The graduation ceremony of 117 Combat Support Course of PAF cadets, 83rd Engineering Course of Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) cadets and commissioning of 1st GD(P) of Kuwait Air Force (KuAF) cadets was......
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday issued a show cause notice to ARY News for telecasting comments "based on hearsay, trying to spread fear and apparently attempting to......
The iconic seventh-century defaced Buddha at Jahan Abad, Swat, at last, got its face back after a nine-year-long wait following a scientific restoration process conducted by Italian......
The government on Monday announced details about the committee constituted to launch an inquiry into the Dawn's story and asked it to submit the report within 30 days, it has been learnt.Justice......
Nat Geo's famed 'Afghan Girl' Sharbat Gula on Tuesday refused to stay in Pakistan in response to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government's offer to stop her deportation from the country.A special......
More than 200 suspected militants laid down their arms and vowed to abandon violent struggle at a ceremony held at Balochistan Chief Minister's Secretariat on Monday."The ferraris who laid down their......
Two people have been arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department for the murder of famed qawwal Amjad Sabri and other high-profile cases, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah told journalists on......
Back in the day, I remember spending hours after school at the British Council Library that once stood at McNeil Road.The eventual closure of the library left a void I always sought to fill in this......
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday announced his support for the United States presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton.In response to a tweet saying that Clinton......
Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Monday confirmed death sentences of nine "hardcore terrorists", including those who fired at a PIA plane landing at Peshawar Airport in 2014.The firing on......
The troops of Pakistan Army conducted night field manoeuvre exercise to validate operational plans besides enhancing preparedness.Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif visited exercise......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan has said that the replacement for Test Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq has not been decided yet.While talking about who will replace Test captain......
China adopted a controversial cybersecurity law on Monday to counter what Beijing says are growing threats such as hacking and terrorism, although the law has triggered concern from foreign business......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan speaking to journalists after a Supreme Court (SC) hearing on Monday raised questions about the timeline of ownership of the Sharif family's Mayfair......
At least three persons were killed and five others injured as Pakistan and India border troops resumed firing across the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday.A 30-year old police constable, Imtiaz, died......
We’ve all done it. Had that moment where you forgot that you were holding your phone in one hand. Then there is that heart stopping moment when your phone slips from your grasp and free falls to the......
Police and protesters face off in Karachi on Monday as demonstrators call for the release of religious workers a day after top Shia cleric Mirza Yusuf Husain and a leader of the proscribed Ahle......
In compliance with an earlier Supreme Court (SC) order, the written replies of Maryam, Hassan and Hussain Nawaz were submitted before a five-member bench of the apex court on Monday.The PM's counsel,......
I have never pelted stones or fought with the police. As a Peoples Party jiyala in my youth, I was an active political worker.I addressed hundreds of rallies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,......
PESHAWAR: Originated several decades ago in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the truck art is slowly carving out a niche for itself in the contemporary fine arts owing to its novel way of expression.Most truck......
LANDI KOTAL: About 21 suspected persons were taken into custody during a search operation in different localities of Jamrud on Sunday.Curfew was imposed in most parts of Jamrud including Jamrud......
ISLAMABAD: After operating as a delivery service for a long time and then from a small outlet in the Safa Gold Mall, Tiger Temple has now opened a dine-in outlet at the Beverly Centre.The small......
RAWALPINDI: An intelligence agency has raised serious concerns over the lack of proper security arrangements in educational institutions across Punjab, adding major security lapses were being......
RAWALPINDI: The residents of the city again witnessed gridlocks on almost all major roads on Sunday.Hundreds of commuters remained stuck for hours on Murree Road, Bank Road and Mareer Chowk.Efforts......
TAXILA: Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan of Lahore High Court (LHC) here on Saturday said the provision of speedy justice was the top priority of the judiciary.He stated this while addressing a judicial......
LAHORE: As PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zaradri is expected to camp in Lahore later this month, the workers believe that he has a fair chance of reviving the party in Punjab in the face of the......
BAHAWALPUR: Punjab Sports and Education Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan on Sunday inaugurated the district administration’s project for revival and promotion of sports in public schools at the......
LAYYAH: The three-day Thal festival and jeep rally ended with a bang here on Saturday night in Choubara, the desert tehsil of Layyah district.The first Thal jeep rally was organised by the Punjab......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Traffic remained blocked at a railway level crossing near Shorkot Cantonment Railway Station when a cloth-laden trailer turned over on the tracks on Sunday.The trailer was......
SIALKOT: Federal Minister for Defence and Water and Power Khawaja Asif said the country’s defence is in strong hands and the present government has made it hard to beat.He said the armed forces of......
GUJRAT: Police on Sunday claimed to have unraveled the mystery shrouding murder of five people some two months ago at Moinuddin Pur village, saying a 16-year-old boy turned out to be “killer” of his......
KARACHI: A leader of the banned Ahle Sunnat Waljamaat (ASWJ) and the head of a Shia organisation were among several people apprehended by law enforcers on Sunday following the resurgence in targeted......
KARACHI: Mary Chase’s play Harvey is a fascinating study of man’s need for creating a world, apart from the one that he lives in, to give his existence some semblance of meaningfulness. It is the......
KARACHI: Amar Jalil, leading fiction writer in Sindh, read a short story in front of the packed audience on the lawns of the hotel that brought down the curtains on the three-day Sindh Literature......
HYDERABAD: A total of 6,397 candidates (2,423 male and 3,974 female) took the entry test for admission to the Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro campus, held......
PEMBROKE PINES: Fighting as a party of one, Donald Trump vowed on Saturday to press into Democratic strongholds over the campaign’s final days as Hillary Clinton looked to an army of A-list......
NEW DELHI: Britain’s prime minister arrived in India late on Sunday on her first bilateral visit outside the European Union since taking office, as she looks for a post-Brexit trade deal with the......
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated Mass before a thousand prisoners specially invited to the Vatican, giving them a message of hope while denouncing the “hypocrisy” of society.The event......
Based on its analysis of media endorsements, electoral trends and opinion surveys, Dawn understands that Democrat Hillary Clinton is more likely than her Republican rival Donald Trump to win the......
TIKRIT: Suicide bombers driving ambulances packed with explosives detonated their vehicles at a checkpoint and a car park for Shia pilgrims in two Iraqi cities on Sunday, killing at least 25 people,......
AL AIN: A dome-less mosque designed by a Bangladeshi woman architect and a Beirut institute by the late Zaha Hadid were among six projects awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture on Sunday.The......
KABUL: An Australian working for a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Afghanistan was reported kidnapped in the capital Kabul on Saturday, officials said.“The Australian Embassy in Kabul......
DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh have arrested dozens of people following fresh violence against Hindus, a senior officer said on Sunday, after a spate of attacks prompted concerns the authorities were......
LONDON: Efforts to build a new global deal to tackle climate change were for many years criticised for moving at glacial pace. But this week climate negotiators meeting in Morocco find themselves......
WASHINGTON: Estelle Liebow Schultz, who is 98, was born before her fellow countrywomen had the right to vote.Now she has proudly cast a ballot for the candidate she hopes will make history as the......
PERTH: Emerging South African paceman Kagiso Rabada claimed three crucial wickets as South Africa closed in on an emphatic victory against Australia on the fourth day of the opening Test in Perth on......
NELSON: Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur predicted on Sunday the two-match series in New Zealand will keenly contested.Arthur knows as well as anyone that New Zealand’s seam-friendly pitches are a......
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Sunday acquitted cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife on charges of torturing an 11-year-old girl whom he employed as a maid, a prosecutor said.Police last year......
HARARE: Dhananjaya de Silva scored his second Test century to lift Sri Lanka to 290 for five at the close of play on the opening day of the second Test against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on......
PARIS: Andy Murray celebrated his impending rise to the world number one ranking with a 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4 victory against John Isner to claim his maiden Paris Masters title and his eighth......
LONDON: Liverpool swept to the top of the Premier League as Sadio Mane’s double inspired a 6-1 rout of Watford, while Tottenham rescued a 1-1 draw at North London rivals Arsenal on Sunday.While......
BERLIN: RB Leipzig’s fairytale start to the season continued Sunday as the Bundesliga debutants brushed aside Mainz 05 3-1 to go level on points with leaders Bayern Munich on Sunday.Leipzig have now......
KARACHI: Australia on Sunday clinched the Sultan of Johor Cup U-21 Hockey tournament having blanked Pakistan 3-1 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Earlier, the Aussies thumped Pakistan 8-1 in a round-robin......
KARACHI: Punters made break even as two favourites and as many outsiders shared honours in a small four-race card of the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.Long shot filly......
In 1973, when Barbra Streisand starred with Robert Redford in ‘The Way We Were’, she sang longingly about ‘misty watercolour memories.’ In retrospect, 1973 itself was a year to remember. It was the......
The government’s efforts at documenting the economy have not been a success owing to a strong resistance against the move. It calls for a policy re-think.Mindlessly dragging the informal economy out......
Women don’t usually make it to the top executive, decision-making positions in Pakistan’s corporate world, even if it is a family-owned business. Their presence in the company or on its board is......
According to the weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks for the week ended Oct 21, deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks stood at Rs10,301.370bn after a 0.005pc decrease......
In the local currency market, after experiencing volatility in trade in early sessions, the rupee ended the week on firm ground against the dollar as political tension subsided following PTI’s dharna......
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has embarked upon a plan to commercialise a portion of the industrial zones in order to revive sick manufacturing units.The money coming from commercialisation will help......
WorldCall Telecom Limited has been in the spotlight for the greater part of the current year, less for its performance and more for the several non-binding negotiations for the acquisition of its......
In this modern age, at the cusp of the Internet of Things revolution, there is a great urge to innovate. Wherever you go you can hear people rambling and wrestling in their heads, trying to create......
The proposed deals for sale of stakes in K-Electric, Engro Foods and Dawlance currently in various stages of finalisation indicate a renewed interest by global investors in Pakistan’s domestic......
INCREASED agricultural lending over the past few years has helped achieve some objectives of financial inclusion but lending quality itself falls short on some counts, such as geographical......
To shore up falling cotton production, effort is being made for the cultivation of organic cotton in Balochistan where the land is fertile and pest-free.Cotton production in 2015-16 declined by 28pc......
With the peak harvest season underway, supply of rice and paddy prices are showing a decline.Barring the initial harvest stage, when farmers could get a somewhat attractive price for an early lower......
ISLAMABAD: Senior members of the legal fraternity on Sunday tried to dispel an impression of a division within their ranks over the proceedings of the Panamagate case in the Supreme Court.Senior......
ISLAMABAD: The Special Committee of Senate on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in its third interim report has raised concern over inadequate width of the Karakoram Highway (KKH) to cater to future......
QUETTA: Security forces claimed on Sunday to have arrested an important leader of a banned organisation who is allegedly involved in the recent attack on the Police Training College in Quetta which......
SWABI: Two militants and a constable of Elite Police Force were killed and a policeman was injured as militants clashed with law-enforcement personnel in Topi tehsil late Sunday night.According to......
Javed Khanani and Munaf Kalia were arrested by the FIA in a dramatic raid in November 2008 when a complaint lodged against one of their franchises in Gujranwala led to the discovery of a parallel......
AIN ISSA (Syria): US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces launched an offensive on Sunday on the militant Islamic State (IS) group’s de facto Syrian capital Raqa, upping pressure on the militants who are......
LAHORE: A committee tasked with suggesting ways to control air pollution in Punjab has put to test the federal and provincial governments’ seriousness on the matter by proposing that industrial units......
NEW DELHI: Schools in the Indian capital would be closed for the next three days, the Delhi state government said on Sunday, as the city struggled with one of the worst spells of air pollution in......
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers on Sunday not to block Brexit, after the High Court ruled that she cannot start the process of leaving the European Union without......
SRINAGAR: Chief of the Jammu and Kashmir police has said that situation in the India-held region is still grim.The director general of police (DGP), K. Rajendra, told a meeting of top civil and......
MUZAFFARABAD: At least five people, including a woman, were injured when Indian troops resorted to indiscriminate shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Azad Jammu and......
ISLAMABAD: The management of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has warned the government that a crisis is brewing at the country’s largest industrial unit due to the non-payment of wages and......
KARACHI: A large number of labourers working at the ship-breaking yard in Gadani have called for payment of compensation to the families of workers who lost their lives in the Nov 1 accident.Eleven......
HE was once one of the country’s largest currency dealers, but last week Altaf Khanani pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge before a United States court. He now faces a maximum penalty of 20......
EVER since almost 17 per cent of seats in Pakistan’s directly elected legislatures were reserved for women, a pattern has emerged of women legislators performing better than their male counterparts......
JUST when it seemed like the country was heading towards another, wholly avoidable political apocalypse, the Supreme Court stepped in to act as a much-needed safety valve. In an ideal world, the......
SOVEREIGNTY. It’s a word that evokes so much power and passion, such patriotic zeal. It is also one that despite its empowering and sage references is primarily bandied about in tense and tumultuous......
PLASTICS — one of the defining characteristics of the modern age. But from the perspective of the chemist, a plastic can be an organic or inorganic polymer, the former apparently having being used as......
