MITHI: Six more children died from various diseases in different hospitals of Tharparkar district of Sindh in past 24 hours, raising the drought death toll to 67 since the start of this month.A......
KARACHI: Representatives from Google failed to clinch a deal with the federal government because the IT ministry, despite all impediments having been cleared, has still not been able to issue the......
PESHAWAR: A new polio case was confirmed on Friday from a village near Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), officials said.The Chief Minister's Polio Control Cell in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said the......
LAHORE: A 15-year-old boy near Lahore cut off his own hand believing he had committed blasphemy, only to be celebrated by his parents and neighbours for the act, police told AFP Friday.Local police......
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran next week, Beijing's foreign ministry said Friday, as the world's second-largest economy seeks greater diplomatic heft in......
Liverpool's Juergen Klopp described former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson as the “John Lennon of football” ahead of Sunday's Premier League meeting between the arch-rivals.Klopp's comments......
MELBOURNE: Ailing knees, Father Time and even a resurgent Victoria Azarenka stand in the way of Serena Williams clinching her seventh Australian Open title and giving her one more shot at an......
NEW DELHI: Police on Friday arrested Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta in connection with Thursday's ransacking of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) office in New Delhi, Times of India......
REUTERS: India's Rohit Sharma burnished his reputation in limited-overs cricket with a second successive century but could not stop Australia from winning the second one-dayer by seven wickets on......
ISLAMABAD: Participants of a consultative meeting on Friday, chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at his office, decided to form a steering committee headed by the prime minister to oversee......
AUCKLAND: Mohammad Amir's return to international cricket was momentous and mediocre as the convicted spot-fixer participated in Pakistan's 16-run win over New Zealand in a Twenty20 on Friday.Amir......
WELLINGTON: Pakistan outsmarted New Zealand by stifling their feared batting barrage to win the opening Twenty20 by 16 runs at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday.Mohammad Amir may have been the centre......
SINGAPORE: With Iran poised to resume usual business ties with the world under a historic nuclear deal, Tehran is set to target India, Asia's fastest-growing major oil market, and old partners in......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed Pakistan would eradicate “evil” honour killings as he congratulated director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her Oscar nomination for a harrowing documentary on......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Ministry for Water and Power on Friday claimed to have “restored power supply to all major cities of the country two to three hours after reports of a power breakdown” that......
PESHAWAR: Armed militants attacked an Afghan consulate official's residence in Peshawar's posh Town area in the early hours of Friday, SP Cantonment Area Kashif Khan said. Consulate official Humayun......
BEIJING: Days after China passed a new law that for the first time permits its military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations, its marines began exercises in the western deserts of......
Her name is Feroza and she is seven years old. For the first time, in a long time, she is no longer being beaten with heated tongs and locked up at night in a cold washroom. The Child Protection and......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has reacted strongly to a statement made by United States President Barack Obama that both Pakistan and Afghanistan were among......
JAKARTA: Indonesian police on Friday arrested three men on suspicion of links to the brazen attacks in the heart of the country's capital, and said they recovered a flag of the militant Islamic State......
PESHAWAR: Security forces on Friday arrested 60 suspected supporters of the militant Islamic State (IS) group from various areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The arrests were made on the basis of......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s plan announced in 2011 to revive the cooperative bank has fizzled out due to legal and other problems.The officials in the know told Dawn on Thursday......
PESHAWAR: The landowners in Shahi and Sufaid Sang areas on the outskirts of Peshawar have refused to provide their agricultural lands to Defence Housing Authority (DHA) for a proposed housing......
MINGORA: Despite suffering from chronic renal failure, the 13-year-old Kainat is determined to realise her dream of becoming a doctor.Hailing from Kanju village in Kabal tehsil, the fifth grader is a......
GILGIT: Complete shutter down and wheel jam strike was observed across Gilgit-Baltistan on Thursday against imposition of taxes on local people by federal government without determining the......
ISLAMABAD: The proceedings of the National Assembly were preceded by a ruckus over the question of religiosity, with parliamentarians reduced to questioning each other over matters of faith, on......
ISLAMABAD: The question of minimum marriageable age for girls reverberated in the National Assembly Standing Committee on Religious Affairs, where an amendment proposing that the minimum limit be......
ISLAMABAD: Siberian geese (Murghabi) have come to Islamabad after a gap of one season, bringing with them a renewed interest in hunting.The birds migrate south at the start of winter and come to......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday stopped Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from probing the accounts of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), declaring that the agency lacked......
ISLAMABAD: Armed guards now protect buildings that were once abuzz with activity, employees pass through security checks and freshly installed barbed wire greets visitors to most media offices in the......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Police on Thursday registered a case against two unidentified men for the attack on the offices of ARY News Channel.The case was registered under the Anti-Terrorism Act,......
KARACH: Buyers remained in the forefront on the cotton market on Thursday to replenish their stocks. However, short supply of quality lint coupled with reluctance on part of ginners to dispose of......
KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $20.759 billion during the week ending January 8 compared to $20.810bn the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday invited MOL Pakistan to invest further in the upstream oil and gas sector of Pakistan.“Unexplored offshore region of Pakistan provides an......
KARACHI: Local demand for jute is expected to be met this year after authorities released those consignments for which letters of credit had already been opened before an export ban by Bangladesh.A......
LONDON: Some of the world’s biggest banks will have to set aside $77 billion in extra capital from 2019 under new trading book rules unveiled on Thursday by global regulators hoping to prevent......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Thursday approved 18 projects with a total outlay of Rs23 billion, apart from referring three projects worth Rs52bn to the Executive......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on Thursday approved the tax amnesty scheme for traders with a majority vote.The committee members belonging to even the treasury......
KARACHI: Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL) has made gas discovery with initial production of 23.50mmcfd from its exploratory well in Sukkur, Sindh.The Thal East well #01 was drilled down to......
KARACHI: Benchmark Arab Light Crude has dropped by 52.77 per cent to $26 per barrel now from $55 in January 2015, but the government reduced petrol and diesel prices by a meagre 3pc and 6pc,......
KARACHI: Monetary expansion doubled in the first six months (July-December) of 2015-16 from a year ago, indicating a higher flow of liquidity in the economy.Broad money (monetary expansion) noted a......
KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has urged the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) to bring government agreements with international financial......
Rural Islamabad’s representative in the National Assembly, Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, is the new rising star in the ruling PML-N and the envy of many in the right-of-the-centre party. His fast......
Four model colleges understaffedAs many as four model colleges in the federal capital are operating without the required budget and staff.These colleges are the Islamabad Model College for Girls......
LAHORE: Six members of a family were burnt alive when a fire engulfed their four-storey house inside Lohari Gate in the dead of night on Thursday.All members of the family were asleep when the fire......
LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday extended for 12 days the physical remand of the prime accused in the Rs16 billion DHA City (Lahore) land scam.The National Accountability Bureau (NAB)......
SIALKOT: An anti-terrorism court handed down death sentence on four counts and 30-year hard jail to a convict police inspector in a murder case of two Daska-based senior lawyers on Thursday.The court......
LAHORE: The city traffic police (CTP), having a prime objective of regulating traffic, have virtually been turned into a “revenue generating agency” by their bosses who seem to be more interested in......
LAHORE: From starting a music class for children in collaboration with the Lahore Arts Council, to recording a music video focusing on ragas, to launching an NGO for kids addicted to drugs, famed......
LAHORE: Punjab Labour Minister Raja Ashfaq Sarwar says the ordinance 2016 prohibiting child labour at brick kilns has been enforced and on violation, kiln owners and other people responsible for it......
LAHORE: With the aim to shed light on bioethical issues through constructive debate, BioEthika, a three-day Asian parliamentary debating championship, was inaugurated at the Forman Christian College......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Police claimed to have arrested three members of an international network involved in cyber crime here on Thursday.District Police Officer Zahid Nawaz Marwat told a press conference......
GUJRAT: Sara-i-Alamgir tehsil headquarters hospital could not be made functional even six years after the project was launched.The Rs230 million THQ hospital project comprising 60 beds had been......
TOBA TEK SINGH: The autobiography of 90-year-old veteran leftist Chaudhry Fateh Mohammad ‘Jo Hum Peh Guzri’ has been published.This book contains history of Left-wing politics and struggle of peasant......
KARACHI: Like other parts of the province, the oath of office was administered to over 1,500 newly elected members, chairmen and vice chairmen of the local bodies institution in Karachi’s six......
KARACHI: A recent study has shown high levels of fecal contamination and rare presence of chlorine in the piped water being supplied to Orangi Town.The study published in the Bulletin of Environment,......
KARACHI: Motorcycle-rickshaw operators are planning to bring back the three-wheelers on the roads from Monday after the Supreme Court of Pakistan overrode the ban ordered on their plying by the Sindh......
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Thursday inaugurated the Dow Institute of Cardiology (DIOC) and a gas power plant at a ceremony to mark the 12th anniversary of the Dow University of......
TRIBUTETribute to artist and activist Asim Butt at 6pm and a panel discussion on his life and works at 7pm at T2F. The speakers include Sameera Raja, Tapu Javeri, Arif Mahmood and Shahana......
KARACHI: An exhibition of ancient artefacts, contemporary potteries and interpretive artworks titled Harappan connections opened at the Gandhara Art Space on Thursday evening. Apart from being a......
BADIN: There has been no let-up in children’s fatalities mostly being blamed on malnutrition and various diseases amid a lack of proper medical facilities at most health facilities in Tharparkar......
HYDERABAD: Judges and judicial officers administered the oath of office to thousands of newly elected local government representatives at simple ceremonies across the province on Thursday.In......
LONDON: Veteran British character actor Alan Rickman, known for his memorable portrayal of screen villains, has died at the age of 69 after suffering from cancer, his family said on Thursday.Rickman,......
BEIRUT: Trucks carrying humanitarian aid on Thursday entered a rebel-held town besieged by government troops for the second time this week, following reports of starvation, grave deprivation and......
MIAMI: The average age of first-time mothers is rising in the United States, and reached 26.3 years of age in 2014, according to US government data out on Thursday.In 2000, women on average became......
VIENNA: Archaeologists in Austria said on Thursday they had found what they believe to be Europe’s oldest prosthetic implant in the shape of a wooden foot dating from the sixth century.The discovery......
LONDON: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir insisted on Thursday that their countries’ ties remain strong despite recent tensions over Washington’s outreach to......
NEW YORK: The brutal frontier saga “The Revenant” landed a leading 12 nominations for the 88th annual Academy, while the acting categories were again filled entirely by white performers.The strong......
JAKARTA: A “Paris-style” suicide strike on the Indonesian capital on Thursday confirmed Southeast Asian governments’ worst fears — that citizens returning from fighting alongside the militant Islamic......
WASHINGTON: The Obamas had a mantra during the 2008 campaign when it came to those vying to get into their inner circle: “No new friends.” As the president enters the final year of his second term,......
BEIJING: China isn’t going to be happy with the likely victory for Taiwan’s pro-independence opposition in this weekend’s presidential election, but it has limited options to respond: any angry......
WASHINGTON: The United States may start lifting sanctions on Iran from Friday, or later this weekend, when the International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to verify that the country has rolled......
JAKARTA: The militant Islamic State group issued a cryptic warning before multiple blasts hit the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Thursday, police said.Police spokesman Anton Charliyan said it was not......
CINAR: Kurdish militants attacked a police station in southeast Turkey with a truck bomb, killing six people including a baby and two toddlers on Wednesday night, in one of the biggest strikes since......
MUMBAI: An American tourist has drowned in a rice paddy in the Indian resort state of Goa, according to reports, with the US consulate saying on Thursday it was working with police on the......
LOS ANGELES: Three winning tickets shared a $1.6 billion bonanza in the US Powerball lottery on Wednesday, after millions of people tuned in to see the fate of the world-record jackpot live on TV.The......
KARACHI: Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Nawaz both warmed up for the upcoming one-day series against England Lions with excellent contributions as Habib Bank Limited (HBL) and National Bank of Pakistan......
AUCKLAND: The eyes of the cricket world will be on Pakistan in New Zealand on Friday with Mohammad Amir set to make his international comeback after serving a jail term and five-year ban for......
JOHANNESBURG: Former South Africa One-day International and Twenty20 player Gulam Bodi was on Thursday named as the person charged under Cricket South Africa’s anti-corruption code.Bodi has been......
BRISBANE: Another 300-plus run pitch was likely for the second One-day International against India here, Australia all-rounder James Faulkner said on Thursday.The Australians comfortably ran down......
JOHANNESBURG: Steven Finn led a persistent England bowling attack as South Africa failed to capitalise on a promising start on the first day of the third Test at the New Wanderers Stadium on......
LONDON: Leicester City won 1-0 at Tottenham Hotspur to rekindle their unlikely Premier League title challenge and draw level at the top with Arsenal who conceded a late goal to draw 3-3 at Liverpool......
KIEV: Ukrainian heavyweight weightlifter Leonid Zhabotinsky, an idol of Arnold Schwarzenegger who won two Olympic gold medals and set multiple world records while competing for the Soviet Union, died......
KHULNA: Hosts Bangladesh and Zimbabwe will be desperately searching for winning combinations for the upcoming World Twenty20 when they clash in a four-match series starting here on Friday.With the......
BANGKOK: Expansion in the Asia-Pacific region’s developing economies has plateaued and can no longer be relied upon to drive global growth, the United Nations said on Thursday.The zone — which......
ISLAMABAD: As many as 33 countries are scheduled to meet in Davos to set agenda for future trade negotiations under the umbrella of World Trade Organisation (WTO), a of commerce ministry official......
LONDON: The global economy faces a worrying array of risks, from natural disasters related to climate change to hacking, according to experts polled by the World Economic Forum, which organises the......
BEIJING: China’s top diplomat warned Thursday that a new global financial crisis was possible as markets suffer a painful rout at the start of the year, partly over fears of turmoil in the world’s......
BERLIN: The German economy, Europe’s biggest, shrugged off the Greek crisis, the economic slowdown in China and geopolitical uncertainties to notch up “solid and consistent growth” in 2015, the......
KARACHI: Selling intensified on the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Thursday as the KSE-100 index sank 713.15 points (2.22 per cent) to close at 31,441.02.Blood was splattered all across the board as......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf gave on Thursday a tough time to the treasury benches over the controversial LNG import deal.The PTI lawmakers alleged that the government was hiding details......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project would spur regional economic integration and bring about prosperity in the region.Addressing......
WASHINGTON: A senior US official has condemned the recent attack on an Indian airbase and urged Pakistan to take the fight to all terrorist outfits working along its borders.In a separate statement,......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif visited the Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) on Thursday, Inter Services Public Relations said.He was briefed about the products manufactured for......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on Thursday demanding implementation of the province’s six per cent quota in jobs in federal government departments, corporations and......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s standing committee on interior suggested on Thursday that the Frontier Constabulary (FC) should be equipped with modern weapons and provided adequate funds to enable it to......
MUZAFFARABAD: Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Saira Afzal Tarrar said on Thursday that the Prime Minister’s National Health Programme (PMNHP) would be......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) would provide $72.4 million to Pakistan for a highway development project to modernise the communication services in Balochistan.A grant agreement was......
ISLAMABAD: The railways ministry signed a contract on Thursday with China’s Jinan Railway Vehicles Equipment Company for the supply of 800 hopper wagons, a railroad freight car, which will be used to......
NEW DELHI: Members of a right-wing Hindu extremist group vandalised the office of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) near Barakhamba Road in New Delhi on Thursday, following which one person was......
ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that the health department was constantly monitoring different hospitals in the province to arrest the emergence of silicosis —......
ISLAMABAD: An official of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) in Sukkur, who got three computerised national identity cards issued in her own name and in the name of her spouse,......
GUJAR KHAN: The lush green wheat crop is still in the process of sprouting out from the rich reddish soil in the rain-fed Potohar plateau. The crop sown on arid land awaits the blessing of rain to......
ISLAMABAD: The centre is seeking dedication of natural gas produced in all the provinces to residential consumers as a first priority to overcome acute shortages during winter, instead of the current......
ISLAMABAD: The PPP challenged on Thursday the data presented by the government before the Senate about the amount of gas produced in the country and the number of connections in each province.PPP’s......
JAKARTA: Assailants set off suicide bombs and exchanged gunfire outside a Starbucks cafe in Indonesia’s capital in a brazen assault on Thursday that police said “imitated” the recent Paris......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India have mutually agreed to defer their foreign secretaries’ meeting planned for Friday as the focus remained on Pakistan’s action against alleged perpetrators of the......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate standing committee on law and justice reached a consensus on Thursday to curtail powers of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) so that it could not lay hands on provincial......
WASHINGTON: The United States declared on Thursday the militant Islamic State group’s Afghanistan-Pakistan wing a foreign terrorist organisation.This week, the group carried out terrorist attacks at......
SIALKOT: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) sealed a mosque-cum-seminary and arrested 14 people in Mundeyki Goraya village on Thursday.The mosque and seminary were being run by the defunct......
PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and local police in a joint operation raided a currency market in Peshawar’s Chowk Yadgar area and arrested 45 dealers allegedly involved in hundi......
THE complexity of the challenge confronting the Muslim world where dealing with religiously inspired militancy is concerned has been aptly demonstrated by a series of recent events.The latest crisis......
IT has been really uphill for Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Lahore purely on evidence of how difficult it may be for him to move around in the city. He has made a few visits here, cautiously exploring......
IN a tiny drop of water are found all the secrets of the ocean. A small bit of rice gives us the taste of the whole cauldron, and a few grains indicate the quality of a large sack of wheat.Similarly,......
THE 20th century gets a lot of bad press, and rightly so. In its first half inter-imperialist rivalries culminated in worldwide orgies of death and destruction with no precedent in human history. In......
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Thursday confirmed that Jaish-i-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar is under 'protective custody'.Speaking on DawnNews talk show 'News Eye', Sanaullah......
