DUBAI: The crush and stampede that struck the Haj last month in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,121 pilgrims, a new tally showed on Monday, after officials in the kingdom met to discuss the......
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervez Rashid expressed serious concerns over the rise of anti- Pakistan and anti-Muslim sentiments in India.In a statement issued on Monday, Rashid asserted that......
QUETTA: An explosion occurred on a bus terminal located on Quetta's Saryab road, killing at least 11 people and wounding many more, said rescue officials.The explosion occurred inside a local city......
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that it has withdrawn Aleem Dar from the remaining matches in the ongoing India-South Africa series over security concerns.The ICC made the......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has made low-yield nuclear weapons in response to India’s actions under its cold-start doctrine, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhary told a news briefing here on Tuesday.This is......
QUETTA: Two security personnel and three suspected militants were killed on Monday in an explosion and armed clashes in Balochistan’s Panjgur and Harnai districts.“Two security personnel were killed......
LAHORE: Police have arrested a Christian faith healer under the controversial blasphemy laws for having Islamic script on a sword he used to treat his clients, officials said Monday.Naveed John was......
Pakistan Navy’s sub-surface fleet was established in 1964 and since then it has performed the role assigned to it in an admirable manner. It also has the distinct honour of scoring the first kill......
LONDON: Free-scoring strikers Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal and Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich will be looking to keep the goals flowing in their bid to help win their pivotal Champions League Group......
NEW DELHI: In the second attack within a fortnight, an independent Muslim lawmaker from India-held Kashmir, Engineer Rashid, had ink thrown on him by three unidentified men in New Delhi on Monday,......
BENGALURU: An Australian visiting India was allegedly harassed and forced to write an apology by an unruly mob in Indian city of Bengaluru over the tattoo of a Hindu goddess on his shin, Times of......
When I first moved to the United States to pursue my university level education, I was surprised to see the two extremes of Pakistanis living here.On one hand were those who classified themselves as......
KABUL: Afghanistan's acting Defence Minister says the hospital that was bombed by United States (US) forces was being used by insurgents who were fighting government forces.Masoom Stanekzai said on......
NEW DELHI: The head of India's ruling Hindu nationalists has reprimanded some of the party's senior figures for their controversial reaction to the lynching of a Muslim accused of eating beef,......
SRINAGAR: Protesters in India-held Kashmir clashed with security forces during the funeral a Muslim conductor who was attacked 10 days ago over cow slaughter rumours, Times of India reported on......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabian Oil Co. says it foiled a fraud attempt involving scammers pretending to work for India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation after a newspaper report claimed the......
SHANGHAI: Men's tennis has not been short of astonishing feats in recent years but Novak Djokovic is eclipsing even the great Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal as his record-breaking season reaches a......
DUBAI: Pakistan's key batsman Azhar Ali will return home following the death of his mother-in-law and is unlikely to play in the second Test against England starting in Dubai on Thursday.The......
KABUL: A US F-16 was struck by enemy fire in eastern Afghanistan, military officials have confirmed to AFP, in a rare instance of an advanced fighter jet coming under a Taliban-claimed attack.The......
TAMAZULA: Bullet holes on roofs, charred cars and deserted villages were left in the wake of a military operation to catch fugitive drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in northwest Mexico.Remote......
COLOMBO: The Maldives' highest court has overturned an unprecedented sentence of death by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery, a crime in the Muslim island nation, media reports said on......
ISTANBUL: A former BBC journalist, Jacky Sutton, was found dead in a toilet at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport under mysterious circumstances, according to a report published on the BBC website.The......
COLOMBO: West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels has been reported for a suspect bowling action for the third time in his career, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said Monday.Samuels, 34, who......
Karachi is not a tourist city anymore. Its streets today are not filled with tourists; there are no hop-on-hop-off buses running its length. The facades of the famous buildings are not lit up at......
LONDON: British parents worried that their 16 and 17-year-old children might travel to Syria or Iraq under the influence of militants will be able to apply to have their passports removed, British......
MUMBAI: Activists of India's far-right political group Shiv Sena attacked the headquarters of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday, just before Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)......
ISLAMABAD: Lieutenant General (retd) Nasir Khan Janjua has been appointed National Security Adviser (NSA) but Sartaj Aziz will likely retain his foreign affairs portfolio, well placed sources told......
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Sunday confirmed that a United States (US)-led coalition air strike has killed Sanafi al-Nasr, a Saudi citizen and the leading financier for Al Qaeda and its Khorasan......
LAHORE: Fearing tough time at the hands of independent candidates in the local elections, the ruling PML-N has stepped up its efforts to set its own home in order before the electoral contest due on......
THE sharp drop in the international price of liquefied natural gas has led to the revival of several gas-fired power plants in India. The latest to benefit from this is the jinxed Dabhol Power......
THE local camel population is growing owing to a rising demand for its milk and an increase in its sacrifice during Eid-ul-Azha. The increase in exports of the desert animal to Gulf countries has......
SEA intrusion in Sindh continues to devastate the ecology of the Indus delta and has not only rendered two coastal towns almost extinct, but also destroyed fertile farmlands in Thatta and Badin......
PAKISTAN is having another bad year for pulses, with the staple’s production having dropped by almost 40pc. Against its total requirement of around 1m tonnes, its yield is around 600,000 tonnesThis......
THE move to integrate the country’s three stock exchanges — in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad — into a single Pakistan Stock Exchange is likely to conclude by next Monday when a proposal will be......
BY October 13, only 135,000 people had e-filed their income tax returns as a result of the monstrous e-filing system run by the Federal Board of Revenue.A majority of taxpayers cannot afford to hire......
DESPITE investing Rs100bn in road maintenance programmes from 2005 to 2015, Sindh needs to renew its Road Master Plan 1995. The provincial highway system’s quality is said to be deteriorating and is......
REFORMING the civil services has remained a cherished goal of political parties and military regimes alike during the nearly 70 years of Pakistan’s existence.In 1988, international donors like the......
THE government raised Rs170.68bn from the auction of Treasury bills of various tenors last Wednesday, despite receiving bids worth of a much higher Rs332.138bn. It slightly missed its target of......
THE dollar remained largely steady at the 104.4-mark against the rupee last week owing to higher remittances and forex reserves and lower demand for the reserve currency.Meanwhile, the dollar......
IN the changing global financial architecture, the purchasing power parity of a national currency with the hegemonic yet fluctuating dollar is being used more frequently to measure its GDP and its......
THE estimated domestic market for cosmetics and beauty-care products — including the huge informal and grey segments — exceeds Rs150bn and is expanding at an average rate of 15pc annually.However,......
WITH the implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership — the free-trade agreement between 12 countries straddling the Pacific — still awaiting a nod by the US Congress, most non-TPP......
WITH the democratic government half-way through its constitutional term, political rivalries and turf wars over limited public resources within its rank and file have been making headlines in recent......
A FEW weeks ago, a big hedge fund manager in New York asked a major Wall Street bank what was happening to energy sector loans. The answer was sobering.“They said that the covenants on 72 out of the......
FOR a man apparently at the centre of inquiries into the global emissions scandal, Michael Horn, chief executive of Volkswagen in the US, cut a calm figure in front of legislators recently, even as......
WHEN in doubt, lend more. The modus operandi that has inspired the World Bank since its creation in 1944 is still in operation. Jim Yong Kim, who took over as president in 2012, has had a torrid time......
“In the world of journalism, there are stories, and then there are stories like this one.” Thus reads the first line of Indian TV channel CNN-IBN’s self-congratulatory piece. Why the congratulations?......
There were many ironies, some rather subtle, in the high-octane events related to the launch of Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s book in Mumbai last week. There was the stoic Sudheendra Kulkarni, his face......
The houbara bustard is a highly regarded bird, but perhaps it too would be surprised to learn that it is a cornerstone of Pakistani foreign policy.That rather astonishing claim has been made as part......
THOUGH sectarian violence has come down relatively in Pakistan, the authorities must remain on their toes to prevent acts of terrorism as the climax of the Muharram mourning period — Ashura —......
FRIDAY’s decision by the high court in India-held Kashmir on the status of the disputed territory constitutes a rebuff to the hard-line BJP government’s attempt to alter the facts.Besides declaring......
PESHAWAR: A clash between the PIA employees union and engineers left three ground staffers of the airlines’ engineering section wounded and caused delay in international and domestic flights at Bacha......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party leaders on Sunday paid rich tributes to those died in the 2007 bombing of a party procession welcoming arrival of late Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan at Karsaz in......
In a strange twist of fate hundreds of thousands of inhabitants of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) were turned into aliens in their own country. Carrying the National Identity Card of......
PESHAWAR: The polio cases marked a drastic reduction in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa owing to focused immunisation campaign, better security to vaccinators and improved social mobilisation to pave the way for......
PESHAWAR: The Markazi Pakhto Adabi Jirga Naukhar (MPAJN), a literary organisation, has demanded that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa directorate of culture publish important research works of noted Pashto......
MINGORA: The participants of a jirga of Swat Kohistan have demanded of the authorities to establish schools and colleges in the neglected areas of the district.They threatened to take to streets if......
MANSEHRA: The local police claimed to have arrested a terrorist group, which had planned to target Ashura processions and attack foreigners associated with China-Pakistan Economic Corridor......
RAWALPINDI: A motorcycle passenger died after an unfinished portion of the metro bus bridge collapsed in the Cantonment area on Sunday. The incident has raised questions regarding the quality of work......
ISLAMABAD: To dispel criticism of public schools by private school owners, the government on Sunday announced that state-run schools would be uplifted.When the prime minister banned schools from......
ISLAMABAD: Sihala police have registered a case against a person who died six years ago.Rashid Razaq, a resident of Sihala police station limits, told Dawn that on October 15 a group of men had tried......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Sunday held a vigil in front of the National Press Club in memory of those who lost their lives in a terror attack on the homecoming rally of former......
ISLAMABAD: There is a general impression that it is not easy to get a First Information Report (FIR) registered with the police. Left with no other option, citizens frequently approach the courts......
ISLAMABAD: Summer may have given way to autumn, but an ice cream craving knows no climatic bounds. Even as chilly winds blow across the Margallas, residents of the capital can be found enjoying icy......
ISLAMABAD: Motorists in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad will have to wait for months to enjoy a hassle-free drive in the capital as currently three mega projects are underway, creating......
PESHAWAR: The decision about merger of Fata into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would be taken by the tribal people themselves, said PML-N senior vice president Eng Amir Muqam.Talking to journalists here on......
MANSEHRA: The local police claimed to have arrested a terrorist group, which had planned to target Ashura processions and attack foreigners associated with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor......
MULTAN: Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association Chairman Shahzad Ali Khan has said that ‘substandard’ and ‘spurious’ cotton seed is the major factor behind the deficit of 2.5 million bales during the......
BAHAWALPUR: The Cantonment police on Sunday arrested a cleric for allegedly raping an 11-year-old seminary student.Police said the suspect from Rahim Yar Khan had brought along with him his relative......
LAHORE: To the utter shock of the postal authorities and citizens, the internal sidewalk of the ‘protected’ GPO (General Post Office) building on The Mall on its Nabha Road side has been quietly......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided to expeditiously complete its investigations into alleged irregularities committed in the voter lists of NA-122 and PP-147 and approach the......
LAHORE: An assistant sub-inspector was found shot dead under mysterious circumstances in Defence-A police station here on Sunday.Police claimed that ASI Azeem Akhter, 50, shot himself in the head......
LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid says Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will take up regional peace and stability issue with US President Barack Obama during his state visit to the US......
LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party could not find candidates of chairman and vice-chairman for the local body polls in over 180 union councils of the provincial metropolis.The PPP has also failed to......
LAHORE: The divisional administration is likely to start implementing a pilot project in the provincial metropolis aimed at replacing the outdated food stuff pushcarts with new ones designed by......
LAHORE: In an effort to recreate and celebrate the golden moments of cinema in Pakistan, the Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP) screened the 1960’s blockbuster ‘Armaan’ starring Waheed Murad and......
LAHORE: World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) board members in a meeting held at Lal Suhanra National Park emphasised the need for initiating mass awareness campaigns on illegal wildlife......
KARACHI: Provincial authorities supervising polio operations in Sindh have claimed that they have covered ‘more than half’ of the refusals during the recently concluded polio drive, and yet the......
KARACHI: Angry at receiving notices to vacate their shops and restaurants at the last minute, a large number of protesters blocked both tracks of the Superhighway near Noor Mohammad Kathore Goth on......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Sikh Council held a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club on Sunday against the alleged desecration of their holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, in India.On Friday,......
KARACHI: Despite an increase of almost 50 per cent in its budgetary deficit, Karachi University (KU) is working with four finance directors, a deputy finance director and an additional registrar and......
GONE are the days when Urdu books, newspapers and magazines had to be written by hand before they were sent to the press. A good kaatib, or calligrapher, who would not make hilarious mistakes, was......
Going through the 1965 India-Pakistan war archives will reveal that the effects and implications of the conflict refused to go away (as they should not, some might argue) from the hearts and minds of......
BADIN: Qaumi Awami Tehreek (QAT) chief Rasool Bux Palijo sees resurrection of the controversial Kalabagh dam project as part of a conspiracy against the federation and the country’s solidarity.The......
SUKKUR: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, has rejected rumours about party co-chairman Asif Ali......
ISTANBUL: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday hailed progress in helping Ankara deal with the refugee crisis and vowed to push forwards its long-stalled EU membership bid, as Slovenia......
BEIRUT: Syrian regime forces edged forward in the northern province of Aleppo on Saturday with air cover from Russian warplanes, but faced fierce resistance from rebel forces in the country’s......
VIENNA: Former Miss Austria Ena Kadic is in a critical condition after she fell down a mountain while jogging in her home state of Tyrol, police said on Sunday.The 26-year-old had been running along......
PARIS: Police have raided Volkswagen’s French headquarters over an investigation into the massive pollution-cheating scandal that has engulfed the German auto giant, a judicial source said on......
OPATOVAC: Tension was building among thousands of migrants as they remained stranded in fog and cold weather in the Balkans on Sunday in their quest to reach a better life in Western Europe, a day......
BERLIN: A candidate who was stabbed as she campaigned by a man who said he acted out of anti-foreigner motives was elected Sunday as the new mayor of Cologne, Germany’s fourth-largest city. Henriette......
While the world still rages on at Russia’s presumption in the Middle East — to intervene in Syria instead of letting the Americans decide which dictators should survive or die — we’ve all been......
NEW YORK: The often outspoken Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has suggested that former president of the United States, George W. Bush is to blame for the 9/11 terrorist attacks,......
KANO: Nigerian soldiers shot dead a suspected suicide bomber outside a military base in the northeast on Sunday, detonating explosives concealed in her handbag, a civilian vigilante and a military......
WASHINGTON: The United States and Europe began preparing to lift the trade sanctions that have hobbled the Iranian economy on Sunday as a historic nuclear deal came into effect.The procedure to lift......
MIAMI: A shooting at a zombie-themed street festival in the US state of Florida has left one person dead and four others wounded, reports said on Sunday. The incident in downtown Fort Myers happened......
MILAN: A judge from Guinness World Records has certified a 120-metre-long baguette baked at the Milan Expo 2015 World’s Fair as the longest in the world.Some 60 French and Italian bakers worked......
REUTERS: Chinese President Xi Jinping heaped praise on Britain for what he called a “visionary and strategic choice” to strengthen commercial ties with China, as he prepared for a state visit to the......
MADRID: Half a century ago, Hollywood came to Spain, turning Madrid into revolutionary Russia and the arid south into the Wild West. Now the government is trying to lure the movie industry back with......
IT’S all about leverage. For years, Turkey has been a supplicant at the European Union’s doors, pleading for admission to the club. Time and again, the Turkish application has been shelved, with......
LONDON: The southern hemisphere’s assault on the World Cup delivered the first two semi-finalists on Saturday when South Africa edged Wales 23-19 and New Zealand crushed France 62-13 to set up a......
KARACHI: Lady Luck smiled on prominent golfer Zohaib Asif when he edged overnight co-leader and defending champion Waseem Rana by one shot in an exciting finish to grab amateurs crown in the sixth......
ISLAMABAD: Top seed Aqeel Khan on Sunday annexed men’s singles title at the Samsung Federal Cup Ranking Tennis Championship, producing better-than-expected performance to vanquish Heera Ashiq in the......
DUBAI: Head coach Waqar Younis vowed that Pakistan will bounce back from almost losing the first Test, saying on Sunday it was unacceptable to allow underdogs England to threaten a win.Pakistan were......
ABU DHABI: A relieved Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq cited Mohammad Hafeez’s foolish run out on 34 and his own dismissal — bowled by Moeen Ali as he skipped forward for a slog — as crucial errors......
RAJKOT: Opening batsman Quinton de Kock provided the early flourish with the bat with his seventh ODI century while fast bowler Morne Morkel applied the finishing touch with four wickets as South......
SHANGHAI: It proved all too easy once again for Novak Djokovic as the world number one continued his frightening dominance of men’s tennis by blitzing past Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to claim his......
PHILLIP ISLAND: Outgoing world champion Marc Marquez produced a sizzling final lap, snatching the lead from Jorge Lorenzo three corners from home, to win a classic Australian MotoGP as the race for......
MADRID: Real Madrid and Barcelona pulled two points clear in La Liga when Cristiano Ronaldo set a club scoring record in Real’s 3-0 stroll against Levante and Neymar hit four and set up another as......
BERLIN: Thomas Mueller’s first-half strike was enough for Bayern Munich to win 1-0 at Werder Bremen on Saturday and set a Bundesliga record for the best start to a season with their ninth consecutive......
NYON: Hungary will have to overcome Norway if they are to qualify for their first major tournament in 30 years following Sunday’s draw for the Euro 2016 playoff round while Sweden and Denmark will......
MILAN: Gonzalo Higuain struck two minutes after Nikola Kalinic had equalised to give resurgent Napoli a 2-1 win over Serie A leaders Fiorentina in a passionate match on Sunday.Surprise package......
LONDON: Dutchman Georginio Wijnaldum scored four goals as Newcastle United recorded their first win of the Premier League season in style on Sunday, crushing Norwich City 6-2 to climb off the bottom......
KARACHI: The PPP observed on Sunday the eighth anniversary of Karsaz tragedy with due reverence and solemnity across Sindh.The main ceremony was organised at the memorial for martyrs of the tragedy......
ISLAMABAD: The government has given a commitment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to increase gas tariff in January 2016 to recover the losses of gas utilities and to charge the cost of......
WASHINGTON: “Pakistan has a professional and dedicated security force that understands the importance of nuclear security,” says the US State Department.“We have confidence that the government of......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has clarified that it had already provided to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) voter lists used in the general elections 2013 and also those......
ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister Rehman Malik has urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to apprise President Barack Obama about the “nexus” between Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies against......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has ordered the director general of immigration and passports to simplify the procedure for renewal of passports.A spokesperson for the interior......
QUETTA: Balochistan Governor Mohammad Khan Achakzai has said that Pakistan and other countries in the region had no option but to cooperate with each other for peace and development in their......
WASHINGTON: A resolution moved in the US Congress urges American lawmakers to reaffirm their support for strengthening the democratic process in Pakistan.The resolution, moved by Representative......
QUETTA: Hundreds of people held a demonstration in the industrial town of Hub on Sunday against a coal-based power plant being built in the area by Hubco power company.The protesters, including......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reported on Sunday to be angry with party men for publicly endorsing the lynching of a Muslim man by Hindutva cow worshippers, but the Rashtriya......
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that a stable and peaceful Afghanistan is a guarantee to peace and stability in Pakistan and the region and has praised China for its efforts to find......
MANILA: Slow-moving Typhoon Koppu weakened after blowing ashore with fierce winds in the north-eastern Philippines on Sunday, leaving at least two people dead, displacing thousands of villagers and......
LAHORE: The chief ministers of Punjab and Balochistan met here on Sunday and discussed matters relating to inter-provincial harmony and political situation in the country.A press release issued after......
ISLAMABAD: Calling the trespassing of certain institutions and individuals into the domain of other constitutional institutions a “threat to democracy”, PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has asked the......
BEIRUT: Air strikes on a convoy of the Islamic State group killed at least 40 IS militants in central Syria at the weekend, a monitoring group said on Sunday.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for......
