LONDON: Aston Villa's long-expected relegation from the Premier League was finally confirmed with a 1-0 loss away to Manchester United on Saturday as teenage rising star Marcus Rashford scored his......
LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has warned there could be serious consequences for the English Premier League if Britain votes to leave the European Union in a June 23 referendum.Currently,......
MONTE CARLO: Rafael Nadal returned to the final of the Monte Carlo Masters for the first time in three years, the eight-time champion struggling to close out a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over Andy Murray on......
KUMAMOTO: Scores of people were feared buried alive Saturday after two powerful quakes hit southern Japan a day apart, killing at least 41 people, as a forecast storm threatened more devastating......
MONTE CARLO: Roger Federer won't be rushed into hasty decisions on his pre-French Open schedule after successfully testing his surgically-repaired right knee by reaching the quarter-finals of the......
Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) chief Shafiq Stanikzai has put to rest all speculation regarding Inzamam-ul-Haq’s future as their national team coach by announcing that his board is ready to release......
AGRA: Prince William and his wife Kate arrived at the Taj Mahal Saturday, wrapping up their week-long trip to India and Bhutan with a visit that carries poignant echoes for Britain's royal......
LONDON: At least 1,500 unaccompanied migrant and refugee children stranded in Greece have nowhere safe to stay, with many sleeping rough in the cold and others incarcerated, a charity warned on......
LAHORE: Personnel of Pakistan Army have taken over the operation against members of the Chotoo gang in the riverine area of Rajanpur, the military's media wing said on Saturday.Director General of......
NEW DELHI: Negotiations for India to buy 36 French Rafale fighter jets are nearing the finish line, the Indian defence ministry said, with sources saying the price will be set at around $9......
As a personal trainer I'm often asked: “How do I lose those dreaded last 10 pounds?”People usually start off well on their diet and start losing weight. However, after some time, they hit a plateau......
PESHAWAR: Imagine you go to a co-ed university. And one day, the administration says you are no longer allowed to communicate with your peers from the opposite sex on and off campus premises and will......
KARACHI: The cotton market on Friday witnessed brisk activity amid rise in buying from spinners which helped prices to stay on higher side.Spinners strived to get hold of maximum quantity of cotton......
LONDON: Gold steadied on Friday after three days of declines and was heading for its first weekly drop in three as a stronger dollar and higher equities kept investor interest in check.Bullion......
WASHINGTON: The world’s leading economies on Friday embraced a new crackdown on tax havens and the use of shell companies to hide money, as the Panama Papers scandal claimed another victim.A draft......
ISLAMABAD: Exporters of the value-added textile sector urged the government to ensure uninterrupted gas supply to the industries.In a recent letter to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chairman Pakistan......
KARACHI: The KSE-100 index closed virtually flat on Friday. The index slid a mere 0.47 points to end at 33,767.12.The session opened positive and the index climbed 149.87 points but the decline in......
KARACHI: The banking system is still facing a liquidity gap of over Rs1.33 trillion despite a recent rise in deposits.The State Bank on Friday injected Rs1.33tr into the banking system helping the......
KARACHI: Steel imports could cost the country up to $2.2 billion at the end of this fiscal year as demand for the commodity is on the rise amid robust construction activity.The commodity’s imports......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has sought increase in the profit margins for oil marketing companies (OMCs) and their dealers on sale of petrol and diesel.According to a......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday decided to make an appropriate amount of spectrum available to the industry for enhancing the ever-evolving requirements of international quality data services for......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued Credit Bureaus Regulations and licensing criteria for setting up credit bureaus in private sector, said a press releases issued by the central......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Friday demanded that the chief justice take suo motu notice of foreign visits by the ruling elite for medical treatment of illnesses which can be......
KARACHI: Five Karachi University (KU) employees were taken into custody by the Rangers in a raid on Friday morning when most students and teachers were busy in the rehearsal of a convocation being......
KARACHI: A festival that aims to shed light on the lives, culture and identity of the transgender community and other sexual minorities in Pakistan through film, art and dialogue opened at T2F on......
HYDERABAD: Prominent intellectual and writer Amar Jalil has blamed Sindhis for the deterioration of education in the province and said nobody has compelled them to close down their schools but they......
HYDERABAD/MIRPURKHAS: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) leaders Mustafa Kamal, Anis Kaimkhani and Dr Sagheer Ahmed, along with other party colleagues, visited Hyderabad on Friday on their return from......
PESHAWAR: There is a high likelihood of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government significantly slashing its budgetary allocations for the next fiscal by Rs50 billion due to the ongoing financial crunch.The......
LANDI KOTAL: The Khyber Agency political administration on Friday resumed its ‘clean up’ operation against the illegal Afghans living near the border and demolished over a dozen mud houses.Sources......
PESHAWAR: Participants of a function on Friday showered romantic Pashto poet and senior writer Abaseen Yousafzai with praise for his services to the Pashto literature over the last three decades.The......
ISLAMABAD: Capital police will now use a mobile phone application to communicate, as the other means of communication being used by personnel is outdated and time-consuming, Dawn learnt from police......
ISLAMABAD: An accused in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) scam case claimed that he had been made a scapegoat to protect influential people.Waseem Aslam Butt, the former CEO of Elysium Holdings......
ISLAMABAD: Noting that the fragmentation of troubled Arab states, the ‘death’ of minorities, and the rise of sectarianism in the Muslim world were the primary challenges facing the Middle East,......
ISLAMABAD: The fourth Islamabad Literature Festival started at Lok Virsa on Friday and people from all walks of life came to participate in discourse with authors, artists and experts. The opening......
ISLAMABAD: An unexpected change in schedule brought a conversation between Quddus Mirza and Rashid Rana to the first day of the Islamabad Literature Festival. The lively session was attended by fewer......
ISLAMABAD: Zambeel Dramatic Readings presented a tribute to Ismat Chughtai and Qurratulain Hyder referred to in the Islamabad Literature Festival’s programme as Lady Changez Khan and Pom Pom Darling,......
“Most of the time I feel like I can’t differentiate between right and wrong. It’s difficult to decide what’s generally good or bad for others. I only ever went to school for three days, and I never......
ISLAMABAD: A lawyer of supermodel Ayyan Ali on Friday filed an application with the ministry of interior for the immediate removal of her name from the exit control list (ECL).In the application,......
ISLAMABAD: Every season, the federal capital is filled with seasonal flowers, but flowers have bloomed in the city at an alarming rate this April, which experts are attributing to the El Niño......
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Friday established its own Education Testing Council (ETC) for offering free testing services to students of all public and private sector.The......
LAHORE: The operation against criminal gangs in the Kacha areas of Rajanpur is a state operation and must be taken as such, pleaded Provincial Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affair Rana Sanaullah......
LAHORE: Senior health department functionaries have kept a mum on the issue of alleged fake neurosurgeon’s appointment in a major health facility of Lahore.All attempts by this reporter to get......
LAHORE: The Ajoka Theatre has come up with a new play ‘Ani Maie Da Sufna’ (A Blind Woman’s Dream) which has roped in a good number of people during its two showings.Based on the bitter Partition......
LAHORE: An investiture ceremony was held at Corps Headquarters here on Friday.According to a press release, Corps Commander Lieutenant General Sadiq Ali conferred military awards on army personnel......
ROME: He came (to Rome), he saw (the inside of the Vatican but not Pope Francis) and he conquered (the few dozen students and expats who turned out to see him).In the process, Bernie Sanders got very......
MADRID: The worldwide Panama Papers scandal claimed a fresh political victim on Friday as Spain’s industry minister resigned over allegations he had links to offshore companies.Jose Manuel Soria said......
MASHIKI: Shaken residents of a southern Japanese island rocked by a powerful earthquake that left at least nine dead queued for water in rubble-strewn streets on Friday, with many facing a second......
THIMPHU: Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate hiked to an ancient Buddhist monastery high in the mountains of Bhutan on Friday, a day after meeting the king and queen of the tiny Himalayan......
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was meant to be the healing balm for a nation traumatised by the horrors of apartheid.But 20 years later, hundreds of political......
EVERY year, actors, musicians and models team up with big-name designers to have some fun with fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The dress code for the annual Met Gala fundraiser corresponds......
LONDON: A time traveller from 1975 would find Britain’s EU referendum strikingly familiar — except that the two main parties have swapped roles on whether or not to remain in the bloc.A prime......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), in a sudden move, has decided to appoint former Test captain Inzamam-ul-Haq as the new national chief selector which came as a complete surprise to many......
IPOH: India cruised into the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup against world champions Australia by whipping Malaysia here on Friday, shattering New Zealand’s qualifying hopes.The Indians created a......
NYON: Falling short of peak drama, Friday’s Champions League draw sent Real Madrid to play Manchester City and paired Atletico Madrid with Bayern Munich in the semi-finals.A Madrid derby combined......
MONTE CARLO: Andy Murray will face the toughest clay test imaginable at the Monte Carlo Masters with a semi-final against Rafael Nadal, after crushing an under-done Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-0 on......
LIVERPOOL: What the Europa League lacks in glamour it more than made up for in late drama on Thursday.Sevilla’s pursuit of a hat-trick of titles was kept alive with a shootout success and Liverpool......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has not named top umpire Aleem Dar to supervise matches of the Pakistan Cup, starting at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on April 19.The name of Ahmed Shahab is......
LOS ANGELES: Former world number one Luke Donald, stung by his failure to qualify for this month’s Masters, was pleased to produce a straightforward 66 on Thursday for a share of the RBC Heritage......
PESHAWAR: In a one-sided encounter, hosts Peshawar Panthers went past Fata Cheetas in the fifth game of the Kaun Bane Ga KPK Ka Champion T20 series taking place in Peshawar.Batting first Zalmi Fata......
ISLAMABAD: Army and Sindh, the men and women defending champions respectively, retained their titles in the 15th National Netball Championships that concluded here at Hamidi Hall of the Pakistan......
QUETTA: The women softball teams of Balochistan and Pakistan Army won their respective matches on the opening day of the National Women’s Softball Championship here on Friday.Provincial Secretary......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has been steadily reforming its education system and has also removed a number of offensive references from its textbooks, Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani said in his reply to a US......
QUETTA: Law enforcement agencies claim to have foiled a bid to smuggle a large cache of arms and ammunition from Afghanistan to Pakistan. The weapons shipment was intended for a banned militant......
ISLAMABAD: Though the government has taken no decision regarding Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s plan to hold a public meeting at the Fatima Jinnah park on April 24 in connection with the party’s 20th......
Ghulam Rasool alias Chotoo, the ringleader of the Chotoo gang, against whom security forces have launched a major operation, worked as a security guard for MPA Atif Mazari for three to five years in......
ISLAMABAD: After dissolution of all party organisations, Pakistan People’s Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari sought on Friday people’s opinion in a questionnaire how to revive the party which had......
LANDI KOTAL: Tempers soared once again at the Torkham border on Friday when guards of Afghanistan and Pakistan exchanged harsh words after hundreds of Afghans were stopped by immigration staff to......
ISLAMABAD: The entire opposition in the Senate wants a thorough probe into the Panama leaks disclosure about politicians running offshore companies to avoid taxes, but is still divided over the mode......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has suggested electronic vigilance of inmates and jail staff as well as inspection by a team, especially at night.Presiding over a meeting on jail reforms......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has warned that corruption fuels extremism, increases economic instability and has a corrosive effect on society.The department’s spokesman John Kirby made these......
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to gather political support from all quarters, vice chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday held a meeting with the leadership of Majlis Wahdat......
JALALABAD: Officials claimed on Friday that 90 people, among them 40 belonging to the militant Islamic State group, were killed in air strikes and clashes in two provinces of war-ravaged......
ISTANBUL: A major summit aimed at overcoming differences in the Muslim world condemned Iran on Friday for what it called supporting terrorism and meddling in the affairs of other countries.Iranian......
LAHORE / D.G. KHAN: Formally launching a grand operation against hardened criminals on Friday, military forces resorted to shelling at their hideouts in the troubled riverine area of Rajanpur......
ISLAMABAD: Continuing its diplomatic offensive against India on spy agency RAW’s involvement in Pakistan, the Foreign Office briefed diplomats from Arab and Asean countries on Friday and called upon......
ISLAMABAD: While attention was focused on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s activities in London on Friday, Ishaq Dar spearheaded his party’s efforts in Islamabad to prepare the ground for a judicial......
CoconutThe origin of the coconut has been lost to history. Coconuts are a prehistoric plant that scientists believe came from the South Pacific around what is now New Guinea.It is said that the......
Sales of music tapes are now rising so unexpectedly that the Recording Industry Association of America is now looking at ways to tracks sales once more — with underground indie artists believed to......
Puppy shows off new bracesA Michigan veterinarian has earned the title of “doggie dentist” for his practice of fitting dogs with braces and performing root canals.Harborfront Hospital for Animals......
You have been reading reviews about maths, chemistry, engineering, academics, photography, art and craft, etc., but not much about nature so what about the nature loving kids? Don’t frown, as without......
This edition will bring us to the end of letter ‘E’, so, let us get on with the day’s business before our attention is diverted elsewhere.Element: A substance composed of atoms having an identical......
Harry Potter chair conjures up £278kA chair JK Rowling sat on while penning her first two Harry Potter books has sold for £278,000. The 1930s oak chair was one of four chairs donated to the then......
It was Sadaf’s first day in her new school. She was feeling uneasy and anxious, thinking of all the worst things that could happen to her that day. The thing which troubled her the most was that......
Quite recently, you read about the modest, charming, beautiful Disney princesses, who fell victim to evil stepmothers, witches or were under a curse, etc., and their second half — ‘the do-nothing’......
IN 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”That was then. Now, death can be deferred, thanks to advances in medical science and better......
Pakistan says it desperately wants Lockheed-Martin Block-V F-16 fighter-bombers at $87 million apiece for fighting terrorists in tribal badlands such as North Waziristan. An order for eight jets has......
THERE was a joke doing the rounds on social media wherein it was said that a Pakistan offshore account holders’ convention was being organised this week at one of London’s most expensive addresses,......
BENEATH every unpleasant incident lie pent-up grievances and wrath. Maturity lies first in containing the unpleasantness and, next, in addressing the underlying cause of the eruption. This is......
