An officer of Pakistan Army, Lt Col Shahid, died on Saturday evening after falling into a ditch near Hazro on the Rawalpindi-Peshawar Motorway, while another officer sustained serious injuries, the......
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on Saturday sought the resignation from Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan over what they termed his failure to implement the National Action Plan (NAP).PPP......
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday announced a Rs50,000 cash prize for ASI Farzana of Islamabad Police for her exemplary professional behaviour during the PTI protest on Thursday......
Pakistan on Saturday defeated Malysia and qualified for the final of Asian Hockey Champions Trophy, where the green shirts will face their traditional rivals India on Sunday for the championship......
Four family members were reportedly killed on Saturday and many others injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at a religious gathering in Karachi's Nazimabad area, DawnNews reported.The......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said that the ruling PML-N will complete its term and will form government for the next five years.The prime minister was addressing a public gathering in......
Information Minister Parvaiz Rasheed has resigned from his position as Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage, DawnNews reported Saturday.A statement issued by the Prime......
Making an emotional plea for the release of Dr Asim Hussain, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday said the PPP loyalist should not be treated like a "Lal......
Seventy-five percent of internet use will be mobile in 2017, up slightly from this year, as a growing number of consumers around the world access the web on smartphones and tablets, media buying......
India is offering to buy hundreds of fighter planes from foreign manufacturers - as long as the jets are made in India and with a local partner, air force officials say.A deal for 200 single-engine......
Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq on Saturday defended the celebratory press-ups his players do after high-profile successes, despite criticism by some Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmakers back......
Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Saturday recovered a large cache of weapons and ammunition from a house in Karachi's Baldia Town area, a statement issued by the paramilitary force said.The weapons were......
Pakistan are determined to complete a historic 9-0 rout of the West Indies when the two teams meet in the third and final Test in Sharjah from Sunday.Having blanked their opponents 3-0 in both the......
Two Indian soldiers have been killed by suspected militants along the Line of Control (LoC), officials said Saturday.An army officer said militants overnight ambushed an Indian army patrol, killing......
Chief Minister of Sindh Murad Ali Shah decided on Saturday that the implementation of his earlier order for the closure of wedding halls by 10pm should be postponed till Feb 1.Earlier in October, the......
This blog was originally published on October 29, 2016.The news first broke when I was in the north of Kashmir in Vijbal, a town of less than a hundred households.My cousins had invited me for dinner......
This blog was originally published on October 29, 2016.The news first broke when I was in the north of Kashmir in Vijbal, a town of less than a hundred households.My cousins had invited me for dinner......
Expelled official of the Indian High Commission, Surjeet Singh, left Pakistan to return to India on Friday night.Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry had summoned the Indian High Commissioner......
As mudslinging between the ruling party and opposition PTI reached an all time high, outspoken Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Senator Mushahidullah Khan on Friday said he was shocked by Pakistan......
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday in a message to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) asked, "In this country, does the judiciary only serve the powerful?""Our institutions......
Zayn Malik teams up with Versace for new fashion lineZayn Malik and Versace have announced a new upcoming collaboration and fashion line under their Versus label entitled ZAYNxVERSUS.“When we first......
Cosmo and the Magic Sneeze, by Gwyneth Rees, is about a cat called Cosmo. And Cosmo is not an ordinary cat but a witch cat with magic whiskers … yes! Cosmo can cast a spell with his sneeze!It isn’t......
Isn’t it amazing how letters form words and words come together to form sentences. And those sentences are combined for stories to be told, for songs to be sung, bitter fights to occur and for......
If you have the same earphone cords or data cable as your friends’, chances are that you might mix them up and mistake theirs as yours.These days, headphones, ear buds and data cable come in all......
Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary!CouthAdjectiveDefinition: Cultured, refined, and well mannered.Examples: “All perfectly couth and prosperous, not a blade of......
Britain’s first roller-coaster restaurantA restaurant at Alton Towers brings a new meaning to fast food — the meals travel to diners via a 400m roller-coaster.As UK’s first roller-coaster restaurant,......
Childhood seems to be synonymous with innocence. Innocence makes a person walk on the path of truth and walking on that path makes one bold. Hence, children often possess the kind of courage that......
As we grow older and move to higher grades, taking notes in the class becomes an integral part of learning. A teacher comes to the class, delivers a lecture and announces a test scheduled a couple of......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a multiparty conference here on Friday urged the federal government to accept the demands of the people displaced from South Waziristan Agency without delay for the......
KOHAT: The PTI workers on Friday staged a protest outside the Fortress Ground, the venue of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s public meeting, against the police’s crackdown on the party’s youth......
RAWALPINDI: The entire country’s attention was focused on Rawalpindi for most of the day on Friday, where Sheikh Rashid was to hold a jalsa where Imran Khan had promised to make an appearance.The......
“I am from a village in Pindi Bhattian, which is a sub-district of the Hafizabad district. The region is known for its production of fine quality rice and I used to work in a rice field. After floods......
ISLAMABAD: While PTI workers were battling the police in Rawalpindi on Friday, people were taken aback to see Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), a proscribed group, holding a rally in the heart of......
NAROWAL: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has ordered the district government to pay Rs500,000 to the families of each deceased and Rs25,000 to 100,000 to each injured person who came under Indian......
BAHAWALPUR: The Baghdadul Jadid police claim to have recovered a cache of illegal arms from a canal near the city late Thursday night.Sources told Dawn that a police team raided the dried-up Ahmedpur......
KARACHI: Just about everyone on the walking track of Aga Khan University Hospital’s (AKUH) Sports and Rehabilitation Centre on Friday was wearing pink. If anyone had some other colour on, there were......
KARACHI: Deputy mayor of Karachi Arshad Vohra demanded on Friday that the Sindh government restore the bank accounts of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), frozen on Wednesday with that of......
KARACHI: Dr Asim Hussain on Friday suffered transient ischemic attack (TIA), often referred to as mini-stroke, in the ‘sub-jail’ of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), hospital officials......
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has expressed his reservations over the Sindh part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor saying that his government will try to attend the CPEC......
GENEVA: Forces of the militant Islamic State group in Iraq have abducted tens of thousands of men, women and children from areas around Mosul and are using them as “human shields” in strategic sites......
CALAIS: Dozens of migrant youths stranded for two days in the Calais ‘Jungle’ as it was being demolished were offered transfers out of the camp on Friday as France and Britain battled over who was to......
JAKARTA: An Indonesian Muslim designer has drawn global attention with a collection featuring hijabs combined with glittering gowns and flowing tunics, defying conservative critics in her homeland......
NEW DELHI: Farooq Abdullah, the former chief minister of India-held Kashmir, on Friday called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the situation in the occupied Valley.During the......
NEW DELHI: A string of vaguely related events have strained India-China ties of late and on Friday, in unusually sharp words, Beijing warned New Delhi against a planned visit by the Dalai Lama to a......
WASHINGTON: The FBI is telling Congress it is investigating whether new emails that may contain classified information have emerged in its probe of Hillary Clinton’s private server. The FBI said in......
WASHINGTON: The Army said on Friday it has determined that suicide was the cause of death of a two-star general who was found dead in his home on a military base in Alabama.Maj. Gen. John Rossi was......
MANILA: Five Filipino fishermen released after being held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years broke down as they were reunited with their families on Friday, recounting beatings and......
BEIJING: Chinese Communist chief Xi Jinping’s ascension to the highest title in the party hierarchy formalises his position as its pre-eminent figure, analysts said, making him the country’s most......
LOS ANGELES: One of Hollywood’s most bankable stars and a huge favourite among cinema-goers worldwide, Tom Hanks has appeared in some of the most successful and critically acclaimed movies of all......
VISAKHAPATNAM: Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s leadership as well as finishing skills will be put through a stern test when an inconsistent India take on a rejuvenated New Zealand in the series-deciding fifth......
SINGAPORE: Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska overpowered Karolina Pliskova 7-5 6-3 on Friday to clinch the last available place in the semi-finals of the WTA tour championship and stay on course to defend......
KARACHI: The 49th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Sailing Championship was inaugurated at an impressive ceremony held at the Marina Club, venue for the competition, on Friday......
KARACHI: Habib Girls School outplayed their rivals in under-19 and under-17 categories to win back-to-back titles at the Karachi Girls Netball Cup which concluded at City School PAF here on......
DHAKA: Tamim Iqbal scored his eighth Test century before Moeen Ali took 5-57 to spark a spectacular collapse as England dismissed Bangladesh for 220 runs on the first day of the second Test on......
ISLAMABAD: The prices of all petroleum products are set to increase up to 15.6 per cent if the government ignores political challenges and accepts recommendations of the Oil and Gas Regulatory......
KARACHI: The board of directors of Hascol Petroleum Limited (Hascol) has approved a lube oil blending and grease plant worth Rs1.8 billion with expected commissioning in two years.In a notice sent to......
KARACHI: Bank financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) rose 14 per cent to Rs297.5 billion in 2015-16, a State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) report said on Friday.However, despite economic......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved a comprehensive regulatory framework for the public offering of debt and equity securities.Its objective is to......
KARACHI: Nishat Mills announced on Friday a consolidated profit attributable to majority shareholders of Rs1.6 billion for the first quarter of 2016-17, up 31 per cent year-on-year.Topline Securities......
KARACHI: Stocks staged another roller-coaster session on the last trading day of the week, with the benchmark KSE-100 index taking a deep plunge of 449 points within the first 15 minutes of the......
SAN FRANCISCO: Uber on Thursday laid out a vision for on-demand aircraft that can whisk commuters to home or work in a fraction of the time it would take on the road.The ride-sharing giant assessed......
KARACHI: Easy conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Friday amid panic selling from ginners who rushed to offload their stocks at falling prices. The sentiment remained depressed and outlook......
NEW DEHLI: For India’s dream of taking the baton of global growth from China, its savings rate is flashing a warning sign.Gross national savings as a per cent of the South Asian nation’s gross......
ISLAMABAD: The Insaf Lawyers’ Forum (Islamabad chapter) — the lawyers’ body of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf — gave the Islamabad High Court an undertaking on Friday that the party would hold its......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday voiced its concern over the build-up of unprotected weapons usable fissile material in India.“This build-up has been facilitated by the 2008 Nuclear Suppliers Group......
KARACHI: The Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) is planning to launch a ferry service from the Marina Club, DHA, to Port Qasim to facilitate the daily commuters looking to avoid the city’s......
ISLAMABAD: In what appeared to be a policy change, the government has decided to set up a new 1,200MW power plant based on imported re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) on a fast-track basis to......
ISLAMABAD: The wife of a convict who is suffering from schizophrenia sought a stay order against his hanging scheduled for Nov 2 through an application filed before the Supreme Court on Friday.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and the Italian Air Force (IAF) have agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in professional training besides participating in mutually conducted exercises.The......
NEW DELHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has alleged that India has been subverting Pakistan to take the heat off a beleaguered Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, but this tactic is not......
TEN days from a historic US election, the latest polling data suggests the presidential race is tightening once again after a disastrous stretch for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump.According to......
• Activists baton-charged, held • Qadri to stay away from Nov 2 ‘lockdown’ISLAMABAD: A day after he resolved to attend a public meeting called by Sheikh Rashid’s Awami Muslim League, Pakistan......
RIYADH: Yemeni rebels have launched one of their longest-range strikes against Saudi Arabia, firing a ballistic missile that was shot down near Makkah, the Saudi-led coalition fighting them said on......
MUZAFFARABAD/SIALKOT: Three people, including a child, were killed and six others were injured in heavy shelling by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the Line of Control in Azad Jammu and......
KOHAT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had lost confidence in the Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf because the party had failed to bring about change in any......
AS the Supreme Court is presently seized of the Panama leaks’ issue, often portrayed as the ‘greatest example of corruption’ and raised to a level akin to a ‘national security threat’, it would be......
ALL the noise being made by various players jockeying for power in and around the federal capital has not distracted me for a moment from the feat of that remarkable young man who had a split second......
IT would be a grave mistake to consider the fact of five public figures from New Delhi going to Srinagar on Oct 25 to talk to the Hurriyat leaders, as signifying an end to the political impasse......
India has a population of over a billion, a thriving economy, a respected voice, a powerful military and an ancient civilisation. Its scientists have put a satellite into orbit around Mars.So how......
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Friday said if Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) challenges the writ of state then action would be taken against them according to law.“PTI had planned to......
