German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her party Sunday she will seek re-election next year, a move likely to be welcomed in many capitals as a sign of stability following poll triumphs for Brexit and......
The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency on Sunday detained 43 Indian fishermen over violation of territorial sea limits, said officials."The Indian fishermen were illegally fishing in the territorial......
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the overall debt and liabilities to have crossed Rs2.2 trillion. The correct figure is Rs22 trillion. The error is regretted.Pakistan's......
A Protestant pastor's daughter who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, Angela Merkel rose to become the “chancellor of Europe” who has outlasted a generation of world leaders.Unlike her one-time......
President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Sunday as saying that Turkey did not need to join the European Union “at all costs” and could instead become part of a security bloc dominated by China, Russia......
India's top e-commerce player Flipkart plans to move into the groceries space and make a renewed push in the online furniture business, as it expands its product portfolio and looks to outmaneuver......
Nearly 250,000 Pakistanis were deported from various countries during the years 2012-2015, a report quoting statistics issued by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) revealed on Saturday.The......
Late strikes by Indian spinners jolted England after skipper Alastair Cook's dogged half-century gave the visitors hope on the fourth day of the second Test in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.Chasing a......
From deploying 'cash coolies' to buying Rolex watches, Indians have found unique ways to dodge the government's surprise move to withdraw high value bills in a bid to tackle widespread corruption and......
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane insisted he has no doubt Cristiano Ronaldo will be the deserving winner of a fourth Ballon d'Or come January, but his hat-trick in a 3-0 defeat of Atletico Madrid on......
New Zealand beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the first Test at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday to snap a four-Test losing streak.Set 105 to win in their second innings, New Zealand reached......
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Saturday for a “smooth transition” in Beijing's relationship with Washington and praised outgoing President Barack Obama for strengthening ties between the two......
The heads of the Pentagon and the United States (US) intelligence community have recommended to President Barack Obama that the director of the National Security Agency, Admiral Michael Rogers, be......
Test Captain Misbah-ul-Haq is returning to Pakistan from New Zealand due to the death of his father-in-law, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Sunday.The Test skipper will likely miss the second......
Emergency workers raced to find any more survivors in the mangled wreckage of an Indian train that derailed Sunday, killing at least 120 people, in the worst disaster to hit the country's ageing rail......
Who makes foreign policy in Pakistan? The answer to this question is not as obvious as it might seem; while the Foreign Office is ostensibly responsible for navigating and negotiating Pakistan’s......
“Jala hai jism jahan dil bhi jal gaya hoga, kuredte ho jo ab rakh justaju kya hai?”“Where the body has burned the heart must have burned too, / Raking the ashes now, what are you seeking?” —......
They were waiting for some divine intervention to save their reputation, which they had earned over the past eight decades. They waited for 40 days and were finally shaken. They were Brothers and......
Although Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan is not Ruth Gilligan’s debut novel (her first book Forget was an Irish bestseller), it does at times come across as one. Perhaps the reason for this lies in the......
In the extraordinarily simple novel Forty Rooms, Olga Grushin takes the reader on a journey through the milestones of a lifetime. The protagonist is a woman with potential, opportunities and dreams,......
This book set out to devise a reading framework through which the concept of metatheatre can be viewed as a strategy of dramatic distancing in the selected postindependence Nigerian drama. The......
Titled wrongly as if it were a novel, Ali Ahmad Khan’s autobiography is a mini-history of Pakistan with emphasis on the (hitherto) eastern wing. Largely prosaic, it has the flair of fiction, the......
Much has already been written about why 60,350,241 Americans voted for a demagogic, orange-faced billionaire as their next president. Donald Trump brazenly dismantled the conventional decorum and......
Donald Trump’s stunning victory is less surprising when we remember a simple fact: Hillary Clinton is a deeply unpopular politician. She won a hotly contested primary victory against a uniquely......
For someone who has hit TV serials and a critically successful movie to her name, Mehreen Jabbar isn’t that active on the scene. She makes movies when she wants to and that’s the reason why there is......
When I first saw the trailers, I was put off by the film’s overly sugary production values, possibly because I had just watched the new American president-elect on television. However, at the cinema......
The release of Lahore Se Aagey (LSA) has not only given hope to film-makers who were wondering whether a Pakistani flick can pull it off in the absence of Bollywood fare but also saved Pakistan’s......
I have fond childhood memories of our time spent in Nagpur, whose location in central India or Central Provinces (now Madhya Pradesh) marked it as the heart of India. Mahatma Gandhi had made it his......
It is a universally acknowledged truth that an overwhelming majority of Karachi’s immigrant intellectuals once lived in Nazimabad. Talking about it invariably turns into a litany of famous names who......
It wasn’t quite Ammi’s qeema paratha but it was enticement by aroma nonetheless. Before you can even dig into a shiny, succulent and luscious coconut naan, the sweet smell of coconut has already......
It is interesting to note that in ‘farshi nashist’ (floor-seating) events, one sees more people sitting on chairs than on the floor. Generally traditional gatherings like mehndis, milads, mushairas......
More than five years of war have taken their toll on Aleppo, where the remaining 250,000 inhabitants are struggling to find fuel to cook with and have had to convert their vegetable gardens into......
Auntie, I’ve been married for seven years and have two children with my husband but I’m unhappy in my marriage. I have religious differences with my husband: he didn’t like me wearing a veil so I......
Lilies have to be one of the most spectacular families of flowering bulbs around, and the vast majority are fairly simple to grow in our often fickle climate. I have had a very long love affair with......
It is always a pleasure to visit Evian les Bains, a tiny town high up in the mountains next to the Leman Lake south east of Paris. The lake itself is not very vast and one can see its other end quite......
Our society is undergoing change due to unequal distribution of wealth, rampant poverty and rising inequality. There are some artists who have captured this divide very sensitively. Among them two......
The US artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was an important member of the visual art movement called pop art. He used many types of mediums in his long career, such as hand drawing, painting, printmaking,......
She might be a winner of 22 Grand Slam titles, 14 Grand Slam double titles and the conqueror of 71 Women’s Tennis Association titles, but the secret to Serena Williams’ records could be her smelly......
Talk about being confident! The pretty petite senior actress (you can drop the senior bit) of Pakistani cinema, Resham, is again in the news.This time round she is making fun of those ‘old’......
As part of the promotional campaign for her forthcoming film Dear Zindagi, the effervescent and super-talented Alia Bhatt hosted a video session on Twitter where she talked to her fans, answered......
Kriti Sanon is a jolly good actress and a gorgeous young woman. Ever since she debuted with Tiger Shroff in Heropanti, there’ve been reports that the actress has some health issues.Of course, she......
Without a shadow of doubt, the decision to screen Iranian films in Pakistani cinemas is a good one. The move comes as a response to the lack of films available to cinemas after the informal ban on......
Boy oh boy, it seems that Karan Johar’s film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is really jinxed. Just when it rescues itself from one situation, another rears its head — the latest being a line said by actress......
His popularity has crossed borders now. The tea vendor of Islamabad, Arshad Khan, who became an overnight sensation in Pakistan after his photo went viral on the internet and other electronic media,......
PESHAWAR: Corps Commander, Peshawar, Lt-Gen Hidayatur Rehman on Saturday announced bifurcation of the Frontier Corps (FC) into two separate wings to protect the country’s western border.Speaking at......
ISLAMABAD: Hassanabdal has a special significance in Sikhism as it is home to the hand imprint, or Punja of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion.Almost 500 years ago, Guru Nanak founded the......
The Belgian King’s Day was celebrated in the gardens of the Belgian ambassador’s residence this week. It was the first time the new Belgian ambassador, Frederic Verheyden, to host King’s Day –......
Kenyan High Commissioner Prof Julius Bitok recently hosted an elegant dinner at his residence in Islamabad’s Diplomatic Enclave, to welcome the new Sudanese ambassador, Tageldin Elhadi, to......
Fearing destruction from natural calamities, particularly earthquakes, many people wishing to build a house have turned to professionals to ensure that high quality materials are used in the......
LAHORE: The three-day 973rd Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh started here on Saturday, with Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Provincial Minister for Auqaf Atta Muhammad Maneka laying wreath at......
LAHORE: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif visited Sulemanki Sector and spent his day with Army/Rangers troops and war veterans of the Sector on Saturday, says a press release issued by the......
LAHORE: A group of lawyers on Saturday tortured a policeman and also tore his uniform when he arrived at the sessions court to present the record of a theft case.Assistant Sub-Inspector Muhammad......
LAHORE: A lawyer has challenged the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act 2013 before the Lahore High Court for violating the Constitution.Advocate Azhar Siddique stated in his petition......
Atrend a lot of restaurants have followed over the years is doing something fresh to mark anniversaries of their launch. Instead of only embellishing their premises, some restaurants make the wise......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved launching of a ‘motorbike ambulance service’ in Lahore and some other major cities of the province.An official privy to the information told Dawn......
KARACHI: Police submitted on Saturday a report before a judicial magistrate for the cancellation of an illicit weapon case registered against former Pakistan Peoples Party senator Faisal Raza......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has ‘almost’ agreed to provide Rs380 million to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases to enable the NICVD to provide totally free treatment to its patients,......
KARACHI: German jazz band Melt Trio collaborated with the students and faculty of the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) on Saturday evening at an event meant to bridge cultures of the two......
KARACHI: A two-day exhibition of photographs titled In the Dawn of Light concluded at the Art Chowk gallery on Saturday. The two very young participating artists are Noor Khan and Silah......
KARACHI: “Be conscious of the power that education and professional training have given to you. Use it to offer the best to humanity,” said Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah while addressing graduates at......
HYDERABAD: Police finally managed to get hold of an apparently mentally-disturbed man after breaking open the door of his apartment in a building near Pakora stop in Qasimabad on Saturday where he......
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis created 17 new cardinals from across the globe on Saturday, elevating them in a time-honoured ceremony to an elite body that advises and elects popes.Three of them are from......
PARIS: An original drawing from Explorers on the Moon, widely regarded as one of the two best Tintin adventures, sold for a record 1.55mn euros at a Paris auction on Saturday, auction house Artcurial......
ALEPPO: Intense government air strikes and artillery fire killed at least 27 people on Saturday in rebel-held parts of Syria’s Aleppo, where hospitals have been destroyed and schools forced to......
SEOUL: Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets here on Saturday in the fourth straight weekend of protest against embattled President Park Geun-hye.Park is resisting calls to step......
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced the head of the journalists’ union and two board members to two years in prison on Saturday for harbouring colleagues wanted by the law and spreading false news,......
SANAA: Yemen rebels and loyalist forces battled on Saturday around third city Taez even as a 48-hour ceasefire announced by a Saudi-led coalition fighting the insurgents began following US pressure.A......
GUWAHATI: Heavily armed militants ambushed an army convoy on Saturday, killing three soldiers and injuring four others in India’s restive northeastern state of Assam, police said.The two-vehicle......
WARSAW: Tens of thousands of teachers from all over Poland protested here on Saturday against education reforms proposed by the right-wing government that critics say could see thousands of jobs......
IRBIL: The listeners who call in to Radio Alghad are typical of talk radio audiences around the world. It’s complain, complain. Except the callers to Radio Tomorrow are in the IS-controlled city of......
KARACHI: Karachi Grammar School (KGS) beat Cedar College in a thrilling preliminary rounds contest for the 16-18 age group at the Inter-school team tennis tournament series which started here at......
CHRISTCHURCH: Neil Wagner and Trent Boult left Pakistan’s second innings in tatters on Saturday to put New Zealand in sight of a comprehensive first Test victory at the end of the third day in......
KARACHI: Former captain and current chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq said on Saturday that the Pakistan batsmen should have played with a positive approach in the second innings of the ongoing first......
CHRISTCHURCH: Former New Zealand coach Steve Rixon isn’t surprised by Australia’s cricket decline, arguing the ‘cracks’ have been a long time in the making.Rixon, who played 13 Tests for Australia as......
VISAKHAPATNAM: Virat Kohli hit a belligerent fifty to consolidate India’s position after Ravichandran Ashwin picked up another five-wicket haul to help bundle out England for 255 and give the hosts......
MANCHESTER: Substitute Olivier Giroud converted Arsenal’s first effort on target in the 89th minute to rescue a smash-and-grab 1-1 draw for Arsene Wenger’s side at Manchester United on Saturday.Juan......
LONDON: Spain must accept the fact that the sun is setting on its golden generation in men’s tennis and the next one may take a while to arrive, Feliciano Lopez said at the ATP World Tour Finals this......
KARACHI: The opening day of the Super Eight stage in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship provided a plethora of exciting moments on a Saturday which marked the debut of an 86th......
ISLAMABAD: Sadique Umair of Pakistan Army won a gold medal in the men’s rifle shooting while Pakistan Navy did the same in the team event of the National Airgun Shooting Championship at the Gun and......
TORONTO: With the stakes running high, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Oepc) needs to act. Efforts are on. Behind the scene, energy diplomacy is working overtime and in top......
KARACHI: Out-of-bank settlements have been increasing due to the tax on banking transactions causing a sharp decline in the deposit mobilisation, according to the latest annual report released by the......
KARACHI: Although the initial shock of Donald Trump’s victory in US presidential election was absorbed by the stock market, other disconcerting factors — such as the uncertainty over the outcome of......
KARACHI: The price of gold could not sustain its upward movement after going up by Rs428 per 10 grams and Rs500 per tola in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s win in the US presidential election.The......
ISLAMABAD: With a delay of over 15 months, the government has yet to implement the convention on the International Transport of Goods for traffic-in-transit of goods across borders with countries in......
KARACHI: Enforcement of professional tax on businesses by cantonment boards in their jurisdiction has adversely affected the revenue of Sindh government, Excise and Taxation (E&T) Department sources......
BAJNA: For Indian farmer Buddha Singh, who works a small plot of land in the village of Bajna south of New Delhi, the government’s decision to abolish 500 and 1,000 rupee bank notes to crush the......
KARACHI: The cotton market recorded fresh gains on Saturday as strong buying orders kept pouring in throughout the session. The undertone was firm and outlook optimistic.Trading resumed on overnight......
LIMA: Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Asia-Pacific leaders Saturday to get on board with Beijing-backed free trade agreements, after Donald Trump’s election win spelled the likely demise of a......
CAN you imagine anyone saying that being president of the United States is only a part-time job? Well, Donald Trump might have an incentive to say just that.That sounds bizarre. But I think it’s......
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah said on Saturday the Pakistan Peoples Party would launch an anti-government movement on Dec 27 if the ruling party did not......
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has started transferring computerised electoral rolls to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) even though some serious......
ISLAMABAD: Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby met Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz here on Saturday.Mr Welby was briefed on the role of minorities in Pakistan’s......
KARACHI: The Sindh health department on Saturday formed a 10-member medical board to assess condition of a class VIII student of the Cadet College, Larkana, who was tortured allegedly by a teacher at......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recor-ded a substantial decrease in terrorist activities last year, with 45 per cent fewer attacks and 38pc fewer deaths reported in the year than in the previous year, according......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Saturday initiated contempt of court proceedings against a private television channel for airing footage which it described as mischief and a character assassination......
QUETTA: Acting Governor and Speaker of Balochistan Assembly Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani has emphasised the need for taking practical measures for financial independence of women, adding that women......
QUETTA: The Frontier Corps has decided to hold a flag-lowering ceremony every Friday at the Pak-Afghan Friendship Gate at Chaman.The FC will follow the pattern of the flag-lowering ceremony that is......
ON Nov 7, I left Delhi for Uttar Pradesh to do a couple of pre-election stories. On that day, the main headline of the Hindustan Times was: ‘Worst smog yet wakes up govt’.But by the time I got back......
LAHORE: The petroleum ministry is working on proposals for the construction of five more terminals at the Gwadar and Karachi ports for handling, regasification, storage, treatment and processing of......
KARACHI: The federal government has issued a number of special permits to hunt the internationally protected migratory bird houbara bustard in Punjab during the hunting season 2016-17, according to......
ISLAMABAD: Senior counsel Hamid Khan’s bowing out of his role as the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) lead counsel in the Panamagate case has ignited a fierce debate over who will fill his shoes.The......
MUZAFFARABAD/ISLAMABAD: Tension between Pakistan and India went a notch higher on Saturday when the Line of Control witnessed the downing by the Pakistani army of an Indian reconnaissance drone as......
WASHINGTON: Working with Pakistan is a better option for fighting terrorism in South Asia than declaring it a state sponsor of terrorism, says US State Department.The statement follows a move in the......
THE recent surge in sectarian violence has done two things. First, it has highlighted the challenges and vulnerabilities the country’s security and law-enforcement forces face in countering......
THE good thing about the PTI is that it’s predictable: floppy and sloppy when it seems to matter most. Performance anxiety, as it were.The bad thing about the PTI is that it’s not interested in......
THE findings of a recent global survey which classified Pakistan as a country with a “serious” level of hunger was alarming but not surprising. The International Food Policy Research Institute or......
THERE has been a mix of gloom and jubilation in the US over Donald’s Trump’s election victory. Bitter tears have been shed and protests staged. At the same time, while many suspended disbelief,......
