KARACHI: Police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday claimed to have arrested five suspects involved in sectarian killings in the metropolis.Speaking at press conference at CTD Civil Lines,......
RAMALLAH: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has agreed on a Russian proposal for him to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a new peace push, an official said Monday.Netanyahu......
QUETTA: Suspected militants on Monday killed two police officials and a levies personnel in Mastung district of Balochistan."Armed men opened fire and killed an assistant sub inspector Abdullah along......
DAMASCUS: A string of bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed dozens across Syria on Monday, as Washington and Moscow failed to agree on a deal to stem the country's violence.The blasts in......
TEHRAN: Iranian police said they had closed more than 800 clothes shops to stop them selling “unconventional” women's coats, state media reported on Monday.A further 3,000 shops have been sent......
NEW DELHI: Australia's former World Cup-winning skipper Ricky Ponting said Monday loads of one-day cricket may put the 50-over version in danger of losing its relevance.Speaking to the media a day......
TEHRAN: With Iranians blocked from this month's Haj pilgrimage, their supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a furious rebuke to Saudi Arabia, saying the Muslim world should challenge its......
KABUL: At least 24 people were killed and 91 wounded on Monday in a double suicide bombing in central Kabul during late afternoon rush hour, the latest assault on the Afghan capital.The carnage near......
STOCKHOLM: No longer able to call up Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sweden are in dire need of radical changes to win fans and games, as it faces the Netherlands in their Group A 2018 World Cup qualifying......
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi said on Monday Belarus and Kazakhstan have assured to support Pakistan’s bid for membership in the Nuclear Suppliers......
EnVyUS, a team from America, won The Call of Duty: Black Ops III World League Championships held in California on Monday, along with a $800,000 prize, BBC reported.They defeated European teams Splyce......
KABUL: Its scarred lion, Marjan, was for years a symbol of Afghan survival.Now, more than a decade after his death, Afghanistan remains battered by war but Kabul zoo is buzzing again — a haven for......
PALLEKELE: Retiring “Dilscoop” inventor Tillakaratne Dilshan has a last chance to showcase the audacious shot that bears his name when Sri Lanka play Australia in two Twenty20 internationals this......
PALLEKELE: Five things we learned from Australia's 4-1 series victory over Sri Lanka after the visitors won the fifth and final one-day international (ODI) in Pallekele.David Warner wasn't happy with......
NEW DELHI: India's top court quashed criminal proceedings on Monday against One-Day International (ODI) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni over a magazine cover depicting him as a Hindu god.The Supreme......
The author is the daughter of missing social worker and publisher Abdul Wahid Baloch. He was known as 'comrade' and attended many protest rallies and hunger strikes held by Baloch activists and......
SRINAGAR: Police and troops in India-held Kashmir will use chilli-based shells instead of pellet guns to quell protests, a minister said Monday, after hundreds of civilians sustained serious eye......
HONG KONG: Nathan Law, a student leader of Hong Kong's mass 'Umbrella Revolution' democracy rallies two years ago, is now at the forefront of a new guard of young lawmakers pushing for autonomy from......
PESHAWAR: Scores of students were injured in a school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Battagram district as a 4.7 magnitude earthquake jolted parts of the province on Monday.No loss of life or property was......
NEW YORK: Samsung's Note 7 isn't the only gadget to catch fire thanks to lithium-battery problems, which have afflicted everything from iPhones to Tesla cars to Boeing jetliners.Blame chemistry and......
HONOLULU: Decades of conservation work in China have paid off for the giant panda, whose status was upgraded Sunday from "endangered" to "vulnerable" due to a population rebound, officials said.The......
PESHAWAR: Over 200 students of Karnal Sher Khan Cadet College in Swabi fell sick due to food poisoning on Sunday night, with over 150 being admitted to hospitals for treatment.Students in their......
TRNAVA: Sam Allardyce vowed to defer to captain Wayne Rooney over his positioning after starting life as England manager with a last-gasp 1-0 win over Slovakia in World Cup qualifying.Adam Lallana......
NEW YORK: Lucas Pouille outlasted 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal in a five-set classic on Sunday to lead a trio of French men into the quarter-finals of the US Open.Pouille, 22 and ranked......
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic steamed into the quarter-finals of the US Open with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 victory against 84th-ranked Briton Kyle Edmund.Edmund, playing in a Grand Slam fourth round for the first......
CARDIFF: England limited overs captain Eoin Morgan said he was “excited” by his team's progress in 50-over cricket despite a season-ending four-wicket loss to Pakistan in Cardiff on Sunday.That......
SEOUL: North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast Monday, Seoul said, a new show of force that comes as top world leaders meet at the G20 summit in China.The missiles were fired......
HANGZHOU: Top diplomats from the United States and Russia on Monday failed to reach a deal to ease fighting in Syria, with a senior State Department official saying differences remained.The official......
PESHAWAR: Around 70 per cent of the 600 interactive smart boards installed in the government schools at a cost of Rs260 million are not being used by teachers, mainly because of their lack of......
PESHAWAR: Trade activities at city cattle markets are gaining momentum with Eidul Azha round the corner, but no proper arrangements have been made for cleanliness even on the main roads of the......
SHANGLA: Work on the construction of rural health centre in Makhozi area of Puran tehsil, which was destroyed in the October 2005 earthquake, is still incomplete, in-charge of the hospital, Dr......
SHANGLA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has said that people have great expectations from the newly-established campus of Swat University in Shangla district and that he is confident......
RAWALPINDI: A woman was shot, allegedly by her cousin, on her wedding day on Sunday just a few metres from the wedding hall on Chakri Road, police said.Amina Bibi, 27, was being driven to the......
RAWALPINDI: While there are many outlets in the garrison city known for great food, Diva Restaurant stands out for its barbeque as well as its location.Next to the Cinepax cinema in Jinnah Park, Diva......
ISLAMABAD: Although the bi-partisan National Action Plan (NAP) to counter terrorism and extremism in the country was launched amid pomp and circumstance, its implementation has, of late, become a......
ISLAMABAD: The search for the two American climbers who went missing on Ogre-II has stalled, as helicopters and on-foot search parties cannot go up the mountain due to the bad weather.Army......
ISLAMABAD: Rahu, a Punjabi play performed at the Pakistan National Council of Arts from Thursday to Sunday, attempted to convey the relationship between truth and interpretation, and the ways in......
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid senior leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has cautioned the Nawaz-government to ‘act fast’ on Panama Leaks and Model Town killing issues as it is heading towards a......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has castigated the opposition for doing politics of personal interest saying attempts to stop the process of progress and prosperity are tantamount to enmity to......
LAHORE: The Punjab Council of the Arts (PCA) is going to install fiberglass chairs in the amphitheatre of Open Air Theatre at the Lawrence Gardens.It’s an historical theatre constructed way back in......
LAHORE: The year 2016 had a government sweating over a prime minister’s illness, seeking to not reveal too much too early for fear of adverse public reaction.Some 42 years ago, in an era where it was......
GUJRAT: The Jhelum Civil Lines police have arrested a maternal uncle of Samia Shahid, a British national of Pakistani origin who was slain for honour by her family, under forgery charges for getting......
MIANWALI: Police claimed on Sunday to have arrested 94 proclaimed offenders and seized arms in crackdowns during August.Talking to Dawn, Mianwali DPO Sadiq Ali Gujjar said police nabbed 94 proclaimed......
HANGZHOU: US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the United States and Russia were struggling to reach a ceasefire agreement on Syria as the two sides planned to meet again on Monday.“We’re......
PARIS: The Champs-Elysee was the setting of a mini-air show on Sunday as amateur drone enthusiasts flew their high-tech toys over the famed Paris avenue in the city’s first festival celebrating the......
ADEN: At least 15 pro-government Yemeni soldiers were killed in rebel attacks in the north and in a suspected jihadist bombing in Aden on Sunday, military and security sources said.Shia Houthi rebels......
ISTANBUL: Turkey will never allow the formation of an “artificial state” in northern Syria, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday, referring to the US-backed Kurdish fighters whose advance......
HONG KONG: Young Hong Kong independence activists calling for a complete break from China stood for the first time on Sunday in city-wide legislative elections, the biggest polls since mass......
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats fell to third place in a state election on Sunday behind the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and anti-immigrant......
HARARE: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has accused court judges of being reckless in allowing anti-government demonstrations that later turned violent, state media reported on Sunday, a day......
Bismarck: A protest of a four-state, $3.8 billion oil pipeline turned violent after tribal officials say construction crews destroyed American Indian burial and cultural sites on private land in......
KABUL: All day long, a line of Afghans waited outside Farid Hamidi’s office, clutching sheaves of tattered legal papers they had brought to other officials in the past. They had heard that......
THEATRE is the unparalleled vehicle to explore human emotions, conflicts and relationships. A good play, well directed, acted and staged, usually builds up tensions as the protagonists confront each......
KARACHI: Fearing rigging in the Sept 8 by-election on a provincial assembly constituency in Karachi, senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Dr Farooq Sattar has demanded that the polling be held......
KARACHI: Despite being the largest public sector hospital in the city and among the few that have an incinerator, the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JMPC) at present doesn’t have a proper system......
HYDERABAD: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) activists and supporters held demonstrations in Hyderabad and Badin on Sunday to voice protest against the execution of Bangladeshi JI leader Mir Qasim and offered his......
Dr Shahid Siddiqi is an educationist, linguist, research scholar and — ahem — a novelist, too. His research-based books on education have earned him a name in the field. And he has penned a novel......
KARACHI: An architectural gem, Bano Manzil, protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act 1994, has vanished and a new, almost complete multistory building is standing on its......
KARACHI: Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, on Sunday said the war needed courage and determination, not just weapons for a soldier to fight against......
KARACHI: The Jamaat-i-Islami has criticised what it described as a ‘policy’ of targeting certain groups within the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and sparing others and observed that across-the-board......
No major development was observed last week in the local currency market where dull trading activities dominated in the absence of importer interest.Leading currency dealers also showed a lack of......
The performance speaks for itself. The quiet pace of progress on CPEC projects in energy, infrastructure, Gwadar and upstream and downstream industrial sectors in Pakistan has silenced detractors and......
The government raised Rs168.75bn from the auction of Market Treasury Bills of various tenors held last Thursday, missing its target of Rs200.00bn and also falling short of the received amount of......
Traditionally, trade financing has been the main contributor to a banks’ core income with long-term project financing being not so alluring for them.But in the last five years, this trend has become......
Perhaps the most challenging task for provincial authorities is to collect the potential revenue that can be generated from tax on farm incomes.The efforts of successive governments, including the......
The profitability of the banking industry is under significant pressure as their spreads — the difference between borrowing and lending rates — compress to a multi-year low on the back of monetary......
An Expo Centre at Tarnab farm is planned to promote agro-based products and businesses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The Rs2.5bn project will be financed under the federal public sector development programme......
Around the middle of last month, Murree Brewery — the 150-year-old company in the business of brewing beer and producing non-alcoholic drinks — made waves in the country’s equity market by its......
PUNJAB ultimately set up the much-awaited Kissan Commission last week. The commission will oversee Rs100bn investment in agriculture for the next two years.The chief minister himself had promised to......
Agriculture contributes well over 20pc to the Gross Domestic Product and provides livelihood to 45pc of the total labour force of the country.It is the main source of raw materials to major......
Paddy crop is ready for harvesting in lower Sindh, although in areas banned for cultivation, harvesting has already started. For instance, paddy from Sanghar has started reaching rice mills in upper......
ON Aug 16, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked the chairman of the Water and Power Development Authority to expedite construction of water reservoirs across the country.When implemented the planned......
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for......
CARDIFF: Sarfraz Ahmed made a classy 90 as Pakistan achieved a consolation four-wicket win in the fifth and final One-day International in Cardiff on Sunday.England, who still won the series 4-1,......
DHAKA: Former West Indies legendary paceman Courtney Walsh said on sunday his love of a challenge has prompted him to accept the job of specialist bowling coach for the Bangladesh team.Walsh, 53,......
PALLEKELE: Australia’s stand-in skipper David Warner led by example, hitting a brilliant century in their five-wicket win against Sri Lanka to complete a 4-1 One-day International series victory on......
MONZA: Nico Rosberg pounced on a poor start by his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to win Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza and cut his championship lead to just two points.The 31-year-old......
SILVERSTONE: Spaniard Maverick Vinales rode a masterful race to secure his first ever MotoGP victory, easing to take the chequered flag in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday.The......
BERLIN: German javelin throwers impressed with personal bests in front of the home crowd at the World Challenge Meeting on Saturday.The javelin promised fireworks and it delivered – literally.......
NEW YORK: Serena Williams sped past another milestone on Saturday en route to the US Open fourth round as men’s contenders Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka clawed their way into the last 16.World number......
KARACHI: Zaki Zakir, co-champion Rider of the Year, piloted home a brace of winners including the Defence Day Cup, as favourites dominated a five-race card in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi......
KARACHI: Fancied Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) put up resolute performance routing the Higher Education Commission (HEC) straight in the one-sided final to retain their title in the......
ISLAMABAD: The dissident group of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founding members vowed on Sunday to free the party from the clutches of “dictators and forces of status quo”.Participants of the first......
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to ramp up pressure on the government through his ongoing accountability drive, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has postponed his plans to proceed on Haj this......
LAHORE: Opposition parties are planning a post-Eidul Azha push and considering it “the last chance to oust the Sharifs” and the government, though playing cool, fears the rivals may try to create a......
QUETTA: The Cadet College Qila Saifullah has been closed temporarily for security concerns ahead of Eidul Azha holidays.The principal of the college, Khaliq Dad Bazai, said on Sunday that since there......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan brought a unique set of skills to US air exercises, says an American general, praising the willingness of Pakistani pilots to collaborate and to get the most out of the training......
KHUZDAR: Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) president Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will turn out to be another Kalabagh dam because of......
QUETTA: Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has said that parliamentarians from Balochistan will visit friendly countries to inform them and the international community about the interference......
ISLAMABAD: Heads of the four state organisations responsible for checking money laundering — the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Federal Board of Revenue......
WASHINGTON: There has been a marked reduction in terrorist attacks and deaths in Pakistan in 2015, but terrorists seem to have become more lethal as the ratio of deaths per attack has increased.The......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Speaker has forwarded a reference to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan from the......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has requested the centre to immediately decide the fate of scores of cases sent to special courts set up under the Protection of Pakistan Act (PoPA) 2014. The federal......
LAHORE: A three-member team of the ministry of water and power departed for the United Kingdom on Sunday to prepare along with the foreign counsel for proceedings initiated in the London Court of......
THE legal debate about whether specified heinous crimes committed by civilian militants in the name of religion or sect can be tried by court martial or military tribunals was decided by the Supreme......
NOW in its 70th year, Pakistan is alive and, by some measure, even kicking. But it is not kicking to its potential. And it is not likely to given the innumerable challenges that it faces.The biggest......
Pakistan has finally come out with the National Health Vision (NHV) after a hiatus of several years following the challenges of devolution. In its 69 years, Pakistan’s national steering response has......
EID-UL-AZHA is coming up soon. Most people are busy considering what sacrificial animal to buy and what delicacies to prepare on the big day. Gada Hussain, a 22-year-old farmer in upper Sindh, is......
