President Donald Trump raised the stakes in Washington's increasingly tense stand-off with Iran on Friday, slapping fresh sanctions on Tehran's weapons procurement network.Officials said the new......
The National Assembly on Friday passed a bill giving legal and constitutional cover to the centuries old jirga and panchayat systems in the country with a view to ensure speedy resolution of petty......
Pakistan on Friday qualified for the semifinal of the blind World T20 Championship 2017, being played in India after, it defeated Nepal by 10 wickets, said a statement issued by Pakistan Cricket......
National Geographic's famed 'Afghan Girl' Sharbat Gula, who was deported to Afghanistan from Pakistan last year after being jailed for 'forging' an ID card, said in an exclusive interview with BBC......
After a successful first season in 2016, the Pakistan Super League is going to be kicking off again this Feb 9.Despite being organised on foreign soil, interference from champions’ league, and......
Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday said that the Pakistan Army and Rangers are "fully prepared for a befitting response to any misadventure from across", accusing India of deflecting......
Director General Rangers Maj Gen Mohammad Saeed on Friday visited Lyari to congratulate his troops on the 'successful operation' against Baba Ladla a day earlier.He was also briefed by various sector......
Myanmar's four-month military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims has likely killed hundreds of people, the UN said Friday in a report detailing horrific abuses allegedly committed against civilians in......
At least one person was killed while more than 70 were reportedly rescued on Friday after a boat capsized in River Ravi near Nankana Sahib, a senior police official told Dawn."There has been only one......
Pakistan's tennis champ Aisam-ul-Haq defeated Iran's Anoosha Shahgholi in a 3-0 win in Islamabad Friday, DawnNews reported.Aisam's score was 6-1, 6-2 and 6-2.The news was met with exhilaration among......
An Indian army soldier lashed out at a retired general for referring to complaints made by Indian armed forces personnel about poor food and facilities as a "mutiny", a report by Scroll.in said.The......
Six men were were jailed by a British court on Thursday for sexually abusing two minors who they drugged with alcohol and cannabis, BBC reported.One of the minors was 11 years old when the assaults......
United States (US) President Donald Trump is warning Israel that constructing new settlements “may not be helpful” to Middle East peace efforts, shifting toward a tougher line with Israeli Prime......
President Donald Trump's spats with US allies as close as Mexico and as unlikely as Australia are leaving his new secretary of state and others in his Cabinet to clean up a lot of potential......
A young man was fatally shot by a police officer in Islamabad's Sector I-10/1 in the early hours of Friday allegedly after failing to stop at a checkpoint, DawnNews reported.Taimur received at least......
The island is two hours by boat from the nearest settlement. There are no buildings, mobile phone reception or people. During the monsoon it often floods and, when the seas are calm, pirates roam......
Apple is to start making iPhones in India this year, a local government official said Friday, as the firm looks to tap a booming middle class as sales in China slow.The American giant has not......
Chinese companies are in talks to snap up more businesses and land in Pakistan after sealing two major deals in recent months, a sign of deepening ties after Beijing vowed to plough $57 billion into......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday inaugurated a 75-kilometre-long section of the Karachi-Hyderabad M-9 Motorway.Addressing the inauguration ceremony, the premier expressed satisfaction that work......
Snapchat owner Snap Inc shot the opening salvo in its $3 billion initial public offering on Thursday, outlining aggressive expansion plans but offering new investors no say on how the company is run......
Indian IT sector leaders will meet both US lawmakers and officials from US President Donald Trump's administration later this month to lobby against any major changes to visa regulations that could......
Uber Technologies Inc Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick quit President Donald Trump's business advisory group on Thursday amid mounting pressure from activists and employees who oppose the......
Nine more sailors of the 17 Pakistani crew members stuck on a ship anchored in Egypt's Suez Canal for over three months returned home on Friday after intervention by the Pakistani embassy in......
LAHORE: Peshawar Deers will take on Islamabad Shaheen while Lahore Lions will face Karachi Dolphins on the opening day of the first Pakistan Women Hockey League which will commence here at the......
KARACHI: A fine all-round performance by Ijaz Ali Shah guided Royal CC to victory in the final of the second Ahmed Mustafa Memorial Cricket Tournament here on Thursday.In the final played at the Aga......
LONDON: Manchester City turned on the style to dismantle West Ham United 4-0 and revive their fading Premier League title aspirations as Manchester United’s hopes suffered a potentially fatal blow......
NAPIER: New Zealand Cricket (NZC) and local authorities have agreed to an urgent inquiry to determine why the second One-day International between the hosts and Australia was abandoned on Thursday......
LONDON: Former England and Chelsea midfield star Frank Lampard said he was retiring on Thursday at the age of 38 after turning down “a number of exciting offers” in Britain and abroad.“After 21......
LAHORE: Emphasising age is not the real factor in sports and brushing aside the retirement talk from some quarters, beleaguered Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq on Thursday said he would assess his......
BANGALORE: Ecstatic after India beat England in all three formats of the game, captain Virat Kohli termed the entire series as a memorable one with a lot of positives for the national cricket team......
With plenty of energy and high hopes, the Pakistan women’s cricket team is ready for the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier in Colombo. We know the enormity of the task as well as its importance and......
LIBREVILLE: Veteran 44-year-old goalkeeper Essam El Hadary saved from Bertrand Traore’s spot-kick to allow Egypt to beat Burkina Faso 4-3 on penalties on Wednesday as they secured their place in the......
ST PETERSBURG: Venus Williams lost her first match since the Australian Open in just 55 minutes as she was beaten 6-3, 6-1 by Kristina Mladenovic on Thursday in the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy.Seeded......
HYDERBAD: Speakers at a seminar on ‘Women protection and laws against women harassment’ held in Sindh University on Thursday in the backdrop of the Jan 2 suicide by its student, Naila Rind,......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Thursday claimed to have killed Noor Mohammed alias Baba Ladla, the leader of one of the several gangs in Lyari, in an ‘encounter’ that officials and......
KARACHI: Misconduct on part of jail authorities and reluctance on part of the federal minister for human rights to allow journalists to accompany him during inspection marred his visit to the Central......
KARACHI: DNA test in rape cases has been made mandatory by the Sindh Assembly with the adoption of the government bill titled the Code of Criminal Procedure (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 2017 passed......
KARACHI: The loss of Intizar Husain, a towering figure in the realm of Urdu literature, is irreparable and to mark his first death anniversary people from the literary world gathered to pay homage to......
KARACHI: It is not easy to organise a group exhibition displaying artworks made by some of the country’s leading artists, past or present. The reason for it is that with the mere mention of a name......
KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves have been falling despite continued borrowing by the government from the international market.This can be alarming for the country as most sources of foreign......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has opened floodgates to oil marketing companies (OMCs) by granting 21 fresh licences in just six months compared to only 20 over the past 70......
CAPE TOWN: Pakistan’s first dry bulk terminal will open next month and is expected to handle three million tonnes a year of coal imports, rising to 20 million tonnes over the next five years, the......
KARACHI: The stock market extended its rally on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index adding 210.11 points to close at 49,665.97.The index started the day on a strong note as it made intraday......
KARACHI: Cotton prices on Thursday moved higher on sustained demand from spinners. However, activity could not improve and remained restricted as ginners were not inclined to dispose of their limited......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday took notice of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration’s move to clamp down on popular app-based ridesharing services......
ISLAMABAD: The relatives of several missing persons on Thursday accused the Punjab government of “playing politics” in the guise of implementing the National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorists and......
The Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) is asking its current students and those who have already graduated from any of the university’s affiliated colleges in Islamabad to pay an additional ‘degree fee’.A......
Foundation University Rawalpindi campus (FURC) hosted an orientation ceremony for new students and their parents on Thursday.FURC Director retired Brig Prof Dr Akhtar Nawaz Malik was the chief guest......
ISLAMABAD: Intoxicating poetry and timeless music, enriched by Ali Sethi’s voice, enthralled the audience at his concert at the Serena Hotel on Thursday.Mr Sethi’s expressive performance showcased......
BUCHAREST: Romania’s prime minister insisted on Thursday that the government will press ahead with decrees decriminalising certain corruption offences, defying the country’s biggest protests since......
BOSTON: A nationwide campaign to get more Muslim Americans involved in local politics is being launched by a Massachusetts nonprofit. Jetpac Inc. is focused on training Muslim Americans how to......
LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May’s government published its blueprint for Brexit on Thursday after winning a first parliamentary vote on a bill that would empower her to start pulling Britain out......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday to ‘totally destroy’ a law that forbids churches from engaging in political activities.“I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson......
AVDIIVKA: Ukraine’s president appealed for more global pressure against Russia on Thursday as Moscow-backed rebels and government forces clashed around a frontline town for a fifth day in a surge of......
LOS ANGELES: US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to withdraw federal funds from UC Berkeley after violent overnight protests against a planned appearance by a controversial editor of......
BANGKOK: Thai authorities on Thursday displayed to journalists nearly three tonnes of scales from pangolins, the world’s most poached animal, seized in anti-smuggling operations since December.The......
In 1859, a Jewish wool and textile merchant from Moravia tried to immigrate to Leipzig, Germany, with his wife, toddler son and infant daughter. He carried with him a “good conduct certificate”, or......
KARACHI: On a cool Sunday afternoon, well before the arrival of the leaders of a political party and its workers, a heavy police contingent was lined up along main M. A. Jinnah Road. The men were......
LAHORE / BAHAWALPUR: The Pakistan Railways and Railway police teams have initiated separate probes to track the whereabouts of a large shipment of coal that went ‘missing’ from a hopper wagon in the......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday came down hard on National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry for entering into a plea bargain with former Balochistan finance......
LAHORE: A murder convict who died in Shahpur jail some two years ago was acquitted recently by the Lahore High Court.Bhera police in Sargodha district had arrested Said Rasool in 2009 in connection......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office took on Thursday an ambivalent position on the Trump administration’s visa ban, saying it was America’s right to decide who could enter their country, but at the same......
KARACHI: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday claimed that the much talked-about “confessional statement” of Ishaq Dar, the present finance minister, submitted to the National Accountability......
LAHORE: Former judge of the Lahore High Court and former secretary general of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Barrister Malik Saeed Hassan passed away on Thursday after protracted illness. He was 86.Mr......
LAHORE: Prime Minister’s Adviser on National History and Literary Heritage Irfan Siddiqui said on Thursday the decision to detain Hafiz Saeed had been taken in the best national interest.“Hafiz......
LAHORE: The late Intizar Husain was remembered at a ceremony as a great fiction writer and novelist of south Asia, who had a deep insight into the civilisation that flourished in the region and how......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The Government Boys Elementary School, Businessman Colony (English medium), has been functional in a rented building for the last 40 years in front of the nursery ground.According to......
PESHAWAR: The lawyers protesting the arrest of a member of their community following a scuffle between him and a traffic warden brought the capital city’s traffic to a standstill for more than an......
MANSEHRA: Twenty people, including women and children, suffered serious injuries when a speeding passenger coach hit a pickup van here on Thursday.The coach bound for Mansehra from Karachi first hit......
KHAR: Majority of tribal people want merger of Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while 68 per cent of them are in favour of introduction of a new governance system in the region and complete repeal of......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri on Thursday imposed a ban on dismantling of oil tankers and LPG containers at the Gadani shipbreaking yard until a proper safety......
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday dismissed Pakistan’s demand for concrete evidence against Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, saying Islamabad has everything needed to prosecute the alleged......
KARACHI: Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing in the Khanjar sector along the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday.“Indian irresponsible attitude continues. Unprovoked firing at LoC in Khanjar......
KARACHI: The British broadcast media watchdog has “revoked” all licences held by the ARY Network because it has “ceased to provide the licensed services”.In a statement released on Wednesday, the......
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Health Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha revealed on Thursday that substandard stents were being used at government and private hospitals across the country and blamed......
KARACHI: Mohammad Zubair was sworn in as the 32nd governor of Sindh at a ceremony at the Governor House on Thursday.Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court Sajjad Ali Shah administered the oath to Mr......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday to reopen investigation into the payment of Rs266......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly has passed an important legislation aimed at discouraging false and frivolous litigation and unnecessary adjournments in order to ensure speedy justice and avoid......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on Thursday agreed to replace the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) with a National Accountability Commission (NAC), with a view to making the new commission more......
HAS winter turned the corner? The gruelling cold till a week ago has suddenly, without warning, given way to milder days. Signs of spring abound. While a cold snap is very likely in the weeks ahead,......
THERE was a time when Pakistanis would be found chanting loudly for internationalising an issue. They thought that by involving the world they had a better chance of getting a result in their......
IN these times of despair, even the dead can give us hope and inspiration. That is the powerful message that emerged from the Orangi Pilot Project-Research and Training Institute’s forum on Jan 22.......
A PERFORMANCE evaluation is necessary to motivate employees, provide work direction, justify promotions, and improve and reward performance. Ineffective evaluation criteria for public-service......
Council of Complaints (CoC) Sindh of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) in its 42nd meeting recommended a fine of Rs300,000 on Samaa television for making baseless allegations......
