Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA) on Wednesday responded to Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) statement and said it did not advise players against participating in Pakistan......
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday flatly denied “phoney” explosive allegations about ties with Russia and lurid behaviour on a trip to Moscow that have tainted his election victory and......
The attached department of Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) would send abroad the medical doctors to Saudi Arabia this......
The smartphones of dozens of Israeli soldiers were hacked by Hamas members pretending to be "attractive young women" online, an Israeli military official said on Wednesday.Using fake profiles on......
The head of IranAir took delivery on Wednesday of the first new Western jet under an international sanctions deal, calling it a “sunny day” for peace and friendship between Iran and Europe and a......
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said Wednesday that a proposal for allocating funds from the federal National Finance Commission (NFC) Award for the security of China-Pakistan Economic......
World Bank has revised Pakistan's growth rate upward to 5.2 per cent for fiscal year 2017 and 5.5 per cent for 2018.The bank previously estimated growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Pakistan 5......
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday ordered concerns authorities to remove encroachments to clear the route of Karachi Circular Railways (KCR).Presiding over a meeting on KCR at the......
Former Balochistan finance secretary Mushtaq Ahmed Raisani submitted an application to negotiate a plea bargain at the accountability court in Quetta. His plea bargain application was previously......
Sindh governor Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui passed away in Karachi on Wednesday according to the governor house spokesman.Siddiqui had been hospitalised earlier today, DawnNews reported.Sindh Assembly......
At least six labourers were killed Wednesday when the building where they were working caught fire, DawnNews reported.Eight injured labourers had been rescued from the blaze and rushed to Kot Khawaja......
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday informed the Senate that former Army chief retired General Raheel Sharif would be required to seek a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the government......
A US jury on Tuesday condemned self-described white supremacist Dylann Roof to death over the massacre of nine black worshippers in a South Carolina church in June 2015 ? a crime that shocked......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday that the government should retract a presidential ordinance that seeks to disbar for life public office holders and government......
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc has hired a key Apple Inc software engineer to oversee its Autopilot self-driving software efforts, Tesla said in a blog post Tuesday.Chris Lattner, who served at......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said the day is not far when Pakistan will be recognised as a "minorities-friendly country" and that his government is taking steps to improve the lives of......
The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave temporary custody of Tayyaba, the child maid allegedly tortured by her employers to Pakistan Sweet Homes, a government-sponsored orphanage.Chief Justice Saqib......
Five UAE officials were among 56 people killed in a string of bombings across Afghan cities, authorities said Wednesday, as Taliban militants step up a deadly winter campaign of violence.The Emiratis......
Morocco has banned the production and sale of burqa full-face Muslim veils, apparently for security reasons, media reports said Tuesday.While there was no official announcement by authorities in the......
Pakistan is in serious danger of failing to qualify directly for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) World Cup 2019 in the United Kingdom as it currently sits at eighth position in the One Day......
The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing the Panamagate case, which seeks the disqualification of the prime minister over alleged investments made by his family in offshore companies.A......
The brother of the man who with his wife killed 14 people in a shooting rampage at a government building in San Bernardino, California, pleaded guilty to immigration fraud on Tuesday in connection......
Thousands of people fled heavy fighting on Myanmar's northern border with China overnight, activists said Wednesday, as the government blocked a senior UN official from visiting the area.Clashes......
Executives at the advertising website Backpage.com refused to testify before Congress Tuesday following a Senate report that accuses the site of systematically editing its "adult" ads to remove words......
President Barack Obama bid farewell to the nation on Tuesday in an emotional speech that sought to comfort a country on edge over rapid economic changes, persistent security threats and the election......
US spy chiefs have informed Donald Trump that Russian operatives claim to possess deeply compromising personal and financial information about him, US media reported Tuesday on the eve of the......
THE silence at the time was disquieting and now the nation knows why: the federal government was not committed to allowing the sun to set on military courts and was, in fact, secretly planning to try......
PEOPLE who are pumped up about the prospect of a Trump presidency fall broadly into two categories.Most of those who voted for the property magnate and TV show host and many of those who backed him......
IT was 1957 and we had returned to college after a restful summer vacation. We had braced ourselves for the discipline that was the hallmark of the St Joseph’s College for Women (SJC) under the......
IT was winter break at the University of Sindh, Jamshoro. The campus was largely empty, devoid of the usual students going to and from class. The women’s hostel, where female students who do not have......
Published in Dawn January 11th, 2017THERE has, as yet, not been any denial of Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s mumbled comments during a TV interview last week about retired Gen Raheel Sharif being......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at an event have urged government to take effective steps for improvement diplomatic ties with India so that both the countries can make collective efforts for sustainable peace......
PESHAWAR: Rise in the use of ice or methamphetamine as party drug in Peshawar is alarming and more terrifying is the fact that families have no clue until the worst side effects start to......
ISLAMABAD: A medical board from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has found that Tayyaba, a 10 year old domestic employee who was allegedly tortured in the home of a serving judge,......
ISLAMABAD: The plight of missing academic Salman Haider and three other missing activists was highlighted on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday when Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan briefed......
ISLAMABAD: While the review petitions against about 30 convictions of the military courts are pending adjudication before the Supreme Court, political parties have started a debate on the revival of......
Q. What are you currently reading?A: I am reading a book on Persian poetry by Bidal Dehlavi. It is a treat to read the work of the great Persian poet, who influenced Asadullah Khan Ghalib and Allama......
CHINIOT: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has reopened its unit office of the Income Tax Department in the Chiniot city after 12 years.The Chiniot income tax circle office was established in the......
LAHORE: A large number of civil society activists, including teachers, students and PPP workers, protested against the government over disappearance of at least four activists from Islamabad and......
LAHORE: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Tuesday Pakistan’s future was bright and economy had improved owing to pragmatic policies of the government.Addressing a conference titled “Two Nation Theory......
LAHORE: Terming, what she called a movement for humanitarian jehad, noted social activist and writer Tehmina Durrani formally launched her organisation – Tehmina Durrani Foundation (TDF) – here on......
MULTAN: A man was killed while four other people were injured when a portion of a commercial building collapsed on Tuesday.Many people, mostly labourers, were feared trapped under the debris as......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Over-a-year-long struggle of the residents of Faiz Colony, Gobindpura, Muhammadpura, Sitara Colony, Siddiq Park, Mustafabad and Ittehad park has paid off, as a mother and child......
KARACHI: The recent disappearance of Salman Haider and three other social media activists has garnered a lot of attention and support, with resounding calls directed towards the state to release them......
KARACHI: Work has been temporarily stalled at the Gadani ship-breaking yard once again for at least 15 days after five labourers were burnt to death by a fire that erupted in an LPG tanker on......
KARACHI: The city receives 200 million gallons of unfiltered water daily. The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has no functional system either to properly chlorinate drinking water or check......
KARACHI: Work on the new feasibility report of the Karachi Circular Railway has been started and it will be completed in two to three months, said Sindh Transport Minister Nasir Shah on......
HYDERABAD: A two-day international conference on agriculture, food and animal sciences began at the Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam on Tuesday. Around 300 delegates, including scholars,......
LARKANA: Senate Deputy Chairman Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, who is the general secretary of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), has urged the federal government to convene a multiparty......
KABUL: Twin Taliban blasts struck near the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 80 in a rush-hour attack that shattered a relative lull in violence in the......
BANGKOK: Flash floods in southern Thailand washed out a bridge on the country’s main north-south highway on Tuesday, backing up traffic for 200 km as the death toll from days of unseasonable rain......
BERLIN: Roman Herzog, who as president pressed Germany to embrace economic reform in the 1990s and also stressed the importance of remembering the Nazi Holocaust, has died. He was 82.Current......
WASHINGTON: The US Senate begins confirmation hearings for key nominees to Donald Trump’s cabinet on Tuesday, amid concerns many of the president-elect’s picks haven’t been fully vetted over ethics,......
NEW DELHI: As India ordered an inquiry into a complaint by a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper at the Line of Control (LoC) that he and his colleagues were served bad food, the soldier said on......
NEW DELHI: India’s Election Commission vowed to enforce a court order banning politicians from seeking votes on the basis of religion or caste in upcoming state polls, amid uncertainty over the......
BEIJING: It has been eight years since Tang Xintian, a post-1980s woman in Beijing, started working as a freelance writer.Tang majored in economics and began working as an analyst in Shanghai after......
LAHORE: Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur, in his official report sent to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has held the bowlers more responsible for Pakistan’s pathetic performance during Test......
ZURICH: FIFA will expand the World Cup to 48 teams, adding 16 extra nations to the 2026 tournament which is likely to be held in North America.President Gianni Infantino’s favoured plan for 16......
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa will look to celebrate Hashim Amla’s 100th Test by completing a series whitewash over Sri Lanka in the third Test here at the Wanderers from Thursday.Having thumped Sri......
KARACHI: In the aftermath of Pakistan’s latest Test series drubbing Down Under, head coach Mickey Arthur has said that the resilience of his charges can’t be questioned, while insisting the......
ZURICH: Cristiano Ronaldo claimed FIFA’s inaugural best player of the year award on Monday, the latest prize for the Real Madrid and Portugal star after a glittering 2016 for club and......
SYDNEY: Top-ranked Angelique Kerber lost her opening match at the Sydney International on Tuesday, upset 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 by Darya Kasatkina in a setback ahead of her Australian Open title defence next......
KARACHI: Overseas Pakistanis sent home $9.46 billion in the first half of 2016-17, down 2.37 per cent from a year ago.According to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday,......
ISLAMABAD: The government is expected to withdraw general sales tax (GST) on construction of hydropower projects being developed by Chinese companies under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)......
KARACHI: Stocks fell on Tuesday breaking a long winning streak closing below the 49,000 level. The KSE-100 index dropped 173.62 points (0.35 per cent) to close at 48,865.79 points.Market participants......
WASHINGTON: The United States has reacted to Pakistan’s test-firing of its first nuclear-capable submarine cruise missile with an appeal to all nuclear weapon states to exercise restraint.At a State......
CHAMAN: For decades Afghan and Pakistani merchants crossed freely at Chaman, but an unprecedented bid by Islamabad to impose border controls is sparking fears for bilateral trade.Chaman is one of......
LAHORE: A district and sessions judge in Lahore on Tuesday issued execution warrants for a 55-year-old prisoner on death row with a debilitating mental illness.Khizar Hayat, who was sentenced to......
QUETTA: The Balochistan cabinet has decided to make legislation for the protection of political, economic and social rights of the indigenous people of the port city of Gwadar. It has formed a......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan said on Tuesday that Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution should be enforced in letter and spirit, regardless of how many......
ISLAMABAD: The army’s top leadership on Tuesday praised the performance of military courts in prosecuting terrorism cases and their role in complementing the fight against militants.“[The] forum also......
LAHORE: Pakistan expects that the World Bank (WB) will take a decision by the end of this month on a request it submitted to the bank’s envoy in Dubai for restarting the process of arbitration to......
LAHORE: A cold wave that followed a four-day spell of rain and snowfall in the country’s hilly regions continued on Tuesday and is expected to intensify over the next two to three days, the Met......
ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court judge on Tuesday feared that disqualifying the prime minister on the basis of off-the-cuff statements would set a dangerous precedent in the country’s judicial history.“We,......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan’s remarks about classification of banned organisations in the Senate on Tuesday sparked controversy, prompting the opposition to walk out of the......
ISLAMABAD: Politics seems to be the real motivation behind the Rs180 billion export incentives package that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced on Tuesday.At least the timing of the policy......
The left-handed batsman Hanan Khan, currently working at a local hotel in Karachi, has been called for the National Cricket Academy's (NCA) team to play two T20 matches against Malaysian cricket team......
