NEW YORK: Donald Trump went on a blistering offensive against Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, calling her a “world-class liar” who is unfit to run for president and savaging her record on trade,......
KARACHI: Hours after the famed qawwal Amjad Sabri was killed in a gun attack, prominent Shia noha khawan Farhan Ali Waris claimed he escaped an assassination attempt in Karachi, DawnNews......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Monday defended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government's budget allocation of Rs300 million for religious seminary Darul Uloom Haqqania.In......
QUETTA: Pakistan has completed a 500 kilometre long trench along the porous Pak-Afghan border to stop the movement of smugglers, militants and other anti-social elements.Balochistan’s border with......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday clarified a budgetary allocation of Rs300 million to the Haqqania seminary, saying the step was taken to bring the seminary into the......
KARACHI: Popular qawwal Amjad Sabri was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Karachi's Liaquatabad area on Wednesday, people belonging to all walks of life condemned the incident and mourned his......
KARACHI: Renowned Qawwal Amjad Sabri was shot dead in Karachi Wednesday afternoon, after unknown assailants fired at his vehicle in the city's Liaquatabad area.Qari Saifullah Mehsud, spokesperson for......
NEW DELHI: At least 67 people have been killed by lightning in India over the past two days, disaster management officials said on Wednesday, as the annual monsoon rains sweep the country.Lightning......
Fast-bowler Umar Gul has advised Mohammad Amir to let his bowling do the talking on the English tour, saying this will be the best way to answer all of the criticism.Amir is likely to resume his Test......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Yousaf on Wednesday suspended Mufti Abdul Qavi’s membership of Ruet-i-Hilal Committee after pictures of him with model and Facebook celebrity......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan told the UN Security Council Tuesday that a United States drone attack that killed Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Balochistan had dealt a blow to the Afghan......
WASHINGTON: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) unveiled long-awaited new rules on Tuesday that clear the way for small, commercial drones to operate across US airspace – but don't expect an......
LONDON: Serena Williams finds herself under siege from revitalised rivals and an army of doubters as the defending champion starts her bid for a seventh Wimbledon title and a record-equalling 22nd......
WASHINGTON: A Muslim American of Pakistani descent says he had informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people in a Florida nightclub, after learning about......
HOUSTON: Lionel Messi was too much for the United States to contain.The five-time world player of the year set up Ezequiel Lavezzi's opening goal in the third minute, then scored on a free kick to......
NOTTINGHAM: England captain Eoin Morgan praised Chris Woakes, Jos Buttler and Liam Plunkett for getting his side “out of a hole” as the first one-day international against Sri Lanka ended in a......
DUBAI: Boeing Co. said Tuesday it signed an agreement with Iran Air "expressing the airline's intent" to buy its aircraft, setting up the biggest business deal between the Islamic Republic and......
PARIS: Russian football activist Alexander Shprygin was expelled by France for the second time in four days on Tuesday, as police again fired water cannon and tear gas at Euro 2016 fans.Shprygin, who......
NEW DELHI: The gleaming glass atriums and blue-clad "geniuses" that herald the arrival of an Apple store could soon be landing in India, after the government cleared the way for it to open in the......
LONDON: David Beckham and Ian Botham may be retired, but their competitive spirit has not deserted them as they battle it out on opposite sides of Britain's heated EU referendum debate.Beckham, once......
Australia qualified for the final of the triangular one-day international series (ODI) with a six-wicket win over West Indies in Barbados on Tuesday.West Indies were sent in to bat and compiled 282......
PESHAWAR: A slang expression over a cut motion triggered scuffle and exchange of abusive language among lawmakers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and senior ministers in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa......
PESHAWAR: Girl students of different private schools have clinched the top three positions in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) annual examinations of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary......
PESHAWAR: The Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre is expanding its services to provide diagnostic and treatment facilities to more patients from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Fata and......
SHANGLA: The number of tourists coming for Iftar parties to Yakhtangay, a tourist spot of Shangla, is increasing day by day as they enjoy the cold and pleasant weather of the area as well as scenic......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday rejected a petition filed by PTI seeking early disposal of the ‘foreign funding case’, in which the party has challenged the Election Commission......
RAWALPINDI: For the first time since her assassination on December 27, 2007, the Rawalpindi PPP chapter did not celebrate former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s birth anniversary on Tuesday.Till last......
ISLAMABAD: According to estimates, there were 400 to 600 snow leopards in Pakistan a few years ago. But a climate change ministry official has said that DNA testing of animal excrement has revealed......
LAHORE: Opposition on Tuesday walked out of the house for not giving enough time to its member to speak about the budget.PML-Q’s Khateja Umer pointed out that the PML-N government had promised to......
LAHORE: Loan agreement between the Pakistan government and a Chinese bank for Orange Line Metro Train project has been challenged before the Lahore High Court.Some civil society members, main......
LAHORE: Four members of a family including infant twins were killed and six others injured when the ‘rickety’ roof of their single-storey abode at Azam Garden on Multan Road caved in amid downpour on......
GUJRAT: Another young girl and her alleged lover fell victims to honour killing at Keeranwala village near Mungowal in the precincts of Kunjah police on Tuesday.According to police, Waqar Naeem, 24,......
LAHORE: A group of ruling PML-N parliamentarians feeling alienated because of some policies of the party leadership, have reportedly been assured by the Punjab chief minister of resolution of their......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday extended for further four days physical remand of the mother and brother-in-law of teenager Zeenat Rafiq torched by her family for marrying a man of her......
GUJRAT: Roads and some government buildings were submerged in rainwater following a heavy downpour on Tuesday morning.The city’s drainage system failed to flush out the water that remained......
HYDERABAD: Riots hit several localities of Paretabad late on Monday evening following street protests over power outages continuing in the city for many days.The protesters had intermittently been......
HYDERABAD: The kidnapping of Sindh High Court (SHC) chief justice’s son, Advocate Awais Ali Shah, may be an attempt to pressure courts of law that are dispensing justice in some important cases.This......
KARACHI: No one, including guards of a Clifton superstore, came to the rescue of Awais Ali Shah, the son of the sitting Sindh High Court Chief Justice, when masked men kidnapped him on Monday......
KARACHI: The Commander of Corps-V, Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar, on Tuesday visited Abdus Sattar Edhi at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation and inquired after his health.Gen Mukhtar gently......
KARACHI: As time approached to break the longest fast of the year, on June 21, plastic mats were quickly spread out in front of footpaths at the Numaish Chowrangi, where people from all walks of......
KARACHI: A preview of calligraphic works put on display at the Arts Council’s Ahmed Pervez Gallery on Tuesday evening re-emphasised the kind of talent that Pakistan has in the field of art. Works of......
WASHINGTON: The White House on Tuesday denounced the “cowardice” of US senators who failed to pass gun control legislation taken up in the wake of the Orlando nightclub massacre. Four bills — two......
LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron pleaded with Britons on Tuesday to think of their children and their economic well-being before voting to quit the EU, as polls showed a razor-tight race with......
THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail, handing down its toughest penalty ever for “sadistic, cruel”......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned that hateful rhetoric against Muslims strengthens terrorists, not those fighting terrorism.“There is nothing strong about denigrating anyone on......
A MALAYSIAN opposition politician who worked on native land rights issues was shot dead on Tuesday six weeks after a failed run for a local assembly seat. Bill Kayong, 43, was gunned down in his......
AMMAN: A suicide bomber killed six Jordanian soldiers on Tuesday near the Syrian border where thousands of refugees are stranded, prompting King Abdullah II to vow to hit back with “an iron......
GENEVA: Attacks on hospitals since Syria’s war broke out five years ago have left more than 700 doctors and medical workers dead, many of them in air strikes, UN investigators said on Tuesday.The UN......
LONDON: Thousands of revellers have gathered at Stonehenge to watch the sun rise and celebrate the summer solstice.Some 12,000 people gathered at the stone circle to dance and do yoga on the longest......
HABBANIYAH: They fled starvation and jihadist tyranny in Fallujah for the safety of displacement camps but thousands of Iraqi families still have nothing to eat and nowhere to sleep.“The government......
BANGKOK: The upcoming national referendum on the charter draft may turn into a disgrace for the Thai junta.The outcome of August’s planned referendum on the constitution draft will have crucial......
MANILA: On Oct 3, 2015, a trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, run by international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders or Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was destroyed by precise and......
COLOMBO has reneged on its resolution to probe alleged human rights abuses during its 30-year civil war.The ethnic problem in Sri Lanka defies solution as Colombo has gone back on the resolution it......
PARIS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic is heading to Nice under pressure to perform.One of football’s biggest personalities, the 34-year-old Sweden striker needs to step up against Belgium on Wednesday with his......
KARACHI: Bounce Club and Nishtar Club struggled to overcome Arambagh Club and Karsaz Club respectively on the opening day of the Sindh Sports Board (SSB) Ramazan Cup basketball tournament at Arambagh......
BRISBANE: Rohan Hussain Subhani, a professional tent pegging player as well as polo artist and horse rider, did Pakistan proud in Australia when he won as many as six gold medals, two silver medals......
LAUSANNE: All potential Olympians from Russia and Kenya must face added scrutiny before being cleared to compete in the Rio Games because of suspicions about their country’s anti-doping programmes,......
NOTTINGHAM: Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews top-scored with 73 as his side were held to 286 for nine by England in the first One-day International here at Trent Bridge on Tuesday.But Sri Lanka’s......
NEW YORK: Maria Sharapova’s lawyer has blasted WADA chief Craig Reedie for making remarks about the five-time grand slam champion at a conference in London on Monday and said the Russian tennis......
KARACHI: Heather Knight marked her elevation to England captaincy in style as she produced a grand all-round performance while steering the hosts to a seven-wicket victory in the first One-day......
LONDON: 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......
MUMBAI: Although Olympic champions can make great role models, sports officials can’t expect all athletes to be angels in their pursuit of results, according to Australian swimming great Ian......
PARIS: Gareth Bale scored in his third straight game at Euro 2016 to guide Wales to a 3-0 win over Russia and then revelled as they qualified for the knockout stages as Group ‘B’ winners after rivals......
PARIS: Underwhelming through two goalless games, Cristiano Ronaldo has another chance to shine.The Portugal forward has failed get his team going at Euro 2016, missing an easy chance late in the 1-1......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) reduced on Tuesday fuel-based power tariff for distribution companies of ex-Wapda by Rs3.32 per unit for one month because of lower......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports fell seven per cent year-on-year to $11.5 billion in the first 11 months (July-May) of this fiscal year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday issued framework for branchless banking agent acquisition and management for the banks and microfinance banks.Under the framework, a bank’s board......
KARACHI: The current account deficit surpassed the last year’s amount despite higher remittances, large savings on oil import bills and less repayment of external debt during the first 11 months of......
KARACHI: Volatility prevailed on the stock market on Tuesday with the KSE-100 index closing down by 54.51 points (0.14 per cent) at 38,415.31.The market started out on a positive note with the index......
TOKYO: Mitsubishi Motors said on Tuesday it would resume selling four car models at the centre of a fuel-cheating scandal that hammered its reputation and slammed the brakes on sales.The......
WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen warned Tuesday that the US economy faces “considerable uncertainty” from slower domestic activity and from a possible British vote to break with the......
KARACHI: Major cut in sales tax and Rs36 billion subsidies on urea will bring down domestic fertiliser prices by around 20pc during the upcoming crop season.“Fertiliser prices are being reduced by......
LONDON: Billionaire George Soros, who famously profited by betting against the pound in a 1992 currency crisis, has predicted a plunge in the sterling if Britain votes to leave the European Union.The......
MULTAN: Trading on the cotton market slowed down on Tuesday as buyers and sellers adopted wait-and-see approach.Brokers said that due to the decrease in futures prices in New York and Chinese cotton......
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued a policy note to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to eliminate discrimination meted out to some steel industry players by......
LONDON: Denmark’s Maersk Line is fighting to remain the world’s no.1 container shipping carrier as a wave of mergers and acquisitions, particularly in Asia, creates new challengers trying to grab a......
LONDON: Gold fell to a ten-day low on Tuesday as global shares rose and expectations that Britain could vote to leave the European Union in Thursday’s referendum receded.Spot gold fell as much as 1.5......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday summoned Attorney General Ashthar Ausaf in a petition moved by the interior ministry challenging the June 2 order of the Sindh High Court (SHC) for removing......
If any social sector in Pakistan needs political commitment, it is education.With 24 million out-of-school children, everything related to the provision of equitable education conspires against the......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court provided another opportunity to Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Yasmin Abbasi to engage a counsel, but the ombudsperson......
QUETTA: An accountability court on Tuesday ordered that witnesses be produced and evidence be presented in the court at the next hearing of the Ashraf Magsi corruption case.Magsi, the former chairman......
QUETTA: The Accountability Court, Quetta, has extended remand of Mir Khalid Khan Langove, former adviser to Balochistan chief minister on finance, for another 14 days in the mega corruption case.This......
ISLAMABAD: After around two years of internecine strife, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) came full circle on Tuesday when it appointed again Shah Mehmood Qureshi vice chairman and Jahangir Khan......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a corruption reference against senior officials of the Ministry of National Regulation & Health Services Division (NR&HSD) for giving......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s concerns over India’s role in Afghanistan were “overestimated”, US special envoy Richard Olson said on Tuesday, while urging Pakistan to focus its attention on fighting......
CHANDIGARH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi described yoga as a “people’s mass movement” as he took to the mat on Tuesday along with millions of others in India and overseas to celebrate the ancient......
NEW DELHI: China, facing pressure from the United States and others to help admit India to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), said on Tuesday it was Washington that put the stipulation permitting......
WASHINGTON: The United States has said the Chinese refusal to endorse India’s application to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has not changed its position on the issue.“Nothing’s changed about......
CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Tuesday quashed a government decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, judicial sources said.President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had announced the......
KARACHI: The kidnapping of Advocate Awais Ali Shah, the son of the Sindh High Court chief justice, kept the security administration on its toes on Tuesday as the provincial authorities held a......
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Zahid Hamid admitted on Tuesday before a Senate committee that a number of officers in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had been appointed on “acting or current......
ISLAMABAD: Despite the rejection of all their cut motions against budget grants for various ministries, the opposition in the National Assembly tore into the government on Tuesday over its foreign......
GOING by the particularly apocalyptic prognostications on both sides of the debate, either result in tomorrow’s British referendum will presage a monumental disaster.Vote to leave the European Union......
IF you ask 100 women in Pakistan whether they work, 78 of them will respond that they do not – our female labour force participation rate is 22pc. If probed further on how they spend their time, they......
THOMAS Pogge is a professor of philosophy at Yale University, one of the most eminent educational institutions in the world. From there he directs the Global Justice Centre, which advocates, among......
RECUPERATING from his recent heart surgery, the prime minister has reportedly started looking into the affairs of the government from his London Hyde Park residence. Cabinet ministers and some top......
