TEHRAN: Iran has appointed its first woman ambassador since the 1979 Islamic revolution, naming foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham to head its embassy in Malaysia, the foreign minister......
KANDAHAR: Fierce clashes have erupted between two rival Taliban groups in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, reportedly leaving dozens dead in the first internecine fighting since a......
RAWALPINDI: Former Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) organiser for Rawalpindi's NA-56 constituency Fiazul Hassan Chohan who was on Saturday dismissed by the party, released a video Sunday addressing......
NEW DELHI: A resounding verdict in Bihar against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cow politics at the expense of India’s traditional tolerance of food habits, put his Bharatiya Janata Party......
MUZAFFARGARH: A bomb weighing about 10 kilograms was found outside an imambargah on Sunday morning and defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad in Alipur Tehsil of Punjab's Muzaffargarh district.A majlis......
ISLAMABAD: A meat shop and two cafes were sealed whereas another cafe and a restaurant were fined during raids conducted by Additional Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Abdul Sattar Isani in Kohsar......
NEW YORK: Amid a sea of Indian shirts, fluttering Pakistan flags and deafening roars, New York cricket fans turned out in their thousands to watch greats of the game face off against each other on......
The word China conjures a wide variety of different images. A typical Chinese house with curved and sloping roofs, people with their pants up to their ankles and hats in paddy fields or people with......
ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader and aspirant for National Assembly Speaker slot Sardar Ayaz Sadiq submitted his nomination papers for the coveted post Sunday morning.Speaking to the press outside the NA,......
On October 31, during the first phase of the local bodies’ elections in Sindh and Punjab, I was going through the many images (of the event) that were being uploaded on my Facebook timeline.Since the......
There once lived a prince charming with his beautiful wife and three sons. Life in the prime minister’s residence was a fairytale for the dashing Pierre and his flamboyant wife Margaret. The couple......
There was a time when poets, historians, artists, musicians and architects sought royal and aristocratic patronage for their survival. Rulers wanted the best minds of their realm to be a part of......
Taking versatility to the next level, Ayaz Samoo switches voices, accents, looks and expressions as he glides through the various genres of the performing arts.As the feisty VJ Ayaz or the wacky......
Spiraling through history, we’ve always boasted trendy, dedicated female figureheads; a Fatima Jinnah wielding political strategy in a crisp shalwar kameez or a Begum Liaquat Ali Khan resplendent in......
There isn’t a spell in the world powerful enough to charm me into recommending director Breck Eisner’s The Last Witch Hunter; a fantasy action film so mundane, it may cast a numbing hex on the......
Despite the fact that we live in an age of technological advancement where social media has overtaken all other media in terms of viewership, it is strange that not much is written about those who......
It was disturbing to see the length to which our TV channels went to report the Imran Khan-Reham Khan divorce. The fact that most of them opted to do it with a tinge of humour spoke volumes for how......
She comes across as a pretty bold and beautiful kind of a girl. Of late, though, the tough exterior of the rosy-cheeked Katrina Kaif has received a few cracks.The promos of the soon-to-be-released......
Yes, it sounds interesting. The Mars Society has consented to extend support to the first Pakistani sci-fi comedy film Laal Peela, written and directed by Khalid Hasan Khan.According to the director,......
Skardu: Back in businessby Obaid ur Rehman AbbasiTour operator Hamid from Skardu was living a nightmare last year. He had decided to shut shop in his native town and move to Islamabad in search of......
Karachi and its localities — especially the island of Manora, with its own rich history of habitation and exclusion — continues to be the force that drives Naiza Khan’s work in her new exhibition......
Pakistan’s best export to the United States is none other than the celebrated artist Shahzia Sikander. More than two decades of her multitudinous art practice has culminated in a series of recent......
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) started the ‘L’homme invisible’ (The Invisible Man) in 1929 and completed in 1932. The painting, oil on canvas, measuring 140 cm x 81 cm, was the first artwork in which Dali......
If it’s true, it has got to be one of the spiciest news items in recent times. Actor Hrithik Roshan and the queen of Bollywood Kangana Ranaut apparently have a thing for each other.Ever since Hrithik......
Remember the famous 1990s PTV serial Dhuaan, which trailed a bit of a blaze in terms of executing a dram on television? Well, its writer and actor Ashir Azeem is back, and this time round he is......
On a misty, chilly day in India-held Kashmir in the 1990s, left homebound due to the snow, a young girl stitched several layers of socks into a ball, which she used for playing cricket in a 10 by 10......
PESHAWAR: PTI chairman Imran Khan on Saturday launched an appeal for Rs800 million donation for purchasing equipment for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH)......
TIMERGARA: The opposition parties demanded on Saturday that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government take all Lower Dir district and tehsil councillors into confidence about distribution of relief......
MINGORA: Young students of Swat exhibited their talent through creative models in a science and arts exhibition here on Saturday.The three-day exhibition that started on Friday in Swat Public School......
MINGORA: Tourists and nature lovers from across the country have thronged the scenic Malam Jabba after the first snowfall of winter this year.After a heavy snowfall in the mountainous region of Swat,......
ISLAMABAD: The complainant in the murder case of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi on Saturday demanded verification of the medical certificate filed by former president Pervez Musharraf seeking......
RAWALPINDI: Taking notice of the fuss in the distribution of party tickets for local government elections, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Saturday removed three leaders from......
ISLAMABAD: PTI workers on Saturday held a protest against the recent increase in prices of petroleum products.Workers led by PTI leader MNA Asad Umar gathered in front of the National Press Club and......
ISLAMABAD: Faten Suleman’s exposure to the environment is the inspiration for most of her works.Her perception of events, together with her own memories and fascination with the feminine form make up......
ISLAMABAD: The Member Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) exams, one of the most prestigious exams in the world, will begin in Islamabad – benefitting doctors in Pakistan, Afghanistan and other......
RAWALPINDI: The education department has begun renovation work on the Government Girls’ Elementary School Shaukat building, Saddar Bazaar after shifting 350 students to the nearby Government Denny’s......
ISLAMABAD: Burka Avenger is known for its many firsts – Pakistan’s first female superhero, its first animated superhero series and its first multi-award winning 3D animated TV series. Now, it is the......
CHAKWAL: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has found itself in a tough battle with the Sardar Ghulam Abbas group over the office of Chakwal district council chairman.The Sardar Ghulam Abbas......
Sitting under the shade of a makeshift roof, 35-year-old Khanabadosh, Azhra, is wondering where her family will be headed next. Her landlord has ordered them to evacuate the place. It was the same......
Over five years after former president Asif Ali Zardari performed the groundbreaking of Ghabir Dam, farmers in the villages located along the border of Chakwal and Mianwali districts still consider......
LAHORE: Punjab hopes to harvest 3.46 million ton rice this season against its target of 3.45 million ton, with basmati constituting 67pc of the total produce.According to the Punjab Agriculture......
LAHORE: Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) on Saturday claimed to have arrested four smugglers and recovered 54 bottles of Indian liquor from them.According to a news release, Rangers (Punjab) officials after......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The Prototype Sports Gymnasium is facing an inordinate delay due to multiple reasons.The project, approved in 2007 during Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s government, was to complete within......
LAHORE: An enforcement team of the Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) sealed on Saturday renowned fashion designer Hassan Sheheryar Yasin’s (HSY) outlet on Ali Zeb Road in Gulberg-III after an FBR......
LAHORE: The Punjab government signed 158 memoranda of understanding and investment agreements with foreign companies at the concluding day of the two-day ‘International Seminar on Business......
LAHORE: Various civil society organisations will hold a protest in front of the Shalamar Gardens on Sunday (today) at 3pm in an ongoing bid to press the government to change route of the Lahore......
GUJRAT: An Indian girl and a Swat youth working in Gujrat have contracted a court marriage here in the city.Amirul Nisa, 22, belonging to Narsa village of district Dhan Baad in the Indian state of......
LAHORE: All hopes to rescue 20 or so people believed to be alive under the debris of the collapsed Sundar factory are dwindling with every passing day.Although seven more bodies were recovered on......
‘Eyes that pierce and then withdraw,Like a blood-stained sword, eyes with dagger lashes!Zealots, you are mistaken – this is heaven.Never mind those making promises of the afterlife.’These lines say......
LAHORE: Indian author and scholar Pran Nevile says women of the subcontinent, particularly from Punjab, have always been considered among the most beautiful in the world and their charms have been......
LAHORE: The district and sessions court on Saturday indicted two men and a woman in fashion model Areeba’s murder case.Police produced the suspects, Hakeem Zeeshan, Farooq Rehman and Tooba, before......
LAHORE: Railways police have taken over commercial management and passenger facilitation of Samjhota Express that runs between Lahore-Wagah and Attari twice a week.A visit to Lahore station revealed......
KARACHI: The changing colour of leaves, a slight chill in the air, especially in the evenings and the heat from the sun being not as bothersome any more are all reminiscent of the arrival of......
THIS refers to the brilliant photo report by Dawn (Nov 6) showing Sarfaraz and Misbah hugging each other and celebrating Pakistan’s victory over England.I see a delighted wicket-keeper who is......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations refugee agency has said despite a four-day shipping strike that affected refugees, migrants and host communities, it continued its work in the Greek Islands, where......
JERUSALEM: Yitzhak Navon, who served as Israel’s fifth president, has died. He was 94.His family said he died on Saturday. Navon was a top aide to Israel’s founding father David Ben-Gurion. Later he......
LONDON: A British tourist plane heading in to land at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh came within 300 metres of a missile in August, newspapers reported on Saturday.The near-miss involved a......
STOCKHOLM: A planned refugee shelter was burned down in Sweden on Saturday with police saying the fire may have been started deliberately, the latest in a string of suspected arson cases targeting a......
MOSCOW: Russia will send 44 planes to repatriate its nationals from two Egyptian Red Sea resorts, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency said on Saturday as suspicions grow that a bomb caused last......
SINGAPORE: The presidents of China and Taiwan reached across decades of Cold War-era estrangement and rivalry to exchange a historic handshake and warm words in the first summit since the two sides’......
MOGADISHU: Over 90,000 people in war-torn southern Somalia have been hit by weeks of severe flooding, almost half of them forced from their homes, the United Nations has warned.“More than 90,000......
TEHRAN: Relations between Iran and the European Union are at a “determining stage” after Tehran’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers in July, European Parliament chief Martin Schulz said on......
WASHINGTON: Controversial Russian media mogul Mikhail Lesin, who helped found the RT English-language television network, has been found dead at a Washington hotel. He was 57.RT, formerly known as......
FREETOWN: The World Health Organisation said on Saturday that Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone had beaten an 18-month outbreak that killed almost 4,000 citizens and plunged the economy into severe......
EL-ARISH: Giant posters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in military uniform hang at security checkpoints leading to the Sinai, but the crash of a Russian airliner in the peninsula has......
OTTAWA: Sporting a turban and a thick beard, decorated soldier Harjit Singh Sajjan stood out in the Canadian military, but as defence minister he is among several Sikhs appointed to key positions in......
BERLIN: German airline Lufthansa said it cancelled 520 flights on Saturday, leaving 58,000 passengers grounded as cabin staff kept up a strike in a long-running battle over cost cuts.While all......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police have arrested seven suspected militants including four Pakistani nationals, they said on Saturday, accusing them of planning to commit acts of violence in the country.The......
BEIRUT: At least 23 Syrian civilians were killed on Saturday in suspected Russian air strikes on a rebel-held town outside Damascus, a monitor said.Elsewhere, the self-styled Islamic State freed 37......
BRISBANE: It took one Test for David Warner and Joe Burns to be confirmed as Australia’s opening combination, as the pair set a record with two century partnerships in the first Test against New......
MOHALI: India’s spinners, led by Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, tied South Africa’s batsmen in knots to give the hosts a 108-run victory in the bowler-dominated first Test in Mohali on......
ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting will be convened next week to pinpoint areas for new taxation measures to generate Rs40 billion.Finance Minister Ishaq Dar assured the IMF team in Dubai last week that......
ASHGABAT: Energy-rich Turkmenistan’s leader has ordered the start of construction on a pipeline carrying gas from the former Soviet state to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, the government said on......
WASHINGTON: In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the International Monetary Fund has included Pakistan in emerging market economies.An emerging market economy is the one that is progressing......
KARACHI: The stock market remained range-bound during the outgoing week with the KSE-100 index barely managing to add 164 points (0.5 per cent) and settle at 34,426.Average volumes for the week......
BEIJING: China’s savers now effectively pay to keep money in the bank, a hit that undermines the Communist leadership’s campaign to strengthen the role of consumer spending.Households, whose saving......
KARACHI: Prices fell further on the cotton market on Saturday as underlying sentiments remained easy amid uncertain outlook.Floor brokers said reports that India last week devalued its currency by up......
KARACHI: Motorcycle assemblers have a total installed capacity of producing 3.9 million bikes per annum, but they produce 1.7 million units annually.With a population of 200 million, the country has......
KARACHI: Amid pressures for further devaluation by the exporters, Pakistani rupee is the weakest in region, 58pc cheaper than Indian currency and 24pc than Bangladeshi taka.Devaluation of Chinese......
KARACHI: The country is expected to foot a bill of $1.2 billion for cotton imports to meet the shortfall as current season’s (2015-16) crop was damaged by monsoon rains and floods.On an average,......
KARACHI: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Zakaullah has expressed resolve to ensure protection of Gwadar Port “against all asymmetric threats under the prevalent precarious internal and......
ISLAMABAD: In sharp contrast to the government’s claim of keeping economy as its top priority, a key parliamentary committee that deals with matters related to finance has been non-functional for the......
ISLAMABAD: A three-judge Supreme Court bench will commence suo motu hearing on Tuesday about the acquittal of the accused in Lahore’s Zain murder case.The bench comprising Justice Amir Hani Muslim,......
PESHAWAR: Afghan Deputy Chief Executive Muhammad Khan has said that a statement of the US government terming the Taliban ‘important partners’ did not carry significance.“We should not believe in such......
WHILE Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is touring Punjab, doling out cheques and promises of more highways and flyovers, perhaps he should spare a few moments to consider the kind of problems farmers are......
LONDON: Reham Khan formally announced on Saturday that divorce papers had been signed by her and Imran Khan.In a statement, she said that the reason for a relationship breakdown was exactly that — “a......
ISLAMABAD: Nearly two years after removing the elected president of its Balochistan chapter, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has now dissolved the party’s organising committee in the province and......
THE young Shakeel Qureshi, owner of a small shoe store, has been an active part of politics in Lalamusa, the second major town of Gujrat district, for quite a few years. Until a few days ago, some of......
SRINAGAR: A protester was killed during clashes with security forces on Saturday in India-held Kashmir hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the disputed region, police said.“The boy was......
ISLAMABAD: Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif is expected to mainly focus on Afghanistan during his coming visit to the United States.During his stay in the US, from Nov 15 to 20, the COAS will meet senior......
KARACHI: The authorities in Sindh have decided to send to military courts eight cases against nine suspected militants who are awaiting trial in various courts. Among the cases is one pertaining to a......
ISLAMABAD: Even as confusion reigns among news channels regarding the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (Pemra) latest directives, the regulator has begun the strict implementation of......
DEALING with militancy might be easy, but dealing with militant groups is not. At least this seems true in Pakistan. The country has achieved significant successes in its war against terrorism, but......
WHAT a difference a few days can make. Or weeks, anyway. Nawaz is back.The PTI is falling away. Parliament is complete once more, and completely under control. Civ-mil may be more skewed than ever,......
RECENTLY, the Punjab government held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new initiative in supporting women who are victims of violence. The pilot Violence Against Women Centre in Multan aims to bring......
THE new Liberal government of Canada officially went to work last Wednesday after a traditional swearing-in at Rideau Hall, Ottawa. Justin Trudeau’s new cabinet is a mix of seasoned legislators,......
