CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have mistakenly killed 12 people including Mexican tourists while chasing militants in the vast Western Desert, sparking condemnation of what Mexico called a......
SANAA: 10 people were killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a suburb in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, medical sources and residents said.The strike targeted a government building in the......
QUETTA: An anti-corruption court in Quetta on Monday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for 81 foreign nationals who obtained Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC) illegally.The presiding......
KARACHI: The first day of Eidul Azha will be celebrated across Pakistan on September 25, Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee chairman Mufti Muneebur Rehman announced after no reports were received of......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution, moved by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Farhatullah Babar, to enact laws providing the right to revise decisions taken by the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday banned an advertisement by a condom brand, calling it “immoral” and contrary to religious norms after receiving a deluge of......
ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported that the Indian border security forces had again violated the Line of Control (LoC) ceasefire on Monday, as its troops resorted to......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday expressed a lack of confidence in the current mechanisms in place to control terror financing in the country.The interior......
NEW YORK: For the second time in his career, Novak Djokovic ends a season with three Grand Slam titles. Unlike in 2011, though, he played in all four major finals this year.His riveting 6-4, 5-7,......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday demanded “third-party, independent inquiries of mega corruption scams in Punjab” and invited all federal agencies, especially......
QUETTA: Unknown gunmen kidnapped the general manager of Balochistan Development Authority (BDA), Bacha Khan, along with five other officers from Killa Saifullah district of Balochistan on......
I came from India to Dar es Salam last year, to join in the efforts of my organisation to improve quality and market access of cocoa commodity in Tanzania. Saad flocked in from Pakistan around the......
SYDNEY: Australian conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott was dramatically ousted Monday in a snap party vote forced by challenger Malcolm Turnbull, a millionaire former banker who will become the......
NEW DELHI: As Hockey India League (HIL) prepares for the 2016 season, the president of the country's national federation, Narendra Batra, said the tournament would be off-limits for Pakistani players......
BADIN: Former two-time Sindh minister and central leader of Pakistan Muslim League- Functional (PML-F) Syed Ali Bux aka Pappu Shah announced to join Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) today.Speaking to......
Abandon the toss in Test cricket?Yes, the proposal has come from Ricky Ponting, and is being backed by Michael Holding and Steve Waugh. The novel suggestion, aimed at reducing the home advantage,......
QUETTA: More than two dozen 'militants' laid down their weapons in Balochistan's Noshki district on Monday as part of the present government's reconciliation policy.A security official who declined......
PESHAWAR: A major-ranked officer of the Pakistan Army and five militants were killed late during an attack on a checkpost in Spin Wam area of North Waziristan tribal region's Mirali tehsil, security......
BUDAPEST: Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban directed hundreds of new policemen to the southern border with Serbia on Monday to help manage record numbers of refugees and migrants trying to enter......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police stepped up their hunt on Monday for national cricketer Shahadat Hossain who went into hiding over claims he and his wife beat their 11-year-old maid, an officer said.The......
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr. Malik Baloch administered polio drops to children as an anti-polio campaign was launched in Quetta and other 31 districts of the province amid tight security......
NAIROBI: Attackers in Kenya tried to hack off body parts from a man with albinism to sell for witchcraft, reports said Monday, rising fears of cross-border attacks from neighbouring Tanzania."Three......
PESHAWAR: Mullah Omar, founder of the Afghan Taliban, died of natural causes in Afghanistan, his son said in a statement calling for unity and quashing rumours about his father's mysterious death......
Criminal proceedings against India’s ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for hurting religious sentiment have been stayed by the country’s Supreme Court on Monday, The Hindu reported.Dhoni was accused......
MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo has more goalscoring records in his sights when Real Madrid get their Champions League campaign underway at home to Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.Ronaldo became Los Blancos'......
A couple of months ago, we were assigned the task of identifying an underrepresented community in Pakistan as part of a project for an Anthropology course. I thought the Khwaja-Sira community was a......
PESHAWAR: A three-day polio immunisation drive kicked off in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Monday amid tight security.A total of 5,422 children under the age of five years will be administered......
JERUSALEM: Muslims and Israeli police clashed at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound for a second straight day on Monday as Jews celebrated their new year and protesters vowed to protect......
MELBOURNE: Australia plan to bowl paceman Mitchell Starc until he breaks down with a chronic ankle injury that will require surgery and a four-month spell from cricket, selector Rod Marsh said on......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday inaugurated the Pakistan-China Friendship Tunnels, which have been constructed by China over the Attabad Lake in Gilgit-Baltistan's Hunza valley.Nawaz......
AL ABER: Yemen's exiled government backed out of UN-brokered peace talks as loyalist forces supported by a Saudi-led coalition launched a major offensive against Shia Houthi rebels on Sunday.A......
KARACHI: With a machine-gun in the back seat, his foot on the accelerator and wearing "Top Gun" style sunglasses, Azfar Mahesar pushes deeper into the heart of one of Karachi's "Talibanised"......
MANCHESTER: England coach Trevor Bayliss admits he is still vexed by the issue of who will open the batting with Alastair Cook on their tour of the United Arab Emirates following the one-day series......
KUALA LUMPUR: A Pakistani and two Malaysians have been detained in connection with last month's bombing of a shrine in Bangkok that killed 20 people, the national police chief said Monday.Inspector......
GHAZNI: More than 350 inmates have escaped after an attack by Afghan Taliban insurgents on the main prison in eastern Ghazni province early on Monday, an Afghan official said.Deputy provincial......
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic clinched his third Grand Slam title of 2015 and 10th career major with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 triumph over sentimental favourite Roger Federer in the US Open final on......
CAIRO: Egypt said its security forces killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, after mistakenly targeting their four-vehicle convoy while pursuing jihadists in the country's Western Desert.A......
PRIME Minister Nawaz Sharif is grief-stricken over the former President’s tirade. He appears to be disappointed, dismayed and clueless as to the souring of relations so suddenly. No warning signs......
AFTER a hiatus of more than five months, Justice (r) Kalash Nath Kohli was appointed chairman of the Balochistan Public Service Commission (BPSC) by Balochistan governor Muhammad Khan Achakzai.With......
THE residents of Orangi Town have been receiving exorbitant electricity bills for several months.Most of the people living in this locality are poor factory workers and labourers or low-paid office......
THE Supreme Court recently issued its verdict in a case regarding the DHA Lahore’s practice of selling plots of the land of which it has only taken possession without getting it transferred to the......
THIS is apropos “No progress on KP’s plastic bags ban yet” published in Dawn on 6th Sept, 2015.This is not an issue of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone, but the entire country, which has been affected by the......
NO matter who is right, or wrong in the current tussle between the judges and lawyers, it has surely shaken the confidence of the people in the integrity of the judicial system. Who should adjudicate......
Pakistan has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world, particularly for women. One major reason is social and cultural obstacles.Girls in the rural areas face many problems in acquiring an......
UPPER DIR: Awami National Party provincial president and former chief minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has said that their party is ready to extend ‘hand of friendship’ to Imran Khan’s Pakistan......
MARDAN: A woman here has appealed to the President, prime minister and chief justice of the Supreme Court to provide her speedy justice in the case of her son’s extrajudicial killing.She alleged that......
PESHAWAR: The Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) has also backed the idea of merger of Fata into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and termed it vital for mainstreaming the tribal people.Addressing a public meeting......
PESHAWAR: Students belonging to various tribal regions have expressed concern over the delay in disbursement of scholarships and urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor to take personal interest in......
MANSEHRA: The first-ever cultural festival in Battagram district attracted a large number of people from all segments of life.The three-day festival is aimed at portraying traditions and culture of......
MINGORA/KHAR: The boycott by lady health workers forced the district administration and health authorities to delay the anti-polio drive in Swat.The four-day anti-polio drive, which was scheduled to......
SWABI: The prices of sacrificial animals have increased significantly in Swabi district as the purchasing process gained momentum in the local market ahead of Eidul Azha.Cattle traders said that the......
GILGIT: Work on the repair and widening of strategically important 170 kilometers Gilgit-Skardu road could not be started despite the announcement by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in this regard on......
PESHAWAR: Opposing the proposed merger of tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Fata Grand Alliance (FGA) has decided to launch ‘Qabayal Bachao’ movement after Eidul Azha.The so-called alliance......
PESHAWAR: National Party chief Mir Hasil Bizenjo said here on Sunday that use of force by Baloch militants was not acceptable.“We have been telling Baloch youths that the use of force would not solve......
UPPER DIR: The election for the slot of nazim and naib nazim of Wari tehsil, Upper Dir, again ended in a tie on Sunday. The third round of the election would now be held on Sept 20.Wari tehsil nazim......
PESHAWAR: The Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) has started collecting solid waste from houses in the University Town as a pilot project and it plans to replicate the project in other......
RAWALPINDI: After anti-dengue sprays in two separate schools in Punjab went awry, several residents of the Miterpura locality in the garrison city allegedly attacked a health department team that had......
RAWALPINDI: A naval officer was stabbed to death outside a cafe at Fawara Chowk on Sunday, police said.Ehsanullah Yousuf, 23, a lieutenant, was allegedly attacked by a woman when he was leaving the......
ISLAMABAD: Four young men drowned in Chappar Nullah in the limits of Nilor police station on Sunday.According to the police, the young men, who were in their early 20s, were residents of Rawalpindi.......
ISLAMABAD: Sports cars aroused curiosity, classic cars and jeeps stunned the visitors while motorcycles captured the attention of enthusiasts at the PakWheels auto show here on Sunday.Pakistan’s......
TAXILA: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Sirajul Haq here called for an across the board accountability in all provinces to rid the country of corrupt elements and strengthen democracy.Talking to newsmen......
ISLAMABAD: Doctors, paramedics and nurses in government hospitals of the capital city would have to wait for at least another week for the issuance of a notification to unfreeze the health risk......
ISLAMABAD: Impressed by the Islamabad administration’s ongoing campaign against food adulterators and unhygienic outlets, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) also came down hard on vendors in its......
RAWALPINDI: A woman from Ghana was arrested at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Sunday on charges of trying to smuggle heroin-filled capsules in her stomach.According to airport sources,......
MUZAFFARABAD: A man lost his life after falling from a walnut tree in Saina Daman village of district Hattian Bala on Sunday.Chaudhry Qasim was picking walnuts atop the tree standing on a mountain......
ISLAMABAD: Capital police have arrested seven outlaws and recovered car, cash, weapons as well as other stolen valuables from them, a police spokesman said on Sunday.Industrial Area police arrested a......
ISLAMABAD: Khumaariyan got the crowd on their feet with their live fusion music during the launch of their second video Saturday night.Based out of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khumaariyan, has gained......
RAWALPINDI: Although roti or bread – in its various forms – and rice are the staples of choice for any meal, the desi palate is yet to accept either one of the two on the breakfast menu.Naan bread is......
RAWALPINDI: After a break of two-and-a-half months, the health department will start the anti-polio campaign in the district from Monday.The department aims at vaccinating over 700,000 children in......
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has demanded installation of an interim setup ahead of next year’s general election in AJK to ensure transparency and credibility.The party also......
ISLAMABAD: A large number of parents staged a protest in the city on Sunday against the private schools which suddenly and arbitrarily increased fees of schoolchildren.They gathered outside the......
ISLAMABAD: This year the Capital Development Authority CDA) has set up the temporary cattle market for Eidul Azha sacrifices in Sector I-12/2 instead of Sector I-11 and citizens are unhappy with the......
LAHORE: The removal of the local government secretary due to the unsafe anti-dengue sprays in Attock and Jhelum may affect the department’s major activity of assisting the Election Commission of......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A district administration team on Sunday raided the local plant of Coca Cola Bottlers Private Limited (CCBPL) and sealed its unit producing one litre Sprite glass bottle.According to......
LAHORE: As Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Punjab Organiser Chaudhry Sarwar has issued show-cause notices to the two UC-107 candidates for withdrawing nominations without party permission, the beneficiary......
LAHORE: A plan has been chalked out to introduce mobile libraries in the province to inculcate the habit of reading among people, with a pilot project starting in four areas of Lahore in the near......
LAHORE: Eight people were injured when a gas cylinder at a makeshift tea stall exploded in a cattle market in Saggian on Sunday.Police said that people were busy purchasing sacrificial animals when......
LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has asked the party men to raise voice against the alleged mega scandals of the PML-N government at every forum, including the parliament.Talking to senior......
LAHORE: The City District Government’s livestock teams on Sunday raided various premises in parts of the city and seized 400-kg unhygienic meat.The teams led by Deputy District Officer (Livestock) Dr......
LAHORE: The Dawood Foundation announced the launch of the TDF Nature Series, a set of documentaries aimed at raising public awareness about Pakistan’s degrading natural habitat and the urgent steps......
LAHORE: A young man was shot dead and his nephew was injured allegedly by their neibhours over a minor dispute in Shafiqabad here on Sunday.Police said Amjad, 35, and his nephew Zeeshan, 16, of......
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways administration has decided, in principle, to upgrade pay scales of its guards in the light of a notification issued by the finance division three years ago.Whenever......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) has issued a ‘fact sheet’ on “seven-year corruption and misuse of public funds by the Punjab government”.While releasing the report, a PAT spokesman claimed......
MULTAN: Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Sunday ex-deputy secretary PM House was brutally tortured to make him approver against him (Gilani) in cases related to the Trade and......
KASUR: As Hussain Khanwala village’s child abuse scar is slowly healing, the place is bracing for another battle -- local election.The village has traditionally enjoyed unity in political field but......
OKARA: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah says the provincial government has completed all the arrangements for local government elections scheduled to start from Oct 13, however, if the Election......
BAHAWALPUR: The division has so far topped the nine divisional headquarters in the province with regards to performance of the Punjab Food Authority (PFA).This was stated by PFA divisional chairman......
SIALKOT: A two-day exhibition for women entrepreneurs concluded here on Sunday.The first-of-its-kind event, called the Exhibition for Women by Women, was organised by the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce......
SIALKOT: The Lahore-Sialkot Motorway to be built in two years will open new vistas of socio-economic and human development in Sialkot region, especially in the “golden export triangle” comprising......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Sunday claimed to have killed four suspected gangsters in two ‘encounters’ in Lyari and Taiser Town, a spokesperson for the paramilitary force said.The force......
KARACHI: The scrutiny process for over 15,000 candidates who had filed their nomination papers for contesting the first phase of the Oct 31 local government elections in eight districts of Sindh......
KARACHI: Dark clouds were setting in as Zeenat Razi Mallick, 60, walked towards the main exit of the Grand Mosque.She had no idea that minutes after she’d leave a catastrophe would befall hundreds of......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) on Saturday organised a big rally outside Shahbaz Nagar here on Sunday as part of its ongoing campaign on a three-point agenda — national language......
BADIN: Qaumi Awami Tehreek president Ayaz Latif Palijo on Sunday held a detailed meeting with former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza and his wife MNA Dr Fehmida Mirza at their farmhouse in......
DADU: A shutdown was observed in Dadu town on Sunday against SHOs of the A-Section, B-Section and CIA police stations for their alleged connivance with criminals.Activists of various political......
Jefferson M. Fish — Prof Emeritus at New York City’s St John’s University — in his article ‘A university is not Walmart’, posted early this year on the website of ‘Psychology Today’......
KARACHI: It is not the first time that a photographer has exhibited the ethereal beauty and rich culture of Pakistan. Photographer Muhammad Rehan Khan’s collection ‘My Pakistan’ depicting the four......
KARACHI: The west zone police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a suspect allegedly involved in 12 targeted killings, including four religious scholars.Acting on a tip-off, a police party detained......
KARACHI: A three-day workshop concluded at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) on Sunday elucidating an in-depth study of medical and social complications of vesicovaginal......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has prepared a Rs150 billion Karachi development package to improve infrastructure and civic facilities in the mega city.This package was prepared on......
WASHINGTON: A US general has warned that the war against extremists may go on for years, if not decades.“This is going to be a long conflict and we need to be prepared,” warned Gen John Allen, the US......
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump is running neck-and-neck with Hillary Clinton, shows the latest Washington Post-ABC News opinion survey released on Sunday.The narrow three-point lead that the former......
KOSTROMA: As Russians voted in local elections on Sunday set to confirm the ruling party’s dominance, the opposition reported mass vote rigging and police stormed the office of independent vote......
JEDDAH: The United Nations should consider a peacekeeping force for war-ravaged Syria to help curb the surge of refugees which is destabilising the region and beyond, the Organisation of Islamic......
PARIS: The French government said on Sunday it was determined to choke off the supply of weapons and disarm criminal gangs, several hours after a man was shot dead in the centre of Marseille, the......
WASHINGTON: The United States has asked India to work its way through the Iran nuclear deal as New Delhi prepares to pay $700 million to Tehran as the first instalment for outstanding oil bills.“It......
YAOUNDI: Two suicide bombers killed seven people on Sunday in twin attacks in northern Cameroon, an army official said, in an area near the border with Nigeria that has often been targeted by Boko......
DIYARBAKIR: Turkey on Sunday restored an open-ended curfew in the mainly Kurdish southeastern town of Cizre to catch Kurdish militants, just two days after ending a hugely controversial identical......
ABUJA: President Muhammadu Buhari is eyeing closer ties with France, including on security, as Nigeria and its neighbours fight back against Boko Haram, his office said on Sunday.The 72-year-old will......
SKHIRAT: Libya’s rival authorities have edged closer to forming a unity government as part of a peace deal for the war-torn country, its UN envoy said on Sunday.“After long hours of discussions, we......
COBB: Within 12 hours of igniting, a wildfire burning north of San Francisco had swallowed up more than 60 square miles of land, injured four firefighters and burned highways and buildings, prompting......
WITH the refugee crisis dominating the headlines, and the Labour leadership reaching its dramatic climax with Jeremy Corbyn’s victory, there is a lot to write about this week. But one news item in......
MAKKAH: The deadly collapse of a construction crane in Makkah has highlighted the controversial pace of high-end urban development in the birthplace of Islam.More than 100 people died on Friday when......
LAHORE: Three-year-old bay filly Tarteeb left the race-goers spell bound by registering an emphatic success over her rivals in the feature event during the 2nd Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse......
MANCHESTER: Australia ended their tour of England on a high with a 3-2 victory in the One-day International series on Sunday as home captain Eoin Morgan suffered concussion after being hit on the......
NEW YORK: After winning her first Grand Slam title at 33, while seeded 26th, by beating the woman who beat Serena Williams, Flavia Pennetta provided this US Open full of surprises with one last......
LONDON: Leicester City staged a remarkable comeback from two goals down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and go second in the Premier League table on Sunday, scoring three times in 17 minutes.Villa seemed in......
NEW YORK: Nicolas Mahut, best known for losing the longest match in tennis history, can now be known for being a Grand Slam champion.The 12th-seeded pair of Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert became the......
MADRID: Lionel Messi came off the bench to earn Barcelona a 2-1 victory at Atletico Madrid on Saturday while Cristiano Ronaldo hit five goals in a 6-0 romp at Espanyol to become Real Madrid’s record......
LAS VEGAS: His career winding down to its final seconds, Floyd Mayweather Jr took a victory lap around the ring, his fist raised in triumph. After 19 years of perfection in the ring, he deserved one......
MILAN: Paulo Dybala struck a late penalty to save Juventus’ blushes in a 1-1 draw with early leaders Chievo Verona, although they remain six points behind title rivals AS Roma ahead of their......
DHAKA: Bangladesh national cricketer Shahadat Hossain was suspended on Sunday from all forms of the game as police probe allegations that he and his wife beat their 11-year-old maid.Police are still......
BERLIN: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored two penalties as Borussia Dortmund beat Hanover 96 4-2 on Saturday to stay top of the Bundesliga on goal difference ahead of champions Bayern Munich, who......
CAPE TOWN: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has declared a major turnaround in its financial fortunes after a R214 million ($15.78 million) swing in profit projections for the 2014-15 financial year.CSA......
PARIS: Olympique Lyon missed an opportunity to make up ground on Ligue 1 leaders Paris St Germain as they were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by resilient Lille on Saturday.A nightmare evening for......
MISANO ADRIATICO: Defending champion Marc Marquez won a dramatic San Marino MotoGP on his Honda in changing weather conditions on Sunday, as championship leader Valentino Rossi blew his chances with......
KARACHI: Three riders escaped serious injuries after falling from their mounts as two favourites and a second favourite won in a four-race card of the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse......
RAWALPINDI: Deceptive left-arm bowler Imran Khan Jr grabbed a dramatic hat-trick as holders Peshawar stormed into semi-finals by ending Karachi Blues’ unbeaten run in the Cool & Cool presents Haier......
KARACHI: CAS prevailed over Bayview Academy while Nixor College overpowered Beaconhouse School System I in hard-fought quarter-final battles in the Horlicks Inter-school Tennis Tournament here at the......
NOTWITHSTANDING their own inefficiencies, the textile industry’s exports are in trouble chiefly because they mostly comprise low value-added products and because of the industry’s high cost of doing......
IN recent weeks, the National Accountability Bureau has summoned a number of businessmen to answer queries regarding their companies defaulting on loans obtained from a provincial bank in the......
THE stories of rampant corruption and crony hiring/promotions by powerful people who abuse their official authority and the controversy surrounding key official data once again highlight the need for......
THE government raised Rs94.577bn from the auction of Pakistan Investment Bonds held last Wednesday, despite receiving bids worth a much bigger Rs270.84bn.The central bank raised Rs46.617bn from......
VOLATILITY continued to reign supreme in the interbank market last week as the rupee was said to be trading at 18-month lows against the dollar.Meanwhile, forex dealers said last week they expected......
HARDLY any sector of the economy has been left untouched by the global IT revolution. Ever-increasing market competition, along with an almost astronomical pressure to increase efficiency and margins......
THE countrywide protests by traders and opposition by the nation’s leading economists to the imposition of the 0.6pc repressive withholding tax on banking transactions is a wake-up call for the......
ESTABLISHED in 1860, the Murree Brewery is one of the oldest public companies in the subcontinent. Its two manufacturing units are located in Rawalpindi and Hattar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A Tetra-Pak......
THE automotive development policy 2015-2020 offers four categories of essentially tariff incentives to spur fresh investment in the sector.It provides more incentives in the initial years to enable......
A LOT of decisions taken over the past few years by the commerce ministry remain unimplemented.Some of these relate to the setting up of an Exim Bank and the Land Port Authority, as well as to the......
ALTHOUGH all economic theories advocate trade, many things have the potential to go wrong in the practical world.Inappropriate sector development, policies aimed at harming a specific country within......
THE federal government is working on an agricultural relief package in the backdrop of sliding prices of food commodities, which is at the core of the current crucial discussions about farming......
AS the wheat-sowing season approaches and international prices of the commodity drop, the federal and two provincial governments are in a quandary.They are trying to determine whether to increase or......
THE government is in the process of framing a water management policy, which is expected to be finalised in three months.Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, while chairing a meeting of the Central......
INDIA’S ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, which envisages the generation of 100GW of solar power by 2022, received a minor setback earlier this month.A World Trade Organisation......
BruneiBrunei, with a small wealthy economy, is the world’s fifth richest nation, the third-largest oil producer in Southeast Asia and the fourth-largest producer of LNG in the world, accounting for......
SHINING India is back. At least that’s what many hyperbolic Indians would have you believe. With China’s economy slowing and its markets andpolicymaking credentials upended, India is plausibly poised......
THE ECB’s 1.1tn euro quantitative easing programme was designed to spark capital expenditure and boost growth in Europe. But, despite cheap credit and low interest rates, many corporations say it is......
By signing the landmark Millennium Declaration at the turn of the century, Pakistan adopted eight development goals -the MDGs and committed among other things to bring poverty down to 13pc. As the......
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KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement urged the authorities on Sunday to stop what it describes as ‘extra-judicial killings’ of its workers and other citizens and immediately withdraw an unannounced......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement set up an inquiry committee to ascertain the allegations levelled by law-enforcement agencies that some of its workers arrested during the past two years were......
ISLAMABAD: Questioning the legality of the business of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has asked three key oil and gas companies to secure a legal cover from......
GILGIT: A multi-party conference held here on Sunday said that Gilgit-Baltistan, being a disputed region under resolutions of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan, should be given......
QUETTA: Balochistan Health Minister Rehmat Saleh Baloch has announced that a three-day polio eradication campaign will be launched across Balochistan on Monday (today) during which health teams will......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on the opening day of its new session on Monday (today) is likely to take up a PTI member’s resolution asking the election commission to devise a mechanism to verify details of......
ATHENS: At least 34 people, among them 15 babies and children, drowned when their overcrowded boat capsized in high winds off a Greek island on Sunday, the latest migrant tragedy at sea.The latest......
PESHAWAR / DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least 17 suspected militants were killed in air strikes in North Waziristan on Sunday and two security personnel lost their lives in an attack in South......
MUNICH: Germany said on Sunday it was reinstating border controls as Europe’s top economy admitted it was stretched to the limit trying to cope with a record influx of refugees.German Interior......
MULTAN: Ten people were killed and 58 others injured in a blast at Vehari Chowk here on Sunday.Regional Police Officer Tariq Masood Yasin told Dawn that one or more persons appeared to be carrying......
ISLAMABAD: Instead of sending cases of juvenile terrorism suspects, detained at internment centres, to military courts, the federal government has asked for proof of their age before making the final......
KARACHI: The Zilhaj moon was not sighted in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Therefore, Tuesday (Sept 15) would be the first day of Zilhaj in the country, says a statement issued by the Islamic Crescents’......
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Finance Syed Murad Ali Shah has asked the federal government to immediately halt further import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and refer the matter to the Council of......
THE inaugural Foreign Ministers’ Forum held by the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi over the weekend brought together the men and woman who have steered the Foreign Office over much of......
Changing circumstances require adaptation, and nowhere is this more true than in the legislative framework that defines and codifies a country.And there’s no argument that the coming of age of the......
GOING by reports, the meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and business leaders of the country last week appears to have been anticlimactic.Both sides, it seems, ended up talking past each......
There have been rare moments when the dialogue process has appeared to move in the right direction. A number of confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs) have been signed from time to time.......
BY the time today’s newspaper gets delivered and read, a handful of angry parents would have assembled at Liberty roundabout to hold a protest against fee hikes by private schools in Lahore. In the......
IT is becoming increasingly difficult to discuss the challenges that Pakistani women face. After all, Pakistani women have won Nobel Prizes and Oscars; they have scaled Mount Everest and play cricket......
THE pushback against the country’s terrible security situation has to address madressah reform. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told the National Assembly in May that approximately 20,000 religious......
NEW YORK: Top seeds Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza beat Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 6-3 to win the US Open doubles title on Sunday and cap off a perfect visit to Flushing......
