Lahore Qalandars clinched victory in a nail-biting thriller against Islamabad United and won by one wicket. Umar Akmal's stand at the crease made the victory possible after Qalandars lost early......
Eleven members of an Afghan family, including women and children, were killed in a grenade attack on their home in the country's volatile east, officials said Monday.The attack, which left three......
Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah on Monday approved the proposal of shifting eight anti-terrorism courts (ATC) from Clifton to Central Jail Karachi.The chief minister took the decision during a......
Pakistan Army on Monday claimed to have conducted and intelligence based operation in Frontier Region Tank, killing four suspected militants.The media wing of the military released a statement in......
Turkish authorities detained more than 1,500 people for questioning over suspected links to militant groups in the latest operations over the last week and arrested 125 of them, the interior ministry......
Faced with the risk of drones being used to snoop or carry out attacks on French soil, the air force is showing its claws.At Mont-de-Marsan in southwestern France a quartet of fearsome golden eagles......
Women have been named to head Saudi Arabia's stock exchange and a major bank, the institutions announced, despite the kingdom's social restrictions on females.Samba Financial Group on Sunday said......
An accountability court in Quetta has issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former secretary local government and two other officers in the Balochistan mega corruption case on Monday.Judge Abdul......
They might have won only one match at the Asian Women's Rugby Sevens in Laos on the weekend, but for the Pakistan team which formed only a year ago it was a dream debut at an international event."For......
The wife of an additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) accused of torturing a ten-year-old child maid on Monday submitted a written request to the ministry of interior stating that the leader......
Kohat police on Monday said they had arrested one of the main suspects in the Hina Shahnawaz case, along with three alleged accomplices.District Police Officer Kohat Javed Iqbal said that one of the......
Russia will start initial deliveries of military helicopters to India in 2018, with assembly and manufacturing to follow in Asia's fastest growing economy, the chief executive of state-owned......
In a meeting held in Dubai on Monday between the Pakistan Super League (PSL) management and the owners of the team franchises, it was decided that the final for the tournament will be held in......
Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Monday that Pakistan and Afghanistan will fight their "common enemy" of terrorism together, a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended Monday’s trading session on a negative note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 447 points, or 0.9 per cent, by the close of trading to reach 48,929.The......
Farzana draws all eyes when she dances, with the twist of her hips and hair ? but today she is above all the voice of a Pakistani community with an ambiguous status: the khawajasiras.The 30-year-old......
Watchdog groups that keep tabs on digital privacy rights are concerned that US Customs and Border Protection agents are searching the phones and other digital devices of international travellers at......
Snap Inc takes to the road in London on Monday to promote its initial public offering with a daring proposition: that it can build hot-selling hardware gadgets and ad-friendly software features fast......
Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Sunday announced his retirement from international cricket, ending an illustrious and sometimes controversial 21-year career.The 36-year-old star had......
Sehwan is different. Unlike the more officially-accepted shrines of Pakistan, such as the Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore, Bari Imam in Islamabad, and the lustrous tombs of the Suhrawardi sufis in Multan,......
It is strange. Not a single exporter has availed itself of any of the five cash support schemes launched at the start of the current financial year. Perhaps, the tedious process of claiming the......
Contrary to common perception, the government is the most caring and generous employer in Pakistan for the middle to low grade workers. For the best and the brightest talent the private sector offers......
In the local currency market, the rupee’s stability against the dollar persisted last week in the absence of leading currency players who remained in the sidelines amid lacklustre trading......
Banks may not easily give up over-investing in government debt papers but they are now making larger loans to the private sector and assessing changing credit market needs.Their advances to deposit......
Ever since its inception, Pakistan has successfully built a ‘common market’ in an evolving federal state.Factors such as constitutional provisions ensuring free movement of goods, services, labour,......
On the face of it, there appears to be little in common between print media and a fruit and vegetable exporting and packaging company. Yet, the founders of ‘Urdu Digest’ launched Roshan Enterprise......
In the past nearly seven decades, the pattern of economic development has tended to concentrate workers in factories, population in a few cities and wealth in the hands of a not so fast growing......
The 7th National Finance Commission Award came about with a voluntary consensus and was based on political accommodations. However, the ongoing deliberations on the 9th NFC award are moving in a......
THE Indian government finally decided last week to merge the five associate banks of State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest bank, with the largest lender.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said......
PUNJAB’S interest-free loan package, which started with much fanfare last October, seems to have run into serious problems.The loan disbursement has been meagre compared to the targets. An amount of......
ANALYSIS of water samples, conducted recently in Sindh, has revealed the presence of animal and human fecal matter in major freshwater bodies and the River Indus.Similarly, the quality of......
THE Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Board is mulling extending the ongoing silage production project for livestock and dairy farmers — adding two more districts to the existing four.The move......
For about three decades, much of Asean has experienced strong growth driven by exports, demographics and growing middle-class wealth. But as we enter New Year, only one thing is certain: forecasting......
The civilian and military leadership may be trying to project a firmness and decisiveness of action, but the state’s response to the recent devastating spate of terrorist attacks in the country has......
KARACHI’S air is more polluted than Beijing. Think about it. All the clues have been there for many years — my mother-in-law constantly on oxygen or using an inhaler in Karachi, my children using......
THE voices telling us that Pakistan stands on the threshold of a major economic upturn are growing louder. Be it PricewaterhouseCoopers or Bloomberg, scores of renowned economic analysts are pointing......
DESPITE huge challenges and setbacks, Pakistan has indeed made progress towards promoting social justice in recent years. More women and girls have opportunities to realise their potential, and......
In the recent spate of acts of terrorism in parts of Pakistan the judiciary was also targeted when a suicide bomber rammed his motorbike into an official vehicle carrying judges of the subordinate......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has directed the Elementary and Secondary Education (E&SE) Department to vacate the building of Government Higher Secondary School, Pirpiai, in Nowshera......
ISLAMABAD: A draft bill tabled last year that would ban tobacco product advertisements, even by tobacco retailers inside shops, will be laid before the Senate on Monday.However, civil society......
RAWALPINDI: All parks in the city areas remained closed on Sunday but in the cantonment areas they were open to the visitors as usual.An official of the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) told......
ISLAMABAD: In a welcome change from outlets across the city, Wild Thyme in E-7 has brought Hunza cuisine to the federal capital.On the inside, the restaurant has been decorated to look like a hut in......
ISLAMABAD: Panelists during a discussion on ‘Cinema in Mother Languages’ said they were not very optimistic about the future of cinema in mother languages, noting that the production of Balochi and......
ISLAMABAD: The impact of the media on mother languages was discussed in a session at the second Pakistan Mother Language Literature Festival in Lok Virsa on Sunday.Speakers called on the government......
ISLAMABAD: Aiming to disassociate itself from the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan faction Jamaatul Ahrar, Lal Masjid on Saturday decried the group’s statement announcing terror strikes in the......
LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party campaign to press the PML-N government to accept its four demands, including one on Panamagate, seems to have lost somewhere between the party leadership’s foreign......
LAHORE: DawnNews television Lahore bureau senior reporter Tauqeer Ghuman died of cardiac arrest here in the wee hours of Sunday.He left behind a son, daughter and widow. His elder brother had also......
HYDERABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sindh senior vice president Shah Mohammad Shah has said that his party is not playing politics with the Qalandar shrine tragedy and advised the Sindh......
KARACHI: The people across the society continued their protest and anger over the Sehwan Sharif tragedy on the third day holding rallies and meetings where speakers condemned the perpetrators of the......
KARACHI: The Karachi commissioner on Sunday banned the entry of heavy vehicles on city roads from 6am to 11pm for a period of three months.A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting chaired by......
Who hasn’t heard or read about the famous communist slogan ‘workers of the world, unite’? It is a simple line that brims with countless possibilities, which is why one does not see people trying to......
KARACHI: A protest demonstration against robberies and police inefficiency in Orangi Town turned violent on Sunday as protesters threw stones at police who resorted to baton-charge and fired into the......
KARACHI: The Sindh security establishment has proposed to the government that a dedicated force be raised to keep an eye on its border with Balochistan after it was found that the suspects involved......
KARACHI: Heirs of the Baldia factory fire victims have been asked to “calmly rethink” their demand for a lump sum in compensation which has been recently agreed upon between a German textile company......
KARACHI: The Sindh government’s approach to ignore some important stakeholders and start road-related works in haste in the city may lead to continued sufferings to public even after completion of......
NAWABSHAH: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday visited the Peoples Medical University Hospital here on Sunday and inquired about the health of those wounded in......
MITHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that ‘non-serious’ attitude of the federal government is among the main factors behind unabated incidents......
BAGHDAD: US-backed Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a ground offensive to dislodge IS militants from their remaining stronghold in Mosul, in the western part of the city, and put an end to their......
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly with Arab rulers last year to hear then US secretary of state John Kerry pitch a regional peace plan, an Israeli newspaper reported......
WASHINGTON: US Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly had empowered federal authorities to more aggressively detain and deport illegal immigrants, the US media reported on Sunday.The order targets......
DALLAS: Norma McCorvey, whose legal challenge under the pseudonym “Jane Roe” led to the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision that legalised abortion but who later became an outspoken opponent of the......
WASHINGTON: A US aircraft carrier strike group is patrolling in the South China Sea, the US Navy said on Saturday, days after Beijing told Washington not to challenge its sovereignty in the......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said on Sunday they believe five North Koreans were involved in the murder of the half-brother of leader Kim Jong-Un, with four having fled the country on the day of......
MUNICH: The United Nations and other parties to Syrian peace efforts on Sunday softened any expectations of a major breakthrough at UN-led talks in Geneva next week, with US policy on the crisis in......
CAPE CANAVERAL: A SpaceX rocket soared from Nasa’s long-idled moonshot pad on Sunday, sending up space station supplies from the exact spot where astronauts embarked on the lunar landings nearly a......
When Donald Trump launched his thunderbolt about the possibility of a single state for Israelis and Palestinians, he didn’t surprise those who have followed events in the Middle East. The new......
Not long after the Lebanese civil war ended more than a quarter of a century ago, I found my landlord in a depressed mood. He had suffered in the fifteen years of war — part of his family had been......
STOKE-ON-TRENT: At the 18th-century Spode pottery works in Stoke-on-Trent, start-up artisans like 22-year-old Emma Price are moving into abandoned buildings and breathing new life into a once-mighty......
BIRMINGHAM: Mo Farah ended his indoor career with a new European record, winning the 5,000 metres at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday in a time of 13 minutes 09.16 seconds.Farah,......
COLOMBO: Despite being bundled out for 67 by old foes India in overcast conditions in the last Super Six fixture of the qualifying round here on Sunday, Pakistan still qualified for this year’s ICC......
HAMILTON: A polished Quinton de Kock half century laid the foundation for South Africa’s four-wicket win over New Zealand in a tense finish to a rain-shortened first One-day International in Hamilton......
GEELONG: Asela Gunaratne slammed a pulse-racing 84 to power Sri Lanka to a last-ball victory against Australia on Sunday, clinching their Twenty20 International series.Gunaratne pounded the......
KARACHI: The brother pair of riders — Mohammad Manzoor and Mohammad Sajjad — stole limelight by sharing the riding honours with a splendid double apiece in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi......
NEW DELHI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been removed as skipper of his Indian Premier League (IPL) team with Australia’s Steve Smith replacing him for the upcoming tournament, an official statement said......
MADRID: Gareth Bale made an instant impact on his return from injury by sealing a 2-0 victory for Real Madrid over Espanyol on Saturday to provisionally stretch Zinedine Zidane’s side’s lead at the......
ROTTERDAM: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga engineered a comeback to defeat David Goffin 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Sunday and earn a first career title at the World Tennis Tournament.The French sixth seed, who lost the......
BERLIN: Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich needed a 96th-minute equaliser from striker Robert Lewandowski to salvage a 1-1 draw at Hertha Berlin on Saturday and increase their advantage at the top to......
PARIS: Mario Balotelli was sent off as Nice moved up to second in Ligue 1 after Wylan Cyprien’s first-half goal earned them a 1-0 win at bottom side Lorient on Saturday.Italian striker Balotelli......
ISLAMABAD: The government has stepped up its hectic lobbying for the revival of military courts following the deaths of over 100 people in six terrorist attacks across the country last week.On......
ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is planning to acquire over 2,800 acres of additional land to build a third runway at the Islamabad International Airport scheduled to be operational by......
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has prepared a new security plan for Quetta in the wake of recent wave of terrorism in the country.Official sources said on Sunday that under the security plan......
MUZAFFARABAD: A businessman in Bhimber district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has offered a piece of land to the government for a public utility project, according to an official handout.Khawaja......
ISLAMABAD: Although Pakistan’s kinnow exports to Indonesia surged to $23 million in 2016 as compared to $3m in 2013 in the wake of a Preferential Trade Agreement, the ongoing export season has been......
ISLAMABAD: A special task force has been constituted to provide better security to judges of the superior courts in the wake of successive attacks against judicial officers during the recent spate of......
NEW DELHI: India hopes to meet all its energy requirements from resources from the moon by 2030, according to a professor at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which recently launched a......
CHITRAL: Seven people were killed and seven others suffered injuries when an avalanche hit the auto workshop of a construction company at the Chitral portal of Lowari Tunnel on Sunday.Sub-Divisional......
ISLAMABAD: Independent consultants appointed on the instructions of the government have recommended limiting the expansion of piped-natural gas to uneconomical consumer categories and replacing it......
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Sunday carried out air strikes in the border area of North Waziristan Agency on terrorist positions, said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations......
Police on Sunday night claimed to have arrested a police official on charges of hiding arms and ammunition for a political party."A policeman and another person were arrested over charges of hiding......
