Three police officers were killed and three injured in a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday, with at least two suspects at large, police said."Three law enforcement (officers) are confirmed......
After a dramatic day four of the first Test against England, Misbah-ul-Haq-led Pakistan won their first Test in two decades at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground.Due to their phenomenal performances......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani citizens stranded in Turkey, following the failed putsch by sections of the Turkish army, have returned home, confirmed the Foreign Office."The Pakistanis stuck in Istanbul, in......
LONDON: Yasir Shah marked his first Test outside of Asia and the United Arab Emirates by taking 10 wickets in the match as Pakistan beat England by 75 runs in their series opener at Lord's on......
As the people of Turkey stood behind their democratically elected leader and thwarted a coup attempt by a section of the Turkish army on Saturday, the show of courage by the people and the......
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday stated the people of Pakistan will celebrate and distribute sweets if the army takes over in the country."Democracy in......
QUETTA: Security forces on Sunday claimed to have killed a militant during a security operation in Balochistan’s Kalat district.Five suspected militants were also arrested during the operation, said......
SRINAGAR: Authorities in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) have shut down printing presses and temporarily banned newspapers from publishing in a sweeping information blackout after days of anti-India......
ANKARA: Forced at gunpoint to read a statement by coup plotters and raided by rebel military forces, Turkey's media organisations were bruised by the drama of a coup but also played a role in......
LONDON: Pakistan's Rahat Ali removed England's top three batsmen as the first Test at Lord's hurtled towards an exciting climax on Sunday's fourth day.At lunch, England were 90 for three in their......
YEREVAN: A group of armed men seized a police station in Armenia's capital Yerevan along with an unknown number of hostages on Sunday morning, the country's security service said.Negotiations were......
DHAKA: A group of machete-wielding men attacked members of a Sufi Muslim order in western Bangladesh injuring three people, police said Sunday, the latest in a spate of attacks on religious......
ANKARA: It was a strangely 20th century coup, defeated by 21st century technology and people power.When a self-styled military "Peace Council" tried to topple Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his......
DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh have arrested a professor from an elite university alleging that he had rented a flat to gunmen who attacked a cafe in Dhaka earlier this month and killed 20 hostages.In......
DUBAI: A Bahraini court on Sunday ordered the kingdom's main opposition group Al Wefaq to be dissolved, a judicial source said, after authorities accused it of "harbouring terrorism".The......
SEOUL: Quetta-born Muhammad Waseem won the World Boxing Council (WBC) silver flyweight title after defeating favourite Jether Oliva from the Philippines.Waseem, Pakistan's only professional boxer,......
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's guardianship system, which bars women from travelling abroad, obtaining a passport, marrying or exiting prison without the consent of a male relative, remains the most......
ANKARA: Thousands took to the streets of Turkey Saturday in support of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after authorities crushed a military coup that claimed at least 265 lives.After facing down the......
The Communist Party of India and the Indian EmergencyBy David LockwoodLockwood dissects a lesser-discussed aspect of the Indian Emergency, 1975 and the much-maligned role of the Communist Party of......
In your book one of the pivotal characters is a survivalist. Survivalism is a topic which has not been explored much, especially in fiction. What made you choose this as one of the central themes?The......
There is no doubt that Windows 10, with all its niceties and features, has been shoved down our throats by forcibly upgrading our machines without our consent. Microsoft has been accused of using......
People don’t look forward to the intense heat and humidity of summer, but there is something else to look forward to. The very best thing about this time of year is the variety of fruit available —......
Dear Khalajee, I am a 23-year-old girl. I don’t know how to explain my problem, but nobody has ever taken me seriously even though I have been so devoted and loyal to every single person who has......
When it comes to video, there are not many who understand its relevance in the art world. It may be a well-established art form, but does not carry the same commercial value as a painting or......
The early signs on the tour to England were all positive for Pakistan. The batsmen had their runs. The bowlers had their wickets. And, England had its injuries. With most teams, it would have been......
“What controversy? For my fans I am Sultan!” must be what Hindi film star Salman Khan wants to tell the media and to all those who have been crying hoarse and asking him to apologise.Just a couple of......
Here, Images on Sunday offers a chance to a few artists to emote in words and remember Abdul Sattar Edhi. We spoke to just a few of the many whom Edhi sahib touched deeply with his caring nature, and......
Considering the myriad of diversions, entertainment and attractions available thanks to technology today, we, the generation which grew up with one TV channel, might think that our kids have no......
The rising star in 1996 was Imran Khan. As a newbie in politics, he was a fresh face with fresh ideas and fresh hopes for Pakistan.President Farooq Leghari had a revolving door: exit Benazir Bhutto;......
Whether it is the ability to write on a grain of rice or the need to travel through space to reach planets far beyond our realm, human beings progress because they are curious.The mysteries of this......
These days the trailer for an upcoming Pakistani film, Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai, is being talked about on social media.It’s been directed by Anjum Shehzad whose earlier ambitious project, Mah-i-Mir,......
From an express fast bowler to a judge at a comedy show, Shoaib Akhtar has come a long way.By now everyone knows that the Rawalpindi Express is soon going to be seen in a fresh avatar of someone who......
The big actress in a small frame, Alia Bhatt comes across as a happy-go-lucky type gal who doesn’t have much time for being diplomatic. Wrong. She’s a smart lass. The India media is after her life to......
Singapore boasts one of the highest living standards in the world. It had attracted, and also surprised, me and my husband on our first visit there almost four decades back when we had a chance to......
Alone-wolf terrorist is one who commits violent acts in support of a group, a movement, or an ideology, but who does so alone, outside of any command structure and without material assistance from......
Pakistan continues to face electricity shortages and persistent load-shedding. How did the country get here and what can be done to get its power supply on the right track?The electricity supply has......
MUZAFFARABAD: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Saturday his party had a clear stance against both Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)......
TURKEY may have entered a turbulent and uncertain phase in its history, but until the events of this weekend there had appeared to be at least one certainty: the military had been returned to the......
THE shocking ‘honour’ killing of popular social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch, must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.In her brief moment in the spotlight, she breezily pushed the......
CAN there be a single source for generating healthy narratives in Pakistan? Particularly given the context of current domestic and regional developments, where not just multiple narratives but also......
WE aren’t Turkey, but we have a few things in common, especially the possibility of you-know-who staging a you-know-what. But in a week of wild chatter here, let’s take on a slightly different......
THERE is a well-known Latin expression attributed to the first- and second-century Roman poet Juvenal that can roughly be translated as ‘who will guard the guardians’, or ‘who will watch the......
THE vocabulary and concepts of neo-liberalism, rather than any philosophic understanding of it, have guided urban planning and policy, especially in the developing world, since the early 1990s. This......
MANSEHRA: Many tourists who could not go to the Kaghan valley and other sites in Hazara because of rush have turned to explore Shahzeb Lake in Siren Valley in Mansehra district.“We couldn’t go to......
PESHAWAR: The representatives of various civil society organisations on Saturday held a protest demonstration here on Saturday against the murder of model Qandeel Baloch and demanded early arrest of......
ISLAMABAD: In the midst of a practice session at the G-7 cricket ground, club cricketer Mohammad Ali has his ears glued to his mobile phone. “Real cricket is Test cricket,” he says as he listens to......
The dean of the diplomatic corps, Kazakh Ambassador Bakhitbek Shabarbayev, hosted a lunch reception attended by all the other foreign envoys, to bid farewell to Romanian Ambassaodr Emilian Ion, who......
The Japanese embassy hosted an Eid celebration that highlighted the friendship between Japan and Pakistan with a dinner reception at the Serena Hotel.Ambassador Takashi Kurai said: “The Embassy of......
ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Amin, a retired government servant, travelled on a motorbike in Islamabad for decades. However, for the last a few years he has been troubled by the accumulation of mud on different......
ISLAMABAD: Two persons have been arrested in connection with banners displayed in the city that urged the chief of army staff to ‘take over’, by capital and Rawalpindi police.A case was registered......
The overhead and underpass railway bridges that dot the landscape of the garrison city were built up to 135 years ago to connect residents in various parts of Rawalpindi. From Sihala to the......
“Wah wah jhulara bhochhanr da tur gaya tay wat nahi aaya Mahiay da bhuawaan bhulli aan Main thamm klaaway laya Mahi nahi aaya.(Once gone the swing of youth does not return/ I embraced the pillar......
LAHORE: The Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) will provide its software to the Sindh government for the police department.Sindh Chief Secretary Siddique Memon wrote a letter to the Punjab......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A Faisalabad Counter Terrorism Department team arrested on Saturday an activist of banned Sipah Sahaba Pakistan from general bus stand and recovered from his custody badges of the......
LAHORE: The first online Urdu thesaurus and its free mobile app were launched here on Saturday.A press release stated that Musharraf Ali Farooqi, editor of the thesaurus, developed over five years......
KARACHI: To settle the tiff between the Sindh government and the Rangers over the Asad Kharal affair, the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party has agreed to shuffle its provincial cabinet as has been......
KARACHI: A large number of water birds have been forced to live in congested conditions for the past one year as renovation of their zoo pond is continuing at a snail’s pace, it emerged on......
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May has made more changes to the government, removing another key supporter of predecessor David Cameron and appointing several new ministers.Downing Street......
SRINAGAR: Authorities in India-held Kashmir seized newspapers and shut down cable television on Saturday, aiming to quell a flare-up of tensions in the region which has seen violent protests over the......
NEW YORK: Donald Trump on Saturday formally introduced his pick for vice president Mike Pence as a “solid” and “highly talented” man in their first public appearance on a joint ticket for the White......
NEW DELHI: Police in Bangladesh denied on Saturday that they’re still holding a British man and a University of Toronto student who have been missing since being rescued during this month’s bloody......
NICE: Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was a petty criminal prone to depression and violence who smoked, drank and never went to the mosque, according to neighbours and family.The Tunisian delivery driver,......
AFRICA’S largest city is closing dozens of mosques, churches and nightclubs in a bid to reduce noise for its 20 million residents long used to lusty hymn-singing, honking horns and boom boxes that......
LOS ANGELES: Fethullah Gulen, the US-based cleric accused by Ankara of orchestrating the coup attempt in Turkey, has a wide following in his native country, where he enjoys support among the police......
THE military staged three coups between 1960 and 1980 and pressured Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, a Muslim mentor of Erdogan who was disliked by Turkey’s secular establishment, out of power in......
LONDON: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq followed his first-innings hundred with a duck as England fought back on the third day of the first Test at Lord’s on Saturday.At tea, Pakistan were 111 for......
LONDON: Pakistan’s Yasir Shah said varying his pace had been behind his spectacular return to Test cricket at Lord’s.What made the 30-year-old Yasir’s feat all the more impressive was that this was......
Having taken a reasonable first-innings lead Pakistan should have been able to consolidate it further to a sizeable one to try to get near the winning post.However, their inept, defensive and......
VILLARS DOMBES: Manx Missile Mark Cavendish claimed his 30th Tour de France victory and fourth in this year’s race when he left sprint rival Marcel Kittel trailing at the end of the 14th stage on......
PARIS: Defending champions Great Britain shrugged off the absence of Wimbledon champion Andy Murray to lead their Davis Cup quarter-final against Serbia on Friday as heavy rain brought havoc to the......
KARACHI: Pakistan ‘A’ skipper Babar Azam warmed up for the upcoming triangular one-day series with England Lions and Sri Lanka ‘A’ with a century that helped side overwhelm Glamorgan by 123 runs in......
KARACHI: Displaying better craftsmanship, the Sri Lankan boys and girls captured as many as six gold medals while Pakistan’s hopes were dashed in the four-nation South Asian Cadet and Junior Table......
ISLAMABAD: With an aim to improving the national game at grassroots level, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced that they plan to lay approximately 100 mini synthetic turfs at schools......
KARACHI: Helped by a crucial unbeaten knock from Yasir Mushtaq, Malir Gymkhana clinched the Ghani Builders T20 Colour-kit Knockout Cricket title with a tense two-wicket win over Alamgir Gymkhana in......
KARACHI: Auto assemblers see the new fiscal year as promising owing to improved economic conditions which are translating into an increase in demand for vehicles.Chief Operating Officer (COO), Indus......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) put on hold payment of around Rs100 billion refunds of exporters and domestic suppliers in the preceding fiscal year, a top official told Dawn on......
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has decided to thoroughly exercise the powers delegated to it under the 18th constitutional amendment in order to increase revenue collection and achieve......
KARACHI: The stock market, which opened after a week long Eidul Fitr break, saw cheerful trading sessions as the KSE-100 index accumulated sizeable gains of 1,404 points (3.72 per cent) and closed......
ISLAMABAD: A ‘Mango Festival’ highlighting the ‘king of fruits from Pakistan’ was held by the Embassy of Pakistan in Rome, a statement issued by the Ministry of Commerce said.The event was......
KARACHI: The Sindh government’s tax revenue collection soared 23.7 per cent to Rs43.8 billion during the outgoing fiscal year compared with Rs35.4bn in 2014-15.The final figures released by the......
TORONTO: Despite some recent strengthening, oil markets could be in for a long, hard and volatile summer for oil markets.Now some are clamouring that $40 era may not have gone away for good. It could......
TOKYO: Japanese policymakers, who won’t go as far as funding government spending through direct debt monetisation, might pursue a mix of aggressive fiscal and monetary expansion to battle deflation,......
OTTAWA: Canada’s tax authority is probing real estate deals in British Columbia for underpayment of taxes, amid a boom in sales, prices and property flipping, and said it is not specifically focusing......
ISLAMABAD: European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and foreign ministers of Portugal, Romania and Denmark on Saturday acknowledged Pakistan’s......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Saturday criticised the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for giving a clean chit to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in a money......
LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah has alleged that the interior ministry seems to be behind the banners put up in various cities of the country recently in......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani through an official correspondence has asked Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz to attend the coming session of the house and make a......
WHEN tens of thousands of people leave the comfort of their home to mourn a rebel’s killing, it is a political statement. A week ago when the popular commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Burhan Wani, was......
• Judiciary, armed forces purge under way• Call to US for arch-foe Gulen’s extraditionISTANBUL: Turkish forces loyal to President Tayyip Erdogan crushed an attempted military coup on Saturday after......
Much has been written about Abdul Sattar Edhi, the tireless philanthropist who against some extremely daunting odds, managed to construct a most effective, loved and trusted charitable empire in......
