LONDON: The Altaf Hussain-led Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-London) has expelled several key leaders from party membership for “violating discipline”.MQM-London’s deputy convener Nadeem Nusrat......
CHITTAGONG: England's Chris Woakes hit a six off Shafiul Islam to seal a series-clinching four-wicket victory in the third and final one-day international against Bangladesh on Wednesday.Sam Billings......
MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday announced the first international talks on the Syria conflict since Washington pulled out of bilateral ceasefire negotiations in protest at Moscow's bombing of......
NEW YORK: Pakistan on Wednesday handed over a dossier on human rights violations in India-held Kashmir (IHK) to the United Nations General Assembly, Radio Pakistan reported.The prime minister's......
CORDOBA: Lionel Messi, having reversed his decision to quit international soccer with a view to playing at another World Cup, could miss out on Russia 2018 if Argentina continue their downward......
Pakistan's High Commissioner to New Delhi Abdul Basit in an interview with India Today rejected Indian claims of a 'surgical strike' across the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday."As far as the......
MADRID: World Cup-winning German midfielder Toni Kroos has agreed to extend his Real Madrid contract until 2022, the club said Wednesday.Kroos joined the Spanish giants in 2014 from Bayern Munich for......
RANCHI: A 22-year-old Muslim youth from India's Jharkhand state arrested less than a week ago for sharing an objectionable comment about beef on WhatsApp died in police custody on Sunday, Indian......
Liverpool's chief executive says the 60-70-million-pound cost of redeveloping the Anfield Road end of the club's iconic stadium is difficult to justify as a business deal.Ian Ayre told a meeting of......
NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin regained his number one spot in the bowling world rankings Wednesday after his career-best performance in the final Test against New Zealand spurred India to a series......
DUBAI: In-form Pakistan are ready to launch a pink-ball spin assault on struggling West Indies when they do battle in Asia's first day-night Test from Thursday in Dubai.Pakistan have been on a roll......
MAZAR SHARIF: A bomb blast outside a Shia mosque in Afghanistan on Wednesday killed at least 14 people and wounded 24 among a gathering of worshippers, the second attack targeting the country's Shia......
GAZA CITY: The two millionth person has been born in Gaza, with the birth of a baby boy named Waleed officially recognised as reaching the milestone in the densely populated Palestinian......
TOKYO: Toyota and Suzuki said Wednesday they are holding talks about a possible partnership to handle “unprecedented” changes in the global auto industry, as Japan's vehicle sector sees a wave of......
SRINAGAR: Two suspected rebels were killed as the Pampore encounter came to an end after stretching on for 56 hours, the Indian army announced on Wednesday.A group of suspected rebels stormed into......
REUTERS: Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday launched a full-fledged music streaming service with subscriptions as low as $3.99 per month for owners of its Amazon Echo speaker, accelerating the industry......
LISBON: Former Manchester United great Eric Cantona has backed Jose Mourinho's squad to get back to challenging for top honours, three years since they last won the Premier League.“It's just the......
ROME: Pakistan has been ranked as a country with "serious" hunger level with 22 per cent of its population undernourished on the 2016 Global Hunger Index released Tuesday.Placed 107 in a ranking of......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on Wednesday lauded security agencies as Muharram processions concluded peacefully across the country.The interior minister in a statement said that......
LAHORE: The Supreme Court is due to hear the final appeal against the execution of Asia Bibi, accused for blasphemy, on Thursday.Some insist it is not just a fight for one life, but a battle for the......
KARACHI: After increasing sharply over the preceding 12 months, house rent remained the largest contributor to year-on-year inflation in August, reported the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in the......
ISLAMABAD: The receivables of the country’s largest oil supplier, mostly emanating from the power sector, are touching a record Rs248 billion, which suggests continuation of chronic circular debt.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan has unearthed a variation of Rs70 billion in figures of tax receipts reported by the Federal Board of Revenue and State Bank of Pakistan during 2014-15.The......
ISLAMABAD: The government has approved Rs185 million under the Export Development Fund (EDF) for the promotion of the textile sector.In a recent meeting of the EDF, the Ministry of Textile Industry......
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday governments should raise taxes on sugary drinks to fight what it says are global obesity and diabetes epidemics.If retail prices of......
SINGAPORE: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is seeking 500,000 tonnes of petrol for delivery over December and January, according to two tender documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday.In the first tender, the......
ISTANBUL: Saudi Arabia’s state-run energy giant Saudi Aramco is optimistic 2018 will be the right time for its initial public offering (IPO) in what will likely be the biggest share offering in......
INDORE: Skipper Virat Kohli was on Tuesday presented with the ICC Test Championship mace as India were officially crowned the number one side after their 3-0 thrashing of New Zealand.India reclaimed......
DOHA: America’s Amber Neben won the women’s time-trial title in Qatar on Tuesday, the second time she has been crowned world champion at the event.In an exciting and close race she posted a time of......
INDORE: Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed seven wickets to lead India’s whitewash of New Zealand as the hosts romped to a 321-run victory on day four of the third and final Test on Tuesday.Ashwin......
CHITTAGONG: The on-pitch bust-up between England stand-in skipper Jos Buttler and Bangladesh fielders during the second One-day International will fire up both teams for the series decider, visiting......
Pakistan take on the West Indies from Thursday in the maiden day-night Test to be played in Asia, which coincidentally will be the country’s 400th Test as well.This gives us all the reason to......
AMSTERDAM: A searing first-half strike from Paul Pogba handed France a 1-0 win at rivals the Netherlands as Belgium and Portugal clocked up 6-0 victories and Christian Benteke grabbed a slice of......
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......
MELBOURNE: Genki Haraguchi scored an early goal but gave away a second-half penalty as Japan drew 1-1 with Australia in a pulsating World Cup qualifier in Melbourne on Tuesday.Haraguchi got Japan off......
SHANGHAI: A new-look Novak Djokovic said he had given up on chasing Roger Federer’s record 17 Grand Slam titles as he made a winning return to the tennis circuit on Tuesday.Djokovic, the formerly......
HARARE: Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been appointed national cricket head coach to replace Dav Whatmore who was dismissed in June.“Zimbabwe Cricket has named former captain Heath Streak......
ROME: Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malago put a definitive end on Tuesday to Rome’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games after the city’s newly elected mayor refused to support the......
KARACHI: Wherever in the city when one saw a wire with bright bulbs hanging on Tuesday, Muharram 9, one could be sure about what was going on under it. As expected there were a row of cauldrons in......
KARACHI: Emir of the Jamaat-i-Islami Senator Siraj-ul-Haq has said any attempt to shelter corruption and corrupt elements in the name of democracy will be thwarted and urged the masses to unite to......
KARACHI: Over 21,000 workers of the civic agencies have not yet been paid their salary for the month of September owing to which many of them could not participate in various religious rituals on the......
KARACHI: The 9th Muharram mourning procession culminated safely at the Hussainian-Iranian Imambargah in Kharadar on Tuesday evening amid strict security measures which included pillion-riding ban.A......
LARKANA: Senior Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Food Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Tuesday visited the Chandka Medical College Hospital’s city block and and inspected the machinery and equipment of......
SUKKUR: Two mourners died and more than 300 others fell unconscious due to suffocation caused by extremely humid weather conditions in Rohri on Monday night.The victims were participants in the......
PESHAWAR: Around 400 shops owned by Afghan refugees have been closed down in Shinwari Plaza, Undhar Shehar Bazaar.Anwar Ali, a local resident, told this scribe that 90 per cent shops owned and run by......
ISLAMABAD: In a break from what has become tradition over the last few years, mobile phone and internet services were not suspended on October 11 in the federal capital due to the Muharram 9......
CHITRAL: The mountain peaks in Chitral received the first snowfall of the season, causing abrupt fall of temperature and sending cold waves across the valley.The Lowari Pass in the south and Shandur......
PESHAWAR: Processions of 9th Muharram were taken out amid tight security and concluded peacefully after passing through their designated routes here on Tuesday.The main procession of the day in......
PESHAWAR: The health department has approved creation of 790 slots of trainee medical officers as part of its plan to increase number of specialist doctors in the province.“The creation of new seats......
TIMERGARA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Muzaffar Said on Sunday said that they had raised several crucial issues with the federal government to engage it on China-Pakistan Economic......
LAHORE: Some 8,000 surveillance cameras, costing Rs12 billion, will watch over the city under the phased Punjab Safe City Project.This was stated by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday at the......
GUJRAT: The Wazirabad Institute of Cardiology (WIC) could not be made fully operative even two years after it was declared “functional” to the utter dismay of the heart patients who had been pinning......
SIALKOT: The Marala-Ravi-Link (MR Link) Canal has been lying shut for the last two weeks due to water shortage in the river Chenab at Head Marala.Irrigation department officials told Dawn the water......
When the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) formally came into existence in Dhaka in December 1985, many thought that it was an unreal dream that had miraculously come true.......
MANILA: Many are willing to overlook the missteps taken by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, but he is expected to pivot to tackle other issues soon.If you ask anyone here what he/she thinks of......
LIFE has been particularly hard lately for Yusril Ihza Mahendra, leader of the Crescent Star Party (PBB), one of the last vestiges of Indonesia’s Islamist politics that reached its heyday during the......
SHOREHAM SEA: A dozen biplanes from the 1920s and 1930s will fly 8,000 miles from Crete to Cape Town next month in a vintage aviation rally that harks back to the early days of air travel.The pilots......
WASHINGTON: With just 28 days left for the election, the Republican Party sees its own candidate, Donald Trump, as a hurricane and asked its members on Tuesday to keep checking their instruments for......
GENEVA: A jailed scholar defending China’s mostly-Muslim Uighur minority was awarded a leading honour for human rights on Tuesday, a move swiftly condemned by Beijing. Ilham Tohti, who was handed a......
MILTON KEYNES: Driverless vehicles carrying passengers took to Britain’s streets for the first time on Tuesday in a landmark trial which could pave the way for their introduction across the......
LASHKAR GAH: Afghanistan has deployed hundreds of commandos backed by Nato aircraft in Lashkar Gah to drive Taliban militants from the southern city after the militants killed 14 people in a......
KARACHI: After a delay of about six years, the country’s biggest port strategically located at the eastern side of the Karachi port with a capacity of handling mother ships is set to begin test......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised this year’s Dussehra would be special, and it was indeed high yield for him on Tuesday because his ideological mentors, the Hindu revivalist Rashtriya......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama, highlighting his pledge to send people to Mars by the 2030s, on Tuesday announced further public-private efforts to build habitats that could help humans live......
SEOUL: Samsung on Tuesday pulled the final plug on its troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, permanently discontinuing production of the flagship device that has been mired in a disastrous recall over......
KARACHI: The country has been put on high alert and civil armed forces, backed by the Pakistan Army, have been deployed to ensure a peaceful and incident-free Ashura on Wednesday.Special security......
KARACHI: Human rights and media watchdogs on Tuesday condemned the travel ban on Dawn’s assistant editor, Cyril Almeida, and called for the immediate removal of all curbs on freedom of expression and......
KARACHI: Sindh has deployed hundreds of police personnel along its border with Balochistan after investigators found that the suspects involved in the last month’s two terrorist attacks in Shikarpur......
SRINAGAR: The operation against militants holed up inside a government building in the Pampore area in India-held Kashmir, on the Srinagar-Jammu highway, entered the second day on Tuesday, even as......
ISLAMABAD: The father of murdered social media star Qandeel Baloch has again vowed no forgiveness for his son, who killed his daughter on the pretext of “honour”.Parliament had last week passed the......
ISLAMABAD: Turkey on Tuesday reaffirmed its traditional support for the cause of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, expressing concern over the unresolved nature of the Kashmir dispute that had......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) considers both the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf responsible for the prevailing political crisis in the country, saying the......
WASHINGTON: The United States blacklisted four men and their companies based in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, for purported ties to an organisation accused of laundering money for......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan is exploring the possibility of creating a greater South Asian economic alliance to counter India’s controlling hold on the eight-member South Asian Association for Regional......
THERE are times in a news organisation’s history that determine its adherence to the highest principles of journalism — its duty to inform the public objectively, accurately and fearlessly.This paper......
IT was at least partly a case of unfortunate timing: had the referendum on the Colombian government’s peace deal with Latin America’s most resilient guerrilla force been held shortly after President......
IMAM Hussain’s valiant stand at Karbala on Muharram 10, 61AH, is an established fact of history and Islamic lore. How the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) grandson rose against the Umayyad imperial state and......
LAST week, law-enforcement officials from the Federal Investigation Agency arrested an assistant professor at the University of Karachi. According to an FIR registered against him, he had made five......
Can Imran Khan accomplish this time what he failed to do in his last attempt? He plans to bring down the government by launching a second ‘tsunami’ and shutting down the capital. His confidence seems......
