A boy was killed and 15 other people, including women and children, were reportedly injured when an explosion occurred outside Dar-i-Abbas Imambargah on Monday evening in Karachi's Liaquatabad area,......
Despite a fighting hundred by Darren Bravo Pakistan pulled off a tension-packed 56-run victory against West Indies in the first day-night Test in Dubai on Monday.Bravo kept Pakistan's victory bid on......
An Indian film festival on Monday dropped a Pakistani film from its programme after protesters threatened to disrupt the screening in Mumbai.Organisers of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival said they......
Uber has launched rickshaw ride-hailing service uberAuto in Lahore, read a statement issued on Monday.The service was inaugurated by Punjab Information Technology Board Chairman Umar Saif.Speaking at......
Former speedster Shoaib Akhtar said he had warned pacer Mohammad Amir back in 2010 to avoid meeting bookies who might lure him to match fixing.Shoaib was of the view that match fixing was at its peak......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf announced Monday that the new date for its much talked about Islamabad sit-in is November 2.Senior leaders of party met in the capital today to decide a new date for the......
The Ministry of Interior on Monday issued a notification calling for a 90-day extension in the Ranger's operation in Karachi.The notification was prepared at the request of the Government of......
The series scheduled to be played between India and Pakistan's women's cricket teams remains in doubt as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not responded to Pakistan Cricket Board's......
China sprang to long-time ally Pakistan's defence on Monday after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi branded Pakistan a “mothership of terrorism” at a summit of BRICS nations.Modi's remarks to a......
Iraqi forces launched an offensive on Monday to retake Mosul and deal a death blow to the militant Islamic State (IS) group's self-proclaimed caliphate in the city where it was declared two years......
Indian police have seized more than 150 pigeons in held Kashmir allegedly smuggled for the purpose of espionage, reported Times of India on Sunday.The pigeons were found in the possession of three......
Pakistan Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq on Monday announced a 15-member squad for the second Test against West Indies in the UAE.The Team has been finalised through consultations with the National......
Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakria on Monday alleged that India has committed more than 90 ceasefire violations in 2016."During 2016, India violated ceasefire more than 90 times. This must......
Leg-spinner Yasir Shah told DawnNews on Sunday that he was extremely happy at becoming the first Asian and second all-time fastest bowler to take 100 Test wickets at the close of the fourth day of......
Songdo, South Korea is not a place that would normally spring to mind as a venue for an Indo-Pak confrontation. Last week, however, the boardrooms of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) witnessed a......
China launched a pair of astronauts into space Monday on a mission to dock with an experimental space station and remain aboard for 30 days in preparation for the start of operations by a full-bore......
At least 30 people were killed in a road accident Monday as two intercity buses collided in Rahim Yar Khan's Khanpur area, officials said.“The death toll has climbed to 30,” Hassan Iqbal, police......
CONSPIRACY theories: we’ve heard them at the dinner table, we’ve forwarded them on WhatsApp, and we’ve debated them online and on talk shows. Proponents of conspiracy theories can be found in every......
THE 2016 Amendment to Offences in the Name/ Pretext of Honour Act has had mixed reactions. Some celebrate the reforms while others consider these to be a mere ‘smokescreen’. For decades, legal and......
THE smoke-filled newsrooms of English dailies in the Dubai of the 1980s where a clutch of newspapers had just debuted should normally have been centres of conflict. Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and......
MR António Guterres is the perfect pick for the “most impossible job in the world”. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I headed UNAMI in Baghdad and was much impressed by the ability, humanity,......
PARIS: Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani netted his ninth goal of the Ligue 1 season as Paris St Germain geared up for next week’s Champions League match with a 2-1 win at bottom club Nancy on......
vMILAN: Edin Dzeko scored twice to set up a 3-1 win for AS Roma away to Napoli in the battle for second place in Serie A on Saturday and Paulo Dybala also notched up a brace for leaders Juventus in......
BERLIN: Bayern Munich’s early-season euphoria has vanished after the Bundesliga leaders twice surrendered the lead in a 2-2 draw at 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday for the German giants’ third......
MOTEGI (Japan): Honda rider Marc Marquez secured his third MotoGP championship in four years on Sunday by winning the Japanese Grand Prix after his nearest rivals Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo......
SHANGHAI: Andy Murray powered his way to a third Shanghai Masters title by beating Spanish 15th seed Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 in Sunday’s final to close in on Novak Djokovic at the top of......
DUBAI: Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo took a career-best eight-wicket haul to help West Indies bowl out Pakistan for 123 in their second innings on the fourth day of the first Test in Dubai on......
HAVING bowled West Indies out for 357 in the first session, Pakistan rightly decided not to enforce the follow on despite being 222 runs in the lead here on Sunday and could make things a lot more......
DHARAMSALA: Bowlers set up India’s comprehensive six-wicket win over New Zealand in the first One-day International as batting mainstay Virat Kohli anchored the hosts’ chase in the low-scoring......
KARACHI: In a rare honour for the country, the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) has appointed former Pakistan captain Islahuddin Siddiqui as the Chairman Jury of Appeals for the upcoming Asian Champions......
LONDON: Charlie Austin scored twice as Southampton beat Burnley 3-1 at St Mary’s on Sunday to climb into the top eight of the Premier League.The south coast club were in dominant form, with Nathan......
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi took just touches of the ball to score on his return from injury as Barcelona thrashed Deportivo la Coruna 4-0 on Saturday, showing that he is ready to take on his former......
LAHORE: The Fatima Jinnah Medical University (FJMU) students are bearing the brunt of alleged flaw in the varsity Act as the institute has once again been barred from conducting examinations of its......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is yet to remove the incumbent chairman of Punjab Board of Investment & Trade (PBIT) Khwaja Muzaffar Miraj and one of the members of board of directors despite the......
Rubbina Gogi’s urge to draw and paint can’t wait for a suitable time, subject or material. She always has an impulsive start and mostly finishes her works in a single sitting. It’s not her habit to......
PARACHINAR: Authorities have closed three border crossing points with Afghanistan in Kurram tribal region for indefinite period after a suicide attack on a checkpost.The closure of the border has......
With over two months left in the constitutional two-year life of military courts set up to try ‘terrorists’, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Oct 13 that Chief of Army Staff......
PESHAWAR: The Gandhara Hindko Academy has published a book of ‘Charbaitas’ or special form of poetry of great Hindko mystic poet Sain Ghulam Deen Hazarvi.The 130-page publication, “Hindko Charbaitay......
BATTAGRAM: Residents of Bateela union council here on Sunday protested against the authorities for not building a bridge over the Sheeri Khwar River.Talking to reporters, they said that they had made......
THE textile industry is in a dilemma as cotton trade between Pakistan and India has been hit by a rise in border tension; and traders across the border, being uncertain of future developments, are......
WHILE government leaders claimed this month’s telecom spectrum auction was not just a successful one, but ‘a big achievement,’ analysts and experts dismissed the ‘tepid’ industry response as a major......
Politicians propose; markets dispose. Last week began with a statement by Theresa May, the UK prime minister, of her plans for Brexit. The foreign currency markets responded by writing down the value......
Let us face facts: the European project is in trouble. With the growing threat of terrorism, the refugee crisis, lacklustre economic growth and unemployment, the turmoil in Europe is......
Deplorable conditions can be seen at Hyderabad’s private slaughter house with the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation or the district administration unable to check it.Neither of the authorities forces......
THE Punjab government’s Rs100bn interest-free loan to farmers is a long-awaited and much-needed step. The rising cost of inputs and declining prices of outputs had not only created a yawning income......
Amidst the domestic debate of a political nature over the route and benefits of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the International Monetary Fund has come up with its analysis of the pros and......
In a surprise move, Morinaga Milk Company of Japan, late last month, announced that it planned to set up manufacturing facilities worth Rs4.8bn for Morinage infant formula products in Pakistan.A......
IN the local currency market, trading operation last week were three sessions on account of two-day public holiday being October 11-12, on the occasion of Ashura.With the country’s forex reserves at......
THE government raised Rs62.24bn from the auction of Market Treasury Bills of various tenors held last Thursday, missing its target of Rs250bn and also falling short of the received amount of......
PAKISTAN has lost its share in global carpet trade as its export value declined by more than 50pc over the last decade, down from $278m in 2005-06 to $97.680m in 2015-16.Quantity-wise also, the......
Profitable companies/groups tend to self-finance their investment to sustain their businesses without bank borrowing and equity support from the capital market; helped by tax incentives if capital......
THE Spectator is one of the oldest magazines being published continuously in English. Launched in 1928 from London, the weekly’s chief focus is on politics and culture.As The Spectator was popular in......
LARKANA: A large number of contractual employees of the zakat and ushr department held a demonstration outside the Bhuttos’ mausoleum in Ghari Khuda Bukhsh Bhutto on Sunday against the provincial......
THATTA: Comrade Lakhano Behrani — one of the first flag-bearers of leftist movements in Sindh — passed away at his home in Ramzan Behrani village at the age of 71 on Sunday. He had been suffering......
KARACHI: Women and children followed the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s caravan on Sunday as the two-storey bus he was on made its way, from the congested two-lane......
RAWALPINDI: An organ trafficking ring operating in Rawalpindi has been busted by the police who recovered 20 men and four women being detained illegally.The police have launched an investigation into......
ISLAMABAD: The Expanded Programme of Immunisation (EPI) has decided to administer a vaccine for Rotavirus, the most common cause of diarrhoea and vomiting in infants, in the routine immunisation from......
KHEWRA: It is a hot, summer weekend and the narrow road passing through the hilly town of Khewra is lined with cars, their owners busy exploring the Khewra Salt Mines, which were discovered 2,342......
RAWALPINDI: Best served with diced green chillies, lemon juice and ginger and borrowed from Arabic cuisine, haleem is a complete meal in itself, taste and nutrition wise.The dish is particularly......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided in principle to change the date of its protest sit-in in Islamabad.The party will, however, decide on Monday whether it will go ahead with its......
Pakistan-Norway migration seminarA lecture seminar organised by the Pakistan-Norway Association (Pana) featuring Dr Torunn Arnstsen Sajjad at the Serena Hotel was attended by Anne Dessigthon, the......
ISLAMABAD: After 14 years, the Islamabad Museum has added another attraction to its permanent connection from the 2nd to 4th centuries, the statue of Bodhisattva.Sculpted from schist stone, the......
KARACHI: With a daylong massive show of strength on the streets of Karachi, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday hinted at capturing the city’s political arena in the 2018......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two security personnel were killed and another one was injured in firing from across the Afghan border in Angor Adda area of South Waziristan tribal region on Sunday.Sources said......
LAHORE: Shahbaz Taseer’s alleged kidnapper and five other suspected militants were killed in an ‘encounter’ with a team of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) near Sheikhupura late on Saturday......
ISLAMABAD: The losses incurred by three major public sector entities (PSEs) — the Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Railways and Pakistan Steel Mills — have surged to about Rs705 billion in......
MUZAFFARABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has said that Kashmir is Pakistan’s jugular vein and it will continue to extend moral, diplomatic and political support to Kashmiris for attainment of......
HAVANA: The government of Pakistan has approved 15,000 tonnes of rice for the people of Cuba who were hit by the Hurricane Matthew recently.A ceremony held at the Port of Havana for handing over a......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has become the first head of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s (Saarc) Anti-Corruption Forum (ACF) for a year.“It is a great achievement for NAB as well as......
ISLAMABAD: Senior leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) will meet on Monday (today) to decide a new date for the party’s planned siege of Islamabad.Talking to Dawn, PTI vice-chairman Shah......
KHUZDAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Sunday that the people of Balochistan would resist foreign interference in their province.He was speaking at a ‘peace......
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong said on Sunday that the passage going through the western part of Pakistan to Gwadar was definitely a part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor......
DHAKA: Prison authorities in Bangladesh’s southern city of Khulna on Sunday executed an extremist whose banned group has been linked to the murder of foreign hostages.Asadul Islam, 42, a leader of......
OTTAWA: The phenomenon that is Justin Trudeau continues to soar one year after his landslide election.On the eve of this anniversary, the Canadian prime minister’s approval rating reached 65 per cent......
MOSCOW: A dissertation council reviewing work on the mediaeval era is not normally national news, but Russia was abuzz this month when historians convened to pass judgement: was the culture minister......
WASHINGTON: The United States urged Saudi Arabia on Sunday to recommit to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Yemen.The appeal for ending hostilities in the strife-torn Middle Eastern country......
On his birthday Thais wore yellow, when he got sick they put on pink, and now that King Bhumibol Adulyadej has passed Bangkok’s streets have turned monochrome in a extraordinary display of collective......
BEIRUT: Turkey-backed rebels captured the northern Syrian town of Dabiq from the militant Islamic State (IS) group on Sunday, dealing a major symbolic blow to the militants.The defeat for IS came as......
BEIJING: China will launch a manned space mission on Monday, official media said, as the Asian giant works towards setting up its own space station.Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong will......
PORTSMOUTH: Donald Trump has challenged Hillary Clinton to a drug test before their next debate, suggesting the Democrat was “pumped up” on performance-enhancing drugs in a stunning new twist to the......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday continued to define Pakistan as the hub of terrorism, telling BRICS leaders’ meeting in Goa that India’s neighbour was the mother ship of the......
GWADAR: Iranian forces seized 20 Pakistani fishing boats along with fishermen in the Arabian Sea near the Jewani area of Makran coast on Sunday.The Iranian forces intercepted the boats when they......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani has accused India of using the Saarc platform to further its political agenda against Pakistan.Mr Rabbani called upon the other member states of the South......
GROWING Chinese investments in Pakistan have the potential to lift the economy’s potential output, but the repayment obligations that come with this investment will be serious, warns the IMF in its......
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Sunday called on the US-led coalition to avoid civilian casualties in the battle to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from the militant Islamic State (IS)......
Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Sunday said that India had no moral ground to talk about counter-terrorism efforts and pointing fingers at other states as Indian state......
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to increase the number of domestic and international flights by acquiring at least eight wide-body aircraft from the international market."PIA will......
