SANAA: Saudi-led air strikes on a market killed 119 people this week in northern Yemen's rebel-held Hajja province, the United Nations said Thursday, nearly three times the previously reported death......
NEW DELHI: Rival cricket fans from India and Pakistan have switched sides on social media ahead of a hotly awaited World Twenty20 clash, in protest over long-running tensions between neighbouring......
Explosive English batsman Kevin Pietersen has advised Pakistan’s Ahmed Shehzad to banish the ‘helicopter shot’ after the 23-year-old announced his comeback to the national side with a fifty against......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday said the government had allowed former dictator Pervez Musharraf to travel abroad to seek medical attention after the Supreme......
KOLKATA: Sri Lanka got their World T20 campaign off the mark with a six-wicket win over Afghanistan in their first Super 10 match at the Eden Gardens on Thursday.Veteran opener Tillakaratne Dilshan......
Facing a storm at home, Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi decided to take matters into his own hands.A whirlwind 19-ball 49 from 'Boom Boom' against Bangladesh in Pakistan's World Twenty20 opener......
NEW DELHI: Javeria Khan, who opens the batting for the Pakistan women's team, has been released from hospital after being hit on the jaw by a bouncer in Wednesday's World Twenty20 match against West......
ISLAMABAD: Indian media reports regarding the presence of Chinese troops in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) are baseless, said Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria on Thursday.Commenting on recent......
NEW DELHI: Police in India arrested four Muslim students on charges of breaching the peace after rumours the men were cooking beef sparked protests, an officer said Thursday.Hundreds of fellow......
The English dictionary defines “celebration” as the action of marking one's pleasure at an important event or occasion by engaging in enjoyable, typically social, activity.In my opinion there are two......
CAIRO: A spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition says that major combat operations in Yemen are coming to an end, after which the coalition will work on "long-term" plans to bring stability to......
NEW DELHI: Security personnel evacuated two aircraft at New Delhi's international airport Thursday after receiving an anonymous phone call of explosives being placed on the planes in a third such......
PESHAWAR: Students in Peshawar’s engineering schools are solving a problem that could save countless lives: making vehicles safer to prevent road accidents.Their solution involves installing an......
PESHAWAR: Two soldiers and three suspected militants were killed in a gunfight in Chilas town of Gilgit-Baltistan region on Thursday.According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the militants......
POKHARA: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Thursday formally extended an invitation to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the Pakistan-hosted 19th Saarc......
WASHINGTON: A dengue vaccine developed by the United States (US) National Institutes of Health scientists protected everyone given the shot against the virus in a promising small study published on......
A Thai gardener behind a $20 million gem heist from a Saudi palace that has long soured relations between the two countries became a monk Thursday in hope of redeeming his karma.Kriangkrai Techamong......
KARACHI: Police on Thursday claimed to have killed a 'commander' of the militant Islamic State (IS) group, Kamran Gujjar, in an encounter in Karachi's Manghopir area.The suspect is said to have......
Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie Pitt during a visit to a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon on Tuesday, the fifth anniversary of the Syrian......
HYDERABAD: A woman in Secunderabad said she killed her minor daughters to "relieve them" of harassment by her husband, Gopalapuram Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Shiva Kumar said on......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday suspended a judgement of the Sindh High Court (SHC) to remove model Ayyan Ali’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL).Islamabad Customs collectors on......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama imposed sweeping new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday intended to further isolate the country's leadership after recent actions by Pyongyang that have been......
SINGAPORE: The head of Spain's La Liga said the cashed-up Chinese Super League wasn't far from becoming one of the world's top football competitions — but he hopes Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo......
MUMBAI: Not many players over the years have been compared to Viv Richards but Chris Gayle's ability to destroy opposition attacks puts him right up there with the batting great, according to West......
LONDON: The prospect of Donald Trump winning the US presidency represents a global threat on par with religious militancy destabilising the world economy, according to British research group EIU.In......
BARCELONA: Barcelona's dynamic attacking trio of Neymar, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi were too strong for Arsenal as all three scored in a 3-1 victory on Wednesday that sent the Spanish side into the......
WASHINGTON: Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled an online advert for his presidential election campaign and this one uses footage of Hillary Clinton barking like a dog,......
Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has been named among Time Magazine's 30 Most Influential People on the Internet, keeping company with other social media heavyweights, including reality star......
Dear brethren (and some sisthren), today our people are faced with a very serious and dangerous hazard: Women!We must wake up from our sinful slumber, dear brethren (and sisthren who became brethren)......
RAY Tomlinson died in New York State on March 5. His passing away went almost unnoticed. He is the the man who developed email. Today billions of people utilise his electronic communications system,......
KHAR: A man was killed when a bomb planted along a road went off here on Wednesday, local administration officials said.They said that Momin Khan was on way to a nearby place in Ganag area of......
KARAK: The district and sessions judge here on Wednesday convicted a man for killing a senior journalist and sentenced him to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs500,000.The judge Syed Kamal Hussain......
SWABI: Local people on Wednesday demanded a camerawoman at the regional passport office.Talking to reporters, they said it was against Pakhtun customs that a male cameraman snapped women at the......
PESHAWAR: Though terrorists have bombed buses carrying government employees in Peshawar three times during the last four years, there is no standard operating procedure in place for the security of......
PESHAWAR: Arbab Akbar Hayat, the only MPA of PML-N from Peshawar, passed away due to cardiac arrest here on Wednesday. He was 47.He belonged to Khazana village and had won polls from PK-8......
RAWALPINDI: Religious parties on Wednesday moved an application with the City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) seeking permission to hold Mumtaz Qadri’s chehlum on March 27 at Liaquat Bagh.The......
ISLAMABAD: An operation ordered by the interior minister, to barricade around 303 homes in the use of foreigners, was called off at the last minute due to behind-the-scenes developments on Wednesday,......
ISLAMABAD: Legislative business took a back seat in the National Assembly when treasury lawmakers – in the absence of their senior leadership – decided to have some fun with the outnumbered......
The three glaciers of Concordia – Baltoro, Biafo and Godwin Austen – are one of the largest freshwater resources in the world. But since Concordia is also a haven for climbers and tourists attacking......
ISLAMABAD: An additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) on Wednesday summoned the guarantors of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, in the murder of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rashid......
ISLAMABAD: Despite the rain, a large group of civil society activists and residents of the city gathered outside the National Press Club on Wednesday and demanded the right to vote for the women of......
ISLAMABAD: Clerics in the country think a conspiracy is being hatched for making Pakistan a secular state, Qari Hanif Jhalandari, the secretary general of Wafaqul Madaris has said.The Wafaqul......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is considering a proposal of establishing a compound inside the Diplomatic Enclave to accommodate embassies operating in residential areas, Dawn has......
VEHARI: A man divorced his wife after she got him arrested for subjecting her to torture at Lakha Luddan village.Nasim Bibi, a resident of mauza Lakha Luddan, filed a complaint two days ago with......
LAHORE: The Christian community awaits after one year a proper investigation by the Punjab government into the tragic incident of suicide attacks at Youhanabad churches, killing 21 people and......
LAHORE: The Women Action Forum (WAF) expressed shock and outrage at the way the Punjab government has allegedly succumbed to pressure from the religious lobby and put the Women Protection Bill on......
LAHORE: A solo exhibition of artworks by Fadhil Husain Yousafzai opened at Zulfi’s Art Gallery, Johar Town, on Wednesday.It was a well-attended event. Artists, art collectors and students from......
FAISALABAD: Punjab Governor Muhammad Rafique Rajwana has urged women to play their pivotal role for development of the country by joining the professional life.Addressing the 23rd convocation of the......
KARACHI: Dozens of civil society activists on Wednesday staged a demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club to demand that the government immediately and effectively implement the Punjab Protection......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has urged the federal government to put the issue of population census on the agenda of the next meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI)......
KARACHI: Karachi University awarded honorary doctoral degrees to two sitting members of its syndicate on Wednesday, ignoring strong criticism over the issue by a section of KU teachers.The degrees......
KARACHI: General secretary of the Sindh chapter of the Pakistan Peoples Party Senator Taj Haider has said the PPP candidate lost his seat of PS-59 in Badin because of the federal government which had......
**KARACHI: Nostalgia in recent times has been defined in quite a few ways. For example, while it can be about an ‘unappeased yearning to return’, it can also be about learning lessons. An exhibition......
CONFERENCEAn international conference on ‘Experiential Education Pakistan’, followed by the launch of a book by a Pakistani author published by Venture Publishing, USA, on the Habib University......
KARACHI: With severe burns all over his body, Ghulam Ali Solangi groans in pain every time he senses the absence of a loved one in his room at the Burns Centre, where he has been admitted since......
KARACHI: Condemning the Peshawar bus blast, Senior Sindh Minister Nisar Ahmad Khuhro said on Wednesday that the tragic incident posed a big question mark over Zarb-i-Azb and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa......
LAGOS: Octogenarian Yewande Oyediran sits back in a comfy armchair in her living room in the “Campos” quarter of Lagos, with its fading Brazilian heritage.She talks about her great-grandfather Joao......
LINGAYEN: Rodrigo Duterte jokes about his own infidelities, but many voters in the Philippines want to elect him president so he can honour a campaign pledge to kill thousands of criminals.Duterte is......
SEOUL: North Korea on Wednesday sentenced an American student who admitted stealing a propaganda banner from a hotel to 15 years’ hard labour for subversive activities, state media said.The judgement......
UNITED NATIONS: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that his country will seek a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council starting in 2021, citing his government’s renewed......
BESANGON: A woman aged 91 has become one of the oldest women in France to gain a PhD after she completed a thesis that she had begun three decades earlier.Colette Bourlier was awarded the mark of......
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple fired anew on Tuesday at the US government’s legal fight to force it to break into an attacker’s iPhone, saying the tactic would “appall” the country’s founders.Apple dug into......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will travel to the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia in April, a visit set to be dominated by doubts over Britain’s EU membership and concerns about turmoil in the......
NEW DELHI: A mother hanged herself in India after a council of elders punished her family for her suspected extra-marital romance with a lower-caste man, a local police officer said on Wednesday.The......
BEIRUT: A powerful Kurdish party announced plans on Wednesday to declare a federal region in northern Syria, an idea promptly dismissed by Turkey and Syrian government negotiators at UN-brokered......
TEHRAN: Iran’s annual fire festival ahead of the Persian New Year claimed three lives and injured more than 2,500, hundreds of whom remain hospitalised, officials said on Wednesday.Each year Iranians......
BANGKOK: Thailand’s airport authorities searched an Air India flight for explosives after it landed in Bangkok following a bomb threat late on Wednesday, an airport official said.All 231 passengers......
DUXFORD: As Britons ponder their place in Europe ahead of a vote on European Union membership, a newly reopened museum serves as a reminder that the UK has often looked west — to a “special......
It was clear after the second over of the game that Pakistan had come to the Eden Gardens on Wednesday determined to make a statement. And statement they did make with an emphatic 55-run win to......
KOLKATA: The sole Indian flag that the fan was waving lustily on the left of the Eden Gardens Club House was conspicuous by the incongruity of the setting.Bangladesh and Pakistan were playing the......
MUMBAI: Chris Gayle smashed the first hundred of the sixth World Twenty20 to underline his reputation as cricket’s most destructive batsman and powered West Indies to a six-wicket win over England in......
PARIS: Atletico Madrid beat PSV Eindhoven 8-7 in a penalty shootout on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the third straight season as Manchester City advanced to the......
ZURICH: Global football body FIFA has applied to US authorities for tens of millions of dollars in damages from ex-officials indicted there for graft and recognised for the first time executives had......
INDIAN WELLS: World number one Novak Djokovic broke his opponent late in both sets to eke out a 7-5, 7-5 third-round victory over an upset-minded Philipp Kohlschreiber on Tuesday as the Serb......
ISLAMABAD: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has committed over $5.6 billion of cumulative investment in Pakistan, including $611 million in mobilisation.Pakistan represents IFC’s largest......
KARACHI: The government raised Rs215.8 billion through treasury bills on Wednesday, more than the target of Rs200bn set for the auction.The auction showed that banks were investing in long-term......
KARACHI: Recovery in global crude prices and speculation over the upcoming monetary policy sparked investors’ interest in the two heavyweight sectors — oil and gas and banking — which led the KSE-100......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 490 companies in February 2016, a year-on-year increase of 7 per cent.Around 89pc were enrolled as private limited,......
KARACHI: In a major development for the stock market, the much-awaited Futures Market Bill 2016 was passed by the National Assembly on Wednesday.The bill, which was approved by the Senate Standing......
ISLAMABAD: A high-powered committee on Wednesday held a meeting to review the draft plan for withdrawal of concessionary statutory regulatory orders (SROs) in the fiscal year 2016-17.The meeting,......
DUBAI: Opec member states and other major oil producers plan to meet next month to discuss a freeze in oil output levels, Qatar’s top energy official said Wednesday.The gathering, which will build on......
ISLAMABAD: Ahead of the Iranian president’s visit to Pakistan, the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday explored avenues to boost bilateral trade to $5 billion in five years after lifting of......
ISLAMABAD: The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) has become a non-functional, useless body and it should be closed at the earliest, said Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Finance......
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of Pakistan and Turkmenistan said on Wednesday that extremism and terrorism needed to be countered collectively to ensure peace and stability in the region.Talking to journalists......
ISLAMABAD: European Union Ambassador to Pakistan Jean Francois Cautain said on Wednesday that the EU would continue to facilitate Pakistan Baitul Mal (PBM) in its efforts for poverty reduction and......
ISLAMABAD: Condemning a bomb blast in a bus carrying provincial government employees in Peshawar on Wednesday, Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has alleged that the PTI-led......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has agreed to explore the possibility of importing an additional 1,200MW of electricity from Tajikistan, apart from 1,000MW from the Central Asian State under the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly unanimously adopted on Wednesday the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (Amendment) Bill, 2015, with seven amendments.The bill was tabled by Minister for......
ISLAMABAD: Around six weeks after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) declared that Aleem Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had submitted fake affidavits to support his allegations......
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has expressed “surprise” over the Supreme Court’s verdict allowing former military ruler retd General Pervez Musharraf to travel abroad,......
QUETTA: Minister for States and Frontier Regions retired Lt Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch laid the foundation stone of the 200km Kharan-Yak Mach road project on Wednesday.The project will cost Rs 12......
KARACHI: Two women leaders of the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) said on Wednesday that more than 70 members of the party had been missing for several months and emphasised that the situation in......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A campaign, ‘Corruption-free Pakistan’, was launched by the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) here on Tuesday.The party has already launched a countrywide movement against corruption.Several......
KARACHI: Hours after the Supreme Court ordered the removal of former president Pervez Musharraf’s name from the exit control list (ECL), allowing him to travel abroad for medical treatment, media......
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, informed the administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts on Wednesday about the 90-day preventive detention of former chairman of Fishermen Cooperative Society......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has termed the 2016 presidential campaign a “race to the bottom,” as Republican front-runner Donald Trump further consolidated his bid for the party’s......
MAIDUGURI: At least 22 people were killed in a twin suicide bombing at a mosque in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday, prompting condemnation from President Muhammadu Buhari and stoking fresh fears about......
PALM BEACH: US Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned on Wednesday of riots if he is denied the party’s presidential nomination.In an interview with CNN, he said the party could not deny him the......
POKHARA (Nepal): Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has said he is willing to discuss all issues, including the Pathankot attack, with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj here......
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government, which appears to have entered the election mode, announced on Wednesday that it would focus next year’s development spending on implementation of the party’s......
PESHAWAR: A bomb ripped through a bus carrying government employees on Wednesday, killing 14 people and injuring 55 others on a busy road in the cantonment area, doctors and officials said.A wounded......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court gave the Sindh police chief four weeks on Wednesday to arrest the absconding principal accused in the March 13, 2013, murder of Perween Rehman, the Director of......
ISLAMABAD: Former president retired General Pervez Musharraf may well be a free man, after the Supreme Court lifted a ban on his foreign travel on Wednesday by upholding a June 12, 2014, Sindh High......
QUETTA: Balochistan Governor Mohammad Khan Achakzai has warned that the declining underground water level in Quetta and the lingering water crisis may affect implementation of the China-Pakistan......
THE year 2015 will be remembered for two landmark global agreements. In September, UN member states endorsed the 2030 Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. Later, 196 parties to......
FOR as long as I can remember, people have been talking about the possibility of revolution in Pakistan. They were originally inspired, or perhaps frightened, by the Iranian Revolution in 1979, when......
TREASON allegations have become so common now in Pakistan that even cricketers are not immune. A lawyer wants to file a treason case again Shahid Afridi for saying he feels more loved in India than......
BY publishing a book on parliament’s role in defining the fundamental rights of the citizens of Pakistan, the Senate has provided an opportunity for a much-needed discussion on the subject.The......
The religious right in the country is once again in a state of fervent agitation. Ostensibly, this is because the Punjab Assembly recently passed a historic women’s rights law.Yet, other provinces......
