A senior United States (US) official says 872 refugees will be allowed into the United States this week despite the Trump administration executive order suspending the US refugees programme.Kevin......
Pak Suzuki Motors has announced to discontinue the booking its 1,000cc hatchback car, Cultus, with effect from February 1, 2017.A notification sent by Suzuki to all its authorised dealers, a copy of......
The government on Tuesday revised petroleum prices and increased the price of petrol by Rs2.25, where as the prices of other petroleum products, including light diesel will remain unchanged, reported......
A group of technology companies plans to meet on Tuesday (today) to discuss filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging US President Donald Trump's order restricting immigration from......
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Tuesday issued another show cause notice to Bol News for usage of "inflammatory, indecent and irresponsible" language.Pemra, in its......
It is the last ball of the match, Bilal's team needs two runs to win.The captain and the bowler have a discussion and make some last minute changes to the field. The bowler returns to his mark, and......
Police gunned down a wanted drug dealer in an encounter in Karachi's SITE area on Tuesday.According to a police statement, Amanullah was "a big drug dealer" who had been selling charas and heroin for......
Hours after a memo stated ride-hailing services Uber and Careem are "illegal", Chairman of the Punjab IT board Umar Saif said the approach is being "reviewed".Read more: Punjab govt moves to ban......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday transferred the Tayyaba torture case from the Supreme Court to the Islamabad High Court for further deliberations.A three-judge bench of......
Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor on Tuesday stated that the decision to put Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed under house arrest "is a policy......
US President Donald Trump's immigration and refugee restrictions are “offensive”, a top Turkish official was quoted as saying on Tuesday, in the first explicit criticism by Ankara of the......
As the Pamanagate case hearing resumed on Tuesday before a five-member bench of the Supreme Court, the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) Prosecutor General Waqas Qadeer Dar was called once again......
United States (US) President Donald Trump's administration poses a grave risk to international trade and Europe will have to stand up to him to prevent the collapse of global economic institutions,......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday jointly inaugurate the newly constructed Palestine Embassy Complex in the Diplomatic Enclave, reported......
Many Americans got their first, confusing glimpse of the country's complex immigration system when President Donald Trump announced he was temporarily banning immigrants from seven Muslim-majority......
US President Donald Trump on Monday fired the acting attorney general, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she ordered Justice Department attorneys not to defend his controversial......
Punjab Government’s Provincial Transport Authority on Monday declared that ride-hailing services Uber and Careem were operating outside regulatory bounds in Lahore.A notification was issued in this......
At least nine people, including three security personnel, were injured in a blast on Peshawar's Charsadda road on Tuesday, police said.A contingent of Frontier Corps (FC) personnel was on its way......
One of the most common liberal responses to the excesses committed by the powerful in Pakistan is to call for people to ‘speak out’.This familiar refrain, voiced often in the aftermath of the January......
The following is an excerpt from a declassified document released online by America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as part of a searchable database on its website Reading Room. Declassified......
CHITRAL: The extended heavy snowfall in the high altitudes of Chitral during last three weeks has forced the Kashmir markhor in Chitral’s Gol National Park to descend on areas forming the buffer zone......
PESHAWAR: The Town-III administration will hold a meeting with the representatives of UN agencies to discuss situation with regard to law and order and inform government about security threats owing......
ISLAMABAD: After media reports that action was expected against Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), its Islamabad chapter on Monday held a protest demonstration against any move to ban the party.The protest held......
ISLAMABAD: After conducting tests on 16 brands of packaged milk given Ultra High Temperature (UHT) and pasteurisation treatment, the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) has......
ISLAMABAD: Around 95pc work on the New Islamabad International Airport has been completed and the remaining would be done by March 2017. The airport would be ready for operations by July this......
ISLAMABAD: An exhibition of over 183 artworks made by school children opened at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts on Monday to generate funds for schools for underprivileged children in......
LAHORE: Model and actress Diya Ali is all set to participate in the ‘Model of the Year’ contest in Dubai.In an interview with Dawn, Diya said around 50 countries were participating in the beauty......
LAHORE: Gas supply in Punjab has dramatically improved after a 200MMCFD consignment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is being added to the system after re-gasification since Jan 27 every day, enabling......
GUJRANWALA: Five members of a family were killed and two others sustained serious injuries when the roof of a house collapsed on them in Gondlanwala village early on Monday morning.Reports said that......
KARACHI: The nomination of Mohammad Zubair as the 32nd governor of Sindh was just a confirmation of media reports which had started emerging hours after the death of former governor retired Justice......
KARACHI: Amid a noisy protest by lawmakers belonging to the opposition parties in the Sindh Assembly, the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party on Monday managed to adopt a government bill pertaining to......
KARACHI: The provincial social welfare department on Monday claimed that not a single case of torture on domestic child workers across Sindh was reported in the five years ending 2014, saying the......
KARACHI: “’Sacred violence’ in America is defined by the Americans as ‘violence by Muslims’. They ask me why we Muslims are so violent. And I ask them instead ‘when did they stop beating their......
KARACHI: The Rangers opposed on Monday a police report that had found two nominated suspects innocent and the recovered ball bombs as “dummies” in a case pertaining to the recovery of explosives and......
KARACHI: Seasoned cricketer Shahid Afridi visited Karachi University (KU) on Monday and signed a contract on behalf of his non-governmental organisation (NGO) with the university’s mass communication......
BADIN: Lifting of sand from the patches along the dykes of Mir Wah irrigation channel by truckers has been continuing despite repeated complaints made to the officials concerned by area residents......
LOS ANGELES: As Hollywood’s actors honoured their peers on Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild awards, the evening was overshadowed by politics as stars slammed President Donald Trump for restricting......
LONDON: An online petition to stop United States President Donald Trump’s planned royal state visit to the United Kingdom has gathered more than a million signatures.The petition states that while......
RIYADH: A building in southern Saudi Arabia used by United Nations staff to monitor ceasefire violations in Yemen was damaged by rocket fire on Monday.Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported that the......
NEW YORK: Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee service company, declared on Monday it would hire 10,000 refugees in five years in defiance of US President Donald Trump’s immigration......
WASHINGTON: Two days after ordering a ban on visitors and refugees from seven Muslim countries, US President Donald Trump won Saudi King Salman bin Abd Al-Aziz’s support for establishing safe zones......
MANILA: Philippine police have suspended controversial anti-narcotics operations until they can rid their ranks of “scalawags”, their chief said on Monday, following President Rodrigo Duterte’s......
NEW YORK: Tens of thousands of people rallied in US cities and at airports on Sunday to voice outrage over President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting entry into the country for travellers......
MURMANSK: The nuclear icebreaker Lenin, the pride and joy of the Soviet Union’s Arctic great game, lies at perpetual anchor in the frigid water here. A relic of the Cold War, it is now a museum.But......
HURTLING as we are towards a Trumpian plutocracy, why not take 90 minutes or so to be pleasantly reminded that not all billionaires are just heartless cabinet nominees?In any other context, Peter......
It takes months to become a real bad guy, to turn against a whole race of people, to boast about your lack of compassion, to whip even your most craven allies into grovelling silence as you besmirch......
WASHINGTON: Even before George Jetson entranced kids with his cartoon flying car, people dreamed of soaring above traffic congestion. Inventors and entrepreneurs have long tried and failed to make......
MELBOURNE: In his darkest moments last year when he doubted if he would ever get back to full fitness following his knee injury, Roger Federer clung on to one thought — he still had the game to maybe......
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain and ex-chief selector Moin Khan has come out to bat in favour of country’s current T20 leader Sarfraz Ahmed as the next national one-day side skipper in place of the......
MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo shrugged off the boos of his own supporters to fire Real Madrid to a 3-0 win over Real Sociedad on Sunday as Zinedine Zidane’s side took advantage of slip ups by Barcelona......
MANCHESTER: Holders Manchester United powered into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 4-0 win over Championship side Wigan Athletic at Old Trafford on Saturday with Bastian Schweinsteiger being one......
PARIS: Champions Paris St Germain failed to raise to the occasion as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Ligue 1 leaders Monaco at the Parc des Princes on Sunday.Bernardo Silva’s stoppage-time goal......
PORT GENTIL: Brothers Jordan and Andre Ayew scored as Ghana beat a spirited Democratic Republic of Congo 2-1 in Oyem to reach the semi-finals of the African Nations Cup finals on Sunday.They were......
AUCKLAND: New Zealand overcame one of the greatest all-round performances in one-day cricket history by Australian rookie Marcus Stoinis to win the first match of the Chappell-Hadlee series on Monday......
LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Super League (PSL) Najam Sethi said on Monday that once Pakistan succeeds in hosting the league final in Lahore on March 5, at least one or two foreign teams are likely to......
FOR some time a debate has been raging over the likely retirement of two of Pakistan cricket’s stalwarts, Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan, who over the years have served the game with credit and with......
MALAM JABBA: Jan Jakubco shone again on the scenic slopes of Malam Jabba on Monday.Having won the men’s giant slalom race on Sunday, the Slovakian outclassed his rivals in the second slalom race to......
KARACHI: The rupee has been appreciating against all major international currencies, except the dollar, making it harder for exporters to keep their products globally competitive.The Monetary Policy......
ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government failed to capitalise on a donor-assisted project for the development of marble stone, with actions taken by the provincial Department of Mines and......
KARACHI: Panic-selling ensued on the stock market on the first session of the week where the benchmark KSE-100 index plunged 991.53 points (1.98 per cent) to close at 48,972.24.The market opened on a......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has constituted a high-level fact-finding committee to examine allegations by the Ministry of Water and Power that Karachiites had......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday issued a show cause notice to Bol News over the contents of a programme conducted by Dr Shahid Masood.The notice......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced on Monday extension of the National Health Programme to the entire country.“Access to quality healthcare services is the inherent right of all......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court allowed model Ayyan Ali on Monday to go abroad as it directed the interior ministry to immediately remove her name from the Exit Control List (ECL).The ruling was issued......
KARACHI: Readers of the satire website Khabaristan Times were informed in a Facebook post on Monday that the website had been blocked in Pakistan since Wednesday (Jan 25).According to the post:......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s affidavit, given in a money laundering reference against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders 17 years ago, remained the focus of press conferences by......
LEAVING behind a war-torn home over decade ago, Muhammad Azeem moved to an Afghan refugee camp in Peshawar. The skilled carpet-maker started weaving carpets in his tent to support his extended......
ISLAMABAD: Normality returned to the National Assembly on Monday when, unlike in the past, Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq showed leniency and allowed opposition members to deliver speeches on the......
LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has been placed under house arrest for three months, the interior ministry announced on Monday.Lahore police authorities told Dawn......
“THERE is a climate of impunity in Pakistan with regard to enforced disappearances, and the authorities are not sufficiently dedicated to investigate cases of enforced disappearance and hold the......
WELL-DESIGNED local government (LG) systems help achieve both the techno-managerial goals of efficiency and effectiveness in local service delivery and the more critical political economy goals of......
COMPARISONS have been made between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi. They may have several facets of personality and politics in common but their routes to power were entirely different.Modi’s road to......
WATER issues between Pakistan and India need to be divided into three distinct legal baskets in order to avoid the muddling of approaches. The first basket should contain the recent Kishenganga and......
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) warned on Monday that the travel ban imposed by United States President Donald Trump would strengthen the position of extremists worldwide.“Such......
