AJACCIO: A Muslim prayer hall in the French island of Corsica was ravaged by fire on Saturday in what prosecutors said was probably a criminal attack.The blaze occurred just months after the island,......
NAIROBI: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire Saturday to the world's biggest ivory bonfire, after demanding a total ban on trade in tusks and horns to end “murderous” trafficking and prevent the......
TANGAIL: At least two unknown assailants hacked a Hindu tailor to death in central Bangladesh Saturday, police said, amid a rise in attacks on religious minorities by extremist groups in the......
NEW DELHI: India's cricket board Saturday announced the resumption of bilateral cricketing ties with the West Indies, saying its team will travel to the Caribbean for a Test series later this......
ISLAMABAD: In response to reports the US Congress is withholding 60 per cent of the aid earmarked for subsidising Pakistan's purchase of eight F-16 fighter jets, a Pakistani official has said......
JAIPUR: Tent dealers in the Indian state of Rajasthan have decided not to provide wedding tents for child marriages, in a move to discourage the practice, reported the Times of India.The decision was......
Following Sri Lanka, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) too, agreed in principle to a proposal from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to implement a points system for their upcoming tour which......
BAGHDAD: A car-bombing Saturday in southeastern Baghdad killed at least 21 people and wounded at least 42 others, according to police and hospital officials.The attack targeted Shia pilgrims walking......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says security forces have killed two militants before they were able to detonate a car bomb in the southwestern town of Bisha.Saudi Interior Ministry......
PESHAWAR: A nine-year-old boy was raped allegedly by a relative in Hashtnagri area here on Thursday, police said.The victim was brought to Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar in a critical condition, and......
MADRID: World number one Novak Djokovic returns to the Madrid Masters for the first time in three years, aiming to forget his blip at the Monte Carlo Masters with a strong challenge expected from a......
LONDON: Leicester City, 5,000/1 no-hopers before the season started, will be responsible for an “unprecedented” £15 million ($22 million, 19 million euros) pay-out by Britain's bookmakers if they win......
The single lane disappeared deep into the darkness of the road. Shadows of the trees ran past as the headlight of the car illuminated them. There was a deep forest on both sides of the road. The......
ALEPPO: Syrian doctor Mohammad Waseem Maaz saved the lives of countless children in the war-ravaged neighbourhoods of Aleppo city before an air strike this week on a hospital took his own.He kept his......
KINGSTON (Jamaica): The legendary Viv Richards has lashed out at ICC for its official reprimand of the World T20 champions West Indies, stating that it has one rule for the Darren Sammy-led outfit......
All facets of nature are fascinating. Each has its own unique qualities, beauty and mysteries, some of which have been explored by men and some have been exploited. Today we will review a website......
Earth Day just passed on April 22, and it was celebrated in different ways across the globe. Events are held annually to demonstrate support for environmental protection.But this is ironic. Is a day......
The world’s cutest smartphoneIf any robot can take over the world, it’s RoBoHoN. He has all the information you put in your smartphone — and can read human emotion.RoBoHoN is incredibly useful, he......
Affleck to direct stand-alone Batman filmOscar winner Ben Affleck played Bruce Wayne in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice and had been rumoured to be Warner Bros top choice to helm another......
“Teenage life is not fun. This isn’t fair, mum. You don’t have to go to school, no peer pressure to cope with, no complexes regarding your appearance. In short, no worries! Oh, nothing, indeed!”My......
It was a nice afternoon on a regular day but an incident would change that soon. At a jewellery shop in town, the boss was happy as he had earned hefty profit and his employees were also very happy......
One of my school friends had his birthday in the beginning of May and he could never throw a party and call his friends that day because we always had our final exams then.May is starting again and......
That raucous sound you hear in the distance is Asif Zardari laughing at Nawaz Sharif’s predicament over the Panama Papers leaks.Whether he’s in Dubai, London or New York, I’m sure he’s revelling in......
Despite their failure to break the impasse, the Pakistani and Indian foreign secretaries, Aizaz Chaudhry and S. Jaishankar, had what were called “frank and constructive” talks in New Delhi on April......
LAST week’s deadly attack on police escorting a polio vaccination team in the Karachi suburb of Orangi which left seven law enforcers dead was overshadowed by the cacophony of protest over the......
THE Paris Agreement is a historic milestone. Last week, Pakistan joined the world community as one of 171 countries to sign the agreement. Having signed the first major multilateral agreement of the......
PARACHINAR: Authorities closed New Durrani Camp in Kurram Agency on Friday after 10,000 internally displaced families residing there for the last five years were sent back to their homes.Officials......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Friday announced that the PTI government would stop Baldev Kumar, the suspected killer of MPA Sardar Soran Singh, from becoming the......
GILGIT: Three convicted prisoners involved in the Nanga Parbat massacre of foreign tourists were shifted to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi from Gilgit District Jail on Friday.Official sources said that......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which is probing an alleged encroachment on 2.5 acres state land by Shifa International Hospital, has asked the CDA to form a commission for the......
ISLAMABAD: Three years after the problem first arose; the matter of making appointments against 600 vacant posts at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) could not be addressed, even......
ISLAMABAD: Recent heavy rainfall in Pakistan’s north left 264 people dead and 3,000 homes partially or completely destroyed, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Friday.The......
“We are six brothers and two sisters. One of my brothers is disabled and two study at a madressah. I also studied at a madressah in Mohmand Agency for two years, but I had to quit after the death of......
RAWALPINDI: Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawala on Friday said there were tremendous opportunities to improve trade relations between India and Pakistan.“The trade volume between the two......
LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has detained two persons, including the office-bearer of a religious party, on suspicion of having relations with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).A......
LAHORE: After failure of the existing healthcare system, the Punjab government has notified rules for the establishment of district health authorities (DHAs) all over the province under which......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s administrative committee led by MPA Mian Aslam Iqbal has told the District Intelligence Committee (DIC) that his party will hold its public meeting at Faisal......
LAHORE: MBA degree-holder Zaman Arshad managed to reach Turkey through a land route after paying about Rs150,000 to human smugglers.But before he could make his next move, the agent mafia, which......
KARACHI: An accountability court on Friday fixed May 7 for indictment of former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain and some senior officials of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and the Oil and Gas......
MITHI: Four infants died at the Mithi Civil Hospital on Friday leading the death toll of children suffering from malnutrition and water-borne diseases in the drought-hit parts of Tharparkar to 305......
KARACH: The Karachi zoo lost another Bengal tiger on Friday, the third death of a big cat from the same species within five years, sources told Dawn.The zoo is now left with a single female Bengal......
KARACHI: With the passage of three bills regarding senior citizens’ welfare, abolition of bonded labour, and employees’ old-age benefits, the Sindh Assembly on Friday took lead in steps to turn......
THERE have been many startling things about the 2016 race for the presidency. But we’ve reached a predictable part of the election cycle, one that I particularly dislike: the part where various......
PRETORIA: South African President Jacob Zuma should face almost 800 corruption charges that were dropped in 2009, a judge said on Friday, piling further pressure on the embattled leader.The charges,......
AHMEDABAD: A state in western India said on Friday it will reserve 10 per cent of government jobs and university spots for people whose income falls below a certain threshold after deadly caste......
LILONGWE: Malawi’s estimated 10,000 albinos face “systematic extinction” if they continue to be murdered for their body parts for use in witchcraft, a UN expert warned on Friday.Ikponwosa Ero told......
TEHRAN: Four people were wounded by gunfire in an Iranian town on Friday in a shooting between rival factions during the second round of parliamentary elections, a security official told local......
LIMA: A total of 33 lions rescued from abuse in Peruvian and Colombian circuses will be taken by plane on Friday to South Africa, in what campaigners are calling the largest-ever airlift of big......
WASHINGTON: China has denied a request for a US carrier strike group led by the USS John C. Stennis to visit to Hong Kong, the US Defence Department said on Friday, amid heightened tensions over......
WASHINGTON: The slaying in Bangladesh of a US Agency for International Development employee has intensified US concern that the strategically located South Asian country with traditions of religious......
BEIJING: Allies of Chinese President Xi Jinping are moving against a communist organisation that is the power base of Premier Li Keqiang in what analysts say may be a sign of faction-fighting at the......
We know the world today is turbulent, volatile and violent. It is also interconnected and interdependent. That’s why who gets to be the next Secretary-General of the United Nations matters to......
KARACHI: Balochistan finished their campaign in the Cool & Cool presents Haier Pakistan Cup with a hard-fought win over Islamabad by three wickets in Faisalabad on Thursday night.For the second......
BOSTON: Atlanta advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs with a 104-92 Game 6 victory over Boston on Thursday, beating the Celtics in a playoff series for the first time since 1958.Paul......
BEIJING: Badminton star Lin Dan beat his South Korean opponent at the quarter-finals of the Asian Badminton Championship in China on Friday, setting up a semi-final with Malaysian rival Lee Chong......
SOCHI: World champion Lewis Hamilton bounced back to top the times ahead of Sebastian Vettel in Friday’s second practice ahead of Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix.The 31-year-old Briton, who is 36 points......
GENEVA: UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he will not remain neutral at the Rio Games, pledging to cheer for a team of refugees as the Olympic flame stopped by the United Nations in Geneva.Ban, a......
LAUSANNE: Michel Platini will discover by May 9 if he has overturned a six-year ban from FIFA over a $2 million payment approved by Sepp Blatter.The UEFA president attended an eight-hour closed-door......
KARACHI: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) reported 43.75 per cent increase in its profit-after-tax at Rs4.6bn for the first nine months of 2015-16 compared to Rs3.2bn in the corresponding period of......
ISLAMABAD: Inflation measured through the sensitive price index (SPI) dropped 0.39 per cent for the combined income group during the week ended on April 28, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS)......
LONDON: Gold and silver prices rallied to their highest since January last year on Friday as the Bank of Japan’s decision the previous day to hold off expanding monetary stimulus weighed on stock......
LONDON: Two European refiners are set to receive their first oil cargoes from Iran since international sanctions were lifted in January against the country, which is ramping up crude exports in a......
COLOMBO: The IMF has agreed a $1.5 billion loan for Sri Lanka in support of economic reforms aimed at reversing a two-decade decline in tax revenue and reviving growth, it said on Friday.The......
LAHORE: Apparently struggling to achieve the Rs72 billion target set for this fiscal year, the Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) claims to have collected Rs6.102bn sales tax on services in the first 29......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has reduced natural-gas rates for fertiliser plants but increased them for all power plants — both in public and private sectors — with......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) is planning to bring insurance rules in line with modern requirements as the sector continues to remain one of the least-developed......
PESHAWAR: The Bank of Khyber (BoK) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Department for a syndicate financing arrangement of Rs11.37 billion for the......
KARACHI: Bulls were in complete command at the stock market on Friday where the KSE-100 index gained 215.65 points to close at 34,719.29.Trading volume decreased to 254.7 million shares on Friday......
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah said on Friday that he had nothing to do with the purchase of mobile phones for Haj pilgrims when he was federal......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has taken notice of downward trend in the country’s pharmaceutical exports and urged relevant quarters to take remedial measures to meet the export target of the......
ISLAMABAD: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday asked members of provincial coordination committees tasked with reorganising the party and restoring its past image in the wake of its......
WASHINGTON: The US administration has informed Congress that the consolidation of democratic institutions is one of its key initiatives in Pakistan.Ambassador Richard Olson conveyed this message......
KARACHI: As Lyari gangster Uzair Jan Baloch is in the custody of the Pakistan Rangers, his gang members are busy making peace with the splinter group led by Noor Mohammad, alias Baba Ladla, it......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has allowed the employees, who were issued wrong diplomas in arts, crafts and physical education, to continue with their job, but regretted that senior officers in the......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has suggested inclusion of the Kuchlak-Quetta Mass Transit Metro Train Project in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and submitted a......
ISLAMABAD: Following his decision to reach out to the masses, directly or through elected representatives, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday gave individual audience to a little known......
ABBOTTABAD: The charred body of a teenage girl was found in a torched Suzuki van in Donga Gali, in Abbottabad district, on Friday.According to police, the body was tied to the seat of the vehicle,......
NEW DELHI: Former high commissioners from India and Pakistan, in an unusual meeting here on Friday, called for both sides to remain engaged in talks despite the obvious difficulties on the road to......
MINGORA: Tabassum Adnan, a women rights activist from Swat valley, has won the Nelson Mandela-Graca Machel Innovation Award 2016.She received the award on Thursday — the concluding day of the......
BEIRUT: Syria called local truces near Damascus and in a northern province on Friday, but no halt to combat on the main battlefield in Aleppo, after a surge in fighting the United Nations said showed......
HAVANA: Britain’s foreign secretary met Cuban officials on Thursday on the first such visit to the island since 1959, for talks on boosting trade and tourism ties with the communist state.Philip......
KARACHI: A security lapse at the Sindh Assembly on Friday created a commotion in the house when it was revealed that an armed man was sitting in the speaker’s gallery.The Speaker of the assembly,......
ISLAMABAD: A judge of the Lahore High Court on Friday approached the Supreme Court by filing a petition under the enforcement of fundamental rights clause of the constitution, challenging a......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected the plea of a parliamentary panel for placement of lawmakers’ statements of assets on its official website.A senior official of the......
WASHINGTON: A deadly US air strike in Afghanistan last year that destroyed a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders did not amount to a war crime but was caused by human error, equipment failure and......
KARACHI: Mominabad police on Friday booked an accused of honour-killing over terror charges and also arrested his father over abettment to commit the crime.The accused Hayat Khan had stabbed to death......
