TEHRAN: Iran's foreign minister said the United States must take concrete steps to encourage investors to engage with Tehran, a day after Western powers said they back legal business with Iran.“More......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army on Saturday handed over a purpose-built border crossing facility at Angoor Ada to Afghan authorities, the military’s media wing said.“With aim to strengthen brotherly......
QUETTA: As part of the National Action Plan (NAP), Balochistan government has decided to register all seminaries in the province with the education department, it has been learnt.The provincial......
QUETTA: As investigations continue into the Balochistan's mega corruption scandal, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday recovered Rs5.7 million kept inside a bakery in Satellite Town......
SENDAI: The G7 on Saturday pledged to clamp down on financial support for terrorist networks, with a plan to step up intelligence-sharing, freeze assets and tighten reporting rules on international......
CHITTAGONG: Cyclone Roanu struck the Bangladesh coast on Saturday killing six people and forcing hundreds of thousands more to flee their homes as the storm unleashed strong winds and heavy......
LAYYAH: A visually impaired woman was allegedly gang raped by three men in Layyah district's Kot Sultan area, police said on Saturday.The victim, who is in her 30s, lost her eyesight in the year 2002......
CAIRO: Search teams scoured the Mediterranean Saturday for more wreckage and the black boxes from EgyptAir flight MS804 for clues on why the plane plummeted and turned full circle before disappearing......
Our domestic helper resides at our house. And even though she is not a minor, every month when her mother comes to meet her from their village, she asks me, "Is my daughter sleeping inside the......
LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane hopes to get an opportunity to partner Jamie Vardy when England tackle Turkey on Sunday in the first of their three Euro 2016 warm-up matches.Kane's 25......
JHANG: At least 11 people were killed in a collision between a passenger bus and a truck here on Saturday, police and rescue sources said.The accident took place when a speeding bus collided with a......
WASHINGTON: A US Secret Service agent shot a man who brandished a gun near the White House on Friday while President Barack Obama was out golfing, and the man was taken to a hospital in critical......
QUETTA: The son of Balochistan’s local government minister, Sardar Mustafa Khan Tareen, was kidnapped by armed men from Pishin on Saturday.“Unknown armed men kidnapped the son of Balochistan’s local......
Civil War was influenced by psychological thrillers. Directors Joe and Anthony Russo were influenced by films like Seven, Fargo, and The Godfather, which like Civil War, features multiple characters......
• The Scarlet Witch has a new leather outfit with a coat designed for maximum mobility, as she’s now a full-fledged Avenger, though she’s still learning from her teachers.• While Hawkeye gets new......
Many video games have been turned into movies but it is not often that popular phone-app games get to be made as a 3-D animated adventure flick. So with The Angry Birds Movie finally here, the wait......
Bakers recreate art on cakes!Artist Nastasja Chernogrivova and confectioner Vitaly Mozkovoy, from St Petersburg, Russia, combine their talents to create cakes with an artistic edge. Mr Mozkovoy......
Alicia Vikander to play Lara Croft in Tomb Raider rebootAlicia Vikander will take over as Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot, Warner Bros. Pictures confirms.The studio also confirms that......
Summer has started and we are likely to have modrate to strong heat waves in the coming days. So keeping your body hydrated throughout the day and avoiding the hot day as much as possible should be......
“Haider! Haider!” mum’s voice echoed in the whole house and Haider came running downstairs to the kitchen where his mum was summoning him.“Oh! Here you are. Run along the street to the bakery and......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday delayed the passage of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2016, in the provincial assembly by requesting the chair to......
SHANGLA: The 72MW Khan Khwar hydropower project has been restored after remaining closed for a year due to a technical fault in its power house, Dawn learnt on Friday.The power project located in......
UPPER DIR: The main Usheri Dara road of Upper Dir district is in a dilapidated condition since long, creating difficulties for the residents and the tourists coming to the scenic valley.The residents......
ISLAMABAD: In the absence of supervision by the Capital Development Authority (CDA), E-11 is speckled with unregulated buildings and the whole sector seems to have been made without planning, with......
ISLAMABAD: On the fifth day of the ongoing Youth Drama Festival, a play by Urdu dramatist and writer Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj was brought to life by students from the Arid Agriculture University,......
ISLAMABAD: A ‘fake’ letter of attorney has put a multi-million rupees plot owned by the emir of Kuwait at stake in the federal capital.There are at least two claimants to the 20,000 kanal plot in the......
ISLAMABAD: The participants of a hunger strike here on Friday criticised the federal and provincial governments for their failure to protect the lives of citizens.The hunger strike camp has been set......
ISLAMABAD: People have become burdened with economic problems and even children have become status conscious due to which psychological problems are continuously increasing in society.A written reply......
ISLAMABAD: With the arrival of summer, incidences of fire have begun at the Margalla Hills.Over the last 15 days, eight wildfires have been reported, the largest of which erupted in the Margalla......
LAHORE: As most of the country sizzles in scorching heat, national power shortfall soars beyond 6,000MW, necessitating loadshedding of over eight hours throughout the country and even more in the......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has reiterated that the friendship between China and Pakistan is stronger than steel and deeper than the deepest oceans.He was the chief guest at the Chinese......
OKARA: A woman was allegedly tortured to death by two ‘faith healers’ on Thursday night in Qadir Colony.According to police, Riaz suspected his wife Shahnaz Bibi was possessed, and being......
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Police late on Thursday night lodged an FIR against the influential landlord who publicly disgraced in a jirga two brothers for scraping his car with their donkey-cart and forced......
KARACHI: Millions of seashells, which recently washed up on the Clifton beach, heralded the monsoon, said experts on Friday.“High wave action triggered by the onset of monsoon dislodges shellfish......
WASHINGTON: The US and European governments announced on Friday that they would no longer prevent international companies from doing business with Iran if they followed all applicable rules.“We will......
BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters who stormed into Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone and entered at least one government building, witnesses said.Dozens of people incurred......
ANKARA: Turkey’s parliament on Friday adopted a highly controversial bill that would lift immunity for dozens of pro-Kurdish and other MPs and could see them evicted from parliament, sparking fresh......
TAIPEI: Beijing warned Taiwan’s new president Tsai Ing-wen against seeking independence on Friday, cautioning that peace would be “impossible” if she made any moves to formally break away.The remarks......
BERLIN: The motorbike, a present for the one-millionth guest worker, is displayed at the exhibition titled Multicultural Germany, a country of immigration in Berlin Germany on Friday.Germany’s main......
NICOSIA: Cypriots go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament but there are fears that swathes of disaffected voters will stay away, making the political landscape more fractured.The two......
It was a challenging conversation. The Moroccan parliamentarian I was talking to wasn’t having any of it. Egypt was the largest Muslim country in the world, he insisted. Why on earth was I talking......
KUNSHAN: Indonesia beat South Korea 3-1 on Friday to reach the Thomas Cup final and raise hopes of their first victory in 14 years in a competition they once dominated.Indonesia, who have won the......
LEEDS: Stuart Broad sparked a Sri Lanka top-order collapse as England took charge of the first Test here at Headingley on Friday.Sri Lanka were 43 for three at tea on the second day, 255 runs adrift......
LONDON: South Africa fast bowling great Dale Steyn will join Glamorgan for the first part of the English domestic T20 competition, the county side announced Friday.Steyn will join his new team-mates......
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan captains Rashid Latif and Rameez Raja believe that newly appointed head coach of the national team Mickey Arthur faces a demanding task.“Arthur is an experienced......
PARIS: Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal could meet for the 50th time after they were placed on a French Open semi-final collision course on Friday.World No.1 and top seed Djokovic, who turns 29 on the......
SAN FRANCISCO: Latvia’s Toms Skujins won the fifth stage of the Tour of California on Thursday as Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe retained his grip on the overall lead.Cannondale rider Skujins, already......
ISLAMABAD: The Centre and Balochistan on Friday signed an agreement to extend for another 10 years the lease of Sui gas field at a higher price.The previous 30-year lease had expired on May 30, 2015,......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) discovered 3.4mmcfd gas from its Kotri X-1 exploratory well located in Sindh.“The Kotri X-1 well was drilled to test the hydrocarbon potential of sands......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Friday approved development projects worth Rs47.8 billion and referred two irrigation projects for Sindh and Balochistan to Ecnec for......
KARACHI: Stocks closed on a flat note on Friday as the Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark 100-share index settled with a slight gain of 8.45 points at 36,693.5.After the intense rally......
ISLAMABAD: Two more ministers have been included in the federal cabinet despite the government’s tall claims of adopting austerity measures and keeping the size of the cabinet ‘quite small’.President......
PESHAWAR: Three alleged terrorists, including two suspected suicide bombers and their handler, were killed when a suicide vest worn by one of them went off in Regi Lalma on Friday morning.Police said......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate passed on Friday a bill asking the government to protect the rights of unattended orphans below the age of 15 and provide them free education and healthcare facilities.The......
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties decided on Friday to give representation to the the MQM in the joint parliamentary committee set up to formulate terms of reference (ToR) for the proposed Panama......
ISLAMABAD: The National Command Authority (NCA) — an institution that oversees research, development, production and use of nuclear and space technologies — has asked the Supreme Court to declare it......
LAHORE: Al Qaeda leader Bilal Lateef alias Yasir Punjabi and 13 other suspected militants who were killed in two ‘encounters’ with the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police in Multan and......
NEW DELHI: India would sign on Monday a commercial contract with Iran to build and run a strategic port on Iran’s southern coast, the Indian government said on Friday.Talks to build the Chabahar port......
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has passed several amendments that seek to restrict US military aid to Pakistan, ignoring a White House warning that such moves would harm bilateral......
ISLAMABAD: The country missed the economic growth target for the current financial year by a wide margin mainly because of widespread dismal performance by the agriculture sector. The gross domestic......
KARACHI: The much-delayed mayoral elections and those of chairman or vice chairman of district councils/district municipal corporations scheduled to be held on June 8 across Sindh have been put off......
BIBAK TOP: With the completion of the final phase of the operation Zarb-i-Azb in Shawal, the army has shifted its focus to the repatriation of internally displaced persons (IDPs), which will be......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is left with barely a few days to decide if it will pay for the eight F-16 aircraft it intends to procure from the United States from its own kitty or else lose the opportunity of......
IT must be my years catching up with me, but I could do with a lot less of the posturing, hyperbole and threats that have become an integral part of Pakistani politics.As the mud flies thick and fast......
A DECISION by the PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to ask Senator Rehman Malik to inquire into the Panama Papers disclosures about the ruling Sharif family was met with predictable scepticism and......
THE ruckus has been ongoing for some time. Allegations. Counter allegations. The accused accuse the accusers. More threats of protest. Demands for the prime minister to go home. Political......
Shahid Baloch, a grave digger at a Edhi run cemetery is taking no chances.Like many people in the city, he was caught out by the severity of last summer's heat wave which killed more than 1,300......
