KARACHI: Renowned sports organiser Gohar Raza was elected as president while famous athlete Naseem Hameed and Mohammad Riaz Senior were elected as general secretaries and Sher Ali as treasurer of......
ISLAMABAD: As the power regulator ordered the refund of Rs4.35 per unit to consumers, ex-Wapda distribution companies on Wednesday made an extraordinary demand: let them utilise this money for up to......
KARACHI: Cement companies are exploring new markets to sustain the plant expansion after losing market in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.South Africa imposed an anti-dumping duty on......
ISLAMABAD: The government is focusing on implementing smart agricultural policies but climate change remains the biggest challenge so far, Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar......
ISLAMABAD: The proposed Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) will be operational by December and Rs7 billion has already been released in this regard, the Senate Standing Committee on Commerce was informed......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance on Wednesday supported the proposal by the textile sector to restructure bank loans of sick units to help their revival.Members of the......
KARACHI: After a massive gain of 6.9pc in four trading sessions starting the day prior to the announcement of Panamagate case and ignoring the slight erosion on Tuesday, the KSE-100 index continued......
WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has invited the Pakistani diaspora to invest in a development fund that the government is setting up to channel investment in major infrastructure development......
KARACHI: MCB Bank reported on Wednesday earnings of Rs5.9 billion for Jan-March, down four per cent year-on-year.However, the result remained slightly above market expectations.MCB booked reversals......
KARACHI: Trading activity on the cotton market remained slow on Wednesday amid lack of demand from spinners. The undertone, however, remained steady but outlook uncertain.Brokers said shortage of......
LONDON: Gold recovered from a two-week low on Wednesday as speculators locked in profit from recent losses, but some analysts expect further weakness due to easing political risks.Spot gold was flat......
DUBAI: A recent Saudi government and security shake-up aims to strengthen King Salman’s increasingly powerful son against the Crown Prince and to bolster ties with Washington, according to analysts......
DHAKA: Kasem bin Abubakar was told nobody would buy his chaste romance novels about devout young Muslims finding love within the strict moral confines of Bangladeshi society.And yet his tales of......
OF all the Muslim leaders of Sindh, Abdullah Haroon, whose 75th death anniversary falls today, was the foremost in making an impact on all-India mainstream Muslim politics. The most remarkable fact......
“Before we ate what we grew. Now we sell what we grow and buy what we eat” — a Thari elderMY first visit to Thar (Sindh) was in 1978 and since then I have visited it 17 times for recreation, work and......
THE government has little reason to be satisfied with its performance last week before the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) that was discussing its initial report under the UN Convention against......
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) reportedly summoned an Indian diplomat on Tuesday to express disappointment over the Indian High Commission's refusal to grant visas to Pakistani squash......
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Sindh police on Wednesday recommended that the murder case of famed qawwal Amjad Sabri be presented before a military court for trial, Sindh CTD Additional......
Maria Sharapova was given a lukewarm welcome by 4,500 spectators upon her return to professional tennis on Wednesday after a 15-month doping ban.After receiving a polite applause and some whistling......
The International Cricket Council's (ICC) full members on Wednesday outvoted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and agreed to introduce a new financial model along with governance......
The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to sue Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as the Indian board has failed to honour its commitment and play a bilateral series in Pakistan, said PCB......
The Pakhtun students of Punjab University on Wednesday staged a protest against the Islami Jamiat Taleba (IJT), a rival student group, in Lahore, while also accusing police of being sympathetic to......
Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif on Wednesday said that 21st century was an era of multiple power centres, renewed economic interdependencies and realignment of politico-strategic alliances.While......
The European Union (EU) will provide all basic educational facilities, including female teachers, to 1,000 government-run primary schools in Balochistan under the Balochistan Education Support......
At least seven more children died in last three days at the government hospitals in Sindh's Tharparkar district, raising the death toll to 113 this year, Dawn has learnt.According to a statement......
Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah while addressing a rally in Karachi on Wednesday said that people have lost faith in the federal government after the centre denied provision of gas and power......
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday said Pakistan seeks to reset its relationship with the United States (US).“There seems to be a little bit of a......
Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Wednesday once again denied consular access to Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death earlier this month by a Field General Court Martial.During a......
Authorities in Indian-held Kashmir on Wednesday ordered internet service providers to block popular social media services including Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp after an upsurge in violence in the......
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while hearing a case involving corruption worth billions of rupees in the Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI), held the government partially responsible for......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange has ended Wednesday’s trading session on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 42 points, or 0.09 per cent, by the close of the trading session to......
China launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier on Wednesday amid rising tension over North Korea and worries about Beijing's assertiveness in the South China Sea.State media has quoted......
The Army on Wednesday released the confessional statement of Liaquat Ali, infamously known as Ehsanullah Ehsan, a former spokesperson of the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan......
The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's (UP) Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) led government has announced an end to holidays for Eid Milad-un-Nabi, Jummat-ul-Wida, and 15 other public holidays, BBC Urdu......
13 year-old Aisha Arif Esbhani from Karachi has set herself a unique challenge: to read a "novel, short story collection or memoir from every single country of the world".She announced her plan via......
A 35-year-old mother of four was allegedly murdered by her younger brother in a suspected 'honour killing' on Wednesday in Sindh's Sanghar district, police said.Qurban Ali Shar allegedly strangled......
One video showed a young Kashmiri man strapped to a patrolling Indian army jeep as a human shield against stone-throwing protesters. Others showed soldiers beating local men with sticks as other......
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has introduced the Digital Crew app ? a digital solution for cockpit crew which serves as an automated cabin crew flight observation log and information......
Canadian Senator Salma Attaullah Jan was robbed of cash, a black pearl necklace and her ID cards in Islamabad's F6 area on Tuesday night.The senator was reportedly approached by two men on a......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday disqualified the mayor of Rawalpindi, Sardar Naseem, from his post after finding him guilty of malpractice during the local bodies (LB) election......
A United States (US) judge on Tuesday blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump that could deny billions of dollars to so-called sanctuary cities as punishment for harbouring illegal......
Press freedom has never been as threatened as it is now, in the “new post-truth era of fake news” after the election of US President Donald Trump, Reporters Without Borders warned Wednesday.Its......
Police on Wednesday arrested three men suspected of raping and murdering a teenage boy in the village of Mataro Mangria near Chachro.The suspects ? Muhammad Ramazan, Ali Nawaz, and Muhammad Juman ?......
PESHAWAR: The participants of a dialogue have said that Mashal Khan’s murder case should be sent to a military court to award exemplary punishment to the culprits.The dialogues titled, “How can we......
Q: What are you currently reading?A: I am currently reading John Nixon’s Debriefing the President, which is basically about Saddam Hussein. John Nixon, of course, was the CIA agent who interviewed......
ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance, Qaiser Ahmad Sheikh said on Tuesday that he is not in favour of uniform taxation across the country.Giving the example......
RAWALPINDI: A week-long painting exhibition featuring budding artists kicked off at the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Tuesday.The exhibition is part of the Punjab Chief Minister Talent Hunt......
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) wants the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold early hearings of various petitions filed......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry has presented his credentials to President Donald Trump.Mr Chaudhry, who presented the credentials at a simple ceremony at......
ISLAMABAD: A scrutiny committee headed by Establishment Secretary Tahir Shahbaz has served show-cause notices to over 100 senior officials of the National Accountability Bureau who are likely to be......
KARACHI: A new campus of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, the Arabic Academy which is the principal educational institute of the Dawoodi Bohra community, has been inaugurated in Langata, a suburb of Kenya’s......
KARACHI: Threatened by a sea that is fast devouring their land, the residents of Damb, a small seaside village in Sonmiani, Balochistan’s Lasbela district, have urged the government to take immediate......
WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has urged the United States to play an effective role in bringing peace and stability to the entire South Asian region, instead of focusing only on......
LAHORE: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who on Wednesday (today) again becomes eligible for contesting election after undergoing a five-year disqualification, may file an appeal in the court......
LAHORE: An exhibition of artworks based on lush landscape of South Asia by Italian painter Maurizio Boscheri will open at Royaat Art Gallery 21 on Wednesday.Boscheri, a self-taught artist, has his......
LAHORE: Pakhtun and Baloch students of the Punjab University have urged the administration to take action against those involved in the March 21 violence on campus.Baloch Council President Asfandyar......
SIALKOT: A group of lawyers on Tuesday stormed the land revenue record centre in Pasrur and beat officials and ransacked the furniture.Reports said some lawyers visited the centre for transfer of the......
LAYYAH: Eleven members of a family were hospitalised on Tuesday allegedly after consuming unwholesome lasi (a local drink made from milk or yogurt).Muhammad Baksh, 55, a resident of 139-TDA village,......
BATKHELA/PESHAWAR: The leaders of the country’s main opposition parties raised the “Go Nawaz go” slogan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, demanding that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif step down following the......
PARACHINAR: At least 14 people, including women and children, were killed when a passenger van was hit by a roadside bomb blast in the Godar area of the Kurram Agency on Tuesday.Officials and medics......
KARACHI: The Monday evening raid by Rangers on a residential building in the Urdu Bazaar area, which turned into a deadly gun battle and came to an end by midnight, left four suspected militants,......
WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that he has discussed a proposal with the World Bank to illuminate entire Balochistan province with solar energy and the bank’s response was......
ISLAMABAD: The government has notified a relaxation of the moratorium on new gas connections for industrial, commercial and captive consumers and directed the gas utilities to implement it with......
KARACHI: Although the country’s legislatures have in recent years adopted several laws that aim to protect women’s rights, the percentage of women in police remains below two per cent.According to......
GENEVA: United Nations and Russian officials warned on Tuesday against any attack by Saudi-led coalition forces on the Houthi-held Yemeni port of Hodeidah, the aid lifeline for a country where......
LONDON: Scientists in the United States have developed a fluid-filled womb-like bag known as an extra-uterine support device that could transform care for extremely premature babies, significantly......
AL MALIKIYAH (Syria): Turkish warplanes killed more than two dozen Kurdish fighters on Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key players in the battle against the militant Islamic......
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled talks on Tuesday with Germany’s foreign minister in a rare move after the visiting diplomat declined to call off meetings with rights......
RAMALLAH: Israel has forbidden contact with the 1,500 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike for the past eight days, the lawyer wife of protest leader Marwan Barghouti said on Tuesday.“International......
BERLIN: Ivanka Trump, making her overseas debut as the US “First Daughter” at a women’s summit in Berlin, drew groans and laughter on Tuesday as she defended her father’s attitude towards......
PARIS: French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s political campaign was targeted by a group of Russian hackers last month, according to a report by a cybersecurity research group on Tuesday.The......
TEL AVIV: Israel appointed its first woman judge in its sharia court system on Tuesday, a move hailed as historic.Hana Khatib, an attorney from the northern town of Tamra, was selected by a justice......
SEOUL: North Korea conducted a big live-fire exercise on Tuesday to mark the foundation of its military as a US submarine docked in South Korea in a show of force amid growing concern over the......
SYDNEY: The world needs to do more to protect the Antarctic wilderness and its wildlife, scientists warned on Tuesday, as they marked World Penguin Day.The flightless seabirds — a favourite with......
WILDLIFE trade can be legal and does not necessarily harm wild animal and plant populations. But wildlife trade can unfold a very destructive force when the demand for certain species increases and......
THE situation in Afghanistan can be described as a stalemate at both the strategic and tactical levels. The security environment is precarious, socio-economic development is stagnating, and the......
KARACHI: Investigation into the June 2014 attack on the Karachi airport has come to a virtual halt, as results of the DNA samples of 10 militants killed in the assault have been awaited for more than......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday said that the Sindh government had allowed water for the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi subject to the condition that Karachi would also be......
BADIN: MPA Ismail Rahu, who had recently been replaced with Babu Jatoi as the Sindh president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).Mr Rahu hosted a......
KARACHI: The second phase of the ongoing census began in Sindh on Tuesday with thousands of enumerators, escorted by security personnel, counting houses in those parts of the province which had not......
KINGSTON: Yasir Shah completed a six-wicket haul to spearhead a second innings rout of the West Indies and put Pakistan on the verge of a comfortable victory on the final day of the first Test on......
KARACHI: What is surrealism? For anyone who loves art, the question is a little pedestrian and, in a certain way, sounds like a query that is not relevant to the 21st century art sensibility. After......
KARACHI: Both tracks of the Lyari Expressway will be made fully functional by August 14, said Federal Minister for Communication and Parliamentary Affairs Shaikh Aftab Ahmad here on Tuesday.The......
SANTA CRUZ (Trinidad): Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara believes Test cricket should scrap draws in order to add to the excitement of the game’s longest format.Lara, the only player in Test......
KARACHI: It seems that whosoever Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) engages to pick the national squads have a deep affection for the surname Akmal.The selection of the ICC Champions Trophy squad by......
LONDON: England have called up fit-again Mark Wood for the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy campaign, but his fellow pace bowler Steven Finn has been left out of the 15-man squad.Wood has returned to......
TOURING the West Indies is an exciting experience, and if cricket is involved, then it is even more enchanting.The game introduced to the islands during the British occupation is a religiously......
PESCARA: AS Roma’s Mohamed Salah scored a slick second-half brace in a 4-1 win at Pescara on Monday which kept alive their faint hopes of catching Serie A leaders Juventus and condemned their......
KARACHI: An investiture ceremony was held at Malir Cantt on Tuesday for military awards to army personnel for acts of gallantry during operations, outstanding performance in respective fields and for......
KARACHI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were dethroned from the Cool & Cool presents QMobile Cup in a sensational style in Rawalpindi on Tuesday when Pakistan discard Khurram Manzoor lashed an electrifying......
KARACHI: Innovators CC completed a resounding nine-wicket victory against Al-Habib CC in the opening fixture of the forth Dollar East T20 Premier League at the Aga Khan Gymkhana Ground here on......
KARACHI: Ubaid-ur-Rehman of Islamabad and Shab-e-Asra of Faisalabad won the Fastest Man and Fastest Woman titles respectively in the Grand Finale of the event held at the PSB Karachi Centre......
KARACHI: Experts on Tuesday said as the world marked global immunisation week, Pakistan was battling with miserably low coverage of vaccination with Sindh standing at the bottom of the ladder.“Sindh......
KARACHI: The Jamaat-i-Islami on Tuesday launched a ‘one million petition’ drive as part of its campaign against load-shedding and alleged overbilling by K-Electric.“The drive is aimed at providing......
FOR once, the opinion polls were more or less accurate. Emmanuel Macron emerged as the clear frontrunner in the first round of Sunday’s French presidential election, with Marine Le Pen not too far......
THE Mendez Report compiled by UN special rapporteur on torture in 2015 indicates there are at least eight to 10 million children living in orphanages, residential homes, psychiatric hospitals and......
AS the results poured in late on Sunday evening, the future of France seemed dire. Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front, would face off with newcomer centrist candidate......
THE prime minister may have a sense of the gathering political storm, yet there is no sign of him giving up. While indicting him, the apex court has also thrown him a lifeline that he is now holding......
