West Indies hit back with three wickets in the final hour after a 155-run opening stand as Pakistan reached stumps at 172 for three in reply to the home side's first innings total of 312 on the......
SpaceX launched a top-secret spy satellite for the US government on Monday morning and then successfully landed the booster for recycling.The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from its NASA-leased......
A Hindu woman committed suicide at a temple under Karachi's Native Jetty Bridge after developing differences with her fiance, police told Dawn.The 20-year-old reportedly consumed a poisonous......
A fire erupted on Monday in the offices of District Disaster Management Authority in Pattan area of Kohistan and engulfed almost all government offices located in the vicinity."The fire has been......
Seven people including five policemen were killed Monday when suspected separatists attacked a bank van carrying cash in India-held Kashmir, police said.“All the seven in the van, five policemen and......
Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) on Monday congratulated Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi on winning the doubles title of the coveted ATP 500 Series, World Tennis Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.PTF......
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday refuted Indian army claims that Pakistani soldiers had killed two members of an Indian army patrol on the Line of Control (LoC) and mutilated their......
Uber has suspended a driver in Australia while police investigate allegations that he told a passenger he led an organisation related to the militant Islamic State (IS) group and planned to blow up......
The Punjab Government on Monday issued a notification to extend the house arrest of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed for three more months.The JuD chief had been placed under house......
Labour Day has been celebrated as a public holiday in most parts of the world to remind societies of workers' rights.It is a culmination of what started off in the early 1800s as the 'Eight-Hour Day......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, while addressing a gathering of traders in Karachi on Labour Day, drew parallels between KP and Sindh from the perspective of administrative and......
Afghan security forces were killed at a “shockingly high” rate during what historically has been a winter lull in fighting against the Taliban, a US watchdog said in a report Monday.According to the......
Returning from a two-day official visit to Afghanistan, National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Monday said the Afghan leadership and the people of the country had shown the utmost respect to the......
Twitter Inc is partnering with Bloomberg Media for a round-the-clock streaming television news service on the social networking platform, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.The channel, which......
Two suspected militants were killed during a search operation conducted by security forces in Wah in the Saddar area of Rawalpindi on Monday, police said.Station House Officer (SHO) Yasir Rabbani......
Two Muslim men have died after they were attacked by Indian villagers who suspected them of stealing cows, police said Monday, the latest such attack over the animal Hindus consider sacred.Police in......
A Pakistan Army soldier lost his life when a security patrol was ambushed in the Yakhta area in Kurram Agency on Monday, security sources told DawnNews.A captain also sustained injuries in the......
Security forces recovered a large number of weapons from a car intercepted in the Kot Pindi Das area of Sheikhupura on Monday.As Motorway Police had tried to stop the vehicle, said to be on its way......
India's most brash and controversial TV news anchor Arnab Goswami, renowned for his hectoring style, is about to launch a new channel and he's unapologetic about what viewers should expect.“I'm......
PESHAWAR: Senior writers, poets and research scholars from across the country gathered at a literary conference and stressed the need for devising a powerful counter- terrorism narrative and national......
LAHORE: The organ trade racket unearthed by the Federal Investigation Agency, Lahore, on Saturday has been operating in the country since 2009 and exploiting a number of people here to oblige its......
LAHORE: At least three motorcyclists were injured by kite string on Saturday night in as many incidents in different parts of the city.Youngsters resorted to kite flying and wheelie in some areas the......
LAHORE: A rickshaw driver and his three minor sons were burnt alive while his wife and sister-in-law received severe burns when his three-wheeler caught fire after a truck hit it on the Amir Road in......
LAHORE: The Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) has detected over 2,000 objectionable pictures and videos from the laptop of the main accused in the lady doctors harassment case.The PFSA has......
LAHORE: Unprecedented rate of unemployment, denial of fundamental rights such as freedom of association, health and education besides lack of recognition on the part of government will include the......
LAHORE: The 5th Hum Awards featuring a galaxy of heart-throbs and celebrities from TV was a mega event at Expo Center, Johar Town, on Saturday night.The hall having a capacity of some 1,700 people......
TOBA TEK SINGH: At least 20 students and teachers were injured when their bus overturned near Chak 357-JB on the Gojra-Jhang Road on Sunday.According to Gojra Saddar police, the travelers, belonging......
MUZAFFARGARH: A monitoring team of the deputy commissioner on Sunday arrested a middleman and his accountant and recovered 2,000 gunny bags from his godown at Head Bakaini, some 50km from here.Bet......
RAWALPINDI: An amputated leg was found in the parking space of the Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) on Sunday, causing panic among the people.The police were called and are now trying to track down the......
ISLAMABAD: The residents of the capital are likely to face a further cut in the water supply from next week as the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) takes measures to save more water until the......
RAWALPINDI: With the summer settling in, the people of Rawalpindi are letting go of their hot drinks and even their iced cappuccinos for fresh fruit juices and milkshakes.Nothing compares to a large......
RAWALPINDI: A family of Norwegian nationals who were manhandled by immigration officials at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) two weeks ago and offloaded from a flight to Doha at the......
TAXILA: A total of 12 couples tied the knot at a mass wedding at a local hotel on Sunday.This was the sixth mass wedding organised by the Minhaj Welfare Foundation’s Wah Cantt chapter, which the......
ISLAMABAD: Like his predecessors, Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman – and Islamabad mayor – Sheikh Anser Azzi has failed to properly follow 39 high profile inquiries ordered by the......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has alleged that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is a “mafia don and godfather of corruption” in the country.He reiterated that the Supreme Court......
QUETTA: Balochistan Health Minister Mir Rehmat Saleh Baloch has announced moving a resolution in the next session of the provincial assembly for imposing a nutrition emergency in the province as......
ISLAMABAD: Two ministers on Sunday faced humiliation when the “Go Nawaz go” slogan was raised during the final match of a football tournament at Liaquat Gymnasium.Minister of State for Information......
ISLAMABAD: The government is fully committed to solving the problems faced by labourers, strengthening labour laws and upgrading the living standards of labourers and their families said President......
WASHINGTON: “Teen girls with stones are the new threat in India’s Kashmir conflict,” says The Washington Post in a news story that reviews the current situation in the valley.“As India’s most restive......
MUZAFFARABAD: The Chief of the Army Staff, (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, on Sunday reiterated support to the struggle for the right to self-determination by the Kashmiri people and praised them for......
LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) bigwigs was held on Sunday, ostensibly to chart out a course of action following the military’s reaction to the PM’s......
ISLAMABAD: On Saturday night Ajoka Theatre returned to the capital with Bala King, an adaptation of German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s the Resistable Rise of Aurturo Ui. Ajoka Theatre has been......
ISLAMABAD: Polo enthusiasts enjoyed an exciting final at the Islamabad Club polo ground on Sunday, as they witnessed the performance of the winning team, PBG Kalabagh-4.Kalabagh-4 crushed Asean Black......
ISLAMABAD: As many as 19 injured people including women and children shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) after a road accident near Tret (on the way to Murree) on......
NEW DELHI: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who arrived here on Sunday on a two-day visit, has said that India and Pakistan need to “build bridges, strengthen dialogue between different......
ISLAMABAD: In a frank, “heart-to-heart” meeting spanning over five hours, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has told National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq that time for peace in the region is......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s security forces said on Sunday they had arrested 46 people for their suspected link to a terrorist cell responsible for a stunning attack outside Masjid-i-Nabwi, in Madina,......
ISTANBUL: The head of an Iranian satellite television network who last year was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison by a Tehran court was shot dead in Istanbul together with a business......
What ought to have been the end of a destabilising period in civil-military ties has instead erupted into a fresh, unnecessary and undesirable crisis.In the murky world of politics, facts about......
IN 1947 members of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) developed the symbolic Doomsday Clock after the horrific US nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — which remain the greatest single......
A DREAM doesn’t cost money, but not having one will cost you your future. The nation will breathe a sigh of relief if — and it remains a huge ‘if’ — the government is able to fulfil its electoral......
THE world of labour has gone through great turbulence. Globalisation, restructuring, deregulation of economies and technological changes have reshaped labour relations. Precarious, informal......
AS if the Kasur child sexual abuse case wasn’t horrific enough, another sickening case emerged in Sargodha where a man named Saadat Amin was arrested for producing and distributing child......
WASHINGTON: At least 352 civilians have been killed in US-led strikes against targets of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in 2014, the US military......
PARIS: With a week to go before France’s presidential election runoff, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen stayed on the offensive against frontrunner Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, trying to close a......
DUBAI: The Dubai government on Sunday announced the launch of “Dubai Font”, the first typeface developed by Microsoft for a city, which will be available in 23 languages.The font was developed......
JEDDAH: German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Saudi King Salman on Sunday, state media said, as she began a visit focused on bilateral relations and preparations for the next G20 meeting.King Salman......
BEIRUT: Lebanon launched a bike-sharing programme in its capital Beirut on Sunday, hoping to cut down on the congested city’s notorious traffic and pollution.The scheme aims to eventually allow users......
ZURICH: World sport powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah announced his resignation from the FIFA council on Sunday after being drawn into the latest bribery scandal to hit the game’s governing......
BRIDGETOWN: West Indies’ vulnerable top-order batting was again exploited by Pakistan as the home team reached 72 for three at lunch after choosing to bat first on the opening day of the second Test......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka have hired former South Africa paceman Allan Donald as a bowling consultant to help with their preparations for June’s Champions Trophy, the cricket board announced on......
LONDON: Chelsea took a significant step towards the Premier League title on Sunday with victory at Everton but Tottenham Hotspur ensured the champagne will stay on ice for a bit longer with an......
LONDON: Anthony Joshua delivered one of the great nights in British boxing annals by stopping Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round of a heavyweight world title fight that is being hailed as......
BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Bayern Munich celebrated their record-extending fifth consecutive Bundesliga title on Saturday after thrashing 10-man VfL Wolfsburg 6-0 to open up an......
BARCELONA: Barcelona and Real Madrid maintained their neck-and-neck title race in La Liga on Saturday, when both teams won to stay level on 81 points at the top.Luis Suarez scored twice and a strike......
BARCELONA: Rafael Nadal romped to a record-extending 10th Barcelona Open title on Sunday by thrashing Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-4, 6-1, collecting his second claycourt title in a row and 71st of his......
STUTTGART: Germany’s Laura Siegemund was the shock winner of the Porsche Grand Prix on Sunday after her three-set win over France’s Kristina Mladenovic in the final.Siegemund, ranked 49th in the......
SOCHI: Valtteri Bottas fended off hard-charging Sebastian Vettel and outshone Lewis Hamilton to claim his first Formula One win on Sunday in the Russian Grand Prix.As Mercedes responded to Ferrari’s......
KARACHI: Mohammad Hafeez and Sami Aslam produced telling performances to enable Federal Areas clinch the Cool & Cool presents QMobile Pakistan Cup with a thrilling last-ball victory by one wicket in......
JOHANNESBURG: She was the eldest grandchild of Nelson Mandela, and that meant politics were woven into her life. As a child, it meant visiting her grandfather in prison as he served time for fighting......
TO succeed, a politician needs not just charisma and a message, but a fair amount of luck. Over the years, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has demonstrated that he is luckier than most: consider his close shave......
KARACHI: Workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) asked some pertinent questions from both the ruling political parties of the country as well as from its own cadre at the Huqooq-i-Karachi......
KARACHI: Jamia Binoria Aalimiyah chief Mufti Naeem has said that if the Urdu-speaking community wants their problems to be solved, they should forget their political differences and unite, become......
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Siraj-ul-Haq on Sunday said load-shedding and excessive billing of electricity was a huge problem and his party would raise the issue across the country as it did in......
KARACHI: On the eve of International Workers’ Day, poets, writers, and representatives of worker parties from across the country came together at the Arts Council on Sunday to commemorate the......
KARACHI: The 90-year-old Purdah Bagh (Sobhraj Chetumal Terrace) came alive on Sunday evening with the DIY City, a Karachi-Manchester nano festival.Men, women and children from all over the city......
KARACHI: The body of a young woman was found hanging with a ceiling fan in a Saddar hotel on Sunday morning, police said.They, however, believed that it was not a case of suicide since the victim’s......
KARACHI: Seven students of a private school have won gold medals at an event aiming to solve the most pressing problems of the world.The three-day event, which took place at the American University......
LARKANA: Police stopped several hundred primary schoolteachers from holding a sit-in outside the Bhuttos’ mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bukhsh Bhutto on Sunday.Hailing from Larkana and Sukkur divisions,......
HYDERABAD: Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has endorsed ISPR’s stand on Dawnleaks probe report purportedly released by the prime minister secretariat and said the security......
HYDERABAD: Several hundred activists and supporters of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) took part in a rally and sit-in held at Hyder Chowk here on Sunday against excessive electricity and gas......
WITH regard to the report titled ‘Mining firms violate labour laws, basic rights of Tharis’ published in these columns on April 29, 2017, the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) has issued the......
KARACHI: Women in traditional Thari dresses, their headscarf veiling their faces, danced with their men in white to the beat of Mor Tho Tilay Rana. On one side more men also spun round and round as......
