Forces battling the militant Islamic State (IS) group in northern Iraq cut off the militants' last supply line from Mosul to Syria Wednesday, trapping them in the city for a bloody last stand.A day......
A female beautician, allegedly raped in the Barhth area of Sialkot, is fighting for her life after being critically injured in the assault.The alleged rapist slit her throat after the assault.A First......
Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday said the gains of the Rangers-led Karachi operation can not be allowed to reverse.General Raheel Sharif, as part of his farewell visits, was......
Pakistan on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Turkey for the provision of 52 Super Mushshak training aircrafts.Defence Production Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain confirmed the......
Three Pakistan Army soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with Indian troops near the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said."Three Pakistani soldiers......
Either wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan or dashing opener Sharjeel Khan are likely to replace Misbah-ul-Haq in the batting order when Pakistan face a resurgent New Zealand in the second and......
An Anti-Terrorism Court on Wednesday sentenced five men to death on two counts for their involvement in the burning alive of a Christian couple in Kot Radha Kishan in 2014.ATC-I Judge Chaudhry......
Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday passed a stay order preventing the government from deporting Pak-Turk school officials.A two-member bench of the PHC comprising Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice......
A district and sessions court on Wednesday sought a reply from a veterinarian on an application of a cat owner seeking the constitution of a medical board to determine the cause of her cat’s......
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa claimed to have arrested a suspected militant with a Rs0.5 million bounty on his head in Peshawar's Hayatabad area on Wednesday.The "most......
New Zealand have a chance to seal a first series win against Pakistan in more than 30 years in the second Test in Hamilton with the tourists without talisman Misbah-ul-Haq.The seventh-ranked Black......
Shah Nawaz walks Karachi's dusty streets, one of thousands in the financial hub who are being fed by charities as Pakistan's economy picks up pace — but, some say, not fast enough for its......
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that a vote by the European Parliament on whether to halt EU membership talks with Ankara “has no value in our eyes” and again accused Europe of......
Six heavily armed Maoist rebels were killed Wednesday in a jungle gun battle with police in eastern India, an officer said.Police said they opened fire after being attacked during a search on......
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was keeping an open mind on whether to pull out of a landmark international accord to fight climate change, in a softening of his stance toward......
The Supreme Court on Wednesday annulled the Oct 27 Sindh High Court (SHC) order about cancellation of licences of about 124 wine shops in the province.A three-member bench presided by Justice Mian......
Facebook has built a tool for geographically censoring posts at the leading social network as it seeks a path back into China, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.The New York Times cited three......
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis said on Wednesday he had been made a 'scapegoat' by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and denied any wrongdoing after being found guilty of ball-tampering......
ICC Technical Committee on Wednesday ruled that the Indian women's cricket team is deemed to have forfeited each of three planned matches against Pakistan in the ICC Women’s Championship Round 6, ICC......
Saudi Arabia will grant a two-year multiple visa to Pakistani businessmen recommended by the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI).This was decided at a meeting between......
Indian troops resumed heavy shelling on Wednesday after a day-long lull and targeted a passenger bus in Azad Jammu and Kashmir's Lawat area, killing nine people and injuring 11 others. Indian troops......
MINGORA: The people affected by flood in 2010 in the upper Swat have shifted to their new houses, constructed for them by a Saudi Arabia-based organisation.The unprecedented flood in 2010 wreaked......
PESHAWAR: The roads in Peshawar city witnessed the worst traffic mess when non-technical employees of health department went on strike to demand professional allowance.The members of Paramedical......
ISLAMABAD: Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Minister Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said on Tuesday that up to 35pc of Pakistan’s population could contract hepatitis within the next 20......
Q: What books are you currently reading?A: When you are writing or researching, you end up reading particular kinds of books. I am currently writing a book which will cover the time between the......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Tuesday criticised the city’s managers for not taking action against the various housing societies which have sold plots which measure in excess to the land......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is mourning one of its proudest sons, the mountaineer Hassan Sadpara who rose from being a humble porter to unfurling the national flag on the highest mountain, Everest.But what......
ISLAMABAD: The Zaira Zaka Studio hosted an exhibition featuring works from the third International Artists’ Residency 2016 on Thursday, a programme that was established in 2013 to facilitate......
LAHORE: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah has criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf for what he says dividing the opposition ranks to the advantage of Prime Minister......
SIALKOT: Three friends among six people were killed and 10 others were injured in two road accidents on Tuesday.Three youths were killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a......
FAISALABAD: Iqbal Town police could not find a clue to a woman who lodged a complaint with the Punjab IG office, Lahore, over a month ago, accusing a DSP of rape.In her application, the resident of......
LAHORE: In commemoration of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women being observed on Nov 25, UN Women Pakistan will hold a conference at Avari Hotel from 3 to 5pm on......
LAHORE: Sharply reacting to statements of PML-N and PTI leaders about slain PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari criticised the parties for maligning his mother 10 years after her......
KARACHI: The fate of four advisers and over a dozen special assistants to the chief minister hangs in the balance as the Sindh High Court on Tuesday declared illegal the appointment of CM’s law......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution demanding that the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) must not allow any increase in power tariff or taxes at......
KARACHI: All seemed well on Tuesday morning, including the promotional clothing line banners with a similar name announcing their forthcoming sale, which clashed with the 9th International Defence......
KARACHI: The first Theatre Festival organised by the Arts Council of Pakistan closed on Tuesday evening with a performance of the play Aarfy, which had already been staged during the early days of......
KARACHI: Mayor of Karachi Waseem Akhtar on Tuesday said he was in consultation with the Sindh government for more powers to the elected local government councils and expressed the hope that the......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday appointed former federal minister Dr Asim Hussain, who is currently under custody on alleged Rs62 billion......
HYDERABAD: Sindh United Party president Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah has said that there should be separate courts for constitutional and federal issues so that much time of the judiciary could be saved......
KARACHI: A five-foot-long dolphin was recently rescued in an operation jointly conducted by the wildlife department and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P), officials reported on......
ANKARA: The Turkish government on Tuesday withdrew a controversial bill that could overturn men’s convictions for child-sex assault, after an angry public backlash that saw thousands take to the......
WASHINGTON: US president-elect Donald Trump released a video message on Monday, sharing with his nation the executive actions he plans to take on his first day in the White House.The two-minute,......
SINGAPORE: Researchers in Singapore have come up with a solution to curb accidents involving phone-obsessed walkers, a self-driving mobility scooter that drives single pedestrians along footpaths.The......
TOKYO: A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan early on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a small tsunami that hit the same Fukushima region......
WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has finally cleared the long-pending purchase of 145 M777 ultra-light howitzers from the United States, the US media reported on Monday.The $737......
PARIS: Two Qatari women were held up on a Paris motorway and robbed of valuables worth more than five million euros ($5.3 million) in the latest heist targeting wealthy visitors to the French......
BEIJING: A huge pile-up on a Chinese motorway killed at least 17 people when a total of 56 vehicles crashed into each other in winter weather, state media said on Tuesday.The accident happened in......
WE should join the mass actions to protest the Marcos burial — especially the ones called for Nov 25 and 30 — because the times call for it. Our dignity as free Filipinos has been challenged, our......
SCOTLAND’S national musical instrument, the bagpipe entered the Uttarakhand hills through army troupes stationed in Garhwal and Kumoan during the British period. But, the foreign musical instrument......
A STRATEGY to first focus on building a personal relationship of trust is not wrong when meeting someone with no experience in politics and who is known for radical remarks.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe......
LAHORE: Polio-hit Pakistani bodybuilder Naveed Butt will be returning home on Wednesday with the third Mr Olympia gold medal he won last week in Las Vegas.Naveed, who now possesses four gold medals,......
KARACHI: Discarded Pakistan spinner Abdur Rehman led from the front on Monday as Habib Bank Limited (HBL) opened their account in the Super Eight round of the Quad-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket......
KARACHI: Veteran cueist Mohammad Yousuf has expressed his dismay over the selection of non-entity Mohammad Azhar Khan in the Pakistan team that is now competing in the world snooker championship at......
LONDON: Lionel Messi is back, and that’s the best news Barcelona could have ahead of their Champions League match at Celtic.Messi practiced with the team on Monday, after missing the match against......
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday rejected a ball-tampering investigation against Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli.The ICC official while talking to DawnNews said the video......
VISAKHAPATNAM: England are set to recall Jos Buttler as a specialist batsman in their team for the third Test against India in Mohali with Ben Duckett facing the axe after his struggles against......
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan cricketers and an ex-Pakistan Cricket Board chairman on Tuesday demanded of the International Cricket Council (ICC) to ban Indian skipper Virat Kohli for......
MELBOURNE: Faf du Plessis has been found guilty of ball-tampering and fined his entire match fee from the second Test against Australia in Hobart but the South Africa captain has been cleared to play......
KARACHI: National selector Tauseef Ahmed says Misbah-ul-Haq will be sorely missed by Pakistan but expect a better performance from the tourists who face New Zealand in the second and final Test in......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan on Tuesday admitted concerns over Pakistan’s inability to cope with the swinging pitches in New Zealand but hoped the team will bounce......
WEST BROMWICH: West Bromwich Albion secured back-to-back wins in the Premier League for the first time this season, climbing into the top half of the table on Monday with a clinical 4-0home victory......
TOKYO: Kei Nishikori has set his sights on making a grand slam breakthrough in 2017 after the Japanese world number five concluded a successful season in which he claimed one ATP Tour title, an......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed higher on Tuesday as it followed an oil-price rally in the regional markets, led by rising international crude prices and hopes of a vote for oil......
KARACHI: The price of steel bars has gone up by Rs8,000-Rs10,000 per tonne after the fire incident at the Gadani ship-breaking yard last month that claimed at least 19 lives.Traders in Sarya Market......
KARACHI: Business confidence dipped by 19 percentage points to 17 per cent, according to the findings of a latest survey conducted by the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry......
LAHORE: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) on Tuesday said Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) being supplied to Punjab’s textile industry is 45 per cent more expensive as compared to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to France witnessed an increase of 10.7 per cent in the year 2015 from a year ago under the European Union GSP+ scheme.In absolute terms, the export proceeds to France......
TOKYO: An Asia-Pacific trade deal stands almost no chance of working now that US President-elect Donald Trump has pulled the plug on it, proponents of the pact said on Tuesday, opening the way for......
GENEVA: More than half the world’s population does not use the internet, with prohibitive broadband costs keeping billions off line, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.The UN’s International......
BRUSSELS: The EU will require big foreign banks operating in Europe to set aside billions in reserve funds in a tit-for-tat move against the United States that could also affect post-Brexit Britain,......
KARACHI: The cotton market remained steady on Tuesday where activity slightly slowed down owing to oversold position of ginners and partly because spinners also took a respite to work out their......
LONDON: Gold fell on Tuesday after US equities hit all-time highs on market expectations for higher growth and more spending from a Donald Trump presidency.Trump’s victory in the Nov 8 US election......
VIENNA: Opec experts discussing how to implement a plan to cut oil output are likely to reach agreement later on Tuesday, a Nigerian delegate said, a possible sign of progress in finalising the......
FRANKFURT: Lufthansa said it was seeking a temporary injunction on Tuesday to avert a strike after cancelling nearly a third of its flights on Wednesday due to a planned 24-hour work stoppage then by......
KARACHI: The Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court, Sajjad Ali Shah, recused himself on Tuesday from being a member of the bench hearing a constitutional petition that sought a judicial inquiry into......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday arrested eight persons, including Dr Muhammad Ali, former secretary and member of the Drugs Pricing Committee (DPC) of the federal......
ISLAMABAD: The ministry of national health services (NHS) informed the Senate on Tuesday that Congo virus had claimed 33 lives across the country during the past 10 months.Official documents revealed......
KARACHI: Bodies of 10 militants who were killed in the June 2014 Karachi airport attack were exhumed from the Edhi Foundation’s graveyard in Mowachh Goth by health officials under the supervision of......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) formed a four-member legal team on Tuesday to fight the Panamagate case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and members of his family in the Supreme......
WASHINGTON; The United States sees Chief of the Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif as a valued and respected partner in the war against terrorism and wishes him well in his future pursuits, a US official......
ISLAMABAD: There was drama in the National Assembly on Tuesday when a member of the federal cabinet — instead of responding to issues related to his ministry — slipped out of the house while......
ISLAMABAD: The government’s plan to curtail electricity loadshedding this winter will be put to the test by the end of next month when power generation by hydropower units will be reduced drastically......
GWADAR: Iranian security forces have arrested 12 Pakistani fishermen and seized their five boats while they were fishing in the Arabian Sea near the Jiwani area of Gwadar district.“The fishermen are......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court stayed on Tuesday the DTH (direct-to-home) licence bidding process by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority till a decision on petitions challenging Pemra......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday Pakistan was committed to discouraging an arms race in its periphery and promoting “the motto of arms for peace”.He was addressing a ceremony......
ISLAMABAD: A high-level committee, consisting of senior officials from the ministries of defence, interior and information, the Military Operations Directorate, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)......
PESHAWAR: Three officials of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) were killed and seven others, including a policeman and a passerby, injured when a bomb hit a vehicle carrying personnel of the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance on Tuesday accepted the recommendations of a sub-committee to launch a tax amnesty scheme for the realty sector, despite opposition......
“A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.”— Shannon L. AlderWeeks after taking over the army command, General Raheel Sharif told a visitor that he would like......
NUMBERS, like words, tell stories. In recent years, the stories told by the numbers of Pakistan have mostly been sad ones that have largely to do with death. Collectively, they enumerate deaths from......
PAKISTANIS have many strengths but taking the long view, it seems, isn’t one of them. This is evident in decisions made with regard to politics, sports, urban planning and now, the arts.Last week......
IN the midst of the First World War, an English poet in uniform imagined encountering a German equivalent. They are both dead, and Wilfred Owen imagines the adversary he had slain saying to......
SOMETIMES, reform is not the answer. A case in point is the resolution unanimously passed by the Senate on Tuesday recommending that women be given increased representation in the Council of Islamic......
