WASHINGTON: A police officer for the US capital city's metro system was arrested Wednesday on charges that he tried to provide material support to the militant Islamic State (IS), prosecutors......
NEW DELHI: India's upper house of parliament on Wednesday passed a landmark tax reform bill that will pave the way for the introduction of a new national sales tax, creating a common market across......
PESHAWAR: At least five foreign militants were killed in Chitral’s Kalash valley on Tuesday in an intelligence-based operation by security forces.“Security forces spotted movement of militants from......
ISLAMABAD: After much deliberation and exchange of conflicting remarks between the federal and Sindh government, the interior ministry approved a 90-day extension in the special policing powers of......
ROME: A Pakistani man expelled from Italy for allegedly plotting an attack in the name of the militant Islamic State (IS) group used to captain the Italian youth cricket team, media reports said......
PARIS: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has confirmed Jese Rodriguez could join Paris Saint-Germain before the end of the transfer window but said the forward may return to Spain next summer.“It's......
RIO: Adjusting quickly to the Olympic atmosphere and its unfamiliar environment will be key for Andy Murray as he bids to defend the title he won in London four years ago, the world number two has......
SRINAGAR: Fresh clashes erupted between security forces and mourners on Wednesday in India-held Kashmir after two more civilians were killed in the restive region, a police officer said.Paramilitary......
NEW DELHI: The head of India's powerful cricket board has voiced opposition to controversial plans for a two-tier Test system being considered by the game's governing body, a report said......
JERUSALEM: Israeli lawmakers approved jailing children as young as 12 convicted of “terrorist offences” in the wake of repeated attacks by young Palestinians, the parliament said on Wednesday.“The......
KARACHI: Sindh Inspector General (IG) AD Khawaja on Wednesday awarded Rs50,000 prize to citizen Yasir Jamil with for his "valiant" efforts against alleged robbers.The Sindh police chief persuaded the......
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday asked forgiveness over his past alliance with US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen whom Ankara blames for last month's attempted coup.In a......
Galle has built a reputation as a spinners' paradise but Australia captain Steve Smith hopes there will be substantial reverse swing at the venue as his top-ranked team bid for a series-levelling win......
MUMBAI: PR Sreejesh says his dual role as India hockey captain and goalkeeper is to allow his team mates the freedom to express themselves in Rio but knows he must keep them focused on the medal hunt......
ISLAMABAD: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation's (Saarc) interior ministers' moot met Wednesday with regional affairs, terrorism, prevention of drugs and human trafficking on the......
KARACHI: Judoka Shah Hussain will be Pakistan's flag bearer at the Rio Olympics, kicking off in Rio De Janeiro from August 5, Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Director Akhtar Ganjera told DawnNews on......
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh will play their first-ever Test match in India next February, a top cricket official said Wednesday.Although India have crossed the border to Bangladesh, the Tigers have never......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil has barely got over its World Cup disaster and now it is counting on Barcelona star Neymar to finally deliver a treasured first football Olympic gold medal.Olympic gold is the......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's first win over Australia in two decades proves the islanders have the talent to step into the boots of their recently retired greats, according to Test cricket's most successful......
Spain's Rafael Nadal has confirmed he will compete in all three tennis events at the Rio Olympics despite being not at his best after being sidelined with a wrist injury since May.There were doubts......
KARACHI: The sale of Xiaomi smartphones has been barred in Pakistan, according to a statement posted on the website of an unofficial distributor of the company's products.Pakistan Telecommunication......
DUBAI: An Emirates plane with 300 people on board crash-landed and caught fire in Dubai on Wednesday, shutting down the busy airport, but the authorities said all the passengers were evacuated......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Wednesday submitted a resolution in the Punjab Assembly calling for a ban on popular Japanese manga and anime series Doraemon.The resolution urges Pakistan......
SRINAGAR: Fresh protests flared in India-held Kashmir on Wednesday following the overnight killings of two civilians by government forces amid a nearly month-long security lock down and protest......
BIRMINGHAM: Sohail Khan marked his return to Test cricket after a five-year absence with a maiden five-wicket haul as Pakistan dismissed England for 297 on Wednesday's first day of the third Test at......
DHAKA: When Bangladeshi authorities last month released the names of 261 men who have gone missing from their families, in an attempt to find militants hidden in this country of 160 million people,......
JEDDAH: A junior Indian foreign minister arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on a mission to bring home 10,000 laid off Indian workers stranded in the kingdom without enough money for food or plane......
PESHAWAR: A local court in Chitral on Tuesday sent the principal of a private school to jail on judicial remand for assaulting minor students.Drosh police registered a first information report under......
MUMBAI: More than 20 people aboard two buses and other vehicles are feared missing after a colonial-era bridge in western India was washed away in the early hours of Wednesday in a river swollen by......
ISLAMABAD: An 'objective assessment' of Pakistan's foreign relations since the PML-N government came to power "does not support the view projected in sections of the media that Pakistan is being......
There was a column by Andrew Hill in the Financial Times last month on whether salary data should be openly available to everyone within a company. The columnist argued that in the age of......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Supermodel Gisele Bundchen, trailblazing transgender beauty Lea T and carnival dancers will show off Brazil in its multicolor glory at the Olympic opening ceremony Friday.Rio has a......
MEXICO CITY: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pressed the United States in a television interview broadcast Tuesday to extradite Fethullah Gulen, saying waiting to get the alleged coup plotter......
PANAMA CITY: The government of Panama on Tuesday announced a bill that would take a range of steps against countries that put it on their blacklists of "tax havens" in the wake of the Panama Papers......
TAIPEI: Taiwan's Investment Commission said on Wednesday it is set to order Uber Technologies Inc to exit the domestic market, saying the global ride-hailing giant misrepresented its business as an......
SEOUL: North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Wednesday that landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters for the first time, the latest in a series of launches by the isolated country in......
ISLAMABAD: Another move to elevate women judges to the Supreme Court was almost blocked on Tuesday allegedly due to a lack of interest shown by the government.The issue was thoroughly discussed by......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly formed on Tuesday a new parliamentary committee, which will take up all pending bills and amendments related to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).Law Minister......
ISLAMABAD: With less than two years to go before next general elections, the PML-N government is already having sleepless nights. The reason, according to officials in the know, is the challenge to......
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: The federal and Sindh governments were at loggerheads on Tuesday over the issue of Rangers’ special powers, with the centre rejecting the province’s summary restricting policing......
PESHAWAR: The testing of environmental water sample positive for poliovirus in Peshawar has triggered investigations to find out the causes of presence of the virus in water that remained free of......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has repealed the Gen Musharraf-era Police Order 2002 and promulgated own Police Ordinance 2016 claiming that under the new law police force has been freed......
PESHAWAR: An imprisoned Indian national, Hamid Nehal Ansari, has claimed that he had been kept in a prison barrack with hardened criminals, one of whom physically assaulted him.He has requested......
PESHAWAR: Ustad Aqal Meer, a banjo player from Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency, is in dire need of free speech therapy treatment.A transporter by profession, Ustad Aqeel Meer suffered a severe brain......
RAWALPINDI: As many as 650 Pakistanis are said to be fighting in the conflict zones of Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan and Central Asian states along with different foreign organisations.Intelligence......
TAXILA: Three women of a gypsy family died after ingesting poisonous pills after a family dispute in their shanty on Monday in the limits of Attock city police station. Two are in critical......
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Tuesday constituted a sub-committee which will look into the government’s proposal to include teachings of Quran in schools syllabus.The council’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamic Advisory Group (IAG) for Polio Eradication has decided to intensity its efforts after 50pc of refusals during polio vaccination campaigns across the country were reported to be......
ISLAMABAD: Sakeena Bibi, a resident of an informal settlement in I-10/1, gathered at the National Press Club (NPC) with a number of others, to protest a Capital Development Authority (CDA) operation......
RAWALPINDI: As part of its Independence Day celebrations, the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Tuesday held a theatrical performance titled, Is Parchum Ke Sae Taley Hum Eik Hain.The play was written......
ISLAMABAD: The forensic toxicology analysis did not find any traces of poison or drug in the samples collected from the body of SSP Ashar Hameed, who was found dead at his official residence in the......
GUJRAT: Extraordinary security measures in and around the district police offices on the orders of DPO Sohail Zafar Chattha cause a great deal of inconvenience for the public, particularly those......
LAHORE: Police claimed on Tuesday to have busted a gang of beggars and recovered four children from their custody.According to a news release, police respond unit (PRU) officials were patrolling on......
LAHORE: The girl, who was found shot dead in a five-star hotel, had committed suicide, reveals police investigation.Rabia Naseer, 22, of Batapur, was found dead in the washroom of the hotel on The......
KASUR: The youngster, who was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force on Sunday, was laid to rest at his village graveyard at Bhakiwind on Tuesday.Hundreds of people from all walks of life attended......
KARACHI: Scores of Karachi University students under the aegis of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement students’ wing organised a mushaira on the campus in protest against the cancellation of the permission......
KARACHI: No matter how hard they try to remain detached from the world of politics, artists always find it fascinating. This shows even in those works of theirs which are not blatantly or openly......
HYDERABAD: Local government members elected recently on reserved seats for women, minorities, labour and youth across Sindh took oath on Tuesday.In Hyderabad, a total of 659 candidates took oath in......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to immediately remove all hoarding and signboards from all private, commercial and public properties.A three-judge......
KARACHI: Ninety six councillors elected on the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) seats reserved for women, youth, workers and non-Muslim communities took oath of their office at Civic Centre on......
KARACHI: While reviewing 21 development schemes of the Rs10 billion Karachi package, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday asked the local government ministry to submit their PC-1......
KARACHI: Venting their anger and dismay over the university administration at a general body meeting of their society on Tuesday, teachers at Karachi University (KU) announced that they would suspend......
KARACHI: All top positions were bagged by girls as Board of Secondary Education, Karachi (BSEK), announced the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) General Group examination results for regular......
KARACHI: A sessions court directed the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) again on Tuesday to confiscate properties of retired Gen Pervez Musharraf over his extended absence in a high treason case.On......
KATHMANDU: The leader of Nepal’s Maoist party appeared certain to be the next prime minister after the deadline for nominations expired on Tuesday with only his name on the ballot.Lawmakers in the......
MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday confirmed 21 cases of anthrax, including one fatality, after an unusual heatwave melted permafrost in its remote far north, releasing potentially lethal spores from the......
KIEV: Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian servicewoman-turned-lawmaker who spent two years in a Russian jail, announced a new hunger strike on Tuesday to speed up the release of other Ukrainian......
ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday launched his most bitter attack yet on Turkey’s Western allies over the July 15 attempted putsch, accusing them of supporting both “terror” and the......
MIAMI: Global heat, greenhouse gases and sea levels all climbed to record highs last year, making 2015 the worst in modern times across a range of key environmental indicators, international......
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he still has “very strong concerns” about the protection of children in Yemen and stands by a report that saw the Saudi Arabia-led......
PARIS: Paris city workers on Tuesday set to scrubbing a monumental bronze statue which has become a battered rallying point for France’s secular republic after a string of terror attacks.The......
BANGKOK: Following the July 1 attack that killed 22 people in an upscale Dhaka restaurant, Bangladeshi investigators have been uncovering links among a web of militant Islamist groups bent on......
FORMER defence minister Yuriko Koike has been elected for the first time in the Tokyo gubernatorial election.Koike’s victory has made her the first woman to assume the Tokyo governorship.A pressing......
IT would be simplistic, perhaps churlish, to interpret Irom Chanu Sharmila’s decision to call off her 16-year-long hunger strike as an indication of failure to have the much-hated Armed Forces......
BIRMINGHAM: England have recalled fast bowler Steven Finn for the third Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston, while the tourists are likely to bring in Sami Aslam for out-of-form opener Shan......
KINGSTON: The weather gods gave West Indies a lifeline in their quest to avoid defeat in the second Test against India when rain washed out the final session of day three in Kingston on Monday, while......
GALLE: Sri Lanka suffered another injury setback ahead of the second Test against Australia in Galle with seamer Nuwan Pradeep suffering a hamstring strain during practice, a cricket board official......
KARACHI: Although Pakistan are yet to win a Test match at Edgbaston in seven previous visits to Birmingham, the venue in the English midlands is remembered for the one of the finest innings ever......
BRASILIA: The world’s two largest economies, the United States and China, will again win most gold medals at the Olympics and Britain will push Russia into third place in the overall standings,......
LONDON: Britain’s double Olympic champion cyclist Laura Trott says she is not worried about the Zika virus, which has led to a number of athletes withdrawing from the Rio Games.The build-up to the......
WELLINGTON: New Zealand shot putter Valerie Adams commands a place among the most elite companies in world athletics and yet has the misfortune of not even being the most famous athlete in her......
KARACHI: Some 350 golfers across the country, including the top pros, will display their acumen when the Rs 6.5 million 72-holes 21st Chief of the Naval Staff Open Golf Championships tees off at the......
KARACHI: Victory at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground after 20 years was big for Pakistan. Everything looked perfect as the batsmen scored enough runs and the bowling attack seemed lethal and sharp......
ISLAMABAD: A day after making fervent appeal for monetary assistance, boxing champion Mohammad Waseem has been ‘assured’ of financial support by federal minister for Inter-provincial Coordination,......
KARACHI: Karachi Platinum team secured top position in the third edition of the KCSA Karachi Beach Games which concluded amid great fanfare and success here as over 800 players and officials......
LONDON: Oil rose more than 2 per cent on Tuesday after falling by around $4 a barrel in one week, but investors remained concerned about oversupply weighing on prices.Global fuel inventories are......
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet approved 13.5 trillion yen ($132 billion) in fiscal measures on Tuesday even as the central bank fought market speculation that it is preparing to......
KARACHI: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has drafted the Companies Bill 2016 which aims to regulate construction sector, but the proposed law would destroy the industry,......
KARACHI: Cotton prices moved higher for second consecutive session on Tuesday due to short supply. There were many buyers in the trading ring but few sellers responded.Floor brokers said that the......
LONDON: Gold rose on Tuesday as European shares fell 1 per cent and the dollar hit its lowest in over a month versus the euro, after last week’s soft US growth data dented expectations for a......
WASHINGTON: Ever since the IMF participated in the first Greek bailout six years ago, the stinging suspicion has been that the Fund is under Europe’s thumb.Now the International Monetary Fund is......
ISLAMABAD: The crucial talks between the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) and the oil industry over the new fee structure could not make any progress on Tuesday owing to oil companies’ refusal......
JAKARTA: The Islamic world should put forth new ideas and innovation-based research to recover from its economic inertia, Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Tuesday.“We are suffering......
LAHORE: The poultry industry says farmers lost an average of Rs20 on a kilogram of broiler chicken during the last one year as the average price remained Rs117 per kg against the cost of production......
KARACHI: Gold rose to its highest value this year, Rs53,150 per tola, up by Rs500 as compared to price prevailing on Monday.The new per 10 gram price also went up by Rs429 to Rs45,557 as world gold......
KARACHI: Indonesia is eager to provide maximum facilities to Pakistani businessmen for investment and to increase bilateral trade, according to a statement by Consul General of Indonesia Hadi Santoso......
KARACHI: Following a volatile session on Tuesday, the KSE-100 index fluctuated 185 points during the day but closed 13.71 points (0.03 per cent) lower at 39,786.93 points. Some market participants......
QUETTA: Iranian border guards gunned down a Pakistani illegal immigrant who had allegedly tried to cross over to Iran.Pakistani border authorities said that Iranian officials had handed over a body......
ISLAMABAD: While the focus of the media had remained glued to the talks between the government and realtors for increased property valuation to yield Rs60-70 billion additional revenues over the past......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has taken a firm stand before the Supreme Court that population census in the country is not possible before March next year and that too if required strength of......
ISLAMABAD: A National Assembly’s committee has directed the Sindh police to investigate regular appearances of confessional videos of under-trial prisoners from jails.A meeting of the sub-committee......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has said that his government will not allow anti-peace elements to run “armed lashkars” in the province and stern action will be taken against......
QUETTA: Three suspected militants were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Hoshab area of Kech district, a spokesman for Frontier Corps said here on Tuesday.He said seven suspected......
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 on Tuesday.Chang Wanquan’s......
MANILA: Thousands of jobless Indians, Filipinos and Pakistanis are stranded and destitute in Saudi Arabia after the plunge in oil prices sparked construction layoffs, activists and officials said on......
BENGHAZI: A car bomb targeting security forces in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi killed 22 people and wounded 20 on Tuesday.According to a spokesman for the forces and medical officials, the......
TRIPOLI: Forces loyal to Libya’s unity government said on Tuesday that they were advancing inside the jihadis stronghold of Sirte, following the first US air strikes on Islamic State group positions......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad and Ankara are working on a plan to protect the students of Pak-Turk Schools network in Pakistan and the two governments will ensure that their careers are not affected, Turkish......
ISLAMABAD: Under the new property valuation formula, notified by the Federal Board of Revenue for 12 major cities, the value of residential plots in Lahore and Peshawar is the highest in a maximum......
LEFTISTS are an extinct species in Pakistan’s politics today. The word socialism is completely missing from the existing political lexicon. This is a complete reversal of the ideologically polarised......
THE outcry over the death of Qandeel Baloch had just barely died down, the follow-ups to the murder, its special treatment, the arrest of the brother, the statements by solemn-faced politicians just......
THE Companies Profits (Workers’ Participation) Act, 1968, was promulgated with the purpose of providing for participation of workers in the profits of companies. Under this act, every company is......
IT is hardly a coincidence that the home of Hollywood takes global precedence in presenting politics as a spectacle, singularly epitomised by the quadrennial party conventions. The rival......
