OSLO: At least 11 people died on Friday when a helicopter transporting 13 people from a North Sea oil platform crashed off the coast of western Norway, rescue services said.“Eleven people found, none......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee has decided to scrutinise the expenditures incurred on advertisement in electronic and print media in defence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family's mention in......
WASHINGTON: United States (US) House Speaker Paul Ryan has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint session of Congress in June, CNN reported. It is unclear whether Modi has......
Kut Al-Amara was an unremarkable town nestled in a bend in the Tigris river, in what is today Iraq. Its history was thin, virtually non-existent, until it became the place of a great military......
KARACHI: A fresh polio case was reported in Sindh's Shikarpur district on Friday, bringing the year's total to eight cases.Deputy Health Officer Shikarpur Dr Qazi Khursheed Ahmed told Dawn that a......
MUZAFFARGARH: Six people, including five children, were killed in a house fire Friday in the Kot Addu area of Sanawan.Rescue workers recovered the bodies of five children, ages ranging from one to......
SYDNEY: An Australian woman working for a charity in Afghanistan has been kidnapped, the country's foreign minister said Friday.Julie Bishop said Canberra was working to secure the release of......
WASHINGTON: The United States (US) administration is withholding funds earmarked for Pakistan's purchase of eight F-16 fighter jets, BBC Urdu reported, citing an unnamed senior US State Department......
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia's plan to stage two day-night tests next season hit another hitch Friday when the players' association sought a limit of one.The initial schedule proposed the third test......
SWAT: Tabassum Adnan, a women's rights activist from Swat valley became the recipient of yet another prestigious award on Thursday when she was bestowed with the Nelson Mandela – Graça Machel......
The Apple Inc employee found dead at the company's California headquarters committed suicide, dying of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, police said on Thursday.The victim, who was found on......
PARIS: Michel Platini, the suspended UEFA chief, arrived Friday at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the Swiss city of Lausanne to appeal his six-year FIFA ban for ethics violations, with his......
WASHINGTON: Captain Kristen Griest became the United States (US) Army's first female infantry officer this week, the Army said, in a milestone for the US military as it opens up combat roles for......
RIVERSIDE: Three people with close family ties to the couple responsible for the San Bernardino terror attack were arrested Thursday in an alleged marriage-fraud scheme involving a pair of Russian......
PESHAWAR: A local accountability court on Thursday approved the plea bargain application of a former special assistant to a former chief minister, Syed Masoom Shah, in a corruption case over......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that construction work on Chashma lift canal project will be started in the next financial year at a cost of Rs121 billion, which will irrigate......
PESHAWAR: Representatives of various civil society organisations at a conference here on Thursday urged the federal government to approve the proposed merger of the Federally Administered Tribal......
PESHAWAR: Participants of a consultative conference have demanded of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to increase budgetary allocation to education sector, particularly for promotion of girls’......
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition PPP on Thursday lashed out at the federal government for “misusing” public funds by issuing newspaper advertisements in defence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whose......
LAHORE: Home-based workers (HBWs) staged a protest demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club on Thursday, demanding approval of the long-awaited work policy for them ahead of the Labour Day (May......
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Thursday launched a drive to ensure hygiene at sweet shops in the city, sealing various outlets and imposing fine on others.The drive was apparently......
LAHORE: At least 24 tenants arrested from Okara military farms were produced before an anti-terrorism court here on Thursday.They were taken into custody under three different cases registered by as......
KARACHI: Slow-moving ceiling fans in dimly-lit classrooms of several examination centres on Thursday, the first day of the annual HSC exams, proved that just electricity isn’t enough as proper......
KARACHI: A baby born in Qatar Hospital was shifted to the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) on Thursday to treat the rare ectopia cordis malformation he suffers in which his heart protrudes......
HYDERABAD: Senior Minister for Education Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said that the chief justice of Pakistan must be part of judicial commission to be set up to hold an inquiry into the Panama Papers......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement MPA Poonjomal Bheel on Thursday resigned from his assembly seat and joined the Pakistan Peoples Party.He made this announcement while addressing a press conference......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to establish a department to handle all functions relating to environment, coastal development and climate change.All the other departments have been......
KARACHI: The Sindh wildlife department on Thursday released 161 freshwater turtles of the 17 species confiscated a day earlier into the Haleji Lake.Nine other turtles had died before they could be......
MILAN: Italian police issued arrest warrants on Thursday for six people suspected of conspiring to join the militant Islamic State, and court documents said three of them had been discussing possible......
KOLKATA: “Please come along and let us take you to mini-Pakistan in Kolkata,” says Bobby Firhad Hakim, MLA candidate of the incumbent party in West Bengal, All India Trinamool Congress, which is on......
LOS ANGELES: Ernest Hemingway left Cuba shortly after Fidel Castro’s revolution, as relations with the United States began to fall into a deep freeze. Over five decades later, the author of The Old......
JERUSALEM: Growing safety fears surrounding Israel’s largest but ageing atomic research centre have provoked fresh questions over its future and a dilemma over the secrecy of the country’s alleged......
BAGHDAD: US Vice President Joe Biden opened talks in Baghdad on Thursday on an unannounced visit to Iraq, whose leadership is bogged down in a protracted political crisis even as its forces battle......
VOSTOCHNY: Russia’s new Vostochny cosmodrome hosted its first rocket launch on Thursday, the Roscosmos space agency said, after a last-minute delay a day earlier led to President Vladimir Putin......
BEIJING: China passed a law on Thursday tightening controls over foreign non-governmental organisations by subjecting them to close police supervision, a move officials say will help the groups but......
HANOI: More than 100 tonnes of clams have perished in central Vietnam, state media reported on Thursday, as public outrage mounts over a possible toxic leak into the sea near an industrial zone.Piles......
ANKARA: A meeting of a top committee at the Turkish parliament broke up in chaos on Thursday as deputies threw punches and jumped onto tables in a furious confrontation between ruling party and......
LONDON: Britain’s opposition Labour Party suspended on Thursday former London mayor Ken Livingstone after he said Adolf Hitler supported Zionism, in a furious row over anti-Semitism that is dividing......
NEW DELHI: India’s foreign ministry said on Thursday it has asked Britain to deport the embattled former airline boss Vijay Mallya, who faces a money laundering investigation.Mallya, a part-owner of......
WELLINGTON: Star batsman Kane Williamson got the nod as New Zealand’s captain in all three forms of the game on Thursday, replacing the retired Brendon McCullum.Williamson has long been seen as......
KUALA LUMPUR: Nicol David, the most dominant squash star in the past decade, crashed out of the World Championship in Malaysia on Thursday, ending her shot at a ninth world title this year.The......
MELBOURNE: Former South Africa fast bowler Allan Donald will join Australia as their bowling coach for their tour of Sri Lanka, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Thursday.The appointment was not......
LAHORE: Accusing the high-ups of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) running the game like politicians, legendary leg-spinner Abdul Qadir has raised serious questions over new appointments, especially......
MADRID: A breathtaking individual effort from youngster Saul Niguez put Atletico Madrid in the box seat in their Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich with a gritty 1-0 victory in a tense......
LONDON: Dreams of a first Asian world snooker champion moved closer to reality as Hong Kong’s Marco Fu joined China’s Ding Junhui in the semi-finals of this year’s World Championship at Sheffield’s......
KARACHI: In arguably the match of the tournament, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa qualified for the final of the Cool & Cool presents Haier Pakistan Cup after sealing a thrilling seven-run victory over Sindh at......
KARACHI: K-Electric launched the fifth edition of the U-16 Lyari Football League in a colourful ceremony at the Peoples Sports Complex on Thursday.The tournament will feature 16 teams — all named......
LONDON: Gold rose one per cent on Thursday as the Bank of Japan held off from expanding monetary stimulus, boosting the yen versus the dollar, and after the Federal Reserve signalled that it was in......
ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has sought a Rs1.50 per unit increase in tariff to facilitate the payment of Rs70 billion to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on account of the Net......
KARACHI: Repatriation of profits by foreign companies operating in Pakistan rose 27 per cent to $1.271 billion in the first nine months (July to March) of this fiscal year from $1.001bn, the State......
KARACHI: Prices of ghee and cooking oil have surged by Rs30-50 on a five-kilogram carton in the provincial capital, with retailers blaming manufacturers who in turn blame costlier palm oil and an......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Thursday called for a briefing with the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) over allegations of figure fudging.Committee chairman Saleem......
ISLAMABAD: The effective implementation of insurance laws is the need of the hour, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) chairman said on Thursday, stressing that the sector “has......
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) programme is scheduled to end in a few months. Even after its conclusion, however, Pakistan will continue to be influenced by the international body......
KARACHI: Bullish momentum continued for the third consecutive day at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday as the benchmark KSE-100 index rose 234.36 points (0.70 per cent) to 34,503.64, just......
ISLAMABAD: World Trade Organisation Director General Roberto Azevedo will visit Pakistan early next week to seek effective role of Islamabad under the multilateral trading system.Mr Azevedo will call......
KARACHI: The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has advised the government not to depend on specific schemes to broaden the tax net and instead focus on field offices for better compliance of tax......
KARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan’s profit-after-tax jumped 23 per cent to Rs4 billion in the first quarter (January-March) of this calendar year over the same period last year. This translates into......
ISLAMABAD: The new auto policy has piqued the interest of global car manufacturing companies and negotiations are underway for setting up plants in Pakistan, Board of Investment (BoI) Chairman Dr......
KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $20,790 million for the week ending on April 22, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced on Thursday.Of the total reserves,......
ISLAMABAD: The Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Syed Khursheed Shah, came under fire during a meeting of the PAC on Thursday for purchasing......
ISLAMABAD: Residents of Jacobabad have been found unwilling to pay for the sanitation and hygiene services despite being aware of the associated health risks, but are ready to pay for safe drinking......
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday and assured him of his party’s all-out support in the wake of Panama leaks crisis.A......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif witnessed the exercise of a corps near Jhelum on Thursday.The exercise is being conducted in an overall framework to effectively repulse enemy......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is among the eight fast growing economies of the world due to structural reforms introduced by the incumbent government, federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Planning and Development adopted on Thursday a report on how Pakistan had lost significant land mass along the coast due to sea intrusion and was going......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has stressed the need for using latest technology and equipment in the proposed coal-based power plants in the coastal areas of Gadani......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will indict four officers of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) and Customs Department for violating its 2006 judgement in a case relating......
ISLAMABAD: This year too, the Haj policy announced by the government landed in the Supreme Court which on Thursday allowed the April 29 balloting with a condition to withhold its outcome pending the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Azerbaijan agreed on Thursday to expand bilateral cooperation in the fields of trade, gas and electricity besides introducing road and air connectivity.This was decided at a......
TOMBS are the memoirs of Time. Take the majestic Kalhoro mausoleum in Hyderabad. The boundary walls of red brick signify a fort; they tell tales of war, not death. After all, the most renowned......
WASHINGTON: Several members of the US Congress launched on Wednesday a multi-pronged attack on Pakistan, questioning its policies and priorities.Pakistan had to bear this humiliation for the $742......
PARIS: Protests turned violent in Paris and other French cities on Thursday as tens of thousands of workers and students made a new push for the withdrawal of a hotly contested labour bill.Security......
MANSEHRA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said some elements are hatching conspiracies against his government, but he believes in prosperity and development of the country by launching mega......
KARACHI: No senior politician belonging to the Pakistan Peoples Party has been named in the final joint investigation team (JIT) report of Uzair Jan Baloch, the head of the banned People’s Amn......
ISLAMABAD: While the government’s plan to streamline the registration and monitoring of religious seminaries appears to be a pipe dream, the number of madressahs in the country, as well as the number......
KARACHI: Reacting to the allegations contained in the video, MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar called upon the chief justice of Pakistan to take notice of the recording and airing of the video statement of......
“Chaste to her husband, frank to all beside / A teeming mistress, but a barren bride” — Alexander PopeFROM Brazil to Malaysia, democracy around the world is under threat. Not from the march of army......
IT’S about time that everyone started preparing lists of those they are ready to spare for the bloodthirsty goddess of democracy. With or without the aid of the Panama Papers, the clamour is not......
EIGHT years ago, a young woman from Khairo Dero (Larkana district) was so touched by the plight of her people that she decided to work for their uplift.She had been fortunate to receive a privileged......
WHEN young Bisma died in a traffic jam en route to Civil Hospital in Karachi last December, there was a media frenzy. To onlookers it looked like frenzy, devoid of principles — a burgeoning show of......
KARACHI: A retired army officer was reportedly found dead in a hotel room in the city’s downtown area on Thursday, police officials claim that the officer committed suicide.The Station House Officer......
