Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli prisons launched a hunger strike on Monday, in what their leader behind bars called a new step in the Palestinians' "long walk to freedom".Activists said more than......
A student arrested in the Mashal Khan lynching case on Monday has said that the administration of Abdul Wali Khan University asked him to testify against the deceased.The accused, Wajahat, admitted......
Chinese steel manufacturer Baosteel has won a bid to supply steel to the ongoing nuclear coastal power plants (K-2 K-3) in Karachi, in what is being reported to be the "first export deal for......
Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Monday clarified that they will continue to assist the police and district administration as “backup support” in case of any “extreme emergency.”However, the Rangers made it......
Names of three Indian nationals emerged on Monday in connection with the mysterious disappearance of Lt Col Habib Zahir, a former Pakistan Army officer who went missing in Nepal earlier this month,......
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday issued notices to Khalid Latif and Shahzaib Hassan, two of the five players accused in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) spot-fixing scandal, a statement issued by......
Hundreds of students clashed with government forces in Indian-held Kashmir during protests Monday against a police raid on a college, as tensions ran high in the restive region.At least 100 students......
Russia on Monday warned Washington against launching a unilateral strike on North Korea, after US Vice President Mike Pence said the era of “strategic patience” with Pyongyang was over.“This is a......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange's (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index lost 452 points (0.95pc) on the first trading session of the week as investors grew restless amidst political uncertainty in the......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday reassured members of Pakistan's Christian community that Pakistan belonged to them and stressed that the country's peace and prosperity was in the unity of all......
The director general of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, on Monday announced that Ehsanullah Ehsan, former spokesperson of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and a......
The United States (US) National Security Adviser Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday, marking the first high-level interaction between Pakistan and the US......
Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to peace in Afghanistan during talks with United States (US) National Security Adviser Lt Gen H.R.......
A four-year-old boy was killed and two other children injured due to a blast in Quetta's Killi Barat area on Monday, police said.The three children were playing in the street when unidentified......
Pakistan has extended felicitations to the government and people of Turkey on the outcome of the referendum for the constitutional amendment, according to the unofficial results.The foreign office in......
At least 100 Kashmiri students were injured Monday in anti-India protests and clashes with government forces in the divided Himalayan region.The protests began in India-held Kashmir's key city of......
Documents and computer files released by hackers provide a blueprint for how the US National Security Agency (NSA) likely used weaknesses in commercially available software to gain access to the......
Two women and as many men were wounded as Indian troops shelled different villages in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) from across the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday.Mohammad Shakil, 35, was injured in......
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to inform it of the reasons behind barring PPP leader and former Sindh information minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, a......
A medical student from Hyderabad who allegedly joined the militant Islamic State (IS) in Syria was in prolonged contact with a man on social media who radicalised her, Liaquat University of Medical......
Militants have stepped up attacks in India-held Kashmir (IHK) and police warned officers not to go home, amid a spike in violence in the contested region, after the army allegedly tied a man to the......
Abdullah, one of the three students accused of spreading "blasphemous content" by the mob that killed Mashal Khan, has rejected all allegations against him.In a statement recorded before a judicial......
A First Investigation Report (FIR) has been registered against the Indian Army after a video of a Kashmiri youth being used as a human shield by the army sparked outrage on social media, the......
At least three people were killed and two others injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Karak district on Monday, police said.The victims were on their......
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly won a historic referendum on Sunday that will tighten his grip on power, but the knife-edge result left the country bitterly divided and the opposition......
SWABI/MARDAN: A large number of men and women on Sunday hit the dusty streets of Zaida town of Swabi on the ‘Soyam’ of Mashal Khan, a young graduate of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM), who......
PESHAWAR: Easter was celebrated with religious fervour in parts of the provincial metropolis amid tight security on Sunday. Members of the Christian community, as part of their religious festivity,......
KHAR: Two workers were killed and three others suffered injuries when an under construction bridge collapsed in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency here on Sunday, officials said.They said the incident......
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has said that rulers have no planning to overcome the core issues of the nation but they have further enslaved the youth by taking foreign loans on high......
ISLAMABAD: The 10-day Lok Mela concluded at Lok Virsa on Sunday with a grand, Pashto musical evening.Folk musicians from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa enthralled the audience with their music and dance......
RAWALPINDI: It is common knowledge that no celebration is complete without sweets, but for those with a sweet tooth, dessert is a must after nearly every meal.For those looking to break out of the......
ISLAMABAD: Once thriving, adventure tourism in northern Pakistan has seen a sharp decline over the past four years.Since 2013, an additional challenge has been staring the mountaineers attracted to......
ISLAMABAD: Ismat Chughtai’s stories were interpreted dramatically during a session of the 5th Islamabad Literary Festival.Based on her memoir Kaghazi Hai Pairahan, the basic story line stays fairly......
ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF) session titled ‘Will Technology Influence Music?’ alternated between a history lesson on how technology has influenced music as a commodity and......
ISLAMABAD: The third and final day of the Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF) on Sunday featured a session on ‘Social Media: New Strategies for Creativity and Change’.The session turned out to be a......
ISLAMABAD: Hamesha dair kar deta hoon mainHar kaam karnay mayZaroori baat kehni hoKoi wada nibhana hoIf you walked into the Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF) on Sunday afternoon, you could’ve been......
ISLAMABAD: The third day of the Islamabad Literature Festival featured a session on ‘70 Years of Pakistan: A Reflection on Pakistan’s History’ with Sayeed Hasan Khan and Ishrat Husain, moderated by......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The unavailability of potable water has forced almost 87 per cent of the city’s population to rely on unhygienic water, said a local government source.The Municipal Committee (MC) and......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A pre-partition school in a village of Gojra fails to get the status of secondary school despite efforts by the residents and those who remained associated with it.Established in......
KARACHI: The provincial government is considering adopting a “Punjab model” for granting special powers to the Rangers after which the paramilitary force will only “assist” the police in action......
KARACHI: Participants in a meeting on urban narrative — Karachi calling — were on Sunday informed that Karachi was among the three cities of South Asian with Mumbai and Dhaka regarded as the dense......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Advertisers Society (PAS) held its 7th annual gala awards ceremony at the Expo Centre on Saturday night to recognise and honour leading marketing and advertising campaigns as......
KARACHI: The 26th generation of the Qawwal Bachon Ka Gharana of Delhi, Hamza Akram and Brothers, performed at T2F for an intimate gathering comprising the Ahl-i-Zauq on Sunday.The potency of this......
KARACHI: Restoration and rehabilitation work at the Bagh Ibne Qasim is going on at full swing and soon it will be completed after which it will be opened to public, said city mayor Waseem Akhtar on......
LARKANA: Senate Deputy Chairman Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri has urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to come to the rescue of the upper house of the parliament by telling federal ministers to......
WASHINGTON: Thousands of protesters gathered on Saturday in cities across the United States to pressure President Donald Trump to release his tax returns, a move of transparency he has repeatedly......
STRASBOURG: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is too extreme, but centrist Emmanuel Macron is too young.Conservative Francois Fillon cannot be trusted, Socialist Benoit Hamon is the......
HERE we go again: even before the dust from the American missiles launched against a Syrian air base had settled, and the dead from the giant MOAB bomb in Afghanistan had been buried, an American......
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s government is trying to tackle rising pollution levels in the smog-choked Kathmandu Valley, but standing in the way is a powerful bus mafia that controls the capital’s roads.The......
SEOUL: President Donald Trump asserted on Sunday that China was working with the United States on “the North Korea problem,” and his vice president told American and South Korea service members that......
WASHINGTON: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday that his successor Ashraf Ghani was a traitor because he allowed the United States to drop the largest non-nuclear bomb on......
RASHIDIN: Nearly 70 children were among those killed when a suicide car bombing tore through buses carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, a monitor said on Sunday.Saturday’s......
KARACHI: Fancied chestnut horse Race finally overcomes complacency by getting the better of co-favourite mare Sweet Sereena by a length-and-a-half to land the Sizzling Cup in the Gymkhana race......
KARACHI: A brilliant all-round display from Aamir Yamin inspired Balochistan to a four-wicket over Punjab after fellow Pakistan discard Umar Amin struck a dazzling career-best 156 in the Cool & Cool......
SAKHIR: Sebastian Vettel moved into a clear lead in this year’s world championship on Sunday when he claimed a well-judged victory for Ferrari in the Bahrain Grand Prix for his second win of the......
FLORENCE HALL (Jamaica): Shimron Hetmyer led a triumvirate of left-handed batsmen that collected half-centuries, as the WICB President’s XI made Pakistan toil in the field all day in their......
LONDON: Manchester United blew the Premier League title race wide open with a 2-0 win over lethargic leaders Chelsea, while Liverpool are back in third place after a 1-0 victory at West Bromwich......
KARACHI: Brilliant and hardworking cyclist Naeem Ahmed won the ninth edition of Tour De Sindh here in style as he secured 50 points on reaching Karachi from Thatta in the final round of 14-day long......
MILAN: Gonzalo Higuain scored two first-half goals to give Juventus a 2-0 win at bottom club Pescara which took them eight points clear at the top of Serie A on Saturday and closer to a sixth......
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi kept Barcelona’s title hopes alive with two goals and an assist to see off Real Sociedad 3-2 and keep the pressure on La Liga leaders Real Madrid, who needed a brace from Isco......
The government has set the tone of its politico-economic policy for the elections ahead of its final five-year term budget.With the political economy in mind, influential quarters have already......
Foxconn Technology Group is reportedly planning to bid up to $27bn to acquire Toshiba’s chip business, according to Bloomberg.It’s yet another major acquisition swoop on a Japanese high-tech firm by......
Hub Power Company Limited owns an oil-fired power station with an installed net capacity of 1,292MW at Hub in Balochistan and another plant of 225MW capacity at Narowal in Punjab.It also has a......
Confronted with a huge shortfall in the revenue collection target, the Federal Board of Revenue has opted for short-term measures, such as easy-to-collect taxes for bridging the revenue gap in the......
The polyester staple fibre industry is in trouble because its gross margins continue to be under pressure owing to a variety of factors like cheaper and under-invoiced imports from China, and......
Official forecasts reveal that a fourth consecutive bumper wheat crop is expected in 2016-17 with an estimated production of 26.1m metric tonnes over an area of 9.1m hectares.With an annual......
PUNJAB started its procurement drive on April 15 for buying 4m tonnes of wheat and has entered the market with a ready cash of Rs130bn, which should keep the commodity price stable in harvesting......
A NATIONAL programme to unlock the wool development potential in Balochistan is being evolved jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Ministry of National Food Security and......
President Donald Trump is abandoning a number of his key campaign promises on economic policy, adopting instead many of the centrist positions he railed against while campaigning as a populist.Trump......
THE sharp fall in the price of potatoes across India in recent times and an upsurge in production resulting in a stockpile are causing dismay among farmers, especially in states such as Uttar Pradesh......
Whereas banks are responding to traditional businesses on increasing demand, the financing needs of tech start-ups are being met by local and foreign citizens, not-for-profit development finance......
A microfinance ecosystem is evolving in Pakistan. The debate regarding mainstreaming poverty and the renewed interest in tools and models amongst stakeholders indicates that the sector is poised to......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday vehemently rejected international objections to the involvement of the armed forces in the sixth housing and population census that is currently under way across......
KHUZDAR: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has offered attractive incentives to the militants living on the hills to lay down their weapons and join the mainstream politics and said......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has designed a polling station-wise result management system for the coming general elections to improve accuracy, efficiency and transparency of......
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider on Sunday called upon the government of Pakistan to convince the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to carry out......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to announce the budget for financial year 2017-18 on May 26.Talking to Dawn on Sunday, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said the announcement of the budget had been......
LAHORE/HYDERABAD: A medical student from Hyderabad who was arrested after her husband was killed in an encounter in Lahore on Friday night had visited Syria after leaving her home in February to......
KARACHI: The president of Pakistan Peoples Party, Sindh chapter, Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, has said the Nawaz government is continuing exploitation of smaller provinces by not announcing the NFC......
PESHAWAR: Police on Sunday opened a hate speech investigation involving two clerics in connection with the killing of a university student over allegations he committed blasphemy.The clerics are......
ACCUSATION is evidence, trial is by ordeal, and the sentence is always death. This is how it went with Mashal Khan and this is how it has been with the countless others who have preceded him. His......
INVISIBLE to the frenzied world of urban dwellers, and anchored in the rural hinterlands of Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe, live communities of peasants — small farmers, tenants, sharecroppers......
THE subject being important, after a piece on the limits of power (March 28), I decided to further expound related concepts. A people form a government to achieve their common ideals of justice,......
ELECTRONIC voting machines (EVMs) seem to have gained greater currency, and popularity as well, in our electoral discourse over the past few years. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) may also......
A Christian man was reportedly assaulted and burnt with hot iron rods, allegedly by the family of a Muslim woman in Sheikhupura district, for having "friendship" with her, it has been learnt.The......
Imam-i-Kaaba Sheikh Saleh Bin Mohammad Bin Ibrahim, in an interview with Geo News, said when it comes to accusing someone of blasphemy, there are two types of people, "those who are illiterate and......
PPP-Parliamentarians President Asif Ali Zardari, while giving an interview to a private news channel, questioned that why can't the Sindh government appoint an Inspector General of Police (IGP) of......
