BERLIN: Cologne's police chief was dismissed on Friday amid mounting criticism of his force's handling of a string of New Year's Eve sexual assaults and robberies.Wolfgang Abers had faced mounting......
COLOMBO: On the first anniversary of his election, Sri Lanka's president on Friday pardoned a former Tamil Tiger insurgent accused of conspiring to kill him 10 years ago.Since taking office,......
ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting on Friday, presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and attended by General Raheel Sharif, reviewed the regional situation and reiterated Pakistan's commitment to......
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of people joined a Shia-led protest in Islamabad on Friday against the government's decision to join Saudi Arabia's 34-country coalition against extremism, as Riyadh's foreign......
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has invited 5,000 migrants to pray with him and attend a special mass at St Peter’s to mark the world day of migrants and refugees, the Migrantes Foundation announced on......
MITHI: In a far flung village in Thar, residents are demanding better options for clean drinking water.Their demand is simple, they are asking the Sindh government to install more Reverse Osmosis......
PESHAWAR: More than 30 suspected militants were killed in military air strikes in the North Waziristan tribal area on Friday, security sources said.The strikes were carried out in the Datta Khel......
A court in India has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for appearing in an 2013 advertisement which depicted the 34-year-old as a Hindu deity , Indian......
MADRID: French legend Zinedine Zidane takes charge of Real Madrid for the first time when Deportivo la Coruna visit what is expected to be a sold out Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday.The Madrid fans......
KOLKATA: As Pakistan prepare to take on New Zealand, one of the more agile sides in world cricket today, all-rounder Wahab Riaz says recent defeats to England had exposed his team’s lack of......
ABUJA: Gabon and Borussia Dortmund star striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on Thursday upstaged favourite Yaya Toure to win a first African Player of the Year Award.In a vote of coaches and technical......
WASHINGTON: A US State Department spokesman on Thursday said it was up to the Pakistan government to determine how long it would take to investigate the attack on the Pathankot air base following......
QUETTA: Armed militants killed two policemen in Quetta's Multani Mohalla area on Friday.The policemen were killed after armed assailants opened fire at them, police sources said, adding that the......
Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder Oscar has taken to Twitter to deny reports of a training ground row with team mate and Spain international Diego Costa.British media reported on Thursday that the pair......
Just because we haven't fully learned to command freedom of speech offline does not mean we should not protest the erosion of freedom of speech in the digital age. More so for our students.In......
PARIS: Suspended UEFA chief Michel Platini vowed to clear his name of sleaze allegations and slammed outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter as he pulled out of the race to lead football's world......
PESHAWAR: Strong earthquake jolts were felt in parts of Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Friday.The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said the earthquake magnitude was 5.9, with its......
PERTH: Australia's upcoming one-day campaign against India should be as feisty as ever, coach Darren Lehmann said Friday, adding the dynamic would be a good challenge for his young squad.Asked about......
NEW YORK: New York will appoint an independent monitor to review counter-terror police investigations as part of reforms designed to protect Muslims from discriminatory and blanket surveillance,......
ANKARA: Turkey said on Thursday it had summoned Iran's ambassador to protest attacks on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Iranian press in the wake of a diplomatic crisis between Tehran......
WASHINGTON: United States (US) Secretary of State John Kerry urged China to end "business as usual" with North Korea after the isolated nation conducted its fourth nuclear test.Kerry told reporters......
DUBAI: The Saudi-led coalition and Yemen's foreign ministry denied Iran's accusation that Saudi warplanes had hit its embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa.Iran on Thursday said the warplanes had......
MINGORA: Tabassum Adnan was elected the first speaker and Ms Sajida deputy speaker of the first women assembly of Swat here on Thursday.The election for speaker and deputy speaker of the assembly was......
PESHAWAR: For 15 years or so, the residents of Peshawar have been using some bumpy dirt tracks and thus, facing traffic jams almost on a daily basis due to the construction of a flyover or underpass......
SEOUL: North Korea's latest nuclear test poses a stark challenge to the international community which, analysts say, will struggle to come up with a concerted, effective response, despite the chorus......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has welcomed establishment of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) and urged the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to set up......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government was determined to enhance the current revenue of Rs3 billion from the mining sector to Rs5 billion, said Provincial Minister for Mines and Mineral......
Imran Khan has appeared in the National Assembly so rarely that it looked a ‘Happy New Year’ wish coming true to democracy lovers when he entered the august hall on January 1, 2016 unusually very......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Council for Research on Water Resources (PCRWR) on Thursday issued another list of water bottles that are unsafe for human consumption.In its statement, PCRWR explained how......
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians, activists and former bureaucrats agreed on Thursday that fresh delimitations of electoral constituencies were necessary before the next general elections, and suggested......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Police Office (CPO) has sought permission from the commissioner Capital Development Authority (CDA) to allow it to continue using a F-7/4 house till the completion of its own......
RAWALPINDI: The prime suspect wanted in connection with the murder of the nephew of former Punjab law minister, Basharat Raja, surrendered on Wednesday.Ikhlaq Ahmed had been on the run since Raja......
ISLAMABAD: The government needs to rationalise taxation on the telecommunication sector to encourage further investments, State Minister for Information Technology Anusha Rehman said on Thursday.“The......
ISLAMABAD: Former Senator Zafar Ali Shah and other local PML-N leaders on Thursday claimed that Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry failed to secure a......
144 receive degrees in convocationAs many as 125 students received bachelor’s degrees in the disciplines of economics, mass communication and government and public policy. Another batch of 19......
ISLAMABAD: Primary school students in Islamabad will get free lunches under the Prime minister’s school reform initiative, and for this purpose, the World Food Program (WFP) will be collaborating......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: A team of the World Wildlife Fund for Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) recovered remains of highly protected and endangered blind Indus dolphins who were killed by the fishing net of a......
LAHORE/MULTAN: Another suspected patient of H1N1 died at the Nishtar Hospital Multan on Thursday.The deceased, Aniqa, was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of the seasonal influenza. Her samples......
LAHORE: A resident of Sangla Hill with sewn lips managed to escape from the custody of his alleged captors in Old Anarkali area on Thursday.Ali Adil, 40, was spotted by some locals in......
FAISALABAD: University of Agriculture Faisalabad Vice Chancellor Dr Iqrar Ahmed on Thursday conditionally suspended the rustication punishment of PhD student Syed Kashan Haider Gillani.The UAF had on......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A 27-year-old lad from Bahawalpur’s Khairpur Tamewali area, who claims himself to be the world’s youngest tallest man, faces a trying ordeal.Haq Nawaz, who is 7 feet 8 inches tall, is......
KARACHI: Alamgir Khan, whose self-initiated social media campaign “fix it” to get the open manholes covered recently got viral, said on Thursday that the authorities instead of paying heed to the......
KARACHI: Future of hundreds of students enrolled with the Dawood University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) is at stake, as the university is yet to acquire the Pakistan Engineering Council......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Wednesday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of self-exiled chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain and 22 other party leaders, including......
KARACHI: Lovers of music and dance were thoroughly entertained by the popular classical dancer Farah Yasmeen Shaikh and a set of exceedingly talented musicians as they performed their heart out in......
KARACHI: Taking serious notice of the situation in Thar, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that although his government has worked a lot for poverty alleviation in Thar and to some......
MITHI: Three more children died of waterborne diseases and malnutrition in drought-hit Tharparkar on Thursday, raising the death toll of newborn babies to 20 over the past week.An infant died at the......
SEOUL: South Korea is in talks with the United States to deploy US strategic weapons on the Korean peninsula, a South Korean military official said on Thursday, a day after North Korea said it......
Families are eating leaves, grass and water flavoured with spices in the Syrian town of Madaya, where rice is sold by the gram because a kilogram costs as much as $250. Some have killed and eaten......
BEIJING: Two civilian jets landed on the airstrip of a new island China built in the South China Sea, drawing more protests over China’s activities in disputed waters.The China Daily newspaper......
WILDBAD KREUTH: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday won support from German Chancellor Angela Merkel for EU reforms to protect European welfare systems, arguing that what is good for......
TALLAHASSEE: A Florida woman who collapsed and later died after being arrested for refusing to leave a rural hospital emergency room may have lived if medical staff and police had not assumed she was......
LOS ANGELES: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” soared past “Avatar” on Wednesday to become the top-grossing movie of all time in North America, riding on hype, nostalgia and an inventive script.Disney......
GUN-RIGHTS advocates are already suggesting that they’ll go to court to challenge President Barack Obama’s newly announced executive action on background checks. But what exactly, is the challenge......
NEW DELHI: It was, North Korea insists, a successful test of the “H-bomb of justice”.“One’s destiny should be defended,” Pyongyang declared in a statement issued shortly after the Wednesday blast,......
IT is best known for propelling previously niche artists such as Tracey Emin and Paula Rego into the mainstream. And now, as it prepares to mark its 30th anniversary, the Saatchi Gallery in London is......
THE centre is in the group’s Syrian stronghold, Raqqa, where technicians from around the world have been plotting to wreak chaos outside the borders of the caliphate declared by the militant Islamic......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has approved the sale of 5,000 Hellfire missiles to Iraq worth $800 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday.Lawmakers have 30 days to block the sale, although such......
MADRID: Two Indian men arrested in Spain for smuggling Russian anti-aircraft missiles were extradited to the United States, Spanish military police said in a statement on Thursday.Spanish police......
MOUNT MAUNGANUI: In-form batsman Martin Guptill cracked 58 off 34 balls to set up New Zealand for a tense three-run win in the first Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka on Thursday.Sri Lanka......
CAPE TOWN: England coach Trevor Bayliss does not think an abrupt change of captain is going to affect South Africa’s prospects in the ongoing Test series between the teams.AB de Villiers will lead......
LAHORE: Fast bowler Mohammad Amir was told to keep his concentration only on cricket, team manager Intikhab Alam said on Thursday after the pacer was finally granted visa for the upcoming New......
KARACHI: Pakistan announced on Thursday its national team’s head coach Waqar Younis will fulfil his responsibilities until the end of England’s tour later this year.Waqar’s two-year contract expires......
LAHORE: Authorities of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) have put tickets of the league on sale worldwide at kyazoonga.ae/psl.A press release issued by the PSL stated: “With a ticket strategy......
LAHORE: A four-member joint delegation of the Indian government and its Olympic Association which is currently visiting the country to invite Pakistan to take part in the South Asian Games which it......
SYDNEY: Australia’s David Warner lit up the final day of the rain-ruined third Test with the fastest Test century at the Sydney Cricket Ground as the match meandered to a draw against the West Indies......
BRISBANE: American qualifier Samantha Crawford continued her breakout run by storming into her first WTA semi-final of the Brisbane International on Thursday after pummelling Andrea Petkovic.The......
LAHORE: Five goals by Hissam Ali Hyder saw Master Paints/Newage edge past Army Remounts 5½-5 on Thursday and reach the main final of the Diamond Paints Pakistan Polo Cup.This tournament is the......
KARACHI: Two goals apiece by Sohail Abbas and M. Jaffar inspired last year’s runners-up Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) to outplay Port Qasim Authority (PQA) 5-1 while Army sent Navy......
QUETTA: Pakistan Super League (PSL) team Quetta Gladiators on Wednesday launched its logo in an impressive ceremony here which was graced by Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri as well......
LONDON: Gold climbed above $1,100 an ounce for the first time in nine weeks on Thursday as the dollar fell and investors channelled money into safer assets after worries about the Chinese economy hit......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday injected Rs334 billion into the open money market for eight days through its open market operation (OMO).The bids offered were of Rs354bn and the......
KARACHI: Stocks fell for the fourth successive session on Thursday. The KSE-100 index plunged 285.76 points to close at 32,682.50. The index shed 546 points in four days.Dealers said that the......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan stands to benefit from three tailwinds over the near- to medium-term, with average growth projected at 5.5 per cent over the forecast period, said the World Bank’s Global......
HONG KONG: Chinese stocks nosedived Thursday, triggering their second daylong trading halt this week and dragging down global markets, Asian currencies and oil prices as investors fretted about the......
KARACHI: The Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) collected Rs28.45 billion during the first half (July-December) of this fiscal year, a rise of 33 per cent compared to Rs21.39bn collected during the same......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar has stated that external debt numbers being quoted by certain quarters were incorrect as they do not reflect the standard definitions accepted by......
KARACHI: Two Japanese bike assemblers have introduced special schemes to entice customers, while the third one, a market leader, has increased the price and its dealers are demanding premium for......
KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $20.810 billion during the week ending January 1 compared to $21.070bn the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has signed an agreement with Indonesia to export one million tonnes of rice estimated at around $400m over four years, the Ministry of Commerce said in statement on Thursday.The......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has assured the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of National Assembly that it will complete investigations into the sale of properties of Pakistani......
ISLAMABAD: The government of Sindh has informed the Supreme Court that its order of imposing a ban on the hunting of houbara bustard is not implementable.A five-member larger bench headed by Chief......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced that local government elections in Sanghar district and in some union councils of Badin district will be held on January 23.The......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau has arrested a man described by the bureau as the prime accused in the Rs16 billion DHA City (Lahore) scam.The bureau is also looking into the role of a......
ISLAMABAD: The PPP will attend a multi-party conference convened by the Balochistan National Party-Mengal on Jan 10 to work out a joint plan on the issue of basic infrastructure on the proposed......
ISLAMABAD: The government is expecting to complete acquisition of land for the multi-billion-dollar Diamer-Bhasha dam before June this year.A senior official told Dawn that Rs10 billion had been......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan will synchronise their polio campaigns and a three-member delegation from the Afghan national polio team will arrive in Pakistan on Jan 10 to monitor the......
GWADAR: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court in Turbat has directed officials concerned to brief it on the drinking water shortage in Gwadar and some other areas.The bench comprising......
WASHINGTON: The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran is likely to further widen an existing sectarian divide in the Middle East, pitting Muslims against Muslims, warns a US survey released on......
QUETTA: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has summoned all the four candidates who contested the by-election on a Balochistan Assembly constituency (PB-50 Turbat-3) to Islamabad on Jan......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has appreciated the performance of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) during 2015.At a briefing by officials of the FIA and Nadra (National......
QUETTA: The Governor of Balochistan, Muhammad Khan Achakzai, has summoned the winter session of the provincial assembly on Friday (today). A notification issued by the assembly’s secretariat said it......
KARACHI: The customs intelligence claimed on Thursday to have seized a container imported from China, carrying more than 20,000 kilograms of explosives.In a statement, the department’s spokesman said......
WANA: Four tribesmen were shot dead when gunmen opened fire at participants of a peace jirga in the Shektoi area of South Waziristan on Thursday, officials said.No group immediately took......
ZLITEN (Libya): A suicide truck bombing on a police school in Libya’s city of Zliten killed more than 50 people on Thursday, in the deadliest attack to hit the strife-torn country since its 2011......
ON BOARD PNS ZULFIQUAR: The dot in the distance starts taking the shape of a speedboat as it approaches the ship en route to Balochistan. On the bridge of the F-22P frigate PNS Zulfiquar, Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The PTI continued to press the treasury benches on Thursday to divulge more about how the government planned to deal with the tensions between Riyadh and Tehran. It asked the government to......
SRINAGAR: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the chief minister of India-held Kashmir, died on Thursday, an official said.Mr Sayeed died in a hospital in New Delhi after being admitted on December 24. He was......
PARIS: A man wielding a meat cleaver and carrying emblem of the militant Islamic State (IS) group was shot dead as he tried to attack a police station on Thursday, a year to the day since gunmen......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reaffirmed on Thursday its support to Saudi Arabia, which is embroiled in a tense standoff with Iran, and the counter-terrorism coalition that it (Riyadh) was setting up.The......
ISLAMABAD: Two men suspected of being involved in the murder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s self-exiled leader Dr Imran Farooq recorded their confessional statements before the Islamabad deputy......
PESHAWAR: A multi-party conference (MPC) convened by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) on Thursday to discuss the controversy surrounding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) voiced concern......
IF a second marriage is dubbed a “triumph of hope over experience”, what should an eighth tax amnesty scheme be titled? The government has launched yet another such scheme, its second since 2013,......
THE low-cost residential area of Lahore verges on the industrial zone spread over many kilometres. In the recent past when the ‘garment units’ located on this stretch were doing good business, the......
CAROL Loomis, an American financial journalist, who retired in 2014 as senior editor of Fortune magazine, once wrote, “Writing itself makes you realise where there are holes in your thinking.”She......
“HE won’t vote for you; he says he is looking for a secretary general, not a secretary,” Elsa Papademetriou fumed at the response from the head of Twelve Plus Group as we strategised for my campaign......
THE condemnation by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference of the Pathankot air force base attack is a welcome addition to the chorus of criticism that all right-thinking and sensible people in India,......
UNITED NATIONS: Yemen has declared the leading UN rights official in the country "persona non grata", the UN spokesman said Thursday, describing the decision as "an extremely regrettable......
