Pakistan International Airlines cabin crew with the help of a medical student saved life of a 70-year-old passenger on board flight PK-333 on Sunday, said a press release issued by the......
The two interconnected factions of peoples party — Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) — reportedly held their intra-party polls this weekend to elect......
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died in hospital on Sunday after suffering a heart attack, the ISNA and Fars news agencies reported.Rafsanjani, who was 82, was a pivotal figure in......
Saudi Arabia hopes its plan to bring a further 1.3 million women into the workforce by 2030 will be given a lift from ride-hailing apps Uber and Dubai-based rival Careem.The cars, which the......
The military’s media wing on Sunday announced that “the military courts have ceased to function on expiry of mandated period”.The military courts were established through constitutional amendment......
India's rights watchdog said more than a dozen tribal women were raped and sexually assaulted by police in restive Chhattisgarh state, with the victims' lawyer slamming authorities over delays in......
At least four human rights activists known on social media for their leftist views have gone missing this week, relatives and NGO workers told AFP on Sunday, as analysts voiced rights concerns.Two of......
Hardline Buddhist nationalists stopped a Muslim religious ceremony in Yangon on Sunday, witnesses and organisers said, as Islamophobic tensions boil over amid a bloody military campaign against......
US President Barack Obama admitted Sunday that he “underestimated” the impact misinformation and hacking could have on democracies, a remark that follows an intelligence report on Russian meddling in......
At least 68 fighters have been killed in two days of fierce battles between Yemeni forces and Huthi rebels near the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait, military officials said Sunday.Government forces......
The juvenile housemaid allegedly tortured by the family of an Islamabad additional district and sessions judge, has been recovered, police sources told DawnNews.Police sources said that the girl......
A suicide bomber struck Baghdad's main vegetable market Sunday, killing at least 18 people in the latest attack claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group as Iraqi forces battle the militants......
A truck rammed into a group of Israeli soldiers who were disembarking from a bus in Jerusalem Sunday, killing four people and wounding 15 others, Israeli police and rescue services said.A medic on......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan while addressing a rally in Bahawalpur on Sunday vowed that once the PTI comes to power, no other cricket team in the world will be able to beat......
The attacker who shot dead 39 people on New Year's night at an Istanbul nightclub has been identified as an Uzbek member of the militant Islamic State (IS) group, Turkish press reports said.There had......
At least 14 people were killed in a car crash on GT Road near Jhelum on Sunday.Eight men, four women and two children are among the dead, the District Police Office spokesperson told DawnNews.Nine......
A QUIET retirement it has not been. In the weeks since former army chief Gen Raheel Sharif retired from the military, barely a day has gone by without Gen Sharif or events connected to him being in......
IN the realm of good intentions, Pakistan rarely misses an opportunity to show off its impressive cultural and linguistic diversity. Consider as a representative example the dozens upon dozens of......
WELL, knock us over with a feather and tickle us all over — Raheel is going to do what? And for whom?And why, exactly?Once the appointment fandango dies down and the hysterical conspiracy theories......
PROJECTS supported by international loans have a poor history in Karachi. The process of setting up the project after negotiating the loan follows a familiar pattern. A posh project office is......
MUMTAZ Mufti, a great Urdu writer, has written in one of his books that being used to something (ie manoosiat) is one of God’s biggest blessings. Things like rainbows and observing the rain and sun......
As Pakistan slowly emerges from a long-term power crisis, its once booming textile sector is scrambling to find its feet ? but high energy costs and a decade lost to competitors mean recovery is far......
US authorities on Saturday charged the Iraq war veteran accused in a deadly shooting rampage at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport with offences that could carry the death penalty, while......
THE militant Islamic State group, that calls itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), is an ultra-ideological group. It is a well-structured non-state actor of its times. At the same time,......
Uran KhatolaDr Abdul HaqueTravelling the world since 1988, the author’s first written record was of his pilgrimage for Haj. At the insistence of friends he began to write of his other journeys; this......
THE neem tree, whose every part — from bark to stems to leaves and fruit — are beneficial, was Intizar Husain’s favourite symbol of cultural knowledge. For me, Husain is Urdu’s neem tree. He was not......
A common misconception in Pakistan is that books do not sell here because people do not read. Publishers blame the internet, smartphones, and numerous TV channels for “dying reading habits”.......
ROLLING Blackouts is subtitled Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, but if you are expecting this to be primarily concerned about people from those countries, you will be disappointed. Sarah......
CHRISTOPHER Hitchens is one of those writers you are bound to come across if you’re an avid reader in English. Even though it’s been over five years since he died of oesophageal cancer, it still......
HUGELY contrary to the beliefs of today’s jet-setting Facebook generation, getting married — the arranged way — in the 1970s was an exciting, fun-filled exercise in Pakistan. Of course, there had......
They say nobody leaves homes unless home is the mouth of a shark. But for many Pakistanis, living in the country is still tantamount to living among sharks. Around 8.7 million Pakistanis live abroad,......
Dear Auntie I am a girl studying Pharmacy. My problem is that I love a guy and we have been in a relationship for the last six years. We have so many loving memories, but we have also had lots and......
Text by Madeeha Syed | Photography by Sohaib RoomiTravel photographer Sohaib Roomi spent a year driving, hiking, camping and photographing beautiful vistas along the Makran Coastal highway.When......
It’s not always easy to know when we’re in the presence of “genius.” In part, that’s because we barely agree on what it means. In Roman times, genius was not something you achieved but rather an......
It was late night and my team and I were struggling to meet deadlines of a crucial project, when my colleague, Anum*, an event planner, opened an energy drink can and gulped it down. “At least, I’ll......
Challenges to personal safety are plenty in winter as the need for heat often results in accidental fires while because of low visibility in foggy conditions, low temperatures and slippery surfaces......
I have no idea what site you’ve set as your homepage, but I’m willing to make you a bet: whatever the site, whoever you are, the colour blue is present.Recently, the designer Paul Hebert began......
On this Christmas, I tried to remember how many turkeys I had cooked over the years. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I must have roasted a sizeable flock. I am more than happy to join holiday......
Q. Which flowers, shrubs and other plants can I add to my garden to attract birds?A. Birds, along with butterflies, bees and many other beneficial insects, love to feast on nectar-rich flowers of......
The best known indictment of the atrocities of life in Lahore’s Heera Mandi, Iqbal Hussain’s life’s work is a response to the turmoil and uncertainty that plagued much of his younger years. Belonging......
All genres and forms of art, since the beginning of human history, have remained incomplete without the indulgence of women as the subject matter. The female figure and image, owing to......
Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a celebrated French artist and one of the most eminent painters in the history of art and a leading figure in the Impressionist Movement whose paintings can be seen in......
Last year was probably Pakistan’s best-ever and worst-ever in a cricketing sense.We all know that under the watchful eye of old man Misbah, the Test team rose to the best in the world. However, in an......
West Indies’ former captain and manager Franz Copeland Murray Alexander had come over for dinner to our home, myself and another first class cricketer, Iftikhar Ali Bokhari, his contemporary at Caius......
Dangal isn’t a biography but several creative liberties have been taken to package the true story of two top Indian women wrestlers and their father’s life into this Christmas package.Aamir Khan’s......
“Sounds of Kolachi (SoK) was made as a collaboration of sounds, rather than musicians,” says Ahsan Bari, singer/songwriter/producer of one of the more exciting music acts to emerge from the Pakistani......
Eunice Goes, a professor of politics at Richmond University and an expert on British politics wrote in an essay that “intellectuals help politicians make sense of the world.” She added that......
Are you still in shock with the way 2016 turned out? Can’t wrap your head around Trump’s election win and the vote for Brexit? Well, with 45,000 followers on Twitter, Dr Adil Najam is a well-known......
From Super Mario Bros (1993) to WarCraft (2016), there hasn’t been a single film based on a video game that can be classified as good. In fact, they’ve been mostly terrible. It’s come to the point......
You must’ve heard this many times. Here’s one more time. On Dec 29, the news that cricketer Virat Kohli and actress Anushka Sharma have been engaged went viral on social media.The rumour went around......
She is undoubtedly the greatest folk and Sufi singer that we have today in the subcontinent. So whenever Abida Parveen comes up with something new, it always proves to be an audio-spiritual delight.......
It’s praiseworthy that Pakistani film stars, who were once associated with Lollywood and now that Karachi has become the base station for filmmaking haven’t been seen in films for a while, are coming......
We’ve been hearing about major Hollywood stars turning down the offer to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on Jan 20. In fact, there came a point when it was feared that there would be no......
Hold your hearts tight boys! Take a deep breath. The gal with lots and lots of oomph and sass, Kangana Ranaut has decided that she’s going to tie the nuptial knot this year. Yep, that’s her New Year......
Now that’s what you call a true fan! Salman Khan has a die-hard Pakistani fan. According to an Indian newspaper, Aly Malik celebrated Sallu Mian’s 51st birthday on Dec 27 by buying a (Dubai) car......
Gwyneth Paltrow always oozes confidence. She is known for shooting from the hip and not caring about what the world thinks of her.Recently, when someone pointed out that she is 44 years old and has a......
If you believe that the only thing good about travelling is arriving at your destination, you are missing half the fun.Travelling since childhood, I have used all modes of travel and loved the......
PESHAWAR: Disproportionate budgetary allocation, shortage of staff and absence of efficient supply chain management system have been hampering health department’s plan to provide quality services to......
PESHAWAR: Speakers, at a study circle, have stressed the need for evolving a comprehensive Pakhtun cultural narrative to achieve national objectives.The discussion was conducted under the auspices of......
Before vehicles became common and when Rawalpindi was the headquarter of the British forces, there was a lot of business for the farriers of the city as all the horses and donkeys had to be fixed......
Looking committed to claiming rights for the women in their remote, small village of Mansehra, a group of 16 women have pioneered a women-only jirga.Complaining about the local men-only jirgas......
LAHORE: In a major decision to arrest the declining cotton production in the province owing to multiple factors, the Punjab government imposed on Saturday Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code......
KASUR: The woman who had died at the Jinnah Hospital unattended had also visited the Kasur District Headquarters hospital prior to visiting Lahore hospitals, a CCTV footage shows.The chilling footage......
Celebration of the beauty of common folks and mundane life is rooted in the pro-people political ideology that rights activist, publisher and photographer Liaqat Ali believes in. He is among the......
The atmosphere inside Alhamra Art Centre Hall 1 on Friday evening was mystical when over 600 people thronged the venue for a Sufi Night featuring both seasoned and young singers. The evening was......
KARACHI: An accountability court reissued on Saturday warrant for the arrest of former Sindh information minister Sharjeel Inam Memon in a corruption reference.The former minister, along with the......
KARACHI: While law-enforcement agencies picked up 15 suspects in connection with the Friday grenade and gun attacks in North Nazimabad, a senior official of the Counter-Terrorism Department on......
KARACHI: City Mayor Waseem Akhtar on Saturday said the construction work of the Golimar underpass would be completed by Jan 15, which would end regular snarl-ups at the Golimar intersection the......
KARACHI: Renowned Pakistani architect Habib Fida Ali passed away on Saturday. He was 81.Family and friends of Fida Ali said he was unwell for quite a few weeks and breathed his last in the first......
KARACHI: The second edition of a book titled Sub Sy Bari Jang (The Greatest War) by senior journalist, author and poet Ahfaz-ur-Rahman has been published by Awami Kitab Ghar, says a statement issued......
HYDERABAD: The Jamshoro police on Saturday obtained a remand of Anis Khaskheli, who was booked a day earlier at the Jamshoro police station for allegedly trapping Sindh University student Naila Rind......
KARACHI: The Native Jetty Bridge footpath has people, crows and kites, street dogs and feral cats. In the water below there must also be many fish, though not so easily visible to the eye in the......
LAS VEGAS: Many companies hope to use robots to deliver food to your hotel room, or packages and sundries to your home. But they still have plenty of issues to work out.Like safety, for instance.......
BEIRUT: A massive tanker truck bomb ripped through a market by a courthouse in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz on Saturday, killing 48 people and wounding dozens near the Turkish border.The attack......
ACCRA: Ghana’s newly elected President Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn into office on Saturday in a peaceful handing over of power that stood out in a region facing political crises.Thousands of people......
ISTANBUL: Turkey on Saturday ordered the dismissal of almost 8,400 civil servants and the closure of over 80 associations, including sports clubs, in the latest round of purges after the July failed......
NICOSIA: The division of Cyprus is now in its 43rd year. Next week may mark the decisive moment when the small eastern Mediterranean island nation starts to be stitched back together again. After 19......
WHILE the seven socialist presidential hopefuls hurled brickbats at their Republican rival François Fillon, and at each other while they were about it, the centre of the French public’s attention on......
FORT LAUDERDALE: An Iraq war veteran took a gun out of his checked luggage and opened fire in a crowded baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale’s airport on Friday, killing five people, months after he......
HAMBANTOTA: At least 21 people were injured on Saturday in violent clashes between Sri Lankan government supporters and villagers marching against what they say is a plan to take over private land......
WARSAW: A cold wave across Europe has left at least 20 people dead in the past two days, including several homeless and migrants, authorities said on Saturday, with the frigid temperatures expected......
ISLAMABAD: A prominent academic and human rights activist went missing from the capital under mysterious circumstances.Salman Haider, a lecturer at Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) in......
SYDNEY: Australia ended Pakistan’s resistance before the scheduled tea break on the final day of the third Test to claim an emphatic victory by 220 runs and a 3-0 series sweep on Saturday.Two months......
LAHORE: Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq on Saturday said Pakistan’s batsmen lacked in aggression while its bowlers might have been fatigued because of which the team experienced a whitewash in the......
SYDNEY: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq pinpointed the last-day batting collapse in the second Test as the moment at which the series against Australia nosedived, yet put the blame chiefly on his......
MANCHESTER: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney equalled Bobby Charlton’s club record of 249 goals as the FA Cup holders reached the fourth round with an emphatic 4-0 home win over Championship......
ZURICH: Cristiano Ronaldo’s remarkable run of success can continue with a fourth FIFA award as the world’s best player on Monday.A European champion with club and country last year, the Real Madrid......
THE last day of 2016 saw the sad demise of Imtiaz Ahmed who was an able officer, a famous cricketer and a real gentleman.It will not be an exaggeration if I say that along with Abdul Hafeez Kardar,......
PERTH: Kristina Mladenovic and Richard Gasquet clinched France’s second Hopman Cup title, beating Americans CoCo Vandeweghe and Jack Sock 4-1, 4-3 in the deciding mixed doubles match in the......
KARACHI: Prices of some dried fruits and nuts have doubled as compared to the last year due to thin arrivals from neighbouring countries, low production and higher valuation rates of imported......
ISLAMABAD: Agricultural production and productivity in Pakistan continue to rise, though the growth is increasingly on the back of unsustainable input intensification patterns rather than......
LAHORE: Livestock development in Punjab has been largely stagnant over the past decade, with production increase coming from herd size expansion rather than productivity increase, a World Bank brief......
TORONTO: The Opec output cut regime, which began last week, has started to have an impact.As per the deal, Iraq needs to reduce output by 210,000 barrels per day to 4.351 million bpd. But a row has......
KARACHI: Cotton prices rose on Saturday on soaring demand, but sellers preferred to hold back their stocks anticipating further increase in prices. Overall trading activity remained restricted to......
KARACHI: The federal government has issued at least seven special permits to the ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum and other members of the royal family and the ruling elite to......
GWADAR: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri on Saturday announced financial assistance worth Rs500 million to the Ormara Cadet College and Rs3 million to the cadets in lieu of their......
THE building of the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s Karachi registry is a striking work of construction. Built in 1916, it was originally a museum that contained many an historic artefact. After......
ISLAMABAD: The vote bank of religious minorities has widened to reach close to three million, with 13 districts in Sindh and two in Punjab having significant presence of minorities placing them in a......
ISLAMABAD: With the advent of a global crackdown on tax evasion, the government is working on an amnesty package that will allow individuals who have parked their assets offshore and onshore to......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday amended controversial provisions governing plea bargains and voluntary returns in the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), 1999, disqualifying those who......
KARACHI: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s remarks during a TV programme on Friday that former army chief Gen Raheel Sharif is poised to head a Saudi-led military alliance sparked a debate on Saturday......
AS India turns its focus to a clutch of make-or-break state polls starting next month and while the world lives in suspense over the arriving Trump presidency in the United States, the trauma of the......
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar has reshuffled six station house officers (SHO) just a day after he resumed his post.Rao Anwar also ordered to shift three post in-charges and......
