SOCIETY: CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
Threats to education in Pakistan have escalated after the horrific attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar in December 2014 when Taliban militants killed 135 school children. Since then schools......
Threats to education in Pakistan have escalated after the horrific attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar in December 2014 when Taliban militants killed 135 school children. Since then schools......
Three-year-old Muaz clasped his arms tightly around his father’s legs, refusing to let go. Despite the efforts of his parents, the school gatekeeper, an ayah and the Montessori teacher, he refused to......
Police in Gharo on Friday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against three persons for desecrating the deities inside a Hindu temple in Thatta.According to community leaders, unknown......
Hyderabad Deccan is known as the home of grand cuisine. The rich cuisine of this region is famous for its sour flavours using tomato, raw mango and tamarind, and lemon. Equally marvellous are the......
In a startling development that is certain to shake the very foundations of political discourse and practice in Pakistan, the leaders of the country’s three biggest political parties convened a press......
I finally succumbed to the curiosity of visiting the much talked about, mother-of-all-townships, Bahria Town, not a very long distance from DHA, Karachi where I live. The occasion looked exciting......
In the monthly planting guide (published on the first Sunday of each month) Swiss chard/leaf beet are often mentioned. As these are not commonly cultivated vegetables here, many of you have requested......
Auntie jaan, I have been married for nine years and my wife and I have one son. Last year someone from my wife’s office sent me screenshots of messages she was exchanging with him. That’s when I......
In his 2003 book Uncensored, former general manager of PTV, Burhanuddin Hasan wrote that after coming to power in July 1977, one ‘advice’ which Gen Zia issued to PTV was that TV plays (and films)......
Of all the potential outcomes that could have emerged from the first round of last Sunday’s French presidential election, the one that observers seemed to fear most was a second round duel between......
Conspiracy, deception, hypocrisy, lies, plots, kidnappings, rebellion, war, military occupation, killings, secret policies, and the humiliating fall of a superpower. This is the stuff of which Blood......
Panah Baloch’s Lahoot Lamakan could have been a great travel book. But it isn’t, because the writer has no standards to set his writing by. This is because the genre of travel-writing in Urdu has......
In March, a man drove a car on to London’s Westminster Bridge, killing three and injuring one before fatally stabbing a policeman. The Stockholm lorry assault echoed the Westminster atrocity as well......
Tahmima Anam’s most recent novel, The Bones of Grace, completes her trilogy about Bangladesh, the first two books of which were received with a genuine measure of praise and acclaim by many critics.......
Amy Schumer is one of the most talked-about comedians of recent years. The 35-year-old shot to massive fame with the release of her film Trainwreck — the publicity blitz surrounding this big-screen......
I don’t know what it’s like inside you and you don’t know what it’s like inside me. A great book allows me to leap over that wall,” said David Foster Wallace, arguably one of the best American......
Soon after I had witnessed people dying and killing for a new ethnicity being forged, a new nationalism being born, a new partisan association being entrenched into the body politic of Pakistan, and......
I hit my first golf balls when I was nine years old in Kharian but that was it,” says Sarah Mahmood, a senior golfer from Lahore. “Coming from a family of golfers, it may seem strange to you that I......
The Federal Investigation Agency on Friday arrested a National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) employee for issuing Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC) to foreigners in......
While addressing a rally at Islamabad's Parade Ground, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday said he will reveal the identity of the individual who offered him Rs10 billion in......
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday dispelled rumours that 500,000 fake Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC) were issued in Karachi during the last few years.Nisar said 350,000......
President Donald Trump complained on Thursday that US ally Saudi Arabia was not treating the United States fairly and Washington was losing a “tremendous amount of money” defending the kingdom.In an......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has opened its doors to bidders interested in buying Team Franchise Rights for a sixth team, to be introduced in the third season of Pakistan Super League......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended the week on a negative note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 180.80 points, or 0.37 per cent, by the close of the trading session to reach 49,300.90.Volumes......
A dual-seat variant of the JF-17 Thunder fighter jet co-developed by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and China took its maiden test flight in Chengdu on Friday, the PAF said in a press release.The......
Moving away from the meeting's agenda, members of the opposition present during a session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday questioned why the government had......
Punjab Government spokesperson Malik Ahmed Khan on Thursday warned Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan with a lawsuit, giving him three days to reveal the identity of the person who......
The parents of Tayyaba, a 10-year-old child maid allegedly tortured by her employers, told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday that they do not wish to pursue the case against Additional......
Berlin police on Wednesday arrested a German lieutenant suspected of posing as a Syrian refugee to carry out an attack that would be blamed on migrants, The Washington Post reported.The 28-year-old......
A medical student was killed when a Metro bus she was travelling on ran her over in Rawalpindi Friday, police said.Sameera, a 19-year-old student of the Shifa College of Medicine, was travelling to......
The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has called a meeting on May 16 to examine a reference filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry proposing the ouster of National......
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bahram Qasemi on Friday summoned Ambassador to Iran Asif Ali Khan Durrani to lodge a protest over the killing of ten Iranian border guards in a militant attack on......
An unprecedented ban on Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter in India-held Kashmir has highlighted social media's role in energising an insurgency that has roiled the disputed Himalayan region for......
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Friday declined an offer by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Executive Committee Chairman Najam Sethi to give him a farewell upon his retirement from......
Global press freedom has hit a 13-year low, threatened by US President Donald Trump's media bashing and restrictions pursued by both democratic and authoritarian governments, a watchdog said Friday.A......
US President Donald Trump said a “major, major conflict” with North Korea was possible over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, while China said the situation on the Korean peninsula could......
Mardan police on Friday arrested five more suspects in the Mashal Khan murder case, police officials told DawnNews.District Police Officer (DPO) Mardan Dr Mian Saeed said the latest arrests, which......
Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Riaz Pirzada resigned from his post on Friday, citing reservations against the suspension of Director General Pakistan Sports Board Dr Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera......
Much has been said about what the lynching of Mashal Khan revealed about Pakistani society – from the brutal consequences of mob hysteria to the degree to which fanaticism has seeped into the social......
Much has been said about what the lynching of Mashal Khan revealed about Pakistani society – from the brutal consequences of mob hysteria to the degree to which fanaticism has seeped into the social......
GWADAR: Five suspected militants were killed and two security officials suffered injuries in a fierce gun battle in the Mand area of Kech district on Thursday.Official sources said that the personnel......
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly on Thursday condemned India’s state-sponsored terrorism in held Kashmir and called upon the international community and rights......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has formally sent written directives to all the four provincial election commissions not to allot ‘bat’ as election symbol to the Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has started mulling over a strategy to deal with a fresh allegation levelled against his family by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan that the Sharif......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan discussed on Thursday an inquiry committee’s report on a Dawn story about a security meeting and decided to make......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday admitted for hearing an appeal filed by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) against a Lahore High Court order of Dec 28, 2016 that had......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Justice Sh. Najamul Hassan as the Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court (FSC).The committee held an in-camera meeting at......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf submitted on Thursday an adjournment motion to the National Assembly secretariat, seeking a debate on the April 20 Supreme Court verdict in the......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif unequivocally criticised PPP leader Asif Zardari for “trying to take credit for the CPEC project” and warned PTI chief Imran Khan of litigation for levelling......
MULTAN: Implication of a man in a case of alleged desecration of the Holy Quran under section 295-B by police led to the tragic suicide of his 14-year-old son, Dawn has learnt.Muhammad Shahid, a......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled that the provincial government is fully empowered to make rules and appoint vice-chancellors (VCs) of public universities.“The provincial legislature has......
LAHORE: A comedy play based on Neil Simon’s 1969 classic The Last of the Red Hot Letters was staged at Alhamra Art Centre on Thursday.The play has been adapted to Urdu as Dil-i-Nadaan by Jawad Daud......
LAHORE: Federal Higher Education Commission chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed says the country is facing a shortage of 36,000 PhDs.“There is a shortage of 36,000 PhDs. The government must increase budget for......
BEIRUT/MOSCOW/DAMASCUS: An apparent Israeli missile attack on a Syrian military installation near Damascus International Airport shook the capital early on Thursday morning and raised tensions......
MUMBAI: Acclaimed Indian actor Vinod Khanna, who starred in dozens of hit Bollywood movies including “Amar Akbar Anthony” and “Mere Apne”, died aged 70 from cancer Thursday, a Mumbai hospital......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was saddened by the crisis in Venezuela, where waves of anti-government unrest has claimed the lives of 29 people.“Venezuela is a mess,”......
JERUSALEM: The Palestinian Authority will no longer pay for the electricity Israel supplies to Gaza, Israeli officials said, a move that could lead to a complete power shutdown in the territory whose......
PESHAWAR: Pashto singers captivated participants with their lively performance at a musical concert conducted under the auspices of Swat Students Society at a here on Wednesday night.The event was......
PESHAWAR: The confession of Ihsanullah Ihsan, a former commander of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is of no interest to Auragzeb Khan and his wife, who lost their son in one of the......
LONDON: Police swooped on a man armed with knives metres away from the Houses of Parliament in London on Thursday, arresting him on suspicion of preparing “acts of terrorism”.The 27-year-old man was......
ISTANBUL: A Russian naval spy ship on Thursday sank in the Black Sea off Turkey’s coast after hitting a Togo-flagged vessel packed with livestock but all of its 78 crew were rescued by Turkish......
PARIS: The European Parliament accuses French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s party of defrauding it of nearly five million euros ($5.5 million) in expenses, more than twice an initial......
MIAMI: An unmanned Nasa spacecraft has survived its plunge between the rings of Saturn and, after briefly going dark for the flyby, is communicating again with Earth, the US space agency said on......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday dismissed an Iranian protest over the killing of its border guards by militants, but offered cooperation for improving security along the border.“This......
LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: An unannounced meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and a visiting Indian business tycoon at the hill resort town of Murree on Thursday triggered intense speculations in......
ISLAMABAD: In a significant confidence-building move, a top-level Pakistan Army delegation visited Kabul on Thursday and held negotiations with the Afghan officials on various issues relating to......
PESHAWAR: UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Volker Türk has emphasised that voluntary return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to their homeland should take place in line with......
KARACHI: An Enfield rifle from the mid-19th century — its cartridge is said to have started the Indian War of Independence in 1857 — now rests in the office of the man trying to set up Sindh’s first......
TIMERGARA: The beneficiaries of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) from parts of Lower Dir and Bajaur Agency have said that they face hardships in getting their stipend.They said that they had......
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) were prevented from holding a press conference on the premises of the government’s Press Information Department (PID) on Thursday.The......
ISLAMABAD: Some private hospitals of the federal capital are involved in the sale and purchase of kidneys, said MNA Babar Nawaz Khan on Thursday during a meeting of the National Assembly Standing......
ISLAMABAD: The Annual State of the Children Report 2016 was launched on Thursday which said there is an absence of necessary measures for protecting children despite growing incidents of violence and......
RAWALPINDI: More than 2,260 police personnel, including additional police force, deployed on the ongoing census duty are not being provided transport, food, tea or even drinking water.Besides the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has incurred more than Rs341 billion foreign and local liabilities as of June 30, 2016, the airline’s finance manager told the National Assembly......
DON’T we all know? It can, indeed, become a little problematic to publicly acknowledge a source — or even provide a perfect trail for a potential transaction.Even so, there is much curiosity about......
Christians complain of enrolment hurdlesParents of Christian students, member of the Awami Workers Party (AWP) and members of the civil society held a protest in front of the Islamabad Model College......
THE country’s declining export receipts over the past few years has been in the public spotlight. However, as I have pointed out in a number of opinion pieces in this newspaper, the issue is much......
LAHORE’S Garhi Shahu may already be proud of its railways trade unionists, its activists and its jalsas that highlighted the level of public awareness at a particular juncture in time. A small bunch......
IN a society as morally perverse and corrupt as ours, does a centre of ethics have any relevance? A cynic’s answer would be a resounding ‘none whatsoever’. The idealist/reformer would say, ‘all the......
THE much-anticipated Supreme Court verdict on the Panama case promised closure. Instead, it has offered us an intermission. Erring on the side of caution, the majority has partially reserved its......
KARACHI: Novelist, columnist and short story writer Zaheda Hina, considered by many to be one of the most pivotal voices to have emerged from Pakistan, was present at the IBA on Thursday where the......
KARACHI: The Swiss government wants to help Swiss companies interested in exploring the opportunities offered by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that will help improve bilateral trade and......
KARACHI: The state can establish and support Islamic universities not because it wants to promote ‘Islamisation’ of science, but to promote practical solutions to contemporary problems.This was......
KARACHI: While the federal government on Thursday told the Sindh High Court that it had the final authority to appoint police chief of any province, the Sindh government alleged that the federation......
LARKANA: The Larkana circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday directed chief engineer of Sukkur barrage’s right bank, superintendent engineer of western Sindh circle and executive engineer......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has refused part financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the $8 billion Karachi-Peshawar Railway Line (ML-1) after China said it wanted to fund the project......
KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves have been dropping by a monthly average of half a billion dollars, making it difficult for the government to strike a balance between the outflow and inflow of......
KARACHI: Builders are agitating against high prices of steel, cement and ceramics, and have asked the government to protect interests of the general public instead of the industry.In a statement......
KARACHI: The Directorate of Customs Valuation has increased the customs valuation rate on import of 1,800cc and above vehicles ahead of federal budget 2017-18.All Pakistan Motor Dealers Association......
QUETTA: The Consul General of Iran in Quetta, Agha Mohammad Rafai, said on Thursday that efforts were under way to enhance trade volume between Iran and Pakistan up to $5 billion annually.Speaking to......
KARACHI: Stocks dropped on Thursday as investors decided to book profit, partly to sell off overvalued stocks and in part due to futures rollover week. The benchmark KSE-100 index shed 346 points, or......
Two US troops were killed and one was wounded while fighting the militant Islamic State group in Afghanistan, the US military said Thursday, near where Washington this month dropped the “Mother of......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Thursday directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) not to conduct raids at any business entity without the authorisation of its chairman or......
KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL) on Thursday reported that its earnings per share (eps) for the third quarter (3QFY17) of this fiscal year recorded an increase of 87 per cent year-on-year (YoY)......
KARACHI: Short covering by spinners generated some activity on the cotton market on Thursday, although prices remained steady like elsewhere in the world.Brokers said the market is expected to stay......
WASHINGTON: Samsung and Apple maintained their leadership in the smartphone market in early 2017 while Chinese-based Huawei’s strong growth cemented its number three position, a market tracker said......
LONDON: Gold resumed its downward slide from a five-month high in mid-April, giving up gains that came after US President Donald Trump announced unfunded tax cuts, causing shares and US bond yields......
DUBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Shashank Manohar has welcomed ICC board’s vote for a new financial model that will reverse a 2014 decision which effectively put India, England and......
SOCHI: Lewis Hamilton will arrive in Sochi ahead of this weekend’s Russian Grand Prix determined not to lose any more ground in his tightly-contested battle with Sebastian Vettel in this year’s......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan reckons majority of the member countries of the International Cricket Council are ready to face the reaction from their Indian counterpart,......
LAHORE: Former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Zaka Ashraf who had stoutly resisted the Big-Three formula at the ICC during his tenure, on Thursday expressed his delight that finally......