Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday said Pakistan's former US ambassador Hussain Haqqani did not have the authority to issue visas to Americans, nor did he ever say anything of the......
Two low-intensity explosions damaged portions of railway tracks near Sindh's Mehrabpur and Rohri cities on Wednesday evening.Superintendent Police (SP) Special Branch Mansoor Mughal said that an......
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday promised to overhaul the public education system through unprecedented measures aimed at reforming the system.According to his envisioned plan,......
Pakistan on Wednesday expressed concern over the arrest and detention of Hurriyat leaders in India-held Kashmir, said a statement released from Foreign Office (FO).The statement added that Hurriyat......
At least three people were killed and 20 injured in a “terrorist” attack in the heart of London Wednesday when a man mowed down pedestrians on a bridge, then stabbed a police officer outside......
Athletes from Pakistan have so far won 11 medals at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, being held in Ramsau, Austria, DawnNews reported.The team has bagged two gold medals, five silver......
A former member of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MPA Shaikh Abdullah announced on Wednesday that he has joined former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal's Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP), reported DawnNews.The......
As promised, Facebook has introduced a 'red-flag' third-party, fact-checking tool to counter the spread of fake news, *The Guardian* reported on Wednesday.However, the feature has reportedly been......
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday said he has called a meeting of ambassadors from Muslim countries to discuss and tackle the issue of blasphemous content posted on social......
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, which is celebrated on March 22, is ‘Why Waste Water?’It could not be more relevant for an agricultural country like Pakistan.In this part of the world, we......
Former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhary and his son featured in a video widely shared on social media on Wednesday.The video showed Chaudhary's son arguing with an irate passenger who......
Three shops selling meat and fish were set ablaze in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday by unidentified persons days after Muslim-baiting Hindutva cleric Yogi Adityanath was sworn in as the new chief......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed Wednesday’s trading session on a negative note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index failing to sustain intraday gains to lose 3 points, or 0.01 per cent, by the......
Former federal minister for religious affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi was freed from Adiala jail on Wednesday following his acquittal in the Haj corruption case by Islamabad High Court (IHC) earlier this......
Armed attackers hurled a hand-grenade at a government girls' high school in Balochistan's Killa Abdullah district near Pak-Afghan border on Wednesday, security sources said. No loss of human life was......
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday ordered the provincial statistics department to include the Sikh religion in its population census form.A two-member bench of PHC, comprising Chief Justice......
Mohammed Faizul Haque makes it all look so easy.To a pan full of sizzling chicken he adds a ladle of orangey base sauce and then lemon, sending flames shooting up. He reaches to a line of vessels for......
As the hearing of a petition seeking removal of blasphemous content from social media resumed on Wednesday, Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui was told that the interior......
Afghanistan wants the United States to send more forces to help meet shortfalls in the battle against the Taliban and the militant Islamic State (IS) group, the country's top diplomat said......
Pakistan bagged five medals at the Special Olympics World Winter Games being held at Ramsau in Austria, DawnNews reported on Wednesday.Sabahat Tariq claimed the gold medal in the women's 100 metre......
The Department of Justice has taken the rare step of seeking to strip a convicted militant of his US citizenship as he serves the last several years of a 20-year prison sentence for plotting to......
Afghan authorities expect work on the first phase of a multi-million dollar housing project financed by China to begin within months, as Beijing continues to raise its development profile in the......
A bill proposing amendments to the Army Act 1952 and the 28th Constitutional Amendment Bill were presented to the Senate on Wednesday after the National Assembly passed both with the requisite margin......
Punjab Police on Wednesday registered a case against 'unidentified students' of Punjab University for violence on campus, a day after the clash broke out between rival students' groups.At least 10......
At least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced people near a jihadist-held Syrian town, a monitor said Wednesday.The Syrian Observatory for......
The leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Khursheed Ahmed Shah, roundly criticised the federal government on Wednesday for its policies, which, he said, are "weakening the......
Five suspected militants, including a 'high-value' target of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) identified as 'Duran', were killed in an intelligence-based operation carried out by security forces......
For most parents, the day their first child is born is a special moment. It is the day that marks the start of a journey full of promises, dreams, and expectations. Parents hope that their newborn......
A North Korean missile appeared to have exploded on Wednesday just after it was launched, the US and South Korean militaries said after detecting the latest in a series of weapons tests by the......
The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Wednesday foiled a suspected terror bid at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore by confiscating a cache of weapons and ammunition, DawnNews reported.A......
It was always a bad idea to bundle the cost of security for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor enterprise into the power tariff and pass it on to the consumers.Now that the federal cabinet appears......
SOME of the greatest tributes paid to Chuck Berry came long before he was found dead last Saturday at the ripe old age of 90, on the cusp of releasing his first album of original material in 38......
THE latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) shows Pakistan has improved its rank compared to last year’s (although its overall rank is still 116 out of 176). Politicians in power have been claiming......
They are everywhere and they are nowhere. If you step into a home in an affluent or even almost affluent suburb in Karachi or Lahore or Islamabad or Multan, you will likely be handed a drink by one......
How many are we? Finally, a count of the Pakistani population has started after a gap of 19 years. Perhaps more important than just the numbers game is the changing social landscape of the country......
NOWSHERA: The station house officer of Azakhel police station and a head constable were killed, while a sub-inspector sustained injuries when a train ploughed into their official vehicle at a level......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar have said that women should be given due representation in policy-making bodies where they could raise voice for their rights.The seminar titled ‘pro-women laws and......
PESHAWAR: Senior English teacher at Peshawar Public School and College, Warsak Road, Prof Salih Mohammad, died of cardiac arrest here on Tuesday. He was 58.Prof Salih was the head of the English......
MINGORA: The one-room school with dilapidated roof and only two teachers for over 200 students in Chuangai village of Charbagh tehsil here speaks volumes about the tall claims of the PTI-led......
KHAR: Jamaat-i-Islami secretary general Liaquat Baloch on Tuesday said that merger of Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was vital to end the 70 years long sense of deprivation among the tribesmen, and......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Zahid Hamid has said Pakistan needs $40 billion by 2030 to meet its voluntary international commitment to reducing green house gas emissions by......
ISLAMABAD: Exercising parental jurisdiction, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered for custody of Tayyaba, a 10-year-old who was employed as a maid and allegedly abused by her employer, to be given to......
ISLAMABAD: A total of 38 affected people in the Grand Hyatt case have filed an appeal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against its March 3 verdict upholding the cancellation of the lease for the......
ISLAMABAD: Violence-related incidents declined in 2016 as compared to the year before, and casualties from violence were half the number of casualties in 2015, the Centre for Research and Security......
ISLAMABAD: On Down Syndrome Day, a large number of children suffering from the disease gathered at the National Press Club and demanded that the disease be declared a disability.The participants also......
Q: What are you currently reading?A: I am reading Tum Kabeer, which is a collection of poems by Fahmida Riaz. There are many poems in the books of course, but there is one very long, pages-long poem......
ISLAMABAD: It’s an early spring evening and sun is just beginning to settle over the capital. The grounds of Allama Iqbal University are filled with the cawing of birds and the excited chatter of......
LAHORE: The Punjab Information Commission on Tuesday asked the Lahore High Court (LHC) registrar to provide information to an applicant about the monthly salary and fringe benefits of the chief......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A pack of stray dogs mauled a five-year-old girl to death at Chak 124-NP in Liaqatpur tehsil, some 70 kilometres from here, on Tuesday.Feroza police Station House Officer (SHO)......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Tuesday sought final arguments from the Punjab government and counsel for Jamatud Dawa on a petition challenging detention of the JuD chief and four......
HYDERABAD: Speakers at a programme held at the Sindh University, Jamshoro, on Tuesday paid homage to academician and historian Dr Hamida Khuhro and eulogised her meritorious services in the fields of......
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: A sanitary worker, Naeem Sheikh, sustained 20 per cent burns when he attempted to commit self-immolation in Tharo Shah town on Tuesday reportedly over denial of his four months’......
SUKKUR: Sindh Senior Minister for Food and Parliamentary Affairs Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said that the federal government’s decision to keep the census results ‘secret’ for four months is based on......
KARACHI: Just a few weeks after the reopening of a recreation ground within Safari Park on a court order, a huge cache of arms and ammunition stashed in its ticket counter was found by the......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday demanded of the federal government that the management of water distribution from the Mangla and Tarbela dams be given to Sindh and Balochistan......
KARACHI: In the first project of its kind in the country for religious minorities, the Sindh government has started working on a plan to bring hundreds of worship places of non-Muslims under video......
KARACHI: With his usual wit and flair, former senator Javed Jabbar highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of Pakistan and Pakistani citizens during a lecture at the Arts Council here on Tuesday.......
KARACHI: It is thoughtful on the part of the organisers of the Karachi Art Summit to choose the sprawling Burnes Garden, which is now a contiguous part of the National Museum of Pakistan, as the......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate remanded on Tuesday two Chinese nationals to prison in a case pertaining to stealing data from an automated teller machine (ATM).The Federal Investigation Agency......
NEW DELHI: The BJP must give credit to Muslims for its resounding victory in assembly elections in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh. It may appear to be paradoxical as Muslims are......
IN the past 45 years, a select group of sites across the planet have been chosen as members of a unique and highly exclusive club. These are the 203 sites of such natural beauty or “universal” value......
PARIS: French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux resigned on Tuesday after revelations that he hired his two teenage daughters as parliamentary aides.Le Roux denied wrongdoing but said he did not want......
MOGADISHU: At least five people were killed when a minibus laden with explosives blew up in Mogadishu on Tuesday, just as the troubled country’s new prime minister unveiled his government lineup.The......
EDINBURGH: Scotland’s nationalist leader warned on Tuesday that it would be “unfair” for the British government to block another independence referendum, as she asked the Scottish parliament to......
COLOMBO: Discussions between Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Chinese Defence Minister Gen Chang Wanquan have indicated possible defence-related pacts between the two countries.Following......
WASHINGTON: Twitter said on Tuesday it suspended 376,890 accounts in the second half of 2016 for “promotion of terrorism,” an increase of 60 per cent over the prior six-month period.The latest......
BANGKOK: A sea turtle nicknamed “Piggy Bank” has died after complications from surgery to remove nearly 1,000 coins she swallowed during captivity, Thai vets said on Tuesday.The reptile was thought......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has locked horns with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) over the Pakistan Super League spot-fixing probe with the cricket board insisting it to be solely......
KARACHI: Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has expressed optimism that under Sarfraz Ahmed’s leadership the team will go from strength to strength in the build-up to the ICC 2019 World Cup in......
NEW DELHI: David Warner is not having the best of times in India. The swashbuckling opener and the vice-captain of the visiting Australian team has become the proverbial bunny to Indian spinners......
LONDON: England’s cricketers have been told to spice up their playing style to attract a new generation of players and fans, even if it reduces the chances of winning.Encouraging the national teams......
CHICAGO: Former Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger has signed for Major League Soccer side the Chicago Fire from Premier League giants Manchester United, the English club confirmed on......
PRAGUE: There are only a few countries in Europe that would be able to host a 48-team World Cup, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said on Tuesday.FIFA decided in January to expand its biggest event......
DORTMUND: World champions Germany host England in a prestige friendly in Dortmund on Wednesday with both coaches primed to give youth its head for one of football’s great rivalries.But that is......
LAHORE: Squads were finalised through players’ draft and named for the National One-day Cup at a hotel here on Tuesday. The event is likely to begin on April 14.PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan, executive......
KARACHI: After a seven-year wait, former celebrity Mohammad Sajjad rose to the top of the ladder coasting to an emphatic 8-6 frames victory over his pupil Asjad Iqbal in the final to annex national......
LONDON: Canadian tennis ace Milos Raonic warned on Tuesday he was determined to avenge last year’s final defeat to Andy Murray in the key Wimbledon warm-up tournament at Queen’s Club in June.The......
KARACHI: Inspired by centuries from Zain Abbas and Imran Rafiq, Multan completed a come-from-behind win over Larkana in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II Cricket Tournament match in Bahawalpur on......
KARACHI: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and China Power International Holding Ltd (CPIH) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation and collaboration in the power......
ISLAMABAD: A loan agreement to build Pakistan’s first state-of-the-art multipurpose Information Technology Park worth Rs9.2 billion was signed between the government and South Korea Eximbank (KEXIM)......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Switzerland on Tuesday signed the much-awaited revised agreement on avoidance of double taxation with respect to income. The agreement will allow both countries to shore up a......
KARACHI: The new multi-year tariff determined by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) discouraged investment and was ultimately not in the long-term interest of the citizens of......
KARACHI: Pak Suzuki Motor Company posted a net profit of Rs2.77 billion for 2016, down 53 per cent year-on-year, it announced on Tuesday.Analysts said the result announcement was in line with......
QUETTA: Commercial banks would set up 79 branches across Balochistan, while a soft scheme would be launched for skilled women in the province, Governor State Bank of Pakistan Ashraf Mehmood Wathra......
KARACHI: A “Pakistan First” approach along the lines of “America First” and “Make in India” will strengthen the domestic industry and galvanise stakeholders, the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) said......
KARACHI: Car assemblers have asserted their position reacting to the criticism by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).In a letter to the SBP chief economist, the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers......
BEIJING: The World Bank’s newly appointed chief executive gave a spirited defence of globalisation during her first official visit to China, saying it had helped richer and poorer countries, and......
BRUSSELS: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged on Tuesday to seal an EU-Japan trade deal as early as possible in order to make an important stand against protectionism.Abe met with EU Council......
KARACHI: Trading was slow on the cotton market on Tuesday amid dwindling stocks and lower exports of cotton yarn.In world markets, prices on the New York market fell by 1.5 US cents per lb and China......
KARACHI: HMD Global, the company that owns the rights to use Nokia’s brand on mobile phones, will launch its new phones in Pakistan within the next three months, Per Ekman, its vice-president for the......
LONDON: Gold rallied on Tuesday as a strong performance from centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron in a French election debate and fading expectations for near term US interest rate hikes......
NEW YORK: Scores of nations have lifted themselves out of poverty and illiteracy, but those signs of broad progress hide crippling inequality and suffering by millions of people left behind, a United......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Tuesday the “issue of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement founder” had become a roadblock in relations with the United Kingdom.Speaking at a......
LAHORE: At least 10 students were injured in a clash between students organising a Pakhtun cultural event and activists of the Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba (IJT) at Punjab University on Tuesday, officials......
HUB: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday said that the energy crisis in the country was going to end soon due to the effective and fast-track measures taken by the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to formally initiate investigation into allegations of corruption against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar.The decision......
KARACHI: Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Tuesday that the sacrifices of soldiers would not go waste.According to a tweet by Inter-Services Public Relations Director......
WASHINGTON: There is increasing evidence that India could launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike to prevent Pakistan from using the option first, says an expert.“India will not allow Pakistan to go......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday registered a case against the deputy chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on corruption charges.According to a statement......
NEW DELHI: The new Hindu hardline chief minister of Uttar Pradesh promised on Tuesday to work impartially for all communities and the Supreme Court, in an apparently unrelated move, offered him a......
LONDON: The UK police are in the process of transferring nearly half a million pounds to Altaf Hussain, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Karachi businessman Sarfraz Merchant.The money was originally......
ISLAMABAD: Two-day Pakistan-India Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) talks concluded here on Tuesday on a positive note as India withdrew the design of a smaller hydropower project and agreed to......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif revealed on Tuesday that retired Gen Pervez Musharraf had offered him an “underhanded” deal to form a joint government in 2008.Speaking at a meeting of the......
ISLAMABAD: The government managed to secure the passage of two key bills seeking the reinstatement of military courts from the National Assembly on Monday, but without the support of two of its......
BELFAST: Martin McGuinness, the Irish Republican Army commander who laid down his arms to become a key architect of Northern Ireland’s peace, died on Tuesday aged 66, prompting tributes from allies......
