ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced that the government will clear the D-Chowk of protesters on Wednesday “at any cost”, if they don’t disperse by themselves in the......
PESHAWAR: The district administration of Peshawar came up with a unique announcement of fixing Rs25 as 'head money' for killing rats in the provincial capital, it has been learnt.A meeting was held......
MUMBAI: Chris Gayle hopes to smash another century when West Indies returns at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday for its World Twenty20 semifinal against India.“This is a perfect opportunity to......
KOLKATA: India has retained its pre-tournament top position in the latest ICC rankings at the end of the second round of the World T20, and an unbeaten New Zealand moved up two places to......
LAHORE: A day after the military confirmed launching a crackdown against terrorists in Punjab, provincial law minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said the operation launched in the province is a......
KARACHI: Sindh government is spending Rs25 million on Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's death anniversary, according to a document obtained by DawnNews on Monday.The......
“We don’t need stars, we need heroes,” Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis said outside the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore as he headed to a ‘fact-finding meeting’ called up by the Pakistan Cricket Board......
NEW DELHI: The South African trio of AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn exited the World Twenty20 stage on Monday, possibly never to return again, and skipper Faf du Plessis felt a bit more......
MUMBAI: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announced Monday that he will be visiting Saudi Arabia between April 2 and April 3 on the invitation of King Salman.The Indian premier announced the......
NEW DELHI: England skipper Eoin Morgan would like to believe his team peaked at the right time at the ongoing World Twenty20 while New Zealand were slightly premature going into Wednesday's......
ISLAMABAD: In a joint press conference by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) head Lt Gen Asim Bajwa and Federal Information Minister Pervez Rashid on Tuesday, a video of arrested Indian Navy......
I was sitting in a coffee shop with a few close friends recently and the lighthearted banter suddenly turned serious when talk turned to the topic of child abuse.I’m not really sure how we ended up......
PESHAWAR: A local prayer leader accused of raping a minor seminary student in Tajori area of Lakki Marwat district was arrested on Tuesday, police said.The 38-year-old accused, who was a prayer......
LAHORE: Shakeel Anjum spent Easter Monday burying six victims of the carnage in Lahore and says he is in pain, his head is aching. He wonders: How much further will this go? How many more bodies will......
SYDNEY: The bowling coach of the Victoria state cricket side, Mick Lewis, has been fined for ball tampering after raking it over concrete during the final of Australia's domestic Sheffield Shield......
CAIRO: A hijacker who seized an Egyptian airliner and forced it to land in Cyprus has been detained, Cypriot government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Tuesday.“The hijacker has just been......
KARACHI: A Special Security Unit Commando who performs duty at the state guest house was shot dead on his way home in the Karimabad area on Tuesday morning, police said.Deputy-Inspector General West......
SAN FRANCISCO: The US Justice Department said on Monday it had succeeded in unlocking an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters and dropped its legal case against Apple, ending a......
LAHORE: As a body is rolled out and loaded into an ambulance, media cameras swarm around to capture the image. But this is only one body and so many more left the hospital on Monday carrying their......
LAHORE: The closure of public parks for an indefinite period proves that the security arrangements at such public places by the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) were inadequate.The PHA says its......
LAHORE: An exhibition of artworks titled ‘Cosmic Harmony’ by Ms Ufaq Ehsan, a graduate of National College of Arts, will open at Saeed Akhtar Studio, Johar Town, on March 31.Ms Ehsan is an artist and......
LAHORE: Adviser to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Dr Yasmin Rashid has chided Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif for making an effort to gain political mileage from the carnage in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park......
A new law recently enacted by the Punjab government to stop children from working at brick kilns may have intimidated owners of these ‘sweat factories’. But it seems to have had little impact on most......
MANSEHRA: The woman beneficiaries of the Benazir Bhutto Income Support Programme in the district complain most commercial banks don’t offer ATM service for the cards issued to them to get monthly......
MARDAN: Speakers at a function eulogised the services of late Fazal-i-Rabi Ustad for Pashto music and termed him master of folk singing.The Lasoona Welfare Organisation (LWO) in collaboration with......
PESHAWAR: Provincial Minister for Auqaf Habibur Rehman on Monday admitted on the floor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly that his department was helpless to retrieve its properties worth billions of......
TIMERGARA: The nine-day Dir Spring Peace Festival began here at the Rest House Ground on Monday.NGOs Association for Behaviour and Knowledge Transformation and Khwendo Kor jointly organised the event......
ISLAMABAD: Despite a reputation for being comparatively docile in their street agitation, followers of various groups belonging to the Barelvi school of thought seem to have taken the authorities by......
ISLAMABAD: Over 700 protesters were picked up from parts of the city and sent to various jails in Punjab, Dawn learnt from officials of the capital police on Monday.Of these, 500 protesters were......
ISLAMABAD: Residents of the federal capital on Monday faced hardship as mobile phone service remained suspended throughout the day.The service was not restored when this report was filed at......
ISLAMABAD: The Safe City Project, under which 1,800 surveillance cameras have been installed across the federal capital, has become operational, but is yet to be formally inaugurated.The project’s......
ISLAMABAD: The fire under a trailer-mounted container at Express Chowk continues to burn, boosting the morale of the already charged workers of lesser known and unknown religious groups that forced......
RAWALPINDI: The protest march that headed for D-Chowk from Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi on Sunday exposed the lack of planning on the part of local police, and the lack of control over the police force......
KARACHI: Two interesting performances on Sunday evening entertained theatre-goers to the hilt, lightening up the rather serious atmosphere of the ongoing international music and theatre festival......
KARACHI: Secondary School Certificate examinations for students of class nine and 10 began on Monday at 382 centres across the city in the morning and 88 centres in the afternoon.In contrast to last......
BADIN: All necessary measures to ensure foolproof security across Sindh have been taken in the wake of the Sunday evening bomb blast in a Lahore public park that claimed many lives of people.This was......
KARACHI: A sit-in organised by an alliance of several religious parties — Tanzeemat-i-Ahle Sunnat — at Numaish and the subsequent closure of two key roads for the security of the official residences......
KARACHI: An accountability court indicted on Monday a former chairman of the Pakistan Steel Mills and others in two corruption references.Ousted chairman Mueen Aftab Sheikh and former commercial......
IN his Hindustani akhbaar naveesi, Muhammad Ateeq Siddiqi has mentioned that during the Mughal era, some officials, appointed for keeping the rulers informed of the general situation and public......
TOKYO: Dozens of space scientists are desperately scouring the skies after losing track of a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar Japanese satellite that was sent to study black holes.The ultra-high-tech......
RIYADH: Rebels who control the Yemeni capital Sanaa have released nine Saudis in exchange for 109 Yemenis, the Riyadh-led coalition fighting them said on Monday, in the latest sign of tensions easing......
MOSCOW: Moscow’s endorsement of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov for another term is a bid to ensure stability in the crucial region, in a move analysts said turns a blind eye to the strongman’s......
HAVANA: Fidel Castro responded on Monday to President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Cuba with a long, bristling letter recounting the history of US aggression against Cuba, writing that “we don’t......
TOKYO: A Japanese girl who vanished two years ago has returned home after escaping from the apartment of the university student who had held her captive, police and local media said on Monday.The......
MOSCOW: The hunters searching for mammoth tusks were drawn to the steep riverbank by a deposit of ancient bones. To their astonishment, they discovered an Ice Age puppy’s snout peeking out from the......
MALAYSIAN opposition politicians and leading critics of Prime Minister Najib Razak unveiled a fresh campaign aimed at ousting him, after months of attacks over a funding scandal failed to......
BANGUI: The Central African Republic’s new president takes office on Wednesday, faced with the challenge of reconciling a divided population and rebuilding a shattered country.Former maths teacher......
I RECENTLY attended a White House event that featured the cast of the Broadway hit Hamilton. But it was the host for the occasion who was most impressive: first lady Michelle Obama, still standing......
KIEV: More than one hundred Ukrainian protesters rallied outside the president’s office on Monday demanding the immediate ouster of the chief prosecutor and a more dedicated fight against state......
KABUL: A US soldier shot and killed an Afghan boy on Monday near an American airfield close to the capital Kabul, a senior Afghan police officer said.The boy, whose age is unknown, had been carrying......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that this election season’s anti-Muslim rhetoric was an “embarrassment” to the United States.In an interview to CBS News “Face the Nation” show,......
KABUL: Taliban insurgents fired a barrage of rockets at Afghanistan’s newly built parliament complex in Kabul on Monday, as top security officials including the intelligence chief prepared to address......
LONDON: Winds gusting to 105 miles an hour on Easter on Monday forced the cancellation of over a hundred flights in and out of Britain and left around 2,000 homes without power.“Storm Katie” left a......
NEW DELHI: Hashim Amla struck an unbeaten 56 to guide South Africa to a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over champions Sri Lanka in a low-scoring World Twenty20 dead rubber on Monday.With both......
NEW DELHI: Ice-cool all-rounder Ben Stokes said on Monday he was revelling in his role as England’s death bowler after his nerves of steel once again kept his side in the World Twenty20.With Sri......
NAGPUR: Afghanistan cricket coach Inzamam-ul-Haq says the victory against the West Indies in the last group match at the World Twenty20 in India is a big achievement for him and his team.Afghanistan......
MOHALI: Australian commentators were on Monday full of praise for Virat Kohli’s thrilling batting.“Steve Smith called it the ‘Virat show’ and he was right,” wrote Chris Barratt in The Sydney Morning......
KEY BISCAYNE (Florida): Five-time champion Novak Djokovic overcame a first-set spill to beat unseeded Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-4, 6-1 in the third round at the Miami Open on Sunday.The world number......
NAGPUR: West Indies captain Darren Sammy wants his team to quickly forget Sunday’s six-run defeat against Afghanistan and concentrate on the upcoming World Twenty20 semi-finals.“We leave this game......
CLUJ: Romania held European champions Spain to a 0-0 draw on Sunday in a Euro 2016 warm-up that saw visiting goalkeeper Iker Casillas equal the record for most international caps by a European......
LAHORE: In a nail-biting final Highlanders Academy edged out Silver 3-2 as the fourth and final slot for the Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five national final was decided at Islamabad’s Total Football......
KARACHI: As many as sixty coaches and umpires participated in the recently held national netball coaching & umpiring course at the PSB Coaching Centre.The high-profile course was jointly organised by......
KARACHI: Stocks remained volatile amid thin trading on Monday as institutional investors remained on the sidelines.The PSX benchmark 100-share index traded between an intra-day high of 110 and......
ISLAMABAD: There will be no water shortage during Kharif starting April 1, raising hopes of a bumper agriculture output, according to official estimates.An official of the Indus River System......
ISLAMABAD: The power tariff for all the distribution companies of Wapda is expected to be cut by more than Rs3.65 per unit on account of automatic monthly fuel adjustment to refund a part of around......
KARACHI: A major automaker has threatened to shift its investment for a new plant worth $400-500 million to Iran from Pakistan citing dearth of incentives for existing assemblers in the Automotive......
KARACHI: Bank Alfalah’s pre-tax profit rose 48 per cent to Rs12.604 billion in 2015 from Rs8.514bn in the preceding year. Earnings per share increased 16pc to Rs4.73 from Rs4.09.During the 24th......
KARACHI: The vastly improved macroeconomic parameters will provide a launch pad for growth-oriented economic policies in the upcoming budget, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Revenue,......
TOKYO: In late 2014, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe caught markets and voters off guard when he postponed an unpopular sales tax hike and called a snap election. Less than two years later, the......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (Prgmea) and China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textile and Apparel (CCCT) signed a memorandum of......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Monday announced that its all offices would remain open for extended hours in the last two days of this month for collection of revenue.The offices......
DUBAI: Banks in the United Arab Emirates will suspend legal action against SMEs struggling to repay debt for up to three months to prevent a surge in defaults that may jeopardise the economy.The......
JAKARTA: Indonesia will announce on Tuesday an easing of restrictions on imported raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry and more credit opportunities for small export firms as part of a......
KARACHI: The cotton market gave lacklustre conditions on Monday as activity touched rock bottom. There was hardly any activity as buyers and sellers were conspicuous by their absence.Floor brokers......
WASHINGTON: The FBI is asking businesses and software security experts for emergency assistance in its investigation into a pernicious new type of “ransomware” virus used by hackers for extortion.“We......
MUSCAT: Oman will encourage households to generate electricity with solar panels and feed it into the national grid, Qais al-Zakwani, executive director of the Authority for Electricity Regulation,......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday appointed Zahid Hamid, a leader of PML-N, as law minister.According to an official announcement, Mr Hamid will have additional charge of the minister for......
QUETTA: Provincial government has cancelled all remaining events and concluding ceremony of the ongoing `Balochistan Sports Festival’ to express bereavement over the loss of scores of lives and......
RAWALPINDI: In a delayed move, the police registered four separate cases against 501 religious workers, including their leadership, under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) for creating terror and violence......
ISLAMABAD: Expressing concern over the prevailing tense situation in the country due to terrorism and religious intolerance, opposition parties slammed the federal government on Monday for its “poor......
ISLAMABAD: Coming a day after over 70 innocent people, mostly women and children, were killed by terrorists in Lahore and the federal capital was overrun by protesting mobs, many expected Prime......
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, PPP’s Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has said that the government should give an in-camera briefing to Parliament on efforts to eliminate......
LANDI KOTAL: The border crossing at Torkham was closed for some time on Monday after an exchange of harsh words between border guards of Afghanistan and Pakistan.Sources said the Afghan guards had......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) held on Monday that functions performed by ex-officio ‘Justice of Peace’- a judge of a lower court – by ordering registration of FIRs under section 22-A(6) of the......
ISLAMABAD: Unmoved by its past experience of an incomplete Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the government has yet to initiate the process for appointment of ECP members in place of the......
ISLAMABAD: Leaders from across the world condemned Sunday’s attack in Lahore and expressed solidarity with the people and government of Pakistan in the wake of the tragic incident.Turkish President......
At first glance, you would think these people with blue surgical masks covering their mouths and noses and with one of their arms tied up with tourniquets are subjects of some medical test or......
NEW DELHI: As Pakistan’s five-member team investigating the Pathankot terror attack received DNA samples of the gunmen from Indian investigators, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar seemed to pour......
DUBAI: Police in the United Arab Emirates city of Ajman said on Monday a fire had erupted at a high-rise tower, the latest in a series of skyscraper blazes in the country.The police gave no details......
DAMASCUS: Syrian forces strengthened their hold on Palmyra on Monday and pushed forward against the militant Islamic State group (IS) after dealing it a major blow by retaking the ancient city.The......
BRASILIA: Brazil’s largest party will decide on Tuesday to break away from President Dilma Rousseff’s floundering coalition, party leaders said, sharply raising the odds she will be impeached amid a......
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The army said on Monday it had launched a crackdown on terrorists suspected to be involved in the Lahore park attack and there were clear indications that a decision had been taken......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday the government would not allow terrorists to resurface and play with the lives of the people.“This is my resolve, my government’s resolve, as......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has appointed Ashtar Ausaf Ali, his adviser on law, as attorney general of Pakistan after accepting the resignation of Salman Aslam Butt.According to a brief......
LAHORE: In the wake of the Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park suicide attack, the government has decided to arrest all individuals included in the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act.The decision was taken......
LAHORE: After claiming responsibility for the Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park blast, the Jamaatul Ahrar, an offshoot of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), declared on Monday the start of a new campaign,......
ISLAMABAD: Efforts to negotiate with Mumtaz Qadri’s supporters camped outside parliament since Sunday night did not bear fruit even on Monday.The protesters insisted that they would only negotiate......
EVEN as tragedy struck Lahore with full force, a disturbing set of events was transpiring in Islamabad on Sunday.A situation requiring the state to act delicately but firmly turned dangerous when......
Many Pakistanis were thrilled when one of their own was awarded an Oscar for the documentary A Girl In the River: The Price of Forgiveness on the practice of ‘honour’ killing. Although some misguided......
HOW can one ever justify the burning of books? And yet, books are burnt, increasingly so. These days books are also pulped because religious gurus don’t want them to reach the bookstores. Some have......
HOW would you view a person who slaps you on one cheek and kisses on the other, regularly? A few may offer both cheeks for slapping. But most would be angry, even if the kisses exceed slaps.......
THERE has been no fresh movement on the reconciliation process in Afghanistan. This should worry the Pakistani establishment. For once, Pakistan stuck its neck out by acknowledging the Afghan Taliban......
BRUSSELS: Belgian prosecutors on Monday released a man they had charged in connection with last week's deadly Brussels bombings, saying they did not have enough information to justify holding him.The......
