A leader of banned Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) was detained in Karachi on Thursday, according to party spokesperson.ASWJ Karachi president Allama Rabnawaz Hanafi was apprehended by Pakistan Rangers......
Around 16,000 children were not provided polio vaccine during the recent campaign in October in Balochistan, Chief of Emergency Operation Cell (EOC) Syed Faisal Ahmed told DawnNews.According to......
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leaders on Thursday said that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan failed to provide any evidence in the Panama Papers case before the Supreme Court.Addressing......
There are more than 600 people in Balochistan who are registered as HIV/Aids patients with the number of non-registered patients deemed to be more alarming.The number of non-registered patients is......
In a ceremony being held in Berlin, Germany on Dec 1,Justice Project Pakistan's Executive Director Sarah Belal will be awarded the inaugural Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of......
Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has rejected claims from the International Hockey Federation (FIH) that it had not submitted travel documents for its players by the official deadline, which FIH said......
Islamabad would welcome US President-elect Donald Trump if he offers to play the role of mediator between Pakistan and India, the Foreign Office said.Speaking at the weekly press briefing on......
Before Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury orchestrated Bangladesh's worst militant attack, he sought and won approval for it from the militant Islamic State (IS) group.A Canadian of Bangladeshi origin, he was......
A last-ditch effort in the Senate to block or delay rule changes that would expand the US government's hacking powers failed Wednesday, despite concerns the changes would jeopardise the privacy......
Syed Faizan Hussain, one of the winners of Queen's Young Leader Award 2017, is a Pakistani student who used his knowledge in technology to create solutions within our community.During his time with......
Former trade union leader Lutf Amim Shibli who went on a hunger strike to protest against Gen Raheel Sharif's retirement from the position of army chief died in Karachi on Wednesday, SSP South Saqib......
Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur compared "young gun" Babar Azam to Virat Kohli on Thursday, saying the 22-year-old reminded him of the India skipper at the same age.Batsman Azam has played only three......
The US State Department on Thursday congratulated Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on his recent appointment as Chief of Army Staff.Answering a question about whether Pakistan's strategy will change under Gen......
India will have a patrol-free, multi-layered smart fence along its borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh by the second half of 2017, the Press Trust of India news agency reported Wednesday.According......
Opec has agreed its first oil output cuts since 2008 after Saudi Arabia accepted "a big hit" on its production and dropped its demand on arch-rival Iran to slash output, pushing up crude prices by......
Several more mosques nationwide have reported receiving a hate-filled letter from California that warns Muslims to leave the country or face genocide.The identical letters postmarked from the Los......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump cannot "save him" from the Panama Papers......
The plane that crashed in Colombia virtually wiping out an entire Brazilian soccer team was running out of fuel, had no electrical power, and was preparing for an emergency landing, according to the......
Video streaming pioneer Netflix Inc has added an option that allows subscribers to download shows at no additional cost on their mobile device to watch without an internet connection.Netflix......
With daily battles between the government forces and Taliban insurgents, the number of people who have fled their homes for safer parts of Afghanistan has hit a record high, the UN said Wednesday.As......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A local court on Wednesday sentenced a former independent MPA Javed Akbar Khan to two years in prison and fined him Rs20,000 in a fake degree case.The lawmaker, who was disqualified......
PESHAWAR: The district administration has claimed to have reduced refusal cases by parents against polio vaccination amid complaints by health workers that they are forced by people to show their......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said on Wednesday that his government was fighting against the timber mafia, which had destroyed the forests and caused a huge damage to the environment.He was......
MINGORA: The entire Kalam valley echoed with shouts of joys after the 1.2megawatts hydro power station in Ashuran area was inaugurated by European Union Ambassador Jean Francois Cautain on......
PESHAWAR: While putting the number of HIV/AIDS cases in the country at around 97,400, health minister Shahram Khan Tarakai on Wednesday said his government would continue supporting such patients in......
ISLAMABAD: Eight years after they walked on Constitution Avenue to demand the revival of a Supreme Court chief justice, lawyers took to the same road on Wednesday, this time demanding the resignation......
Lautaro Tissera, an Argentine musician, came to Pakistan on the invitation of the Argentinian embassy to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Pakistan and Argentina relations.Tissera’s music is the......
ISLAMABAD: As many as 50pc women and children have deficiency of essential vitamin and mineral, besides 45pc deaths of under-five children are attributed to under nutrition.This was stated by country......
CHAKWAL: Noticing the large number of fatal accidents on the part of the motorway which passes through the hilly terrain of the Salt Range, the Punjab government had decided to establish a trauma......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday restrained the University of Health Sciences (UHS) from displaying open-merit list of admissions to MBBS/BDS till Dec 2.The court is hearing multiple......
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday welcomed criminalization of forced conversion by the legislature in Sindh and urged the authorities to ensure that the law is fully......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A sports stadium project has not been completed for more than three decades, thanks to a lack of interest of successive governments.Launched over a five-acre tract on......
KARACHI: As a part of their eighth semester architecture thesis project, the students of Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture decided to see how they can, with a bit of sensible planning, turn......
KARACHI: City mayor Waseem Akhtar on Wednesday apparently in an attempt to bring about a reconciliation with political parties felicitated PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on the party’s 49th......
ALEPPO: The UN’s aid chief warned on Wednesday that Aleppo risked becoming a “giant graveyard” after more than 50,000 people were reported to have fled intense fighting between government and rebel......
RIYADH: An outspoken billionaire Saudi prince has called for an “urgent” end to his country’s ban on women driving, saying it is a matter not just of rights but of economic necessity.“Stop the......
LONDON: Samantha Cameron, the wife of former British Prime Minister David Cameron, is launching her first fashion label.Cameron, an ambassador for the British Fashion Council, has long been involved......
KABUL: The number of people displaced by conflict in Afghanistan this year has surpassed half a million people, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, the highest number since it began tracking......
NEW YORK: The director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has warned US president-elect Donald Trump against revoking the nuclear deal with Iran, saying that it would be “disastrous” and “the......
MOSUL: Up to 500,000 civilians in Mosul are facing a “catastrophic” drinking water shortage, the UN warned on Wednesday, as Iraqi forces advance against the militant Islamic State group in the......
HAVANA: A military jeep carried the ashes of Fidel Castro along streets lined with flag-waving Cubans in Havana on Wednesday, starting a four-day journey to his final resting place across the......
NEW DELHI: All cinemas must play the national anthem before screening movies and audiences should stand for it, India’s highest court ruled on Wednesday, drawing angry accusations of an assault on......
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa on Wednesday launched a major clinical trial of an experimental vaccine against the Aids virus, which scientists hope could be the “final nail in the coffin” for the......
BAMIYAN: For centuries they stood, two monumental ancient statues of Buddha carved into the cliffs of Bamiyan, loved and revered by generations of Afghans — only to be pulverised by the Taliban in an......
OVER the weekend, Algeria declared eight days of mourning to honour the passing of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who died on Friday. In a statement, ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said Castro’s......
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has declared Pakistan off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez’s bowling action legal and allowed him to bowl in international matches.However, field umpires will......
LAHORE: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq expects Pakistan to perform better against Australia in their upcoming Test series starting from Dec 15 with the day-night clash in Brisbane.Talking to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan has blamed India for politicising the game of cricket.Speaking to media persons on Wednesday at the Parliament House after a meeting of the......
KARACHI: A day after Pakistan suffered one of the most bizarre batting collapses in to enable New Zealand secure their first series victory against them since 1985, head coach Mickey Arthur expressed......
PARIS: Monaco took provisional top spot of Ligue 1 with a 1-1 draw at Dijon on Tuesday but Europe’s best attacking side were denied all three points when Frederic Sammaritano struck an 87th-minute......
LONDON: Liverpool reached the League Cup semi-finals after 17-year-old Ben Woodburn enjoyed a night to remember by becoming the club’s youngest ever goalscorer when he wrapped up a 2-0 victory over......
TOKYO: The head of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday praised the Rio Games for overcoming significant difficulties, while urging 2020 host Tokyo to put its own stamp on the event.IOC......
ISLAMABAD: Wapda, Army, PAF and SNGPL maintained their supremacy on the third day of the Chief of Air Staff National Kabaddi Championship, winning their matches comfortably here at the Jinnah Stadium......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) started out with disinterested and cautious investors deciding to take profit and stay away from building fresh positions on Wednesday. The KSE-100 index......
VIENNA: The Opec oil cartel defied expectations on Wednesday and nailed down its first joint output cut since 2008 after tough talks in Vienna, sending oil prices soaring.At 1622 GMT Brent North Sea......
KARACHI: Pakistan has suspended cotton imports from its top supplier, India, saying shipments failed to fulfil phytosanitary certification, threatening the $822 million-a-year trade, government and......
The rupee has weakened over the past few days against the dollar, with the kerb market trades being reported as weak as Rs108. Meanwhile, the interbank market is still quoting the dollar price near......
ISLAMABAD: The revenue collection fell around 5.8 per cent year-on-year in November to Rs212 billion, according to provisional figures available with Dawn.In October, the revenue collection stood at......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday approved an amnesty scheme for the realty sector by allowing the buyer to clean up their huge undeclared transaction amount.The amendment to the income......
ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Wednesday that the proposed 24th constitutional amendment would not benefit Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Panamagate case, as he has already forgone his......
JHANG: Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi’s timely withdrawal from the PP-78 by-election appears to have paved the way for a potential electoral victory of Masroor Nawaz Jhangvi, an independent......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was Pakistan’s strategic economic initiative that had attracted the world in general and......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan returned home on Wednesday after an official-cum-private visit to the United Kingdom. He will resume his official responsibilities on Thursday......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) alleged on Wednesday that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz petition against Imran Khan was an attempt to complicate the Panama Papers leaks case with......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India would not hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia ministerial conference being held in Amritsar this weekend (Dec 3-4), officials......
ISLAMABAD: Despite the opposition’s best efforts, the government on Wednesday finally managed to secure the passage of the controversial inquiry commissions bill from the National Assembly.Both sides......
ISLAMABAD: The counsel for the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for his alleged misstatements before the nation, in which he claimed he had generated......
THERE is no shortage of detractors of civil servants in this country and around the world. An English poet once described them as civil to all, and servants to the devil. They take most of the blame......
INDIA has more closed borders than open minds. And so when a mature Indian diplomat speaks his mind, we on this side of the permeable sealant should listen.Few Indian diplomats possess the......
The kind of childish enthusiasm that is growing around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) needs to be tempered with a little dose of reality. The project is a good one, but people really......
THIS year, Pakistan’s women activists are observing 16 days of activism against gender violence (Nov 25 to Dec 10) with greater fervour than previously. At the same time, no sooner is a law to curb......
