KARACHI: Former Pakistan cricketer Abdul Qadir has called on to the International Cricket Council (ICC) to bring amendments in the Mankad law.A controversial run out in the last over earned West......
RIYADH: A Saudi who used Twitter to call for the release of prisoners convicted of “terrorism” and security offences has been jailed for 10 years, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.The Okaz daily said......
Pakistan duo of Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif will be up for grabs in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) draft set to take place on February 11.Butt and Asif resumed their cricket careers when they......
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chairman Nasser Jaffer announced on Tuesday evening that he has resigned from his post following the death of two PIA employees during a clash with......
Pakistan’s former Test cricketer Isarar Ali died at the age of 88 on February 1 in his hometown of Okara, ESPNcricinfo reported.Ali was a member of Pakistan’s first Test team that toured India in......
NEW DELHI: A special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced two more men to death after finding them guilty of killing, kidnapping and looting during the country's independence war......
ISLAMABAD: Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz has said that he is ready to forgive former military ruler Pervez Musharraf and all other figures for their involvement in the 2007 bloody siege of Lal......
LAHORE: Veteran short story writer, novelist, journalist and poet Intizar Husain passed away at a hospital in Lahore. The 92-year-old was undergoing treatment at a local hospital.Hussain has several......
As news of the deaths of two Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees spread on Tuesday evening, the national flag carrier's flight operations across the country began shutting down in......
NEW DELHI: The Indian government children's minister has proposed the introduction of mandatory tests to determine the sex of an unborn child in a bid to counter the disturbing levels of female......
MADRID: Neymar is expected to appear before a judge in Madrid to testify in an investigation into alleged irregularities regarding his transfer to Barcelona.Neymar's father, who acts as his agent, is......
KABUL: The Afghan Football Federation plans to set up a meeting between Lionel Messi and five-year-old Afghan fan Martaza Ahmadi who became an internet sensation when photos circulated of him wearing......
In 2013, I went with my family to Bedadi — a small village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Mansehra district. Amidst the endless cups of chai and overwhelming hospitality, I noticed the blinding darkness......
AUCKLAND: Steven Smith admitted that Usman Khawaja has the right to feel aggrieved after the Australia captain confirmed the in-form batsman had been overlooked for Wednesday's opening one-dayer......
LONDON: Fear of missing out on the English Premier League's huge television money bonanza in 2016 has propelled transfer spending beyond £1 billion ($1.43 billion) for the first time.England's 20......
BUENOS AIRES: Lionel Messi will skip the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in six months because his coach Gerardo Martino says he needs some rest.Martino spoke Monday on Argentina radio station La Red and......
KABUL: American and Afghan officials say airstrikes on a remote eastern region of Afghanistan have destroyed a radio station operated by the militant Islamic State (IS) group.An official with the......
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook-owned smartphone messaging service WhatsApp has hit the billion-user mark, according to the leading social network's chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.“One billion people......
DES MOINES: Ted Cruz felled long-time Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton was battled into a virtual tie with rival Bernie Sanders on Monday, as Iowans held the inaugural......
ISLAMABAD: For years, Fatima would wake up in the morning and dream of going to school but her hopes for an education were crushed.Rather than joining her two brothers in school, from the age of five......
KARACHI: In a bid to disperse protesting Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees at Jinnah Terminal, security personnel resorted to baton-charging and using rubber bullets, water cannons and......
PESHAWAR: The provincial sports and tourism department on Monday unveiled the logo and trophy of the mega sports competitions at a ceremony at Jalan Baba Auditorium in Abbottabad.The sports......
MANSEHRA: The Mansehra police have ordered the demolition of five seminaries under construction along the proposed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in the district.“We have issued notices to the......
CHARSADDA: The Bacha Khan University Charsadda’s administration on Monday ‘condemned’ the government’s fact-finding committee on the Jan 20 terrorist attack in the varsity for holding it responsible......
ISLAMABAD: To celebrate the 37th anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Iranian embassy and Lok Virsa hosted a ‘Fine Arts and Cultural Exhibition’ on Monday.Eminent......
ISLAMABAD: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a part of China’s 13th five-year plan, but the Pakistan government has declared it solely an indigenous project.This was said by Dr. Abid Q.......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) is likely to move the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) from its present hired office space to new environs.The ministry had......
ISLAMABAD: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Maulana Mohammad Khan Sheerani has said that a ‘review’ of the blasphemy law does not mean that it could be changed or amended.“It is the CII’s......
ISLAMABAD: The local court of Islamabad on Monday deferred its decision on a bail application filed by Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz as his counsel informed the court that due to deployment of......
RAWALPINDI: The Rs240 million released to government schools by the provincial government for the replacement of missing facilities has been spent in a week on upgrading security.Punjab government......
ISLAMABAD: A retired SSG commando, arrested by the capital police in connection with murder, was also wanted in weapons and suicide jackets recovery case registered with Shahzad Town police in 2011,......
LAHORE: An impressive exhibition of pastel landscapes titled ‘A Walk in the Park’ by Michelle Farooqi opened at Alhamra Art Gallery, The Mall, on Monday. The exhibition will continue till Feb......
LAHORE: Actress-turned-politician Kanwal suffered brain haemorrhage at her residence on Monday and she was rushed to the Jinnah Hospital.Doctors at the hospital told Dawn there was a slight......
LAHORE: After almost a week of confusion regarding security of schools and their reopening, several chains of schools in the province have announced to reopen their institutions on Tuesday (today)......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s NA-122 candidate Abdul Aleem Khan has denounced the Election Commission of Pakistan’s chief as well as all four members for their ‘coward’ decision on his petition......
KARACHI: The glow from a row of lit clay oil lamps reflected on the three beautifully decorated deities of Shitala Mata, Santoshi Mata and Bhavani Mata at the small temple located inside a small home......
EXHIBITIONAn exhibition of works by Ayaz Jokhio opens at the Canvas gallery at 5pm .The show will remain open till Feb 11, daily from 11am to 8pm, excluding Sunday.Published in Dawn, February 2nd,......
KARACHI: An official of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, died from a bullet wound while performing his duty near Karachi airport on Monday, officials said.The paramilitary force official, identified as Jan......
KARACHI: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested two more suspects for allegedly raping and killing a six-year-old girl in Orangi Town.The girl had gone missing on Jan 25 and the body was found in......
KARACHI: Italy will be participating in four sessions at the 7th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), the most important of which is the official launch of the award, ‘Italy reads Pakistan’ where,......
KARACHI: Condemning the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government at the Centre for failing to pass on the benefit of record low oil prices in the international market to the people, the Sindh Assembly......
KARACHI: A five-member medical board examined Dr Asim Hussain on Monday at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and arrived at the conclusion that the former federal minister was suffering......
NAYPYITAW: For a generation and more, they were the persistent, often persecuted opposition. On Monday, Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party took a momentous step toward becoming Myanmar’s......
CAIRO: Czech archaeologists have unearthed an ancient funerary boat near the Abusir pyramids south of Cairo, officials said on Monday, in a discovery that could shed light on shipbuilding in ancient......
RIYADH: An 11-year-old child was killed and nine members of his family were wounded on Sunday when a rocket fired from Yemen hit their house in a border region of Saudi Arabia, civil defence......
LONDON: Britain on Monday granted its first research licence to genetically modify human embryos to a project that aims to give hope to women struggling to conceive, raising ethical concerns about......
Has Benjamin Netanyahu gone bananas? I don’t mean this as an aberration, like a politician who loses his marbles during a particular crisis. No, it was when I read the Israeli prime minister’s......
RAMALLAH: Israel blocked non-residents from Ramallah on Monday after a checkpoint shooting wounded three soldiers, keeping commuters out of the West Bank city where the Palestinian Authority is......
PARIS: Cuba’s President Raul Castro began an official state visit to France on Monday, his first ever to Europe, which is being seen as a key step in rebuilding his island nation’s ties with the......
NEW DELHI: A teenage rape victim was allegedly sexually assaulted a second time while in hospital receiving treatment for the original attack in India’s east, police said on Monday, in the latest......
MUMBAI: A college picnic to the beach turned into a tragedy on Monday when at least 13 students drowned off India’s west coast after they went swimming, police and officials said.Dozens of students......
SAYLORSBURG: The influential Muslim cleric lives quietly on a gated 26-acre compound in the Pocono Mountains, where he prays, works, meets admirers and watches from afar as terrorism accusations that......
AMSTERDAM: Nearly a century after she was shot as an alleged spy, the story of the world’s ultimate femme fatale, Mata Hari, is to be staged for the first time as a ballet in her native......
AUCKLAND: New Zealand will be hoping to stifle their opponents by taking pace off the ball with the inclusion of three front line spinners in their 15-man squad for next month’s World Twenty20 in......
ISLAMABAD: National Twenty20 skipper Shahid Afridi feels the forthcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL) will prove a big platform for both senior players as well as youngsters to learn and......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to include paceman Mohammad Amir in ‘C’ category of the central contract list.PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan will take a final decision in this regard......
AUCKLAND: New Zealand this week face Australia in a One-day International for the first time since the Baggy Greens humiliated their trans-Tasman rivals in the World Cup final last March.While the......
NEW DELHI: India are resting batting mainstay Virat Kohli for the three 20-over matches against Sri Lanka this month with an eye on the Twenty20 World Cup on home soil.Kohli, the world’s top-ranked......
CAPE TOWN: South Africa have added paceman Marchant de Lange to their squad for five One-day Internationals against England, Cricket South Africa said.“Marchant gives us more options with our fast......
KARACHI: Indian batsman Virat Kohli’s excellent run of form in the just-concluded series against Australia has allowed him to hold on to the status of world’s number-one ranked Twenty20 International......
MILTON KEYNES: Oscar scored a first-half hat trick as Chelsea banished any fears of a repeat of last season’s shock FA Cup fourth-round exit to Bradford City when they crushed Championship side......
KABUL: Barcelona star Lionel Messi is hoping to arrange a meeting with an Afghan boy who shot to fame after pictures of him dressed in a striped plastic bag jersey went viral, Kabul’s football......
MADRID: Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu and his predecessor Sandro Rosell refused to testify before a judge on Monday for suspected irregularities in the transfer of Brazilian star Neymar,......
KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) clinched top spot in Group ‘I’ of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Cup qualifying round on Monday with a 2-1 win over Ashraf Sugar Mills (ASM), while a......
DHAKA: Rishabh Pant hit a whirlwind 78 off 24 balls as India topped Group ‘D’ with a seven-wicket demolition of second-placed Nepal in the ICC U-19 World Cup here on Monday.The left-handed opener......
NEW DELHI: By capitalising on his chance selection in Australia, India paceman Jasprit Bumrah has afforded his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni a rare pleasant feeling — of having a settled bowling unit......
KARACHI: The retail price of sugar has surged to Rs60-62 a kilogram after the government doled out a Rs6.5 billion (Rs13 a kg) export subsidy to millers in December 2015, when prices were Rs55.The......
ISLAMABAD: Amid much focus on developing power projects on imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) for quick results, the government is delaying a notification on upfront tariff for small hydropower......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the government is committed to implementing the macroeconomic stability programme announced in June 2013.He stated this while attending the meeting......
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese manufacturer will launch its mobile handset manufacturing and assembling unit in April (Pakistan’s first), a senior official at Ministry of Information Technology and......
KARACHI: Engro Polymer and Chemicals Ltd (EPCL) posted a net loss of Rs649 million (loss per share at Rs0.98) during 2015 compared to Rs1.02bn a year ago, the company announced on Monday.Net revenue......
KARACHI: Stocks staged grand rally on Monday as the KSE-100 index jumped 579.55 points to close at 31,878.15.The investors’ sentiments were fuelled by the positivity creeping into the banking and oil......
NEW DELHI: India’s finance minister wants to present a credible budget this month with realistic targets for tax revenues and asset sales, people involved in the process say, but businesses may end......
KARACHI: Much of the trading activity remained around low quality cotton on Monday as the availability of quality lint is becoming difficult with each passing day.Floor brokers said that out of 1.1......
LONDON: Oil prices dipped Monday as the rally sparked by prospects of a cut to the global supply glut faded.Prices hit three-week highs earlier Monday, building on last week’s strong gains driven by......
QUETTA: Chinese investors need to spell out how exactly Pakistan will benefit from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), said political and military leaders at a seminar on Monday. They also......
ISLAMABAD: A National Assembly standing committee on Monday rejected a JUI-F member’s bill seeking omission of the reference to “religion and sect” from the Pakistan Army Act under which the military......
ISLAMABAD: A disagreement between the centre and the Sindh government over acquisition of land for the $2 billion Port Qasim Coal Power Project (PQCPP), which is holding up the establishment of the......
KOHAT: Thousands of fake computerised national identity cards (CNICs), degrees, official stamps and tampered bank cheques were confiscated in a raid on a house in Shpalkiwal area of Darra Adam Khel......
HYDERABAD: Reinforcement was sent to a village in Tando Mohammed Khan late on Monday evening to rescue a police party held hostage by villagers after a 13-year-old youth was shot dead allegedly by a......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) imposed on Monday a fine of Rs1 million on the Central Power Purchase Agency (CPPA), also known as the National Transmission and......
LONDON: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai will seek to inspire world leaders at a conference in London on Thursday to commit $1.4 billion this year to give Syrian refugee children access to education,......
IT is bitterly cold and a heavy curtain of smog hangs on the horizon, blurring the sight of the brick kiln chimneys in the distance. That the chimneys are not spewing smoke is not odd: the winter......
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: The week-long crisis surrounding the Pakistan International Airlines took a new turn on Monday after the federal government imposed the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA),......
ISLAMABAD: The government is facing internal pressure for taking a series of aggressive steps for ratcheting up the pace of implementation of National Action Plan (NAP) on countering-terrorism and......
KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah approved on Monday a summary that would grant a 90-day extension to special powers of Rangers under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The......
CULTURAL and societal values, prejudices and customs tend to be accepted unquestioningly and reflected in all aspects of society. Often, they are also resistant to change. Society, during the course......
WE can only guess how Bangladeshis regard Jinnah after some of his self-proclaimed followers subverted his dream in 1971. But there is an enclave in Kerala, in southern India, where his spirit lives......
The PML-N’s privatisation agenda is in trouble. Halfway through its tenure, it has not chalked any major achievements in this area, as true too in other economic areas like energy and exports. The......
ON Jan 12, 2016, Google launched localised versions of YouTube in three countries. Pakistan was one of them. On Jan 18, PTA issued a directive to internet service providers to lift the ban on......
THE bombings near the revered Syeda Zainab shrine outside Damascus on Sunday, in which at least 70 people have reportedly been killed, are a disturbing provocation clearly designed to sabotage the......
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation on Monday declared that a surge in serious birth defects in South America was “strongly suspected” of being caused by the Zika virus and constituted an......
