ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday signed the Memorandum of Obligations (MoO) with the objective of obtaining the full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at its Heads of State......
RIYADH: Gunfire on Friday killed a Saudi policeman in the kingdom's east, where most minority Shias live, the interior ministry said.It called the shooting a “terrorist act” which killed the driver......
KARACHI: Inspector General A.D. Khawaja on Friday said the investigation of famed qawwal Amjad Sabri’s assassination and the kidnapping of Awais Shah, son of chief justice of Sindh High Court, has......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan have decided to constitute a high-level bilateral mechanism to consult and coordinate on various important issues relating to security and civilian movement......
WASHINGTON: US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said on Friday he will vote for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.Asked if he would vote for Clinton in......
ISLAMABAD: Indian troops in Indian-held Kashmir have shot dead seven Kashmiri youth on Friday in the Kupwara district.The troops killed the youth during the ongoing military operations at Dhobiwan......
KARACHI: Massive fire engulfed three points in Karachi’s industrial area Friday, DawnNews reported.Firefighters were busy controlling the fire that broke out in a chemical factory in the city’s Site......
DUBAI: The powerful young prince behind modernising reforms in Saudi Arabia presents himself as the champion of his nation's plugged-in youth, and his visit to Silicon Valley this week sought to......
KOLKATA: The world’s richest cricket league could see an offspring being launched in the US to tap the Indian expat community, The Indian Express newspaper reported on Friday.The US chapter of the......
TURNBERRY: Donald Trump hailed Britain's vote to leave the EU as “fantastic” shortly after arriving in Scotland on Friday for his first international trip since becoming the presumptive Republican......
MONTPELLIER: Alvaro Morata is joint top scorer at Euro 2016 but doesn't care who hits the net if Spain beat a familiar Italy side to a coveted quarter-final place in their last 16 clash on Monday.“I......
LONDON (The Straits Times/ANN): Politics let loose can be a dangerous thing; this region needs to resist a tide of xenophobia and isolationism.A young British MP is brutally murdered in her......
LONDON: Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union has divided the country geographically, as well as between generations, between cities and rural areas and between Britons with and without a......
RIYADH: Clad in black and with a baby in her lap, a woman sits on the ground shaking a cardboard box outside the door of a Saudi mosque.She says she is from Jazan, a southern region of Saudi Arabia......
LONDON: "Britain has voted to leave the European Union and that's that. No appeals. No do-overs. Right? 'Out is out'," European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters the day before......
MUMBAI: A force to be reckoned with at home, India's Test side have struggled away from the subcontinent in recent years and new skipper Anil Kumble has put top priority on building a team that can......
LONDON: British markets plunged on Friday, with sterling hitting a 31-year low in its biggest fall on record and UK stock futures pointing to a steep fall at the market open after Britons voted to......
From the looks of it, Pakistan’s tour of England is a challenging affair.The latter just finished bashing Sri Lanka 2-0, maintaining an undefeated home record since July 2014.If a side of such......
ISLAMABAD: The KSE-100 index fell 2 per cent in early trading on Friday, hurt by a global sell-off in risk assets after Britain voted to leave the European Union.At 10:17am, the KSE-100 index of the......
LONDON: Britons have voted to leave the European Union (EU), a decision which leaves the world's fifth-biggest economy facing deep uncertainty about its growth prospects and its attractiveness to......
BRUSSELS: Britain's vote to become the first country to leave the European Union (EU), as projected by national media, is a shattering blow that threatens the survival of the post-war European......
KARACHI: In the famous 1950s song ‘Bundar Road Se Kemari’, Ahmed Rushdi — referring to the old building of Radio Pakistan on Bunder Road (now M.A. Jinnah Road) — sings “Yeh aaya Radio Pakistan, hai......
ISLAMABAD: The Nuclear Suppliers Group on Thursday failed to reach consensus on India’s membership application after several members of the international nuclear trade cartel insisted on adhering to......
KARACHI: Two organisations of lawyers in the country on Thursday split over the question of observing a strike in protest against the kidnapping of the son of the Chief Justice of the Sindh High......
KARACHI: Three suspected militants were killed in a shootout with the police in Sohrab Goth area of the city late on Thursday night, officials said.They said the area police backed by police......
PESHAWAR: In a big cover-up, the police hid not only dramatic escape of 11 militants and criminals from inside the Police Lines, Mardan but also blamed the death of a constable on an attack from......
GILGIT: An anti-terrorism court here on Thursday sentenced a Chinese national to nine years imprisonment for trying to smuggle weapons from Pakistan to China via Khunjrab border. The court also......
LAHORE: Civil society activists held a candlelit vigil to pay homage to Qawwal Amjad Sabri on Thursday while urging the government to expedite implementation on the National Action Plan.Gathered......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore, arrested five people in a land compensation fraud case involving over Rs50 million.According to a NAB spokesman, retired Brig Muhammad Arif......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday told the Lahore High Court that advertisements of hakeems, black magic and pornography were not permissible under its......
SIALKOT: The chunk of ‘no-man’s-land’ between Pakistan and India in Parel Masiyall village along the Sialkot Working Boundary’s Charwah-Kingra sector came to life on Thursday as thousands of devotees......
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seems to have stepped up its investigations against Karachi University officials as its team raided the campus on Thursday, the second ‘surprise......
KARACHI: It is difficult to ascertain that how many people attended Amjad Sabri’s funeral on Thursday afternoon, but, for sure, the last rites of the late qawwal put those who were in charge of the......
HYDERABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) senator Taj Haider has said that there is no use of the proposed Thar Development Authority (TDA) although the bill regarding its establishment is ready to be......
KARACHI: The prices of beef and mutton continue to rise despite increasing production of livestock and their meat.A spike in meat prices ahead of Eidul Fitr has become something of a ritual as......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has expressed displeasure over the poor performance of government’s power generation system, saying that even a seven per cent......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has amended the income tax ordinance for collection of advance tax from provincial sales tax registered persons.According to amendments, every provincial sales......
ISLAMABAD: Government of Pakistan and World Bank here on Thursday signed financing agreement of $500 million IDA Development Policy Credit (DPC) for competitiveness and growth.Tariq Bajwa, Secretary,......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday issued guidelines for banks to improve their security systems against cyber attacks.The SBP has advised commercial banks, development financial......
KARACHI: Range-bound activity was witnessed on the stock market on Thursday where the KSE-100 index after three days of decline managed to recover 88.63 points (0.23 per cent) and close at......
KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at $21,770.5 million on June 17, 2016, the State Bank of Pakistan announced on Thursday.Of the total reserves the SBP held......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued the draft bill of amendments to the Modaraba Companies and Modaraba (Floatation and Control) Ordinance, 1980, to obtain......
BEIJING: Chinese banks have written off more than $300 billion of bad loans in the past three years, an official said on Thursday as Beijing seeks to reassure investors that the country can cope with......
BIRMINGHAM: Jos Buttler has insisted England will not shy away from their attacking approach with the bat despite a top-order collapse in the first One-day International against Sri Lanka.Buttler and......
LONDON: England will host Ireland for the first time for a pair of One-day Internationals next year.The first match will take place in Bristol on May 5, with the second one-day international two days......
NOTTINGHAM: England all-rounder Chris Woakes believes he has more to offer on the international stage after an impressive display in a tied one-day series opener against Sri Lanka.Woakes’ unbeaten 95......
KARACHI: Pakistan team manager Intikhab Alam said on Thursday the team is in good shape ahead of the four-Test series against England, slated to start in July.“The ongoing camp is a golden chance for......
KARACHI: In a surprising move, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to send four media managers for England tour, one of whom will be entrusted solely with social media, Dawn has learnt.Agha......
KARACHI: Basit Ali, the head coach of the England-bound Pakistan ‘A’ team, has pledged to produce at least half a dozen players who could be playing for the senior national side in the next six......
PARIS: Cristiano Ronaldo dragged Portugal back from the brink of elimination twice, and Republic of Ireland found a late goal to stun Italy and stay in Euro 2016 on Wednesday.Iceland’s winning goal......
CHICAGO: Chile beat Colombia 2-0 in the Copa America semi-final on Wednesday and will face Argentina in Sunday’s final after surviving a tumultuous match in Chicago that was halted for more than two......
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina football legend Diego Maradona told his national team not to bother coming back home if they don’t win the Copa America Centenario on Sunday.“We will certainly win on......
KARACHI: Inspired by a fine spell of spin bowling from Wasim Ali, Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) upstaged Tapal CC by four wickets in the Omar Associates Trophy 31st Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket......
KARACHI: The dreams of Pakistan’s boxers to qualify for this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro came crashing down last week in the Azeri capital of Baku when five hopefuls lost their matches in the......
WASHINGTON: Weary but jubilant House Democrats ended their extraordinary sit-in on the chamber’s floor on Thursday more than 24 hours after it began, a protest that let them broadcast their demands......
FRANKFURT: A masked and armed man barricaded himself in a German multiplex cinema with dozens of people inside on Thursday before being killed by police, officials said.No hostages were injured in......
IN March, a party led by a neo-Nazi won 14 parliamentary seats in elections in Slovakia, accounting for more than 200,000 of the ballots cast and almost a quarter of first-time voters. Marian......
REYKJAVIK: Iceland goes to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president, with voters hoping the country can turn over a new leaf after the Panama Papers scandal tainted part of the political......
SEVILLE: The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Spain on Thursday after completing a 71-hour flight from New York in the first “magical” solo transatlantic crossing in a solar-powered airplane.Applause broke......
DUBAI: Hundreds of Bahraini protesters kept up their rally on Thursday outside the home of a Shia leader, a day after they chanted a promise to “give our soul and blood as a sacrifice” to protect him......
A small drone capable of working underwater splashes into the Delaware Bay during a demonstration on Wednesday in Lower Township, New Jersey. Routine commercial use of small drones was cleared for......
MOSCOW: Russia is likely to deploy advanced nuclear-capable missiles in its European exclave of Kaliningrad by 2019, casting the move as a reply to a US-backed missile shield, and may one day put......
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has for the first time suggested Turkey could hold a referendum over whether to continue its long-stalled bid to join the European Union.Angrily lashing......
DUBAI: A Bahraini court on Thursday sentenced 24 people for belonging to a cell of the militant Islamic State group, stripping 13 of them of their citizenship, the prosecution said.One member was......
DUBAI: Dubai, the Mideast’s desert party town, has just gotten even wetter. The city-state is breaking new ground with its decision to loosen rules prohibiting day-time alcohol sales during Ramazan,......
LONDON: Millions of Britons voted on Thursday on whether to stay in the EU in a momentous referendum that has polarised the country and could change the face of Europe.Latest opinion polls put the......
HAVANA: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the head of the country’s leftist FARC rebels agreed on Thursday on a ceasefire and rebel disarmament deal that moves the country to the brink of......
BERLIN: Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Asim Bajwa has said the narrative that Pakistan has not done enough to fight terrorism is unfair as it does not recognise......
KARACHI: Thousands of people attended on Thursday the funeral of qawwali star Amjad Sabri, who was gunned down a day earlier in what police described as a targeted killing.Dozens of police and......
ISLAMABAD: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Thursday urged the Pakistan government to discontinue the trial of civilians through military courts.In a statement, it asked the......
QUETTA: Balochistan Minister for Revenue and Transport Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhel has said that a compressive strategy is being formulated for taking action against land mafia across the......
QUETTA: The role of religious scholars in building a welfare state is huge, and it’s utterly important for them to create awareness to protect children from fatal diseases, worst among them,......
ISLAMABAD: The president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Ali Zafar, called upon the government on Thursday to deter the scourge of kidnapping for ransom and targeted killings by devising a......
ISLAMABAD: The drive for the re-verification of computerised national identity cards (CNICs) meant to screen out aliens fraudulently using Pakistan’s identity cards will be launched on July......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that Pakistan would go ahead with its plans for regulating the border with Afghanistan as part of its counterterrorism strategy and urged the Afghan......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tashkent on Wednesday and thanked him for China’s......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has condemned the recent US drone strike inside the country, terming it an unacceptable and blatant violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty as well as the UN charter and......
KARACHI: Former high commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hasan accused the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday of going back on its decision and blamed “the red tape” in the ministry for the......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly approved the supplementary budget of over Rs34.50 billion for the year 2015-16.The budget was presented in house by Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri on......
THE stirring baritone of Amjad Sabri, one of this country’s most renowned qawwals and an iconic cultural symbol, has been stilled forever. With him died a glorious intergenerational heritage of......
OFFICIAL statistics are a public trust. Much of the edifice (if not all) of government policy effort and action should be rested on the foundations of accurate, credible, transparent, accountable and......
A FEW of you might have heard about this little protest that was held in Lahore a few days ago. I mean everything that anyone opposed to the idea could suggest was done to ensure that the event......
MERITORIOUS recruitment, effective revenue collection and efficient delivery of public services are among the most important indicators for measuring institutional development and good governance.......
