A suicide bomber killed 35 Yemeni soldiers and wounded around 50 on Saturday at a military camp in the country's southern city of Aden, military and medical sources said.The militant Islamic State......
Fourteen activists and supporters of Muttahida Qaumi Movement - London (MQM-L) have been remanded to judicial custody on Saturday by an anti-terrorism court (ATC).Hyderabad's Fort police produced the......
Journalists from Dawn won ten Agahi Awards for journalism, for news stories covered between the period of March 2015 to August 2016.From the Dawn Media Group, Mubarek Zeb Khan got the award in the......
Suspected militants on Saturday shot dead a Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Peshawar.Police officials said that DSP Riazul Islam's vehicle was ambushed on......
Former Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram announced Saturday he will not be the bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) season on account of other......
A team from France-based ATR will help probe the PK-661's Haveliyan crash of Dec 7 with a group of experts affiliated with the aircraft manufacturer expected to arrive in Pakistan in the next 24......
Opener Azhar Ali hit an unbeaten 82 and spinner Mohammad Nawaz took three wickets as Pakistan thrashed a modest Cricket Australia XI by 201 runs in Cairns on Saturday.The tourists declared their......
Researchers have discovered the partial tail of a feathered dinosaur that was preserved in amber some 99 million years ago, according to a study released Thursday.One of the lead authors, Lida Xing......
The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to undermine confidence in the US electoral system, the......
Chairing the last session as the head of Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Thursday, Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani decried the proposal to rename the Quaid-i-Azam University's (QAU) physics centre......
• You can spell out all the numbers from 1 to 99 without using the letter A, B, C, or D.• ‘You’ and ‘ewe’ are pronounced the same but have no letters in common.• ‘Io’ is one of the shortest......
School is out, fun is in!It’s the season to be jolly! Winter break, like every year, means more fun, new games and activities at Sindbad. Check out what we have in store for you this season.Crazy......
We made plastic bottle vase in our last DIY craft and, as I said, we will be making the flower vase in two parts so here is the second part, where we are making the flowers for our vase.There are a......
And finally the day also dawned, which every student taking part in the 12th Dawn in Education Spelling Bee from every part of the country had been dreaming about all along. It was the......
If you are good at spelling words, then you have had it. Because then your school sends you to compete in the Spelling Bee.If you have a good ear and are good at pronouncing words, then you have also......
From over 1600 students who had represented 244 of the most competitive schools from Punjab, the regional finalists were winnowed to 114 who won the right to compete at the Lahore Regional......
The Dawn in Education Spelling Bee 2016 Islamabad Regional Championship was no place for weak hearts. The sorting out of the best spellers from 140 schools from Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Abbottabad,......
Amusement park in Japan apologises for freezing fish into ice rinkAn amusement park in Japan was forced to close an ice skating rink with approximately 5,000 dead fish frozen beneath its surface......
3 Bahadur return!Get ready for 3 Bahadur 2: The Revenge of Baba Balaam, hitting the cinemas on December 15, 2016. A sequel to Pakistan’s first animated feature film released last year, this is an......
It was almost midnight. I turned over pages of the dictionary, warily trying to memorise the spellings of words randomly for the Spelling Bee that was just around the corner now.‘If only I could win......
Some champions are born, but most become champions by their efforts. Spelling bee champions are among those who work hard to win their title. This hard work spans years and involves many others too......
CHITRAL: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Friday resumed its flights to and from Chitral and both the Peshawar and Islamabad flights were operated. The flight operation was suspended......
TIMERGARA: The Lower Dir administration on Friday launched a crackdown on auto-workshops set up at motor bargain centres where vehicles imported in pieces as scrap were being reassembled.On getting......
ISLAMABAD: The process of collecting samples from the relatives of the Pakistani victims of the PIA air crash to identify their bodies through DNA testing completed on Friday.However, samples to......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Marginalised Segments has decided to invite transgender activists to discuss issues facing the transgender community and find a way to prevent violations......
“I was born in Joharabad in the Khushab district. My father enrolled me in the local school, but I was very bad at my studies. When I was in the fourth grade, my teacher beat me up really bad after......
CHAKWAL: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has picked new names from the list of recommendations made by a committee of the local PML-N chapter for the slots of chairman and vice chairman of the District......
ISLAMABAD: Civil society activists and residents of the city gathered in front of the National Press Club on the eve of Human Rights Day, celebrated on Dec 10 each year, to raise a voice against......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Friday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of gang-rape suspect, former office-bearer of PML-N youth wing, as he failed to join proceedings of a......
KARACHI: Hundreds of loyal workers, including women and children of the London-based leadership of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), showed their muscle power on Friday and challenged every move......
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday arrested senior officers of the Pakistan Steel Mills for alleged misappropriating millions of rupees in the procurement and contracts of......
KARACHI: The Fourth International Karachi Conference organised by the Karachi Conference Foundation in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities of the Government of Sindh......
HYDERABAD: A member of the Rangers team on a routine patrol in Tandojam was slightly wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) placed on a bicycle parked outside the Sindh Agriculture......
HYDERABAD: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that his party wants “devolution of democracy and resources” at grass-root level to strengthen the federation.Speaking at the......
GENEVA: Hundreds of men may have gone missing after fleeing into government-controlled parts of Aleppo, the UN warned on Friday, saying armed groups were reportedly blocking civilians from leaving......
ISTANBUL: An Istanbul court on Friday dropped a case against four top former Israeli commanders who were being tried in absentia over the 2010 deadly storming of a Turkish ship bound for Gaza, a......
TOKYO: Japan launched a cargo ship on Friday bound for the International Space Station, carrying a ‘space junk’ collector that was made with the help of a fishnet company.The vessel, dubbed......
Chances are you either love or hate your car — and soon the feeling could be mutual.Japanese automaker Honda will showcase a concept car at the Consumer Electronics Show next month that is capable of......
AMSTERDAM: Judges on Friday convicted Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders of discrimination against Moroccans but levied no punishment in a ruling that could influence elections just three months away.It......
KANO: Two female suicide bombers struck at a busy market in Nigeria on Friday, killing at least 30 people, the military said, in the latest bloodshed to hit the country’s restive north-east.The......
Canada has named civil rights activist Viola Desmond, who challenged racial segregation in the 1940s, to appear on the country’s next $10 bill.The new money is due to enter circulation late next......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi handpicked a trusted bureaucrat, little known outside India’s financial circles, to spearhead a radical move to abolish 86 per cent of the country’s cash......
YES, 2016 has been a pretty terrible year for European politics— and 2017 has all the makings of being equally gruesome. But sometimes you just have to take a deep breath and think of some of the......
CAIRNS: Pakistan held a lead of 218 runs over a Cricket Australia XI after the second day of their three-day day-night match in Cairns Friday ahead of next week’s pink-ball Test against Australia.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) is hopeful that the International Tennis Federation (ITF) will hold the Davis Cup tie against Iran in Pakistan by all means, as per the schedule......
MELBOURNE: Opener David Warner smashed his second straight hundred and Mitchell Starc bowled lethal reverse swing to spearhead Australia to a third big win over New Zealand in the Chappell-Hadlee......
MUMBAI: Murali Vijay and Cheteswar Pujara led India’s strong response after Jos Buttler’s 76 pushed England’s first innings total to 400 on the second day of the fourth Test at the Wankhede Stadium......
LONDON: A new report into systematic Russian doping details a wide-ranging “institutional conspiracy” that involved more than 1,000 athletes across more than 30 sports, including evidence......
LONDON: Manchester United are warming to the task in the Europa League as they booked a spot in the last 32 with a 2-0 win over Zorya Luhansk on a freezing night in Ukraine on Thursday.Goals from......
KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited (HBL) received a late boost on Friday night when it emerged the currently out-of-favour Pakistan opener Ahmed Shehzad would be available for the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy......
KUALA LUMPUR: Pakistan netball team was off to a flying start on the first day of the Asian Men’s Netball Championship 2016 that commenced here at Dewan Serbaguna Complex on Friday when they won back......
KARACHI: Bulls were in complete command of the stock market on Friday where they knocked down all stumbling blocks to easily cross the 45,000-point level and close at an all-time high of 45,387.23......
ISLAMABAD: Even though ending load-shedding is the government’s top priority, it has released just 12 per cent funds for power sector’s development projects out of the Public Sector Development......
ISLAMABAD: Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Mehdi Honardoost on Friday urged Pakistan to step up efforts for early finalisation of the free trade agreement (FTA).The demand came from the envoy at......
KARACHI: Pakistan Deep Water Container Port (PDWCP), the country’s biggest port, started test operations on Friday by accommodating the first container ship, APL Japan.Official sources said the......
KARACHI: ICI Pakistan is considering the potential acquisition of certain assets of Wyeth Pakistan representing the life science business portfolio, a stock notice said on Friday.The acquisition is......
MUZAFFARABAD: The newly installed PML-N government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is looking for an ‘institutionalised support’ from the federal government rather than any one-time grant to tackle......
WASHINGTON: Both chambers of the United States Congress have finally passed the 2017 National Defence Authorisation Act, which includes $1.1 billion for reimbursing the nations supporting US military......
ISLAMABAD: Ruling party leader Pervaiz Rashid, who was recently removed from the office of information minister, on Friday made a surprise return to the media limelight.He defended Prime Minister......
ABBOTTABAD: A 10-member special investigation team, headed by Group Capt Sultan and comprising high-ranking PAF and other officials, spent the second day on Friday at the site of the PIA plane crash......
NOWSHERA: Decked out in her hefty gear, Rafia Qaseem Baig is carrying more than just a bombproof vest on her young, ambitious shoulders. At 29, she is on her way to becoming Pakistan’s first female......
QUETTA: The port city of Gwadar may face a serious water crisis in the coming days as the water level in the Ankara Kaur dam has reached the dead level.Provincial authorities in Quetta have received......
KABUL: The United States would “remain committed” to Afghanistan, US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday, amid questions about what President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy would mean......
MULTAN: Chickpea farmers clashed with police in Mahni area of Mankera tehsil, in Bhakkar district, over damage to their crop caused allegedly by members of the Qatari royal family hunting houbara......
ISLAMABAD: Proceedings in the Panamagate case, which could possibly lead to the disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, ended on Friday almost with a whimper when the Supreme Court said......
LAHORE: Several cities and towns in Punjab suffered an electricity breakdown of up to 12 hours after transmission lines of 200kV and 500kV tripped on Friday.The breakdown occurred at about 3.30am,......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday suspended the operation of the Lahore High Court chief justice’s administrative order of re-fixing seniority of judges, relegating Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan......
WHAT’S a human life worth? To loved ones, it is obviously priceless. But to society and the state, the value of a life is clearly relative.Soon after 9/11, I.A. Rehman, that tireless crusader for......
‘HINDUTVA’ sums up the ideology that moved champions of Hindu nationalism for decades before Partition. In 1923, V.D. Savarkar coined the term in his essay, Hindutva: Who is a Hindu? As an atheist,......
EVEN in the best of times our television news coverage leaves a lot to be desired with agenda-driven hysterics and histrionics often dominating the screens. If, heaven forbid a tragedy occurs, the......
I WONDER what the concerned students would be thinking of the government’s directive to some teachers of the Pak-Turk school system to leave the country. I guess they would consider it political......
