QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, at a function organised on Wednesday in connection with the Pashtoon Cultural Day, termed promotion of culture and language as “imperative......
ISLAMABAD: The spokesman of President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday rejected allegations levelled by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) about ‘political meetings’ of the president, and clarified he had no......
CAIRO: Canadian Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy and his colleague Baher Mohamed walked free after being pardoned along with scores of others on Wednesday by Egypt's president, following criticism......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met his British counterpart David Cameron on Wednesday as the two leaders exchanged views on issues of global and regional importance, including the situation......
Pele, a leading contender for the title of greatest footballer of all-time, marked his 75th birthday on October 23, and was honoured in London with an exhibition depicting memorable moments from his......
QUETTA: An accountability court on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Balochistan's former health secretary and nine other senior officers and doctors for inflicting a loss of Rs12.6......
ARAFAT: Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh denounced the conspiracies hatched by enemies of Islam to undermine its strength and urged the Muslim Ummah to forge unity among its ranks to......
The Narendra Modi-led government in India may have succeeded, for now, in boosting their popularity through unfavorable statements against Pakistan, but the damage their policies have inflicted on......
KARACHI: Rangers on Wednesday said they arrested a suspected target killer responsible for taking out Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MPA Manzar Imam in a raid conducted Tuesday night in Taiser town......
International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-corruption Unit chief Ronnie Flanagan said the fate of Pakistan's spot-fixing trio was now solely in the hands of the country's board but reiterated that he......
NEW YORK: New York marks a milestone in the fight for equality on Thursday when 1.1 million children in America's largest school district will take the day off to mark Eidul Azha.It is a small but......
BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski's sensational five-goal haul in just nine minutes for Bayern Munich sent Bundesliga records tumbling and had Germany's sports stars swooning on Wednesday.German Cup holders......
The prestigious Harvard Business Review calls it the sexiest job of the 21st century. Data scientists, i.e., statisticians of yesteryears, are in high demand. Firms are fighting over talent, even......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday met some of the members of Pakistani contingent which participated and brought back medals in the 2015 Special Olympics.The......
PESHAWAR: The provincial police force of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) claimed on Wednesday the arrest of a suspect, Gul Rauf, involved in Bannu jailbreak.“Lakki district police conducted an operation......
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani pilgrim gave birth to a baby boy in Mina on Tuesday, the first day of the annual pilgrimage of Haj.Dr. Muhammad Malaibari, director of Mina Al-Wadi Hospital, said that the......
MOMBASA: Kenyan security agents have found an unspecified amount of weapons and drugs on a Norwegian-flagged ship they intercepted last week, a senior police officer said. The ship had sailed from......
QUETTA: At least seven people were killed and more than twenty four injured as a passenger coach collided with a trailer in Balochistan's Gwadar district on Wednesday.Levies officials told DawnNews......
Recently, a rare moment of optimism and hope was to be had following an announcement on social media about the nomination of our celebrated organisation PeaceNiche / The Second Floor (T2F) for The......
KABUL: Afghan militants killed a North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) coalition force member during an attack on the United States (US) Bagram airbase outside Kabul, Nato said in a statement on......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday accepted the bail application of senior PPP leader Qasim Zia, in a fraud case pertaining to Rs80 million.The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on......
BARCELONA: Catalonia may not be a state, but it can count on a small and symbolic red and blue army in the form of European football champions Barcelona.Despite their international projection, Barca......
SAN FRANCISCO: The company that sparked an angry backlash after it raised the price of a drug for treating a deadly parasitic infection by more than 5,000 percent says it will roll back some of the......
ISLAMABAD: Two suspected terrorists arrested from Islamabad's F-6 sector late on Tuesday have been identified as the sons of deceased Lal Masjid cleric Ghazi Abdul Rasheed.The suspects identified as......
MUMBAI: Mumbai's world-renowned tiffin (meal) service is no longer the preserve of loyal housewives cooking up generations-old family dishes to be delivered to their husbands' offices by the city's......
Hidden in the mountainous swathes of the picturesque Swat Valley stands a tall fortress unknown to many.Behind the high walls and heavily guarded rooms of this fortress, young boys are starting a new......
RAWALPINDI: President Ayub, in a special broadcast to the nation, announced this afternoon [Sept 22] that while accepting a cease-fire (effective from 3 A.M., Thursday) in the interest of world......
FOR a while now, the government has been revelling in accolades from the international community about the improving economic picture in the country.Articles in the international media and statements......
THE issue is an old one, even if it is tempting to link the Punjab government’s takeover of a handful of sugar mills in the province to the ruling PML-N’s newfound love for farmers.The sale of the......
While the state and political forces claim to hold the interests of the labour force dear, the fact is that working men and women in Pakistan often get a raw deal.Though laws to protect working......
THIS refers to your editorial ‘Palestinian flag’ and the news report ‘UN votes to allow flag of Palestine to fly at HQ’ (Sept 12). The flag-raising resolution passed by a landslide majority (119 to......
IT was indeed a gratifying to read Aamir Aqil’s letter (Sept 15). I do not know him nor have I ever met him, but I gather he must be a merchant mariner who went to the Pakistan Marine Academy.He is......
THIS refers to the story titled “Will PM sell London Chancery building?” (Sept 21).The review of the premises of Pakistan High Commission London with a view to further upgrading the facilities is an......
APROPOS “Govt powerless amid mounting line losses” on Page 1 (Sept 20). The report reflects that transmission and distribution (T&D) have jumped to Rs83 billion since 2013.The decline in line losses......
THIS refers to unjustifiable increase in K-Electric charges in the bill of August. Even KE’s IBC (customer services of KE) admits that it is an increase of 30pc. But if you take its compound factor......
FOR the last few months, Islamabad’s roads and pavements have been ripped apart for laying cables to implement the ‘safe city project’.The project has been launched by the interior ministry to......
WE need to be careful with our selection of words. Sections of the print and electronic media have often portrayed the Badaber affair as a failure for terrorists. TV reporters and anchors most of the......
SWABI: The prices of vegetables and fruits have been increased manifold in the district ahead of Eidul Azha as the vendors are charging the buyers according to their free will.A visit to the markets......
LAKKI MARWAT: A team of anti-corruption establishment, Lakki Marwat, arrested an official of the revenue department for incurring a loss on the government kitty by tampering with the revenue......
ISLAMABAD: Last week, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) went to the Supreme Court to seek permission to reschedule the local government election in the federal capital and got much more.A......
MINGORA: Officials of the district administration staged a walk here on Tuesday to create awareness of Congo fever prevention among local people.Led by Swat deputy commissioner Mahmood Aslam and......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan met officials of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday to dispel the impression that the provincial Ehtesab Commission is out to get......
LANDI KOTAL: Air strike in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency has killed six members of a family on Sept 19, the family head Iqbal Shah told reporters in Jamrud on Tuesday.Mr Shah said that he was the......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday granted bail to former provincial minister Makhdoom Mureed Kazim, Abdul Wali Khan University Vice-Chancellor Professor Ihsan Ali and seven others arrested......
KHAR: Four people were killed and a woman was injured when unidentified armed men opened fire on them inside their house in Bajaur Agency’s Salarzai tehsil late on Monday night, local people and......
KOHAT: The administration arrested nine cattle dealers for selling sacrificial animals at different illegal points in Kohat city on Tuesday.The contractor of the main cattle market has been......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Tuesday denied bail to former provincial mines and mineral development minister Ziaullah Afridi and former director general of mines Dr Liaquat Ali in cases......
PESHAWAR: A consortium of NGOs working in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on women rights says that Peshawar district has the highest number of cases of violence against women, around 104 cases reported in only......
LANDI KOTAL: The representatives of various political parties on Tuesday demanded immediate return of the displaced families of Sipah tribe and reopening of the Bara Bazaar.In a meeting held at......
ISLAMABAD: With just two weeks to go until the PTI’s planned rally against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), there is a sense of déjà vu in the air as the government mulls whether to allow......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police arrested a member of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and recovered weapons and hate material from his possession.The police said vigilance was mounted in Jhangi......
ISLAMABAD: Six food outlets were sealed on Monday for serving substandard and unhygienic food.CDA spokesperson Ramzan Sajid said the authority’s health services directorate sealed six outlets.He said......
ISLAMABAD: The wife of an ex-staff officer for former Balochistan chief minister Nawab Aslam Raisani has filed a petition with the Islamabad High Court (IHC) claiming her husband was coerced by the......
ISLAMABAD: Last week, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) went to the Supreme Court to seek permission to reschedule the local government election in the federal capital and got much more.A......
MUZAFFARABAD: As many as eight persons, including two brothers and a couple, were killed and around a dozen others wounded in different road accidents in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday,......
ISLAMABAD: More than 3,500 policemen will perform security duties during Eid days, police said on Tuesday.According to the security plan, the security personnel have been assigned security duties at......
RAWALPINDI: The first board meeting in 16 years of the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) was held on Tuesday.It was held with Station Commander Brigadier Zahid Ahmed Rana in the chair. All 12 elected......
RAWALPINDI: Robbers looted cash and cellphones from passengers of a coaster after blocking the road near Kotli Sattian on Tuesday.Later, one of them was injured in an encounter with the police and......
RAWALPINDI: The repair work on Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) runway was suspended on Tuesday due to Eidul Azha holidays, but the runway will remain available for operational purposes.A......
ISLAMABAD: The 21st Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) and the 5th Teachers Literature Festival will be held from October 1 to the 3rd at Lok Virsa, Islamabad.The event will be hosted by the......
ISLAMABAD: The Met Office and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) have warned that heavy rainfall is expected and may, in northern parts of the country, trigger landslides or flash......
RAWALPINDI: Punjab police have decided to obtain sureties from 17 individuals placed on the 4th schedule of the Anti-terrorism Act.Eight of these individuals were associated with different mosques as......
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Secretary Excise and Taxation Ali Tahir visited Rawalpindi on Tuesday on the Punjab chief minister’s directives, to inspect arrangements being made by the Water and Sanitation......
TAXILA: The hike in the prices of sacrificial animals has forced people to go for collective sacrifices this Eidul Azha.Talking to this correspondent, residents of Wah Cant and Taxila said compared......
ISLAMABAD: In defiance of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) orders, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has allowed cattle market in Sector I-11.The IHC in its ruling last week ordered shifting of......
ISLAMABAD: The new management committee of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has taken a number of steps to ease the workload of doctors and medical students. However, some stakeholders feel......
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of representatives of top British companies, led by the UK minister for trade, will visit Pakistan in February next year to explore investment opportunities in energy,......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has claimed all private schools will continue to charge the same fee they charged in the year 2014-2015.Addressing a press conference at the education ministry on......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions challenging phase-wise local government election in Punjab after the Election Commission of Pakistan stated the method was critical for......
LAHORE: At least 24 suspects were arrested during a search operation carried out by police and intelligence agencies in Chuhng circle on Tuesday.The operation headed by Assistant Superintendent of......
LAHORE: Tuesday’s intermittent rain not only inundated a number of city roads but also affected the business at the seven sacrificial animal sale points.Shahpur Kanjran, the biggest of the sale......
LAHORE: Several teams comprising officials of the town municipal administrations on Tuesday impounded a number of sacrificial goats and sheep for being sold at unspecified spots of the city.Since the......
LAHORE: Amid some technical hitches, non-cooperation by some restaurant owners and fear of litigation, the Punjab Revenue Authority has so far installed Restaurant Invoice Monitoring System (RIMS) in......
LAHORE: A Supreme Court bench on Tuesday formed a committee to resolve the dispute of custodianship of Sufi saint Sultan Bahu’s shrine.The bench headed by Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry ordered that a......
LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) teams sealed on Tuesday food outlets for flouting hygiene standards and laws.According to a spokesperson, a PFA team in Nishtar Town sealed Areeba Foods and Qadir......
LAHORE: Rahman Baba was the greatest Pashto poet whose poetry focused on poverty of the downtrodden and was a clarion call against mullah-ism and extremism and that is why his tomb was bombed by......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has stayed a decision of a consumer court wherein former dean of Children’s Hospital was ordered to pay £212,267 (Rs33.963 million) and Rs13.07 million as damages to a......
LAHORE: The working class in Pakistan has been facing social and economic challenges mainly due to war against terror.The 18th constitutional amendment has affected the role of the federal government......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting here on Tuesday and reviewed the proposed project of setting up Blood Diseases & Bone Marrow Transplant Institute, Lahore.Prof. Tahir......
LAHORE: The city police on Tuesday reiterated its resolve to honour 267 officials who died in the line of duty, by launching a “smart card” for their heirs.Through the ‘Shaheed Smart Card’, heirs of......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Senator Sirajul Haq told US Consul General Zachary Harkenrider here on Tuesday that the JI was not against America or its people but the US policies.The American diplomat......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf alleges the ruling PML-N is attempting to cover up Rs200 billion corruption committed by the local governments between 2001-14 by avoiding presenting the audit......
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways Eid operation began on Tuesday with the departure of three special trains from Karachi and one from Quetta for four upcountry destinations.With a 10 per cent concession in......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Lahore High Court’s Justice Faisal Zaman Khan summoned Toba Tek Singh District Coordination Officer (DCO) Amer Ijaz Akbar for Sept 29 in a contempt of court petition.The petition was......
VEHARI: It rained heavily in Punjab districts late on Monday and Tuesday. In the incidences of house collapse, 25 people were injured altogether in Vehari, Toba Tek Singh, Gujranwala and......
SIALKOT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s AJK President Barrister Sultan Mehmood has said winds of political change are blowing in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir and his party would assume power very......
BAHAWALPUR: There are apprehensions that per acre cotton yield may fall 20pc to 30pc due to intermittent rain in the district.Talking to Dawn on Tuesday, Executive District Officer (Agriculture)......
SIALKOT: Three suspects have been arrested on charges of raping a 16-year-old girl at Dhillum-Badiana village in Pasrur tehsil while two of their alleged accomplices escaped.The girl’s family alleged......
GUJRAT: Streetlights on various city roads have been installed by a local private company which has been given advertisement rights on electricity poles (of these lights) for five years.The company......
LAHORE: Two politicians from Sheikhupura announced joining the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) here on Tuesday.Welcoming Rana Asadullah and Rana Saif into the party fold, Punjab organiser Chaudhry......
MULTAN: The decision of Syed Rafiuddin Shah to withdraw his nomination papers in favour of PML-N’s Umair Baloch for NA-154, a constituency based on clan politics, has strengthened the position of the......
SAHIWAL: District leaders of the PPP and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf criticised on Tuesday the government for launching development schemes in Wan Bazaar and called it a bid to influence local......
KARACHI: The tense relations between the Sindh government and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) strained further on Tuesday when the provincial authorities called it negligence of the federal......
KARACHI: Armed robbers stormed into a private bank branch in Baldia Town on Tuesday and walked off with Rs2.2 million as well as US dollars, prize bonds and gold in the ninth bank heist of the year,......
KARACHI: Showing his reservations over lack of representation in the provincial and national assemblies, Pakistan Sikh Council patron-in-chief Sardar Ramesh Singh on Tuesday declared that the Sikh......
KARACHI: An exhibition of artworks by two young artists — Mahbub Jokhio and Syed Safdar Ali — A thousand times to the moon and back home — opened at the Indus Valley School Gallery on Monday......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has directed the provincial police chief and Rangers director general to ensure foolproof security on the occasion of Eidul Azha across the......
KARACHI: A policeman was shot dead in an armed attack in Orangi Town on Tuesday, officials said.They said assailants targeted 26-year-old Sher Ali aka Munna when he was sitting at a roadside eatery......
KARACHI: In order to avoid competition of collecting hides of sacrificial animals during the Eid days among different political and religious parties, social organisations, welfare institutions and......
KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority has cancelled the NOC of three Dream Valley projects for violating the building laws and has advised the people not to invest in these projects.An SBCA......
KARACHI: Before letting your imagination run wild with recipes, spices, barbecues and skewers after bringing home your goat, lamb, cow, bull or camel, think first about what you are going to feed......
HYDERABAD: Joint teams of police and Rangers personnel on Tuesday paid surprise visits to four seminaries in different parts of Hyderabad and carried out search operations in line with the National......
THATTA: Four persons were killed and two others injured when the truck they were travelling in overturned and fell into a roadside ditch near Jharruck town, some 50 kilometres from here, on the......
SUKKUR: The A-Section police of Jacobabad district on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a suspect while he was planting an explosive device on the railway track at Bichro village near Thull town late......
NAWABSHAH: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist, Dr Naeemul Arfeen, who was picked up by a team of Rangers personnel from near his house in the Essarpura area of Nawabshah city a couple of days......
HYDERABAD: After perusal of the interim report of an inquiry by Hyderabad Division Commissioner Syed Asif Hyder Shah into affairs of the Civil Hospital Hyderabad, a division bench of the Sindh High......
SUKKUR: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur circuit bench, on Tuesday ordered registration of cases against a DSP, three SHOs, a head-constable and nine constables as well as some close relatives of a woman......
BADIN: A candidate for a Dubi union council of Badin district, Gulsher Mallah, along with a suspected drug seller, Gul Hassan Mallah, was arrested and booked under the Arms Act following seizure of a......
BADIN: A man was electrocuted and four others received severe shock when the heavily decorated sacred iron bar they were carrying to a holy place in a procession of devotees came in contact with a......
UMERKOT: Aasoo Kolhi, also known among her people as the ‘Malala of Umerkot’, shed tears of joy at the prospect of leaving for the US to attend the world premiere of the documentary film He named me......
THE data on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose that has been de-classified by the West Bengal government ought to be assessed with far greater seriousness of purpose than has been evident since last Friday.......
DAMASCUS: Syria said on Tuesday it had received sophisticated new arms from Russia, including warplanes, and deployed them against jihadists, as signs grew of a major shift in the country’s four-year......
WASHINGTON: Former CIA chief David Petraeus said on Tuesday that the United States should play a more active role in Syria, including setting up safe havens and implementing no-fly zones to prevent......
DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh indicted 13 people on Tuesday in the beating death of a 13-year-old boy that shocked a nation used to violent crime because a video of him being tortured was posted......
KABUL: Separate attacks in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday killed at least 15 Afghan troops, including 10 soldiers who died in an “insider attack” when a fellow soldier smuggled insurgents inside a......
ANKARA: Two ministers from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) resigned from the interim government on Tuesday in a sign of rising tensions with the ruling AK Party after the......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that the United States and India should try to enhance their bilateral trade from $100 billion to $500 billion a year.As they kicked off......
AHMEDABAD: Zakia Jafri, a frail 76-year-old, has begun what may be the last legal battle to pin blame on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for deadly riots that shook the state of Gujarat when he......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Tuesday cautioned European leaders this may be the last chance to create a coherent response to end the suffering and exploitation of refugees and migrants as......
PRISTINA: Kosovo opposition lawmakers on Tuesday pelted the prime minister with eggs, preventing him from addressing parliament over the ongoing dialogue with Serbia.Isa Mustafa had not even begun......
ADEN: Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi returned to his country on Tuesday after six months in exile in Saudi Arabia, as loyalist forces fought to advance on the rebel-held capital.Only hours......
BEIJING: Chinese authorities are investigating an American businesswoman on suspicion that she threatened China’s national security, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, confirming earlier media......
NEW YORK: The Egyptian military’s mass home demolitions and forced eviction of about 3,200 families in the Sinai Peninsula over the past two years violated international law, Human Rights Watch said......
LYON: Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front, has been ordered to stand trial in October on charges of inciting racial hatred after comparing Muslim street prayers to the Nazi......
LOS ANGELES: US animal rights activists filed an unusual lawsuit on Tuesday on behalf of a macaque monkey who snapped selfie photographs, arguing it owned the photos rather than the nature......
WHEN Presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama meet in the United States, they will not be short of things to talk about. The state of the global economy, trade barriers, the much touted but hard to......
TOKYO: Architect Zaha Hadid has pulled out of bidding for designing Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics stadium, her Japanese business partner said, only two weeks after their announcement to join the......
ZURICH: FIFA’s executive committee will be updated this week on the American and Swiss corruption investigations which involve some of its own members, football’s governing body said on Tuesday.The......
ROME: Former Brazilian football star turned politician Romario on Tuesday described UEFA president Michel Platini as coming “from the same school” as his FIFA counterpart Sepp Blatter.Now a......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) is organising a Coaching Education Programme on the sidelines of the training camp of national junior team at the Army Hockey Stadium in Rawalpindi from......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) on Tuesday said the first-ever Blind Asia Cup will be staged in India from Jan 17 to 24 next year.PBCC chairman Syed Sultan Shah said four teams......
LONDON: Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has revealed that he refused to allow Wayne Rooney to be paid more than him during a contract stand-off with the striker in 2010.Rooney vowed to......
LAHORE: At long last, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan announced on Tuesday that the Board would no more make request to India for bilateral series, saying the PCB would......
TOKYO: Carla Suarez Navarro ended her eight-match dry spell with a hard-earned 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 victory on Tuesday against Kateryna Bondarenko at the Pan Pacific Open.It was the first victory for the......
LONDON: The FA’s long-awaited survey into grassroots football, backed by England striker Harry Kane among others, was launched on Tuesday, seeking views from the estimated 400,000 who are involved at......
ZURICH: Former Brazil great Zico has met with FIFA President Sepp Blatter to ask for changes in election eligibility rules at football’s governing body.Zico has announced he wants to run for FIFA’s......
ISLAMABAD: Former Test captain Javed Miandad on Tuesday advised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to invite Indian players to the inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL), saying the Board should avoid......
MELBOURNE: Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has urged selectors to be patient with the rookies in Steven Smith’s team as they battle to cement places in the wake of a string of......
LAHORE: Multan’s Imran Rafiq has been named to lead Pakistan Under-19 side for the tour of Sri Lanka starting from Oct 1.Awais Iqbal will be Imran’s deputy for the 25-trip to Sri Lanka where the......
KARACHI: The Faisal Saleh Hayat faction of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) claimed on Tuesday that its controversial elections were upheld by FIFA.But hours later, FIFA said it had no update......
ISLAMABAD: Taking a leaf out of Pakistan Cricket Board’s books of starting a cricket league next year at an offshore venue, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) is now thinking of launching a hockey......
MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo has another chance to move ahead of Raul as Real Madrid’s top goal scorer of all time on enemy territory as Los Blancos make the daunting trip to take on Athletic Bilbao on......
SEOUL: South Korean Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan, who is currently serving a doping suspension, will continue his training in Japan and remain there until December, his management company......
LAHORE: Though Pakistan could win only one match at the recently concluded 27th Asian Senior Baseball Championship, still they qualified for the qualifying round of the World Baseball Classic......
KARACHI: Some 60 players took part in different categories of the second Ranking Scrabble Tournament held here at the Beach Luxury Hotel the other day.Upcoming players like Danial Sanaullah and......
KARACHI: Month long junior boxing camps will commence in all the five districts of the city from Sept 30, says an announcement.The camps are being organised by the Sindh Boxing Association in......
KARACHI: Wasim Ahmed excelled with a good all-round performance as Landhi Friends sealed a clinical seven-wicket victory over Montgomery Gymkhana in their KCCA Commissioner Karachi Cup fixture at the......
BERLIN: Hamburg coach Bruno Labbadia has been fined 5,000 euros ($5,590) by the German Football Association (DFB) for describing a controversial penalty decision in last month’s Bundesliga defeat at......
SHANGHAI: Britain’s finance minister George Osborne called Tuesday for closer business ties with China as he visited its commercial hub of Shanghai, despite slowing growth and stock market volatility......
HONG KONG: Weaker growth in China this year is expected to cause a slowdown in the rest of Asia, the Asian Development Bank said on Tuesday as it became the latest major body to revise down its......
KARACHI: Trading activity on the cotton market slowed down on Tuesday on the back of short supply of phutti (seed cotton) and non-availability of trucks for the haulage of sacrificial animals.The......
FRANKFURT: German auto giant Volkswagen revealed on Tuesday that 11 million of its diesel cars worldwide are equipped with devices that can cheat pollution tests, a dramatic escalation of the scandal......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures rose to a one-week high on Tuesday, supported by positive export data, a weak ringgit and dry weather conditions.The benchmark December palm oil contract on......
KARACHI: The liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the cheapest and the quickest option available to meet country’s energy needs, said the new chief of Elengy Terminal Pakistan Limited (ETPL), a wholly......
SAO PAULO: The Brazilian real hit an all-time low on Tuesday, dipping in value to 4.03 against the dollar within minutes of the market’s opening amid snowballing fears over a deepening economic......
KARACHI: Domestic appliances makers and retailers are enjoying another phase of booming sales ahead of Eidul Azha as people flock markets to purchase deep freezers and refrigerators for bulk storage......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expects raising up to $1 billion from international capital market on Wednesday (today) through Eurobond launch in New York ahead of executive board meeting of the International......
ISLAMABAD: Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) grew by 4.67 per cent in July compared to the same month a year ago, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.“This is a welcome development for......
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged world leaders on Tuesday to turn the picture of sustainable development from aspiration into reality as they gather in New York this week to......
KARACHI: The extension in the deadline for filing tax returns has not helped much as taxpayers and consultants continue to face difficulties in electronic filing through the newly launched Integrated......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has extended timing for collection of duty and tax on last two days of this month.An official statement issued on Tuesday said all authorised branches of......
KARACHI: Investors confidence in the stock market seemed to return early in the day as the rumours of probe by the regulators simmered down a little. The KSE-100 index recovered another 55.78 points......
ISLAMABAD: The French government has announced a soft credit as well as grant aid totalling Rs5.05 billion for the rehabilitation of Warsak Hydroelectric Power Project.Ambassador of France in......
NEW DELHI: Armed escalation between India and Pakistan will harm both, former Indian national security adviser M.K. Narayanan said on Tuesday. He was speaking in Chennai amid reports that the prime......
ISLAMABAD: The army announced on Tuesday promotion of four major generals, including chief of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), to the rank of lieutenant general.Those promoted are......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday to explain under what authority it hired the National Testing Service (NTS) for recruitment on its vacant......
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has objected to President Mamnoon Hussain’s participation in a PML-N meeting despite a ban on his taking part in political activities by......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked a convict – who had been sentenced to death by a military court – to avail himself of the right of appeal by first approaching the high court under the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) refuted on Tuesday allegation levelled by Punjab Education Minister Rana Mashhood that “an unjustified action” had been initiated against him.The......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A man died of electrocution in Subatpur area on Tuesday.Muhammad Ali was repairing an electric wire when electrocuted, police said.His body was taken to the hospital from where it......
QUETTA: Afghan Taliban are reported to have killed six Pakistanis after accusing them of being involved in a robbery in Shelag area of Afghanistan’s Helmand province. The area is close to the......
KARACHI: The management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Tuesday terminated the service of a flight steward who was caught by United Kingdom authorities at the Heathrow airport while......
QUETTA: The Commander Southern Command, Lt General Muhammad Naseer Janjua, stressed the need for establishing SOS villages and social welfare institutions like shelters for homeless children and......
ISLAMABAD: Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday that reconciliation process with Kabul administration could not be resumed as long as foreign forces remained in Afghanistan and the government did not......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed Rangers not to shift Dr Asim Hussain, a former federal minister currently in the custody of Rangers, from the National Institute of Cardio-Vascular Diseases......
NEW DELHI: India cleared on Tuesday a $2.5 billion deal to buy 37 military helicopters from aviation giant Boeing, on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States.Mr Modi’s......
MOUNT ARAFAT: Two million white-clad Muslims from across the globe performed the first rites of Haj in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, in one of the world’s largest annual gatherings.A sandstorm blew and......
ISLAMABAD: Confirming that the mastermind of the attack on the PAF base in Badaber, Peshawar, was operating out of Afghanistan, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Tuesday that nine of......
LAHORE: Heavy rain lashed different towns and cities of Punjab, upper parts of the country and Azad Kashmir on Tuesday. In Punjab, a woman died and 29 other people suffered injuries when roofs of......
LONDON: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that Kashmir is a core issue between Pakistan and India and it should be discussed at all levels and forums for an early resolution.“The sooner the two......
ISLAMABAD: Jail authorities postponed execution of a paralysed prisoner an hour before he was to be hanged on Tuesday because prison rules did not make it clear how they should proceed, his lawyers......
QUETTA: Police and other security forces here claimed to have arrested over 40 suspected Afghan nationals during a search operation in an area around the PAF’s Khalid Airbase.Police said on Tuesday......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on a petition of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) challenging a code announced by the commission......
SECOND acts in politics are hardly a novelty, but they rarely roll quite so quickly as in the case of Alexis Tsipras, who was sworn in on Monday as Greece’s prime minister for the second time in less......
PPP CHAIRMAN Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has perhaps rightly criticised the Sharif government over farmers’ issues in Punjab. However, he needs to be reminded that his party’s government is doing no......
IN many parts of the world, controversies are afoot regarding how and via what procedures a Muslim couple can divorce. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the debate taking place in India over the issues......
HOW does one describe the present political power structure? Diarchy? Not really. Some call it a hybrid or more precisely a civil-military partnership. Neither of the two fully defines the existing......
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that the Obama administration hopes Russia and Iran will play a positive role in Syria and back a political transition for the country to end......
