DHAKA: Bangladesh on Tuesday executed the leader of the country's largest Islamist party for war crimes, officials said, a move set to exacerbate tensions in the volatile Muslim-majority......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has decided to attend the National Assembly session on Friday where he is expected to respond to the queries raised by the opposition parties over Panama leaks,......
KARACHI: Young filmmakers from the neighbourhood of Lyari made it big on the international stage when they bagged the first position in the category of short films at the International Youth......
BERLIN: German champions Bayern Munich on Tuesday splashed out a reported 73 million euros ($83 million) to launch their Champions League campaign for next season by signing Germany defender Mats......
ISTANBUL: A car bomb attack on a police vehicle killed three people and wounded 45 in Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Tuesday, the governor's office said in a statement.Twelve of those......
Pakistan’s newly appointed coach John Michael alias Mickey Arthur seemed in no mood to follow strict measures in an attempt to turn around the ailing condition of the national team’s dressing......
BAGH: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday cautioned the people of Azad Kashmir that a PML-N victory in upcoming elections would mean an approval for Nawaz......
DHAKA: Bangladesh lifted a ban on disgraced fast bowler Shahadat Hossain Tuesday, allowing him to play domestic matches weeks after he apologised for torturing an 11-year-old girl he employed as a......
NEW DELHI: Shashank Manohar resigned on Tuesday as president of the Indian cricket board, reports and a senior source within the organisation said.“I hereby tender my resignation with immediate......
NEW DELHI: India is a global IT powerhouse but a huge majority of the population remains locked out of the benefits brought by the digital economy, the World Bank said Tuesday.India's vibrant......
It's a pity that Pakistan was ranked at 131 out of 141 countries in the 2015 report of the Global Innovation Index — which explores the impact of innovation-oriented policies on economic growth and......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police stepped up security at the capital Dhaka's main prison where the authorities are expected to hang the leader of the country's largest Islamic party for war crimes......
QUETTA: Two policemen were killed, and five people injured in an explosion outside the gate of Balochistan University on Tuesday afternoon, officials said."Two policemen were killed and five people......
ISLAMABAD: Son of ex-prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Ali Haider Gilani, who was abducted three years ago from Multan, has been recovered from Afghanistan's Ghazni province in a joint operation......
WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, suggested on Monday he would make an exception for London's newly......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI’s) leader Abdul Aleem Khan says a 'malicious government-sponsored’ campaign has been launched against him, adding what is new there in the “leaks” about his......
SAHIWAL: The Chinese engineer who had “gone missing” during a visit to Pakpattan to see his in-laws last Friday, was traced and taken in custody by police from a mosque in Lahore, where he was doing......
BAHAWALPUR: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), in a major operation near the Sutlej river here, claimed to have arrested five militants of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and......
SIALKOT: The family of a Pakistani citizen, who had mistakenly entered Indian territory a couple of days back and was arrested by Border Security Force (BSF), has urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to......
LAHORE: A boy was clubbed to death allegedly by his classmates in Millat Park on Monday.Police claimed that Nauman, 14, student of a private school in Ghazali Street, had a scuffle with his......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Monday asked the attorney general to argue on a point as to why an agreement of the Orange Line Metro Train project with China was treated as a......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday sought assistance of the Punjab advocate general on a petition of a Christian woman seeking action against her father for changing religion twice.Aneela Saleem......
LAYYAH: Health authorities have failed to make the Nawaz Sharif Thal Hospital fully functional even seven months after a directive by Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a visit to the facility in......
American lawmakers have declined to allow the US administration to use taxpayer dollars to pay for eight F-16 aircraft to be sold to Pakistan.In my engagement with media, I found some confusion: how......
DONALD Trump has become the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, an outcome few had predicted. His outlandish candidacy has sent shockwaves not only globally but even among moderate......
Sadiq Khan’s brilliant victory as London mayor is a feather in the cap of Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party, which the leftist leader is striving to lick into an agreeable shape. How is it of use to......
THE inquiry called by army chief Gen Raheel Sharif into the custodial death of an MQM worker is an important benchmark to monitor. While we wait for the findings, maybe the army could share......
PESHAWAR: Continuing with the criticism of rival Nawaz Sharif over the Panama Papers issue, PTI chairman Imran Khan on Monday said quitting the office would have been the only honourable thing for......
PARACHINAR: The Fata Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) has said that return of internally displaced persons to central tehsil of Kurram Agency was completed on Monday.An official said a total of......
PESHAWAR: The appointment of Muslims as sweepers on political basis has been badly affecting cleanliness at the public sector hospitals of the province as most of them think it against their status......
ISLAMABAD: The press centre of the Press Information Department (PID) can be used by all government functionaries who draw salaries and perks from the national exchequer, including MNAs and......
ISLAMABAD: A three-member committee formed by the International Islamic University (IIUI) is inquiring into the recent incident of acid being thrown at one of its faculty member’s cars.On March 14,......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought comments from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on a bail plea filed by a suspect in the murder case of MQM leader Dr Imran Farooq.The......
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has not accepted a single adjournment motion in nearly three years, despite the fact that around 500 motions have been filed in this time.Mr Sadiq’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office is hosting an exhibition of priceless artefacts from Mehergarh, Indus Valley and Gandhara civilisations with an aim to highlight Pakistan’s contribution to regional......
RAWALPINDI: Renowned folk singer Qurban Niazi put on a lively performance at a musical night at the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Monday.The singer started off the night with Punjabi folk songs......
ISLAMABAD: Even as the ascension of Sadiq Khan, the new London mayor of Pakistani-descent, is celebrated by his compatriots, there seems to be little worry that their own local governments, which......
TAXILA: A new gallery adjacent to Taxila Museum would soon be opened to public as officials of the Punjab archaeology department and museums have started with decorations.The new gallery was......
EXHIBITIONSAn exhibition of new works by Sayeda M. Habib opens at the Canvas gallery at 5pm. The show titled ‘Fractured aarratives’ will remain open till May 19, daily from 11am to 8pm (excluding......
KARACHI: The Sindh police have decided to install 4,000 high definition 12 megapixel closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras across Karachi in a major move to replace and augment the existing 2,200......
KARACHI: “Aray, I told you to leave everything and come to the rooftop, we’re going to look for Mercury,” said a first year Karachi University student to another, as they raced up the stairs to the......
KARACHI: A police investigation team tasked with investigating a ‘sting operation’ carried out last month by a private television channel purportedly to expose weaknesses in the security mechanism......
SUKKUR: Hours after being attacked by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists here late on Sunday evening, Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) leader Syed Mustafa Kamal vowed to expose at least eight senior......
“Sailing the seas depends on the helmsman, Life and growth depends on the sun.Rain and dew nourish the crops, Making revolution depends on Mao Zedong Thought.Fish can’t leave the water, Nor melons......
LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Monday that a British exit from the EU would threaten peace on the continent, as the campaign for next month’s crucial referendum gathered steam after......
MANILA: Anti-establishment firebrand Rodrigo Duterte was heading on Monday for a huge win in the Philippine presidential elections, according to a poll monitor, after an incendiary campaign dominated......
VIENNA: Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann quit on Monday, bowing to intense pressure two weeks after the opposition anti-immigration far-right dealt his coalition a historic defeat in the first......
LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has got a new companion at his Ecuadorian embassy refuge in London: a kitten.The 44-year old received the 10-week old female kitten as a gift from his......
WASHINGTON: The United States and Russia announced a joint strategy on Monday to intensify their efforts for quelling unrest in Syria.“We have decided to reconfirm our commitment to the cessation of......
NEW YORK: A statue of Hitler on his knees was auctioned on Sunday for $17.2 million, a record for a work by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.The wax and resin statue entitled simply “Him” had......
WASHINGTON: Twitter has barred US intelligence agencies from accessing a service that sorts through posts on the social media platform in real time and has proved useful in the fight against......
PARIS: France will create regional de-radicalisation centres, the prime minister said on Monday as he set out measures in response to last year’s terror attacks that killed 147 people.The centres......
DAKAR: Mamadou is a child beggar wandering the streets of Dakar, perilously darting in and out of traffic as he tries to gather enough money for his Islamic teacher to feed him.But Mamadou is......
LONDON: Among the ranks of campaigners to keep Britain in the European Union is a small group of Prime Minister David Cameron’s closest advisers. For these aides, the scale of victory is as important......
KARACHI: The newly-appointed Pakistan cricket coach Mickey Arthur put his future charges on notice on Monday, warning he would not compromise on discipline, fitness and fielding ahead of tough tours......
LAHORE: Former Test middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf is interested in coaching the Afghanistan cricket team in place of Inzamam-ul-Haq, if he is offered suitable terms and conditions by the......
LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday announced a new pre-season North vs South tournament in the United Arab Emirates featuring selected players from the County......
LAHORE: Five out of 27 centrally-contracted players of the Pakistan Cricket Board, including seasoned Test batsman Mohamad Hafeez, will not appear for the fitness test at the national camp which is......
PARIS: Michel Platini on Monday resigned as UEFA president after his appeal against a ban from football activities failed though it was cut to four years.The Frenchman said he was resigning to pursue......
PARIS: Andy Murray and Amelie Mauresmo announced Monday that they had mutually agreed to end the Frenchwoman’s two-year stint as coach of the two-time major champion.Under Mauresmo’s tutelage, Briton......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is very much answerable to the Parliament and its standing committees because it exists in Pakistan and is not an offshore company.This was stated by......
ISLAMABAD: Eight players qualified for the main round of the Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court tennis championship at the PTF Complex on Monday.Waqas Malik, who appeared on national circuit after a gap......
KARACHI: A two-member Pakistani delegation comprising Pakistan Olympic Association secretary general Khalid Mahmood and media adviser Asif Azeem will be leaving for Baku on Wednesday to attend a......
ISLAMABAD: A three-match hockey series between former stars of Pakistan and Indian teams, which was scheduled to take place next week, is likely to be delayed as some ex-Pakistan Olympians and......
KARACHI: The State Bank on Monday issued prepaid card regulations with explanation that the prepaid card customers may withdraw cash and transfer funds from ATMs, pay exam fee, shop online and travel......
ISLAMABAD: The textile industry has identified serious distortions in the electricity tariff resulting in the build-up of billions of rupees per month of unpaid refunds, making the industry......
KARACHI: In a pre-budget exercise, the government has moderated its revenue collection target for the next financial year, a source privy to meetings told Dawn.“The FBR’s projected tax collection......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to launch a new automated system for e-filing of sales tax and federal excise returns to facilitate taxpayers. The new system will be put in place from July......
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) on Monday requested Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to intervene for early removal of moratorium on new gas connections to the industry......
KARACHI: The KSE-100 index closed at its new all-time high at 36,234.99 points on Monday. The index gained 261.30 points (0.73pc) to surge past its previous all-time high of 36,228.88 points recorded......
KARACHI: In its budget proposals, the Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and Accessories Manufacturers (Paapam) urged the government to reduce sales tax on 800cc cars from 17 per cent to 5pc,......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan must speed up reform of the energy sector and bring more women into the labour force if it wants to quicken economic growth that lags far behind regional peers, the World Bank’s......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan offers the most lucrative investment opportunities and an enabling economic environment to foreign investors, especially in the auto sector, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on......
LONDON: Gold fell more than 1 per cent on Monday as the strengthening dollar and a sharper appetite for assets seen as higher risk sparked selling across commodities.The metal’s failure to break back......
NEW YORK: In the years before hackers stole $81 million from a Bangladesh central bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, senior Fed security officials examined the risk of such an......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) submitted an adjournment motion in the Senate on Monday to discuss “implications of the brute state force employed last month on villagers in Okara......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued notices to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman for......
MANSEHRA: The people of Kohistan have constituted a 16-member committee led by MPA Abdul Sattar Khan for holding talks with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez......
HYDERABAD: Three wagons of a goods train overturned and six others derailed when two bombs exploded on a track near Goth Mureed Sipio railway crossing in Tandojam on Monday.Hyderabad DIG Khadim......
QUETTA: The opposition continued its protest in the Balochistan Assembly on Monday against the mega corruption scandal in the province and staged a walkout from the house.Leader of the Opposition......
ISLAMABAD: The PPP on Monday missed the opportunity to get a bill, seeking to curtail the National Accountability Bureau’s powers, passed from the Senate thanks to the announcement of a boycott of......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, former governor of Punjab and a dissident of the ruling PML-N, says that there is no justification for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to stay in office......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government extended on Monday Rangers’ policing powers in Karachi for another 77 days.“Pursuant to the request made by the Home Department, Government of Sindh, dated May 3,......
QUETTA: The Coordinator of the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), Balochistan, Dr Saifur Rehman, has said a taskforce constituted last month will ensure that every child living in Afghan refugee......
ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics, Rehman Malik, said on Monday that the Taliban could claim responsibility for any attack for just Rs50,000.Mr Malik said......
QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Balochistan, has arrested an official of the Communications and Works Department and a contractor for embezzling local government funds.In this......
Dead men tell no tales. Makli, however, seems not to come within the ambit of this idiom as each king, queen, scholar or saint buried within its environs has a distinct voice, a story to tell if you......
MOSCOW: Russia rolled out an air defence missile system of the kind used to protect its base in Syria and some of the Russian jets flying missions there screamed overhead as it showcased its military......
BRUSSELS: The eurozone turned its attention tentatively on Monday to helping Greece tackle its huge debt repayments, with a view to a deal on May 24, after Greek lawmakers passed unpopular pension......
ISLAMABAD: Parliament House once again echoed with the question ‘Where is the prime minister?’ on Monday, as the opposition walked out of both the Senate and National Assembly and announced a boycott......
ISLAMABAD: A number of civil society activists challenged in the Supreme Court the validity of the by-election held in PK-95 Lower Dir II (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) on May 7 last year for not allowing......
RAWALPINDI: Defence Secretary Muhammad Alam Khattak has expressed concern over the US congressional opposition to grant of funding for the sale of F-16s to Pakistan and said the aircraft are......
