BEIJING: At least 18 people were killed and two more missing after an explosion on Tuesday in a Chinese coal mine, state media reported, the latest disaster in the country's notoriously dangerous......
ABU DHABI: Pakistan downed world champions West Indies in the third and final Twenty20 international by eight wickets in Abu Dhabi, achieving their first-ever clean sweep in the shortest format on......
GENEVA: Switzerland's lower house on Tuesday narrowly approved a draft bill on a nationwide burqa ban, the ATS news agency reported, but the measure remains far from coming into force.The proposal by......
ISLAMABAD: India has decided to pull out of the upcoming Saarc summit in Islamabad, said the official spokesperson for the India's Ministry for External Affairs (MEA) Vikas Swarup in a tweet on......
QUETTA: Security forces seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition from the Pak-Afghan border area of Panjpai, claimed Frontier Corps (FC) on Tuesday."The forces conducted a raid in Nullah and......
MIAMI: The world's first baby has been born thanks to a controversial new technique employed by US scientists to include DNA from three parents in the embryo, said a report Tuesday.The baby boy was......
VIETNAM: With the win in the final over India, Pakistan secured its first ever gold medal in a Kabbadi event of the Asian Beach Games.Pakistani players demonstrated high quality performance in the......
JOHANNESBURG: South African captain and star batsman AB de Villiers failed a fitness Test on Tuesday and will undergo elbow surgery which will force him to miss home and away series against......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday told the Senate that revocation of the Indus Waters Treaty by India "can be taken as an act of war" against......
After the Indian spin-duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja spun a web around New Zealand batsmen in the first of the three-Test series, Virat Kohli's men are eyeing the top spot in the ICC......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday upheld the death penalty against a mentally ill man convicted of murder, overturning a previous appeal and a court decision staying his execution, an......
Indian police on Sunday booked leaders and workers of the Congress party on sedition charges for allegedly chanting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans during a protest rally against Uri attack, The Indian......
In the immediate aftermath of the 2016 Presidential debate, US media and analysts lambasted Republican nominee Donald Trump and favoured former secretary of state Hillary Clinton for her skilled......
Pakistan already holds an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match Twenty20 International series against West Indies, but the recently crowned World T20 champions will hope to pull one back when the......
DRESDEN: Bomb attacks hit a mosque and an international convention centre in the eastern German city of Dresden, police said Tuesday, adding that they suspected a xenophobic and nationalist motive.No......
BAGHDAD: Bombings claimed by the militant Islamic State group hit shopping areas in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least 17 people, security and medial officials said.The group said IS......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday promptly rejected Indian allegations of its involvement in the Uri army base attack, soon after Indian authorities said they had shared "evidence" with Pakistan High......
ISTANBUL: Turkey has dismissed 87 staff from its spy agency over alleged links to the failed July 15 coup which sought to oust the government, state media reported on Tuesday.Eighty-seven out of 141......
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has said there is still room for improvement if his team are to mount a serious Premier League title challenge this season despite their impressive start to the......
Germany wants to become the first country to set up a comprehensive 5G mobile network, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung quoted digital infrastructure minister Alexander Dobrindt as saying in......
TORONTO: BlackBerry Ltd Chief Executive John Chen said on Monday he was two-thirds of the way toward achieving his goal of turning the Canadian technology company's fortunes around."We have made......
SAN FRANCISCO: With speculation mounting that Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) will soon have a new corporate owner, the 10-year-old social networking service ? which has long struggled to define its core......
There is no reason why Mohammad Amir should not keep getting better, former West Indies great Michael Holding has said.“He learns quickly and he has control over whatever he is doing and is making......
MUMBAI: Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc , said on Tuesday it launched Google Station in India, a service that aims to deepen its reach across the country, as the search giant seeks to bring more......
The Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq has asked the world to embrace day-night Test cricket "quickly" and called for more such contests."Future belongs to day-night Tests and this should be played......
NEW DELHI: India will accelerate its building of new hydro-power plants along three rivers that flow into Pakistan, a source familiar with the plan said on Monday, in a move likely to aggravate......
ISLAMABAD: A local court in Jhelum has opened the trial against the father and ex-husband of a British woman over her alleged rape and murder in the name of so-called honour, a defence lawyer said......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Anwar Zaheer Jamali on Tuesday set aside objections raised by the Supreme Court (SC) office on petitions seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz......
PESHAWAR: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Asim Bajwa on Tuesday said the armed forces are closely monitoring the situation on the border with India and are ready to respond to......
MANCHESTER: The Premier League must find a balance between continuing its global expansion and ensuring clubs satisfy the local fan base and keep their stadia full in an era of television dominance,......
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday termed the Uri army base attack in India-held Kashmir IHK) an 'inside job'.Asif, in an appearance on DawnNews show 'News Eye', maintained that no......
KANPUR: Of all the things that went right in the Test series opener against New Zealand, Cheteshwar Pujara's transformation from an obdurate accumulator of runs to a free-scoring batsman when needed......
MANCHESTER: A quota on foreign players in the Premier League could hinder rather than help the England team, according to former FA technical director Les Reed.Andy Burnham, the opposition Labour......
KARACHI: Soon after Mufaiz was born, Hussain and his wife suspected that the infant was unable to hear. A trip to the doctor in the months after confirmed the couple's worst fears ? their child was......
Dear Soumyadipta Banerjee,From the outset, let me clarify that I am not singling you out particularly. I am merely addressing this letter to you since you have emerged as the latest flag-bearer of......
HEMPSTEAD: Democrat Hillary Clinton accused Republican Donald Trump on Monday of having a long history of racist behavior during a heated presidential debate that could reshape the 2016 campaign for......
CHARSADDA: Eleven people, including six policemen suffered injuries in a bomb blast in Saro Kalley area of Shabqadar here on Monday morning.The police told Dawn that terrorists exploded a bomb, which......
PESHAWAR: Ayesha was 22 when a 50-year-old man fired bullets at her door to announce to the entire village that she was his from now on. Anyone coming with a proposal for her would be inviting his......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a condolence reference said that negligence on the part of Pakhtun population led to the brutal murder of former Afghan president Dr Najibullah.“Pakhtuns even could not raise......
LANDI KOTAL: A jirga of different tribal regions on Monday demanded extension in the tenure of Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif and pledged support to the armed forces against any possibly......
ISLAMABAD: A three day polio vaccination campaign started in the federal capital on Monday during which polio vaccines will be administered to 140,835 children under the age of five.A monitoring......
ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Technology retired Capt Mohammad Safdar, who is also the son-in-law of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday said media......
RAWALPINDI: Because it is short of funds, the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) is looking for donors for the execution of its development projects and will be remodelling Raja Bazaar’s Fawara......
ISLAMABAD: Vigilance has been mounted around 11 local clerics after a ban was imposed on them by the capital administration to avoid sectarian tension in the city.Besides, the entry of 16 ulema into......
RAWALPINDI: The relatives of a man killed on Sunday blocked the Islamabad Expressway on Monday to protest the police’s inability to arrest the killers. They were joined by hundreds of Sadiqabad......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the de-notification of all recruitments made in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) between 2011 and 2012; a landmark verdict that may change the course of......
SAHIWAL: The PML-N Punjab leadership along with party legislators from Pakpattan district is ‘persuading’ the Pakistan Kisan Ittehad (PKI) to postpone its upcoming protest going to be held in front......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has warned the Punjab government of sharp response if it tried creating hurdles to party’s peaceful protest demonstration on Raiwind Road,......
LAHORE: The constitution of district vigilance committees (DVCs) all over Punjab was notified on Monday in order to identify, prevent and curb any illegality or violation of Punjab Human Organ......
LAHORE: The EXIM Bank of China has released another installment of Rs3.63 billion for the Lahore Orange Line Metro Train project.According a spokesman for Punjab government, a regular release of......
KARACHI: Special students, who were position holders in Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi’s (BIEK) Higher Secondary School Certificate humanities regular group exams, want people to not think......
KARACHI: Condemning the brutal repression and blatant violation of human rights in the India-held Jammu and Kashmir, the Sindh Assembly has called upon the UN and the international community to take......
KARACHI: The six-day polio campaign began in the city and the remaining 23 districts of Sindh as per schedule with no incident of violence being reported on the first day of the drive, officials......
KARACHI: City mayor Wasim Akhtar on Monday distanced himself from the London-based leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) claiming that his loyalty and association belonged to MQM-Pakistan.He......
KARACHI: Fishermen on hunt for tuna along Balochistan’s coast recently released a giant diamondback squid that was found entangled in their fishing net, World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P)......
KARACHI: Family courts in three districts of Karachi — south, west and east — were not working because there were no judges to run them, said Sindh Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Nisar Ahmed......
KARACHI: Curiosity is one of the essential characteristics of romanticism. It is the act of being curious which leads people to discover things about themselves and about seemingly extraneous aspects......
DADU: In order to ensure an effective check on early marriages, it must be made binding upon Nikah registrars to see that the groom and bride contracting a wedlock do have genuine computerised......
SEOUL: From kicking out North Korean workers and ending visa-free travel for its citizens, to stripping flags of convenience from its ships, Cold War-era allies from Poland to Mongolia are taking......
JEREMY Corbyn’s victory in Britain’s opposition Labour Party’s leadership contest, for the second time in 12 months, did little to resolve differences between him and his members of Parliament, and......
MILAN: Social media are being credited with democratising the landscape of fashion in London and New York.But in Milan’s swankiest shopping street, an end to the industry’s ingrained elitism, with......
TEHRAN: A Canadian-Iranian retired professor was released from prison on “humanitarian grounds” and flown out of Iran on Monday, Iran’s state-run news agency said, ending her months of detention......
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Monday it had sanctioned a Chinese industrial machinery and equipment wholesaler, taking a step in tightening the financial noose around North Korea’s nuclear......
WARSAW: Cars used by Pope Francis in Poland during the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day festival went under the hammer on Monday to raise funds for Syrian refugees.The Polish chapter of the Catholic......
HAVANA: Fidel Castro appeared in state-run media on Monday for the third time in less than a week, which is extremely rare for the father of the Cuban revolution.Castro, 90, who ceded power to his......
ALEPPO: Residents of Syria’s Aleppo faced worsening food and medical shortages on Monday as warplanes again pounded the city after Western powers at the UN accused Russia of war crimes.A fresh wave......
WELLINGTON: New Zealand researchers said on Monday they have restored the first recording of computer-generated music, created in 1951 on a gigantic contraption built by British genius Alan......
A man was detained in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur town on Monday for hurling a shoe at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.Mr Gandhi was holding a road show in the central UP town when Hari Om Mishra,......
ABU DHABI: Coach Mickey Arthur urged Pakistan to be ruthless and achieve a rare clean sweep against world champions West Indies in the third and final Twenty20 International in Abu Dhabi on......
KANPUR: India celebrated their 500th test in style when they overcame New Zealand’s final dogged resistance with mesmeric spin and masterful swing to claim the series opener by 197 runs on Monday.New......
DUBAI: Legendary former West Indies captain Vivian Richards has thrown his support behind the expansion of cricket to non-traditional nations.The 64-year-old, the symbol of West Indies cricket......
FRANKFURT: Cristiano Ronaldo’s anger could work in Real Madrid’s favour.The Portugal winger was visibly upset when he came off in the 72nd minute of the 2-2 La Liga draw at Las Palmas.Real coach......
MANCHESTER: FIFA’s abolition of its anti-racism task force was denounced as a shameful betrayal on Monday as the governing body went on the defensive to reaffirm its commitment to fighting......
WUHAN: Double Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and Briton Johanna Konta made convincing starts at the WTA Wuhan Open as the tournament was hit by a wave of retirements on Monday.Three players quit......
KARACHI: Habib School, CJM and Aga Khan School beat their respective rivals in the 7th Culligan Senior and Junior Girls Throwball Tournament which commenced at The City School PAF Chapter here on......
SAN HENARES: Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato went on trial Monday accused of overseeing a “corrupt system” that helped him and other executives misuse funds when he was the boss of two of Spain’s top......
KARACHI: Sustained buying helped the cotton market on Monday to stay firm amid instances of dips in prices which remained restricted in nature and caused very little impact on overall price......
LONDON: Gold rose on Monday as a retreat in the dollar helped it build on last week’s gains but moves were muted with markets awaiting a US presidential debate for pointers as to the outcome of......
CAMEMBERT: It’s a cheese maker’s take on David and Goliath.Camembert, the village that gave its name to France’s most famous — and imitated — cheese, has only one remaining traditional “fromagerie”......
KARACHI: The Sindh government’s decision to make helmets mandatory for motorcycle riders has driven buyers towards the markets where traders are now cashing in on the rising demand by charging an......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday finalised plans for immediate launch of $500 million to $1 billion Islamic bonds (sukuk) in the US capital market and......
ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has convened a meeting of its advisory committee on September 30 to finalise water availability estimates and set provincial water shares for the......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has finalised a road map for attracting private-sector investment from both domestic and international investors in the mineral sector of Pakistan,......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) notified on Monday the exemption of duty and taxes on the import of 35 armoured vehicles for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Two notifications were......
KARACHI: The bulls staged a smart comeback on Monday as investors were encouraged after war drums fell silent.Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 index, which took an essential......
ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) said on Monday it is ready to work for peace and trade in the region but not at the cost of Indian hegemony.The......
ISLAMABAD: Imports of mobile phones decreased 12 per cent to $92.7 million in July-August on a year-on-year basis, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).Mobile phone imports were......
SHANGHAI: For Captain Dick S. Danielsen, the childhood dream has been to sail the world’s biggest ships.The Danish seaman got his chance three years ago when he was asked to helm the Majestic Maersk,......
ISLAMABAD: In its anti-Pakistan rhetoric following Islamabad’s recent diplomatic effort to highlight the Kashmir issue, the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been whipping up......
KARACHI: Muzaffar Wani, father of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, whose killing by Indian forces triggered the continuing cycle of protests and violence in held Kashmir, tells the Times of......
MUZAFFARABAD: A large number of people protested here on Monday against human rights violations in India-held Kashmir.A rally was held at the Ambore refugee camp which coincided with the address of......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Monday managed to introduce in the Senate a bill seeking constitution of a judicial commission to investigate the Panama Papers scandal, after defeating the government......
NEW YORK: The alleged New Jersey terrorist charged with trying to blow up a Chelsea area in New York City last weekend had spent weeks getting religious education at a Pakistani seminary, according......
Youth unemployment, mass under-employment, and the post-recession risk of jobless growth and recovery aptly describe the present global economic landscape, including that of Pakistan. Global......
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan and Bangladesh have not sent their experts to Pakistan to attend the first-ever seminar of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s (Saarc) member countries on......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ignored a request for suspending the Aug 19 judgement of the Lahore High Court of halting construction on an ambitious Rs45 billion Orange Line Metro Train......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly finally approved the Hindu Marriage Bill 2016 on Monday, paving the way for the adoption of a comprehensive and widely-acceptable family law for Hindus living in......
LAHORE: The Samjhota Express left the Lahore Junction railway station amid heightened security on Monday which delayed the trans-border train’s departure by half an hour.With 190 passengers on board......
KARACHI: All Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights to and from Gilgit and Skardu on Tuesday (Sept 27) have been cancelled due to the airspace restrictions in the northern areas, said the......
MUZAFFARABAD: For the Baig family, travel to India-held Kashmir (IHK) is no less than a pilgrimage, no matter what situation prevails across the Line of Control (LoC).Comprising Z.R. Baig, a......
UNITED NATIONS: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj assailed Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issue at the UN, reiterating in her speech at the General Assembly that the disputed Himalayan......
ISLAMABAD: The situation arising out of the Sept 18 terrorist attack at Uri in held Kashmir showed further signs of gravity on Monday when a number of senators asked the government to convene a joint......
NEW DELHI: India has decided to suspend Indus Water Commission talks until “Pakistan-sponsored terror” in India ends, The Hindu said on Monday.It quoted sources as saying the decision was taken at a......
WHY do some states progress rapidly while others don’t? Economists lack robust answers. One can identify economic policies which seem sensible, eg, investing in people, ensuring savings and having......
FROM its inception, the MQM has remained an enigma both to its hardcore supporters and sworn enemies. Starting off as a small group of ‘disaffected’ students espousing the ‘Mohajir cause’, it soon......
I HAVE become an admirer of Pope Francis. In a world where Muslims are profiled and shunned as terrorists, he embraces them, and even washes the feet of one or two to send out a message. I am happier......
MEDICAL humanitarians are those who selflessly toil in trying humanitarian situations to provide much-needed medical aid to affected populations. Although humanitarian emergencies are growing......
FOR a number of weeks at least, the issue of raising the funds to pay for the creation of a special CPEC security force, as well as the powers that the force will enjoy, has been in the news in......
Responding to the speech by Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj at UNGA, Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria on Monday said if India claims that Kashmir is its ‘integral part’, then “why is it......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday said Indian government's efforts to isolate Pakistan diplomatically received a severe setback.He said about 56 countries......
