The United States government will likely strip the citizenship of Iyman Faris, a Pakistani-American accused of providing material support to terrorists, reported Foreign Policy.Faris had pleaded......
South Sudan promised to increase security at oil installations on Tuesday, days after rebels kidnapped four oil workers including a Pakistani national in an effort to force foreign companies to leave......
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday said the PPP had formally empowered Hussain Haqqani to directly issue visas to Americans entering the country during the time......
An arbitration tribunal of the World Bank's International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in relation to the unlawful denial of......
Passengers flying directly to Britain from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Turkey will be banned from taking laptops and tablet computers into the plane cabin, the British......
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Farhatullah Babar on Monday rubbished reports that former president Asif Ali Zardari will be hosting a talk show as a political analyst on Bol TV, BBC Urdu......
Hong Kong have withdrawn from their Davis Cup tie against Pakistan in Islamabad citing security concerns, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said in a statement on Tuesday.Pakistan have been......
Technology giant Apple Inc on Tuesday announced it will be releasing a special edition of the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus in red colour.The flashy new phone will be available in stores and online......
At least 20 militants, including a BSN commander, surrendered to Pakistan Rangers on Tuesday and informed the authorities that they had been funded and supported by the Research and Analysis Wing......
Pakistan's head coach Mickey Arthur Tuesday said he felt “gutted” over a fresh alleged spot-fixing scandal that has engulfed his team, adding any players found guilty only had themselves to blame.The......
The National Assembly on Tuesday evening passed the 28th Constitutional Amendment Bill to reinstate military courts with 255 votes in favour and four against, surpassing the two-thirds majority......
Syed Asif Ali Nizami, the custodian of Delhi’s Nizamuddin Auliya shrine, and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami, returned to India on Monday after they were thought to be 'missing' in Pakistan.Narrating......
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) air hostess was arrested on Monday night in Paris for shoplifting at a shopping centre, PIA sources told DawnNews.The air hostess, Afshan Khalid, was spotted......
A court in northern India has granted the same legal rights as a human to the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, considered sacred by nearly a billion Indians.The Uttaranchal High Court in Uttarakhand state......
The Karachi Grammar School brought home an award for Best Small Delegation after competing in this year's Harvard Model United Nations debating contest.Head of the delegate, Sabriyah Saleem Chatoor,......
Wi-Tribe will be launching 4.5G service for the first time in Pakistan, with the target to be operational in five cities by June 2017.According to private news channels, Wi-Tribe has announced a $15......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended Tuesday's trading session on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 362 points, or 0.74 per cent, by the close of the trading session to reach......
British Home Secretary Amber Rudd on Tuesday paid tribute to Pakistan's armed forces and appreciated their efforts in ensuring the security of the country.She was addressing media after a meeting......
Pakistan and India have agreed on redesigning the Miyar Hydroelectric project, Radio Pakistan reported on Tuesday.The agreement was reached following the conclusion of a two-day meeting of the Indus......
At least five people were injured as students from the Islami Jamiat Taleba (IJT) allegedly gatecrashed a Pakhtun cultural event being held at Punjab University (PU), Lahore, police sources said.IJT......
The Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Tuesday claimed to have recovered a huge cache of arms from a store at a park in Gulshan-i-Iqbal area of Karachi.A statement issued by the paramilitary force claimed......
Hundreds of trucks crossed into Afghanistan from Pakistan after the border reopened for the first time in more than a month, ending the protracted closure of one of South Asia's busiest trade......
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates once again topped the Forbes magazine list of the world's more than 2,000 billionaires, while US President Donald Trump slipped more than 200 spots, the magazine said......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials said on Tuesday that PCB's inquiry committee will travel to UK to investigate the matter of Nasir Jamshed's involvement in the Pakistan Super League (PSL)......
The Trump administration is considering sweeping sanctions aimed at cutting North Korea off from the global financial system as part of a broad review of measures to counter Pyongyang's nuclear and......
An Indian woman rescued from sex slavery in Saudi Arabia was brought back to her hometown in Gujarat on Sunday amid concerns traffickers are widening their net to new parts of India.Two agents ? one......
Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen launched the island's first ever home-grown submarine project Tuesday in the face of what the government says are growing military threats from China.The move comes......
China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) has fully acquired online ticketing platform Damai.cn, the e-commerce giant said on Tuesday, marking a further push into entertainment by the firm as it......
President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka now has an office at the White House, although she will not be a government employee, an administration official told AFP Monday.Since Trump's inauguration on......
When I was eight, I heard about a three-year-old who fell in a water tank and drowned. The news shattered mothers in the small community we lived in. My own mother told me to be more vigilant of......
Chinese state-owned telecommunications network operator China Telecom Corp Ltd on Tuesday reported net profit that fell 10.2 per cent last year due to a higher base of comparison, and said......
The United Nations on Monday rejected a call by the Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen for the key port of Hodeida to be placed under its supervision.The coalition made the appeal following......
The United States is poised to ban large electronic devices such as laptops or cameras on board flights from up to a dozen Middle East nations, according to two airlines from the region and media......
One policeman was injured when a census team came under attack in Mandni area of Charsadda. The security personnel retaliated and shot injured the attacker who was later arrested.This incident......
The photographer behind the celebrated Humans of New York Facebook page has spoken out after alarming accusations were leveled against Syeda Ghulam Fatima, the subject of one of his viral photos, and......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Zalmi, the winner of the Pakistan Super League 2017, has revealed it is in contact with the Afghanistan Cricket Board to explore possibilities for bilateral matches.“Our......
PESHAWAR: The health department is hoping to eradicate poliomyelitis this year and divert the resources and manpower to strengthening routine immunisation for 10 diseases including polio, according......
PESHAWAR: The members of Sikh community held a protest demonstration here on Monday against the federal government for not including a column in the national census form for them and appealed to......
ISLAMABAD: The second phase of the survey of religious seminaries in Islamabad has come up with a more shocking revelation: over 76pc of their buildings were built without permission from the civic......
ISLAMABAD: A six-member medical board constituted by the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Monday confirmed that the 11-year-old maid was tortured by her employers in the E-11 sector......
ISLAMABAD: The weeklong Pakistan Day celebrations at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA), which kicked off on Monday, were marred by mismanagement and failed to attract many visitors.A......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Tehreek Sooba Hazara Baba Haider Zaman on Monday opposed the proposed merger of Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and announced a......
HEALTHCARE is dangerous to your health. Ask your neighbour for verification. You will likely hear more than one first-hand experience of someone dead who should be very much alive.This outcome is......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif inaugurated on Monday the Lahore Feeder Bus Service to feed the metro bus service, extending the service to virtually the entire city.Up to 200 air conditioned......
KASUR: Until 2015, teenage boy Dawar’s (name changed) life was a bit normal in their village Hussain Khanwala of Kasur district. He was studying in a vocational training institute, while his family......
FAISALABAD: Mian Nawaz, brother of PML-N MPA Tahir Jameel, has been found guilty of kidnapping and torturing Abdul Latif, the former barber of the prime minister and the chief minister.MPA Tahir......
HOW can the opposition wrest power from Prime Minister Modi in 2019? If everybody is united and their votes are not split, the 41 per cent the prime minister’s party got with his allies in Uttar......
IN our fight against terrorism, the Pakistan Army has been the most proactive institution. But now, to compensate for a dithering civil government and match expectations built by the last army chief,......
KARACHI: A sessions court on Monday sentenced a man to a total of 40 years’ imprisonment in a kidnap and rape case.Ameer Afzal, who ran a tuition centre, was found guilty of abducting his 17-year-old......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Railways is carrying out demolition work at the historical building of the City Railway Station protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act 1994 in violation......
HANOVER: Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded again on Monday that Turkey stops comparing German bans on rallies by Turkish officials to Nazi tactics, and said her government reserved the right to block......
BETHLEHEM: Guests began arriving at the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem on Monday, the quirky guesthouse created by British street artist Banksy that stands a few feet away from Israel’s towering......
JAKARTA: Indonesia said on Monday it would continue to send domestic helpers overseas, in an about-turn welcomed by campaigners who said it would help prevent women falling prey to human......
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis asked for forgiveness on Monday for the “sins and failings of the Church” during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, saying he hoped his apology would help heal the African state’s......
WINNIPEG: Nearly half of Canadians want to deport people who are illegally crossing into Canada from the United States, and a similar number disapprove of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is......
NEW YORK: David Rockefeller, the billionaire businessman and philanthropist who was the last in his generation of one of the country’s most famously philanthropic f amilies, died on Monday. He was......
BEIRUT: Russia is setting up a military base in northwestern Syria in agreement with the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia that controls the area and will be training YPG fighters as part of the fight......
KANDAHAR: The Taliban killed three Afghan soldiers in an attack in Uruzgan province on Monday.Provincial spokesman Dost Muhammad Nayab said the attack took place on Monday morning and that four......
WASHINGTON: Chiefs of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency confirmed for the first time on Monday that their agencies were investigating alleged Russian......
LONDON: Vera Lynn, who entertained British troops during World War Two with songs that captured a longing for home and peace, was honoured on her 100th birthday on Monday with her image projected......
WALID Jumblatt looked a worried man on Saturday. He seemed a trifle frail. He was, after all, commemorating the brutal murder 40 years ago of his Druze father Kamal, an earnest and secular socialist......
THE person who shares a news story on social media is more important than the story’s actual source in determining whether readers believe it, a study by the Media Insight Project has found.In a......
LONDON: The British government announced on Monday that it will formally begin its exit from the European Union on March 29. Prime Minister Theresa May will invoke Article 50 of the key EU treaty,......
NEW YORK: Norway displaced Denmark as the world’s happiest country in a new report released on Monday that called on nations to build social trust and equality to improve the well-being of their......
LAHORE: The three-member tribunal, set up by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to probe the Pakistan Super League spot-fixing case, will hold its first hearing here on Friday, March 24.The tribunal......
RANCHI: Gritty half-centuries from Peter Handscomb and Shaun Marsh enabled Australia to hold out for a draw in the third Test against India on Monday, leaving the four-match series tantalisingly......
LAHORE: Cricketers Mohammad Irfan and Khalid Latif, who are among the five accused in the Pakistan Super League spot-fixing case, appeared before the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday and......
WELLINGTON: A hat-trick from Pakistan drag flicker Abu Bakar Mahmood saw his side overcome hosts New Zealand 4-2 in the third test on Monday night.Pakistan played with a raised intensity following......
LAHORE: The second session for seeking advice from former cricketers for improvement of cricket will held here on Wednesday.Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan will preside over the......
KARACHI: Captain of Pakistan women’s ODI team Sana Mir wants stern action against spot-fixers aimed at eradicating the menace of fixing from the game of cricket.“Whoever disrespects the green-shirt......
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi scored twice as La Liga champions Barcelona saw off a persistent Valencia side, who had Eliaquim Mangala sent off in the first half, to win 4-2 on Sunday and close to within......
MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola’s problems mounted as Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw by Liverpool on Sunday, even though the City manager unexpectedly described it as one of the best days of his......
INDIAN WELLS: Roger Federer claimed a record-equalling fifth ATP Indian Wells Masters title on Sunday, continuing his career resurgence with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Stan Wawrinka.Federer, sidelined......
KARACHI: Prolific Mohammad Sajjad and Asjad Iqbal stormed into the final of the 42nd National Snooker Championship at Karachi Gymkhana on Monday to set a repeat clash after almost seven years.Third......
KARACHI: Some of world’s top wrestlers will be seen in action in international bouts to be held in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad during May this year, a spokesman of Pakistan Wrestling Entertainment......
RAWALPINDI: AMB Avengers successfully retained SMB Trophy Season 2 after defeating Fakhri Falcons by seven wickets in the final here at the Army Heritage Foundation Ground here on Sunday.Avengers,......
QUETTA: The PPL Balochistan Football Cup entered its final round on Monday following the conclusion of qualification round matches in six provincial divisions.Teams of Kalat, Makran, Sibi, Zhob and......
KARACHI: Justifying their top billing, star studded Wapda completed a fine double when they swept the men’s and women’s titles by getting the better of SNGPL in both the finals of the Jubilee......
PARIS: Swiss banking giant UBS will go on trial in France for establishing a wide-ranging tax fraud scheme totalling billions of euros, legal sources told AFP on Monday.UBS will be charged with......
BEIJING: China’s government has been seeking advice from its think-tanks and policy advisers on how to counter potential trade penalties from US President Donald Trump, getting ready for the worst,......
KARACH: Cotton prices rose on Monday though trading was slow as buyers and sellers remained to the sidelines owing to short supply of quality lint.According to market estimates, ginners currently......
LONDON: Gold prices scaled a two-week peak on Monday as the dollar slid to a six-week low after a G20 weekend summit dominated by the US administration’s protectionist stance on global trade.Spot......
DUBAI: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monday the government’s economic policies had fallen short and called for a new “resistance economy” to create jobs, piling pressure on......
DUBAI: Opec oil producers increasingly favour extending beyond June a pact on reducing crude supply to balance the market, sources within the group said, although Russia and other non-members need to......
KARACHI: Current account deficit widened by more than 120 per cent to $5.4 billion in July-Feb, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Monday.Rising current account deficit puts the exchange......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday cut average electricity tariff for K-Electric by Rs3.50 per unit for the next seven years besides legally doing away with......
QUETTA: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Ashraf Mahmood Wathra directed heads of commercial banks on Monday to improve their services in Balochistan and make three-year business plans to......
KARACHI: Lalpir Power Ltd (LPL) posted an after-tax profit of Rs995 million in 2016, representing a year-on-year growth of 17 per cent. Earnings per share rose to Rs2.62 from Rs2.20.The financial......
KARACHI: The Hub Power Company (Hubco) in a joint venture with China Power International Holding Ltd (CPIH) is setting up a 1,320 MW coal-based power plant in Hub district, Balochistan.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday granted protective bail to Pakistan Peoples Party leader Sharjeel Inam Memon against Rs2 million surety bonds till April 5.He has been accused of......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra reached Afghanistan’s Balkh province on Monday to attend the Nauroz festival on an invitation of the Afghan government.Mr Jhagra called on......
ISLAMABAD: Tehmina Janjua on Monday assumed charge as foreign secretary, becoming the first woman in the country to lead the foreign ministry as its top bureaucrat.She is the 29th foreign secretary......
NEW DELHI: A little-known Urdu newspaper in Pakistan had accused two Indian sufi clerics of being RAW agents thus getting them into trouble with intelligence sleuths who wanted to know the truth, the......
ISLAMABAD: Estranged Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Naheed Khan approached the Supreme Court on Monday with a plea to overturn the Islamabad High Court’s Feb 6 rejection of her petition seeking......
KARACHI: The licence for the first ferry service — which will initially run between Karachi and Port Qasim — was issued by the ports and shipping ministry on Monday to Swat Shipping (pvt) Ltd, a......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has ordered the suspension of Zara Hut Kay, a Dawn News programme, for three days with effect from Wednesday (March 22).The......
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) pleaded before the Supreme Court on Monday that non-payment of Rs2.5 billion arrears by the federal government might affect the......
MINGORA: There is nothing about the man that suggests he was once part of a ruthless killing machine. His face is haggard; his body frail. I assume he is in his late ’30s, but he is 25, he tells me,......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the Senate on Monday that a law was being prepared to stop leaders of proscribed organisations from taking part in elections.Winding up the......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A US drone attack on a car killed an Al Qaeda ‘commander’, a Taliban trainer and two other militants in Afghanistan’s Paktika province near the border with Pakistan.Security sources......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday reopened border crossings with Afghanistan as a goodwill gesture, but with a hope that Kabul would address its concerns about terrorist sanctuaries on the......
ISLAMABAD: India has decided to return to the negotiating table with Pakistan over its disputed hydropower projects in April, following the intervention of the US and the World Bank.Water and Power......
ISLAMABAD: Despite its success in winning over opposition parties, the government on Monday faced embarrassment in the National Assembly when two of its allies refused to unconditionally support the......
PAKISTAN’S leaders often boast of our vital strategic geographical location. Yet this location has done little more than thrust the country into global wars and force it to become a proxy......
Russia's military will train Kurdish forces in Syria, the militia's spokesman said Monday, in Moscow's first agreement of its kind with the group that controls large parts of the country's north.The......
