Saudi Arabia, at war in Yemen and competing for regional influence with arch-rival Iran, projects a 6.7 per cent rise in defence spending in 2017 to 191 billion riyals ($50.8 billion), according to......
The US Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday it is cancelling an inactive registry programme for visitors from countries where extremist groups are operating, a plan similar to a Muslim......
A Chinese consortium is set to acquire a 40 per cent stake in Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), the country's stock exchange said Thursday.At least 17 entities had expressed an interest in the PSX,......
Mortar fire and car bombs killed more than 30 people including aid workers near Mosul Thursday as Iraqi forces battled to seize the city from the militant Islamic State (IS) group.A triple car......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday decided to file a reference against the former finance adviser to Balochistan chief minister Mir Khalid Langove following the plea bargain in the......
Iran's national carrier Iran Air on Thursday completed an order for 100 Airbus planes with a list price of around $20 billion (19 billion euros) as the country opens up to the West.The order follows......
The ARY news channel, which had earlier appealed against the decision by a British court to broadcast a summary of a legal judgement against it, lost the appeal on Thursday.ARY's initial appeal was......
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was named the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricketer of the Year on Thursday for taking 48 wickets and scoring 336 runs in eight tests during the voting......
The Foreign Office on Thursday said that since the killing of young Hizbul Mujahideen militant commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani on July 8 this year, more than 150 Kashmiris have been killed and above......
Saudi Arabia on Thursday projected a 2017 budget deficit of about $53 billion and a lower than expected shortfall for this year after government cost-cutting in response to lower oil prices.Expenses......
The 21-year-old Indian youngster, Ripon Chaudhry, who was arrested by local police over wearing Pakistan team shirt while watching a local cricket tournament in Assam, says he wants to meet Shahid......
Lawyers from Balochistan on Thursday demanded the resignation of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti following the release of the Quetta......
A Yemeni-American YouTube star from New York has called for a boycott of Delta Airlines after claiming he was removed from one of their flights for speaking Arabic.Delta said Adam Saleh and his......
PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari will land at Karachi's old Jinnah terminal on Friday afternoon, PPP leader Nisar Khuhro said during a press conference Thursday.The former president is returning to......
Russia staged a sombre memorial ceremony on Thursday for Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey gunned down in Ankara on Monday by a man shouting "Don't forget Aleppo".Russia and Turkey have......
Romania's Social Democrat Party (PSD) proposed a leftist woman from the country's tiny Muslim minority as prime minister on Wednesday, a close associate of PSD power broker Liviu Dragnea who was......
Nokia Corp said on Wednesday it had filed a number of lawsuits against Apple Inc for violating 32 technology patents, striking back at the iPhone maker's legal action targeting the one-time cellphone......
Taher Shah, the man behind the surprise hit songs 'Eye to eye' and 'Mankind's angel', has left the country after receiving anonymous 'death threats', his manager has confirmed.Shah's manager did not......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) said on Thursday it has recovered nearly Rs3.3 billion worth of cash and properties from the plea bargain deal the bureau struck with Mushtaq Ahmed Raisani,......
Minister for Railways Khuwaja Saad Rafique on Thursday inaugurated a special purpose 'Xmas Peace Train' ahead of Christmas festivities in the country.The minister, while addressing the inauguration......
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday that attacks this week in Berlin and Ankara proved he was correct to propose curbing Muslim immigration to the United States.“What's going on is......
The Finance Division on Thursday released Rs250 million for a 'Houbara Bustard and Migratory Birds Endowment Fund' upon the directions of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.In October, the prime minister......
Forensic expert and Director General of Punjab Forensic Science Agency, Dr Mohammad Ashraf Tahir has said in a press conference on Thursday that the government has been informed that the Baldia......
A fire that broke out in a ship parked in plot 60 at the Gadani shipbreaking yard in Hub has been brought under control.All labourers trapped inside the ship were removed by rescue teams that had......
German officials had deemed the Tunisian man being sought in a manhunt across Europe a threat long before a truck plowed into a Christmas market in Berlin and even kept him under covert surveillance......
The families of three Orlando nightclub shooting victims have filed suit against Facebook, Twitter and Google accusing them of providing “material support” to the militant Islamic State (IS) group by......
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir is expected to be fit for the second cricket test against Australia beginning Monday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after overcoming knee and thigh soreness.Amir......
The Walt Disney Company’s United States (US) television arm will create shows for Snap Inc’s Snapchat, Disney announced on Wednesday, in Snapchat's latest deal with a major US media company.The......
Pakistani Test skipper Misbah-ul-Haq won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award, the ICC tweeted Thursday.The 42-year-old was given the award for inspiring his side to play the game with zest and zeal that......
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday that government requests for user account data rose 27 percent in the first half of 2016 compared to the second half of last year, with US law enforcement agencies......
The executive of a Pakistani company was charged in a US federal court on Wednesday for his part in an alleged $140 million 'fake-diploma mill' scheme, the latest step in a global crackdown touched......
PESHAWAR: The geological seismic surveys have revealed that around 20 trillion cubic feet natural gas can be explored in different blocks in the militancy-affected Federally Administered Tribal......
PESHAWAR: Some 22 male and female artists from various parts of the country on Wednesday prepared a 60-foott-long painting during an exhibition at the Nishtar Hall here, projecting different cultures......
Arif Jafri has played the flute all his life. Ustad Fateh Ali Khan took him under his wing at a young age, and Mr Jafri’s passion for music took him as far as Romania, where he specialised in Western......
RAWALPINDI: A paralysed murder convict in Adiala jail will be sent to the gallows on Saturday after his mercy appeal was turned down by the President, police and his family said.Khan Iqbal, in his......
TAXILA: President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday said he has never attended school and has missed out on the joys of school.The president was speaking at a parents’ day function at the Cadet College......
ISLAMABAD: The census should be postponed till all Afghan refugees have returned to their country and till the Baloch who have left their province due to insurgencies have returned to Balochistan,......
LAHORE: The viral disease chikungunya is preventable as it is identical to dengue, say public health experts.“Chikungunya persists in countries where dengue is present,” said senior faculty members......
LAHORE: A Chinese language laboratory has been established at the department of humanities in University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.Chinese Consul General in Lahore Yu Boren inaugurated......
MULTAN: A fire broke out in the Urdu record room of the District Collector’s Office, Kutchery Compound here on Wednesday gutting almost the entire pre-1990 court and revenue record.According to a......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ruled that a visually-impaired person can be appointed a teacher and “persons with different abilities” are eligible to be recruited on open merit in addition to the......
KARACHI: The PPP leadership has decided not to take out a rally to celebrate ex-president Asif Zardari’s homecoming on Friday to avoid public inconvenience. Instead, arrangements are being made for a......
KARACHI: “No longer restricted to the rural and tribal areas of Pakistan, but sadly increasing in urban communities as well is a very serious human rights issue that Pakistan faces — violence in the......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Customs on Wednesday claimed to have recovered 17kg of heroin worth Rs170 million from a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft, which was ready to take off for Jeddah,......
KARACHI: The military establishment on Wednesday hinted that the Karachi operation that completed three years in September is not going to end anytime soon, with both the newly appointed corps......
KARACHI: China may have more core benefits from the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) but it’s a game-changer for Pakistan which will also benefit from it. Contrary to what some Europeans......
HYDERABAD/SANGHAR: Two Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) old guards, Mohammad Ali Shah Jamote and Jam Madad Ali — who have their proven vote bank in Matiari and Sanghar, respectively —......
HYDERABAD: Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar has said that powers are concentrated in Sindh, but even with this concentration of powers, had the provincial government really delivered, the situation would......
An underwater robot has captured a rare glimpse beneath the Antarctic sea ice, revealing a colourful world filled with coconut-shaped sponges, dandelion-like worms, pink algae and spidery......
WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on Tuesday denied a report that his sons were seeking donations of up to $1 million in exchange for possible post-inauguration access.The......
DUTCH scientists have developed an artificial leaf that can act as a mini-factory for producing drugs, an advance that could allow medicines to be produced anywhere there is sunlight.The work taps......
ALEPPO: Evacuations from the last rebel-held pocket of Aleppo resumed on Wednesday despite heavy snowfall, clearing a path for Syria’s army to take full control of the devastated city.The evacuations......
TULTEPEC: Mexico worked on Wednesday to identify the charred bodies of dozens of people killed in an explosion at its biggest fireworks market, as authorities investigated what caused the......
NEW YORK: Martin Scorsese’s Manhattan office, in a midtown building a few blocks northwest of the cordoned-off Trump Tower, may be the most concentrated bastion of reverence for cinema on the face of......
PANAMA CITY: From the Panama Papers to the impeachments of the presidents of Brazil and South Korea, 2016 was a year marked by corruption scandals and by rising public outrage over graft.The question......
MUMBAI: The emergence of youngsters Lokesh Rahul and Karun Nair will increase the pressure on India’s established batsmen to be more consistent as the world’s top-ranked Test side look to dominate......
PRAGUE: Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will not be able to play competitive tennis for around six months, said the surgeon who operated on Kvitova’s playing hand after it was injured in a......
KARACHI: The third-round matches in the National One-day Cup for Departments on Wednesday left no unbeaten teams as Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and Sui Northern Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) both......
TOKYO: Tokyo Olympic organizers will present their first official cost estimate for the 2020 Games at a level slightly below their promised 2 trillion ($17 billion) cap, Japanese media said on......
DUBAI: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has lost his appeal against a ball-tampering conviction, but will be free to play in the first Test against Sri Lanka starting on Boxing Day.Du Plessis was......
CHENNAI: England captain Alastair Cook heads home for Christmas with calls for his resignation ringing in his ears after what turned into an embarrassing sub-continental tour.Cook flagged his......
MADRID: Atletico Madrid cruised into the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey by defeating third-division Guijuelo 4-1 on Tuesday for a 10-1 win on aggregate.Atletico secured the victory in their final......
BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund missed a bagful of chances to draw 1-1 at home with Augsburg on Tuesday, as they squandered the opportunity to make up ground in the Bundesliga title race heading into the......
BERGAMO: Substitute Franck Kessie led a late comeback in Atalanta’s final match of the year to earn a 2-1 victory over Empoli in Serie A on Tuesday.Ivorian youngster Kessie, who turned 20 on Monday,......
KARACHI: Two-thirds of the tax revenue collected in the first quarter of 2016-17 was used for debt servicing, leaving the government with less than 34 per cent of the total collection to run the......
ISLAMABAD: The electricity tariff for all distribution companies, except K-Electric, is expected to come down by Rs3.60 per unit for a month due to higher than justified billing to consumers in......
KARACHI: Shopkeepers estimate nationwide sales to reach nearly Rs20 billion as shopping spree ahead of Christmas and New Year coupled with winter buying goes in full swing.“We expect a sales volume......
KARACHI: Some people are demanding zero duty on cement imports, which will be devastating for the local industry, All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) Chairman Sayeed Tariq Saigol......
KARACHI: The 14-day bull run that saw the KSE-100 index climb by whopping 10pc, came to a screeching halt on Wednesday as it plunged by 216.75 points (0.46 per cent) at 46,993.31.At mid-day,......
KARACHI: Trading activity on the cotton market on Wednesday slowed down under the influence of global trend. Spinners generally preferred to abstain owing to slow off-take of yarn and textile......
The first thing you notice about the death penalty is how much preparation is involved. In two years, Pakistan has carried out 419 executions. 419 death row prisoners wore a hood as six warders......
NOWSHERA: Afghan Ambassador Dr Omar Zakhilwal met Maulana Samiul Haq, chief of his own faction the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, on Wednesday and discussed with him the situation in Afghanistan and other......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court summoned on Wednesday complete sentence record of former religious affairs minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi who was convicted and awarded a six-year jail term in a Haj......
LONDON: A Pakistani television channel could become the first-ever channel in the United Kingdom ordered to broadcast the summary of a legal judgement against it. At a legal hearing in London on......
GWADAR: Naveed Baloch — the Pakistani asylum seeker who was detained in Berlin for his suspected involvement in a deadly assault in which 12 people died early this week, and who was said to have been......
QUETTA: Lieutenant General Aamir Riaz, commander of the Southern Command, inaugurated the Pakistan Gate in Taftan along the Pak-Iran border on Wednesday.The gate was constructed in five months at a......
THATTA: Indian coastguards intruded into Pakistani territorial waters in the Rann of Kutch region and took away 26 Pakistani fishermen along with their five boats, it emerged on Wednesday.The......
LANDI KOTAL: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Wednesday that the Afghan leadership’s anti-Pakistan diatribe in an ‘enemy country’ could jeopardise the friendly relationship between......
ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the government’s explanation for its decision to place five regulatory bodies under the administrative control of the respective ministries, the opposition in the Senate on......
Correction: Apropos a report published in the Dec 22 issue of Dawn under the headline “Bureaucrat facing Rs40bn corruption charge cleared”, the National Accountability Bureau has disputed the figure......
A CONVERSATION has kicked off in the country following the government’s move to place five key regulators under the administrative control of their respective line ministries. Many are drawing the......
IN 2010, parliament passed amendments to the Constitution changing the very edifice of judicial appointments in Pakistan. However, six years down the road, it appears that the new mechanism raised as......
Ever wonder why we have a Rs5,000 note? If not, you should — because the note has a very interesting story to tell.It was introduced in 2006, and accounted for the bulk of the increase in “currency......
PAKISTANI people’s refusal to face the truth was again demonstrated last Friday when the fall of Dhaka in 1971 and the carnage at Peshawar’s Army Public School two years ago were remembered.At the......
A week after the inquiry report into the Quetta hospital attack recommended that Nacta be "activated", the National Counter-Terrorism Authority's (Nacta) chief said Wednesday night said the body does......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party denied allegations by opposition politician Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday that Modi had accepted $6 million in suspicious cash payments in the months......
