MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia would not deploy ground troops to Syria, where it has been conducting air strikes against what it says are self-styled Islamic State......
BAGHDAD: Several senior figures from the self-styled militant group, Islamic State (IS), were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in western Iraq, but the group's reclusive leader Abu......
BEIJING: Novak Djokovic crushed his age-old rival Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday to seal his sixth China Open title and extend his amazing unbeaten run at the Beijing tournament.The world number one......
KANPUR: A brilliant 150 off 133 balls from Rohit Sharma was in vain as South Africa defeated India by five runs in the first one-day international in Kanpur on Sunday.In a high-scoring thriller......
DHAKA: Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir and Chris Gayle from the West Indies are among the nearly 200 foreign cricketers who have expressed interest in the Bangladesh Premier League despite......
KATHMANDU: Nepal's parliament elected Communist party leader Khadga Prasad Oli the new prime minister Sunday, thrusting him into the center of daunting challenges, from ethnic protests over the new......
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has identified England middle order batsman Joe Root as the biggest threat to the hosts in the upcoming Tests series against the Three Lions.Misbah said Root had......
ABU DHABI: Pakistan suffered a blow before the first Test against England when team officials Sunday ruled out key batsman Azhar Ali because of an infected foot.Ali, 30, suffered the infection during......
ISLAMABAD. The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has declared payments amounting to Rs329.92 billion, made to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by the Federal Consolidated Fund on the advice of the......
JERUSALEM: An Israeli airstrike killed a pregnant Palestinian woman and her 2-year-old daughter in Gaza Sunday, a Gaza health official said.Separately, in the West Bank, a Palestinian woman detonated......
NEW DELHI: The legislator was full of outrage when he arrived in the north Indian village days after the killing of a Muslim farmer who was rumored to have slaughtered cows.A Hindu mob had smashed......
DUBAI: Iran successfully tested a new precision-guided ballistic missile, Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan was quoted as saying on Sunday, signalling an apparent advance in Tehran's attempts to......
ABU DHABI: England face the daunting prospect of overcoming Pakistan's new-look spinning line-up as the Ashes winners try to reverse their 3-0 Test whitewash last time around on the dry pitches of......
“We have a problem in this country. It’s called Jews.”Imagine, for a moment, if this had been said to a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in a public meeting.Imagine the uproar......
ISLAMABAD: At least 22 terrorists were killed in military airstrikes carried out in North Waziristan tribal region late on Saturday night, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public......
MANSEHRA: The quake survivors of red zone in Balakot on Saturday took to the streets in protest against delay in allotment of plots to them in the New Balakot City.“The programme held on the 10th......
KHAR: Targeting more than 225,000 children under the age of five, a three days anti-polio campaign began in Bajaur Agency on Saturday.The campaign inaugural ceremony took place at the Agency......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government will get six companies of the Pakistan Army and four companies of Rangers to maintain law and order situation in Rawalpindi district.The government has asked the......
Dilapidated roads, collapsed bridges, empty cages, poor maintenance and broken swings await visitors to the Lohi Bher Wildlife Park.Spread over 687 acres near the twin cities of Rawalpindi and......
Manno Mai has 12 children-- six sons and six daughters. Ten of them are married. Like 40-year-old Manno, her children were married at a young age.Her son Yasin, who is now 12, spends his time playing......
The decline of recreational reading is almost always explained away by the arrival of computers, tablets and smart phones fuelled by easy-access internet. Children would rather play online games on......
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League – N leader and former National Assembly speaker, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, reclaimed his NA membership after winning re-election in the same constituency he was deseated from......
In November 1982, veteran British film director, Richard Attenborough, released his historical epic, Gandhi. Based on the life of Indian nationalist and spiritual figurehead of the Indian National......
In the 18th century, evolutionary theories were in circulation among intellectual circles. When the evolutionary process was applied to history writing, historians split history into different......
In many ways, the show succeeded and the credit goes to the triad that has formed the LSA’s backbone throughout its journey; Fareshteh Aslam as the awards manager, Frieha Altaf as the show producer......
Sangeeta is back where she belongs: making films! Last week the noted film director announced at a press conference that she’s making a film titled Tum Hi To Ho, for which filming has already begun......
Good on Nescafe Basement for not calling its pursuit of discovering young singing talent as ‘talent hunt’.The niche TV show, which has caught the fancy of many hardcore music lovers in recent times,......
Ajoka Theatre is not bothered about the right-wing government in India. The group is brave. But why? Does art have the power to overcome all your fears? It seems so.Ajoka Theatre has recently......
The seventh episode of Coke Studio Season 8 had quite a few good things going for it. For starters, the inimitable Farida Khanam’s rendition of the famous Sohail Rana composition Aaj jaane ki zid. It......
Set on the dusty red planet, The Martian gets most of its science right (though some, such as the lethalness of a Martian sandstorm, is incorrect), while also exaggerating the exoticness of the......
Are you having a midlife crisis? I ask Joan Collins. Through those mascara-laden lashes, her eyes pop out. She stares incredulously at me as though I have asked if she’s having an affair! “Of course......
Life in the katcha area adjoining the River Indus is returning to normal as water in the river begins to recede after the latest floods. People return to repair their damaged homes — as they do every......
Associated with the story of Sassui Punhun that was immortalised in the poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, the ancient city of Bhanbore was situated 37 miles north of Karachi, near Gharo. The 10th......
Dr Mathilde Berthelot is Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) Operations Manager for Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Palestine. She has more than 14 years of experience working in Afghanistan and is also......
Back to the lobbyistsAs fall rolls in, the US primary season is in full swing. And while the general elections are still at least 14 months out (November 2016 to be exact), the political games are......
MUCH unwillingly as it is, French politicians of the Left but also of the Right are at the moment furiously scratching their own (and each others’) backs and crying foul. The cause behind this......
MINSK: In the 21 years under Alexander Lukashenko’s rule, Belarus in many ways has seemed little different than the Soviet republic it once was. Dissent is stifled, sometimes harshly. The economy......
PYONGYANG: North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un said on Saturday his country could fight any war provoked by the United States, as he presided over a vast military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of......
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said on Friday it expected to hold new talks with Russia’s military on pilot safety in Syria’s war as soon as this weekend, as the former Cold War foes seek to avoid an......
TOKYO: Japan on Saturday lashed out at Unesco’s decision to inscribe documents related to the Nanjing massacre in its Memory of the World register, describing it as “extremely regrettable” and......
JERUSALEM: Israeli security forces on Saturday shot dead two Palestinians aged 12 and 15 in protests along Gaza’s border fence, Palestinian medics said, and Israeli police said they killed three......
CAIRO: Egypt signed a deal with France on Saturday to buy two Mistral warships originally ordered by Russia as French Prime Minister Manuel Valls began an Arab tour.Valls arrived in Cairo at the......
WASHINGTON: The “true hero” Secret Service agent who helped save the life of US president Ronald Reagan during a 1981 assassination attempt has died aged 85.Jerry Parr sprang into action to shove the......
LONDON: Former British Treasury chief Geoffrey Howe, a prominent figure in Margaret Thatcher’s government who helped bring about her downfall after they parted ways over policy toward Europe, has......
MADRID: Spanish police have arrested 89 people accused of being part of a network which smuggled Chinese nationals into Britain, Ireland, Canada and the United States, the interior ministry said on......
WASHINGTON: Muslims across the United States braced themselves for three days of protests, which began on Saturday, outside mosques and Islamic centres.Last week, a group called Global Rally for......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing food assistance to people displaced by the recent upsurge of fighting in Afghanistan’s northern province of Kunduz,......
WASHINGTON: Hundreds of thousands of African-Americans and their supporters gathered in the US capital on Saturday to demand changes in America’s policing system and better opportunities for their......
PESHAWAR: Doctors warn the Afghan citizens visiting the Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, with symptoms of Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever could transmit the deadly virus to local......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission has claimed illegal mining has been taking place at four sites in the province despite the arrest of former minister Ziaullah Afridi and other......
ISLAMABAD: All over the world, legislation especially on the death penalty is done after a long discussion. But in Pakistan, laws are made without considering their positive and negative aspects.This......
RAWALPINDI: The police’s Counterterrorism Department (CTD) claims to have picked up at least two men supposedly linked to the self-styled Islamic State (IS).Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) CTD......
TAXILA: The death toll from Friday’s Margalla Hills blasting incident rose to four after rescuers retrieved another body on Saturday. The local administration, however, abandoned the search......
Savoury foods need salt to bring out the flavour; lesser amount of salt leaves a bland taste to the food. We have heard story of the king who banished his daughter. who in contrast to her sisters,......
Many of us spend hefty amounts on either renovating our homes or purchasing trendy decoration items in the hope of having a chic abode. But unfortunately, more than often our places end up looking......
England is the home of cricket. It is where the game took its roots and it is where it flourishes at all levels — Tests, limited over games or be it a game of cricket at the club level. A summer......
Rashid Rana really needs no introduction with anyone familiar with the Pakistani art scene. Having emerged as an icon of his generation, he has been flying high for a while now and seems to be on his......
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 – 1851), an English romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker, painted “Fort Vimieux”, oil on canvas (106.7 x 71.1 cm), in 1831 which is regarded......
It was Frederick Spotts’s book Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics rather than the seven videos that I saw on You Tube about the art of the German dictator, Adolf Hitler, that gave me the idea to......
Life in the katcha area adjoining the River Indus is returning to normal as water in the river begins to recede after the latest floods. People return to repair their damaged homes — as they do every......
Associated with the story of Sassui Punhun that was immortalised in the poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, the ancient city of Bhanbore was situated 37 miles north of Karachi, near Gharo. The 10th......
While most of us are still enjoying our beef and mutton from Eidul Azha, there are some who resolutely turn up their nose or desire a complete change of taste. Here, Chef Zakir brings a beef entree......
The evolution of smartphones has revolutionised the way we do things in our personal lives. And while some believe that smartphones can be a nuisance because of the time they consume, there are many......
It was just another Sunday evening yet something was very unusual. There was Spider-Man hanging out with children, Obama posing for a selfie with fans and a couple of blood-stained zombies lurking......
Q. I want to develop a vineyard but have no idea how to proceed. What are the pros and cons? What variety of grapes do you recommend? Should I get the vines from Quetta? My location is Mauza Sariach......
ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan has asked the voters in Lahore’s National Assembly constituency NA-122 to come out to “defeat rigging” in the by-election on Sunday (today) as his party writes a......
ISLAMABAD: Hackers defaced part of the official website of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) — also known as the Met Office — on Saturday.The `Farmers’ Weather’ section of the website......
ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has accused the ruling PML-N of using the Kalabagh Dam issue only as a political slogan.Addressing a news conference here on Saturday, the......
ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari has condemned the “targeted assassination” of a PPP candidate for the chairmanship of a union council and membership of the Okara......
AHFAZUR Rahman’s 590-page tome is the second book to come out in recent months on Pakistani journalists’ struggle for press freedom. The one to hit the market earlier was Dr Tauseef Ahmad Khan’s book......
By John Raymaker and Ijaz DurraniWHAT strategies should governments follow to face climate change threats? Can Generalised Emperical Method with Functional Specialisations (GEM-FS), reinforce such......
ITS tusks may be what make the elephant a truly majestic beast, but it is this very feature that has also proved to be the animal’s biggest curse, making these magnificent creatures a target for......
Reviewed by Sarah HumayunWHERE Worlds Collide: Pakistani Fiction in the New Millennium brings together nine studies of English novels by Pakistani authors with one of a non-fictional tract, Kamila......
IN a video celebrating Mother’s Day, Hallmark filmed unsuspecting candidates being interviewed for a fake job position the greeting cards company had previously created. The job the candidates were......
Yeh arzu thi tujhe gul ke ru ba ru karteHum aur bulbul-e be tab guftagu karteI longed to put you and the rose togetherThe restive bulbul and I could then talk to each other— AtishTHE bulbul is a......
RENOWNED American scholar Jessica Stern along with J.M. Berger has tried to understand the evolution of the self-styled Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS) in their recently published book, ISIS:......
LAHORE: The NA-122 election is going to give rise to the “conflict politics” in the country, especially in Punjab and ultimate loser will be the ruling party.“The government will not fall if Sardar......
LAHORE: PPP’s NA-122 candidate Barrister Aamir Hasan has dispelled the reports that he may boycott by-poll in protest against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s apathy towards the ruling party’s......
LAHORE: The Punjab home secretary, under Section 144 (6) CrPC 1898, has banned the exhibition of arms during by-elections in NA-122, Lahore,NA-144, Okara, and PP-147 Lahore.This order shall come into......
OKARA: Mandi Ahmedabad police station in Depalpur tehsil on Saturday registered a murder case against six people for killing a union council candidate, belonging to the PPP, and two of his......
SAHIWAL: Nomination papers of two independent candidates for local government polls in Union Council-6 of the city were accepted on Oct 2, 15 days after the closing date ‘in violation of rules and......
SIALKOT: The preservation of historical ‘Babey di Beri Gurdwara’ is under way in Sialkot by the Sikhs paving the way for Sikhs from across the world to visit the place.The gurdwara remained rundown......
MIRPURKHAS: Armed men, said to be four in number, opened fire on an Imambargah in the Bhan Singh Abad area of the city late on Friday night wounding one person, a complainant told the area police on......
KARACHI: They may look like common rocks at first glance but underneath the dirt and grime are hues of green, brown, pink and grey along with seamless flowing textures. We are surrounded by these......
KARACHI: There’s a need for India to resume the dialogue process with Pakistan adopting a comprehensive approach. Militancy in India-held Kashmir cannot be resolved if the Kashmir issue is not......
KARACHI: A sessions court on Saturday reissued a non-bailable warrant for the arrest of an accused in five murder cases and one illicit weapon case.The accused, Rizwan Qureshi, made the headlines in......
KARACHI: Having found his family friend and brother-in-law, Zubair Ahmed, 33 — who had been buried by Saudi authorities in Mina without his family being informed — Zafar Tahir felt empty but decided......
KARACHI: Probably it is at the back of the readers’ minds that patients of psychiatrist Dr Hasan Manzar are re-imagined as characters in his short stories. Or rather they inquire persistently whether......
KARACHI: With Hindu families reportedly continuing to migrate from northern districts of Sindh, the provincial authorities have finally decided to tackle unending religious persecution as is......
LARKANA: Sindh Senior Minister for Information Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Saturday welcomed the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) decision to withdraw its lawmakers’ resignations, and repeated the Pakistan......
KARACHI: Twenty-two falcons of highly rare and endangered species — saker — were seized from a bus on the Superhighway at a Rangers checkpoint at Jamshoro, some 150 kilometres from the city, early on......
BEIJING: Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will renew their long rivalry in the China Open final on Sunday after both won their semi-finals in straight sets.Top-ranked Djokovic improved his perfect......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s renowned cricket writer and reporter Qamar Ahmed on Friday night was honoured for covering over 400 Test matches spanning over 42 years with speakers declaring him a journalist......
KARACHI: Muscleman Abdul Malik, who did the country proud by capturing the world title in 75 kg, will fly to Las Vegas, United States, on Nov 17 to compete in another world-level contest.“I’ll try to......
KANPUR: South Africa hope to build on their Twenty20 success in India by winning the One-day International series starting here on Sunday as rival skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni prepared to douse the......
NEW DELHI: His job may not be on the line yet but Mahendra Singh Dhoni will have to quickly pull out some of his old tricks if he hopes to continue for long as the leader of India’s limited-overs......
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath said on Saturday that he will decide the future of his career after the completion of the 2016 World Twenty20 in India.The slow left-armer has been a......
SYDNEY: Just days after opener Aaron Finch played up Glenn Maxwell’s potential to be the best in the world across formats, Australia coach Darren Lehmann has cranked up the pressure on the......
LONDON: New Zealand centre Ma’a Nonu scored a late try against Tonga on Friday in his 100th Test, helping his team to a thumping victory and top spot in Pool C ahead of a hectic weekend when the......
LONDON: European champions Spain beat minnows Luxembourg 4-0 on Friday to reach the Euro 2016 finals in France where they will aim to complete an unprecedented hat-trick of continental titles.They......
NEW YORK: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is planning a US stock debut for Ferrari that values the luxury Italian sports carmaker at nearly $10 billion, according to a filing with US regulators......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has urged China to revive preferential treatment to ‘Made in Pakistan’ under the second phase of the free trade agreement (FTA), a senior official told Dawn on Saturday.Pakistan......
LIMA: Washington’s use of its de facto veto at the International Monetary Fund to block reforms giving emerging countries a greater say is jeopardising the IMF’s credibility, its leader said on......
KARACHI: Demand for US dollars has been low in the open market for nearly two weeks, apparently because traders and other business segments protesting against the withholding tax on banking......
KARACHI: Sindh revenue collection rose 5 per cent to Rs8.7 billion during the first quarter (July-Sept) of 2015-16 from Rs8.29bn in the same period last year.Professional tax collection jumped 25pc......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to constitute a committee for expediting taxpayers facilitation and broadening tax base.The minister was......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank says that the economic growth in Pakistan is constrained by the country’s external demand position which makes 6 to 7 per cent GDP growth per annum......
SINGAPORE: Liquefied Petroleum Gas, long a niche product used by the poor to cook and the rich to barbecue, has become a rare bright spot amid a broad commodities rout, riding on the wave of strong......
KARACHI: Growers and ginners have started holding back phutti (seed cotton) and lint, creating short supply which pushed prices higher on the cotton market on Saturday.Floor brokers said confusion......
“I AM MBBF, Matric bar bar fail,” laughs Shamim Akhter. Sitting in her small 10x12 drawing room in her lower-middle-class house in a rural suburb of Islamabad called Ali Pur Farrash, she is full of......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which appeared helpless before district returning officers (DROs) and returning officers (ROs) drawn from the judiciary for the 2013 polls, has......
SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited veteran Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to visit Pakistan, the Kashmiri leader’s group said here on Saturday.“Mr Geelani was handed the......
ANKARA: At least 86 people were killed on Saturday in the Turkish capital when bombs set off by two suspected suicide attackers ripped through leftist and pro-Kurdish activists gathering for an......
LAHORE: The stage is set for the proverbial clash of the titans as the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and the Pakistan Muslim League-N fight for their political and electoral survival in a by-election for......
QUETTA: The government has begun efforts to get in touch with self-exiled Baloch leaders and results have been encouraging, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Saturday.Speaking at a......
GOOD governance, human rights and individual freedoms, and rule of law are among the main features of democracy. A democratic state cannot choose one, or some, of these and reject others. Common......
THE excitable lot has told us it’s the Clash of the Titans. Today will change everything. The sceptical lot has told us it doesn’t matter. Today will change nothing.So let’s forget about today and......
