NEW DELHI: Indian cricket supremo Jagmohan Dalmiya, who oversaw the country's emergence as the game's financial powerhouse, died on Sunday only months after his comeback at the helm of the national......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid on Sunday said Pakistan will provide evidence from Friday's Badaber PAF camp attack to the Afghan government, Radio Pakistan reported.The......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has granted Chief Executive Officer of Express Media Group — a private media organisation — Sultan Lakhani ten days to submit his reply regarding......
KHOST: A roadside bomb has killed five Afghan policemen on patrol in the eastern province of Paktia, officials said Sunday, the latest in a series of deadly insurgent attacks.The blast in Zurmat......
KENTUCKY: Another young girl from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat district – home of child activist Malala Yousufzai – has earned international recognition by being awarded the third Muhammad Ali......
NEW DELHI: As he recovers in a children's shelter in eastern India, 17-year-old Ganita Munda is haunted by the sound of his family's screams as a witch-hunting gang killed them in their home.The......
PESHAWAR: Five men suspected of involvement in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) camp attack in Peshawar's Badaber area on Friday have been identified.At least 42 people, including 14 terrorists, were......
SHANGHAI: China on Sunday launched a new, smaller type of rocket from its "Long March" family which will be primarily used for carrying satellites aloft, state media reported, as the country races......
KARACHI: Unknown motorcycle-riding armed men attacked a Samaa TV Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) vehicle under bridge at Karachi's Liaquatabad No.10 area, DawnNews reported.The attackers......
KARACHI: A suicide bomber detonated his suicide jacket in Malir's Rifa-i-Aam Society on Sunday during a raid conducted by police and other law enforcement agencies in the area.Two policemen were......
LANDI KOTAL: Unidentified gunmen killed a young local businessman after abducting him on Friday evening in Jamrud.Khasadar officials said that the bullet-riddled body of Akhtar Khan, 30, was......
KOHAT: The security forces on Saturday conducted a joint operation in the localities surrounding the PAF base, Kohat, and seized a big quantity of arms. They also arrested 96 suspects, including 21......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department has adopted different criteria for contracting out management of health services to the implementing partners in the province, according to......
CHARSADDA: Four policemen, including an assistant sub inspector, suffered injuries when unidentified assailants ambushed their vehicle on Saturday evening.Officials said that the police party had......
PESHAWAR: An accountability court on Saturday remanded into judicial custody Professor Mohammad Ayub, a medical expert with the Higher Education Regulatory Authority, on the charge of facilitating......
SWABI: Sinohydro, a Chinese company, has reinstated 45 employees sacked over the last three months.The development comes after the talks between the Awami Labour Union leaders and the company’s......
PESHAWAR: Eidul Azha is less than a week away but the sale of sacrificial animals has yet to gain momentum in the capital city.According to managers, sales at the city’s two cattle markets, one set......
SWABI: Women members of local bodies here on Saturday complained women parliamentarians had miserably failed to work for the rights of womenfolk.The complaint was made during a function organised by......
MINGORA: Students of the Jahanzeb Postgraduate College, Saidu Sharif, staged rally on Saturday against the occupation of its IT block and girls hostel by the University of Swat (UoS).The students......
CHITRAL: The flood-affected people, whose houses were fully or partially damaged, are likely to be exposed to harsh and chilly weather in tents as winter is approaching fast.Talking to Dawn, Akhtar......
PESHAWAR: Customs clearing agents have expressed concern over the monopoly of bonded carriers and demanded of the Transit Trade Pakistan director general Javaid Ghani to allow the transportation of......
ISLAMABAD: The capital Administration on Saturday sealed 13 hospitals in the city for being unhygienic and arrested 12 quacks.Additional Deputy Commissioner General Abdul Sattar Isani told APP that......
ISLAMABAD: Senior bureaucrats seem unwilling to allow the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to arrest senior civil servants, seeing as it has virtually blocked proposed amendments which would enable......
ISLAMABAD: An activist of a banned religious outfit put under the watch list of the police under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 has disappeared from his residence in the capital’s rural area.Qari Ansar......
ISLAMABAD: In the second phase of anti-adulteration campaign, the capital administration has turned to canteens of private and government educational institutions, sources told Dawn.Besides, the......
ISLAMABAD: Complications during pregnancy take on average 14,000 women’s lives every year. But the deaths can be avoided through promotion of birth spacing, prevention of unwanted pregnancies, and......
RAWALPINDI: An ‘anti-dengue’ day was observed in the garrison city on directives from the Punjab government. The day’s activities aimed to raise awareness regarding preventive measures against the......
ISLAMABAD: More than 20 million people in Pakistan suffer from neurological disorders. This was said by Aslam Shaikh, who has been facilitating research on neuroscience and treatments for brain......
RAWALPINDI: A play on the Zarb-i-Azb military operation, titled Pasbaan, was performed at the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) to highlight the sacrifices of Pakistan’s armed forces.The play is part of......
MURREE: Lawrence College Ghora Gali held an event to mark its 155th founding day on Saturday.General Officer Commanding (GOC), Murree, Major General Mohammad Kaleem Asif was the chief guest on the......
BEFORE me is a new publication by Sang-e-Meel under the title Aap Ki Tareef. This seemingly slim volume also carrying a full-length stage play contains far more substance than meets the eye. Firstly,......
THE word fiction could be interpreted as discourse which is imaginary, abstract, or one that depicts facts amalgamated with imagination in a well thought-out, artistic manner. In the current era, the......
THE year 2014 left Pakistan in a state of grief and sorrow. While many brutal acts of violence had taken place throughout the year, the year ended with the Army Public School Peshawar attack, in......
WHAT is life, anyway? And while we’re on the topic, what is death? Why bother about these questions now when it has been ordained that one must face them some day? Is there anybody who can answer any......
NO one quite makes the ordinary seem equally familiar, alien and frightening as easily as Sarah Lotz seems to. In her last novel The Three, simultaneous plane crashes leave behind a single survivor......
THE cover of his latest novel, Funny Girl, helpfully tells us that Nick Hornby is “the author of About a Boy”. The intent of this declaration, one would assume, is to remind us of the power of the......
I HAVE been working on my recently published book (Britain Through Muslim Eyes: Literary Representations, 1780-1988) and related projects for a decade, since the revelation that three of the four 7/7......
HISTORIC-archaeological accounts often do not make for interesting reading, either because they are written from a purely hard-fact perspective or because they are divorced from their context,......
How has the response to the video of Yeh Dil been?Kashan Admani: The new video has been received really well and it’s turned out to be one of the biggest independent releases as the song features......
It is difficult to sleep soundly after watching Goodnight Mommy (Ich seh, Ich seh), a deeply unnerving Austrian film written and directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala in 2014, which is now......
Soniya Hussain ventured into showbiz with no plans of becoming an actor, but in just five years she has done commercials, has a long list of TV plays to her credit and has proved herself in Jami’s......
Short story writer Saadat Hassan Manto was brought back to life by actor/director Sarmad Sultan Khoosat through his film Manto. It pays tribute to a man whose works were banned or set on fire during......
Former chief of the ISI, General Hamid Gul, who recently passed away, epitomised the way the Pakistan military began to see itself from the 1980s onwards. Influenced by ideological and strategic......
For many years now, a handful of concerned journalists and citizens expressed outrage when every winter, dozens of princes from various Arab dynasties in the Middle East arrive to hunt the houbara......
In the 16th century Europe faced social, political and religious conflicts. Historians argue that conflict is a leitmotif of change; it awakens society from slumber and stagnation and leads to the......
“Forty-eight hours. It is only after 48 hours that an FIR can be registered for a kid having gone missing,” explains Muhammad Ali, president of Roshni Helpline 1138, a local NGO that operates as a......
All it took was two weeks for the sisters, 12-year-old Sukaina* and six-year-old Salma*, to return home. They were kidnapped, sold to a buyer, and were ready to be shifted to a new location from......
Traffic sergeant Zulfiqar Ali, standing at the signal outside Karachi’s Benazir Bhutto Park, tells me that he could write an entire book on road accidents. Precisely at that moment, as if on cue, an......
Scenario: What should you do if you are stuck in a lift, either alone or with others?Advice: Staying calm is the key to surviving in a lift that is stuck until it starts functioning again or you’ve......
If you wear contact lenses, your ophthalmologist must have told you to avoid sleeping, showering or swimming while wearing them, as it increases the risk of developing bacterial and fungal eye......
With all the hype these days about using olive oil for cooking, for salads, for hair and skin massage, super market shelves are loaded with all kinds of local and imported brands screaming out their......
My son Shakir is back in Pakistan after an eight-month stint in the US, and is sending me details of various meals consisting of his favourite desi delicacies. He began with nihari and went on to......
Dear Auntie I used to have a lot friends and was very sincere with each of them. But with the passage of time all my friends got married and all I get to hear from them is that they are busy with......
There are opportunities and opportunities, and it would be fair to observe that we Pakistanis are fairly good at grabbing them by their proverbial throat and then ‘milking’ them for every conceivable......
In the current climate of social and political chaos, negotiating states of fear, anxiety and suppression is common fare amongst artists. Injured, angst-ridden, brash or defiant, their art scores if......
The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci, who is regarded as a noted painter, sculptor, draughtsman, architect and engineer lived during the Renaissance. Besides being an accomplished artist, he was......
Abdul Jabbar Gull is a Karachi-based sculptor who graduated from the National College of Art, Lahore, in 1996. His artistic journey began in his childhood when he used to observe with fascination the......
Pakistan has never been very amenable for sculpture, therefore, there are very few artists who have adopted sculpture on the professional level.Khaleeq ur Rehman is a urologist by profession but his......
There is no limit to ambition and the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is one such project that has no limitations. Set to be played in Qatar in February 2016, the event promises to be the biggest, the......
No, it’s not Roger ‘Moor’ or Demi ‘Moor’ who is being referenced here. Rather, and happily, it’s our Pakistani film Moor which has given us tremendous joy to tell our readers that the Jami-directed......
Whoever thought that buying a house is an issue that only the common man has to deal with, well, think again. There are occasions when even celebrities who earn millions find themselves in the same......
Ever since Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won an Oscar award, her admirers eagerly await to see what else she has to offer. And the filmmaker seldom disappoints: almost every film that she directs makes it,......
This is why the artist community is so important for any society. While there’s tension along the Indo-Pak borders, on Sept 10 two known singers from each country — Sonu Nigam and Atif Aslam — did a......
Love her or hate her, the fact is that Sunny Leone is these days one of the most talked-about actresses in Bollywood. She doesn’t like to speak much, but when she does, she doesn’t give a hoot who......
The fifth episode of Coke Studio Season 8 was a much better offering. Here’s why: the four performances and the artists involved in them did just as much as it was required of them — not a bit more,......
THE militant attack on the PAF camp in Badaber, Peshawar, appears to be part of a trend that demands a serious rethink in both Islamabad/Rawalpindi and Kabul: when Pak-Afghan relations are strained,......
THE issue of formulating a law regarding cybercrime — which has slowly but surely been acquiring urgency given how internet tools and features can and are occasionally being used to facilitate a......
THE latest testimony given by the chairman FBR before the Senate Standing Committee on Finance has raised more questions than it has answered. For one, we were all told in the budget speech that......
EVER since independence, there has been no major reform of the judicial system in Pakistan despite a growing realisation of the dire need to proceed with it. This is because the body entrusted with......
IT’S silly season again. For some reason the week began with, the best there was, the best there is, the best there ever will be — King Raheel. May God save him and may he save the rest of us.Then,......
COUNTERING extremism is a missing link in the National Action Plan (NAP). Apparently, the plan was conceived from a counterterrorism and security perspective to address the immediate need of......
THE medical profession is the noblest of all professions. However it’s unfortunate how the PMDC issue has brought a bad name to the whole profession.A century ago, medical education in America faced......
ALL factions of the Muslim League are to unite under one entity. The news was exciting until the exalted names of the campaigners behind the move were revealed.It turned out that Chaudhys of Gujrat......
THIS is apropos news item ‘History in Pakistan has been badly treated’ (Sept 5) and Dr Akbar Zaidi’s remarks. Fighting a four times larger army, not allowing the enemy to enter Lahore and holding it......
Israel throws migrants into prison. Germany welcomes them with an open heart. Germany is the leading nation in Europe in opening doors and offering help to migrants from war-torn countries. They are......
THIS refers to the notice from the regional directorate of colleges of education and literacy department that colleges have to open accounts in the Sindh Bank for the submission of admission fees by......
THE new income tax return form consists of 16 cumbersome pages. Not every taxpayer will be able to understand its content.The FBR should make life easier for at least the salariat, whose tax is......
Leaving with good memoriesAs Nigerian High Commissioner Dauda Danladi and Thai Ambassador Tomvit Jarnson are leaving, Ambassador Rodolfo Martin Saravia, the dean of Diplomatic Corps, hosted a......
ISLAMABAD: Traders have started sharpening their knives for a showdown with the government over the withholding tax on bank transactions of over Rs50,000.“We have authentic reports that the local......
TAXILA: A showcase of work carved by local artisans, many of whom work with ‘black stone’, will be established in Taxila.Plans to establish the showcase, called the ‘Gandhara Art Village’, were......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has taken over nine defaulting sugar mills so as to auction them or their stocks to clear the dues of the sugarcane growers.The mills were taken over by the DCOs......
LAHORE: Union of husband and wife in irregular marriage cannot be regarded as un-Islamic or against Shariah, says a ruling of the Lahore High Court.A marriage which is irregular cannot be treated as......
LAHORE: Responding to the public outcry over enhanced fees, the Punjab government on Saturday promulgated the Punjab Private Educational Institutions (Promotion and Regulation Amendment) Ordinance......
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways will now transport fresh ‘halal’ meat at owner’s risk.“No booking of fresh meat at railways risk will be made now,” said an official of the PR commercial wing on Saturday.A......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday came down hard on the Punjab government for pitching police for its election campaign and alleged political victimisation of his......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif reviewed progress on the project of Knowledge Park in a meeting on Saturday.A foreign consultant briefed about the initial features of the project. The chief......
A grand logo unveiling ceremony of the first Pakistan Super League (PSL) is being held in Lahore today (on Sunday).It will be the second ceremony of its kind; the first one was staged in Lahore in......
LAHORE: After failing to get voluntary compliance by owners of banquet halls and caterers against the reduced ratio of sales tax in the last six-and-a-half-months, the Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA)......
LAHORE: The Institute for policy reforms on Saturday welcomed prime minister’s timely relief package for farmers saying the cash support and access to credit would have a positive effect on small......
BAHAWALPUR: A man was killed in an alleged encounter with officials of the Customs Department on Multan Road here on Saturday.Relatives of the deceased, who was a resident of Chak 93-DB, Yazman......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Rajana police registered on Saturday a case under Section 420 of PPC against five officials of a sugar mills over ‘dishonouring’ of cheques.The case was registered against Kamalia......
LAHORE: A number of parents and students staged a protest demonstration against Lahore Development Authority (LDA) schools for increasing fee in violation of recent instructions by the government......
FAISALABAD: Brick kiln owners staged a protest demonstration on Saturday against the imposition of Section 144 on kilns and blocked traffic at the District Council intersection.They chanted slogans......
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority teams on Saturday sealed many eateries, restaurants, production units besides imposing fine on others for flouting hygiene standards.On the other hand, a team of the......
LAHORE: Former T20 caption of Pakistan cricket team Muhammad Hafeez got his money back in a property fraud case after the intervention of the chief minister.Muhammad Kashif, a property dealer and his......
OKARA: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has awarded ticket to Ashraf Sohna to contest a bypoll for NA-144.A PTI board consisting of Chaudhry Sarwar and Shah Mahmood Qureshi interviewed candidates......
KARACHI: Over a dozen cases of heatstroke were reported at various hospitals across the city that experienced a surge in temperature on Saturday.The mercury shot up to 43 degrees Celsius in the......
KARACHI: None of the sewage treatment plants of the Karachi Water Sewerage Board (KWSB) are functioning and there is no sign when the plants, closed for rehabilitation, will resume operation.Sources......
KARACHI: An infant was kidnapped from outside the National Institute of Child Health after his mother was not allowed by guards to take him along while visiting a doctor for his brother’s check-up,......
KARACHI: A suspected robber was shot dead in an ‘encounter’ in the Kalri area on Saturday, police said.They added that two suspects were looting people on Mauripur Road near Aqil restaurant when a......
KARACHI: One of the many definitions of imagination is the ability to create images which cannot be perceived through recognised sensory systems. Artists use their imagination very well as they go......
KARACHI: ‘From active learning to critical thinking’ was the theme as the Teachers Resource Centre (TRC) celebrated its journey over the years and shared new initiatives at a hotel here on......
KARACHI: Investment in large-scale dairy farms has come to a complete halt while many commercial farms have closed down in the country due to non-favourable policies of the government towards the......
KARACHI: A young man was found shot dead at a desolate place off the Superhighway on Saturday, police said.They added that the body was found in the bushes near Qasimabad’s Faqeera Goth. He was shot......
HYDERABAD: The ongoing local government election process may require some changes in Hyderabad district as far as submission of nomination forms is concerned in view of the Friday ruling of the Sindh......
KHAIRPUR: The recurring budget of Rs1,398.150 million for the year 2015-16 of the Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, was approved by the syndicate of the university in its meeting held here on......
SUKKUR: In compliance with a court order, a big anti-encroachment operation was carried out on High Court Road in Barrage Colony by the irrigation department on Saturday.Heavy machinery was used to......
HYDERABAD: The three-day job fair titled “Career Orientation Workshop” held under the USAID-funded merit and need-based scholarship programme concluded on an inspiring note that graduates should......
SUKKUR: The Larkana circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Saturday issued notices to 12 officers, including the secretary of finance, for Sept 29 over a petition against the Jacobabad education......
ANKARA: Turkish fighter jets carried out a new barrage of cross-border airstrikes this week against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, killing at least 55 rebels, state-run Anatolia news agency......
WASHINGTON: The White House is blaming Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for the anti-Muslim rhetoric echoed at his rally earlier this week.“Is any one really surprised that this......
GAZA: Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Palestinian militants there fired rockets into southern Israel.The early morning air strikes targeted two training camps......
LONDON: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has to go but the timing of his departure should be decided through negotiation.Speaking after talks with......
TANGIERS: French President Francois Hollande arrived in Morocco on Saturday on an official visit that takes place against a backdrop of controversy over torture lawsuits in Paris against the......
NEW YORK: US Vice President Joe Biden is close to making a decision on whether to join or not the Democratic presidential field to run for the Presidency of the United States, the Wall Street Journal......
NEW DELHI: India’s Gujarat province banned the internet on Saturday in a bid to stall a major rally against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handpicked government in his home state.Police in Surat city......
HAVANA: Pope Francis began a nine-day tour of Cuba and the United States on Saturday where he will see both the benefits and complexities of a fast-evolving detente between the old Cold War foes that......
TOKYO: Japan’s parliament approved legislation that loosens post-World War II constraints placed on its military, an issue that has sparked sizeable protests and debate about whether the nation......
TORQUAY: Throughout her prolific career, mystery author Agatha Christie killed off hundreds of characters by bullets, daggers, even a blow of the cleaver. But her ultimate weapon, and the one she was......
WARSAW: Poland’s conservative party chief who appears poised to win the October general election has ruled out taking in refugees, bolstering the hardline of other eastern EU countries on the migrant......
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swore in a new government on Saturday that included 16 new ministers, a week after the previous administration resigned following a corruption......
DUBAI: Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, a son of Dubai’s ruler and elder brother to the emirate’s heir apparent, has died at age 33.The United Arab Emirates state news agency WAM......
BEIRUT: Members of Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria have shot dead at least 45 soldiers captured from a base in northwestern Syria last week, activists said on Saturday.Such killings of captured troops......
WASHINGTON: Every month this year, US air strikes at IS targets in Syria and Iraq have far exceeded that of any month of the Afghan war since 2010, The Washington Post reported on Saturday.Quoting......
TOKYO: China accused Japan of threatening regional peace on Saturday after Tokyo passed laws clearing Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War II, saying that its rival......
LAHORE: Left-arm medium-fast bowler Imran Khan Junior and all-rounder Aamir Yameen on Saturday vowed to perform splendidly for Pakistan against Zimbabwe.The two were selected in the Pakistan T20......
Pakistan cricket is blessed with remarkable phenomenon. When the likes of Younis Khan, Umar Gul and Yasir Hameed used to don Peshawar colours in the national T20 Cup that region never ever threatened......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Super League (PSL) continues to tread a topsy turvy path. In the latest development, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to relocate the high-profile league to UAE from......
KARACHI: Pakistan seized 2-1 lead over Chinese Taipei in the best of five rubber by winning the doubles in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania zone group two final at Merkezi Tennis Club, Izmir, Turkey, on......
LAHORE: Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq on Saturday said that the bilateral series between Pakistan and India must be resumed and insisted that politics should be kept away from sports activities.The......
England in their own patch are usually a formidable lot. The conditions suit their type of seam and swing bowlers and being used to playing on pitches at home, they find little or no problem while......
BERLIN: Mainz 05’s Yunus Malli grabbed his first Bundesliga hat-trick as they provisionally moved up to third with a 3-1 home win over Hoffenheim on Friday, the former Germany youth international......
PARIS: Stade Rennes moved provisionally level on points with Paris St Germain at the top of Ligue 1 on Friday after a 1-1 home draw against 10-man Lille who had Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama......
LONDON: Kurt Zouma and Eden Hazard gave Chelsea a controversial 2-0 win over nine-man Arsenal on Saturday as the simmering feud between the bitter rivals boiled over with red cards for Gabriel and......
SYDNEY: Australia must stifle their attacking instincts in the subcontinent and ‘bore’ batsmen into giving up their wickets, captain Steven Smith has said.Smith will lead a rebuilding Australia team......
SINGAPORE: Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel topped qualifying at the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday, preventing Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team from equalling the all-time record streaks for......
MADRID: Serbia forward Stefan Scepovic scored an early goal to give Getafe a 1-0 win against Malaga in La Liga on Friday for their first points of the campaign.Getafe midfielder Victor Rodriguez......
LONDON: Australia and Argentina rallied to level their Davis Cup semi-finals on Friday while superstars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were trying to keep their countries afloat.Bernard Tomic saw off......
PARIS: Marathon swimmers taking part in a 2016 Olympics test event in Rio’s notoriously polluted off-shore waters suffered no serious health problems, the sport’s governing body said on Friday.Fifty......
LAHORE: Ghanzafar Mahmood of Rawalpindi emerged leader of the 34th Coca Cola Punjab Amateur Golf Championships on its second day at the Royal Palm Golf Club here on Saturday.Ghazanfar’s aggregate......
ISLAMABAD: The newly constituted selection committee of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Saturday announced a 21-member squad for the Sultan of Johar Hockey tournament and the Junior Asia......
LAHORE: Asian snooker champion Hamza Akbar received a purse of Rs500,000 as a cash prize for winning the Asian title in Malaysia in April this year.Punjab Sports director general Usman Anwar gave......
KARACHI: Rangers Cricket Club recorded an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Eastern Star CC in the only fixture of the KCCA Commissioner Karachi Cup here on Friday.Eastern Star CC, bating first at......
KARACHI: The newly-elected Secretary General of Pakistan Softball Federation (SFP), Asif Azeem has said that his organization will make all out efforts to promote the game of softball in Pakistan and......
KARACHI: The semi-finals of the Horlicks Inter-school tennis tournament were organized by Perfect Strokes on Saturday at the Karachi Gymkhana. A number of keenly contested matches were witnessed in......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBF) president retired Brig Rashid Malik has condoled the death of former PBF secretary Naeem Sheikh who died in Lahore recently.A lawyer by profession,......
KARACHI: A small four-race card awaits racegoers in the Gymkhana race meeting which takes place here at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.All together, 27 horses have entered the day’s programme......
LAHORE: A seven-event card awaits the race-goers during the third edition of mthe Lahore Winter Meeting at the Lahore Racecourse here on Sunday.Six races are composed of horses belonging to class......
KARACHI: The shareholders’ annual general meetings (AGMs) provide an opportunity once in a year to investors to meet the board and discuss company affairs. Yet in Pakistan, the participation is seen......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank has committed $200 million to support public-private partnership (PPP) development in Pakistan, with a major focus on Punjab and Sindh.Following up on the past......
KARACHI: The National Tariff Commission (NTC) will analyse the request of an electric bikes importer which is seeking exemption of duty and taxes on their import.The NTC has asked assemblers of......
KARACHI: In a major policy shift the Sindh government has decided to revamp and expand the existing nine industrial estates instead of setting up new ones, sources at the Department of Industry......
ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission has decided to seek assistance of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the privatisation of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco), Dawn......
DETROIT: US auto workers won their first raise in a decade in a deal with Fiat Chrysler’s US subsidiary that will be used as a template for talks with General Motors and Ford, their union said......
KARACHI: Tractor sales by Fiat and Massey Ferguson plunged to 3,493 units during the first two months of this fiscal year as compared to 5,710 units in the same period last year.Production of farm......
RIYADH: Is an oil market turnaround on the cards? Is the Saudi led Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) strategy succeeding?Non-Opec supply is slowing down while the demand is......
WASHINGTON: More US companies are considering moving plants overseas given concerns about the shutdown of the US Export-Import Bank, the largest US aerospace trade group said on Friday, a day after......
BRUSSELS: The greatest influx of people into Europe in decades is not just a humanitarian emergency, but also a potential stroke of luck for many countries facing the economic threat of an aging......
KARACHI: Cotton prices continued to rise on Saturday as spinners and some exporters continued to indulge in buying spree. The underlying sentiment remained firm and outlook uncertain.Pakistan Cotton......
SINGAPORE: More than 20 countries are waiting to join the China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), its designated president said on Saturday as he allayed concerns it was......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s government wants to invest $8 billion over the next few years in infrastructure to improve the economy and sought help from private sector to share the cost which the government......
BEIJING: As China’s leaders juggle painful reforms and stimulus in their bid to cushion the nation’s slowdown, their policy challenge may be compounded by increasing growth disparities across the......
LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has defended plea bargaining and voluntary return of money and said action will be taken against all those involved in major......
LAHORE: The Punjab University’s zoology department has claimed to have discovered the skull of a female elephant that lived almost 1.1 million years ago in an area which is now part of the Gujrat......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that the date when an agreement is prepared and presented for registration in a matter relating to transfer of ownership of an immovable property, will be......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch and senior officials of the provincial government have complained about ‘massive corruption’ in the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP)......
KARACHI: A meeting of PPP leaders in Dubai on Saturday discussed the situation prevailing in Sindh where Rangers are engaged in a “targeted operation” and the NAB and the FIA have launched an......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A man shot dead his sister in Jhal Magsi and a body was found in Manjho Shori area of Nasirabad district on Saturday.Police said one Tariq Katohar opened fire on his sister in Kot......
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party (BNP-M) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal has emphasised the need for unity among nationalist political forces for defending the rights and interests of the people of......
ISLAMABAD: The Income Tax Department has attached a flat of model Ayyan Ali in Karachi for non-payment of Rs15.321 million as income tax.“The Regional Tax Office, Karachi, has attached the apartment......
KHUZDAR: Two women were among the three killed in a road accident near Winder area in Lasbela district on Saturday.Fifteen others were injured, police said.A passenger coach coming to Pishin from......
AN entire block in Musharraf Colony’s 6-D Street is inhabited by internally displaced persons from North Waziristan’s Norak, Miramshah and Datta Khel areas, amongst others. Naheed Bibi, 67, and......
ROME: Twenty rescue operations on Saturday picked up over 4,500 people off the Libyan coast, according to the Italian coastguard, which was coordinating the response for yet another boat in distress......
LAHORE: The severe heatwave scorching Karachi and some other parts of Sindh for the past two days will persist on Sunday and Monday as well before subsiding on Tuesday, according to the Met office.As......
ISLAMABAD: Despite coming to power on an energy-driven manifesto and promising that it would fix Pakistan’s power crisis, the PML-N government has been unable to rein in transmission and distribution......
LANDI KOTAL: Eighteen suspected militants were killed when military planes bombed their hideouts in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency on Saturday.Officials said that the precise air strikes were......
PESHAWAR: The Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology has collected specimens from the bodies of 14 terrorists who were killed by security forces during the attack at Pakistan Air Force’s camp......
TEHRAN: Iran's state TV says flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed 10 people in the capital, Tehran, and south of the country.The report released on Saturday said the flash flood killed......
