KABUL: Gunmen targeted Shia pilgrims in Kabul late Tuesday, killing at least 14 people as they gathered to observe Ashura, officials said.Some 36 people were wounded and at least one attacker killed,......
DUBAI: West Indian batsman Darren Bravo vowed to give his best shot on the challenge of facing a newly introduced pink ball in the day-night Test against Pakistan starting in Dubai on Thursday.The......
KARACHI: A man shot on Friday in a sectarian attack in the metropolis's Gulshan-i-Iqbal area succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, police said."The man identified as Jawad Raza was waiting to pick......
DAMASCUS: At least five children were killed in firing on a school in the southern Syrian city of Daraa on Tuesday, state media said.“Five children were killed and 15 wounded in terrorist shelling of......
LONDON: One girl under the age of 15 is married every seven seconds, according to a report by Save the Children released on Tuesday, with girls as young as 10 married off - often to much older men -......
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Amnesty International on Tuesday demanded the government to immediately withdraw all restrictions on Dawn staffer Cyril Almeida.Amnesty demanded to......
GENEVA: The Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Tehmina Janjua, said on Tuesday that India’s pursuit of hegemonic policies is creating instability at the......
LAS VEGAS: Maria Sharapova returned to the tennis court for two exhibition matches on Monday, her first appearance since testing positive for the banned substance meldonium at the Australian Open in......
INDORE: Ravichandran Ashwin claimed 13 wickets to lead India's whitewash against New Zealand as the hosts romped to a 321-run triumph on day four of the third and final Test in Indore on......
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider wrote a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday, seeking his attention regarding "state-sponsored......
SYDNEY: Same-sex marriage will likely be delayed for at least three years in Australia after the opposition Labor party said on Tuesday it would not support a national vote, dealing another potential......
KARACHI: A heated exchange between Javed Miandad and Shahid Afridi appeared to be cooling down Tuesday after Miandad 'forgave' Afridi, but the former T20 skipper hit back saying he would challenge......
CHITTAGONG: The on-pitch bust-up between England's Jos Buttler and Bangladeshi fielders during the second One-Day International (ODI) will fire up both teams for the series decider, visiting batsman......
SYDNEY: Defending champion Milos Raonic and world number four Kei Nishikori will use the Brisbane International as a warm-up event for the Australian Open in January, organisers said Tuesday,......
SHARANA: When 18-year-old Fawzia was convicted of elopement and adultery, a local Afghan court in the southeastern province of Paktika sentenced her to jail.She soon discovered that she would not be......
LASHKAR GAH: Afghanistan has deployed hundreds of commandos backed by NATO air strikes in Lashkar Gah to flush out Taliban insurgents from the strategic city after the militants killed 14 people in a......
South Africa bowler Tabraiz Shamsi and Australia wicketkeeper Matthew Wade have been fined 25 percent of their match fee after clashing during the fourth One-Day International at the weekend.The pair......
Fast-bowling legend Wasim Akram has called for "appropriate mediation" in a war of words between former skippers Shahid Afridi and Javed Miandad over the former's demand for a farewell T20......
SRINAGAR: A battle between government forces and a group of suspected rebels holed up inside a compound in Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar in held Kashmir (IHK) entered its second day even as......
KARACHI: India's decision to completely close its border with Pakistan is 'irrational' and may lead to a major setback in bilateral relations analysts say, Chinese daily Global Times reported on......
NEW YORK: You probably already use Facebook at work. Now, Facebook is creating a separate version aimed at helping you do actual work instead of catching up on baby photos and campaign......
ISLAMABAD: Turkey has expressed complete support for Pakistan on the Kashmir issue, Radio Pakistan reported on Tuesday.Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who was representing Pakistan at a World Energy......
SEOUL: Samsung told customers worldwide Tuesday to stop using their Galaxy Note 7 smartphones as it struggled to contain a snowballing safety crisis that threatens to derail the powerhouse global......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has stopped close relatives of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif from shifting five of their sugar mills to new......
NEW DELHI: China told India on Monday it was willing to explore the possibilities for New Delhi’s bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) but clarified that any agreement would require......
WASHINGTON: Republican candidate Donald Trump used the second US presidential debate on Sunday to remind American Muslims that they still have to spy on the extremists within their ranks if they want......
KANDAHAR: A suicide car bombing killed 14 people, including 10 Afghan police personnel, as the Taliban launched a large-scale attack on Monday on the capital in southern Helmand province.Since the......
BERLIN: A nuclear power plant became the target of a disruptive cyber attack two to three years ago, and there is a serious threat of militant attacks on such plants, the head of the United Nations......
LAHORE: A writ petition filed in the Lahore High Court on Monday has requested that directions be issued to the federal government to bring back from India the ‘Dancing Girl’ bronze statue excavated......
LARKANA: Teams of the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) and Sindh Aids Control Programme (SACP) carried out joint raids on several blood banks in the city on Monday and sealed three of them. A......
DADU: A group of fishermen spotted a carcass of endangered Indus dolphin in Dadu canal at Magsi Bridge near here on Monday and took it out with the help of ropes.The fishermen placed the carcass,......
HYDERABAD: Engine and six bogies of a Multan-bound goods train loaded with phosphate derailed at Bolhari railway station on Monday morning. No casualty was reported but the accident badly damaged the......
KARACHI: At least a dozen Empress Market shops sealed by law enforcement agencies as part of security measures for the Muharram processions were looted late Sunday night, officials said.It was a......
KARACHI : Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that foolproof security must be maintained during the 9th and 10th of Muharram as several meetings on security arrangements had been held......
KARACHI: The containers placed around one of the city’s main arteries, M.A. Jinnah Road, and on all roads leading to it for security ahead of the Muharram 9 and 10 processions may have blocked common......
KARACHI: Fishermen at sea successfully freed a bottlenose dolphin that entangled in their fishing net near the coast of Ormara in Balochistan on Saturday, the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan......
Debate on Pakistan’s claim to the Dancing Girl of Moenjodaro is in the headlines these days. The director general of the Pakistan National Museum of Arts, Jamal Shah, recently said the country would......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) met on Monday for the first time since the 2013 general elections, but only to fulfil the legal......
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to increase pressure on the government, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday asked the Supreme Court to hold an early hearing of its petition seeking to disqualify Prime......
ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Monday urged the international community to stop the atrocities perpetrated by the Indian authorities on the people of held Kashmir for demanding right......
KARACHI: The name of Dawn journalist Cyril Almeida has been put on the Exit Control List, officials said on Monday night.It is not immediately known why his name has been placed on the ECL, but it is......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) intends to become a party in a case relating to the Rs45 billion Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project.PTI’s Lahore (urban) president Walid Iqbal filed......
QUETTA: Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti has said that negotiations with Brahamdagh Bugti and other self-exiled leaders can be held only after they accept the Constitution of......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek has declined to become a part of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s protest planned for Oct 30 and PAT chief Dr Tahirul Qadri left London for Canada on Monday without......
ISLAMABAD: The government is contemplating bringing an amendment to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Act 1997 to make it binding on the regulator to implement policy......
KARACHI: Banks showed little interest in bidding for treasury bills on Monday despite being largely dependent on government papers for their risk-free profits.The government sold treasury bills of......
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has strongly condemned the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) for recommending an increase of 36 per cent in the gas tariff.In a......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s total oil sales rose 19 per cent year-on-year to 6.5 million tonnes during the three months to September due to increase in demand for furnace oil and petrol.In September alone,......
ISLAMABAD: Auditors have expressed concerns over the existence of Pakistan Hunting and Sporting Arms Development Company (PHSADC) for its poor financial standing.The company established to divert the......
KARACHI: The government should give out an incentive package to all categories of exports and not just textiles, exporters from various industries opined.Trade bodies representing exporters took up......
BEIJING: Chinese authorities unveiled plans on Monday to let companies give equity in themselves to banks to pay down soaring debt levels that economists warn might hamper the country’s already......
ISTANBUL: Saudi Arabia said on Monday it was “not unthinkable” that the price of crude oil could surge to $60 a barrel by the end of the year but warned against drastic production cuts that might......
KARACHI: The Italian Trade Commission has reopened its office in Pakistan after a hiatus of three years, a measure appreciated by the business communities of both the countries.“The re-opening of......
LONDON: Gold rebounded on Monday from its biggest weekly drop since November after downbeat US payrolls data on Friday dampened speculation of a near-term interest rate hike, and as Chinese buyers......
KARACHI: Sustained buying from spinners helped limit fall in cotton prices on Monday. Underlying sentiment remained firm in line with global trend.Cotton prices recorded initial setback in early......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will start holding meetings on Tuesday with potential investors ahead of its first international bond issue, official media reported.An analyst told AFP the issue could be worth......
MUMBAI: Stressed loans in India’s banking sector crossed $138 billion in June, central bank data reviewed by Reuters shows, an increase of nearly 15 per cent in just six months that suggests a state......
INDORE: Wily off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin backed himself on Monday to outfox any batsman in the world after his six wickets in the third and final Test against New Zealand put India in pole......
KARACHI: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah on Monday said Pakistan team is ready for the historic day-night Test match against the West Indies starting from Thursday in Dubai and the pink ball is now gripping......
DHAKA: Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza and batsman Sabbir Rahman were fined 20 per cent of their match fees on Monday for an altercation with rival skipper Jos Buttler in their team’s victory......
LONDON: England captain Wayne Rooney is set to be on the bench for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier against Slovenia, according to media reports.Sky and the BBC reported that, barring any late injuries,......
JOHANNESBURG: The youthful attacking partnership of Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi delivered a goal each as Nigeria made a winning start to the group phase of the African World Cup qualifiers with......
MELBOURNE: The Tim Cahill factor threatens Japan’s hopes of re-energising their World Cup campaign in a crucial qualifier against Australia in Melbourne on Tuesday.Talismanic Cahill is in line for a......
NEW YORK: Preseason statistics often can be misleading. That might not be the case with James Harden right now.After three preseason games, Harden has three points-assists double-doubles the most......
ISTANBUL: Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Monday, pushing forward ambitious joint energy projects on his first visit to Turkey since a......
STRASBOURG: The Council of Europe on Monday awarded its Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize to Iraqi activist Nadia Murad, who was an IS sex slave before becoming the face of a campaign to protect her......
LEIPZIG: A Syrian man suspected of plotting an IS bomb attack was arrested on Monday by German police with the help of three of his compatriots, in a case that sparked fresh calls for greater checks......
STOCKHOLM: Two US-based academics won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for groundbreaking research on contract theory that has helped design insurance policies, executive pay and even prison......
WHITE PLAINS: Donald Trump’s presidential aspirations took more tough hits on Monday as the nation’s top elected Republican all but conceded the race to Hillary Clinton and a new poll showed the......
WARSAW: Film director Andrzej Wajda, best known for chronicling Poland’s struggle for democracy during half a century of communist rule, died on Sunday. He was 90.Wajda won international acclaim for......
WASHINGTON: A US Navy guided missile destroyer was targeted on Sunday in a failed missile attack from territory in Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, a US military spokesman said, adding......
ATLANTIC CITY: Donald Trump built the Taj Mahal casino and once called it “the eighth wonder of the world.” The Republican candidate in the race for the presidency who took his Atlantic City casinos......
Are frontiers meant to make us safe? Or are they always intended to be insecure, a reminder of our own fragility on the edge of the world?You might ask the 100,000 people of Kilis — both the Turks......
MANILA: Catholic priests from the Philippines Church, an institution that helped oust two of the country’s leaders in the past, say they are afraid and unsure how to speak out against the war on......
NEW YORK: Moderators Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz teamed up to ask sharp questions of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and to keep them corralled during many contentious exchanges during the......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) authorities seemed to have failed to control the increasing number of stray dogs across the city.Incidences of attacks by stray dogs are rising......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq on Monday said the masses could not survive on democracy alone and the rulers were adding to their miseries through inflation.Talking to different delegations......
LAHORE: The husband of alleged honour killing victim British-Pakistani Samia Shahid has requested the Lahore High Court to transfer trial of the suspects from Jhelum to Lahore.Syed Mukhtar Kazim, the......
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday demanded reform of the criminal justice system before hanging more people on the death row and continuing with the death penalty under......
SIALKOT: The 127-year-old Govt Murray College -- the alma mater of poets Allama Iqbal and Faiz Ahmad Faiz -- has been facing an acute shortage of classrooms due to which students and teachers are......
ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has found irregularities worth over Rs101 million in the financial affairs of the National Assembly (NA) during a scrutiny of its accounts from the......
RAWALPINDI: The police on Monday asked traders to close down markets and bazaars for two days beginning Tuesday for Ashura security arrangements. Traders have refused to close shops on Muharram......
ISLAMABAD: A large number of civil society activists and residents of the federal capital held a protest against the death penalty in Pakistan at F-6 Markaz on Monday.The protest was organised by the......
RAWALPINDI: Traders and stallholders in Raja Bazaar and adjoining areas have encroached on footpaths and verandas along the roads creating problems for pedestrians and motorists due to the apathy of......
MINGORA/TIMERGARA: ANP central president Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that Pakistan is passing through the most difficult time of its history as the country is facing isolation owing to the flawed......
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday suggested the holding of referendum on the proposal of the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber......
KOHAT: Over 40 children of a seminary in Bamba area of Kamardhand here were hospitalised after they were allegedly served with poisonous tea and rice on Saturday.Sources at the women and children......
DI KHAN/KOHAT: The security forces apprehended 11 target killers in Dera Ismail Khan and surrounding areas early on Monday morning, an ISPR statement said.These target killers, the statement added,......
KOHAT/MANSEHRA: Inspector General of Police, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Nasir Khan Durrani has said that keeping in view the vulnerable security situation across the border in Afghanistan, all surveillance......
MANSEHRA: Federal minister for Haj and interfaith harmony Sardar Mohammad Yousuf on Monday asked the PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to shun unjustified propaganda on the China-Pakistan Economic......
BATKHELA: Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister and ANP provincial chief Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has opposed what he said forced deportation of Afghan refugees, and demanded of the government to......
WHERE is Pakistan’s economy going? If you believe what the government has to say, then Pakistan is on the verge of takeoff. Multibillion-dollar investments in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor,......
“I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” — W. B. Yeats.SPACE for a progressive Pakistan is shrinking. Those who espouse enlightened values of human......
GIVEN the ulterior agendas of global powers like the US, the UN record of resolving the status of contested domains is poor. Eritrea, Kashmir, Palestine, East Timor and Western Sahara’s fates......
Black American writer Charles E. Cobb Jr has set off a strange and unexpected train of thought in my mind with his 2014 book: This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights......
CHITTAGONG: England cricket coach Trevor Bayliss said Monday he hoped captain Jos Buttler would stay out of trouble after he was given an official warning for his on-field behaviour during Sunday's......
In response to a news report published in Dawn on Thursday, Oct 6, the Office of the Prime Minister has issued yet another statement, strongly denying the contents and rejecting it as a......
LONDON: Social network giant Facebook on Monday launched new global product Workplace, a platform that it hopes will replace intranet, mailbox and other internal communication tools used by......
