KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday accused the Sindh Rangers of “abducting” a senior party member from Gulburg area of the metropolis without “any provision of warrant”.In a......
MANCHESTER: Skipper Wayne Rooney says Jose Mourinho's appointment as Manchester United manager has given him extra motivation for the new Premier League season.Mourinho, tasked with making United......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan launched diplomatic efforts on Tuesday to highlight the hapless situation of the people of Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) and took the ambassadors of permanent United Nations Security......
LONDON: England batsman Joe Root is confident he can cope with the added responsibility of batting at number three during the upcoming Test series against Pakistan.Root has been promoted one place up......
PORTSMOUTH: After months of bitter campaigning, Bernie Sanders on Tuesday offered his long-awaited endorsement for Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, saying he would work hard to help......
LONDON: Wahab Riaz has insisted Mohammad Amir has the support of all his team-mates as he prepares to make his return to Test cricket at Lord's on Thursday.Fellow left-arm quick Amir's career came to......
SRINAGAR: India-held Kashmir's main hospital struggled to treat hundreds of patients wounded in four days of clashes on Tuesday, as medics warned that many could lose their eyesight from shotgun......
ROME: At least 20 people were killed Tuesday in a head-on collision between two passenger trains in the southern Italian region of Puglia, in one of the country's worst rail accidents in recent......
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is considering a proposal to increase its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bernd Hildenbrand’s salary by Rs0.8 million, it has been learnt.“The......
ISLAMABAD: Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Asim Bajwa, in a tweet on Tuesday evening, stated the Pakistan Army or any of its affiliated organisations have no......
DADAAB: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai was spending her 19th birthday on Tuesday visiting the world's largest refugee camp to draw attention to the global refugee crisis, especially as Dadaab camp......
THE HAGUE: An international tribunal ruled on Tuesday against China's claims it had "historical rights" in the South China Sea in a bitter dispute that risks further stoking regional tensions.Manila......
Britain's anti-doping agency made a “ghastly mistake” in its handling of a probe into the role of a doctor accused of supplying banned drugs to athletes, the chairman of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) David......
KARACHI: A pesh imam at Masjid Siddiq Akber succumbed to his injuries after being shot at by two gunmen in his residence on Monday.Two unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen shot the pesh imam,......
England should have gambled on seamer James Anderson's fitness and included him in the squad for the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's Cricket Ground, paceman Stuart Broad has said.Anderson,......
RIYADH: Suspects including engineers and two government employees will face trial in Saudi Arabia over the deaths of 107 people when a crane toppled over at Makkah's Grand Mosque last year, a local......
England batsman Kevin Pietersen says there is no excuse to cheat in cricket, whether through match-fixing or taking drugs, and players found guilty of such acts must be banned for life.In a column......
This blog was first published in July, 2016.Last summer during Ramazan, I shared the Shan Masala Eid commercial like Pakistanis all over the world. The ad showed two brothers spending the occasion......
SRINAGAR: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called an emergency meeting to discuss escalating violence in India-held Kashmir (IHK) amid anti-India protests that have left at least 28 people......
SINGAPORE: Four Bangladeshi workers who allegedly planned attacks linked to the militant Islamic State (IS) group in their own country were sentenced Tuesday to jail terms of up to five......
KARACHI: Faisal Edhi, son of late philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, said in an interview with BBC Urdu on Monday that the Edhi Foundation fears a drop in donations as certain conservative elements......
PESHAWAR: Pashto singer Karan Khan is working on a self-sponsored project under which profiles of around 500 artists and literati of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata will be documented.“I have started......
MINGORA: The tourists and trekkers have thronged Gabina Jabba, a lush green area of Swat with thick forests and high alpine mountains around it.Gabina Jabba, a Pashto word that means honey moorland,......
While Imran Khan has been staging dharnas in Islamabad and elsewhere, his education team has been hard at work in KP. Experts familiar with both governments describe KP’s approach as more patient,......
While it is no secret that Pakistan needs to better spend its education budget, the much-needed reform process is likely to be easier said than done. Fighting against a culture of doctored......
Donor funding for education is highly visible in Pakistan. From television campaigns to public debates, donors and their dollars are a tangible force in shaping the public narrative on how the state......
RAWALPINDI: Intelligence agencies have sent a report to the provincial government after banners were found hanging from the elevated track of the metro bus service in the cantonment area, asking the......
ISLAMABAD: The Met Office has issued a nationwide warning against strong rainstorms in the coming days and relevant authorities have also been alerted.The deputy commissioner Islamabad has issued a......
BAHAWALNAGAR: A centuries-old cemetery along the shrine of Baba Farid Ganj Shakar’s grandson Baba Taj Sarwar Chishti is inundated with sewage damaging the remains of several graves there.Locals have......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has instructed Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to make another effort – while showing “maximum flexibility” – to develop a consensus on terms of reference (ToR)......
LAHORE: Three children were kidnapped from the a vicinity of the city – Badami Bagh - during the last three weeks, sending their parents in immense shock and grief.The kidnap of the children of poor......
TOBA TEK SINGH: The nose and an ear of a youth were chopped off by parents and relatives of a girl who had eloped with him at Chak 250-JB, Mochiwala, Jhang, on Monday.Reports said Imran Ali of Nawan......
FAISALABAD: The Population Welfare Department held a walk and a seminar on the World Population Day to highlight the importance of a small family.District Coordination Officer Salman Ghani led the......
KARACHI: A college student selling a mobile phone was killed while a suspected robber posing as a buyer was wounded late on Sunday night when trigger-happy policemen in plain clothes fired at them in......
KARACHI: Around 100 snakes have been ruthlessly killed as part of a ‘magic show’ currently under way at the zoo, it emerged during a visit to the facility on Monday.Titled ‘The snake-eating man’, the......
KARACHI: Scores of Muttahida Qaumi Movement workers and supporters, including women, staged a protest demonstration in front of the Karachi Press Club against the ‘extrajudicial killing’ of another......
HYDERABAD: Several hundred activists of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Monday staged an hours-long sit-in at a section of the Hyderabad by-pass against alleged excessive loadshedding, issuance......
JUBA: South Sudan’s president ordered a ceasefire on Monday after a new day of heavy fighting in the capital Juba that sent thousands of people fleeing and threatened a return to civil war.President......
ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended his plan to give Syrian refugees Turkish citizenship, arguing there was ample space in the country after a backlash against the suggestion, in......
BEIJING: China has intensified the drumbeat of its opposition to an international tribunal’s ruling expected on Tuesday that could threaten its expansive claims in the South China Sea.How Beijing......
WASHINGTON: Bernie Sanders will join one-time rival Hillary Clinton for a presidential campaign rally in New Hampshire on Tuesday, heightening expectations he will deliver his long-awaited......
COLOMBO: The eldest son of Sri Lanka’s ex-president was arrested on a money laundering charge on Monday, days after being named shadow foreign minister.Namal Rajapaksa was remanded into custody for......
SEVILLE: The Solar Impulse 2 left southern Spain on Monday on its way to Egypt for the penultimate leg of the solar-powered airplane’s landmark round-the-world journey.The experimental aircraft took......
TOKYO: A resounding election victory for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc has opened the door a crack for his long-cherished ambition to revise the constitution for the first time......
LONDON: Britain’s prime minister-in-waiting Theresa May is a pragmatist who has emerged from the chaos of the Brexit referendum unscarred, portraying herself as the one who will lead the country out......
SAINT-DENIS: Portugal found an unlikely hero as Eder’s thunderous finish deep into extra time secured their first European Championship title after they overcame the early loss of Cristiano Ronaldo......
LISBON: Tens of thousands of fans greeted Euro 2016 champions Portugal as they landed in Lisbon on Monday, chanting the name of goal hero Eder, whose extra-time screamer sealed the 1-0 victory over......
BASSETERRE (St Kitts): An undefeated century from Shai Hope frustrated India as West Indies Cricket Board President’s XI drew the two-day tour opener here on Sunday.Hope struck 118, Rajendra......
KARACHI: Following the huge success of the inaugural edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) in February this year, its chairman Najam Sethi is confident about doing even better in its second edition......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has extended the contracts of batting coach Grant Flower and trainer Grant Luden for one year on the recommendation of newly-appointed head coach Mickey......
MUNICH: Bayern Munich’s new coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Monday that he would stick to his predecessor Pep Guardiola’s offensive strategy for the Bundesliga giants, pledging to “try to win every......
EUGENE: Allyson Felix’s dreams of a rare Olympic double came to an abrupt end at the US track and field trials here on Sunday as a schoolgirl hurdler confirmed her emergence as one of the sport’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) is all set to launch the first edition of its professional volleyball league by the end of this year, PVF chairman Chaudhry Yaqoob said in a......
KARACHI: Stock brokerage firm Shehzad Chamdia Securities (Pvt) Ltd surrendered its Trading Right Entitlement Certificate (TREC) to the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Monday.The company’s chairman Shehzad......
KARACHI: MOL, the operator of Tal block in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has encountered hydrocarbons in development well Makori East-5, Pakistan Oilfields Limited that has pre-commerciality working......
ISLAMABAD: The government considers allowing the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to purchase lint from ginners as part of a plan to extend support to farmers, an official told Dawn on......
KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at $23,084.9 million on July 1, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced on Monday.Of the total reserves the central bank held......
KARACHI: Stocks staged strong rally on the first trading session after the long Eid holidays as Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark 100-share index comfortably breached the 38,000 resistance......
LONDON: Gold fell on Monday as stock markets rallied on the back of Friday’s stronger than expected US jobs data and the prospect of more monetary stimulus from central banks, while the dollar rose......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday disallowed recovery of Rs145 billion from electricity consumers on account of past-year system losses and inefficiencies......
KARACHI: Domestic gold price hit this year’s record high of Rs51,500 per tola on Monday, up by Rs550 per tola as compared to the price prevailing on July 5.The 10 grams price went up by Rs441 to......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has introduced a tax reduction of 2 per cent for Shariah-compliant listed companies through Finance Act 2016.The tax rebate, introduced on the suggestion of the......
KARACHI: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah visited the forward posts of Pakistan Marines in the creeks area bordering India on Monday to meet the troops and extend Eid greetings to......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the government’s assistance in deciding a case seeking to do away with the practice of elevating senior lawyers as judges of the superior judiciary.A......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Monday that Pakistan’s counterterrorism efforts in Fata had reduced the ability of some militant groups to use the area as a base for insurgency in......
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI/PESHAWAR: A little-known political party of Punjab put up banners in 13 cities across the country on Monday with its leaders urging Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif to impose......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali has taken suo motu notice of the perceived delay by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in holding by-elections in at least five different......
KARACHI: Former prime minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday met Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif along with his son Ali Haider Gilani and thanked the COAS for army’s efforts for the safe recovery of......
ISLAMABAD: The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) has received 13,000 complaints from the public regarding registration of aliens in their family trees.Nadra began receiving a positive......
WASHINGTON: Legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi’s life was a sharp contrast to those who use fear and violence to create divisions, says the White House.In a rare tribute to Mr Edhi, Ned......
KHAR: Two suspected militants were killed on Monday when a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (IED) they were planting on Dherakai-Pashat road in Salarazai tehsil of the Bajaur tribal......
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Several hundred Kashmiri protesters tried to storm a military airbase in India-held Kashmir on Monday as the death toll in clashes between Indian security forces and......
PESHAWAR: The mastermind of the Army Public School massacre, responsible for the death of 144 students and staff members, has been killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan, two senior security......
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary leaders from all opposition parties will meet on Wednesday in a bid to agree on potential names for appointment as members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).The......
THE Pakistani state’s strategic outlook is a classic case of the tail wagging the dog. Security policy drives overall foreign policy rather than the other way round. The establishment has spearheaded......
IN 2004, while the Muttahida-Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) was governing KP, a puritanical vigilante group called Tehreek-i-Nijaat-i-Fahashi launched a crackdown against musicians in Peshawar. Under deepening......
IN recent days, Pakistan lost one of its most celebrated artists, Amjad Sabri, to a brutal target killing attack in Karachi. The loss, deeply mourned, yet again raised serious questions about our......
SOMETIME ago, I transferred my loyalty firmly from cricket to football. It has music. The players move in a pattern of waves, which can suddenly turn into cascading beauty. It is in some ways like......
CHICAGO: A shooting at a county courthouse in the US state of Michigan has left three people dead including the attacker and one other injured, local media reported on Monday.Local ABC News affiliate......
