bad for health and all sorts of things. But then, what is the point of......
Vietnam’s 70th National Day celebratedVietnam celebrated its 70th founding anniversary in Islamabad on September 2.Ambassador Nguyen Xuan Luu and his wife Tran Thi Hanh welcomed hundreds of guests at......
RAWALPINDI: The Hindu community on Sunday offered special prayers for the martyres of the 1965 war.The prayers were held at the Krishna Temple in Saddar Bazaar on the occasion Janmashtami, the......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police claimed that they arrested 683 suspects last month, and recovered valuables worth Rs19 million.According to an official statement issued on Sunday, police officials have......
RAWALPINDI: A number of key posts in the police department, including that of the Special Branch senior superintendent, have been vacant for several months, causing administrative and security......
BAHAWALPUR: A large number of families turned up on Sunday at an exhibition of armaments organised in the cantonment to mark 50th anniversary of the 1965 war between India and Pakistan.The......
MURREE: Representatives of different political parties have warned that they would boycott the forthcoming local government elections if the previous status of the union councils in the Kotli......
LAHORE: People from all walks of life thronged the Fortress Stadium on Sunday to participate in an event held to commemorate the 1965 war.A flypast by the Pakistan Air Force formations and display of......
LAHORE: As many as 215 convicts, including 15 dreaded terrorists, have been executed in Punjab since the lifting of the moratorium on the capital punishment in December 2014, and around 40 more are......
LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) reportedly forced students of the Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute to solve a question paper that was replete with blunders.The university had conducted MS/MD......
LAHORE: All trains came to a halt at 9:29am for a minute on Sunday to pay a tribute to the gallantry and courage of those who participated in and lost their lives in the 1965 war.Commuters,......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau headquarters has directed its Lahore office to hold a ‘fact-finding inquiry’ to ascertain why no complaint verification has been carried since 2007 (till......
LAHORE: Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) Director-General Maj Gen Umar Farooq Burki laid a floral wreath at Yadgar-i-Shuhada and offered ‘fateha’ at the Rangers provincial headquarters on the 50th Defence......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday took out a rally to mark the Defence Day, honour the 1965 war martyrs and launch the party’s campaign for the by-election in NA-122 and PP-147.The......
LAHORE: Punjab Higher Education Commission’s (PHEC) chairman Prof Dr Mohammad Nizamuddin has said that work was in progress on the proposals of establishing allied health sciences and technology......
LAHORE: City witnessed on Sunday a number of flag-hoisting ceremonies, events and seminars to mark the Defence Day with great national zeal and zest by paying homage to martyrs during the 1965 war......
LAHORE: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested 113 members of 51 gangs of robbers in July and recovered cash, jewellery and valuables worth Rs22.4 million.Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Lahore Corps Commander Lt-Gen Naweed Zaman laid floral wreath at Yadgar-i-Shuhada to pay homage to the martyrs of Pakistan army and offered Fateha.The event......
LAHORE: The capital city police officer has directed all divisional superintendents to take special measures for the implementation of National Action Plan (NAP).CCPO Amin Wains said search......
SHEIKHUPURA: A factory manufacturing spurious medicines was sealed in Mandyala Virkaan locality on Sunday.On the direction of DCO Kiran Khursheed, a team led by Assistant Commissioner Sidra Saleem......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Ceremonies to mark the golden jubilee of the Defence Day and Youm-i-Shuhada (martyrs’ day) were held in Punjab on Sunday.Rahim Yar Khan’s Bahadur Cantonment event was dedicate to the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: As many as six costly cows died, while several other cattle have fallen sick allegedly after being fed poisonous feed at 712-GB village.A farmer, Hafeezur Rehman, reported to Kamalia......
LAHORE: Robbers struck five times in the city on Sunday and made off with cash, jewellery and valuables worth Rs3.6 million.Two armed men broke into the house of Imtiaz in the Lower Mall police area,......
CHINIOT: All the 1,341 acres of forest land in Baela Chak Sarkar and Baela Mangeeni have been lying barren for decades while efforts for afforestation made on hundreds of acres bore no results due to......
BAHAWALPUR: A boy was allegedly gang raped on Saturday night in Satellite Town, while the suspects also took pictures of the act on their mobile phones.According to police sources, a student of class......
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif handed over the control of the Women Cricket Ground, Model Town, to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) two years ago to run it for the women cricket activities but the PCB......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on Sunday took out a rally from Model Town to the martyrs’ mausoleum in Batapur.The rally was led by PAT Secretary General Khurram Nawaz Gandapur and retired......
KARACHI: Seasoned horticulturist Abdul Karim Khan, popularly known as A.K. Khan, passed away in his home on Sunday afternoon. He was 96.With an illustrious career spanned over 70 years, A.K. Khan was......
KARACHI: Defence Day of Pakistan marking the golden jubilee of the 1965 war was celebrated with fervour by all three pillars of the armed forces of Pakistan — Army, Air Force and Navy — in the city......
KARACHI: “I am not here just to protest for the compensation money for my son, I want that no more mothers go through what I have to,” said Saeeda Khatoon, mother of 20-year-old Ayan, one of the over......
The quote “the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton” may be apocryphal, but it does underscore the importance of character-building the educational institutions of a nation are......
KARACHI: Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen organised special meetings on Sunday to celebrate golden jubilee of Defence Day where special prayers were offered for the security and stability of Pakistan and......
KARACHI: To do justice to the humour embedded in a piece of prose, an essay at that, in a standup act is no mean feat. It is not merely the enactment of the dialogic quality in the text which needs......
KARACHI: Traffic authorities are willing to give some leniency to school vans operators, but there will be no compromise on safety and self-respect of schoolchildren, said a senior official on......
SEPT 6, 1965: the day when the first full-blown war between Pakistan and India broke out; the day which is marked by many stories of Pakistanis’ bravery and gallantry. Needless to say that war is......
BADIN: Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has described the recent criticism of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and its chief, Altaf Hussain, by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)......
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, speaking as chief guest at the oath-taking ceremony of the Pakistan Medical Association’s local chapter on......
DADU: Three children died of gastroenteritis and other diseases at the paediatric ward of the Dadu Civil Hospital on Sunday.Aijaz Ali Magsi, father of a 20-day-old baby who died along with......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) has urged the provincial government to ensure that crushing of sugarcane should commence from Oct 1.In its monthly meeting held here on Sunday, it added that......
SUKKUR: The young Pakistani student, Waqas Ali, who recently won the bronze medal in the PowerPoint 2013 contest of the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship-2015 in Dallas, USA, was......
NEW YORK: Lack of response from rich Gulf Arab states to the harrowing refugee crisis has been severely lambasted by several human rights organisations and political critics here for not taking any......
WASHINGTON: Already a done deal in Congress, the Iran nuclear agreement gained more momentum on Sunday as former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the head of the......
KATHMANDU: An American woman who went missing in Nepal after arriving to help earthquake victims has been murdered, police said on Sunday.Dahlia Yahia went missing on August 7, three days after......
TOKYO: Thousands of Japanese “yakuza” mobsters have officially formed a new group after splitting off from the country’s largest organised crime syndicate, raising concerns for possible inter-gang......
BANGKOK: A council appointed by Thailand’s junta rejected on Sunday a draft constitution, a move expected to delay a return to democracy following last year’s military coup.Critics had pilloried the......
MEMPHIS: A federal judge has delayed the trial of a Tennessee man accused of planning an attack on a mosque in New York state as authorities and attorneys review information gathered from the man’s......
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......
SANAA: Saudi-led coalition jets bombed a Houthi military position and army bases in the Yemeni capital Sanaa through the night and into Sunday morning in what appeared to be further retaliation for......
BUCHAREST: The mayor of Romania’s capital Bucharest was taken into custody on Saturday night on suspicion of taking kickbacks on municipal tenders, anti-corruption officials said.Mayor Sorin Oprescu......
NAIROBI: Al Shabaab took control of a populous town in central Somalia on Sunday after African Union forces left the area — the third town the insurgents have seized since Friday, militants and local......
BAGHDAD: Iraq has put F-16 warplanes acquired from the United States into action against the self-styled Islamic State for the first time, the commander of the air force said on Sunday.“Fifteen air......
VENICE: Tilda Swinton was eager to star in director Luca Guadgagni’s latest film, the Italian island tragicomedy “A Bigger Splash.” There was just one small condition: She wouldn’t speak.“It was a......
BEIRUT: While the desperate flight of Syrians from their country’s war was dominating news bulletins this summer, yet another diplomatic push to end the four-year-old conflict was quietly running......
PARIS: Summer holidays may be over but the return to reality is proving heated in French politics with the ruling party and opposition riven by divisions and the extreme right shaken by a family......
WHEN King Salman of Saudi Arabia was in Washington last week at President Obama’s invitation, the nuclear deal with Iran was not on the agenda. Nevertheless, it was the elephant in the room. Now that......
MONZA: A red-hot Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix to take a 53-point lead in the Formula One championship on Sunday after Mercedes team-mate and closest rival Nico Rosberg retired with his......
LONDON: Australia all-rounder Shane Watson quit Test cricket with immediate effect on Sunday, accepting defeat in his battle against injuries that have ravaged his career.The 34-year-old announced......
NEW YORK: Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Simona Halep strolled into the fourth round of the US Open on Saturday but shared the Flushing Meadows spotlight with tenacious underdogs Donald Young and......
LONDON: Australia opener David Warner has been ruled out of the rest of the One-day International series against England and faces a race against time to be fit for next month’s tour of Bangladesh......
LONDON: Australia thumped England by 64 runs to go 2-0 ahead in the five-match series of One-day Internationals although victory came with a large slice of controversy at Lord’s on Saturday.England......
CAPE TOWN: Atak Lual’s second-half goal gave South Sudan their first ever competitive victory as the world’s newest nation beat Equatorial Guinea 1-0 in African Cup of Nations qualifying on......
LONDON: Wayne Rooney equalled Bobby Charlton’s England goal-scoring record as Roy Hodgson’s side became the first team to qualify for Euro 2016 by crushing San Marino 6-0, while defending champions......
DHAKA: Pakistan’s march in the five-nation ICRC Physically Disabilities Cricket Tournament suffered a setback on Sunday when England sealed a close eight-run win at the BKSP Ground No 4.England, who......
KARACHI: Off-spinner Farhan Habib produced a deadly spell to help Karachi Gymkhana crush Bright Gymkhana by seven wickets in the solitary KCCA Commissioner Karachi Cup match at the Karachi Gymkhana......
KARACHI: Making his appearance after a four-month layoff, fancied four-year-old bay colt The King’s Best clinched The Defence Day Cup in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on......
KARACHI: Saad Iqbal, Asif Hafeez, Ibrahim Iltifaat, Nauman Aftab won their respective matches to advance in the Indus Pharma Open national ranking tennis championship here at the Karachi Club on......
ISLAMABAD: With the main round of the Cool & Cool presents Haier T20 Cup scheduled to begin from Tuesday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) launched the competition by unveiling the event logo and......
KARACHI: The Sindh Athletics Association (SSA) will celebrate the World Athletics Day by organising an athletic meet at the PSB Coaching Centre on Sept 12 (Saturday).“The Athletics Federation of......
LAHORE: Shahzada Syed Shahrukh, a former hockey Olympian who later on earned a silver medal in cycling in the Asian Games, died here on Sunday. He was 89.The deceased who had been fighting several......
KARACHI: Faqir Colony Club amassed two gold and as many silver medals to win the Defence Day boxing tournament which was held at the Ustad Abdullah Baloch stadium, Peoples Sports Complex on......
LAHORE: Four-year-old bay colt Mohtaram strode home in a majestic style to win in the Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed Nishan-i-Haider Cup at the Racecourse here on Sunday.The cup race featured a......
THE two sectors that have arguably witnessed the most technological advancement in the country — as measured by the rate of growth in innovative products as well as their users — are......
MONEY is flowing fast into the sacrificial animals business, while the growing use of online marketing continues to reshape the market dynamics.But investors who had spent billions of rupees in......
WITH a major crisis brewing in the aluminium sector in India, the government is under pressure by primary aluminium producers to raise tariffs on imports of both the primary metal and scrap. The......
JUST under six years ago, Brazil’s economy was in such robust shape that The Economist published a cover illustration showing the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro blasting off like a......
AS the private sector’s discontent over government policies starts to spill onto the streets of Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan appears to be inching towards another full-blown crisis with unfathomable......
EVEN though it is three months behind schedule, the newly established Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guarantee has started publishing payment details to fuel suppliers, generation companies and......
THE heavy hand of the law has finally fallen on the companies that have long been languishing on the ‘defaulters’ counter’ of the stock exchanges.Last Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Commission......
THE rupee continued to slide against the dollar last week, as equity investors continued to rely on the foreign currency to balance out the decline in their stock portfolios.Meanwhile, after the......
THE government exceeded its borrowing target of Rs150bn for the latest Treasury bill auction last Wednesday when it ended up raising Rs187.905bn.Of the total, 12-month T-bills fetched Rs69.247bn at a......
CAN a tax culture be brought into existence through strong-arm tactics? The answer is a resounding No, especially if the elite continues to exempt itself or get off cheap from paying direct taxes,......
AFTER experiencing an overall drop of 12pc in its tractor sales to 12,416 units in 2014 because of a tough economic environment, plummeting commodity prices, floods and political agitation in the......
KHYBER Pakhtunkhwa has emerged as the least business-friendly province while Balochistan has come out as a more pro-business regime for investors, according to a Board of Investment study.The ranking......
THE Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has devised a strategy to push up the annual economic growth to 7.5pc within the next three years from the current rate of 4.5pc.The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic......
SINCE the announcement of the federal budget 2015-16, the business-friendly government has been at odds with the business community over the 0.6pc withholding tax on bank transactions for......
WITH the government having raised feed-gas prices for the fertiliser industry from September 1, the impact is already visible in the market. One of the manufacturers immediately raised its prices by......
THE decision of a Belarusian company to set up a facility in Pakistan to produce tractors for the local market has upset the domestic tractor industry, which fears losing its domination over the......
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KARACHI: Chairman of Senate Mian Raza Rabbani said on Sunday that instead of asking Pakistan to “do more” in the campaign against terrorism, the US should take notice of Indian aggression and use its......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch said on Sunday the country was in a state of war as armed forces and people were engaged in the fight against terrorism.They would emerge......
QUETTA: The Commander Southern Command, Lt Gen Naseer Khan Janjua, has again called upon angry Baloch leaders to join the mainstream and work in cooperation with the government to serve the......
ISLAMABAD: A controversy over legal, administrative and commercial issues of the Liquefied Natural Gas supply chain has deepened as the new business completed almost six months of its opaque......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit has said that Pakistan is a peace-loving country and does not have aggressive designs against anyone.Addressing a ceremony held in New......
ISLAMABAD: With the National Assembly already on a long recess, the government has now delayed the Senate session for an indefinite period for unexplained reasons.Sources told Dawn that the Ministry......
KHUZDAR: Six bullet-riddled bodies were found in Surab and Basima areas of Kalat district on Sunday.According to Levies officials, four bodies were found in Kalghali area of Surab and two in......
BERLIN: Thousands more refugees streamed into Germany on Sunday, greeted with cheers and ‘welcome’ signs, as Pope Francis called on every Catholic parish in Europe to take in a migrant family.In......
NEW YORK: Two Pakistani nationals were extradited to the United States from Spain to face criminal charges that they conspired to aid a Colombian group that the US government has designated as a......
ISLAMABAD: Senior officers in the Balochistan police are facilitating the smuggling of billions of rupees worth of petrol and diesel from Iran, documents available with Dawn reveal.According to a......
BEDIAN: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited here on Sunday the memorial of Maj Aziz Bhatti who had sacrificed his life while defending an outpost on the strategic BRB Canal.Maj Bhatti was honoured......
QUETTA: A seven-day Ziarat festival was inaugurated at the hill resort on Sunday in presence of ministers, parliamentarians, civil and military officials and a large number of other......
ISLAMABAD: In a pointed response to his Indian counterpart’s threat of a short war, Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif said on Sunday that his forces were fully ready to thwart any external aggression.“If......
LAHORE: Seven opposition parties, including the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and the PPP, have decided to cooperate in the forthcoming local government elections in Sindh and Punjab and reach......
THE issue of migrants and refugees trying to reach countries of Western Europe is neither new, nor surprising.Even so, the sheer numbers of the exodus — overwhelmingly from war-torn Syria but also......
THERE is no end to the self-created sufferings of Pakistanis young and old.A report says some 440,000 Pakistanis under the age of five have not received the polio vaccination — not even a single dose......
POLICING in Pakistan is by far the most challenging profession. The police are at war 24/7 on multiple fronts: against a bulk of their own peers and subordinates who patronise crime and corruption;......
When a 22-year-old clone of Prime Minister Narendra Modi took Ahmedabad by storm on Aug 25 with his fiery rhetoric and an impressive ability to pull in massive crowds that rivalled the Gujarat......
PAKISTAN is ranked sixth amongst the most populous countries of the world. If it continues to add more people at the present growth rate, it will become the fifth largest country after India, China,......
A VULTURE waits for a starving girl to die so it can have its midday meal. A girl, naked and crying, flees her bombed-out village. A street vendor sets himself on fire in protest against an uncaring......
