BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan were determined to give away as little as possible ahead of the third Test against England at Edgbaston on Wednesday.Following a 330-run defeat in the second Test at Old......
MIAMI: A woman in the US state of Florida tried to Snapchat a video of herself holding a gun but instead accidentally shot her cellphone, injuring her right hand, authorities said.Regina Powell, 22,......
BEIRUT: The Syrian regime's key ally Russia launched heavy air strikes overnight on the outskirts of divided Aleppo city, slowing a “last-chance” assault by militants seeking to break a government......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday issued the notification announcing the newly set property prices in Islamabad and Karachi.According to the notification, Karachi has been......
PESHAWAR: A private school teacher meted out a harsh physical punishment on minor students for coming to school late in the Drosh area of Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The teacher,......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on Republicans to reject Donald Trump in some of his strongest comments yet about the party's White House nominee, saying he is “woefully......
LONDON: Premier League clubs have already splashed out 475 million ($631 million, 562 million euros) since the transfer window reopened in July, according to business analysts Deloitte.Bolstered by......
RIO: Spanish star Rafael Nadal will decide Tuesday whether or not to play all three tennis events at the Olympic Games as he continues his comeback from a two-month injury absence.The 14-time Grand......
BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq believes knocking down England “pillars” Alastair Cook and Joe Root holds the key to his side's hopes of winning the third Test at Edgbaston.England......
RIO: Russian appeals against Olympic bans were piling up Tuesday as IOC president Thomas Bach slammed what he called the “contemptuous” doping system blamed on the Moscow government.Bach said the......
ISTANBUL: Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused the West of supporting “terror” and the coup plotters who tried to unseat him, in his toughest attack on Ankara's Western allies......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has appointed a princess to oversee women's sports in the kingdom, even as the country has doubled the number of female athletes representing it at the Olympics.Princess Reema......
GALLE: Sri Lanka have the chance to seal a first series victory over Australia in 17 years when the second Test begins Thursday in Galle, with Rangana Herath looking to wreak more havoc on his......
BEIJING: China's Defence Minister has urged preparations for a “people's war at sea” to counter offshore security threats and safeguard sovereignty, state media reported Tuesday.Chang Wanquan's......
RIO: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams will display their Grand Slam talents in Rio, but with serious questions being asked over tennis's place in the Olympics after a......
SHIKARPUR: A man allegedly killed his younger sister for 'honour' in Mohammad Saleh Jaffery village within the limits of Naperkot police station near Khanpur town of Shikarpur district.Abdul Razzak......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani embassy in Riyadh has set up 'Special Facilitation Centre' to provide welfare to Pakistani workers in Saudi Arabia who are suffering from financial problems and distress, a......
SYDNEY: Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson, who retired from international cricket last year citing a lack of hunger, has signed for a Twenty20 team in the domestic Big Bash League (BBL).The......
BIRMINGHAM: England have recalled fast bowler Steven Finn for the third Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston, captain Alastair Cook said Tuesday.Finn, who has taken 120 wickets in 33 Tests at an......
LIMA: It was a national scandal. Peru's then-vice president accused two domestic intelligence agents of staking her out. Then, a top congressman blamed the spy agency for a break-in at his office.......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is aiming to drive her sabre through bigotry when she becomes the first American athlete to compete at the Olympics wearing a hijab.The articulate 30-year-old......
After a 330-run drubbing by Alastair Cook-led England, Pakistan have adjusted their plans for the English Test skipper and Joe Root ahead of Wednesday's contest at Edgbaston, the touring side's coach......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan promised Turkey's visiting foreign minister on Tuesday it would investigate a network of schools Ankara wants shut for alleged links to the US-based Muslim cleric it blames for......
LONDON: England seamer James Anderson is confident that he has enough skill and experience to compensate for his decreased pace over the remaining years of his cricket career.England's record......
PANJSHIR: On a recent sunny morning in northern Afghanistan, excited children and bemused policemen lined the banks of a fast-flowing river to watch a group of Europeans in multicolored kayaks......
NEW YORK: Sales of pocket versions of the US Constitution have soared since the Pakistan-origin father of a fallen American soldier brandished a copy to denounce Donald Trump, igniting a major......
LOS ANGELES: The global phenomenon Pokemon Go has made its way onto the US presidential campaign trail with the staff of both major candidates appealing to users of the smartphone game to catch......
KARACHI: When 206 nations march past during the Rio Olympics opening ceremony, a mere seven-athlete team will represent Pakistan — one fewer than the contingent sent by tiny Atlantic island......
HYDERABAD: At least 12 people were killed in a collision between a bus and a truck early Tuesday near the Thermal Power Station in Jamshoro district, rescue sources said.Women and children are among......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department is obtaining surety bonds from the newly-appointed doctors that their services are on contractual basis and can be terminated when Public Service......
PESHAWAR: The members of TransAction Alliance and representatives of civil society have rejected the inquiry report on death of Alisha, a transgender person who died at Lady Ready Hospital about two......
SWABI: Collapse of a couple of bridges on major roads here during the recent flash floods has caused immense problems for the commuters, particularly the business community.Talking to Dawn on Monday,......
ISLAMABAD: The auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) on Monday sought financial and administrative autonomy for his office saying being a subordinate department to the Finance Division it has to......
RAWALPINDI: In a move set to increase political temperatures in the garrison city, the PML-N on Monday announced its decision to hold an Independence Day public gathering on August 13 near Lal......
ISLAMABAD: Yet another animal, a wolf, has died at the Marghazar Zoo on Sunday, which makes for the sixth animal to die due to alleged negligence by the zoo staff this year.The wolf’s body was sent......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has finally terminated the ‘controversial’ lease of a piece of land for the under-construction Grand Hyatt and high-rise apartments.After the......
LAHORE: Legal experts, rights activists and members of civil society at a discussion on Monday called for amendments in criminal law to strictly deal with cases of ‘honour’ killings of women.The......
LAHORE: Former Supreme Court Bar Association president Asma Jahangir has supported the decision of the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the creation of more benches of the court.She told reporters on......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A decades-old dispute has resurfaced between the education department and a religious seminary management over reconstruction of the building of an abandoned gurdwara declared rundown......
MULTAN: Mufti Abdul Qavi says he has been exonerated from the murder case of social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch.He told reporters on Monday whosoever was involved in the murder of Ms Baloch must......
KARACHI: The two-month ban on catching shrimp and certain types of fish was lifted on Monday as happy fishermen arrived at the fisheries to prepare for their return to the sea.The Karachi Fisheries......
KARACHI: The set of a courtroom provided a nice little backdrop to the music launch for the upcoming film Actor-in-Law at a hotel here on Monday evening. But the first question that the host, Ahmed......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday asked his principal secretary to slash his motorcade protocol by half and set an example of punctuality for others by arriving at his......
KARACHI: A ceremony to hand over the second maritime patrol ship to the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) was held in the Liuzhou city of China’s Guangxi region, said a press release of the......
SUKKUR: Traders of the Nishtar road took out a rally on Monday in protest against hours-long power load shedding and issuance of inflated bills to citizens and traders by Sukkur Electric Power......
MUMBAI: From ‘The Period Song’ to ‘How I Raped Your Mother’, one all-women Indian production team is challenging conservative attitudes with no-holds-barred satirical videos that are causing a stir......
CANTERBURY: Britain has been a powerhouse of discovery since the age of science began. Newton, Darwin, Crick? They parted the curtain on gravity, evolution and DNA.Now comes Brexit, and to use a......
JOHANNESBURG: South Africans vote on Wednesday in municipal elections widely seen as a referendum on President Jacob Zuma, with the stalling economy overshadowing progress made since the end of......
NEW DELHI: In a sign of growing trouble for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Anandiben Patel, the woman chief minister of his home state of Gujarat, resigned on Monday.Aam......
WASHINGTON: In 20 years, emerging powers like China and Russia may partner with smaller states like Pakistan and North Korea to create new alliances challenging America’s supremacy, says a Pentagon......
PHNOM PENH: A Vietnamese man has claimed he is the real father of a woman whose plight gripped Cambodia after she apparently spent 18 years living in the jungle, her adoptive family said on......
GLORIA DeHaven, the perky singing actress who starred in a parade of breezy Hollywood musicals in the 1940s and 1950s and gave Frank Sinatra his first big-screen kiss, has died at age 91, her agent......
KUWAIT CITY: Yemen’s government delegation to peace talks were leaving Kuwait on Monday after the rebel side rejected a draft peace plan proposed by the United Nations, its representatives said.“We......
WASHINGTON: The US military conducted air strikes in Libya on Monday following a government request to target the IS’s Libyan stronghold of Sirte, the Pentagon announced.While the Pentagon has......
ISTANBUL: Turkey admitted on Monday there may have been some “unfair” treatment in its post-coup crackdown as it voiced anger at Germany for barring President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from addressing a......
KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan, in a message on Monday, wished Little Master Hanif Mohammad a speedy recovery from illness and said his services to Pakistan cricket in......
LAHORE: The first National Beach Games will be held in Karachi in early September which will help the Pakistani athletes to prepare well for the 5th Asian Beach Games to be staged in Danang, Vietnam......
ISLAMABAD: Regretting complete indifference shown by national sports authorities towards his achievement, Pakistan’s new boxing sensation Mohammad Waseem has appealed to the government and corporate......
KINGSTON: Wriddhiman Saha fell to the final ball before lunch as India reached 425-6 on the third day of the second Test against West Indies at Sabina Park on Monday.The Indian wicket-keeper was......
TORONTO: World number one Novak Djokovic continued his dominance of Kei Nishikori with a 6-3, 7-5 victory in the final of the Rogers Cup at York University’s Aviva Centre on Sunday.After accepting......
NEW DELHI: India’s anti-doping agency Monday revived wrestler Narsingh Yadav’s hopes of Olympics glory by clearing him of consuming a banned substance, declaring his food had been spiked by a......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s squad returned here on Monday from Sri Lanka after putting up a brilliant show, winning 15 medals in the Asian Beach Jiu-Jitsu Championship held at Negombo beach.The squad......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani judoka Shah Hussain will be flying to Brazil from Japan on Tuesday to participate in the Olympics, scheduled to be held in Rio de Janeiro from Aug 5 to 21.Shah Hussain is the son......
BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur has ordered his ‘warriors’ of Lord’s to report back to Edgbaston forthwith.The tourists served up a sorry performance at Old Trafford last week, to be......
BIRMINGHAM: James Anderson has insisted England have the ability to manage without injured all-rounder Ben Stokes during the third Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston.England levelled the four-match......
RIO DE JANEIRO: When it comes to alleviating poverty and allowing people to live up to their potential, prize-winning Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto divides the world into two groups: the ones......
KARACHI: Mehran Sugar Mills Ltd proposes to set up 26.5-megawatt bagasse-based power project at a cost of Rs750 million. The project, to be 100pc owned by the company, would be financed through......
LONDON: Oil prices dipped on Monday as a global supply glut and weak demand continued to weigh on the market.Prices had already hit three-month lows last week after US data showed an unexpected......
LONDON: Gold inched lower on Monday, retreating from a near three-week high hit in the previous session, as the dollar recovered from its lows, but uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s interest......
LONDON: An Indian bank on Monday issued the first ever offshore rupee-denominated bond in London, a landmark celebrated by officials keen to highlight Britain’s international business prowess despite......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday implemented new rates of taxes, through a presidential ordinance with immediate effect, which will apply to new valuation tables for the purpose of taxation of......
KARACHI: The number of mortgage borrowers dropped 4 per cent to 67,625 from 70,368 during the 12 months ending on March 31 as house prices skyrocketed to record levels.“There was a decrease in the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s annual inflation rose to 4.12 per cent in July from 3.19pc in the preceding month, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.The main inflation is measured by Consumer......
KARACHI: The Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) collected record sales tax of Rs6.842 billion during the first month of this fiscal year (2016-17) exceeding the projected target of Rs6.5bn.According to tax......
KARACHI: Pakistan imported its highest ever quantity of petrol in July this year, amounting to 484,207 tonnes breaking the previous record of 414,396 tonnes in April 2016. Total imports of petrol......
KARACHI: Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) announced an increase in prices of all its car models by three per cent or Rs 20,000–30,000 per unit from August 1, 2016.The company did not mention a......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has finalised the draft laws regarding specialised companies, namely real estate, agriculture and those companies established in......
KARACHI: Stocks rallied for the fifth consecutive session on Monday with the KSE-100 index up 271.82 points (0.69 per cent) to close at a new all-time high of 39,800.64 points. Investors were drawn......
KUWAIT CITY: The Kuwaiti cabinet on Monday decided to raise petrol prices by more than 80 percent from September 1 as part of economic reforms aimed at countering falling oil revenues.A statement......
CAIRO: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Egyptians on Monday that tough measures would be needed to turn the country’s ailing economy around, as the government negotiates a $12 billion loan......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly suspended all other agenda items on the first day of its monsoon session to take up the issue of state aggression in India-held Kashmir — criticising the government......
LAHORE: Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Syed Mansoor Ali Shah dismissed a petition challenging the appointment of Justice Ashraf Jahan Jamali, wife of Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer......
ISLAMABAD: Before the Sindh government’s announcement of giving an extension to the Pakistan Rangers’ special powers on Monday, a prime minister-led meeting here mulled over alternative legal options......
ISLAMABAD: The alleged lack of transparency and discrimination towards small and backward provinces in the implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project again echoed at the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party dissident Dr Zulfikar Mirza has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging Section 18-A of the Sindh Local -Government Act (SLGA), 2013.He has requested the......
ISLAMABAD: The timely construction of $2.5 billion first phase of the Dasu hydropower project is in the doldrums owing to petty disputes among stakeholders which may lead to cancellation of......
QUETTA: Mayor, chairmen of district councils and councillors of local bodies of Balochistan have announced that they will stage demonstrations and sits-in outside the provincial assembly in protest......
QUETTA: Several religious political parties in Balochistan have formed an anti-sectarianism alliance named Ittehad Millat Islamia Mahaz to promote religious harmony and brotherhood among all sects.A......
LAHORE: As the Senate recently passed a law against cybercrime, the Federal Investigation agency (FIA) has proposed establishment of a special tribunal, purchase of (IT-related) equipment and......
RAWALPINDI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested on Monday five members of a fake media team which was intending to go to the United States on the pretext of covering the upcoming US......
ISLAMABAD: The government will launch an ‘economic long march’ on Aug 11 to counter the long marches announced by Imran Khan’s Tehreek-i-Insaf (Aug 7) and Dr Tahirul Qadri’s Pakistan Awami Tehrik......
TRAUMATISED, Khalil Ahmad has asked his father to arrange home schooling until he is strong enough to face the world. It has been 11 days since he was rescued from his ‘master’ in Mandi Bahauddin......
ISLAMABAD: A three-day envoys’ conference on critical challenges facing the country’s foreign policy opened at the Foreign Office on Monday.Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz chaired the opening......
KASUR: The body of a boy who was shot dead after entering Indian territory by mistake was handed over to Rangers by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday.Seventeen-year-old Ijaz, son of......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is said to be in a fix over the issue of Senate seat of Saeed Ghani, who has been appointed adviser to the Sindh chief minister on labour affairs.Talking......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday stressed better coordination between the federal and provincial governments for consolidating the achievements made during counterterrorism operations......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Monday restrained Bahria Town, a leading real estate firm, from undertaking any development activity on the state land allotted to it by the Malir Development Authority......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court directed the religious affairs ministry on Monday to allow Shia women to perform Haj without mehram [a close male family member] this year.Justice Ayesha A. Malik......
ISLAMABAD: An official of the Pakistan embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, met Zulfiqar Ali, a Pakistani prisoner whose execution was halted on July 29, to inquire about his health.Mr Ali was sentenced to......
KARACHI: Ignoring the federal government’s as well as the Rangers’ desire to grant the paramilitary force policing powers for the whole of Sindh, the PPP-led provincial government on Monday decided......
PESHAWAR: On May 11, in a riposte to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, an apparently unsuspecting Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman asked a crowd at Bannu three simple questions: “It has been three years......
The vicious cycle of curfew, strikes, nocturnal raids and indiscriminate use of force in India-held Kashmir continues unabated for the fourth week.On July 8, 2016 government forces killed Burhan......
INDIA’S Hindu right is desperately seeking a role in the American elections even if it’s a walk-on appearance in a crowd scene. It asks if its right-wing friends from Israel can tip the balance in a......
BOTH Islamists and Islamophobes find Islam and democracy incongruent. Some cite a verse that deprecates majority views. To call Islam anti-democracy by citing a brief verse non-contextually is odd.......
‘INTERESTING’ times are upon us. From Turkey to Brexit to the Donald Trump phenomena to the militant Islamic State group, there is much uncertainty about the future of international politics and......
