Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Aitzaz Ahsan on Tuesday conceded that he was "quite surprised" over the announcement made by the party’s co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on December 27 — to contest......
British parliamentarians flayed the United Kingdom government for spending its taxpayers' money on aid for Pakistan, London's Daily Mail reported on Tuesday.UK Prime Minister Theresa May, however,......
Afghan officials say a Taliban ambush in the northeastern Badakhshan province has killed at least four policemen.Deputy Provincial Police Chief Mohammed Nabi Bayhan said the attack took place late......
Reports of sexual assaults on women revellers at New Year's Eve celebrations in India's southern information technology hub of Bengaluru have spurred women's rights activists to demand that police......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said that "peaceful coexistence, mutual respect and an economically integrated region" must be the "shared objective" of government servants to establish strong......
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday approved an increase of 25 paisa per unit in the tariff of K-Electric (KE) on account of monthly fuel cost adjustment.The raise has......
Around 2,000 Shias in western Afghanistan organised a protest on Tuesday against growing sectarian attacks by the militant Islamic State (IS) group, as the government warned that IS had expanded its......
Ahead of Supreme Court (SC) hearings on the Panamagate case, scheduled to resume Wednesday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday shared documents alleging Maryam Nawaz to be the sole......
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan is all set to challenge the findings of the Quetta Commission report, DawnNews learnt Tuesday.A source in the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta)......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children on Tuesday submitted documents in the Supreme Court (SC) notifying a change of counsel in the Panamagate case.The documents were filed by the respondents'......
China confirmed that its aircraft carrier has for the first time conducted drills in the South China Sea with a formation of other warships and fighter jets, a move that could raise concerns among......
The father of a child maid allegedly tortured by an additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday said he 'forgave' the suspect and his wife.The judge, Raja Khurram Ali Khan, and his wife were......
Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Hazara region arrested two wanted terrorists with the help of security agencies, according to sources within the CTD.According to CTD officials, Muhammad Nawaz......
Digital currency bitcoin kicked off the new year by jumping above $1,000 for the first time in three years late on Sunday, having outperformed all central-bank-issued currencies with a 125 per cent......
“How will my family survive if I do not work and earn money to feed them?” says 12-year-old Hameed when I ask him why he isn’t in school.Hailing from Taluka, a subdistrict of Khairpur, Sindh, Hameed,......
Last week Honda Atlas unveiled a new mid-cycle makeover of the Accord, in what is their second car launch in five months. The facelift is a first in three years after the company initially started......
David Warner hit a record century inside one session and his fellow opener Matt Renshaw a maiden hundred over three as Australia reached 365 for three at close of play on the opening day of the third......
SYDNEY: Steve Smith’s sole aim will be to keep Australia in the winning habit when they take on Pakistan in the third Test.The recall of Steve O’Keefe for a twin-spin attack and inclusion of debutant......
LAHORE: Former Test batsman Zaheer Abbas has advised the Pakistan team to play with high spirit and postive mindset in the third and final Test against Australia in Sydney while avoiding the mistakes......
FACED with the prospect of a whitewash against Australia, captain Misbah-ul-Haq and his charges would be desperate to avoid what could be yet another embarrassing outing in this three-match Test......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s experienced all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez’s name was mysteriously omitted from the ODI squad that was announced to face Australia Down Under despite all parties agreeing to his......
CAPE TOWN: Dean Elgar’s century and a quickfire unbeaten 68 from Quinton de Kock lifted South Africa to 297 for six on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Newlands on Monday.Elgar......
PERTH: Roger Federer returned from six months on the sidelines with a knee injury to beat Dan Evans 6-3, 6-4 on Monday and lead Switzerland to an opening 3-0 win over Britain at the Hopman Cup mixed......
LONDON: Liverpool dropped two points in the Premier League title race as Jermain Defoe converted two penalties to earn struggling Sunderland a 2-2 draw against them at the Stadium of Light on......
LAHORE: Aleem Dar, Pakistan’s most prominent international cricket umpire who achieved a major milestone on Monday, has advised youngsters to work hard with honesty if they wanted to achieve life......
SHANGHAI: Brazilian international midfielder Oscar was cheered by supporters of his new Shanghai club on Monday where some media reports said he would earn nearly $500,000 a week, making him the......
KARACHI: Ahmed Shehzad made a strong statement yet again when the skipper inspired Habib Bank Limited (HBL) to the National One-day Cup for Departments title with a five-wicket defeat of Sui Southern......
LOS ANGELES: Tim Hardaway and CJ McCollum both enjoyed career nights on Sunday as the Atlanta Hawks surprised the first-place San Antonio Spurs while McCollum carried the Portland Trail Blazers to a......
PESHAWAR: Workers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Peshawar district, have begun a campaign against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra for what they claimed not inviting them to the......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Monday decided to approach the Foreign Office to lodge a formal complaint with the Canadian government against the key suspect of a......
TAXILA: The current dry spell has rendered the standing wheat crop in Taxila and adjacent areas in the Potohar region vulnerable to slow growth and diseases and farmers of Taxila, Wah Cantt and......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Athar Minallah of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday directed the management of under construction Grand Hyatt hotel to submit details of allotments of its high rise......
LAHORE: The 319-member district assembly held its first, and brief, meeting on Monday at the Aiwan-i-Iqbal because the Town Hall did not have space to accommodate the entire strength of the House.The......
LAHORE: A 60-year-old woman breathed her last on the floor of Jinnah Hospital on Monday evening after she was allegedly denied treatment at three state-run hospitals.Zahra complained of severe pain......
LAHORE: The Chief Minister’s Special Monitoring Unit, in collaboration with the Punjab Safe Cities Authority and the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW), will launch the Women Safety......
FAISALABAD: The first meeting of the city council plunged into complete disorder on Monday when mayor Razzaq Malik switched off the mic of Sheraz Kahloon who had contested election against him......
LAHORE: Six labourers were injured when the roof of a factory collapsed in Shadbagh on Monday.Rescue officials said they received a call at around 8:50am that the roof of Nimko Food Factory located......
SIALKOT: The district administration has converted a building that had officially been declared dangerous into the District Council Secretariat after vacating offices of different departments working......
KARACHI: Inspector general of the Sindh police A.D. Khowaja resumed charge after ending his leave on Monday and ordered an inquiry into the death of a girl student in the Sindh University hostel,......
KARACHI: It was short, sweet and to the point. Perhaps that’s how all film events should be. Ace film-maker Syed Noor should be praised for making the launch of his new film Chein Aey Na — which is......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday issued notices to the defence and interior secretaries on the appeals of five convicts challenging their death sentence handed down in the Safoora Goth......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has taken notice of increasing street crime and directed the inspector general of police to carry out a vigorous operation against street criminals,......
BAGHDAD: President Francois Hollande flew into Iraq on Monday and told French troops stationed there he was hoping for “a year of victory against terrorism”.During his one-day visit, Hollande is......
SEOUL: North Korea has been working through 2016 on developing components for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), making the isolated nation’s claim that it was close to a test-launch......
PARIS: The corruption trial of the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president started in his absence on Monday in France, where he is accused of buying real estate, sports cars and other luxury goods with......
BOBBY Knight. Don King. Sylvester Stallone.Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s cultural touchstones, which he’d frequently name-drop at campaign rallies and on Twitter, were at their peak in the......
When António Guterres resigned halfway through his second term as Portuguese prime minister in 2002 because his minority government was floundering, he did something unusual for a man who had seen......
CAIRO: The militant Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday for a New Year’s Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, an attack carried out by a lone......
CAIRO: A senior Egyptian judge arrested on corruption charges was found dead in his cell on Monday having hanged himself, his lawyer said.Wael Shalaby, a deputy chief justice in the country’s......
BERLIN: Instead of bombs there were beats. Guitars took over for guns. And there were cheers, not screams. But Aleppo was never far from the minds of the band Musiqana and the crowd at its record......
SEOUL: The daughter of one of the central figures in a South Korean influence-peddling scandal that led to President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment will face extradition proceedings in Denmark after......
ISLAMABAD: The federal and provincial governments continued to exert tight control over recurring expenditures and slowly utilised development funds to contain the country’s consolidated fiscal......
KARACHI: The cost of construction rose 10 per cent in the outgoing year due to increase in cement and steel bar prices, and the impact of a depreciating rupee on imported construction material.On......
KARACHI: There has been a mixed reaction from minority shareholders of K-Electric who have been asked by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to send in their objections regarding......
KARACHI: Trading at the stock market got off to a storming start on the first trading day of the New Year on Monday. The KSE-100 index broke through the 48,000 barrier and galloped 433 points (0.91......
KARACHI: The illicit market of cigarettes in Pakistan accounts for about 40 per cent of total demand, which is putting the tobacco industry under pressure and costing 45pc loss in terms of the......
KARACHI: Trading activity slowed down on the cotton market on Monday as ginners were reluctant to sell in anticipation of better prices.The fortnightly phutti (seed cotton) arrival report, expected......
ISLAMABAD: A Christmas message calling for prayers for those charged under blasphemy laws has led to death threats against the son of Salman Taseer, the Punjab governor assassinated six years......
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Monday reportedly prohibited politicians from using peoples’ religion or caste to garner their votes, and the verdict has been described as one that could......
QUETTA: Six Frontier Corps personnel were injured in a bomb blast in the western bypass area here on Monday.The banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack.According to......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Amir Hani Muslim on Monday withdrew himself from a five-judge Supreme Court bench specially constituted to hear the Rs45 billion Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project.“I cannot......
QUETTA: Environmental samples taken from drains of Baleli area confirmed presence of poliovirus in the area on Monday.An official of the health department told Dawn that environmental samples had......
QUETTA: The Accountability Court of Quetta returned on Monday the plea bargain application originally submitted to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) by former finance secretary of Balochistan......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday accused the government of taking action against its political opponents and curbing social media freedom by arresting users for ‘maligning......
WASHINGTON: The US administration has initiated the process for peacefully resolving the current water dispute between India and Pakistan without waiting for an invitation to do so, official sources......
BERLIN: German prosecutors have indicted a Pakistani man on charges of spying for an Iranian intelligence agency.Federal prosecutors said on Monday that the 31-year-old, identified only as Syed......
QUETTA: Traffic between Chaman and Kandahar remained suspended for several hours on Monday after a large number of protesters blocked in Chaman the highway linking Pakistan with Afghanistan by......
KARACHI: Since the federal government is still undecided about the fate of military courts set up two years ago under a special law, the Sindh apex committee deferred a decision about the referral of......
If you walk towards Faisalabad’s historical Ghanta Ghar from Kotwali Road, you pass through the Aminpur Bazaar where vendors sell anything from fabrics to food. About a dozen yards before the......
LAHORE: Several parts of Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab were hit by a power outage that lasted between 12 and 16 hours after the 500kV Guddu-Dadu and Guddu-Shikarpur transmission lines and......
IN a country where negativity and cynicism reign supreme, critics and detractors of all kinds are revered, and emotional outbursts and fabricated stories dominate the air waves and social media, it......
ZIAUL Hasan and Safdar Hashmi belonged to different generations and possibly different traditions of Indian communism. Safdar’s party was sworn to Stalinism. Zia was an admirer of Rosa Luxemburg.......
PAKISTAN has had its fair share of street protests, some of them even toppling rulers. Decades before the Arab Spring, Pakistan had its own ‘spring’ in March 1969 when protests toppled Ayub’s regime.......
SHOW of hands: how many of us have attempted to engage in a rational political discourse online or with family or friends during a dinner gathering, only for it to end with the head meeting wall each......
Media reports on Monday revealed that some four or five Pakistani nationals had been allegedly kidnapped for ransom by suspected Kurd miscreants near Turkey's border.The victims, hailing from......
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said the pace of development work initiated under the Rs10billion Karachi Package needs to speed up, because in the next fiscal year he will give another......
