Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had an eventful welcome Saturday at the Lahore Railway Station when an unidentified person threw a shoe at him, hitting him on the head, DawnNews......
Afghan Ambassador Omar Zakhilwal on Saturday said Pakistan does not have a justification for the continued closure of crossing points on the Pak-Afghan border, and that his country might send in......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday asked the Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Shaharyar Khan to excuse him for not being able to attend the upcoming Pakistan Super League......
Quetta Gladiators batsman Ahmed Shehzad on Saturday said that though his team was dismissed as the "underdogs" in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) tournament, they had qualified for the final for the......
President Donald Trump on Saturday accused his predecessor Barack Obama of “tapping” his phone during last year's White House campaign, without providing evidence of the explosive charge.“I'd bet a......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, in a Saturday meeting with Afghan Ambassador Omar Zakhilwal, expressed his sympathies for the people stuck on either side of the recently closed......
China will raise defence spending “around seven per cent” this year as it guards against “outside meddling” in its disputed regional territorial claims, a top official said Saturday, in an apparent......
Unidentified gunmen on Saturday killed a prominent attorney in an apparent targeted shooting in Shabqadar, near the Afghanistan border.Khalid Khan, a police officer in Shabqadar, said that two gunmen......
After the PPP's 'all-parties' conference failed to arrive at a consensus on military courts, party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday said his party will decide its stance on the issue after......
The Quetta Gladiators have officially announced the names of foreign players that will be filling in for the much-anticipated Pakistan Super league (PSL) final against Peshawar Zalmi.According to the......
The Balochistan Assembly on Saturday adopted a unanimous resolution condemning the alleged harassment of Pakhtuns living in Punjab and Sindh.A member of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP),......
Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost on Saturday called on the Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa today to discuss matters of regional security and mutual interest.Ambassador......
Security forces claimed on Saturday to have foiled a major terror plot after seizing a large cache of arms and ammunition from Balochistan's Dera Murad Jamali area.Security sources told DawnNews that......
As the Quetta Gladiators gear up for the final showdown with Peshawar Zalmi, Pakistan Super League (PSL) fever is peaking in Balochistan.Talking to DawnNews outside the provincial assembly a couple......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said he wished all tickets for seats in an enclosure named after him at the Gaddafi Stadium would be free for fans hoping to experience the Pakistan......
Spotify has reported via Twitter that it now has 50 million paid subscribers, a rise of 25 percent in less than six months, and extending the music streaming service's lead over its closest rival,......
Ride services company Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] for years has used a secret tool to avoid authorities in markets where its service faced resistance by law enforcement or was banned, the company......
Star all-rounder Shahid Afridi will not play in the highly anticipated Pakistan Super League (PSL) final on Sunday due to a hand injury.Afridi, whose team Peshawar Zalmi will face Quetta Gladiators......
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LANDI KOTAL: The security forces on Friday arrested 35 suspects, including six militants and 19 illegal Afghan nationals, and seized unlicensed arms and ammunition during a search operation in Jamrud......
PESHAWAR: Local singers and actors have demanded of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to speed up work on its cultural policy and take steps for ensuring their safety.The demands came during an event......
ISLAMABAD: The under-construction Grand Hyatt Hotel on Friday lost a legal battle with the Capital Development Authority (CDA) over land ownership as the Islamabad High Court (IHC) dismissed......
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ISLAMABAD: Because of lower remuneration, most of the paediatric surgeons are moving abroad as at present only 200 specialist doctors are catering to 45pc population of under 15 years of age.This was......
ISLAMABAD: “Although the situation of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) cannot be compared to occupied Kashmir – where there is active aggression – things are not good there. I hope the situation is not taken to......
MULTAN: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Multan, forwarded a complaint to the Lahore office on Friday against Balochitan former inspector general police (IGP) Abdul Qadeer Bhatti for......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Senator Sirajul Haq on Friday criticised the arrest of the Pakhtun and the Baloch people in Punjab and Sindh under the cover of investigation, saying such steps were......
LAHORE: Veteran film actress Shabnam Ghosh says she is a professional artiste and will stay in Pakistan if she is offered a “professional assignment”.Talking to the media at Alhamra Arts Council,......
LAHORE: The police launched an android mobile phone application on Friday to empower local body representatives and improve public security.The app, Local Eye, seeks to turn local body......
FAISALABAD: The municipal corporation (MC) passed its budget on Friday amid uproar by opposition members who pointed out quorum and termed the session unlawful.The special session for the Rs2.6......
GUJRAT: The district administration has sought the closure of water in the Upper Jhelum Canal to locate the bodies of a man and his son who had drowned into the canal on Monday.Assistant Commissioner......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has invited 25 students of Daanish schools, 25 PEEF scholars, eight best education administrators and 12 best health professionals to watch the Pakistan Super......
LAHORE: In a bid to produce better qualified and skilled postgraduates, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved a summary to establish two new medical universities, one each at Multan and......
KARACHI: Despite gridlock in several parts of the city, the three-day All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC) retained its tradition for the 14th year by hosting an eclectic sampling of classical music......
KARACHI: Visual art is all about making a stationary moment look like a moving time zone. Movement implies progression, no looking back. After all, life is about progression. An exhibition of Jamal......
KARACHI: Mushfiq Khwaja — Fard, Naabgha, Idara, a book compiled by Dr Syed Noman Ul Haq, was launched on Friday at the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu office, where speakers paid homage to the late erudite......
KARACHI: Habitat loss, environmental degradation, illegal trade and climate change are among the most alarming challenges faced by wildlife in Pakistan, says a World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan......
HYDERABAD: Sindh University organised Qalandar’s dhamal on the campus on Friday ‘to spread message of love and tolerance and convey a strong message’ to the extremists that struck Lal Shahbaz......
LARKANA: DIG of Larkana Abdullah Shaikh has said that the recent search operation carried out in specified villages along the provincial border with Balochistan on intelligence basis did not turn out......
KARACHI: A year after his return to Pakistan and announcement about parting ways with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal said on Friday that he left......
BETHLEHEM: Secretive British street artist Banksy opened a hotel next to Israel’s controversial separation wall in Bethlehem on Friday, his latest artwork in the Palestinian territories.The 10-room......
TUNIS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a new agreement with Tunisia on tackling illegal migration during a visit on Friday, following tensions over the case of the Tunisian suspect in the......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia issued an arrest warrant for a North Korean airline employee on Friday over the assassination of the half-brother of Pyongyang’s leader, after frustrated police had to release......
BEIJING: China is warning of “severe damage” to relations with India and increased regional instability if exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama proceeds with a visit to a disputed area along their......
WASHINGTON: A group of 33 US senators urged President Donald Trump on Friday to protect the sanctity of his office by severing his ties to private business.Senator Ben Cardin, a ranking member of the......
DHAKA: Bangladeshi police have arrested the head of an Islamist militant group accused of inspiring followers to kill foreigners, the chief of the counter-terrorism unit said on Friday.Shaikh......
MADRID: A Cuban singer and music producer has filed a plagiarism lawsuit against pop stars Shakira and Carlos Vives for allegedly copying his work in the Colombian duo’s award-winning music hit “La......
GENEVA: More than a week of UN-sponsored peace talks ended in Geneva on Friday, the main opposition group said, calling the results “more positive” than previous rounds.“We are closing this round......
ANKARA: Ankara and Berlin were locked in acrimony on Friday after several German towns scrapped rallies courting support from Turkish expatriates for a constitutional change that will expand......
BAGHDAD: Seven people, among them five children, have been hospitalised over the past two days near Iraq’s Mosul with injuries from chemical weapons, the Red Cross said on Friday.The militant Islamic......
WASHINGTON: A Pentagon spokesman has said that the US conducted more than 30 air strikes this week in Yemen aimed at an Al Qaeda affiliate seen as intent on attacking the US.Navy Capt. Jeff Davis......
ANKARA: Turkey is ruling out compromise with the United States over the involvement of Kurdish militia fighters in an assault in Syria, an obstacle for Washington’s plan to deploy its strongest......
DONALD Trump may be hoping for an unravelling of the European Union but he seems to be having the opposite effect.After months of shock and sadness over Brexit and the venom against liberal......
SAO PAULO: Uncapped Benfica goalkeeper Ederson has been called into the Brazilian squad for World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Paraguay later this month, national coach Tite said on......
KARACHI: The cluster of Pakistan players has increased for next week’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) player draft and to emerge as the highest from any overseas nation with 46 cricketers registering......
DUBAI: Andy Murray saved seven match points to reach the semi-finals of the Dubai Championships with a marathon 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (20-18), 6-1 win over Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber on Thursday.The......
BARCELONA: Atletico Madrid couldn’t manage more than 1-1 against struggling Deportivo La Coruna in a La Liga match marked by an injury scare involving striker Fernando Torres on Thursday.Torres......
MADRID: Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres was released from the hospital on Friday following a scary head-to-head clash which left him unconscious during Thursday’s 1-1 draw at Deportivo La......
ISLAMABAD: The sorry state of football in the country echoed in the Upper House of the Parliament on Friday, where the government realised that the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) had taken no......
BANGALORE: Virat Kohli on Friday dismissed Australia’s claim that India are under pressure following their heavy opening Test defeat as “mind games”, insisting there will be no repeat performance in......
LAHORE: Unprecedented security arrangements have been put in place for Sunday’s Pakistan Super League (PSL) final at the Gaddafi Stadium, the likes of which have never been seen here during the Test......
COLOMBO: Dinesh Chandimal scored an entertaining 190 for a Sri Lankan Board President’s XI Friday as Bangladesh’s bowlers took a battering in a warm-up ahead of next week’s first Test.The unbeaten......
LONDON: Gold fell half a per cent on Friday and was on track for its biggest weekly loss in nearly four months as speculation grew that the US Federal Reserve would press ahead with a rate increase......
LAHORE: An agreement between the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Central Bank of Iran will be signed soon, allowing Pakistani and Iranian traders to settle their claims through the two central......
MULTAN: A pizzeria in Multan has suddenly become the focus of consumers’ attention, and not particularly because of aromas and tastes. The reason: a robotic waitress is wandering about the......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday threatened actions over slackness in implementation of projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and asked provinces and agencies to follow......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s e-commerce sector has been doubling in size every year and is projected to surpass $1 billion in 2020, Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar told a delegation of China’s Alibaba Group......
KARACHI: The profitability of the banking sector may come under pressure in the next quarter as low interest rates, receding investments in government securities and maturity of high-yielding......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Friday forwarded details of M.R. Securities to international regulators through the International Organisation of Securities......
COLOMBO: Battling difficult fiscal and monetary conditions alongside an ongoing drought that is spiraling up inflation, Sri Lanka is set to face further prescriptions for austerity measures when the......
KARACHI: The new auto policy has encouraged foreign carmakers to set up assembly plants in Pakistan which would help local vendors, Federal Minister for Industries Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi said on......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Cooperation Organisation Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ECOCCI) passed a resolution Friday asking the SBP to initiate direct banking channels with Iran.The chamber......
KARACHI: Cotton prices edged higher on Friday on intense buying from big spinners. Reports of slow phutti (seed cotton) arrivals during the last fortnight (Feb 15 to 28) caused panic buying from......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s cotton production has reached 10.07 million bales this season, showing a growth of 3.6 per cent over the corresponding period of the last year.This is second consecutive season of......
ISLAMABAD: As two main opposition parties excused themselves from Pakistan Peoples Party’s multi-party conference (MPC) scheduled for Saturday (today), the moot called to discuss the reinstatement of......
RAWALPINDI: The Namaz-i-Janaza of Lt Khawar and Naik Shahzad, who had died in a clash during an intelligence-based operation in the Jani Khel area of Bannu Frontier Region, was offered on Friday at......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Textile Industries recommended to the government on Friday to ban establishment of new sugar mills, especially in cotton growing areas.The......
GUJRANWALA: Nearly three years after Saba Qaiser’s father and uncle shot her in the face, rolled her in a rug and threw her in a river for marrying without their consent, the 21-year-old is again......
KARACHI: An anti-corruption court on Friday issued a notice to the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) prosecutor on applications filed by former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani for his......
PESHAWAR: Deep inside Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on a barren patch of land in Nowshera district, 12-year-old Rab Nawaz roams a relatively deserted Jalozai camp. Originally from the Khyber Agency, Nawaz has......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s security threat comes from India, which has moved to a new strategy of conducting surgical strikes inside Pakistan, says a new study which also warns that despite......
QUETTA: People from across Balochistan took part in the historic Sibi mela on Friday. The event which began on Thursday amid tight security will continue till March 5. Balochistan Chief Minister......
NEW DELHI: The brave and fractious anti-British uprising of 1857 was put down with a heavy hand. It took another 90 eventful years for Hindus and Muslims who claimed to have jointly led the......
DUBAI: Inspired by a dazzling century from Kamran Akmal, Peshawar Zalmi stormed into the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) final after beating Karachi Kings by 24 runs in the knockout qualifier at the......
KARACHI: Eyes averted, 18 Pakistani fishermen recently released from Indian prisons hurried along in quick stride making it difficult to catch up with them. Though they had arrived here via a train......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has said the government is preparing a case against Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav for his prosecution, dismissing the......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) received Rs8.96 billion ($85 million) from a Chinese consortium as sale proceeds of 40 per cent strategic equity stake in the bourse, stockbrokers were......
ISLAMABAD: As the civil and military leaders vowed on Friday to continue “indiscriminate” counterterrorism operations with “full might”, they also stressed maintaining national consensus on the fight......
LAHORE: India has agreed to participate in an annual meeting of the permanent Indus Waters Commission scheduled to be held in Pakistan this month.The meeting could not be held in September last year......
WASHINGTON: A US State Department report released on Friday labelled the Altaf Khanani group as a money laundering organisation and accused it of laundering billions of dollars for organised crime......
SPINWAM: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that the process for bringing Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) into the national mainstream would be initiated soon after a proper......
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GEN Bajwa hands over a list of 76 terrorists based across the border to the Afghan embassy in Islamabad. The Afghan government hands over a list of 85 terrorists it claims are operating from within......
KISHWAR Naheed is one of the most respected Urdu poets in the subcontinent. She was the lone Pakistani poet to make it to the Jashn-i-Rekhta festival in New Delhi from Feb 17 to Feb 19. She was......
US warplanes pounded Al Qaeda targets in Yemen for a second straight day Friday, killing eight militants, security and tribal sources said, as Washington steps up its air war against the......
