A man was gunned down on Tuesday night in suspected sectarian attack in Gulistan-i-Jauhar area of Karachi, police said.Mohammed Kazim Raza, 39, was riding a motorcycle when unknown pillion riders......
Israel has approved 2,500 settler homes in the occupied West Bank, officials said Tuesday, marking a major settlement expansion following the election of US President Donald Trump.The planned new......
Pakistan has named its 17-member squad for the Second T-20 Blind World Cup commencing in India from January 30.A Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) announcement on Tuesday said that Mohammad Jamil......
Saudi security forces have arrested 13 Pakistanis and three Saudis suspected of having links to terrorists who blew themselves up during a weekend firefight with police, authorities said on......
At least five persons were killed and six injured in rains-related incidents in Balochistan in the last two days. A large number of mud houses and walls were also damaged during the continuous......
In a new partnership with FindMyDoctor.pk, Careem announced on Tuesday that it will bring qualified doctors to those suffering from the seasonal fever and flu.The initiative is free of cost, with......
At least six people were killed and another eight injured in a road accident in Balochistan's Kalat district on Tuesday, said police.Mohammad Yousaf, a police officer, told DawnNews that a passenger......
Fighting for a key port city on Yemen's Red Sea coast has left at least 40 rebel and pro-government fighters dead, military officials said Tuesday.Loyalist forces said Monday they had captured the......
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government has proposed an amnesty scheme to encourage Pakistani citizens with assets and companies abroad to legalise their earnings and siphon profit back......
Indian police and troops have killed three suspected separatists in two separate gun battles in India-held Kashmir (IHK) on Tuesday, one of them near the de facto border with Pakistan, officers......
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday heard a case regarding the sale of 'substandard' cooking oil and ghee products in Utility Stores Corporation (USC) outlets across the country.The lawyer......
Pakistan on Tuesday conducted a successful test flight of the Ababeel surface-to-surface ballistic missile (SSM), the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.Ababeel has a maximum......
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Theresa May must get parliament's approval before she begins Britain's formal exit from the European Union.The UK's highest judicial body......
Six months ago, I nearly went insane getting my AC repaired. It took a mammoth amount of effort to find a reliable person for the job, to have him come on time and to eventually have the problem......
Continuing his arguments before the larger bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) counsel Taufiq Asif earned the ire of the presiding judges after he made repeated references to......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday inaugurated the Metro bus service, costing nearly Rs29 billion, in Multan.Punjab Governor Rafique Rajwana, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Punjab Law Minister......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its record-breaking upward trajectory on Tuesday, with the KSE-100 index testing the 50,000 barrier in intraday trading for the first time in its history,......
Saudi Arabia on Monday warned organisations in the kingdom to be on the alert for the Shamoon virus, which cripples computers by wiping their disks, as the labour ministry said it had been attacked......
PESHAWAR: The police on Monday recovered two suicide jackets from a mosque on the outskirts of the capital city. However, no arrests were made.An official at the Paharipura police station told Dawn......
PESHAWAR: Peshawar has witnessed many bloody scenes on its various roads and at markets owing to terrorism for the last decade or so.Peace march of young nationalist activists, wearing red caps and......
MANSEHRA: The people of Pales in Lower Kohistan district have announced they will stage protests against Kohistan’s bifurcation and move the Supreme Court for the review of its decision to uphold the......
ISLAMABAD: The Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Raja Khurram Ali Khan has obtained a pre-arrest bail from the court of his fellow judge in the minor maid case.The ADSJ, who is now......
ISLAMABAD: The people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas have not been taken into confidence regarding the government’s proposed reforms for the area, said chief of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli......
ISLAMABAD: Members of the civil society on Monday held a protest demonstration against the government not being able to recover the missing bloggers and human rights activists whose whereabouts are......
LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police claimed on Monday to have arrested two members of a banned outfit from Bahawalpur and recovered explosives.A CTD spokesman said they received......
LAHORE: Alhamra Unplugged -- a modern recording studio – needs to be promoted by the Punjab government, as despite having eight original tracks to its credit it is still struggling to be properly......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Another camel fight was organised by some influential farmers of Cholistan in violation of a ban at Chak 144-5-R in Liaquatpur tehsil, 110km from here, on Monday.The latest event......
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah has said that the system cannot be changed by brandishing bottles of petrol and issuing ultimatums.Would it be......
KARACHI: The controversy stirred by the objectionable remarks of a provincial minister against a woman lawmaker in the Sindh Assembly session ended on Monday after he extended apology and asked for......
KARACHI: Their faces covered with chadors and feet moving rhythmically to the beat of drums, the women and men of Manghopir celebrated the Sheedi Mela after a gap of seven years on Monday. In a......
KARACHI: Due to the decades-long absence of regulatory laws, the Karachi zoo continues to function as a deathtrap for animals, with a two-month-old fawn and a peacock the latest victims. Both animals......
ASTANA: A first day of indirect talks between Syrian rebels and the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana ended on Monday without any apparent breakthrough, sources said.“Our......
LONDON: Sinn Fein signalled a shift to a new, post-conflict generation in Northern Ireland on Monday when the Irish Republican Party named a 40-year-old woman to replace a former IRA commander as its......
JERUSALEM: Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu has been convicted of violating the terms of his release, more than a decade after completing an 18-year jail term, a court announced on......
BRUSSELS: European dairy farmers protesting against falling prices sprayed tonnes of milk powder over the EU’s headquarters on Monday as agriculture ministers held talks there.Dozens of farmers from......
LOS ANGELES: Fashion industry satire Zoolander 2 led nominations on Monday for the annual Razzie Awards, a list of the year’s worst films that includes performances by past Oscar winners Robert De......
BANJUL: The Gambia on Monday awaited the arrival of President Adama Barrow as his team said former strongman Yahya Jammeh plundered the nation’s coffers before going into exile.Barrow, who was sworn......
SINGAPORE: Myanmar’s deputy defence chief on Monday urged the world to give his government “time and space” to solve a crisis involving the Rohingya Muslim minority amid concerns jihadists could......
CAIRO: Six years after Hosni Mubarak was forced from power, the activists behind Egypt’s 2011 uprising are facing a new crackdown and struggling to see much reason for hope.Rights groups accuse......
NEW DELHI/CHENNAI: Hundreds of women gathered in over 30 towns and cities across India late on Saturday, saying they were “occupying the night streets” to demand safety in public spaces after reports......
FROM its inception, it was a social-media phenomenon, not a mainstream-media one.The organisers of the many women’s marches that filled the streets of cities across the world on Saturday got the word......
KARACHI: A pair of 27-year-old batsmen was among three international discards to share limelight as Karachi Whites overpowered Islamabad to qualify for the final of the National One-day Cup for......
LONDON: Still to clear up the ambiguity over last weekend’s absence from the Chelsea team, Diego Costa did his talking on the pitch on Sunday.Brazil-born Spain forward Costa marked his return to the......
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez scored their 15th league goals of the season as Barcelona stayed on the heels of La Liga leaders Real Madrid by winning 4-0 at Eibar on Sunday although the win......
LIBREVILLE: The width of a goalpost denied hosts Gabon a place in the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations on Sunday, with the desperate home team’s fate sealed by a 0-0 draw with Cameroon......
MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal struggled into his first Grand Slam quarter-final since 2015 at the Australian Open on Monday, as Serena Williams accelerated towards a record title and the number one......
CHRISTCHURCH: Tom Latham and Colin de Grandhomme guided New Zealand to a series-sweeping nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second Test in Christchurch on Monday after the visitors suffered......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday allowed the long-awaited export of 300,000 tonnes urea fertiliser without the Rs200 per bag subsidy being extended for sales to local farmers.The decision was......
KARACHI: Banks increased their advances 144 per cent in 2016, a recent report by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) showed.Banks remained cautious for more than a decade when it came to extending......
KARACHI: Stocks were on fire for the second straight day on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index recording gains of 511 points, or 1.04 per cent, to close at a new all-time high of......
KARACHI: Pakistan Railways inducted into its fleet seven new freight-specific locomotives, delivered by the United States firm General Electric (GE), during a ceremony at the Karachi port on Monday......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior has issued a notice to Pakistan Peoples Party Senator Dr Abdul Qayyoom Soomro for the payment of over Rs1.37 million within 15 days.Dr Soomro has been accused of......
LAHORE: A large number of employees have been rendered jobless following the closure of more than 200 Jazz-Warid franchise outlets across the country after the two entities decided to consolidate......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has issued notices to the ministries of defence and interior, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and police on a petition filed for recovery of a missing......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has expressed concern over inappropriate security arrangements in Parachinar despite two threat alerts sent to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government......
ISLAMABAD: Serious discrepancies have been found in the process of award of Rs5 billion contract for the Keyal Khwar hydropower (KKHP) project being executed on the Indus in Kohistan district of......
RAWALPINDI: Recounting successes of the army, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday appreciated the participation of Multan Corps’ troops in the ongoing counterterrorism......
ISLAMABAD: The government has rejected a German newspaper’s report containing four documents apparently showing Maryam Nawaz’s connection with the company that owns the Park Lane flats in London and......
RAWALPINDI: In a late-night development, an additional district and sessions judge awarded death sentence to a security guard for killing an activist of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and acquitted......
COLOMBO: Muhammed Jahangir holds up bold, coloured textiles with intricate traditional needlework. He explains them to the Sri Lankan customers at his trade stall — how the needlework is done and how......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Monday to Egyptian President Fattah al Sisi, a day after a similar call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.US media reported that the......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday issued a contempt notice to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan over his scandalous remarks about the commission.On a......
ISLAMABAD: Nearly nine months after they were first released, the German publication Süddeutsche Zeitung — the original source of the Panama Papers leaks — on Monday released four documents......
THE thana is an exceedingly grim place in Pakistan. Rather than being an integral part of the community, the local police station is a place to be feared. The main reason for this is the police’s......
THE Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Bill, 2016, if enacted, will facilitate dispute settlement without resorting to formal litigation for adjudication by the courts. This includes arbitration,......
NO news bulletin is complete without a comprehensive update on the Panama Leaks case in the Supreme Court. The form of corruption being deliberated can be categorised as ‘financial corruption’. But......
IT is a given that public rallies and milling crowds don’t always reflect democratic fervour. Iran and Turkey are great exponents at staging rallies but it is questionable if these outings are not......
THE key social, economic and political concern of our times, both domestically and globally, ought to be inequality, not simply poverty. Poverty has been far easier to address and to reduce,......
