BEIT UR: Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager Tuesday after apparently mistaking his group for stone-throwers as they returned from a swim, sparking outrage and debate about the security......
AMMAN: A suicide bomber killed six Jordanian soldiers Tuesday near the Syrian border where thousands of refugees are stranded, prompting King Abdullah II to vow to hit back with “an iron fist”.There......
BERLIN: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, on a official visit to Germany, said terrorism warrants a global response as it has morphed in to a global phenomenon, said a tweet by the......
NICE: Sweden's superstar striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced on Tuesday he will retire from international football after Euro 2016.“The last game with Sweden in the Euro will be my last game with......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs on Tuesday declared the conversion of Hindu girls to Islam as un-Islamic and also expressed concern over the practice.“Forced conversion......
KANDAHAR: The Taliban on Tuesday kidnapped around two dozen people after pulling them off buses in southern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest in series of abductions on the country's......
LONDON: Wimbledon chiefs have revealed armed police will guard the All England Club when the grass-court Grand Slam gets underway on Monday.With security fears high in the aftermath of the attempted......
LONDON: England football great David Beckham on Tuesday backed Britain to remain in the European Union, hailing the positive influence of European players on British football.“For our children and......
NOTTINGHAM: Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has insisted he will have no qualms if any of his side run out a batsman backing up against England during the forthcoming One-Day International (ODI)......
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan ambassador to the US, Hussain Haqqani, on Tuesday said he was not lobbying against Pakistan's interests, reacting strongly to Sartaj Aziz's 'allegations' from earlier in......
ISLAMABAD: The British High Court of Justice on Tuesday rejected India’s attempt to strike out Pakistan’s claim to the Hyderabad Fund in a judgment the Foreign Office said is a “clear vindication of......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan hockey team Chief Coach and Olympian Tahir Zaman believes the Hockey-5 Championship will revolutionise the national sport in the country.The inaugural Hockey-5 championship is......
Sri Lankan paceman Shaminda Eranga has been discharged from a Dublin hospital after doctors found nothing abnormal in tests conducted on the fast bowler, his team management said on Monday.The......
RIYADH: Fifty young men have been arrested in Saudi Arabia for haircuts, necklaces and other adornments considered un-Islamic.The suspects were detained during a Ramazan crackdown in Makkah,......
England one-day international captain Eoin Morgan has played down the need for a new world league in the shorter format of the game, adding that the World Cup and Champions Trophy remain appealing......
WASHINGTON: The Holy Quran, revered by Muslims globally, is the centrepiece of a first-of-its-kind exhibition in the United States as the Smithsonian displays exquisitely decorated manuscripts from......
LOS ANGELES: A 19-year-old British man has been charged for trying to grab a police officer's gun at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas in an apparent bid to kill the presumptive Republican......
Pakistan pacer Wahab Riaz has shrugged off any possibility of pressure on the national squad as they revisit England for a full tour for the first time after the famous spot-fixing saga in 2010 which......
ORLANDO: The Florida nightclub killer called himself an "Islamic soldier" and threatened to strap hostages into explosive vests in calls with police during the three hour siege, according to......
SYDNEY: Australian Olympic chiefs Tuesday demanded Rio Games organisers immediately improve security after a decorated Paralympian and her physiotherapist were robbed at gunpoint, underlining a crime......
WASHINGTON: The United States (US) Senate on Monday rejected four measures restricting gun sales after last week's massacre in an Orlando nightclub, dealing a bitter setback to advocates who have......
Once again, no Pakistani university found a mark in the top 100 of the Times Higher Education’s (THE) Asia University Rankings 2016 released on Monday.The expansion of the THE Asia university......
TALLAHASSEE: A Republican candidate for Congress in Florida has launched a contest on his Facebook campaign page to give away a semi-automatic rifle on Independence Day.Greg Evers announced the......
SAINT TIENNE: Roy Hodgson's England secured their place in the last 16 of Euro 2016 but were condemned to finishing as runners-up in Group B after being held to a goalless draw by Slovakia on......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has asked the Board of Governors of Lady Reading Hospital to take action on the findings of an inquiry conducted into the alleged mistreatment of a......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to increase the number of micro-hydel power stations in the province from the current 53 to 1,000 in the next few years and hinted at extending......
LANDI KOTAL/GHALANAI: Almost all the mobile phone companies have suspended their 3G service in most parts of tribal areas since the eruption of armed clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan over the......
SHANGLA: There’s been an acute water shortage in Martung tehsil and adjoining areas for years, local residents complain.The people told Dawn that the situation had stressed them out as they’d to......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat), which is a think tank that focuses on the political and public policy research and legislative strengthening,......
ISLAMABAD: The government’s dismal performance in ensuring the upkeep of the federal capital was the primary focus of opposition lawmakers’ speeches in the National Assembly on Monday, with nearly......
RAWALPINDI: Bodies of a couple and their four-year-old son were found close to the bank of a nullah in Gorakhpur, Adiala Road, on Monday, police said.A motorcycle and a purse containing some items of......
RAWALPINDI: Authorities on Monday deported an American national on her arrival at Benazir Bhutto Airport as she was traveling without a valid Pakistani visa.An official of the Federal Investigation......
MULTAN: A PML-N worker sold tomatoes on Monday at a donkey cart in front of the local press club in protest at being ignored by the leadership.Multan District PML-N Labour Wing President Farhan Ahmad......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court judge has observed that sexual assault on women is a very regrettable aspect of society and withdrawing the charges by the victims is most unfortunate.Justice Shahid......
HYDERABAD: A prosecutor agreed with investigating officer’s (IO) report on Inder Vineet murder case before a judicial magistrate on Monday that the case should be tried under Section 319 PPC......
KARACHI: The burning issue of creating more provinces once again echoed in the Sindh Assembly on Monday when lawmakers from the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party declared that no one could divide Sindh......
KARACHI: For the first 18 hours of her life, Sabeen Mahmud was Afshaan – till her mother, Mahenaz Mahmud, realised that in her “naiveté” she had let someone give her child a name that did not suit......
KARACHI: While developing countries are making fast progress in biotechnology to benefit their growing population and strengthen economy through food exports, Pakistan lags far behind in this field......
KARACHI: Baldia Town No 3 must be the most severely hit by the water crisis faced by the entire city. Residents say that water is supplied there only four times in a year, usually from half an hour......
VIENNA: Israel’s prime minister declared on Monday that his country is prepared to ratify a treaty banning nuclear tests, a senior UN official said after meeting with the Israeli leader.Lassina......
ISTANBUL: Turkey arrested the local representative of international rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on “terrorist propaganda” charges on Monday, in the latest crackdown on the media in......
NEW YORK: The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft was soaring on Monday over the western Atlantic, one of the most difficult legs of its record-breaking bid to fly across the globe using only solar energy.The......
MADRID: An unprecedented political battle is raging in Spain for control of voters on the left.After heading six governments and dominating the left for nearly four decades, the Socialist party faces......
ALL too often, the stewards of India’s economy have been short of credibility. Politicians’ promises of economic reform are rarely fulfilled, bureaucrats’ assurances are widely disbelieved, and even......
NEW YORK: To add context to an exhibition of Hellenistic art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has reproduced a copy of the famous ‘Alexander Mosaic’, which once enlivened the floor of an......
ROME: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was left reeling on Monday after stinging local election reverses that saw female mayors from the populist Five Star Movement (M5S) elected in Rome and......
WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has parted ways with embattled campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, a Trump spokeswoman said on Monday.In a statement first sent to The New......
VENEZUELANS queued to give their fingerprints on Monday in a crucial phase of efforts to force President Nicolas Maduro from power, after food shortages sparked deadly protests and looting. Crowds of......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations refugee agency said on Monday that persecution and conflict in places such as Syria and Afghanistan had raised the total number of refugees and internally displaced......
PARIS: Euro 2016 hosts France secured top spot in Group ‘A’ with a goalless draw against Switzerland in Lille on Sunday that also took their opponents through to the knockout stage, while Albania......
NOTTINGHAM: England can replace Sri Lanka in fifth spot in the ODI rankings if they claim an emphatic series victory over the tourists.Captain Eoin Morgan has called on England to continue their......
KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan on Monday said he would request the International Cricket Council (ICC) to set up a special fund for Pakistan to compensate for the heavy......
LOS ANGELES: The union backing a high-profile campaign to raise pay and improve working conditions for low-wage US workers on Monday warned potential buyers of roughly 3,000 McDonald’s Corp......
ISLAMABAD: Nearly 39 per cent of Pakistanis live in multidimensional poverty with the highest rates in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Balochistan. Though the national poverty......
KARACHI: The Islamic banking industry invested Rs155 billion in the government papers during the January-March quarter, said a State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) report issued on Monday.The industry’s......
ISLAMABAD: The establishment of a banking channel in China would greatly facilitate the flow of capital for mega projects which the Pakistan government is undertaking with Chinese support, Commerce......
KARACHI: Pakistani stocks are soaring, improved security is fuelling economic growth and the South Asian nation will be upgraded to “emerging market” status by index provider MSCI.But for Ali Saigol,......
LAHORE: As taxi hailing giant Uber enters Pakistan, a little-known local competitor is counting on a mix of new ideas and old technology to tap what could be a big chunk of the market: low-income......
DUBAI: Iran has reached a deal to buy 100 planes from US planemaker Boeing, and the two sides are awaiting approval by US Treasury authorities, the head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation said in......
ISLAMABAD: More than 192 offshore companies have been registered in Pakistan since 1963 to do businesses in different sectors, with power generation being their latest preference.Data compiled by the......
ISLAMABAD: In a rejoinder to the interior ministry’s opposition to removal of model Ayyan Ali’s name from the Exit control list (ECL), she has requested the Supreme Court to dismiss the government’s......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has put the national water policy on hold because of some constitutional questions and would instead let Punjab take the lead and bring out its provincial integrated......
QUETTA: The Balochistan government will hire services of top international companies to prepare a feasibility report for the proposed Quetta Greater Water Supply project.The project has been included......
HYDERABAD: Tando Adam police on Monday obtained one-day remand of a shop owner for selling sandals carrying the symbol of Om, a sacred Hindu symbol.Jehanzeb Khaskheli was arrested on Sunday evening......
QUETTA: Saleem Shah, the prime suspect in a mega corruption case, was remanded in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for 15 days by the Accountability Court of Quetta on......
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has traced and sealed about a dozen bungalows of Mushtaq Raisani, the suspended finance secretary of Balochistan, in Karachi, it emerged on......
NEW DELHI: China has said that India’s admission to the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is not on the agenda of the grouping that started a plenary session in Seoul on Monday.India’s NDTV news......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain phoned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday to inquire after his health.Giving some details of the telephonic conversation, the president’s spokesperson said:......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly approved on Monday the budgets of another 49 departments, including the massive head of subsidies and other miscellaneous expenditures, worth Rs469.99 billion — the......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan made it clear on Monday that the provincial governments were responsible for video leaks of suspects currently in the custody of law enforcement......
ESTONIAN men might while away their long winter evenings occupied by the national pastime of going to a sauna and beating each other with birch branches, but when in public they are calm, softly......
DUBAI: Bahrain has stripped the spiritual leader of the kingdom’s Shia community of his citizenship, state news agency BNA reported on Monday, prompting protest by thousands outside his home amid......
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties on Monday impressed upon the government the need for a review of its position on the formulation of terms of reference (ToR) for the proposed Panama Papers inquiry......
KARACHI: The son of the Sindh High Court’s chief justice was kidnapped on Monday as police and the family remained clueless about the young man even 10 hours after his disappearance.According to......
ISLAMABAD: Rights activist Asma Jahangir has appealed to the Supreme Court to order retrial in all cases in which military courts have handed down convictions, including capital punishments.“These......
NEARLY eight years since China agreed at the very last minute to a Nuclear Suppliers Group waiver for India — a waiver that was the cornerstone of the Indo-US nuclear deal and opened the door to......
OUR civilian leadership is quite enamoured of Turkey. They aren’t the only ones. Military and public intellectual circles also find it fashionable to talk about the ‘Turkey model’. It means different......
PAKISTAN is often called an ungovernable state. Obama refers to it as a disastrously dysfunctional state which will take decades to stabilise. Optimists may argue that even this represents progress......
It is always baffling, isn’t it, to see the yawning difference in our responses in South Asia to a gathering communal threat, for instance, as opposed to the catastrophic prospect of nuclear......
IN May 2016, Senator Babar Awan (PPP) introduced a bill in the Senate mandating a 33pc quota of women judges in the Supreme Court through an amendment of the Supreme Court (number of judges) Act,......
KARACHI: The son of Sindh High Court's Chief Justice, Sajjad Ali Shah, went missing since Monday afternoon, confirmed DIG South Muneer Ahmad Sheikh."He left the Sindh High Court in the afternoon to......
