KABUL: The Taliban attacked a police headquarters and an intelligence agency office on Wednesday in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, where the insurgents have been battling government forces......
PESHAWAR: Seven people, including a Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) officer, were killed in a firing incident in Peshawar on Wednesday over the settlement of a land dispute.According to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Chairman Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Wednesday asked the Punjab government to remove 'controversial' clauses from the Women Protection Act (WPA), contrary......
DUBAI: A thunderstorm brought heavy rain to parts of the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, disrupting flights, flooding roads and forcing authorities to close schools the next day in the gulf......
MONTREAL: Maria Sharapova failing an Australian Open doping test for a substance banned only weeks before was “reckless beyond description”, former World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) released a statement on Wednesday rubbishing rumours about party chief Altaf Hussain's ill-health."Rumours circulating about the leader's health are part......
QUETTA: Two Security personnel and six suspected militants were reported killed during an armed clash in Balochistan’s Sibi district on Wednesday.The spokesman of Balochistan government, Anwar ul Haq......
PESHAWAR: Men sporting earthy shalwar kameez and pakol caps are accompanied by women in colourful dresses laden with mirrors; they gather on the open floor, making a loose square, then fall into......
MUMBAI: All-rounder Ben Stokes led calls among teammates Wednesday for England to form its own franchise-based Twenty20 league, saying the pioneer of the game's most popular format was now lagging......
CAPE TOWN: Left-arm slow bowler Aaron Phangiso will travel with the South African team to the ICC World T20 on Thursday after his bowling action was cleared following a second independent......
Mohammad Amir to Rohit Sharma. The left-arm fast bowler runs in from over the wicket, jumps on the crease, pitches one that swings back in sharply and leaves the batsman befuddled.Luckily, the umpire......
COPENHAGEN: With a little tuck here and a little tuck there, Shabnam Mabarz hides her long hair under a red headscarf and gets ready to play.“Voila,” said the 20-year-old Mabarz, a member of......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif left for Saudi Arabia on a three-day official visit Wednesday to hold ‘important talks with the Saudi leadership,’ reported Radio Pakistan.Chief of Army Staff......
NEW DELHI: Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will open entrance tests to foreign students in eight countries for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, including Pakistan, Dubai, Sri Lanka,......
KOLKATA: A new book that takes a holistic look at cricket corruption has begun reaching bookstores on the eve of the World T20. And its author hopes to “rattle” the reader with its......
MUZAFFARABAD: A civil servant who never let go of hope Leonardo DiCaprio might win an Oscar became a social media star after his memo ordering a tea break for staff celebrating the actor's......
WASHINGTON: A militant Islamic State (IS) group commander described by the Pentagon as the group's "minister of war" was likely killed in a United States (US) air strike in Syria, US officials said......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Central Information Secretary Shireen Mazari on Wednesday lashed out at British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, calling him “a foolish man” for saying the......
KABUL: An Afghan official says insurgents have attacked government offices in a town in southern Helmand province, where Taliban fighters have been battling government forces for months.Omar Zwak,......
DUBAI: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning that it said were designed to be able to hit Israel, defying a threat of new sanctions......
KARACHI: Owing to security concerns, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday moved the venue for India-Pakistan World T20 match to Kolkata from Dharamsala, which is scheduled to take......
WASHINGTON: Billionaire Donald Trump notched a pair of easy victories Tuesday in the Republican presidential nomination race, as Democrat Hillary Clinton suffered a surprise loss to Bernie Sanders in......
LONDON: Legendary British music producer George Martin, who turned the Beatles into global stars, has died at the age of 90, the band's drummer Ringo Starr said on Wednesday."God bless George Martin......
LAHORE: Shahbaz Taseer, a son of slain Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer who was recovered after being held by kidnappers for over four years, arrived here on Wednesday to unite with his family.Taseer......
NEW DELHI: Police say a 15-year-old girl who was raped and set on fire this week has died in the New Delhi hospital where she was being treated for severe burns.Uttar Pradesh state police constable......
Gul-e-Khandana is a hero for many women. A social activist, mother, wife and friend, Gul runs a government school for girls in Swat ? a city ravaged by the Taliban, which was eventually secured after......
Dear Pakistanis,I want to apologise to all those whose family visit visas were rejected by my country. As you may have noticed, we have adopted an unofficial policy to reject as many visas as......
MIAMI: The oldest inmate at the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, made his case Tuesday for freedom after more than a dozen years in custody.Saifullah Paracha, a 68-year-old former businessman from......
ISLAMABAD: Six Pakistan institutes of higher education are ranked among the world's top 800 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British ranking agency.The Pakistani varsities that made it to......
TOKYO: Steffi Graf believes Serena Williams will race past her Open-era record of 22 major singles titles, and insists she will be happy for the American when it happens.Williams, who has won 21......
KARACHI: CNG station owners have started to feel the pinch as many consumers shift to petrol which is being sold at Rs63 per litre as compared to gas which is available at Rs67 per kg.The cut in......
KARACHI: The tobacco and cigarette industry is still attractive to foreign investors in Pakistan, reflecting growing business and rising profits despite high taxes on this sector.Foreign direct......
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved five projects worth Rs85.15 billion in health, communication and water supply sectors.The meeting,......
KARACHI: Unilever Pakistan Food Ltd’s profit-after-tax rose 5.13pc to Rs1.23 billion (earnings per share Rs200.09) for the year ended Dec 31, 2015 from Rs1.17bn (eps Rs190.29) in the previous......
KARACHI: The stock market on Tuesday consolidated the huge gains of the day earlier as the KSE-100 index ended a step ahead representing addition of 10.25 points to close at 33,032.85.The market......
KARACHI: Second liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment is set to enter Port Qasim’s economic zone today, Engro Elengy Terminal said in a statement on Tuesday.The shipment is procured by Gunvor, it......
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) strengthened its call for concerted action to forestall a global economic slide on Tuesday, warning of the increasing risks of policy inertia.IMF......
LONDON: Gold hovered just below a 13-month high on Tuesday, supported by a weaker dollar and lower global shares after Chinese trade data fuelled concerns about the state of global demand.China’s......
KARACHI: Brisk activity was witnessed on the cotton market on Tuesday as spinners rushed to book quality lint to meet their near-future demand. However, short supply of quality cotton restricted......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s government said on Tuesday it was planning to sue the Federal Reserve Bank of New York after hackers allegedly stole nearly $100 million from a reserve account.Suspected Chinese......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FB) has extended the last date to March 18, 2016 for receiving budget 2016-17 proposals to formulate income tax measures, said a circular issued on......
LAHORE: The new trade policy, which would be announced in a few days, will include major incentives for value addition in exports, Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Tuesday.Speaking with......
MINGORA: Unaware of the International Women’s Day, 21-year-old Tahira is busy in tailoring clothes as she is the lone bread earner of her family.Disabled with one leg due to polio, Tahira works most......
PESHAWAR: International Women’s Day celebrations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remained confined to grand functions inside government buildings echoing with the usual slogans and tall claims to empower......
PESHAWAR: Popular Pashto singer Khan Tehsil, who died of cardiac arrest the other day, was laid to rest in Risalpur. He was 85.He left behind three sons and three daughters. He was a recipient of......
BATTAGRAM: Over 500 families of Roopkanai village here are cut off from rest of the country as a nullah across the locality doesn’t even have a foot bridge to facilitate people to walk to the other......
RAWALPINDI: The glass windows of some metro bus stations are now serving as advertisement space for the Punjab chief minister and his accomplishments.In many of the advertisements, pasted on the......
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry on Tuesday initiated disciplinary proceedings against officials of the bureau who allegedly extorted money from a......
RAWALPINDI: Korean envoy Dr Song Jong-Hwan on Tuesday said his country was keen to strengthen trade relations with Pakistan.He was visiting Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) where he......
On International Women’s Day, Dawn spoke to women from different walks of life, from lawyers to security guards, and asked them about their jobs and the struggles they face as working women.Nyma......
ISLAMABAD: Even though laws to prevent domestic violence already exist in the provinces, none of these laws – existing or proposed – have generated as much controversy and opposition as the......
ISLAMABAD: For centuries, folk tales have passed on valuable life lessons from generation to generation. But sometimes, a tale can transcend reality and come to life.This can be said about Mahi, the......
SIALKOT: Police claim to have arrested three suspects allegedly involved in kidnap, rape and murder of a 10-year-old boy who had gone missing more than 10 days back.Asad Ali, 12-year-old son of Amjad......
SIALKOT: The local officials of Election Commission on Tuesday sent the vote bags of NA-110 to Nadra high-ups in Islamabad for verification on the Supreme Court orders.The PTI’s losing candidate......
LAHORE: The International Women’s Day was observed here on Tuesday with unusual zeal, with all major political parties and departments arranging functions and pledging to work for ensuring......
LAHORE: As many as 15 policemen were booked for torturing a guesthouse worker to death during a raid in Johar Town on Tuesday.Malik Saeed, 40, a waiter, was on duty at the Green Light Guesthouse in......
LAHORE: Dozens of tenants displaced by Ferozepur Road’s signal-free project staged a protest demonstration at Chungi Amar Sadhu on Tuesday against the government for not paying compensation to them......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif laid the foundation stone on Tuesday of a teachers training institute for special education at PAF Base.Mr Sharif praised Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal......
KARACHI: The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) will have a campus in DHA City and in this connection a memorandum of understanding has been signed between the institute and DHA Karachi.At......
HYDERABAD: Seminars, rallies, walks and other events were held in almost all cities and towns of Sindh to observe International Women’s Day on Tuesday.In Hyderabad, women in a large number took part......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has directed the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Programme (BBSYDP) to impart training in nursing, paramedics and hotel management so that......
KARACHI: Looking at a Tassaduq Sohail artwork is not just a visual treat. Nor is it a lesson in the art of painting. It is an experience.The artist, nay the master artist, through his creations makes......
KARACHI: Twenty-one candidates filed their nomination papers to contest the by-election on a National Assembly seat, NA-245 (North Nazimabad), scheduled to be held on April 7.The NA seat fell vacant......
NEW YORK: Enraged by the Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s attacks against immigrants, millions of Hispanic legal residents have started applying for citizenship so that they can......
WASHINGTON: US air strikes bombarded an al-Shabab training camp in Somalia on Saturday, killing more than 150 militant fighters who were preparing to launch a large-scale attack, likely against......
PARIS: The Zika virus, suspected of causing brain damage in babies and a neurological ailment in adults, has now also been linked to the paralysing disorder myelitis, French researchers said on......
JERUSALEM: Israel is razing Palestinian homes and other buildings constructed with international aid at an “alarming” rate, the UN says, with more demolitions so far this year than in all of 2015.In......
DOHA: A tiger was spotted wandering through a traffic jam on one of Doha’s busiest roads on Tuesday, and government officials said they would investigate the incident after footage appeared......
TEHRAN: Iran conducted multiple ballistic missile tests on Tuesday in what it said was a display of “deterrent power”, defying US sanctions imposed earlier this year aimed at disrupting its missile......
WASHINGTON: A US jury awarded $55 million in damages on Monday to a prominent sports broadcaster after a stalker secretly filmed her nude in a hotel, media reports said.Fox Sports reporter Erin......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s chaotic politics took its most bizarre twist so far last week when former premier Mahathir Mohammad and a wide cast of the country’s opposition banded together under a......
Recent developments in Jawaharlal Nehru University have vitiated the political atmosphere, most particularly the alleged conspiracy of a section of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at......
TOKYO: It has been almost five years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. In the three Tohoku prefectures of Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima, which suffered severely from the tsunami, local governments......
EDITORS Imtiaz Ahmed and Iftekhar Iqbal are to be congratulated for bringing out this timely volume of essays titled University of Dhaka: Making Unmaking Remaking. As this institution, which is the......
COLOMBO: Defending champions Sri Lanka said Lasith Malinga was stepping down as captain of their World Twenty20 side on Tuesday after the team’s disastrous Asia Cup showing, with Angelo Mathews to......
LAHORE: The much-anticipated ICC World T20 match between Pakistan and India, scheduled to be held in Dharamshala, is most likely to be shifted to another venue after the chief minister of Himachal......
NAGPUR: Opener Vusi Sibanda struck a fluent half-century to help Zimbabwe defeat a scandal-hit Hong Kong by 14 runs in the opening qualifying group encounter of the World T20 in Nagpur on......
KOLKATA: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni sought to downplay expectations on Tuesday about his side’s prospects at the World Twenty20 despite starting as roaring favourites to win the title on......
LAHORE: Pakistan could not have asked for a worse build-up to the ICC World T20 in India with clear indications of a discord between captain Shahid Afridi and head coach Waqar Younis as well as the......
PARIS: If the past two seasons are anything to go by, prepare for some drama and late goals at Stamford Bridge when Chelsea and Paris St Germain meet in their Champions League last-16 second-leg......
BERLIN: Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer said on Tuesday it was severing ties with Maria Sharapova as the world’s highest-paid female athlete started to count the cost of a failed drug test and likely ban......
ISLAMABAD: A quartet of Pakistani players, along with Sri Lankan Yanishkhe Cooray, won their last-16 matches on the opening day of the main round of the ATF Pakistan U-14 Tennis Championship.Joining......
KOLKATA: West Indies captain Darren Sammy said on Tuesday his team is confident of winning a second World Twenty20 title, comparing his squad to the Caribbean team of the 1970s and 80s that dominated......
KOLKATA: Is there any department where members of the Pakistan women’s World T20 team score over their better-known male counterparts?Apparently there is — in terms of their exposure to the......
GWADAR: Fifty-seven kilometres west of Gwadar, near the Pakistan-Iran border, lies a small hidden settlement dating back some 5,000 years. Years of illegal excavations and official apathy have......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency has started investigation into allegations of funding by Indian intelligence agency RAW to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and summoned Sarfaraz Merchant, one......
ISLAMABAD: A judge of the Supreme Court regretted on Tuesday the way members of the Islamabad Bar Council behaved during their strike against the apex court judgment in a case about hanging of Mumtaz......
WASHINGTON: Days before a key nuclear summit in Washington, the United States has assured the international community that Pakistan is capable of protecting its nuclear weapons.At a joint news......
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has directed officers of the bureau to lay hands on all absconders and proclaimed offenders involved in cases of......
QUETTA: The wife of Lt Gen Aamir Riaz, the Commander of the Southern Command, has underlined the need for bringing a change in the attitude of the society towards women.“Bringing a change in the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information said on Tuesday that TV news channels needed to train their staff, especially anchors, to enable them to follow the ‘code of......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday to express solidarity with women on the International Women’s Day.Sherry Rehman of the PPP moved the resolution on behalf of Raja......
ISLAMABAD: Visiting British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond emphasised on Tuesday that Pakistan should continue working with India and Afghanistan for denying space and opportunity to anti-peace......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif finalised on Tuesday the strategy for his upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia, where he is likely to define the role Pakistan will play in the 34-nation......
ISLAMABAD: Thought-provoking seminars and meetings as well as socio-cultural events were held across the world, including Pakistan, to mark the International Women’s Day on Tuesday.Prime Minister......
QUETTA/LAHORE: Shahbaz Taseer, a son of slain Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, was recovered after being held by kidnappers for over four years. He was found in the Kuchlak area, at a place about 25km......
LAHORE: A seven-day spell of widespread rain with the potential of generating urban and flash flooding at several places in the country will start from Wednesday.Heavy downpours may generate flooding......
PESHAWAR: On February 27, thirteen-year-old Suleiman carried his father’s AK-47 to his school, along with his school bag — a daily ritual, except on weekends — to help the security guard protect the......
KARACHI: The Sindh government opposed on Tuesday the Rangers’ demand for creation of separate police stations with prosecution powers and extension of special policing powers for at least a year,......
EVENTS over the past week have laid bare the predicament of a divided nation. While the execution of Mumtaz Qadri signifies the assertion of state authority, the glorification of a convicted murderer......
IN the latest picture available of him, Abdul Basit lies on a hospital bed, his beard overgrown, and a small chalkboard on his chest seems to be the only way he can communicate. Once an administrator......
IT wouldn’t be particularly surprising to discover that French president François Hollande’s warning last week that the refugee encampments in Calais would in all likelihood be relocated to Kent in......
THE paramilitary Rangers, who have been leading the ongoing law-enforcement operation in Karachi, have made clear their desire to have extended the special policing powers granted to them......
