A 15-year old girl was burnt to death under mysterious circumstances in Model Colony area in Karachi on Wednesday, according to police and hospital officials.They added that Sidra Mansoor, 15, died......
The US State Department on Wednesday updated its travel advisory for Pakistan and advised US nationals against all non-essential travel to the country."Pakistan continues to experience significant......
Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai received honorary citizenship in Canada and became the youngest person to address the country's Parliament.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented her with a......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday fulfilled a promise he had made to Zainab Bibi ? country's tallest woman at 7' 2" and a former holder of 'World's Tallest Woman' title in Guinness Book of......
The Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday cancelled the basic membership of district councillors from Shangla for violating party discipline while changing political parties.The hearing by ECP......
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh A.D. Khawaja on Wednesday said that the provincial police force operates on regulations laid down in 1861 and that there was an immediate need to improve......
After their latest victory against the West Indies in the one-day international series on Tuesday, Pakistan added another feather to their cap and achieved the second highest number of wins in the......
The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved a number of agenda items, enhancing cooperation and agreements between Pakistan and other countries in the field of aviation, defence, interior, health, law......
At least three people were injured in a blast in Gwadar city on Wednesday evening.Police officials said the “miscreants targeted three civilians on Gwadar airport road”.They added the improvised......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange closed Wednesday on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 207.19 points, or 0.43 per cent, by the close of the trading session to reach 48,457......
The militant Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on Wednesday near the Afghan Defence Ministry that killed at least three people.At least one civilian and two members......
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday and briefed the premier on the current security situation in the country, said a statement by the PM......
A 7-year-old girl was brutally raped and murdered in Kasur on Tuesday evening, police sources told Dawn.According to the Station House Officer (Saddar Police) Sardar Younis, the young girl had left......
A former senior superintendent of police (SSP), whose son has allegedly been held in illegal confinement by SSP Rao Anwar, on Wednesday moved a constitutional petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC)......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved the Haj Policy 2017 in a cabinet meeting in Islamabad, government officials announced Wednesday.The prime minister is said to have directed the provision of the......
British police on Tuesday arrested a British man of Pakistani origin for allegedly verbally abusing and misbehaving with an air hostess during a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight.Airline......
An official says Somalia's military has rescued 8 Indian crew members who had been held hostage by pirates.Abdullahi Ahmed Ali, the mayor of Hobyo, told The Associated Press that the sailors of a......
The Rangers arrested five suspected terrorists and recovered a cache of arms and explosives during a raid conducted in Keamari Town, Colonel Qaiser Khan of the paramilitary force stated in a press......
The Sindh government will bear the cost of repairing a 100-year-old bungalow that stands inside the Jufelhurst School in Karachi's Soldier Bazaar area, a spokesperson at the chief minister's office......
Iran's former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has filed to run in the country's May presidential election, contradicting a recommendation from the nation's Supreme Leader to stay out of the......
A lawsuit accused Yahoo of breaking a financial promise it made to Chinese dissidents almost a decade ago as penance for helping the Chinese government find and jail other activists.The complaint,......
PPP leader Asim Hussain on Wednesday petitioned the Sindh High Court for removal of his name from the Exit Control List in order to allow for his travel abroad for medical treatment.Hussain's......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday submitted a resolution in the National Assembly urging the government to 'immediately' call a joint session of the parliament to discuss the issue of......
Sapna Gobia is busy preparing for her wedding in a few weeks.In many ways, her wedding will follow traditions passed down through generations, with the bride and groom circling a sacred fire lit by......
The only time I met the late Om Puri was in 2004, when he came to participate in the Kara Film Festival in Karachi. That was his first visit to Pakistan. I was introduced to him at a dinner hosted by......
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer apologised Tuesday for making an “inappropriate and insensitive” comparison to the Holocaust in earlier comments about Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday granted protective bail to former federal minister Arbab Alamgir Khan and his wife Asma Arbab in a corruption reference.A division bench,......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Wednesday expressed concerns over discrimination against ‘O’ and ‘A’ level students in the allocation of marks in the equivalence certificates issued to them......
ISLAMABAD: Lok Virsa invited the children of legendary folk artists to take part in a live concert at its Open Air Theatre on Tuesday as part of its annual 10-day Lok Mela.The event was meant as a......
PESHAWAR: Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI) has demanded of banks to provide soft loans to those women, who want to establish their own business so that they can also play role in......
PESHAWAR: The Afghan refugee bards and local Pashto poets gathered at a local hotel to strengthen their call for a permanent peace and political stability in the war-hit Pakhtun belt.The poets......
ISLAMABAD: The week-long Youth Drama Festival 2017 concluded on Tuesday.Two stage dramas were presented on the last day of the festival, which was aimed at encouraging the younger generation to come......
ISLAMABAD: After a long controversy, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) has recommended a reduction in the price of Daclatasvir which will lead to the drug being imported, and smuggled,......
TAXILA: Water level in Khanpur Dam has declined, forcing the authorities to reduce supply to Rawalpindi and Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhaw for civic and irrigation purposes.Talking to this reporter......
LAHORE: The Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) has released a report on the first four months of operation of its cyber harassment helpline.In the first four months of its operation, the helpline......
Some influential people of Raiwind allegedly chopped off sexual organ of a class nine student for ‘honour’, besides depriving him of his eyesight by stabbing him with an ice pick.The incident which......
LAHORE: Reaffirming its pledge to rid the educational institutions of violence, the Punjab government has restrained the students of all public-sector universities from holding any function on their......
LAHORE: A photography exhibition, titled Pakistan Sustaining Development: Human Stories through Photography, started on Tuesday at the Lahore City Heritage Museum on The Mall.The exhibition will......
SIALKOT: The hostel buildings of two women colleges in Daska and Pasrur have been without any resident for the last 11 years.The hostels were meant for providing residences to the students of rural......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court judge turned down on Tuesday a plea by the Chaudhry Sugar Mills, said to be owned by ruling Sharif family, to use its raw material as the mills had been sealed in the......
KARACHI: As Karachi continued to sizzle at 42 degrees centigrade, hot and dry weather gripped entire Sindh on Tuesday with Dadu and Nawabshah becoming the hottest places in the country where the......
KARACHI: After the successful opening of air-conditioned reporting centres with uninterrupted power supply and round-the-clock internet facility at the Preedy and Gulberg police stations, the Karachi......
KARACHI: Even while approaching issues of collective importance, Pakistani artists tend to be more local than global. It is understandable because our country has gone through and suffered so much in......
KARACHI: Iraqi Ambassador in Pakistan Dr Ali Yasin Mohammad Kareem has said there is a lot of attraction and opportunities for investment in Sindh, particularly in Karachi, and Iraqi entrepreneurs......
HYDERABAD: Raising slogans against the Sindh government and mayor of Hyderabad, activists of the Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) on Tuesday assembled outside the local press club and held a sit-in for a......
HYDERABAD: Scores of Pakistan Peoples Party activists and relatives of the missing aides of party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari held a demonstration in protest against mysterious disappearance of......
UMERKOT: Uncontrolled population growth is a major threat to Pakistan while absence of prior consultations and institutional set-up, highly centralised approach, inadequate progress measurement and......
BEIJING: The atmosphere of the first summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump was much better than expected, and not only helped in the discussions but will......
I SPENT a part of my boyhood school days in Islamabad. During my stay there, I made memorable visits mostly to the northern regions of Pakistan. I also visited the cosmopolitan cities of Karachi and......
DIYARBAKIR: An explosion which shook police headquarters in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Tuesday morning was an accident which occurred during repair work, the interior minister......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday that the Trump administration prefers using a political process for changing the Syrian government but sees no further role for......
CAPE CANAVERAL: Another “Great Spot” has been found at Jupiter, this one cold and high up.Scientists reported on Tuesday that the dark expanse is 24,000 kilometres across and 12,000 kilometres wide.......
DHAKA: One of Bangladesh’s biggest film stars caused an internet sensation on Tuesday when she revealed she had wed her on-screen lover, but kept the marriage secret for nine years to protect his......
GENEVA: The United Nations warned on Tuesday of a growing risk of mass deaths from starvation among people living in conflict and drought-hit areas of the Horn of Africa, Yemen and Nigeria.An......
MANILA: Nine people including four Philippine security officials were killed on Tuesday during clashes with suspected Islamic militants on a popular resort island as millions prepare to travel for......
PYONGYANG: North Korean state media warned on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression as a US Navy strike group steamed toward the western......
RIYADH: The trial has begun in Saudi Arabia of the first woman accused of involvement in protests in a Shia-majority area of the kingdom, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.The Okaz daily did not name......
MIRPURKHAS: The Tour de Sindh cycle race riders on Tuesday reached Mirpurkhas from Hyderabad via Tando Allah Yar where they were greeted by local cyclists, folk dancers and hundreds of fans who......
KARACHI: Hyderabad beat Karachi to clinch the Sindh Sports Board (SSB) Inter-District Women’s Softball Championship which concluded in Khairpur on Monday night.According to organizers here on......
NEW YORK: The United States, Mexico and Canada announced on Monday that they were making a joint bid to host the 2026 World Cup, which the US football chief said would produce the biggest financial......
LONDON: Arsene Wenger’s wretched season hit a new low as Arsenal crashed to a humiliating 3-0 defeat at lowly Crystal Palace in the English Premier League on Monday, further damaging the team’s......
PARIS: Athletics’ governing body meets in London this week to assess Russia’s progress in stamping out doping and whether the 50km walk has come to the end of the Olympic road.Also at Wednesday and......
MUNICH: Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti admitted star striker Robert Lewandowski is a doubt for the Champions League clash with Real Madrid after he only trained for 20 minutes on Tuesday because......
KARACHI: Sales of cars produced locally edged up 1.7 per cent year-on-year to 139,570 units in July-March, the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA) said on Tuesday.A plunge of 41pc in......
The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has sought more than 80 per cent increase in tariff to pay around Rs88 billion hydropower profit to Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the next......
LAHORE: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has allowed transportation of halal products from Pakistan via sea which would bring down freight cost by one third, Punjab Halal Development Agency (PHDA)......
ISLAMABAD: The president on Tuesday appointed Haq Nawaz, a grade 22 officer of the audit and accounts group, as ‘acting’ auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) following a serious constitutional vacuum......
ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser (NSA) retired Lt General Nasser Khan Janjua said on Tuesday that Pakistan and India could not be enemies forever and needed to engage with each other to resolve......
PESHAWAR: Expressing strong opposition to the fencing of the Durand Line, Ambassador Dr Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal said here on Tuesday that it would be better for Pakistan and Afghanistan to solve the......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan’s Mission to the UN hosted a reception in honour of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai after UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appointed her a UN Messenger of Peace to......
RAWALPINDI: Minister of State for Information Technology Anusha Rehman on Tuesday said Pakistan would be the first country in South Asia to test 5th generation cellular services for fast......
KARACHI: A sublime Shoaib Malik century and equally responsible knock from Mohammad Hafeez inspired Pakistan to a six-wicket win in the third and final one-day against the West Indies at the......
The US Department of Defence said on Tuesday that it authorised the disbursement of $550 million to Pakistan this year as recognition of the significant sacrifices the Pakistani military has made in......
ISLAMABAD/NOWSHERA: Amid the prevailing tensions following the disappearance of a former Pakistani military officer in Nepal and the subsequent death sentence awarded to Indian spy Kulbushan Jadhav,......
Pakistan’s trade deficit ballooned by 38.8 per cent to an all-time high $23.385 billion during the first nine months of the current financial year.When the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz came to power......
ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court judge observed on Tuesday that any pronouncement by the court would set a precedent that would be remembered for centuries.“Our pronouncement will be a law and will......
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif has ruled out immediate execution of a convicted Indian spy and said three appellate forums are available to Kulbhushan Jadhav under the law.He said......
IT has been a long wait for the Panama case judgement which is likely to change the country’s political dynamics. More than six weeks have passed since the court concluded the hearing and went into a......
THE obituary for liberalism was perhaps prematurely written and published. A few months ago, when Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States and announced his policy of......
IDEAS and hopes germinate in the West and are ploughed back into the ground as interests dictate. Only a few years ago, politicians and humanists were singing merry songs of globalisation. That Earth......
REX Tillerson’s conversations in Moscow today will be extremely interesting, to put it mildly. The US secretary of state, the recipient five years ago of an Order of Friendship from Vladimir Putin,......
The Pakistan Army early Wednesday morning said it had taken Uzair Baloch, a notorious leader of the Lyari gang war, into custody in accordance with the Pakistan Army Act.Uzair was arrested by Rangers......
