BAGHDAD: At least 13 people were killed and 44 others injured when multiple bombs exploded in two areas of Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, on Monday, security and medical officials said.A car bomb......
Human rights organisation Amnesty International on Monday requested the government of Pakistan to halt the scheduled execution of a paraplegic man, who is due to be hanged tomorrow, according to a......
ABUJA: Suspected terrorists killed at least 54 people when they detonated explosive devices in crowded places Sunday night in Maiduguri, the capital of the Borno state in northeast Nigeria, members......
ISLAMABAD: The president of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, telephoned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday evening and condemned the recent terrorist attack on PAF base near Peshawar, said a statement......
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Abdul Malik Baloch on Monday hinted towards reinitiating the dialogue process after Eidul Azha with exiled and disgruntled Baloch leaders to bring an end to unrest......
QUETTA: The provincial government of Balochistan on Monday issued a ban on collection of animal hides by proscribed outfits during Eidul Azha.The Balochistan home department has also issued a code of......
RAWALPINDI: The Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Monday approved the death sentences of nine ‘hardcore terrorists’ involved in various heinous terrorism activities, said a statement......
KABUL: Zakia Mohammadi, a woman in Afghanistan's first national paragliding team, waited on a hilltop on the outskirts of Kabul for a wind to lift her craft into the sky, as dozens of watching......
While the name may not strike fear into the hearts of hardened criminals, the newly established Dolphin Force – an elite security unit – is out patrolling the streets of Lahore.The inspiration (and......
Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen became the latest big-name cricketer to confirm participation in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).Pietersen's name was a remarkable addition in the list of......
GLASGOW: Andy Murray has revealed that he may decide to skip this year's World Tour Finals in order to prepare for Great Britain's Davis Cup final against Belgium in November.Murray inspired Britain......
SOUTHAMPTON: Louis Van Gaal admits he faces a battle to manage the expectations growing around Anthony Martial after the striker took his tally to three goals in his first three Manchester United......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced the return of 73-year-old Intikhab Alam as the manager of the country's cricket team.Alam was on the edge of losing his post of director......
Before Lalit Modi, there was Jagmohan Dalmiya. And if India presently pulls all strings in world cricket, it owes a large debt to Dalmiya (or “Jaggu Dada” as he was so affectionately called) for......
Was the 1999 World Cup squad Pakistan's best ever?While the question may be open to debate, it seems Australian great Shane Warne has made his mind up for 9 out of 11 players in his 'best Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: To ensure transparency in upcoming local body polls, a ban has been imposed on appointment and transfer of government officers in Punjab and Sindh.Briefing the media after an ECP meeting......
PESHAWAR: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman on Monday visited Pakistan Air Force (PAF) camp Badaber and said that the war against terrorism is the war for Pakistan’s future.“The......
BEIJING: Hackers have infected one of China's most popular social media applications on Apple's App Store, Chinese Internet firm Tencent said, after dozens of programmes were reportedly affected by a......
RIYADH: Civil defence officials in Saudi Arabia say cross-border fire from Yemen rebels has killed one foreigner and wounded 10 people in the kingdom.The officials said the attack happened late......
KARACHI: A woman believed to be dead 'came back to life' on Monday when Edhi mortuary staff were bathing her body prior to burial.Edhi Foundation spokesman Anwar Qazi said the organisation receives......
ISLAMABAD: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is encouraging its businessmen to take advantage of investment opportunities in Pakistan, a report on the Radio Pakistan website quoted the Saudi......
In India, history textbooks tell us that in the long line of Mughal rulers, Aurangzeb was possibly the most tyrannical. He destroyed, looted like no other and didn’t even spare his own family. Yet,......
GHOTKI: A middle-aged woman and her brother were found dead under mysterious circumstances in her house in Ghotki district of Sindh province early Monday morning.Rukhsana Buriro and her brother Uzair......
Manchester City's record signing Kevin De Bruyne believes his versatility will prove crucial for the side this season and is confident Saturday's 2-1 defeat to West Ham was just a blip.The surprise......
Liverpool are training hard and it is just a matter of time before they get the results that will put their Premier League campaign back on track, manager Brendan Rodgers has said.The Reds have......
BAGHDAD: Some Iraqi soldiers are abandoning their posts and joining a wave of civilian migrants headed to Europe, raising new doubts about the cohesion of the country's Western-backed security forces......
KARACHI: PPP Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Jamil Ahmed Bhurgari passed away in Karachi early Monday morning. He was 63.Jameel, elected from PS-67 (Mirpurkhas-cum-Umerkot- Old Mirpur Khas-IV)......
HAVANA: Pope Francis flies to eastern Cuba on Monday for the next leg of his pilgrimage after having met with both Raul and Fidel Castro but missing out on an encounter with Cuban dissidents.The......
In a recent Dawn op-ed, Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy argued that Imran Khan is the Donald Trump of Pakistan. I beg to differ.Yes, there are many striking similarities between the two men. Both are......
LAHORE: Pakistani researchers have developed a portable, solar-powered mobile phone network for use in disasters like floods and earthquakes when regular communications are often......
WELLINGTON: A tiger that mauled a New Zealand zoo keeper to death will not be put down because the attack was "in line with his natural instincts", zoo officials said Monday.Experienced zoo keeper......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presided over a high-level meeting, attended by the top military and civilian leadership, on Monday which decided to share evidence of the PAF Badaber base......
SINGAPORE: Five talking points from the Singapore Grand Prix, won by Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel:Organisers were facing serious security questions after a spectator wandered onto the circuit and down......
KOLKATA: Pakistan has trailed its eastern neighbour in corporatising sports and roping in sponsors, says a top sports marketer in the country who blames its various federations and the government in......
MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo has another chance to move ahead of Raul as Real Madrid's top goalscorer of all time on enemy territory as Los Blancos make the daunting trip to take on Athletic Bilbao on......
ONE morning I went to the post office for posting a letter under registered cover and was shocked to find that the registration fee has been raised from Rs20 to Rs30 effective. Sept 12. Sending a......
Each year since 1966 on the 11th of September, when the nation observes the death anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, there would appear in Dawn a ‘could not but help notice’ obituary in......
THE claim by the Punjab government that its 100 MW Quaid-i-Azam solar power park, located in Bahawalpur, is helping generate more than 80 MW of power, at 80pc efficiency, is ambiguous and misleading.......
I WAS appalled to receive my home bill for the month of August 2015. The unit price has been increased by a staggering 34pc for consumers using over 1,000 units.They have done away with the sliding......
Not since my childhood which was spent at different air force bases with my family have I come across such vigour and enthusiasm on Sept 6th and 7th for our valiant armed forces.My father, Dr Group......
ROAD traffic injuries happen in a majority in developing countries. According to WHO data, death for road traffic injuries account for 25pc of all deaths owing to injuries.There are various causes of......
OVER 100 persons have died as result of the crane crash in Makkah. Traditionally, as a mark of respect, we do not criticise Saudi Arabia over the usual mismanagement of Haj, the exercise they have......
THE agriculture sector — which contributes over 21pc to the country’s GDP, employs 45pc of the national labour force, makes up around 60pc of our exports and yet fails to meet its targets — deserved......
AT a crowded National Savings Centre office in Karachi — filled mostly with senior citizens waiting for their turn at the payment counter — it was business as usual last week.This was despite a......
THE government raised Rs142.54bn from the auction of Treasury Bills held last Wednesday, missing its target of Rs250bn.Of the total, six month T-bills fetched Rs81.575bn at a cut-off yield of 6.48pc,......
ONLY half-way through the month, the shares on the Karachi stock market have lost 4pc of their value. Small investors who entered the market late last month in search of wealth have come to grief.The......
AFTER suffering big drops over the past few weeks, the rupee managed to finally stabilise against the dollar last week.Analysts partly attributed this to the demand for the dollar tapering off as the......
THE State Bank of Pakistan’s reduced policy rate, coupled with a depreciating rupee, is expected to make the country’s exports more competitive by cutting the financial charges of companies and......
AFTER drifting lower for most of this year, gold tumbled recently, heading for its biggest decline in two years after slumping to the lowest since February 2010. There are four principal reasons why......
AS stock markets trembled and commodity prices fell to their lowest point in more than a decade, the appetite for mergers seems to be gradually rising in the Asia-Pacific region.In early September,......
KOHINOOR Textile Mills is one of few companies that have defied the persisting trend of declining sales and profits during the last one year that have been pulling down the textile industry.The......
OVER time, 1,145 industrial units — or 62pc of the total manufacturing units in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — have closed down.However, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government has not yet taken any measures......
WITH the Sustainable Development Goals ready to be finalised this month, there is a consensus over their objectives and the enormity of the challenges facing the countries, especially the low- and......
SINDH has made significant progress towards the computerisation of the revenue department’s record of land rights.Board of Revenue (BoR) officials say around 2.5m entries of the past 30 years in all......
RICE exports suffered a sharp decline in the first month of the current fiscal year, giving rise to a pessimistic outlook for the rest of the year.The exports amounted to $91m in July 2015, compared......
THE relief package announced for the agriculture sector by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif last week is expected to make a positive but limited impact on food exports. But the key issue is its effective......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has asked Election Commission of Pakistan to unseat its 54 councillors for violating party’s discipline in the election of district nazims.Sources said that......
CHARSADDA: Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has demanded of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to fully implement the National Action Plan (NAP) and call an All-Party Conference (APC) after......
KHAR: A tribesman was seriously injured when bullets fired by suspected militants from across the border in Afghanistan’s Kunar province hit a border village in Nawagai tehsil of Bajaur Agency......
KARAK: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf candidate Ataullah was elected nazim and Shahabuddin of Awami National party naib nazim of Takht-i-Nusrati tehsil as election to the slots, which remained tied on......
PESHAWAR: The father of a policeman, who was killed while on duty, has been running from pillar to post for the last four years to get his other son appointed in the police department against the......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and Peshawar-based Iranian Consul General Homayoun Amir Khalili have agreed to exchange delegations of traders to improve bilateral trade.Talking to Mr Khalili......
LANDI KOTAL: The security officials on Sunday warned the Kukikhel and Malagori elders of Jamrud tehsil against facilitating terrorists.The houses of those people, who were facilitating terrorists,......
KHAR: The local tribesmen have complained against hike in prices of sacrificial animals, saying there is no official check on the traders to keep the rates of cattle under control ahead of Eidul......
PESHAWAR: The Prime Institute of Public Health (PIPH) is introducing Master’s of Public Health programme to give practical training to the students and enable them to effectively run administrative......
MINGORA: Speakers at a seminar here on Sunday urged the government to take concrete steps for promotion of regional languages.The speakers also called upon journalists to play their role in......
LAKKI MARWAT: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq said on Sunday that the present judicial system had failed to deliver cheap and speedy justice to poor people of the country.He was speaking at a......
KOHAT: The security forces on Sunday picked up 45 tribesmen from Darra Adamkhel in the Frontier Region (FR), Kohat, sources said.Local tribesmen told Dawn that the security forces deployed in the......
GILGIT: The federal interior ministry has directed Gilgit-Baltistan government to enhance security on Karakoram Highway and Babusar Pass Road to thwart any terrorists attack on passengers.An official......
ISLAMABAD: Despite a court order, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and district administration have not moved the illegal cattle market from sector I-11 to its designated site in I-12.The......
ISLAMABAD: Every once in a while, a quirky little eatery opens up that captures the imaginations of the residents of the capital. In the same way that Islamabad’s restaurant-goers were once drawn to......
ISLAMABAD: Political parties and other pro-democracy constituencies must guard against the increasing militarisation of the state and society to avoid another extended period of martial law.This was......
RAWALPINDI: Police arrested three shopkeepers in the cantonment area for selling army and police uniforms without any legal authority.The arrests were made in the light of intelligence that some......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) may have turned a blind eye to hundreds of commercial properties whose lease agreements expired years ago.Sources said that the majority of......
RAWALPINDI: Upon realising its falling popularity, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has launched a campaign to pacify its disgruntled workers before the local government elections.In this regard,......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, apparently putting his foot down, has ordered that no private schools should raise their fees in the year 2015.According to a brief statement, issued by the PM......
ISLAMABAD: Several food outlets were sealed on Sunday following raids by the district administration.Among them were KFC, Savour Food (Melody food street branch), Fresco and Usmania......
RAWALPINDI: A farmer died in a tractor accident on Tuesday within the limits of the Dhudial police station in Chakwal, police officials said.Police said Mohammad Safdar, a resident of Moula, was......
RAWALPINDI: In line with National Action Plan directives, security and counter-terrorism officials have asked the Rawalpindi district administration to improve three joint – army and police –......
ISLAMABAD: In its continuing campaign to ensure hygiene in the city, the Islamabad administration sealed 23 food outlets and clinics on Sunday and arrested five ‘fake’ doctors.Those running......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has allocated Rs476 million for the upgradation of Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH). Under the project, the hospital’s children, emergency and general wards will get......
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi district administration on Sunday directed the Rawal and Potohar Town municipal administrations to immediately remove banners advertising the collection of sacrificial......
LAHORE: Apparently in response to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan’s allegations against police for helping the PML-N candidates in the next month’s by-polls in Lahore and Lodhran, the......
LAHORE: The Punjab labour and human resource department has set up the first-ever Migrant Resource Centre in the country, to plug the information gap migrant workers mostly face at home and......
LAHORE: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association Chairman S.M. Tanveer has appealed to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar for announcing an ‘Eid package’ for the......
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Amin Wains says a comprehensive plan has been devised to ensure foolproof security on Eid-ul-Azha, local body elections and Muharram.The CCPO was addressing......
GUJRAT: Candidates for local body elections as well as local leadership of various political parties seem reluctant to launch a full-scaled election campaign in the district as clouds of uncertainty......
SIALKOT: Academic future of hundreds of students is in the doldrums due to confusion over the status of a private university here, called Islamic University of Pakistan, Sialkot.The university......
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Amin Wains said on Sunday police in association with law enforcement agencies were carrying out search operations under the National Action Plan (NAP) and......
BAHAWALPUR: The Islamia University Bahawalpur (IUB) has discontinued admissions to about 45 evening degree programmes and courses in the current academic session, causing resentment among hundreds of......
LAHORE: The 19th death anniversary of Mir Murtaza Bhutto was observed at the PPP Punjab Secretariat in Model Town here on Sunday.A large number of PPP workers and office-bearers paid tributes to......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: An inquiry has revealed malfeasance in the purchase of two key machines for the Shaikh Zayed Medical College Hospital (SZMCH).The report submitted to the principal says the......
SIALKOT: MNA Chaudhry Armughan Subhani on Sunday distributed Rs0.5 million compensation cheques among families of those killed by the Indian shelling at Kundanpur along the Working Boundary.The......
LAHORE: Muhammad Naeem, an animal vendor from Warburton, Nankana, looks dejected at Shahpur Kanjran animals’ market as none of the customers has, so far, offered him his desired price for four goats......
LAHORE: Except for Green Line, commuters opting to travel by trains on Eidul Azha and the following day will pay 25pc less than the normal fares.A decision to the effect was taken at a meeting of......
LAHORE: Not happy with National Accountability Bureau Lahore Director General Syed Burhan Ali for naming him in an alleged corruption case, Education and Sports Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmed has asked......
LAHORE: Alzheimer’s Pakistan on Sunday launched World Alzheimer Report 2015: ‘the Global Impact of Dementia: an analysis of prevalence, incidence, cost and trends’ informing participants that there......
BADIN: The business and trade organisations of Tando Bago on Sunday announced a shutdown to be observed on Monday to express solidarity of the over 400 employees of the local town committee who had......
KARACHI: The persisting heatwave and an acute shortage of water has claimed the life of at least three camels last week at the market set-up for sacrificial animals off the Superhighway, it emerged......
KARACHI: On the main Saddar intersection, two police commandos are seen standing next to a traffic policeman while he speaks to a motorbike rider. The traffic policeman, while wearing a bulletproof......
History is a strange thing. Sometimes it is unkind to a hero, albeit quite unwittingly. And sometimes historical facts are shrouded in a haze of mystery, making it quite difficult to tell the truth......
KARACHI: A dialogue between a celebrated historian and a parliamentarian exploring the reasons why intellectuals have shunned politics and political parties enlightened a packed audience who had......
KARACHI: For the second phase of the local government elections to be held in 15 districts of Sindh, a total of 24,486 candidates filed their nomination papers on total 6,445 seats, officials said on......
LARKANA: The Larkana Awami Ittehad (LAI) — comprising a number of former Pakistan Peoples Party leaders and those of other political parties and groups — has alleged that the PPP was influencing,......
SUKKUR: The Sukkur district administration has failed to install CCTV cameras inside and outside the circuit bench of the Sindh High Court building despite the court’s directives.Two weeks ago the......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has received details about 62 ‘banned sectarian organisations’ from the federal authorities, bank accounts of the 13 of those groups have been frozen and offices of just......
KARACHI: A multi-storey building is being constructed in Dhoraji Cooperative Housing Society on a fast-track basis after a former Karachi Metropolitan Corporation administrator used his discretionary......
KARACHI: Alumni of Dow Medical College and a group of ‘concerned citizens’ on Sunday condemned what they described as ‘interference’ of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad in ‘disputed’ appointment of......
Why is it important to remember the month of September, 1965? One of the answers is: because we fought a war against India and our armed forces made us proud. That’s correct. Another answer is: it......
MIRPURKHAS: Widespread rains with thunderstorm hit Murpurkhas, Badin and Tharparkar districts on Sunday bringing down the temperatures and turning weather pleasant after several weeks of scorching......
LARKANA: Ghinwa Bhutto, chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party-Shaheed Bhutto, has called for change of system which, she said “is eating away our children”, and reminded the masses that “we have......
NAWABSHAH: Former nazim of union council-5, Nawabshah, and an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)Dr Naeemul Arfeen was picked up by a team of Rangers personnel from near his house in the......
SANAA: Yemen’s Shia rebels have released six foreign hostages, including at least two Americans, and flown them to the Gulf country of Oman, which helped negotiate their release, officials said on......
Europe’s refugee epic reached as far as the frozen heights of the Rockies yesterday, in a gentle, very Canadian way. At an international economics conference in the grand old town of Banff – snow......
NICKELSDORF: Crowded aboard buses and trains, thousands more migrants flooded into Austria on Sunday as at least 13 desperate refugees drowned making the perilous trip to Europe in search of a better......
AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah urged the European Union to take a firm stand against Israel over clashes at Al-Aqsa mosque compound, as he met the EU president on Sunday.“The international community......
PARIS: A young man died on Saturday after he fell off a statue at the centre of Paris’s Place de la Republique during a music festival in the French capital.The man, who has not been identified, had......
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his ministers to agree a deal with Belarus so that Moscow can establish an air base in the ex-Soviet country, as Kremlin’s ties with the West......
COLOMBO: Six years after the end of its bloody civil war, Sri Lanka this week took historic steps to confront its traumatic past — but in the conflict-torn Tamil heartland of Jaffna, people are still......
WITH so much going on in the world, two recent events went largely unnoticed: Pakistan’s use of an indigenously manufactured drone to attack militants in the tribal areas, and the killing of two......
MADRID: Political tension in Spain peaks this week in the countdown to a vote in Catalonia that could lead the region to declare independence, potentially breaking up one of Europe’s oldest......
WASHINGTON: The US capital will come to a halt during Pope Francis’ three-day visit, which begins on Tuesday, as offices ask their employees to work from home.Offices should “allow employees to......
WELLINGTON: A zookeeper has been killed in a “tragic incident” after being attacked by a tiger at a New Zealand zoo, police said on Sunday.The staff member, reported to be a woman, was working at......
NEW YORK: Republican presidential candidate Dr Ben Carson has said that he will not support a Muslim as president of the United States.Appearing on a talk show on Sunday, he said, “I would not......
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......
LOS ANGELES: Best-selling romance novelist Jackie Collins, whose first book was so steamy it was banned in some countries, died of breast cancer in California on Saturday, her family said. She was......
LOS ANGELES: More than 1,400 homes have been destroyed in two of the biggest wildfires currently burning in California, officials said Sunday, making them among the worst ever in the state. The death......
KARACHI: Rider Sohail Ahmed was on song as he galloped home a brace of winners in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.Sohail’s first success came in the second race when he......
PARIS: Laurent Blanc’s decision to ring the changes failed to pay off as Paris St Germain were held to their second draw in a row in a 1-1 stalemate at Stade de Reims on Saturday.Edinson Cavani......
SINGAPORE: Sebastian Vettel recovered from a heart-stopping track invasion by an unidentified fan as he completed a pole to flag victory at the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday as championship leader......
LAHORE: Pakistan coach Waqar Younis on Sunday said his side was ‘settled’ and confident ahead of their upcoming series against a buoyant Ashes-winning England team.Pakistan will face England in the......
LONDON: Great Britain and Belgium secured shock places in November’s Davis Cup final on Sunday.Britain made their first final since 1978 with victory over Australia in Glasgow thanks to world number......
KOLKATA: Former International Cricket Council (ICC) chief Jagmohan Dalmiya, hailed as the architect of India’s rise as the game’s financial superpower, passed away in a private hospital in Kolkata......
KARACHI: The ageing duo of Aisam-ul-Haq and Aqeel Khan carried Pakistan into group one in 2016 after a decade when they whip Chinese Taipei 3-2 in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania zone group two final at......
MUMBAI: India named on Sunday uncapped all-rounder Gurkeerat Singh in the One-day International squad for the first three matches against South Africa which also see veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni will......
MELBOURNE: Australia have employed former India all-rounder Sridharan Sriram as a coaching consultant to help with their troubles playing spin bowling in the lead-up to their tour of Bangladesh.A......
LAHORE: An incident of severe interference caused to a favourite mare paved way for an unexpected win for dark-bay filly Al Fajre in the feature event during the third Lahore Winter Meeting at the......
LONDON: Teenage striker Anthony Martial further endeared himself to Manchester United’s supporters with a nerveless brace as his side came from behind to win 3-2 at Southampton on Sunday.Scorer of a......
MILAN: Inter Milan remained the only perfect team in Serie A with a 1-0 win at Chievo Verona on Sunday, while titleholders Juventus won for the first time by overcoming Genoa 2-0 and Francesco Totti......
BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund regained top spot in the Bundesliga from Bayern Munich with a 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen to preserve their 100 percent record after five straight wins.Dortmund have now......
LONDON: Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara was denied an English one-day cup final triumph as Gloucestershire held their nerve to snatch a dramatic six-run victory over Surrey at Lord’s on Saturday.Chasing......
MADRID: Nolito hit the opening goal for Celta Vigo who took advantage of a lethargic first half from Sevilla to win 2-1 and join Real Madrid atop La Liga on Sunday.Sevilla, who have now not won in......
KARACHI: Rangers Cricket Club returned to Karachi the other day after completing a successful 10-day tour of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.Affiliated with the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) since......
THERE is a comforting cliché in Brussels that the EU needs crises in order to progress. But the current cocktail of problems facing Europe — refugees, the euro and the danger that Britain might leave......
THE evidence that hedge funds run by women do better than those run by men continues to mount. So why are there still so few women at the top of the industry?It is a puzzle because one of the......
IS a global economic recession likely? If so, what might trigger it? Willem Buiter, Citi’s chief economist and the Financial Times’ erstwhile Maverecon blogger, answers these questions: ‘Yes’ and......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Passengers of a bus were deprived of their cash, mobile phones, jewellery and other valuables by a gang of robbers near Notal area of Nasirabad district on Sunday. Police said the......
GWADAR: A leader of Shabab-i-Milli was gunned down here on Sunday night, police said.Zubair Ahmed Qazi was going home after closing his shop at Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi road when armed men on a......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan said on Sunday his party would challenge in court decision by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to bar parliamentarians from taking part in......
ISLAMABAD: The ruling PML-N has described as clear violation of Election Commission rules the decision of PTI Chairman Imran Khan to take part in campaigns for his party’s candidates in by-elections......
PESHAWAR: Five of the 14 militants who were killed when they attacked the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) camp in Badaber on Friday have been identified. Four of them belonged to Khyber Agency and one to......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has criticised the leak of information about the identity of some of the militants killed in the Friday’s attack on the PAF camp near Peshawar and......
KARACHI: A man allegedly involved in killing several law-enforcement personnel blew himself up during a raid in Al Falah area here on Sunday.According to Senior Superintendent of Police Rao Anwar,......
KARACHI: Men on a motorcycle opened fire at a digital satellite news-gathering (DSNG) van of Samaa TV in Liaquatabad area on Sunday.A cameraman, a technician and the driver of the vehicle escaped......
GWADAR: Twenty-one foreigners, among them Iranian and Afghan nationals, were picked up during a raid by security forces near Turbat on Sunday.A Frontier Corps spokesman said that seven Iranians and......
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party-M chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal has urged the federal government to allow Balochistan and its people to make important decisions about different projects in Gwadar and......
KHUZDAR: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that the government is doing its best to take control of the coasts and mineral resources of the province as the people of......
QUETTA: A leading businessman Jamal Khan Tarkai has been elected president of the Balochistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) unopposed for the year 2015-16 in the annual elections.The......
QUETTA: Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Marvi Memon has said that biometric system will be introduced to ensure transparency in payment of funds to deserving......
ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday that the assassination of Mir Murtaza Bhutto in 1996 was an attempt to overthrow the then government of Benazir Bhutto.“On this day in 1996......
DUBAI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif extended on Sunday his condolence to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, on......
ISTANBUL: More than 100,000 people attended an anti-terrorism rally in Istanbul on Sunday to back President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s offensive against Kurdish rebels, six weeks before snap......
TEHRAN: The head of the UN atomic watchdog held talks on Sunday with top officials in Tehran about unresolved concerns over previous “possible military dimensions” to Iran’s nuclear......
NEW YORK: A 13-year-old Pakistani girl, Hadiqa Bashir, has been honoured with ‘Mohammad Ali International Humanitarian Award’ in the US for her struggle against underage marriages.Hadiqa belongs to......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has appealed to the ‘establishment’ to forgo what it called the bitter past and grant it clemency like the general amnesty offered to the ‘angry Baloch’......
LAHORE / KARACHI: Karachi, and some other cities and towns in Sindh, continued to be in the grip of an abnormally hot weather for a second day, with the mercury touching the 43 degrees Celsius......
ISLAMABAD: The auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) has found embezzlement, misappropriation and irregularities of around Rs980 billion in the accounts of Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda)......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Sunday that initial investigation into the attack on a PAF camp near Peshawar had proved terrorists’......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to decide the fate of the Chancery Building, which houses the Pakistan High Commission in London, soon because a proposal to sell the high-value......
THE Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have been in turmoil for quite some time but the military operations have added to people’s woes. Almost two million people — one-third of its total......
DESPITE the more than a decade-long, exorbitantly expensive US-led counternarcotics operation in Afghanistan, poppy cultivation in that country has not declined. On the contrary, it is expanding at......
Inspired by the bellicose nature of his prime minister, the Indian army chief has threatened Pakistan with punitive action in the form of limited war for waging a so-called proxy war against India.......
ACCOUNTABILITY of and corruption by public officials may dominate the political discourse, and rightly so, but rarely is this understood in its proper context. A trio of articles in this newspaper......
ANOTHER week, another setback. The continuing difficulty in making arrangements to import and distribute LNG within the country is turning into an evergreen theme. After nearly a week of back-to-back......
IT is impossible to build a progressive, modern state if millions of children in this country remain undernourished. Regrettably, as a recently released report indicates, the situation where child......
