BERLIN: Online retailer Amazon has pledged to donate its share of revenues from the sale of a song by the anti-Islam group PEGIDA to refugees, undermining the cause of the far-right movement.PEGIDA'S......
QUETTA: An anti-corruption court on Thursday sentenced three government officers to seven years in jail over recruitment of fake teachers in Balochistan education department.Judge Munir Marri......
LONDON: Hackers brought down the BBC’s websites for several hours on Thursday in a large-scale hacking attack, the British public broadcaster reported.“Sources within the BBC said the sites were......
KARACHI: Pakistan's head coach Waqar Younis expressed excitement Thursday over the imminent return of Mohammad Amir following a five-year ban for spot-fixing.Amir, 23, is favourite to get the......
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court sentenced two students to death on Thursday for the 2013 murder of a secular blogger, delivering the first convictions over a series of brutal killings that have rocked the......
JERUSALEM: Israel has refused to include a novel about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man in the country's high school curriculum, reportedly over concerns that it could......
2015 was an eventful year to say the least for the political parties of Pakistan. Fortunately for us common folk, Pakistani politics are full of drama, ensuring that the entertainment-starved......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will raise all issues of concern in the upcoming foreign secretary level talks between Pakistan and India, said the Foreign Office on Thursday.“We are finalising dates through......
Motivated by higher ratings, there were occasions in 2015 when Pakistani media went overboard with its reporting and turned news events into blockbusters. Here's a look at four of the biggest stories......
LAHORE: A district and sessions court has ordered the arrest of Mustafa Kanju, son of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Siddique Kanju, in a case relating to possession of illegal arms, DawnNews......
Pakistan chief selector Haroon Rasheed on Thursday backed the embattled Mohammad Amir, saying “there is always a difference between normal and extraordinary players”.Rasheed's endorsement of Amir is......
It was constructed in 1886 at the intersection of M.A. Jinnah Road and I.I. Chundrigar Road. It was designed by James Strachan, and built in memory of Sir William Lockyer Merewether, the Commissioner......
BEIJING: China is building its second aircraft carrier, this time entirely with domestic technology, its Defence Ministry said on Thursday.Ministry spokesman Col Yang Yujun told reporters at a news......
“A person either lives for money or respect, but an umpire in Pakistan gets neither,” Saleem Badar says.Badar, who made his international umpiring debut in the third Pakistan-Australia Test in Lahore......
Pakistani singer Adnan Sami, who has spent more than a decade living in Mumbai, will be granted Indian citizenship from January 1, 2016, reported Indian news agency ANI.A senior official had earlier......
KARACHI: Sindh Rangers have launched a fresh campaign against extortionists in the city, stated a spokesman of the Rangers on Thursday, reported Radio Pakistan.In the statement issued by the Rangers,......
LAS VEGAS: Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring April 9 for the first time since losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr., and it will be against a familiar foe.Promoter Bob Arum said Wednesday that Pacquiao......
MUMBAI: India has become a battleground over the right to unrestricted Internet access, with local tech start-ups joining the front line against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his plan to roll......
BARCELONA: Four-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi has warned Barcelona's rivals that the European champions are determined to match their five-trophy haul from 2015 in the coming year.Messi......
QAMISHLI: At least 16 people were killed and 30 wounded by explosions in three restaurants in the northeast of Syria on Wednesday, a monitoring group said, in attacks claimed by the militant Islamic......
WASHINGTON: The United States (US) is preparing sanctions against firms and individuals in Iran, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over alleged links to Iran's ballistic missile program,......
SUNDERLAND: Liverpool obeyed the pragmatic instructions of manager Jurgen Klopp in a 1-0 win at Sunderland where quality football was at a premium and there was an element of good fortune in a......
MONTREAL: Temperatures at the North Pole rose above freezing point Wednesday, 20 degrees Celsius above the mid-winter norm and the latest abnormality in a season of extreme weather events.Canadian......
In the 1950s and 1960s, Pakistanis who had lived in a western country and then returned home were usually perceived to have become more informed and ‘modern’.One way of observing this is to study the......
NELSON: A cracking 91 by Tillakaratne Dilshan set Sri Lanka up for an eight-wicket victory over New Zealand in Nelson on Thursday to keep their one-day series alive.Sri Lanka knocked off their......
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Health Saira Afzal Tarar at the launch of the National Health Programme here on Thursday announced the issuance of health cards which will enable the underprivileged to......
NEW DELHI: Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is adding a surprise leg-break to his already formidable bag of tricks but is convinced that the controversial 'doosra' cannot be bowled with a......
Sarkar-i-aala, tomorrow a new year begins. I do not think you believe in New Year night revelry, so you should be up early to begin the second half of your tenure, full of hope that in this third......
Pink is the colour of the cheeks of the young blushing Pakistani bride whose wedding in Raiwind an Indian prime minister stopped-over to attend.Pink is the colour of the turban her grandfather Nawaz......
ON Feb 26, 2011, the Sindh High Court held five amendments to the labour laws brought about by the then government through the Finance Act, 2007 to be ultra vires. This judgement was in connection......
CHAKWAL: According to dietary regulations, the average person needs to consume 30 grams of protein every day. However, in Pakistan, the average person takes in 17 grams of protein per day.Experts......
PESHAWAR: A fire gutted on Wednesday an appliances market in Ghanta Ghar area of the city here.Rescue and district government officials told Dawn that the fire started at around 5.30pm which was......
BANNU: A huge quantity of weapons and explosives was recovered during a search operation in Ghulam Khan area of North Waziristan Agency on Wednesday.According to NWA Political Agent Kamran Afridi,......
PESHAWAR: President Mamnoon Hussain has said the entire nation is united in the fight against terrorism and the action will continue till elimination of the last terrorist.He asked the people,......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate committee of the whole, an arrangement through which the entire upper house is turned into a panel, has recommended the abolition of the intra-court appeal remedy at the high......
ISLAMABAD: An army officer shot dead a lineman when he tried to disconnect his power supply due to non-payment of dues on Wednesday, police said.Later, the army officer surrendered to Sihala police,......
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Police in the twin cities have devised security plans for New Year’s Eve and extra police contingents will be deployed in both Islamabad and Rawalpindi to maintain law and......
ISLAMABAD: The funeral of Aslam Azhar, a broadcaster and media personality, was held in H-11 graveyard on Wednesday.Aslam Azhar was one of the founding fathers of PTV. When the medium came to......
Anyone who grew up watching Pakistan Television (PTV) programme Kaliyan knows Uncle Sargam, the puppet character that was produced by puppeteer, director, screenwriter, cartoonist and artist Farooq......
LAHORE: Trade relations with India will not harm Pakistan’s economy, says former Pakistani High Commissioner to India Aziz Ahmed Khan.To emphasise his argument, Khan said trade with another......
SIALKOT: The family of a boy who has been arrested by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) for having alleged links with the militant Islamic State group has moved the Lahore High Court against his......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has demanded an operation against “terrorists and their facilitators in Punjab”.Commenting upon the presence of the militant Islamic State group in the province,......
FAISALABAD: The District Headquarters Hospital administration had allegedly been concealing facts regarding suspected diphtheria patients reporting with the facility, while at least five children......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Saddar police on Wednesday recovered three rocket launchers and their gun from the outhouse of a farmer, and arrested him and his son belonging to Chak 376-JB, Bassi.The outhouse of......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court sentenced on Wednesday a man to 14 years in prison in a case pertaining to a grenade attack on the consulate of Saudi Arabia.Zaki Kazmi was found guilty of carrying......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) swept most of the 345 seats of the 43 union councils, one union committee, five municipal committees and six town committees falling in 14 districts of Sindh......
KARACHI: A Sindh police spokesperson said on Wednesday that the provincial government had imposed a ban on aerial firing, display of fireworks, riding motorbikes without silencers and ‘one-wheeling’......
KARACHI: A number of animals protected under the provincial wildlife law have been on display for ‘public entertainment’ at a family festival in Gulistan-i-Jauhar for the past two weeks, it emerged......
KARACHI: In order to come out of the state of flux with regard to cyber security initiatives in Pakistan, the state needs to look for an ‘imperative policy’ and try not to shoot the messenger by......
NAWABSHAH: Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari cast her first vote in Nawabshah on Wednesday amid tight security.Accompanied by her younger sister Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari and aunts Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho and......
HYDERABAD: Polling for the seats of local government bodies which had been postponed over objections to new delimitations in several towns of Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah and Mithi districts was......
SEOUL: Hundreds of South Korean protesters joined two surviving former “comfort women” on Wednesday to denounce an agreement with Japan to resolve an issue stemming from Japan’s wartime past that has......
JOHANNESBURG: A tribal king in South Africa faces lengthy jail time after being convicted of arson, kidnapping and other crimes in a case that highlighted tension between sovereignty of the state and......
BAGHDAD: Months of fighting in Ramadi have caused extensive destruction, officials said on Wednesday, warning that it was too soon for civilians to return to the Iraqi city after its recapture from......
LONDON: Torrential rain and gale force winds battered northern Britain on Wednesday, cutting power to thousands of homes and forcing some to evacuate flooded streets in the third major storm in a......
TEHRAN: More than two weeks of heavy pollution led Iranian officials to ban all outdoor sport and impose new traffic restrictions on Wednesday as persistent cold weather exacerbated Tehran’s air......
JAKARTA: Female motorbike taxi drivers in headscarves zig-zag through heavy traffic in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, the latest two-wheeled transport service for women making a dent in the......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama ordered his agencies to spy on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while he was negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported on......
SAN FRANCISCO: Rescue crews in Northern California tranquilised a wayward seal that had snarled traffic for two days by trying to cross a highway several times.A veterinarian using a pole-mounted......
LONDON: Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company embarks on its first major tour of China in 2016, presenting the Bard’s history plays about bloodshed, honour and kingship in mediaeval England to a new......
NEW DELHI: After a drubbing in a state poll in November, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to overhaul his cabinet to weed out underperformers and improve his government’s image. Problem is,......
MELBOURNE: A painful ankle injury to paceman Peter Siddle and the impressive pace of all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has boosted Australia’s chances of playing two specialist spinners on home soil for the......
LEICESTER: Leicester City again showed they could mix it with the big guns, going level on points with Premier League leaders Arsenal after drawing 0-0 with title rivals Manchester City on......
LONDON: Sports organisations must work harder than ever in 2016 to clean up their act after a year of corruption and doping scandals that tarnished the Olympic movement, IOC president Thomas Bach......
KARACHI: Never-say-die Pakistan Television (PTV) slammed a last-minute equaliser to hold formidable Customs to a 1-1 draw in their pool ‘B’ match of the 62nd National Hockey Championship at the......
DURBAN: England moved swiftly to a big win over the top-ranked team in Test cricket on Wednesday, sweeping aside South Africa’s last six batsmen in a 241-run victory in the first Test.Spinner Moeen......
KARACHI: Foreign investors sold net $322 million worth stocks during the year 2015.Most investors curse overseas investors for having pulled down the market, which a day to the dawn of the New Year,......
KARACHI: The hundi and hawala business in Pakistan has crossed $15 billion a year mark, currency traders said citing conservative estimates.In a recent meeting held at the State Bank with the......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister stated that the government was committed to transparency and claimed that it will not try to influence the outcome of the ongoing audit inquiry of Rs480 billion circular......
ISLAMABAD : With the introduction of Futures Market Act 2015 in the Senate on Wednesday, a major step has been achieved towards modernising the commodity and stock exchanges in Pakistan.The draft was......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Water and Power and the government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday decided to take the determination of tariff and increase of net hydel profit to the Council of Common......
KARACHI: Lack of trading interest was evident on the stock market on Wednesday where the KSE-100 index ended flat with minor increase of 13.14 points to close at 32,825.03.Trading started on a firm......
KARACHI: Amid moderate activity, the cotton market on Wednesday remained steady as buyers generally preferred covering up their near future position ahead of the year-end bank closing.Floor brokers......
MUMBAI: Indian IPOs are set to raise more than $5 billion in 2016, a six-year high, as corporate profit growth and a pickup in the economy drive investor demand for equities and lure firms such as......
MARDAN: The Chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority, Usman Yousaf Mubeen, handed over a cheque of Rs3 million as compensation to the family of security guard Pervez Khan, who......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the World Food Programme (WFP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday for a grant of $422.78 million to the country for meeting emergency food needs arising......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Wednesday that terrorism and corruption were main hurdles in the way of development and prosperity of the country.He, however, said that elimination of......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested on Wednesday the principal accused in the over Rs3 billion Modarba scam committed in the name of a countrywide chain of Mezban......
ISLAMABAD: Despite a decline in prices in the international market, the price of petrol will be increased in the country by Rs2.17 per litre in January if the government approves a summary prepared......
GWADAR: The house of Mohammed Ali Rind, who is contesting the by-election for PB-50 Turbat-3 as a candidate of the Balochistan National Party-Awami, was torched on Wednesday.The incident took place......
KARACHI: A man was killed and his two brothers were injured when sugar sacks from a moving truck fell on their car on the National Highway near Steel Town on Wednesday, police said.Mohammed Afzal......
ISLAMABAD: The government will involve the private sector in two production units of Pakistan Railways with a view to enhancing the production of locomotives and passenger coaches, Minister for......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has said that the controversy over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor should be stopped after the start of work on its western......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told the Senate on Wednesday that in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone the gas theft had caused losses to the tune of Rs6-8......
WASHINGTON: The commander of US forces in Afghanistan has said he may ask President Barack Obama to send more American troops to help the beleaguered Afghan forces.In a separate statement, a US State......
ISLAMABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah came to the federal capital on Wednesday with the hope of receiving the centre’s support for his efforts to curtail the Rangers’ powers in the province,......
ISLAMABAD: Senior officials from Pakistan, Afghanistan, the United States and China will meet here in the first half of next month for reviving the reconciliation dialogue between the Afghan......
ZHOB: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited India to hold dialogue with Pakistan on all issues, saying the two countries cannot live as enemies.“Pakistan and India will have to resolve all issues......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the Senate on Wednesday the government had no option but to extend the period of stay of Afghan refugees in the country despite having......
LONDON: Preventing violence from depriving millions of children in Iraq of education and decent healthcare is a key humanitarian priority for the country in 2016, a senior UN official said on......
