Former Pakistan coach and captain Waqar Younis expressed satisfaction over the performance of the Pakistan Cricket team and said that the team is moving in the right direction under newly appointed......
A group of Indian cinemas said Friday they would not screen any films featuring Pakistani artists in protest at an attack by suspected militants that killed 19 Indian soldiers in Kashmir.“It doesn't......
Assailants ambushed a convoy carrying paramilitary forces in India-held Kashmir on Friday, killing two security officers and wounding seven others, police said.The suspects escaped after carrying out......
The United States will like to encourage both Pakistan and India to adopt a more conciliatory approach and resolve their contentious issues in the larger interest of regional peace, a US State......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday approved a special fund aimed at boosting the habitats of migratory birds, particularly the endangered Houbara bustard."The Migratory Birds Endowment Fund (MBEF)......
Opener Azhar Ali smashed a maiden triple hundred to put Pakistan firmly in control against the West Indies in the first day-night Test in Dubai on Friday.Ali's epic unbeaten 302 guided Pakistan to......
Afghanistan's Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omer Zakhilwal on Friday said Kabul absolutely supports China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and wants to become a part of the project.Dr Zakhilwal, while......
A long-delayed pipeline project from Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India via Afghanistan is in the final stages of financing, and investor roadshows are due to be held next month, a Pakistani official......
The militant Islamic State (IS) group has crushed a rebellion plot in Mosul, led by one of the group's commanders who aimed to switch sides and help deliver the self-proclaimed caliphate's Iraqi......
The government on Friday removed the name of Dawn staffer Cyril Almeida from the Exit Control List (ECL), confirmed a notification issued from the Ministry of Interior.Earlier today, Interior......
Participants of a Corps Commanders meeting at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi on Friday expressed serious concern over what they said was a leak from a security meeting which was reported by Dawn......
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday announced Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves have hit an all-time high of $24.5 billion.The finance minister congratulated Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the......
National Security Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Nasser Janjua on Friday presided over a meeting in Islamabad regarding the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP).During the session, it was decided......
Pakistan Foreign Office on Friday saw “nervousness” behind Indian “ceasefire violations” and “interference” in internal affairs of neighbours, reported Radio Pakistan.Foreign Office Spokesperson......
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev addressing a joint press conference alongside Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said both countries have discussed plans for joint military training between......
The wings of a 'spy' pigeon taken into custody by Indian police earlier in October have been clipped, an Indian Punjab police official told The Telegraph India on Wednesday.The 'spy' pigeon was found......
Three Frontier Corps personnel were gunned down in Quetta's Sabzal Road area on Friday.According to police sources, suspected militants opened fire at the FC men. Two men died on the spot, whereas......
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Minister of Trade Denis Manturov announced the possibility of increased Russia-India cooperation in various industries in separate interviews ahead of the......
The government of Sindh has decided to ensure strict implement on its decisions, seeking closure of marriage halls and shopping malls by 10pm and 7pm respectively.Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali......
A police officer was gunned down on Friday in the Faqirabad area of Peshawar. In a separate incident, five hand grenades were recovered in the city's Mattani area, according to the police.The police......
Saudi Arabia and Japan's SoftBank Group (9984.T) said they will create a technology investment fund that could grow as large as $100 billion, aiming to create one of the world's largest private......
Technology giants IBM Corp, Google and seven others have joined hands to launch an open specification that can boost datacentre server performance by up to ten times, to take on Intel Corp.The new......
Bangladeshi leaders will on Friday welcome the first Chinese president to visit in three decades, seeking to secure much-needed infrastructure investment without alienating China's main regional......
India is set to take its drive to isolate Pakistan and rally the international community against 'cross-border terrorism' to a summit of emerging market powers this weekend, when it hosts BRICS......
New Zealand will welcome back their most successful bowler and most destructive batsman Sunday at the start of a five-match ODI series against a below-strength India after a mauling in the Tests.Tim......
Argentina's pain is Barcelona's gain as Lionel Messi returns for the Spanish champions when Deportivo la Coruna visit the Camp Nou on Saturday after being sidelined for three weeks with a groin......
PESHAWAR: PML-N central senior vice president and adviser to the prime minister Amir Muqam on Thursday said the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have rejected the PTI’s call for Islamabad lockdown on Oct......
PESHAWAR: Ashura day, the 10th of Muharram, passed off peacefully in the provincial capital and across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa amid tight security.The government had deployed about 36,000 police personnel......
BEIJING: China’s exports plummeted in September, data showed Thursday, as anaemic global demand dealt another blow to the world’s second-largest economy, while weak imports fuelled worries about......
KARACHI: Remittances sent by overseas Pakistanis decreased 5.4 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2016-17, indicating the declining trend that began with a massive fall in oil revenues of......
ISLAMABAD: In its departing note, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to carefully manage projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and continue with reform......
KARACHI: Car sales fell around seven per cent to 41,405 units during the July-September quarter compared to 44,372 a year ago, mainly due to completion of Suzuki Bolan deliveries under Punjab taxi......
DUBAI: Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) is in talks with international banks over a potential syndicated loan, bankers involved in the discussions said.The loan proceeds will be used to double......
KARACHI: It was a volatile session on the stock market on Thursday, the first session after a two-day closure. As investors searched for direction, the early morning enthusiasm that carried the......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves amounted to $23.5 billion on October 7, down 0.5 per cent from a week ago, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.According to a......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday invited Japan to take advantage of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and encourage Japanese......
KARACHI: Consolidated earnings of Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) for the first nine months of 2016 amounted to Rs3.97 billion, up 42 per cent on a year-on-year basis.In a securities filing......
ISLAMABAD: The SECP has enhanced compliance with global securities regulatory standards as significant progress has been achieved to implement reforms in Pakistan’s legal, regulatory and supervisory......
LONDON: Gold prices edged higher on Thursday as the dollar declined and after world shares slipped following renewed worries about China’s economy. The dollar index was down 0.3 per cent, making gold......
DUBAI: Pakistan openers Azhar Ali and Sami Aslam stroked confident half-centuries to anchor their team’s rock solid start in the first day-night Test against West Indies in Dubai on Thursday.Azhar......
KARACHI: With one shimmy, she sped away. The movement of her shoulders meant her opponent lost sense of direction before the quick feet saw the ball move quickly from left to right, sending him......
CAPE TOWN: David Warner hit a magnificent century for Australia but could not prevent South Africa from completing a clean sweep by winning the fifth and final One-day International by 31 runs at......
CHITTAGONG: Ben Duckett and Sam Billings hit half-centuries as England cruised to four-wicket victory in the third One-day International to win the three-match series against Bangladesh here on......
LONDON: Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s licence to box has been suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC), the national governing body announced on Thursday.The......
NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin regained his number one spot in the bowling world rankings on Wednesday after his career-best performance in the final Test against New Zealand spurred India to a......
SYDNEY: Australia will have a new chairman of selectors before the next Ashes series after Cricket Australia said on Thursday that Rodney Marsh would not be seeking to stay on in the role when his......
SHANGHAI: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic dropped a hint that he may split with coach Boris Becker on Thursday, as Nick Kyrgios was hit with a big fine for his Shanghai Masters meltdown.Djokovic, who says......
NEW DELHI: India’s veteran batsman Suresh Raina was on Thursday ruled out of the opening ODI against New Zealand in Dharamsala with a viral infection.The 29-year-old had been expected to play in......
WASHINGTON: The Michelin Guide unveiled its first edition for the US capital Washington on Thursday, awarding coveted stars to a dozen restaurants it said were part of a hot foodie scene. Alas, no......
DRESDEN: A Syrian bomb plot suspect found hanged in his cell had not been deemed an “acute” suicide risk, German officials said on Thursday as outrage grew over the judicial “fiasco”.The death in......
KANO: Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped more than two years ago, raising hopes for the release of the others, officials said on Thursday.Local......
GLASGOW: Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Thursday unveiled plans for a new independence referendum in case her demands for more autonomy and for Scotland to stay in Europe’s single market......
NEW YORK: For the first time in its 35-year history, the board of directors of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has declared a US presidential candidate a threat to press freedoms, a press......
WASHINGTON/LONDON: US President Barack Obama and his top foreign policy advisers are expected to meet on Friday to consider their military and other options in Syria as Syrian and Russian aircraft......
MALE: The Maldives angrily quit the Commonwealth on Thursday after years of wrangling over its human rights record since the toppling of its first democratically elected leader four years ago.The......
PAICINES: A California condor chick has hatched in the wild, survived and flown out of its nest at Pinnacles National Park for the first time since the 1890s, officials said on Wednesday.The Santa......
ONE of the more alarming narratives of the 2016 American election campaign is that of the Kremlin’s apparent meddling. Last week, the United States formally accused the Russian government of stealing......
American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. Following is a sampling......
BANGKOK: The heir to the Thai throne, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, was for years known for his colourful private life and frequent trips overseas, but as his father’s health declined he adopted......
KARACHI: A 3.8-metre-long tiger shark weighing 550 kilograms was accidentally caught about 186km south of Karachi in the Indus Swatch area off Keti Bunder, four days ago. It was already dead when it......
KARACHI: In his first direct invitation to Dr Farooq Sattar, Pak Sarzameen Party chief Syed Mustafa Kamal on Thursday invited the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader to “join hands” after he......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to complete within 45 days its investigation into alleged illegal allotment of state land to Bahria Town, a......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has decided to upgrade 100 katchi abadis to the level of township by providing them basic amenities, including road infrastructure, all over Sindh to......
KARACHI: It is praiseworthy, by any stretch of the imagination, that certain groups are trying their best to give a facelift to Karachi’s shabby infrastructural look through a number of measures. One......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Abadgar Ittehad (SAI) on Thursday voiced opposition to the federal government’s plan to deregulate sugar cane price and rejected Rs182 per 40kg price for the cane announced by......
LAHORE: A good number of intermediate (part-I) students on Thursday held a demonstration against the Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education for what they said ‘wrong marking’ of their......
KASUR: Kot Radha Kishan police on Thursday arrested a prayer leader and his student on blasphemy charges.According to FIR, the complainant, Muhammad Imtiaz, of Marali Ottar village, Kot Radha Kishan,......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Given the nature of challenges the students have to grapple with, the district’s largest government high school has been reduced to a picture of neglect.Among the ills plaguing the......
FAISALABAD: A passerby and a bandit were injured in a crossfire between robbers and law enforcers of three police stations outside a house in Sarfraz Colony here on Thursday.Some eyewitnesses said......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Farmers, especially small dairy farm owners, are turning to silage feed in Toba Tek Singh, abandoning fresh fodder and cottonseed-cakes, to feed their animals.Silage is fermented,......
BAHAWALPUR: The forest department has submitted the Bio-Sphere Reserve Management Plan (BSRMP) of the National Park Lal Sohanra to the ministry of science and technology for forwarding it to the......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali said on Thursday the country was being run like a “monocracy” in the name of democracy.“This court has repeatedly been saying that monocracy exists in......
It is the season of celebration, with people congratulating one another and distributing sweets.Mehmood Kot in Muzaffargarh district is jubilant because, after a long struggle, plans to establish two......
STOCKHOLM: Bob Dylan, regarded as the voice of a generation for his songs from the 1960s onward, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature in a surprise decision that made him the only singer-songwriter......
NEW DELHI: Another Indian university is facing the consequences of ongoing violence in India-held Jammu and Kashmir as some of its students and staff members have urged the government in Srinagar to......
When Afghan forces finally managed to push Taliban fighters out of the northern city of Kunduz, residents began the process of burying their dead.Throughout the nine days of fighting, street-side......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday had to adjourn a long-anticipated hearing on an appeal filed by a Christian woman accused of blasphemy after one of the judges recused himself from the......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Thursday confirmed death sentences awarded to 10 hardcore terrorists who were involved in heinous offences related to terrorism, including......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Thursday dismissed a reference filed by a lawyer seeking disqualification of eight senators belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on the grounds......
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah constituted a full bench on Thursday to hear identical petitions demanding an inquiry against the prime minister and several members of......
BANGKOK: Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, has died at the age of 88, the palace announced on Thursday, leaving a divided nation bereft of a rare figure of......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to conduct an inquiry to find out who was responsible for leaking to media the details of a recent high-profile security meeting.Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition, which has been accusing the government of dragging its feet on the Panamagate issue, on Thursday itself sought deferment by a Senate committee of its bill seeking formation......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday fired a broadside at the government over the use of the Exit Control List (ECL) for restricting people’s freedom of......
BAKU: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived here on Thursday on a three-day official visit.Upon arrival at Baku international airport, Mr Sharif was accorded a warm welcome by Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime......
LAHORE: Eight suspected terrorists were killed in an ‘encounter’ in Dera Ghazi Khan on Thursday.According to a Counter Terrorism Department spokesman, the CTD personnel were working on a threat......
KARACHI: Four suspected militants were killed in a shootout with Rangers here on Thursday.Officials said that Rangers conducted a raid in Gadap, in an isolated area near the Northern Bypass, on......
Schools without permanent staffThe managers of educational institutions appear to be opening new educational institutions without doing their homework; five new colleges have been established over......
ISLAMABAD: A group of students will represent Pakistan in the International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) to be held in Bali, Indonesia, in December.Organised annually, the event exposes students to......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Thursday offered its platform to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), for an amicable solution to tax issues with the concerned......
ISLAMABAD: Personal and dramatic narratives and reflections of the challenges faced by communities and women in a patriarchal society found expression in a new exhibition that opened on Thursday.More......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) has stepped up preparations ahead of its Oct 30 ‘siege of Islamabad’, with party office-bearers being briefed on how to carry out an information......
In a resolution unanimously endorsed by the joint sitting of parliament, political parties across the board expressed undivided and unequivocal support for their Kashmiri brethren suffering Indian......
PESHAWAR: The representatives of Shinwari tribe on Thursday protested the ‘interference’ of the local political administration in the affairs of a taxi stand in Torkham.Holding banners and placards,......
THE world appears to be engulfed by the politics — and economics — of anger. Much of the ire stems from the ‘fallout’ of globalisation — freer trade and large-scale migration of people — and is......
ONCE again we have more than our fair share of the baffling and the routine, the two combining to produce the usual benumbing mix.There is consistency in the name of change. There’s the rediscovery......
WOULD you expect to see Qurratulain Hyder’s Aag ka Darya on the shelf of a public library in Glasgow? Probably not. But I actually found Annie Apa, as she was fondly called, in the Glasgow Women’s......
REKHA (not her real name), who lives in the Rangpur division of Bangladesh, got married when she was just 13 years old — “just after my first menstruation”, as she recalls. A year later, the......
