SANAA: Strikes by Saudi-led coalition aircraft killed at least 54 people in attacks across Yemen on Tuesday, including four children, the Houthi-run Sabanews.net news agency and residents......
QUETTA: Frontier Corps foiled a major bid of terrorism by seizing more than 4,000 kilogrammes of explosives close to Pak-Afghan border on Tuesday, officials said.On intelligence reports, security......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Peoples Party candidate, Sanaullah, won the by-election for provincial assembly seat PK-93, Wari, Upper Dir-III according to unofficial and unconfirmed results.PPP had formed an......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali on Tuesday said providing Rangers with accountability powers was unconstitutional, adding that the paramilitary force did not have the mandate to......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Tuesday sanctioned the Saudi Binladin Group for last Friday's crane collapse at Makkah's Grand Mosque, which killed more than 100 people days before the Haj......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday informed the Senate that efforts were being made for resumption of reconciliation talks......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa division of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday arrested the vice-chancellor of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Dr. Ihsan Ali, and three other......
LONDON: Former England captains Ian Botham and Michael Vaughan have led the tributes to Brian Close after the hard man of cricket died from lung cancer at the age of 84.Yorkshireman Close was the......
BERLIN: All 36 teams in Germany's top two leagues will wear “We're helping! #refugeeswelcome” logos on their shirts in this weekend's fixtures to encourage fans to help amidst Europe's immigration......
ROME: Former Argentina superstar Diego Maradona on Tuesday blasted FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his UEFA counterpart Michel Platini, who is bidding to succeed the Swiss as head of world football,......
Louis Van Gaal does not know how Manchester United will perform in the Champions League this season, the manager has said.United, who failed to qualify for the tournament last season, open their......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's minister for elementary and secondary education, Mohammad Atif Khan, said on Tuesday that a draft bill has been prepared for the establishment of a regulatory authority......
Arsenal's Petr Cech is looking forward to beating Chelsea for the second time when the Gunners visit the goalkeeper's former club in the Premier League on Saturday.Arsenal defeated the champions in......
PESHAWAR: Helicopter gunships and bulldozers destroyed dozens of shops in a restive tribal area of South Waziristan on Tuesday after a bomb attack on a military convoy wounded five soldiers,......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee for Information Technology on Monday stressed upon the need for legislation to lift the ban on video-sharing website – YouTube – in Pakistan.The......
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic summoned some cinematic inspiration to help him conquer grand slam king Roger Federer and silence the roaring supporters of the Swiss at Sunday's US Open men's final.The Serb......
ISLAMABAD: A soldier of the Pakistan Army was killed on Tuesday during firing by Indian forces across the Line of Control (LoC) in Rawalakot's Battal sector.An Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR)......
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday declared the former chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Karachi Tanzeemi Committee (KTC), Hammad Siddiqui, as absconder pertaining to a case......
England announced a strong 16-man Test squad for its upcoming series against Pakistan in the UAE, with dashing opener Alex Hales the surprise pick for the five-day format.Nottinghamshire's Alex Hales......
JERUSALEM: Palestinians and Israeli security forces clashed in Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound and the surrounding Old City for a third straight day on Tuesday despite international......
Across Europe, a debate is raging about how to describe the thousands of people escaping war and turmoil in their own countries and making the journey to safer places.Are they refugees or......
NAIROBI: Rampant illegal fishing by foreign trawlers off Somalia's once pirate-infested coastline is threatening economic gains in the Horn of Africa nation and could push communities back to......
NATHIAGALI: For the past year, a steady stream of villagers have been visiting Muhammad Naeem's home in Nathiagali, a quaint mountain town in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.They come for one reason: to......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif said on Tuesday that the military relations between China and Pakistan will reached unprecedented heights, according to a statement issued on the......
Naan Khatai is the quintessential desi biscuit; with a predominately melt-in-the-mouth texture, it is as addictive as the greatest addictions out there. One of my fondest memories of the naan khatai......
ISLAMABAD: Former president and PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said the first and foremost demand of establishing true democracy is that all the state institutions respect the limits......
Saeed Ajmal has rubbished reports claiming the Pakistan off-spinner was mulling retirement after being overlooked by national selectors for the recently concluded Sri Lanka series.A report by Press......
KUWAIT: Seven defendants were sentenced to death on Tuesday for the self-styled Islamic State-claimed bombing of a mosque in June in Kuwait that killed 27 people, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA......
BEIJING: Iran wants China's help to resolve tensions and unrest in the Middle East and is ready to play host to more Chinese firms once sanctions against it are lifted, Iran's foreign minister said......
SERBIAN BORDER: Hundreds of migrants spent the night in the open on Serbia's northern border with Hungary, their passage to western Europe stalled on Tuesday by a Hungarian crackdown to confront the......
DHAKA: Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim said his side faces its best chance yet of defeating Australia with the visitors fielding a relatively inexperienced side for the Test series next......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday announced a relief package of over Rs341 billion for farmers, which was earlier approved by his cabinet.Addressing farmers at a ceremony held at......
ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan will start building a $10 billion natural gas pipeline to Pakistan and India via Afghanistan in early December, a Turkmen government official told Reuters on Tuesday.The......
QUETTA: Security forces on Tuesday claimed to have arrested eight 'militants' allegedly involved in the recent attack on Jiwani airport.The miscreants, who were arrested from Gwadar district, are......
KABUL: From ridiculing warlords to poking fun at the political elite, a crop of covertly run Afghan satirical outlets are resonating widely with disenchanted citizens — and provoking the ire of......
LONDON: A teacher who has dedicated her life to educating Afghan refugee girls, challenging cultural sexism by setting up classes in a makeshift tent, has won a special prize awarded by the United......
LAHORE: After killing of a huge female python in Bagh-i-Jinnah, The Mall, at the hands of its staff late on Friday, the Punjab Wildlife Department has decided to comb the public park to ascertain......
The dismal performance of the Lahore Blues and Whites in the ongoing National T20 Cup should be alarming for the Lahore Region Cricket Association. First, its Blues team failed to qualify for the......
LAHORE: Alumnus of the Government College University, Iqbal Z Ahmed, has pledged funding for the establishment, infrastructure and operations of an international school for business studies at his......
LAHORE: DCO retired Captain Muhammad Usman on Monday directed owners of private schools to return the additional money they had received from parents on the pretext of increase in monthly fee.“We......
LAHORE: The Punjab Excise and Taxation Department mulls over how to collect an ‘ambitious’ 40per cent property tax of the total fiscal target of Rs8.6 billion for 2015-16 by Sept 30, 2015, with the......
BAHAWALPUR: A bill defaulter allegedly shot dead on Monday a Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) lineman who was part of a raiding team that had earlier removed a transformer installed at the......
SAHIWAL: Banned organisations and groups spreading sectarian violence or hate material will not be allowed to collect animal hides.Religious institutions, philanthropist organisations or individuals......
GUJRANWALA: Two proclaimed offenders (POs), one of them having a head money of Rs1.2 million, were killed in an alleged encounter with police at Khayali on Monday.Police said both the proclaimed......
LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) teams sealed on Monday eateries for flouting food handling and hygiene standards and laws.A team inspected and sealed Asghar Nashta Point, Butt Chanay, Shahbaz......
FAISALABAD: The district administration and police officials managed to stop a brick kiln workers’ march on Lahore near Nishatabad Bridge here on Monday.They were protesting against the district......
SIALKOT: Four unidentified armed men looted 4kg gold worth Rs15 million from two Sargodha-based goldsmiths at gunpoint near Motra on main Sialkot-Daska road late on Sunday.Brothers Sabir Husain and......
TOBA TEK SINGH: The Kissan Wing district president of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Mehr Mumtaz Daultana, announced on Monday contesting UC-71 chairman election as an independent candidate.He will......
MULTAN: The Punjab government has asked Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture (MNSUA) administration to submit Rs95.7 million for the possession of a 50-acre piece of land that was earlier......
LAHORE: Scores of chemists, retailers and distributors observed a province-wide strike on Monday against amendments proposed by the Punjab government in the Drugs Act 1976.A rally was organised in......
LAHORE: A man killed a gunman and injured another in Islampura on Monday. He was also injured in the crossfire.Police said five gunmen broke into the house of Faheem Sheikh, a jeweller, in Nazi......
MULTAN: Another injured of Sunday’s blast at Vehari Chowk succumbed to his wounds on Monday, raising the toll to 11.Regional Police Officer Tariq Masood Yaseen said all the dead had been identified......
LAHORE: A resident of Sanda locality teased and thrashed on resistance two lady health workers (LHWs) after they entered his house to administer polio drops to children.A spokesman for the DCO said......
LAHORE: The returning officer (RO) for by-election in NA-122 on Monday reserved decision on objections filed against the candidature of unseated National Assembly speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq of the......
LAHORE: Teachers of public schools complain the government has virtually ‘stopped’ them from availing themselves of leaves, thus making their lives miserable.Some teachers Dawn spoke to on Monday......
LAHORE: CocaCola Beverages Pakistan Limited (CCBPL) says only the returnable glass bottle production line at its Rahim Yar Khan plant has been sealed.Published in Dawn, September 15th, 2015On a......
THE 50th anniversary of the 1965 war is being observed this month. The media is telecasting programmes highlighting the achievements of the armed forces. One such documentary was on Pakistan Navy’s......
DR Mubarak Ali’s article was very well written (Images on Sunday, Aug 30). Most of what he wrote is true. We never try to find out what happened to a great general like Mohammed Bin Qasim.He won the......
THIS is with reference to many articles in Dawn on Hungary’s policy toward the migrant crisis. Hungary firmly denies the claims that we select migrants on a discriminative basis. We do not.Hungary is......
APROPOS Cyril Almeida’s article ‘Deterrence on steroids’ (Sept 13). The concept of deterrence and nuclear strategy is a far complex than projected in the article.As Bernard Brodie put it, the......
THE Nandipur project shows the apathy of the government about the energy crisis. The plant was inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in May, but today it is out of service.Similar is the......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court directed the interior ministry and Federal Investigation Agency on Monday to file their comments in a petition filed by former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani seeking......
THE Pakistan Lawyers’ Forum pleaded before the Lahore High Court in 2002 against massive salaries, perks and privileges provided to government functionaries at public expense. They had contended that......
THIS refers to the ‘SBP clarification’ (Sept 2). Mr. Abid Qamar’s assertion in his last paragraph saying the “government borrowing from the central bank is highly inflationary” is contradicted by the......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that promotion of languages and literature is necessary for survival and development of any nation.“Literature promotes harmony,......
QUETTA: Six people — a general manager, two engineers and a driver of the Balochistan Development Authority (BDA) among them — were kidnapped from Qila Saifullah area on Monday.The kidnappers came......
PESHAWAR: In absence of a grievance redressal mechanism, parents of schoolchildren on Monday used an event organised by the district administration to heap criticism on the capital city’s......
PESHAWAR: A three-day anti-polio campaign began in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and adjoining Federally Administered Tribal Areas on Monday.According to a news release issued by the provincial health......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has always opposed presence of unregistered Afghan refugees.Talking to the outgoing consul general of the United States at......
PESHAWAR: Three Afghan refugee children were killed and another got injuries when a house collapsed in Sufaid Dheri area on the outskirts of Peshawar on Monday morning.Police said that an Afghan......
PESHAWAR: The National Logistic Cell Pakistan has decided to establish a terminal at Torkham border with financial support of Asian Development Bank.The terminal, to be established over a 432-kanal......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company board of directors has objected to the government’s revised loadshedding schedule insisting it is costing the company Rs5 billion every month.It,......
LAKKI MARWAT: Members of treasury and opposition benches in the district council on Monday reiterated that they would work together and launch collective efforts for the development of the......
MANSEHRA: Minister of state for water and power Abid Sher Ali has issued a challenge to his political rivals to prove the alleged corruption in Nandipur hydropower project, claiming neither he nor......
KOHAT: Irregularities were detected in construction of Bacha Khan Library and Kohat Press Club buildings, completed during the previous provincial government, according to sources.District Nazim......
PESHAWAR: A local accountability court on Monday acquitted an assistant executive engineer of Pak-PWD arrested by the National accountability Bureau on charges of possessing assets disproportionate......
MARDAN: District nazim Himayatullah Mayar inaugurated a book fair at the Government Girls Higher Secondary School Shah, Dhand Baba, here on Monday.According to organisers, around 50,000 books on......
MINGORA: More than 30 schools will be set up in the rural areas of the district under a three-year project to impart quality education to girl students and equip them with vocational skills.The......
ISLAMABAD: Expressing dissatisfaction over the current mechanism to control terror funding, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday said a new comprehensive system would be established in......
ISLAMABAD: The director general, Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), Dr Shahnaz A. Riaz on Monday submitted an unconditional apology to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for her ‘contemptuous’......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani has directed the federal government to appoint a chairperson of the Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA) by October 5.The directive......
RAWALPINDI: Pharmacies and drug stores in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad observed a strike on Monday on the call of the Punjab chapter of the Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association......
RAWALPINDI: Following dengue spray-related scares in Attock and Jhelum, the people of the garrison city are becoming increasingly wary of frequent visits by health department teams, who they claim......
GUJAR KHAN: All schools and colleges in Punjab have been instructed not to arrange anti-dengue spray on their own, without first obtaining approval from district health authorities, Punjab Education......
TAXILA: The residents of Bun Bohal, Thatta Khalil and adjourning areas on Monday protested against a tyre-derived fuel factory for causing environmental pollution in the area.Carrying placards......
ISLAMABAD: The man who opened the escape hatch (sunroof) of Benazir Bhutto’s vehicle allegedly on the direction of her political secretary Naheed Khan did not mention it in his statement recorded......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is holding a three-day workshop on the maintenance of food and hygiene standards at hotels and restaurants. The workshop is geared at owners and......
RAWALPINDI: Following the death of retired Gen Hamid Gul, the Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Association (PESA) has decided to merge with the Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Society (PESS).The two associations of......
ISLAMABAD: An exhibition featuring the work of 10 national and international printmakers opened at the Nomad Art Gallery on Monday.The exhibition, titled ‘10 A Collab’ offered artists Elise Searson,......
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi on Monday convicted three Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) suspects in the Nato oil tankers attack case.It was the second case in which the ATC......
ISLAMABAD: A lawyer was sent a bullet alongside a note demanding Rs1 million, police told Dawn on Monday.The lawyer received an envelope holding the extortion demands along with a bullet from a......
ISLAMABAD: Terming it a ‘half-baked and ill-conceived move’, the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Monday called upon the capital administration to halt the ongoing raids on hotels......
ISLAMABAD: The Karachi Company police have arrested three people who snatched vehicles after drugging their drivers, police said here on Monday.During preliminary interrogation, they not only......
ISLAMABAD: Anchors from mainstream Pakistani electronic media decried the lack of coordination between the civilian and military leadership and said that this was causing confusion in the media with......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday issued a notice to the National Accountability Bureau on the appeal of Pakistan Peoples Party MPA Ali Nawaz Shah and his two close relatives against their......
KARACHI: Highlighting the vital ecological services vultures deliver to humans, speakers at a programme held on Monday called for imposing strict penalties on vets prescribing a banned drug that,......
SEMINARA seminar on ‘Qazi Nazrul Islam and Allama Iqbal’s contribution to Muslim dignity in South Asia’, organised by the department of Bengali, University of Karachi, in its arts auditorium, Faculty......
KARACHI: Two traffic policemen were wounded in an armed attack on M.T. Khan Road on Monday evening, police said.They added that Sub-Inspector Omer Hayat and Assistant Sub-Inspector Juma Khan were......
KARACHI: A book highlighting the events of Sindh since the Talpur rule to present-day Pakistan, with particular emphasis on three Sindhi nationalist leaders during the British Raj, was launched at......
KARACHI: Trade and a peace dialogue are the only way to resolve the conflict between India and Pakistan, said renowned journalist Jatin Desai while speaking at the Pakistan-India Forum for Peace and......
KARACHI: Doctors and paramedics at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre on Monday boycotted out-patient departments (OPDs) and staged a protest demonstration outside the health facility seeking......
KARACHI: There’s mythology surrounding Manto and a lot of clichés associated with the writer. Yes, he was rejected, yes we didn’t own him, so it’s time we rectified some of those things. This was......
SUKKUR: A large number of employees of the irrigation department held sit-ins outside the office of the chief engineer of the Sukkur Barrage and at the Sukkur Barrage on Monday in protest against......
MIRPURKHAS: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders, workers and supporters on Monday continued their protest for a third consecutive day in Kot Ghulam Mohammed and some other parts of Mirpurkhas......
SUKKUR: Work remains on hold for 18 month on the construction of the Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College (GMMMC) campus which was launched 12 years ago but is still too far from completion thanks......
HYDERABAD: A day after leading a big rally in Hyderabad, Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi presided over a meeting of the party’s central committee on Monday and called for......
MIRPURKHAS: The Mirpurkhas district and sessions court on Monday ordered release of 21 men, women and children allegedly held in bonded labour by a landowner in Darejo Mori village near Jhuddo......
HYDERABAD: Three forms were submitted against seats of the chairmen and vice chairmen for the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC) and District Council (DC) Hyderabad before the returning officers......
KHAIRPUR: It is very difficult to irrigate the 10,000 acres of agricultural land distributed among some 999 landless women peasants in Khairpur district by the Sindh government. Furthermore, the......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the provincial authorities will adopt the constitutional and legal process if the continued ‘violation of provincial autonomy’ by the Federal......
KARACHI: The City Courts wore a deserted look on Monday as lawyers continued to boycott court proceedings in protest over registration of a case under the antiterrorism law against their......
BANGKOK: A key suspect in last month’s bombing at a Bangkok shrine that killed 20 people has fled to Turkey, Thai police said on Monday, in another indication that the attack could be the work of......
JACKSON: A professor was killed in his office at Delta State University in Mississippi, an official said on Monday, and the campus remained on lockdown with the shooter still believed to be on the......
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have mistakenly killed 12 people including Mexican tourists while chasing jihadists in the vast Western Desert, sparking condemnation of what Mexico called a......
UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh was named as one of the winners of the United Nations Champions of the Earth award on Monday in recognition of her country’s initiatives to......
BEIRUT: At least 26 people including two children were killed on Monday in twin suicide car bomb attacks in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh, a monitor said.The attack was later claimed by the......
BERLIN: Just two weeks ago, Chancellor Angela Merkel won praise from Washington to Wellington for her bold decision to throw open Germany’s doors to refugees fleeing Syria’s brutal civil war.But just......
JEREMY Corbyn celebrated his Labour leadership victory by attending a rally for refugees before having dinner with family and friends in a Mediterranean restaurant. But now the real challenges of......
CANBERRA: Australia will have its fifth prime minister in eight years after the ruling Liberal Party voted out on Monday Tony Abbott in favour of rival Malcolm Turnbull, following months of......
LONDON: The new leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party named an ally whose declared aim is the overthrow of capitalism as finance spokesman on Monday, pushing hard-left policies that opponents......
COLOMBO: The United Nations report on human rights violations in Sri Lanka, especially during the final phase of the war against Tamil Tigers from 2006 to 2009, has “findings of the most serious......
MOSCOW: Russia on Monday launched its largest military exercises of the year, Centre-2015, involving some 95,000 soldiers including ground troops, navy and airforce units.The long-announced war games......
BRUSSELS: EU member states approved on Monday plans for military action against people smugglers in the Mediterranean, seizing and destroying boats to break up networks operating out of Libya,......
HYDERABAD: At least 18 labourers were killed when their overloaded truck overturned in southern India early on Monday, police said.Another 17 people were injured in the accident near Gundepalli, a......
BRUSSELS: The aunt of three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi whose drowning off Turkey shocked the world visited Brussels on Monday and tearfully urged the EU to adopt an emergency plan to......
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......
ZURICH: FIFA and embattled President Sepp Blatter faced more pressure on Monday as US Attorney General Loretta Lynch warned of new indictments in a widening investigation of corruption in......
ADELAIDE: With retirements and injuries piling up, Australia have selected two uncapped players into a new-look 15-man squad for two Tests in Bangladesh next month.Andrew Fekete, a 30-year-old......
LONDON: Former Yorkshire and England captain Brian Close, one of the most physically courageous players in cricket history, has died at the age of 84, it was announced on Monday.Close became the......
ADELAIDE: 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......
NEW DELHI: Hockey India League (HIL) chairman Narinder Batra on Monday said Pakistan players cannot be a part of the cash-rich event until they apologise for their conduct in the 2014 Champions......
ISLAMABAD: Former Olympian Shahnaz Sheikh on Monday lashed out at the Indian Hockey League (IHL) officials for not including Pakistani players in its fourth edition, saying the politics in the......
HARARE: Zimbabwe have recalled wicketkeeper-batsman Richmond Mutumbami for the series of two Twenty20s and three one-dayers at home to Pakistan that start later this month.He replaces Regis Chakabva......
LONDON: The date passed almost without notice but last week marked 60 years since the first game in the history of the European Cup was played.On September 4, 1955, Sporting Lisbon and Partizan......
How Juventus would want Carlos Tevez to be in their team for their trip to the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.After a disappointing start to the season in which Massimiliano Allegri’s men have mustered......
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic closed out the grand slam campaign in style beating long time rival Roger Federer to claim the US Open on Sunday, leaving the Serb a hair away from one of the greatest......
KARACHI: The Sindh Badminton Association (SBA) honoured Pakistan’s top women shuttlers Palwalsha Bashir and Mahnoor Shahzad at Sunset Club the other day.Palwasha recently won the national crown while......
LONDON: Mario Balotelli couldn’t help AC Milan out on his return in the Serie A derby against his old team Inter Milan on Sunday but Claudio Pizarro’s third stint with Werder Bremen started better as......
LAHORE: The national training camp for Pakistan women’s upcoming tour to the West Indies and US will be held in Karachi from Sept 15-27.As many as 16 players and four reserves will attend the......
RAWALPINDI: Karachi Blues survived a late blitz from Multan all-rounder Aamir Yamin before securing an anxious eight-run win to reach the final of the Cool & Cool presents Haier Mobile T20 Cup at the......
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 to play Pakistan following the......
KARACHI: On a windy day in February earlier this year, 15-year-old Abdul Muheed put on his football cleats and headed to a new field.Rather than playing football with his club that fateful Saturday......
KARACHI: Karachi Whites’ run in the PCB Inter-region Under-19 One-day Cricket Tournament came to an abrupt halt on Monday when they suffered their second successive defeat in the Super-Six stage......
KARACHI: The Karachi Tennis Association under the auspices of Sindh Tennis Association will organise the 38th KTA Development Series ranking tennis championship at Union Club from Sept 18.The events......
MONTREAL: Belgian Tim Wellens beat Britain’s Adam Yates in a sprint finish to win the Montreal Grand Prix on Sunday.It was the 24-year-old Lotto-Soudal rider’s third World Tour victory following......
ISLAMABAD: Natural gas will only be available to domestic consumers this winter and will not be supplied to other sectors due to a rising shortage in Punjab, Minister for Petroleum and Natural......
KARACHI: Banks deposits fell by Rs121 billion in the first two months of this fiscal year, apparently as a result of the withholding tax imposed on banking transactions.The State Bank reported on......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday asked the Punjab government to nominate its non-statutory member in the 9th National Finance Commission (NFC) for early finalisation of the award.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has selected 75,871 tax returns for audit through random computer ballots on Monday.The ballot ceremony was attended by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and......
LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha said on Monday that the provincial government would soon issue a notification regarding withdrawal of 19.5 per cent tax on mobile......
KARACHI: Bears managed to tighten their grip on Monday as the KSE-100 index lost 287.99 points (0.86 per cent) to close at 33,384.73.Unlike the past, the investors totally ignored the weekend......
LONDON: World crude prices slid on Monday, pressured by the long-standing issue of oversupplies as Opec cut a demand forecast for next year.US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in......
PKSEA, PMA elect chairmenKARACHI: Kamran Chandna has been elected unopposed chairman of Pakistan Knitwear and Sweater Exporters Association (PKSEA) for the term 2015-16.Shahzad Azam Khan has been......
BARCELONA: Business will have a much bigger role to play in achieving new global development targets than it did in meeting previous UN goals, but private companies need a stronger case for getting......
KARACHI: Buyers moved to the sidelines on Monday after staying active throughout last week. Apparently, an overbuying position forced spinners to take a pause before entering into fresh trading.The......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCMEA) urged the government to involve the handmade carpet industry in building a softer image of the country abroad with a view......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures rose almost 3 per cent on Monday, hitting highest in more than seven weeks, supported by speculative buying ahead of export data and firmer soybean prices.The......
LONDON: Gold edged down on Monday to just above a one-month low, as the dollar recovered and global stocks rose ahead of a Federal Reserve policy meeting that will be scrutinised for clarity on when......
LONDON: Opec on Monday predicted higher demand for its crude oil next year, sticking to its view that a strategy of letting prices fall will tame the US shale boom and cut a global surplus.The......
ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has stressed the need for ensuring women’s participation in the by-election for a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat in Upper Dir being held on Tuesday......
KHUZDAR: A Levies man was killed and another was injured in an attack on Assistant Commissioner Naseer Ahmed Mirwani in Naal area of Khuzdar district on Monday night.Bullets hit the official vehicle......
ISLAMABAD: The new judicial year 2015-16 commenced on Monday with the newly elevated Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali expressing a resolve to dedicate the period to self-accountability by......
RAWALPINDI: A 78-member, Pakistan’s tri-services military band along with 20 members of Frontier Corps, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa contingent for Chitrali and Khattak dances enthralled audience by their......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday reacted sharply to allegations levelled against it by the Sindh government and the Pakistan People’s Party, saying that the enemies of the Pakistan’s......
ISLAMABAD: With political pressure over the Karachi operation mounting, the federal government has repeatedly stressed that it has nothing to do with the law-enforcement action against political......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan decried on Monday that the Intergovernmental Negotiation process (IGN) on the reform of the UN Security Council was flawed this year and expressed fervent hope the......
ISLAMABAD: Taking notice allegation that police personnel forced candidates of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to withdraw from the electoral race in Punjab, the Election Commission of Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif discussed on Monday the stalled Afghan reconciliation process with senior US officials.The issue was deliberated upon during Gen Sharif’s meeting with top US......
IF you happen to be in Dortmund or North Rhine-Westphalia for that matter, flüchtlinge (refugees) is the word you would like to know these days. From the local newspapers to national television......
PESHAWAR: An army major and five suspected militants were killed in a clash in Shawal area of North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday night, officials said.An official identified the officer as Maj......
ISLAMABAD: Indian troops shelled Pakistani villages along the Line of Control on Monday, the military’s public affairs wing said.“Indian troops while violating the sanctity of the LoC resorted to......
WASHINGTON: Indian and Pakistani prime ministers will be in New York next week for the UN General Assembly but a bilateral meeting between the two leaders “is not on the cards”, diplomatic sources......
GILGIT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated on Monday a 24km re-aligned patch of the Karakoram Highway, with five tunnels, restoring a road link with China that had been cut after a massive......
KARACHI /PESHAWAR: Controversy over celebrating Eid on the same day reared its head again on Monday when the official national committee and an unofficial one in a province put their stamps for......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan did not appear to be in a mood to spare anyone on Monday. Fresh from a vacation in London with his sons, Mr Khan took his political adversaries......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate witnessed a heated debate on Monday on the issue of ongoing campaign against corruption, with PPP members accusing the PML-N government of victimising their party leaders on......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered two separate audits — one by an audit firm of international repute and the other by the auditor general of Pakistan – into matters relating to the......
THE first phase of our Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China involving restructuring of import tariffs ran its course in 2012. There is heart-burning in Islamabad that the benefits that had been......
LIBERAL politicians in India could speak like Jeremy Corbyn once, and, like him, believe in what they said. Take his speech at the refugees’ rally in London moments after the brilliant win as Labour......
THE adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security, Sartaj Aziz, visited Kabul on Sept 4 to relieve tension and revive talks. However, he received a wintry response.After 13......
IF there is a red line in any criminal justice system, it should be this: children must never, ever face the possibility of execution and in all cases the emphasis should be on rehabilitation rather......
THOSE looking for reasons behind the two recent incidents where schools in upper parts of Punjab were sprayed with substandard anti-dengue solutions are zeroing in on the usual, easy suspect: undue......
Swashbuckling West Indian batsman Chris Gayle is the latest high-profile cricketer to have agreed to be part of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), joining a host of international stars who are in talks......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested three alleged human traffickers from outside the US embassy in the federal capital on Monday, FIA sources said.Officials acted on......
