KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said that the lease of 70 villages of District Malir has been cancelled on legal grounds and now a fresh survey would be conducted to regularise the......
QUETTA: A Levies personnel was killed on Saturday while two other sustained injuries in an armed attack targeting the vehicle of Assistant Commissioner Kalat.“One assailant was also killed when......
BEIJING: Pakistan and China on Saturday concluded joint air exercises held between the air forces of the two countries.The air exercise, ‘Shaheen IV’, was conducted in China with the Pakistan Air......
TEHRAN: Iran has expelled a senior official from Bahrain's embassy in Tehran in an apparent retaliation after Bahrain did the same to its envoy in Manama.“The number two official in Bahrain's embassy......
KOLKATA: Livid Bangladesh fans are blaming their prime minister for drawing world attention to the burgeoning militancy in their backyard after Cricket Australia (CA) scrapped a scheduled tour to......
WASHINGTON: The new band of rebel recruits was supposed to prove the United States (US) could train moderate Syrian fighters to defeat the jihadists in the war-ravaged nation.But soon after returning......
ISLAMABAD: Moody's Investors Service has assigned a definitive rating of B3 to Pakistan's global bond offering."The outlook is stable" said a Moody statement issued on Friday.Moody's definitive......
KABUL: A US air strike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday left nine Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff dead, in a bombardment the charity said continued for more than 30 minutes......
PESHAWAR: At least one security official was killed and two others sustained injuries on Saturday in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Mohmand agency."The security forces' convoy was on a......
By Oct 2, some 146 countries, representing almost 87 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, had submitted their intended national climate action plans to the United Nations ahead of the 2015......
UNITED NATIONS: Foreign Ministers of Islamic countries have called for the resolution of the decades-old Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India.At their annual coordination meeting on Friday, the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) claimed on Saturday that only four out of its 110 scheduled flights were canceled due to the strike called by Pakistan Air Lines Pilots Association......
ISLAMABAD: Self-proclaimed security analyst Zaid Hamid has been released from a jail in Saudi Arabia and he has reached Pakistan, Foreign Office spokesman Qazi Khalilullah told DawnNews on......
KATHMANDU: Late Pakistani rights activist Sabeen Mahmud was honoured with the fifth Meeto Memorial Award in Kathmandu on Friday.“Sabeen was working for peace, harmony, rights, justice and peace so......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama accused White House hopefuls of concocting "half-baked" ideas for solving the crisis in Syria, appearing to even dismiss his former Secretary of State Hillary......
TEHRAN: The first plane carrying bodies of Iranian pilgrims killed in the Haj stampede in Saudi Arabia arrived in Tehran Saturday, nine days after the disaster that escalated tensions between the two......
ROSEBURG: The 26-year-old gunman who opened fire on fellow students in his community college English class, killing nine people, was an Army boot camp drop out who studied mass shooters before......
OSLO: No need to make peace in the Middle East, resolve one of science's great mysteries or pen a masterpiece: the easiest way to get yourself a Nobel prize may be to buy one.In the 114 years since......
ABUJA: Two bomb blasts ripped through the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja on Friday, including one target hit twice before by Boko Haram, after separate strikes in the northeast that killed at......
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Saturday claimed to have arrested two suspected target killers involved in killing Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders Sajid Qureshi and Raza Haider from......
JP Duminy's batting heroics secured South Africa a thrilling seven-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 International despite Indian opener Rohit Sharma burnishing his limited overs reputation with a......
NEW YORK: Top FIFA sponsors joined forces to demand Sepp Blatter's immediate resignation on Friday, dealing a fresh blow to the scandal-tainted world football chief even as he vowed to cling to......
Qurratulain Hyder is among those writers of Urdu fiction, who continue to influence every generation of writers in South Asia, and is credited for introducing a unique narrative technique into the......
HARARE: Shoaib Malik's brilliant fightback was foiled by bad light as Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by five runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in a drama-filled second one-day international at Harare Sports......
BERLIN: Germany marks a quarter-century as a reunited nation on Saturday, with two leaders from the formerly communist east heading a country that increasingly asserts itself as Europe's political......
LAHORE: Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, son of renowned poet-philosopher Allama Iqbal, passed away at the age of 91 here on Saturday, Pakistan Television reported.The former justice was under treatment......
KABUL: An air strike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday left three Doctors Without Borders staff dead and dozens more unaccounted for, the medical charity said, with......
JOHANNESBURG: Superstar French economist Thomas Piketty warned on Friday that international aid could be “undermining” Africa as the continent struggles to lift millions out of poverty despite robust......
THE usual hustle bustle was heard in the first class of the day, which subsided as the teacher entered. After the greetings, children settled on their seats while it was clear that Ms Sara had an......
Milkshake with edible gold!A CHEF said he has created the most extravagant milkshake in the UK — with each serving contains edible real gold.The indulgent ‘Mayor’s Gold’ drink is drizzled with......
By Manahil NadeemLIFE is a wild race of competing with people, getting along with them, becoming a successful individual in the eyes of our family and society and so on.Within this life, sadness,......
By Mirza Abbas BaigMBAQANGA! Many of you must’ve been confused after reading this first word. Well, ask a Scrabble player and he’ll know it. Surprised?Scrabble is a board game portrayed to us as a......
Today’s generation is facing challenges that the generation before them was free of. These challenges come in different ways, for instance, today our social life is way more engaging than in the......
By Natasha K. JadoonSARA pushed the neon pink tights into her bag and threw herself on the bed and heaved a sigh. The packing was draining her. And the closet was still to be sorted.Her handbags,......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law and Justice has issued a statutory regulator order (SRO) empowering the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) to set the sale price of regasified liquefied natural......
KARACHI: Flour prices are on the rise in sync with increasing cost of locally produced wheat, which has also undermined government’s plan to export surplus stocks as the commodity’s price is falling......
KARACHI: The government will raise Rs1.25 trillion in the second quarter of this fiscal year through treasury bills and Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs).The State Bank announced the auction calendar......
LONDON: Investors pulled a combined $75 billion from US and emerging market equity funds in the third quarter, wiping a record $10 trillion off the value of global equities in the period, according......
BOSTON: A top US Fed official on Friday came out strongly against adding the goal of stabilising the financial system to the US central bank’s list of duties, saying that doing so would add to public......
KARACHI: Panic buying was witnessed on the cotton market on Friday amid growing fear of short crop and poor quality lint.As a result, prices scrambled to a seasonal high of Rs5,000 per maund on ready......
NEW YORK: More than 20 lawsuits have been filed in the United States accusing large banks of rigging the US Treasury bond market in a similar fashion to other recent collusion cases.Plaintiffs charge......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) decided on Friday not to amend or review its annual report 2014-15 exposing several deficiencies in the power sector, despite......
KARACHI: Former president Pervez Musharraf rejected on Friday allegations levelled by US lobbyist Mark Siegel that he had threatened the late Benazir Bhutto in a phone call made to her while she was......
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCOP) decided on Friday to offer the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), along with all its assets and liabilities, to the Sindh government, which had......
LONDON: Terming the Kashmir issue an unfinished agenda of partition of the Subcontinent, Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif said on Friday that the world community must come forward to help resolve the......
ISLAMABAD: Members of a Senate committee expressed concern on Friday over what they called an increase in cases involving counterfeit currency notes and indicated that even banks might be issuing......
GWADAR: Bullet-riddled bodies of two kidnapped men were found on Friday in Pidrak, about 50km from Turbat in Kech district.Officials of the Levies Force said residents of the area informed them about......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama, responding to the 15th mass shooting in his seven years at the White House, has accused the Americans of having become numb to such killings.“Somehow this has......
KARACHI: Passengers continued to face hardship as the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) had to cancel many flights for the second consecutive day on Friday.At least 35 flights were cancelled and......
BEIRUT: Russia bombed targets in Syria for a third day on Friday, mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the self-styled Islamic State (IS) it said it was targeting and......
KABUL: Taliban fighters were holding out against Afghan troops in Kunduz on Friday, a day after government forces recaptured most of the northern city that had fallen to the militants in their......
AFTER months of controversy over international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) operations in Pakistan, the government finally announced its first-ever policy on Thursday to regulate the......
ISLAMABAD: The number of missing Pakistani pilgrims has gone up to 100 from the earlier reported figure of 67, and efforts are under way to trace their whereabouts in coordination with the Saudi......
LAHORE: An affidavit of MQM chief Altaf Hussain submitted to the Lahore High Court on Friday did not carry an apology for his past ‘objectionable’ statements, although he regretted hurting sentiments......
ISLAMABAD: A day after Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan unveiled the policy for regulating operations of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) in Pakistan, over two dozen......
KARACHI: The period of bail granted to Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain by the British police in July in the money laundering case is ending on Monday.Mr Hussain was arrested by the......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court stayed on Friday the execution of a man convicted by a military court until his appeal is decided by an appellate forum under the Pakistan Army Act 1952.A two-judge bench......
GILGIT: The four-day International Baba Ghundi Festival held in the Chipursan Valley of upper Hunza near the Pak-Afghan border concluded on Thursday.It was organised by the Chipurson Local Support......
TAXILA: The Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF), Wah, has offered its latest weapons system to Sindh Rangers to meet armoury requirements for law enforcement duties.The system includes Designated......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court directed Rangers on Friday to provide best possible treatment to former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain by doctors of his choice.The directive was issued by a......
LAHORE: Rights activists in the country and from the European Union condemned the execution of a convicted murderer who campaigners say was a juvenile when the crime was committed.Ansar Iqbal was......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has urged the parents of disabled children to explore their latent talents in order to make them useful members of society.He was speaking at......
ISLAMABAD: The Republic of Korea and Pakistan on Friday signed a Framework Arrangement amounting to $500 million for different development projects.Secretary Economic Affairs Division Muhammad Saleem......
WASHINGTON: Clouds are gathering over the world’s economic leaders ahead of a meeting in Peru to confront the fallout of a China-sparked commodity price crash that has rocked once-powerful emerging......
LOUISVILLE: Muhammad Ali won another round of love and appreciation for his achievements as a fighter in and out of the ring. He even got the hardware to prove it.The latest celebration of the......
LAHORE: Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq said on Friday he was mulling retirement after the upcoming Pakistan-England series, and hoped to leave the game on a high.The 41-year-old said the series......
DHARAMSALA: South Africa put on a thrilling batting display to brush aside India by seven wickets in the first Twenty20 International at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association on Friday and grab......
DUBAI: England captain Alastair Cook and coach Trevor Bayliss were confident on Friday that their squad, fresh from their Ashes triumph, was ready to face Pakistan in a three-match Test series......
SYDNEY: Australia’s new cricket captain Steve Smith on Friday switched focus to New Zealand’s upcoming tour as he voiced regret that a two-Test series in Bangladesh had to be called off over......
LONDON: Stephan El Shaarawy took a small step towards refuelling his career at Monaco when the AC Milan loanee came off the bench to rescue a late 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa......
LONDON: A tired Wales edged past Fiji while France endured some uncomfortable moments in their win over Canada, as both sides made it three wins out of three in the Rugby World Cup.Despite a......
WUHAN: Venus Williams beat Roberta Vinci in a closely fought three set match here on Friday, settling a score on behalf of her sister Serena, to reach the Wuhan Open finals.The seven-time Grand......
KARACHI: Inspired by a brilliant spell of pace bowling from Mohammad Amir, Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) on Friday sealed their second straight win in the Inter-department Qualifying Cricket......
ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities on Friday imposed a curfew in the mainly Kurdish southeastern town of Silvan, saying 17 suspected Kurdish militants had already been killed hours after the military......
BRUSSELS: Nato launches its biggest military exercise since 2002 on Saturday, putting 36,000 alliance soldiers through their paces in Italy, Spain and Portugal to boost preparedness against the......
LILLE: French authorities on Friday found 31 migrants crammed into a refrigerated truck, alive but freezing, police said.“At around 7:30am, 31 people were found inside a refrigerated heavy goods......
MAIDUGURI: Four suicide bombers killed at least 10 people in Maiduguri, Nigeria’s army said on Friday, after also blaming Islamic extremists for trying to poison water sources in northeastern......
PARIS: The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine met in Paris on Friday to consolidate a fragile peace in Ukraine, as President Vladimir Putin eyes relief from punishing sanctions over......
JAKARTA: The forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia are on track to become the worst on record, Nasa has warned, in a crisis that has seen thousands of people seek medical treatment, flights......
GUATEMALA CITY: At least four people are dead and about 100 others missing following a landslide that damaged some 125 homes on the outskirts of the Guatemalan capital, an official said on Friday.The......
SITTWE: Myanmar’s historic elections next month are likely to worsen the plight of the country’s oppressed Rohingya Muslim community, with a new, hard-line Buddhist party on the brink of becoming a......
BERLIN: In a musty room inside a maze of offices in east Berlin, two women are working patiently on what may be the biggest puzzle the world has ever seen: more than half a billion pieces that......
KARACHI: The Citizens-Police Liaison Committee got a new chief on Friday when its board accepted the resignation of former chief Ahmed Chinoy and appointed Zubair Habib in his place.The meeting of......
KARACHI: Private schools cannot increase fee by more than five per cent without taking prior permission from the private schools directorate and if any school is found violating this rule, its......
KARACHI: Rangers on Friday told the Sindh High Court that the allegations of not providing medical facilities to former federal minister Dr Asim Hussain during his preventive detention were......
KARACHI: In their search for a market in Asia, well-known British labels shared the ramp with top fashion and accessory designers in Pakistan at the Dolmen Mall in Clifton here on Friday......
KARACHI: Asghar Khan, who came down to the metropolis from his hometown in Kohat around Eid to welcome his mother at the airport following her Haj, now only wishes to receive her body after a......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Friday claimed Karachi would be protected against poliovirus in the ‘near future’ as he had taken ownership of the task and so had his......
TALKA talk on Intizamia main Urdu ke barhte Qadam organised by the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu-Pakistan at its Gulshan-i-Iqbal office at 10:30am.CONFERENCE‘Future’s leaders conference’ under the aegis of......
KARACHI: General Raheel Sharif is popular. He is a wonderful officer, a gentleman. The army is in a fallback position. Unlike Syria and Iraq, things are different here. Nothing can happen to Pakistan......
LAHORE: A spokesman for the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) says all affairs pertaining to LDA City are being dealt with in a transparent manner and the impression about irregularities or......
LAHORE: Punjabi scholar, poet, researcher and educationist Sharif Sabir, who passed away on Thursday, was laid to rest at Narang Mandi on Friday. He was 85.Born at Pakki Saraan, Sheikhupura on May......
LAHORE: Punjabi poet Mazhar Tirmazi’s new book “Adh” was launched at the National College of Arts (NCA) on Friday.Speaking on the occasion, short-story writer Saeed Bhutta rejected the general......
ISLAMABAD: Heads of government-run medical colleges and universities discussed with the managing committee of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Friday how to end the bad practices......
ISLAMABAD: International expertise will be sought to provide better facilities for the upkeep of animals in Marghazar zoo, particularly Kaavan, the lone elephant, the Capital Development Authority......
ISLAMABAD: The first day of the Children’s Literature Festival started with a spectacular inauguration ceremony, followed by day-long activities including a ‘Performance of Folk Artists’ facilitated......
ISLAMABAD: When we talk about constitutional and legal rights, we are told that Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) is a ‘disputed area’, but when it comes to our resources, the federal government accesses them at......
RAWALPINDI: The onslaught of dengue has affected more people than the government had estimated. It has prompted Rawalpindi police to ask the chief minister of Punjab to declare it an epidemic.The......
ISLAMABAD: Many art pieces in Pakistan belong to the ‘Gandhara’ era. They can become a huge source of revenue for the country but unfortunately they are not being promoted properly.This was said by......
ISLAMABAD: Chastened by higher judiciary’s incessant demands to reform itself, the Board of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Friday approved amendments in its regulations that would allow......
ISLAMABAD: Academics and education researchers called for a non-biased curriculum on Friday.Speaking at a session titled ‘Curriculum of Peace or Hate?’ during the Children’s Literature Festival on......
“The most memorable moment of my life was the day I took six wickets while playing for a local club in Rawalpindi as a 17-year-old left-arm spinner. I used to play for different clubs at the Pindi......
World Music DayDaniel Pearl World Music Day Concert will be held on Saturday, October 3 at the PNCA at 6pm.Published in Dawn, October 3rd , 2015On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store......
PESHAWAR: Amid uproar by the opposition members for having no powers in the new local government system, the Peshawar district council on Friday passed its maiden budget worth Rs7.369 billion with......
MILLIONS of migrant workers from South Asia, including Pakistan, work on construction sites and in other sectors of Gulf sheikhdoms in order to support their families.Yet, these migrant workers lead......
IN the space available one can only use broad and selective brushstrokes. The world is challenged by climate change; nuclear weapons; autonomous artificial intelligence; population pressures;......
SIMULTANEOUS with the deployment of troops and weaponry, psy-ops (psychological operations) are an integral part of the arsenal in modern warfare as a means of forcing an enemy into submission or......
THE government of India has dropped a draft bill which recognised the right to privacy as an integral part of the fundamental right to personal liberty embodied in Article 21 of India’s constitution.......
IN Saudi Arabia, the punishment of crucifixion results in the victim’s decapitation, and the public display of his body. This is what the teenaged Ali Mohammed Al-Nimr has been condemned to.His......
KARACHI: Another leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement was booked on Friday under sedition and terror charges, it has been learnt.Site Superhighway police have registered FIR (451/2015) against MQM......
KARACHI: A man whose bullet-riddled body was found in Mochko area was identified on Friday night as the ‘missing’ worker of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, according to the party spokesperson.The MQM......
