An official with the Trump administration has hinted that the recent suspension imposed on travel from seven Muslim countries might be extended to other countries, including Pakistan.White House......
Fast bowler Ashish Nehra claimed three wickets as he combined with Jasprit Bumrah to choke the England batting and set up India's series levelling five-run win in the second Twenty20 international in......
Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged fire across the Line of Control (LoC) in the latest skirmish on Sunday, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.The exchange of fire occurred along the LoC......
Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairman Mustafa Kamal on Sunday denied claims that he was a part of the establishment, saying he has no connections with it whatsoever."Yes, I am a man of the establishment......
President Donald Trump's travel ban barring citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations entry into the US has sparked protests around the country Saturday night and early Sunday morning.Thousands......
The leaders of Britain and Germany joined other American allies Sunday in criticising President Donald Trump's US entry ban for people from seven Muslim-majority countries, even as far-right......
Fuad Sharef and his family waited two years for a visa to settle in the United States (US), selling their home and quitting jobs and schools in Iraq before setting off on Saturday for a new life they......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday, while condemning the plight of Muslims prevented from entering the United States (US) under US President Donald Trump's immigration ban, ......
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will arrive in Islamabad on Jan 30 for a three-day visit, Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria confirmed to DawnNews on Sunday.This will be Abbas's third......
Roger Federer was in tears as he won a thrilling, five-set Australian Open final against his great rival Rafael Nadal to clinch a record-extending 18th Grand Slam title on Sunday.Federer won a......
Families split, a father unable to reach his son's wedding and officials warning of a "gift to extremists" ? American President Donald Trump's visa ban on seven Muslim countries has triggered shock......
Helicopter-borne commandos launched a raid in southern Yemen at dawn on Sunday that killed at least 57 people, including Al Qaeda suspects and civilians, residents and local officials told AFP.At......
The roads in Karachi's Clifton area were flooded with blue and gold colours Sunday morning as Pakistan Super League (PSL) team Karachi Kings' "Karachi Dorega" marathon went underway.The Kings appear......
Two activists who went missing earlier this month returned home on Sunday, family members told Dawn, a day after two of the other disappeared men were confirmed secure.The activists, Asim Saeed and......
A suspected robber attempting to loot a milk shop was burnt alive by an enraged mob in Karachi's Landhi neighbourhood on Sunday, police said. Two suspects have been detained and a case has been......
A federal judge on Saturday blocked part of President Donald Trump's temporary immigration ban, ordering authorities to stop deporting refugees and other travellers stuck at US airports.The decision......
THERE is a blight on education in Pakistan. Though commentators bemoan the disparities between public and private education, invoking social privilege as the cause, this applies not just to the less......
THIS month, a 60-year-old woman with chest pain, after being shunted around Lahore’s three major city hospitals, died on the corridor floor of Jinnah hospital. Death is an event of high probability......
FOUR episodes, four very different reactions. The boys got whacked over land grabs and generals’ privileges, and immediately pushed back.The state stands accused of a fresh spate of disappearances,......
PRESIDENT Donald Trump of the US has shaken the geopolitical landscape of the world in such a way that many nations are struggling to adjust. At present, world politics are quite fluid, which has......
The marvel of abstract art is that what appears non-specific and mutable to the uninitiated viewer is often a feat of considerable thought and laborious application. Recently shown at the Canvas......
I became aware of Habib Fida Ali’s (1935-2017) work long before I got to know him in person. I was still a student of architecture in Turkey when, on a visit to Karachi in 1969, I happened to visit a......
HE was never big on dates, months, or years, and anniversaries could never catch his fancy for any stretch of time. Marking the first anniversary of his departure from the world of the known to that......
SOME in the literary world have argued about Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, holding that he is a songwriter, or a lyricist, but not a poet and that the award should be reserved......
I write this column for B&A in interesting times. There is an expression we repeat in our conversations, commonly referring to its origins as a Chinese curse: ‘May you live in interesting times.’......
Imagine this: A vast arid area on the shores of a sea full of all kinds of fish and other sea life. An area with a long sandy shore, a ‘natural harbour’ and moderate-to-hot weather. Yet, this area,......
Leafing through the prospectus of University of California at Berkeley, one of the most sought-after US Universities for admissions on the West Coast, with over 85,000 applications for freshman......
Manhole covers normally are used to stop the unwary from falling into a sewer, but some Japsanese municipalities are utilising them for other purposes, such as to publicise local specialties and......
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them(SCREENPLAY)By J.K. RowlingArthur A. Levine Books, USISBN: 978-1338109061304pp.ANY time J.K. Rowling reveals she is writing another Potterverse book, there are......
HERE is a generation of men and women, serious or casual readers of poetry who, for the first time, picked up Azra Abbas’s seminal poem, ‘Mez par rakhay haath [Hands on the table]’, felt a punch in......
Talking of age in a cricketing context these days has the potential to make one expect, or even be sure, that the name Misbahul Haq would be just round the corner. And this calls for a bit of a......
The streets of Karachi carry a notorious reputation. Some reputes — fussball’s, for example — are tarnished by association.‘A game of gangsters.’‘A game where betting takes place.’‘A game that will......
There is a small space, ensconced near Karachi’s I.I. Chundrigar road where a group of young people are working hard to make a dream come true. Day in and out, they are sketching characters with......
The first Pakistani film released this year, Thora Jee Le, pushed the country’s already ailing film industry back by at least 10 years. It’s one of those films that college students plan and then......
There is a reason why the love scenes between the two leads, Chris Pratt (Jim Preston) and Jennifer Lawrence (Aurora Lane), of the sci-fi romance drama Passengers were drummed up so much in the......
Platform for FawadLet’s hand it to filmmaker and television host Karan Johar for learning to sound politically correct. Last week, he and our very own Oscar-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy......
I was sitting in a restaurant recently when a thought struck me; I had just noticed one of the other customers softly singing along to a Billboard Hot 100 generic song that was playing on the sound......
You are the music while the music lasts,” said T. S. Eliot. The harder the times, the stronger the struggle for the Pakistani music industry. Despite diminishing or highjacked-by-corporates......
Unlike most art forms, dance makes headlines and is often surrounded by controversy. Despite being an integral part of the wedding culture in Pakistan, dance is a cultural taboo for those who pursue......
After years of working with numerous clients, interior designers Michael Smith and Mary Cook have seen many of the same design mistakes over and over.The Los Angeles-based Smith, who was appointed by......
As event management companies enact their silent coup and take over Pakistan, we are witnessing more and more red carpet events around the country, for things you might think don’t deserve such......
This recipe sounds like a mouthful, and it is — in a good way. Cashews and red onion provide a tender crunch, and there’s just enough chicken to satisfy a carnivore. The niftiest thing about it,......
Fancy growing a highly nutritious, wonderfully versatile, decidedly delicious, food crop and have a patch of garden ground going spare? Then sweet potatoes may be the crop for you.Growing this useful......
Dear Khala, I am a 24-year-old girl. I got engaged a few months ago and will be getting married this year. It is a love marriage for us and he is a wonderful and caring person. The problem is that......
PARACHINAR: Authorities arrested eight more suspects in connection with the Parachinar market bomb blast on Saturday as the number of detained persons reached 15.Officials said that investigations......
PESHAWAR: Strongly reacting to the ‘highhandedness’ of Mardan police, members of transgender community on Saturday held a demonstration and protest sit-in outside the Peshawar Press Club.About 200......
BATTAGRAM: Complaining about the dilapidated condition of most link roads in Battagram district, the local residents have demanded the relevant authorities ensure their early reconstruction.They told......
Once the go-to destination for local foodies, Melody Food Park has lost its charm over the years. Set up in 2002 in the G-6 Markaz, the park was a popular spot for years after it was established,......
Independence day of Sudan celebratedSudanese Ambassador Tageldin Elhadi Eltahir along with senior embassy staffers welcomed hundreds of guests to a reception to mark Sudan’s 61st Independence Day on......
During the last a few years, the Rawalpindi Parks and Horticulture Authority and both the cantonment boards launched beautification campaigns with fanfare only to abandon them midway.In June 2015,......
Large-scale encroachment on Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) land has finally attracted the attention of the federal government and other stakeholders.The university’s faculty and student body were......
LAHORE: The menace of road accidents continues to take its toll on people, thanks to ‘casualness’ of the regulating agencies and the public at large.Although the authorities responsible for traffic......
Featuring a series of interactive workshops and dialogue on the ways to counter violent extremism, a conference, ‘An Initiative for the Victims and Survivors of Political Violence in Pakistan,’......
KARACHI: The city police claimed on Saturday that they had arrested five suspects, including one involved in the rape and murder of a minor girl in Machhar Colony and a “mastermind” in the Shershah......
KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a would-be suicide bomber and another militant, associated with a banned outfit, who were allegedly......
KARACHI: You may be long-sighted or short-sighted but everyone who happens to wear glasses in Karachi knows about the wholesale eyeglass market in Boulton Market. Why they all don’t go there is......
ANKARA: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday promised steps to ramp up trade between Turkey and Britain ahead of Brexit but also urged Ankara to uphold human rights following a failed......
BEIRUT: Syrian government troops gained control of the main water source for Damascus on Saturday, as the military worked to secure it and remove land mines in a major development that caps weeks of......
LONDON: An enormous cache of historical documents from Britain’s royal archives detailing the reign of King George III went online on Saturday as part of the royal family’s effort to rehabilitate the......
WASHINGTON: The FBI appeared to go beyond the scope of existing legal guidance in seeking certain kinds of internet records from Twitter as recently as last year, legal experts said, citing two......
SAINT PETERSBURG: Over a thousand people rallied in Russia’s Saint Petersburg on Saturday to protest the decision by authorities to hand over the city’s famous St. Isaac’s cathedral to the Orthodox......
LONDON: British actor John Hurt, who died on Saturday aged 77, was a cult actor of many faces, often playing supporting roles which went down in the annals of cinema history.Whether as the first......
STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s far-right party is rejoicing: long shunned by the political establishment, it has suddenly been invited in from the cold by a main opposition party eyeing a return to power — and......
LONDON: Liverpool suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday, handing manager Juergen Klopp a third home defeat in a row.Wolves......
MELBOURNE: Serena Williams pushed sentiments aside in an emotion-charged 6-4, 6-4 defeat of sister Venus to win the Australian Open on Saturday and a record 23rd grand slam title in the professional......
LAHORE: Giles Clarke, the Chairman of ICC Task Force on Pakistan, on Saturday lauded the efforts of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to briing back international cricket to the country but said the......
PORT ELIZABETH: Wayne Parnell and Imran Tahir took three wickets each to set up a comfortable eight-wicket win for South Africa in the first One-day International at St George’s Park on Saturday.Sri......
KARACHI: Reigning Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) champions K-Electric had not looked for much consolation after their 4-3 defeat against arch-rivals Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) on......
PESHAWAR: Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Saturday unveiled the logo and trophy of the second Under-23 Games carrying a slogan of ‘Khilari Ho Tu Sabit Karo’ here at the well decorated......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will need to build up the resilience of its agricultural sector over the next several decades, with greater investment in agricultural research and extension to maintain and......
KARACHI: Cotton buying picked up on Saturday on reports of higher demand for cotton yarn. The undertone was steady and outlook was also optimistic.The trading resumed on overnight firm tone induced......
KARACHI: The local heavy industry, especially truck makers, has yet to benefit from the ongoing infrastructure development projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).The local......
KARACHI: The decision by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Saturday to keep the policy rate unchanged at 5.75pc is in line with the expectations of the stock market stakeholders.In some brokerage......
KARACHI: The outgoing week was memorable for the Pakistan Stock Exchange in more ways than one. The benchmark KSE-100 index for the first time crossed the incredible barrier of 50,000 points on......
KARACHI: The World Bank has agreed to finance a $100m project to restore Karachi’s old city areas from Pakistan Chowk to Empress Market, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Saturday.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has stepped up preparations for the next general elections to avoid any last-minute problems in the gigantic exercise. It plans to start training......
LAHORE: An antiterrorism court on Saturday acquitted for lack of evidence 115 suspects involved in torching of more than 100 houses of Christians at Joseph Colony in the Badami Bagh area following an......
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties want National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq to seek direct intervention of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to defuse the prevailing tense political situation,......
KARACHI: A pilot who was involved in the crash of a small aeroplane at Karachi airport last year has been recruited by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to fly bigger aircraft, according to......
THE stupa at Sirkap, Taxila, sits on a hill outside the main city, alongside a monastery. The city is over 2,000 years old and was once the centre of the Gandhara civilisation. Alexander the Great......
ISLAMABAD: World Bank Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva said here on Saturday that she had held “constructive discussions” with the Pakistani leadership on the Indus Waters Treaty.In a......
JAIPUR: A day after Sanjay Leela Bhansali was assaulted here on the sets of his upcoming period drama Padmawati, the award-winning director suspended the movie’s shooting and decided to return to......
KARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has said that the courts are bound to decide cases without any fear and favour and their decisions should not be seen as ‘inclined to any......
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Two of the five activists who were reported missing earlier this month on Saturday made contact with their families for the first time in over three weeks.Poet and academic Salman......
KARACHI: Predicting an inflation rate lower than the target, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to maintain the main policy interest rate at 5.75 per cent.The monetary policy has been......
ISLAMABAD: One of the prime minister’s cousins, in an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court bench hearing the Panamagate case, has claimed that he deposited 12 million dirhams in cash with the......
