NEW DELHI: Shanti Kushwaha waits anxiously for the water tanker to reach the slums of Seelampur in India's capital New Delhi, bringing a scarce and fought-over essential.Many of India's urban slums......
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said on Friday it will halt its troubled programme to build Syrian rebel units to fight the Islamic State and focus instead on training and arming vetted leaders already on......
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq termed the fast-rising leg spinner Yasir Shah a “threat to every team” ahead of their three-Test series against England.The two sides will meet in a three-match series......
Afghan aid workers and civilians will suffer the most after the deadly U.S. bombing of a hospital run by the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the northern city of Kunduz, experts said on......
Former captain Mohammad Yousuf has backed Saqlain Mushtaq to head the spin bowling department at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), terming the inventor of the 'doosra' the 'best' spinner to have......
ZURICH: FIFA's ruling council will next week discuss a possible emergency meeting over the corruption scandal engulfing football's world governing body, a spokeswoman said Friday.The powerful head of......
GAZA CITY: Israeli fire killed six Palestinians and wounded scores during clashes on Friday near Gaza's border, the first unrest-related deaths there after days of violence in east Jerusalem and the......
ISLAMABAD: The Acting Deputy High Commissioner of India, Raghuram, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday to express concern over the cancellation of operation of Samjhauta Express......
SHEIKHUPURA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that he never promised to steer the country out of the severe energy crisis six months after assuming power but vowed the get rid of energy......
QUETTA: Unidentified militants shot dead a local leader of a political party in Balochistan province’s Turbat district on Friday morning.Levies sources told Dawn.com that Ali Muhammad Baloch, a......
Veteran Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood has confirmed his interest in being part of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), terming the tournament an exciting prospect with the likes of Chris Gayle and......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) announced their decision on Friday to withdraw their resignations submitted earlier and rejoin the national and provincial assemblies and the Senate from......
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is confident they can address the concerns of PepsiCo amid local media reports the global food and beverage giant wants to end its title......
DUBAI: A new tally shows last month's crush and stampede at theHaj was the deadliest event to ever strike the annual pilgrimage.The Associated Press count Friday shows at least 1,453 people died......
NORTH CHARLESTON: A city in South Carolina approved a $6.5 million settlement Thursday with the family of an unarmed black man shot to death earlier this year by a white police officer.The North......
WASHINGTON: One person was shot dead and three others wounded at Northern Arizona University (NAU) and police have detained the suspected shooter, NAU officials said early Friday."Details confirmed 4......
The sight of Shoaib Akhtar steaming in and delivering 90mph thunderbolts struck fear in the hearts of the greatest of modern-day batsmen.When England toured Pakistan in 2005, however, it was Akhtar's......
MUMBAI: With five months to go before next year's World Twenty20 at home, former champions India's search for an enforcer in the lower middle order shows no sign of ending anytime soon.India mostly......
BEIJING: China's top aircraft manufacturer has revealed specifications of an advanced stealth fighter jet in a bid to lure foreign buyers, the official China Daily reported on Friday.In a rare......
ANKARA: An Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRG) General has been killed near Aleppo, where he was advising the Syrian army on their battle against the self-styled Islamic State (IS) fighters, the......
OSLO: Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its contribution to building democracy after the Jasmine Revolution in 2011, the Nobel Committee said.The Norwegian......
The Shiv Sena is back in the news. I guess it's been a while since they made it to the front pages. They've gone back to the politics that gave them their oxygen all those years ago: intimidating the......
QUETTA: A three-day anti-polio drive will start in Quetta on Saturday, two days ahead of the security engagements for Muharram processions, which begin Oct 14.A total of 38 cases have been reported......
ISLAMABAD: A total of 16 billion rupees was provided to the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) as cash support by the federal government, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs informed the......
CHENNAI: Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said the government has recorded a protest with Saudi authorities after an Indian woman's right arm was chopped off allegedly by her employer......
BAGHDAD: Iraqi police officials say at least 35 people were killed in a mortar attack on villages around the provincial capital of the country's eastern Diyala province.A police official from the......
OSLO: Pope Francis and a line-up of anti-nuclear campaigners headed lists of favourites to win the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize on the eve of Friday's announcement.The Geneva-based International Campaign......
PARIS: France launched a new air strike overnight in Syria against the self-styled Islamic State's (IS) training camp and further strikes will follow, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on......
NEW DELHI: India is opening the way for women pilots to fly fighter jets in combat, its air force chief said, as one of the world's biggest military forces shakes off its reluctance to give greater......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif today called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed internal and regional security.Army chief Raheel Sharif also briefed Premier......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday sought comments from the government over a petition asking for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to raise the issue of releasing Dr Aafia Siddiqui during......
BERLIN: Juergen Klopp, who became Liverpool manager on Thursday, could not have found a more fitting club to take his successful coaching career to the next level.Twice a Bundesliga champion with......
NEW YORK: Sometimes “Like” just doesn't cut it. So how about Love or Angry? Haha or Sad? Or just Yay or Wow?Facebook is going “Inside Out” on the Like button, adding a range of new emotional......
NEW DELHI: Five talking points in the T20 series between hosts India and South Africa which the tourists won 2-0 after the final match was washed out:Very evident in South Africa's series win was how......
Women have been giving birth since antiquity, and have been exiting the job market to do that since the past century. However, until recently, no one across Pakistan's corporate world bothered to pay......
MONTEVIDEO: Argentina slumped to a shock home defeat against Ecuador while Brazil were beaten 2-0 by Chile on Thursday as upsets dominated the opening round of South America's qualifying campaign for......
DADRI: A forensic test has revealed that the family of Dadri lynching victim Muhammad Akhlaq had been storing mutton in their fridge and not beef as suggested by a mob which had last week beaten the......
ZURICH: Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini, the former France great who had been favoured to take over as FIFA leader, were both suspended on Thursday in a deepening corruption scandal,......
SHARJAH: Lanky paceman Steven Finn grabbed four wickets and leg-spinner Adil Rashid took three to show some early form in the two-day tour game against Pakistan ‘A’ here at the Sharjah Cricket......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan on Thursday fully backed veteran all-rounder Shahid Afridi as T20 captain until next year’s world T20 in the face of his waning......
DOHA: Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is in negotiations with Floyd Mayweather and Amir Khan to take him on in what would probably the final fight of his illustrious career, he said on......
KARACHI: Lahore Blues, as expected, qualified for the upcoming Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship on Thursday after recording a 10-wicket victory over Sialkot on the final day of the......
LONDON: South Africa secured top spot in Rugby World Cup Pool ‘B’ with a crushing 64-0 win over the United States on Wednesday to put their shock defeat by Japan firmly behind them and they will play......
KOLKATA: The third and final Twenty20 International between India and South Africa was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to a wet outfield at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday.The match held......
BEIJING: Novak Djokovic churned towards Rafael Nadal’s all-time record for unbeaten starts to a tournament as he demolished Chinese number one Zhang Ze in less than an hour in Beijing on Thursday.The......
MANSEHRA: Survivors of the 2005 earthquake in Balakot have demanded the winding up of the Earthquake Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Authority over failure to address their problems.The demand was......
PESHAWAR: The administration of Lady Reading Hospital has decided to discharge the patients, who are arrested on charges of corruption and admitted to the hospital on health grounds, and send them......
PESHAWAR: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday announced the transfer and posting of 40 senior bureaucrats, including secretaries and deputy commissioners,......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday admitted a petition for a regular hearing filed by the federal government against the suspension of the Kissan Relief Package.Last week, the......
RAWALPINDI: The shrine of Baba Masoom Shah is located just a few minutes’ walk from Rawalpindi Railway Station, right along the main line to Peshawar.But the modest mausoleum has become a bone of......
All eyes seem to be set on the fierce battle being fought in Lahore by the ruling PML-N and Imran Khan’s PTI over the NA-122 seat. But even as voters decide the winner on Sunday, the Election......
ISLAMABAD: The controversy over the dual degree programme of Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) ended on Thursday after the Higher Education Commission (HEC) consented to accept its......
ISLAMABAD: A $7 million programme, which aims to enrol at least 50,000 out-of-school-girls from 12 districts across the country over the course of three years, was launched on Thursday.The Girls’......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police have proposed that the entry of 25 ulema into the city in Muharram be banned by the local administration. Seven ulema may also be banned from delivering speeches......
Ten years on from the country’s worst recorded earthquake, Pakistani universities have been researching into the chances of future shifts in the active tectonic plates on which our country lies. But,......
Students who come to study at Islamabad colleges have to arrange for accommodation on their own. None of the public sector boys’ colleges offer hostel facilities to their students.The federal......
ISLAMABAD: The 10th anniversary of the 2005 earthquake was observed in the federal capital on Thursday.A number of relatives of the 70 people who died in the Margalla Tower collapse visited the site......
LAHORE: The issues of Mina tragedy and Nandipur power project were raised in the Punjab Assembly on Thursday by two opposition members who sought a discussion on the both through their out-of-turn......
LAHORE: The paramedics of the Shaikh Zayed Hospital on Thursday opted for ‘inhuman treatment’ towards patients as they threw medical waste in wards, corridors and main entry/exit points of the......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday launched a tirade against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, enumerating his alleged corruption and inability to check wastage of public......
MULTAN: Two-day Dawn in Education Spelling Bee Competition concluded here on Thursday.As many as 72 students from 24 schools participated in the 15-17 years age group competition.The students of......
OKARA: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Emir Senator Sirajul Haq has called upon the government to withdraw general sales tax on all kinds of agri inputs so that farmers are able to meet expenditures.He was......
KARACHI: An 18-month-old girl from a Pakhtun family was confirmed to be the first polio case of Karachi in a year and fifth in Sindh since January, officials said on Thursday.The last such case in......
KARACHI: The law enforcement agencies in Sindh have found a “nexus between sectarian terrorists and anti-state elements”, posing a threat to peace during Muharram, and the intelligence agencies have......
KARACHI: Leaders of almost all major parties contesting the upcoming local government elections in Sindh called on the Election Commissioner on Thursday and, according to them, conveyed to him that......
KARACHI: Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that the provincial government will file an appeal in the apex court against the Sindh High Court decision under the......
KARACHI: A book on eminent Bhopali personalities titled Takzara-i-Shakhsiat-i-Bhopal by Shagufta Farhat was launched at the Federal Urdu University’s Dr A. Q. Khan auditorium on Thursday......
KARACHI: The breezy Thursday evening was an antidote to the gruelling weather the city had suffered over the past week, and to complement the soothing weather, a musical evening was held to......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Rangers director general, the Sindh police chief and others on a petition seeking whereabouts of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has appointed the Karachi police chief to “inquire and ascertain” the publication of advertisements from the law enforcement agency against “unknown Rangers officials”......
KARACHI: The government in Pakistan needs to learn lessons from the progress of countries like China, Malaysia and Singapore that show sustainable progress lies in giving top priority to education,......
PRISTINA: Opposition lawmakers released clouds of tear gas in Kosovo’s parliament on Thursday, causing two MPs to faint, in protest at a recent EU-brokered deal reached by the government with......
KIM Jong-un, the third hereditary ruler of North Korea, gets a really bad press. He is widely seen as a capricious, overweight youngster, fond of executing his generals and threatening the world with......
BERLIN: Under growing domestic pressure over her open-door policy on refugees, Germany’s Angela Merkel has come out swinging, insisting “we will manage” the crisis set to define her nearly decade-old......
JOHN F Kennedy’s secret talks with Soviet intelligence, surreptitious tape recordings and “girlfriend system” create a new portrait of a cunning and cagey JFK, according to a historian who has......
SANAA: A suspected Saudi-led air strike killed at least 28 people at a wedding in a rebel-held town in Yemen, witnesses and rebels said on Thursday, even as UN peace efforts made headway.The......
PRAGUE: A Prague court has convicted a Qatari royal family member of sexually abusing minors and sentenced him to 11 months and eight days in prison.Hamad bin Abdallah bin Thani Al Thani was......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has amended and renamed its Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners — the Nelson Mandela Rules, a UN press statement said on Wednesday.UN......
WASHINGTON: As many as four of the 26 long-range cruise missiles that Russia said it fired at Syrian targets landed instead in Iran, two US defence officials said on Thursday.The officials said it’s......
LUXEMBOURG: The European Union nations agreed on Thursday to speed up the deportation of people whose asylum applications were rejected, as they took a harder line towards tackling the worst......
LONDON: British authorities are enforcing a no-fly zone over Prince William and his wife Kate’s country home for security reasons.The move, which comes into force on Nov 1, prohibits planes and......
WASHINGTON: An international media advocacy group — Reporters Without Borders – on Thursday condemned the Indian government’s indiscriminate disconnection of the internet in held Kashmir.In a......
UNITED NATIONS: The UN human rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein on Thursday called for calm in the West Bank after a week of violence in the occupied territory, as well as occupied-East Jerusalem and......
CAPE CANAVERAL: The sky over Pluto may not be sunny but it’s undoubtedly blue.Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft discovered Pluto’s blue sky during the historic flyby of the icy dwarf planet in July. The......
CHICAGO: Cancer is much less common in elephants than in humans, even though the big beasts’ bodies have many more cells. That’s a paradox known among scientists, and now researchers think they may......
BRUSSELS: Turkey appealed to its Nato allies on Thursday to shore up missile defences in the country aimed at shooting down Syrian rockets, as Germany said again that it will withdraw its Patriot......
KINSHASA: The governor of North Kivu province in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday that five civilians had been killed in a UN helicopter attack against rebel......
LOS ANGELES: One of three Americans who helped thwart a terror attack on a packed train bound for Paris in August has been stabbed in his home state of California but is expected to survive,......
NEW YORK: The founder of the global News Corp. media empire, Rupert Murdoch, issued an apology on Thursday after he faced social media backlash following his suggestion that President Barack Obama......
SINGAPORE: Jordan stunned Asian champions Australia 2-0 on Thursday to throw open their World Cup qualifying group after handing the Socceroos their first loss of the campaign.Ange Postecoglou’s side......
LONDON: Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns lied under oath that he never fixed cricket matches and once threatened a team-mate with a bat for scoring too many runs, a perjury trial heard on......
KARACHI: Low-profile Bahadur Khan of Balochistan created the biggest upset to date when he humbled top seed Shahram Changezi in convincing fashion 4-1 in the group A encounter of the seventh National......
ISLAMABAD: With the commodity crisis deepening, officials have warned of a looming rice industry crisis owing to shortage of funds.Analysts say that government’s failure to rollover loans of growers,......
KARACHI: Fish exporters are feeling the pinch of a downtrend in global prices, with some of them saying foreign buyers are not ready to purchase Pakistani seafood products even at lower rates.Exports......
WASHINGTON: Pakistani officials told interested US investors on Thursday that Pakistan was an attractive destination for their investments with promises for lucrative returns.In his address to the......
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of the Coca-Cola Company, led by its President Eurasia and Africa Group Nathan Kalumbu, met Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday and briefed him about the company’s......
KARACHI: Stocks consolidated on Thursday as the KSE-100 index added another 92.95 points (0.28 per cent) to settle at 33,469.15.The index saw volatile trade and oscillated between the intra-day high......
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) in a policy note to the federal government recommended it to amend the Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) 18(I)/2015 pertaining to 15 per cent......
KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $20.054 billion during the week ending October 2 compared to $18.349bn the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said......
WASHINGTON: US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she does not support the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), rejecting a central tenet of President Barack......
KARACHI: Cotton prices surged on Thursday on the back of panic buying from spinners and some exporters.The slow arrivals of phutti (seed cotton) have been a cause of concern for buyers.Floor brokers......
ROME: Stock markets may be swooning, but food commodities are experiencing lower and more stable prices, and may hit a record year-on-year drop in 2015, the UN food agency said on Thursday.The Food......
LIMA: International Monetary Fund Chief Christine Lagarde urged global policymakers on Thursday to support economic growth while also tackling financial risks stemming from the provision of easy......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan said on Thursday that it had the jurisdiction to scrutinise funds received by political parties from abroad and within the country.A full bench of the......
ISLAMABAD: With the ruling PML-N and opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) set to flex their political muscles in the by-election for NA-122 constituency on Sunday, the war of allegations between......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that an independent medical board be constituted to perform a medical check-up of former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain, who has been in Rangers’......
RAWALPINDI: In an effort to find a lasting solution to the dispute between the management of the national flag carrier and the Pakistan Airline Pilots’ Association (Palpa), senior officials of the......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee was informed on Thursday that the compensation package for government employees dying during service had been increased for those dying in security-related......
MUZAFFARABAD: People observed the tenth anniversary of the Oct 8, 2005 earthquake here on Thursday by participating in different events, where they expressed gratitude to those who had helped them......
QUETTA: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court issued on Thursday notices to Hubco Power Company after initial hearing of a petition filed by former speaker of Balochistan Assembly Mohammad......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Mohammad Yousaf said on Thursday that the number of Pakistani pilgrims killed in the Mina stampede had reached 89. He......
QUETTA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested two people on Thursday on charges of running an illegal foreign exchange business, including transactions in Hawala and Hundi.The raids were......
NEW DELHI: The Indian Express reported on Thursday the handing over of a secret draft agreement on Jammu and Kashmir by the outgoing Indian prime minister to the current one in May last year. The......
SRINAGAR: Lawmakers from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to assault an opposition member in legislature of India-held Kashmir on Thursday over eating beef.Television footage showed several BJP......
STOCKHOLM: Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the 2015 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday for her work chronicling the horrors of war and life under the Soviet regime.The Swedish Academy......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) reduced on Thursday electricity tariff by Rs2.60 per unit for all distribution companies, except K-Electric, for one month because......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition members on Thursday boycotted the Senate proceedings over the government’s alleged indifferent attitude in handling the matter relating to victims of the Mina tragedy and......
ISLAMABAD: Even as Pakistan is trying to build a case for the removal of polio-related travel restrictions for its citizens, two more cases of the poliovirus were detected, one in Punjab and the......
ISLAMABAD: With security situation in Afghanistan deteriorating fast, military’s top brass on Thursday deliberated on controlling the long and porous border between Pakistan and its western......
LAHORE: All passengers of Samjhota Express returned to the Lahore railway station on Thursday after having remained stranded at Wagah for about seven hours as Indian authorities refused to allow the......
OLD pride clashes with new ambition. On one side is the poise of the incumbent, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, occasionally disturbed by the challenger’s charge as the day of election nears. He is met with full......
SAADIA teaches mathematics to children in the fourth grade in a rural government school in Punjab. In a conversation with her, where she mentioned many challenges she faced (lack of transport......
THERE are so many opportunities so frequently for Imran Khan-bashers to have fun at his expense. However, Okara on Wednesday found him to be in his most generous mood. Perhaps influenced by the......
THROUGHOUT history, humanity has been guided by the prophets of Allah through their exemplary lives. Most prophets led a family life. They were fathers, tasked with the care and responsibility of......
THE remarks by two federal ministers at a seminar reveal a flustered state of mind. The minister for water and power lashed out at the Planning Commission and the power sector regulator Nepra.He......
IT may be a case of “unknown” Rangers but, to borrow a phrase from a memorable statement once uttered by an American politician, there are also aspects of it that are “known knowns” — facts people......
BUILDING tradition takes time and the interplay of various factors over long periods.The ‘right’ ambience is achieved with commitment and adherence to a theme which is sustained to a large extent by......
