Former national security adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani speaking to journalists in India on Monday said the Pakistani government should take action against Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed,......
After the success of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2017 final in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is planning to send a World XI team to Pakistan later this year for a Twenty20......
Pakistan will temporary open border crossings at Torkham and Chaman for two days to allow stranded Afghan nationals to return to their country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Monday.A......
United States (US) President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries, after his controversial first attempt was......
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif alleged in the National Assembly on Monday that India and Afghanistan have joined hands to create unrest in Pakistan.Responding to opposition lawmakers' point of......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended the Monday trading session on a negative note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 188.92 points, or 0.38 per cent, by the close of the trading session to reach......
Gullu Butt, the infamous baton-wielding man caught vandalising property during violence in Model Town in 2014, was released from Kot Lakhpat jail on Monday, prison sources told Dawn.Shahid Aziz,......
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed televangelist Aamir Liaquat to host Bol News TV show 'Aisay Nahi Chalay Ga' on the condition that content aired on the show be devoid of hate speech.The Pakistan......
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the removal of Karachi Water and Sewage Board Managing Director Misbahuddin during hearing of a case on the government’s failure to provide safe drinking water and......
Former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday announced his party's nine recommendations for an extension in the operation of military courts.Military......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan announced Misbah-ul-Haq will lead the side during the upcoming Test series in West Indies after the ageing Test captain made himself available on......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday formed a three-member tribunal headed by a retired judge to investigate the spot-fixing case allegedly involving Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif in the Pakistan......
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has announced a reward of Rs20 million for Peshawar Zalmi, the team that was crowned the champions of Pakistan Super League's (PSL) second edition......
The former top US intelligence official rejected President Donald Trump's accusation that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped him even as the White House on Sunday urged Congress to investigate......
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday claimed to have killed one suspected terrorist and arrested four others allegedly belonging to banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LeJ) from Karachi.CTD......
A professor at the University of Texas at Austin, inventor of the lithium-ion batteries, has developed a low-cost, safer alternative, Engadget reported.The new battery developed by John B.......
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday moved the Supreme Court (SC) over alleged rigging in the procedure of the population census scheduled to begin from March 15 in selected divisions of the......
Nuclear-armed North Korea launched four ballistic missiles on Monday in another challenge to President Donald Trump, with three landing provocatively close to America's ally Japan.Seoul and......
North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the sea off Japan's northwest early on Monday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, days after it promised retaliation over US-South Korea military......
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday briefed the Sindh Assembly regarding the attack at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan last month that had claimed nearly 100 lives and......
Five soldiers of the Pakistan Army lost their lives in a cross-border "terrorist attack" on three Pakistani border posts along the Pak-Afghan border area on Sunday night.Pakistan Army reportedly......
LAHORE: Golfers held a competition at a club here on Sunday to raise funds for children born with the congenital heart disease (CHD).About 60,000 children in Pakistan – one in 100 infants – are born......
LAHORE: March 2 marks the sixth year since Shahbaz Bhatti, the slain minister of minorities affairs, was shot dead in front of his mother’s house in Islamabad.The organisation he founded, the All......
50 years ago, 4th March, 1967 marked a watershed event in the post-Partition history of Sindh. It was the day when 207 students were arrested en masse at the G.M. Barrage between Jamshoro and......
BANNU: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Senator Sirajul Haq has said that the government should not delay the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Area with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and complete the process as......
MINGORA: The three-day snow festival concluded in the Malam Jabba tourist resort here on Sunday, pulling a large number of tourists from across the country.The snow festival, which aimed to revive......
KOHAT: The city’s famous guava fruit in orchards spread over about 1,700 acres has been damaged due to morning frost, resulting in big losses to the local farmers.When contacted, agriculture officer......
Brazilian Carnival Evening in capitalBrazilian Ambassador Claudio Lins held a festive Brazilian Carnival Evening at their residence last weekend.The garden was beautifully lit up and dotted with......
ISLAMABAD: Unable to find the kind of coffee they had during their trips abroad, wife and husband duo Ayesha and Cyrus Taimoori took it upon themselves to bring the European coffee experience to......
KARACHI: Though many had claimed that the PSL final being held on Sunday would restrain crowds from attending the final day of the All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC), the crowd proved otherwise.......
“INTIZAR Hussain used to view our present in the perspective of our past and future,” writes Prof Fateh Muhammad Malik in the foreword to his new book Intizar Hussain ka khwaab nama.Once Intizar......
KARACHI: Two police mobile vans now guard the main entrance to the shrine of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi as the security has been tightened since the terrorist attack at the shrine of Sufi saint Lal......
KARACHI: Neighbours forced their way into Mohammad Umair’s home battling smoke and flames in a desperate attempt to rescue his young family — he and his wife survived, their children did not.The fire......
HYDERABAD: The Golden Jubilee of the March 4, 1967 student movement was celebrated at a well-attended programme in Khanabadosh Writers Cafe here on Saturday evening with prominent student activists......
DUBAI: Bahrain’s parliament on Sunday approved a constitutional change allowing military courts to try civilians, the kingdom’s latest rollback on reforms made after its 2011 Arab Spring protests......
NEW DELHI: Air India said it has set a world record by flying around the world with an all-female crew.Press Trust of India reported on Sunday that the flight flew over the Pacific Ocean from New......
TEHRAN: Iran said on Sunday there had been progress in talks with Saudi Arabia on allowing citizens of the Islamic republic to join this year’s Haj, despite some remaining issues. Iranians were......
KABUL: At least five members of the Afghan security forces were killed on Sunday morning when their checkpoint came under an insurgent attack in northeastern Kunduz province, an Afghan official......
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany on Sunday of “fascist actions” reminiscent of Nazi times in a growing row over the cancellation of political rallies aimed at drumming up......
AMSTERDAM: Hundreds of Dutch citizens met at an Amsterdam mosque on Sunday to show solidarity with the country’s Muslim population, as an anti-Islam MP again vowed to shut mosques and ban the Quran......
BEIJING: Dozens of people protested in China’s Jilin province on Sunday, calling for a boycott of South Korean goods as part of a backlash against the country’s Lotte Group.The retail giant has faced......
SOMETHING curious has happened to the fashion industry in the last few years: so-called modest fashion has started to take off.Designers and retailers are producing clothing that’s often a little......
BANGALORE: Shaun Marsh and Matt Renshaw struck contrasting half-centuries on an engrossing day of cricket to help Australia take a first-innings lead of 48 against India in the second Test at the M.......
LONDON: Harry Kane’s superb scoring streak continued as Tottenham Hotspur survived some late nerves to beat Everton 3-2 at White Hart Lane on Sunday and cut Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Premier......
LAHORE: The Sri Lankan cricket team’s bus was interrupted by terrorists when it reached the Liberty Chowk to enter into the nearby Gaddafi Stadium for the third day of the Second Test against......
BOIS D’ARCY (France): Frenchman Arnaud Demare outsprinted compatriot Julian Alaphilippe to win a wet and windy opening stage of the week-long Paris-Nice race on Sunday.But it was a poor day for some......
BERLIN: Striker Florian Niederlechner netted both of Freiburg’s goals in their shock 2-1 comeback win at Bundesliga high-fliers Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday to leave them just outside the top......
MADRID: A smiling Fernando Torres watched just four days on from a sickening blow to the head as Antoine Griezmann struck twice in Atletico Madrid’s 3-0 win over Valencia on Sunday.Torres, a lifelong......
KARACHI: Rider Mohammad Manzoor piloted home a magnificent treble, including the Janhn-e-Bahara Cup, as favourites swept a five-race card in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on......
BELGRADE: British sprinter Richard Kilty successfully defended his 60-metre title at the European indoor athletics championships on Saturday while Poland’s Pavel Maslak claimed a third 400m......
Since World War II, America has set the agenda for the world economy. The International Monetary Fund has been one of its main tools.The Fund helped steady the finances of war-ravaged Europe,......
AFTER sharply declining sales in 2016, demand for gold has started rising in India once again, as consumers stock up the yellow metal for the busy wedding season over the coming months.Last week,......
‘Circular debt’, or the unpaid bills of the country’s power sector, is back with a vengeance to haunt the Nawaz Sharif government less than four years after it had paid off previously accumulated......
At an estimated size of Rs7 trillion or so, Pakistan’s real estate market has been operating like an informal, yet parallel stock exchange.The housing shortage on the other hand is estimated to be......
There is currently no regulatory oversight over the quality of service rendered by skilled manpower — a source of public concern — in an ever expanding yet chaotic market.At one point in time, the......
In the international market, the dollar changed little in the opening session but hit a seven-week high during the week on hopes the US Federal Reserve would lift rates in March.This came about after......
The export of software and other IT-related services offers huge potential for forex earning provided local companies make a strenuous effort to get more jobs under Business Processes Outsourcing.......
THE government raised Rs387.47bn from the auction of Pakistan Market Treasury Bills of various tenors held last Thursday, smaller against the received bids of Rs473.03bn. It however, exceeded the......
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited was incorporated in 1960 with the capacity to produce 300,000 tonnes of clinker per annum. The company came to be listed on the three Pakistani stock exchanges in......
With improved business environment, foreign investors are showing a keen interest in Pakistan as 105,109 applications have been received since 2013 for their intellectual property rights......
The meeting of the Heads of State of the Economic Cooperation Organisation, which was held in Islamabad on March 01, has adopted the vision 2025 with the underlying goal to substantially enhance......
THE Punjab Food Department plans to build high-tech silos for 2m tonnes and modernise its wheat storage system — from bag to bulk, as they call it.As the plan goes, 200 silos of 10,000 tonnes......
DESPITE the rich potential for increasing farm income through vegetables, growers remain mainly interested in major crops. Those who regularly cultivate vegetables often end up suffering losses owing......
SOME promising developments are taking place in the livestock sector raising optimism about this sector’s solid growth and its enhanced contribution to the overall economy.Livestock census has begun.......
Whatever the term means, Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi is known among journalists in Lahore as a ‘liberal’ maulvi (cleric). His ‘moderate’ stance on issues such as sectarian violence, militancy and......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) president Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal has claimed that successive rulers of the country during the past 70 years have given nothing to the......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition has further split over the issue of revival of military courts as a group of four parties, led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), has decided to prepare its own......
ISLAMABAD: Following threats of cancellation of grant worth $27 million, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has swung into action and a request has been made to the World Bank (WB) not to......
QUETTA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that those who trained youths in guerilla warfare and gave weapons in their hands should accept responsibility for the......
WASHINGTON: The international community loses hundreds of billions of dollars every year due to trade-based money laundering, says a US report which identifies China, Russia, Mexico and India as the......
WASHINGTON: The White House on Sunday demanded a congressional inquiry against the Obama administration for conducting politically motivated investigations during last year’s presidential elections......
BEIJING: China has cut its growth target this year as the world’s second-largest economy pushes through reforms to address a rapid build-up in debt and erects a “firewall” against financial risks.The......
LAHORE: An economical spell by left-arm orthodox Muhammad Asghar and a quick-fire knock of 40 by Kamran Akmal inspired Peshawar Zalmi to clinch the Pakistan Super League title. They crushed a hapless......
SRINAGAR: Anti-India protests erupted in held Kashmir following a fierce gunbattle in which two suspected militants and a counterinsurgency policeman were killed, police said on Sunday.Government......
IT was only through an ISPR press release that the nation came to know that the Pakistan Army had launched Operation Raddul Fasaad across the country. The objectives, scope and focus of the operation......
AFTER the cataclysmic events of September 2001, a war was declared on ‘terrorism’. Some feeble attempts were made to explain the nature of this beast but the frenzy was not conducive to a meaningful......
MATTERS of state are too important to be left to chance, which is why every government on the globe invests in experts, advisers, research and espionage to provide those who steer the ship of state......
The crowds roared across the country as Peshawar Zalmi defeated Quetta Gladiators in the final match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2017, held at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium.Though many mourned the loss......
