Following the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) workers after Islamabad police stormed the party’s youth convention, politicians expressed their views regarding the development.Pakistan Awami......
Pakistan left out discarded Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal from its list of central contracts announced on Thursday.The 36-year-old Afridi has not been selected since Pakistan's early exit from the......
Pakistan on Thursday defeated China 4-0 in their last match of the round robin of Asian Hockey Champions Trophy to confirm their berth into semifinal at Kuantan, Malaysia.The win also witnessed......
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho on Thursday was charged with misconduct over comments he made about the referee in charge of this month's game against Liverpool, the Football Association had......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Thursday gave a call for countrywide protests for October 27 after Islamabad police stormed PTI’s youth convention in Islamabad and arrested scores of......
The federal government on Thursday released Rs20 billion for parliamentarians to be used for uplift projects as recommended by lawmakers.The amount been released under the Public Sector Development......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Shaharyar Khan on Thursday approved a 15-member women's team to participate in the ICC Women Championship (Round - 7) and to tour Thailand to compete in the Women......
In a dramatic response to the Islamabad administration's order against public gatherings, Awami Muslim League (AML) Chief Sheikh Rashid has said that he will "tear Section 144 into 144 pieces.""On......
A US drone strike targeted a senior Al Qaeda leader in northeastern Afghanistan and his deputy on Sunday, a US military official said.The strike in Kunar province targeted Farouq al-Qahtani, Al......
Billionaire Mohamed Alabbar, one of Dubai's most prominent businessmen, plans a phone messaging service for the Middle East that aims to compete with services such as WhatsApp.Alabbar, who made his......
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday distanced itself from Sharbat Gula, Nat Geo's famed 'Afghan Girl' who has been detained by authorities in Pakistan for the......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday announced that Islamabad protest will be held at any cost on Nov 2.Talking to reporters in Islamabad, the PTI chief said protest is......
Special forces from China and Saudi Arabia have held their first joint anti-terrorism drills in China's latest effort to expand security ties with countries in the Middle East and its Muslim......
For many women in the country, the simple act of leaving the house can be uncomfortable, even intimidating — the probing gaze of the opposite sex is never far away.Fed-up with the constant unwanted......
The Foreign Secretary on Thursday summoned the Indian High Commissioner today and conveyed the decision of the Government of Pakistan to declare Surjeet Singh, an official of the Indian High......
Apple Inc said on Wednesday that its wireless AirPod headphones, which were supposed to hit the market this month, will be delayed.The company did not specify the reason for the delay."We don't......
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday ordered the Sindh government to shut all the liquor shops across the province.The high court was disposing off two legal petitions, seeking closure of illegal......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday ordered the capital administration not to place any containers or block roads during the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)'s scheduled "lockdown" of Islamabad......
At least two people were killed and 11 were injured when Indian forces opened fired along the Working Boundary and the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday.Along the LoC Indian troops opened fire in the......
Islamabad: Dawn, the much preferred media group to receive sensitive leaks, has become privy to yet another sensational leak.The leak has come in the shape of a hefty document prepared from sources......
PESHAWAR: Commuters suffered inconvenience on Wednesday as transporters blocked GT Road by burning old tyres and keeping passenger vehicles off the roads to protest increase in various taxes by the......
PESHAWAR: Students of the University of Peshawar (UoP) from Balochistan on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against the suicide bombing of a police training centre in Quetta.They demanded......
PESHAWAR: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has prescribed an easy solution to the federal government to foil the PTPs Nov 2 Islamabad lock down plan. Block the supply of hashish for two days and......
PESHAWAR: Provincial elementary and secondary education minister Mohammad Atif on Wednesday embarrassed the Jamaati - Islami in the Khyber Pakhtun khwa Assembly by asking the ruling PTI’s ally to......
PESHAWAR: An octogenarian Pakistani pilgrim who went missing from the grand mosque in Madina Saudi Arabia some six weeks ago has yet to be traced giving rise to suspicions that he might be in the......
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: The federal capital will be cut off from the rest of the country on Nov 2, no matter who controls its entry-exit points – law enforcement agencies or the protesting Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday observed that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) designated a space called the Democracy Park and Speech Corner in 2014 to political......
RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) President Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday claimed that Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) has issued him a notice to vacate Lal Haveli within 15 days.However,......
Ghazala Bangash started out as a driving instructor in 1976 and claims to have taught over 5,600 students in Islamabad since then. For young women learning how to drive in Islamabad, Ms Bangash is......
GUJRAT: Jhelum police on Wednesday captured a number of heavy vehicles and containers to use as blockades to stop activists of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) from marching on Islamabad.Setting up......
LAHORE: A boy died while six of his family members were injured when explosive material went off and the roof of their double-storey house collapsed in Mochi Gate on Wednesday.According to a Rescue......
LAHORE: The Punjab Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department has suspended postgraduate training of two young doctors of the Mayo Hospital in the wake of the recent torture incident.It......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Jahangir Tareen has moved the Lahore High Court against the National Assembly speaker for dismissing his party’s reference seeking disqualification of the......
LAHORE: Renowned singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan says he will hold a series of concerts in 48 cities across the globe to pay a tribute to his mentor Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in connection with his 20th......
HYDERABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah has advised both sides to exercise restraint and urged the Nawaz government to preclude the option of use of......
HYDERABAD: PPP central information secretary Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that in view of the present political situation, the four simple points presented by the PPP to the PML-N will only benefit......
KARACHI: There is a serious concern in and outside the country over the recent Supreme Court ruling which doesn’t recognise schizophrenia as a mental health illness. The ruling should be reviewed......
KARACHI: The legal proceedings remained suspended on Wednesday as lawyers observed a boycott of courts in protest against the militant attack on the police training centre in Quetta.The countrywide......
KARACHI: The first theatre festival organised by the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, which was supposed to be held in August but could not because of financial constraints, will now begin on Nov 3......
LONDON: Paul Beatty has became the first US author to win the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, which the novelist said should not be read as a “mono-directional” take on race.The jury......
TOKYO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he wants US troops out of his country in the next two years and is willing to scrap defence pacts with longtime ally Washington if......
KABUL: Militants linked to IS abducted and killed around 30 civilians, including children, in central Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, raising concerns about the group’s expanding presence......
DIYARBAKIR: Turkish police clashed with protesters in Diyarbakir on Wednesday, using tear gas and water cannon to prevent them demonstrating against the detention of the Kurdish-majority city’s......
TEHRAN: Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they had developed a “suicide drone” capable of delivering explosives to blow up targets at sea and on land.The new drone is primarily for......
Israeli archaeologists have made public a fragment of an ancient text which they say is the earliest Hebrew reference to Jerusalem outside the Bible — a discovery the government swiftly enlisted as......
NEW DELHI: The chefs who cook for the world’s leaders usually keep a low profile, leaving the limelight to their bosses. But once a year it is their turn to be wined and dined and treated as honoured......
BEIRUT: A veteran Christian leader is set to fill Lebanon’s long-vacant presidency in a deal that underlines the ascendancy of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement and the diminished role of Saudi......
CARACAS: Hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters rallied across Venezuela on Wednesday against socialist President Nicolas Maduro, whom they accuse of becoming a dictator by blocking a......
BEIRUT: Air strikes by Syrian or Russian warplanes killed at least 26 people, most of them school children, in a village in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province on Wednesday, rescue workers and a......
DHAKA: Bangladesh should not be content with just playing well but must rather try to win Test matches, opener Tamim Iqbal said on Wednesday ahead of the second Test against England in Dhaka.The home......
SINGAPORE: Svetlana Kuznetsova claimed her second titanic victory in a row when the Russian outlasted Karolina Pliskova 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) in a thrilling White Group encounter at the WTA Finals to......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday said the test report of seasoned off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez’s bowling action in biomechanics facility in Lahore is still awaited.“Hafeez’s......
LONDON: While the English League Cup lacks prestige, it still provides a platform in the early rounds for out-of-favour players or those lacking in confidence to make an impact.Liverpool striker......
BERLIN: Bayer Leverkusen twice squandered the lead before crashing out of the German Cup second round 4-3 on penalties at third-tier Sportfreunde Lotte on Tuesday to become the biggest casualty of......
MILAN: Three days after beating Juventus, the inexperience of AC Milan’s young squad showed in a 3-0 loss at Genoa on Tuesday that saw the 10-man Rossoneri waste a chance to take provisional top spot......
KARACHI: The 14th National Women’s Softball Championship will be held in Karachi in February next year, chairman of Sindh Softball Association (SSA) Mohammad Ali Shah announced here on Wednesday.He......
LAHORE: Barkatullah won the boys’ U-18 singles and doubles event while Maheen Aftab lifted the girls’ U-18 singles title as the first ZTBL National Junior Tennis Championships concluded here at the......
RANCHI: New Zealand beat India by 19 runs in the fourth One-day International to level the five-match series at 2-2 as the hosts suffered a mid-innings collapse at Ranchi on Wednesday.Chasing 261 for......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said Pakistan is committed to promoting economic cooperation through regional integration for achieving the goal of poverty reduction.Addressing......
ISLAMABAD: Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) grew 1.97 per cent year-on-year in the first two months of 2016-17, according to figures issued by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Wednesday.With......
KARACHI: The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has once again drawn the attention of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) towards malfunctioning of its e-filing system and demanded the Oct 31 deadline......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) issued a circular on Wednesday, providing a bigger markup subsidy and guarantee facility for rice-husking mills in Sindh.“To help the rice-husking mills of......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has made some important progress towards the ease of doing business for small and medium-sized enterprises, finds the latest edition of the World Bank Group’s Doing Business......
KARACHI: After a volatile session, stocks retreated for the third successive session on Wednesday with the KSE-100 index recording a decline by 237.95 points (0.58 per cent) to close at 40,526.81.At......
KARACHI: Six out of 10 bank accounts across Pakistan are being used just once a month — for accepting a single payment, paid-in and one single ‘cash-out’ transaction each month.According to a new......
KARACHI: Renewed selling pressure pushed cotton prices lower in line with global trend on Wednesday. Spinners suddenly withdrew to the sidelines and only indulged in small-lot deals to meet their......
LONDON: Gold was little changed on Wednesday but analysts expect further gains after a retreat in the dollar and signs of healthy physical demand.Gold had the potential to claw higher in the short......
ISLAMABAD: The authorities issued a death warrant for a mentally ill condemned prisoner on Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled that his schizophrenia is “not a permanent mental disorder”.Lawyers......
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of the real estate and construction sector on Wednesday backtracked on their commitments made to the government before the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance,......
ISLAMABAD: Most political parties have opposed the proposed ban on public rallies and advertisements during the 2018 elections and expressed reservations over various other clauses of the draft code......
ISLAMABAD: The government could not satisfy the opposition members about its plan to overcome the electricity crisis and CPEC’s western route in the Parliamentary Committee on the China-Pakistan......
QUETTA: “`Who is hiding under the charpoy?’ Capt Roohullah had shouted out. His words still ring in my ears,” recalled Abdullah Khan, one among hundreds of recruits trapped inside Quetta’s police......
QUETTA: The Balochistan apex committee has decided to constitute a powerful inquiry commission to investigate the gun-and-suicide attack on the Police Training College, Quetta, that claimed the......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday engaged in a detailed consultation with the civil and military officials of Balochistan after meeting the Karachi Corps Commander where......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected petitions challenging the mode of appointment of superior court judges through the Judicial Commission — a judicial forum constituted under the 18th......
PESHAWAR: The green-eyed Afghan woman whose picture famously made it to the cover of the National Geographic magazine decades ago was arrested on Wednesday by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat, headed by Talha Mehmood of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), on Wednesday expressed its amazement over the number of posts of......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday declined to commit funds for the $14 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam project and called for governance reforms to encourage private investment and......
ISLAMABAD/SIALKOT/MUZAFFARABAD: Heavy mortar shelling by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on villages along the Working Boundary continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, killing......
JUST two years ago, it was said the jihadis could conquer Baghdad. Today they are on the run. When it began its assault on Mosul, the Iraqi army said it hoped to liberate the city within two months.......
RECENTLY, the CSS written examination results were announced — apparently, only a dismal two per cent had passed. The poor result triggered many discussions across various media about the dwindling......
LAST week I looked into the details of one Chinese solar power project that is struggling to be born in the Quaid-i-Azam Solar Park in Bahawalpur because at the last minute, Nepra, the power......
THE apparent consensus among the major political parties against the democratic structuring of their organisations is one of the main reasons for people’s progressive alienation from democratic......
