TALLADEGA: It’s been a long journey for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to make his way to victory lane.When he finally got there, in his 158th career NASCAR Cup start, his team owner and famous girlfriend were......
LAHORE: Competitions in different categories in the Punjab Inter-school Swimming Championships were held at the International Swimming Pool on Sunday.Results of boys and girls competitions are as......
HOUSTON: After fighting through a terrible chest cold for the last few days, James Harden finally felt like himself on Sunday night.“I can finally breathe,” Harden said.And the Houston Rockets can,......
KARACHI: Lyari’s prominent football club Phoolpati won the final of the late Nazeer Ahmed Baloch All-Karachi soccer tournament at Gabool Park Stadium to lift the title.As many as sixty-four teams......
SIALKOT: Northern regions winners Lahore Amar Cables clinched the National Seniors Cup cricket title after sealing a five-wicket win over southern region champions Karachi Omar Associates in the......
Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, while commenting on the Afghanistan border attack issue, said “firing on Pakistan was the initiative of Afghanistan that necessitated to be......
An Egyptian court sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood's supreme leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison for “planning violent attacks” in a retrial on Monday, judicial officials and a lawyer said.Badie......
On account of strong economic growth and reduction in fiscal deficits, credit rating agency Moody's, in its annual credit analysis of Pakistan, gave the government a B3 rating with a stable......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Security and Vigilance Department on Monday issued a Notice of Demand to all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz over possible breach of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code, it has been......
The state government in Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir has initiated action against 34 television channels beamed from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, reckoning that these channels have the “potential to......
In a shocking confession statement recorded by Alpuri police, a family admitted to having killed their daughter-in-law by throwing her off a 2,000-feet cliff in Shangla, Khyber......
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Monday announced it had caught a "self-styled stock market guru" who influenced public sentiment through social media and earned millions......
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said that legislation for the prevention of Thalassemia has been done in the National Assembly, according to which blood tests......
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday hoped that both Pakistan and Afghanistan would properly address the border issue and jointly uphold peace and stability.Responding to a question......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange has started the week on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 1,085 points, or 2.18 per cent, by the close of trading to reach an all-time high of......
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Chairman Absar Alam, while speaking at a press conference on Monday, revealed that Pemra employees have been threatened by unidentified people......
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday issued a legal notice to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, demanding a public apology for Khan's allegation that he was offered a Rs10......
Iran's defence minister on Monday lashed back at Saudi Arabia, slamming the kingdom's deputy crown prince over belligerent comments last week that underscored the deep rivalries between the two......
Tuesday is Europe Day, and this year European Union leaders got to unwrap their present a bit early.French voters elected as president Emmanuel Macron, whose platform espouses a stronger EU and a......
An Indian woman named Uzma who went 'missing' from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad last week appeared before a lower court in the capital on Monday, stating that she was forced to marry her......
Solar energy production in Pakistan is poised to take off ? just as the South Asian country is ramping up coal production to help plug a crippling power crisis, energy experts say.New high quality......
A woman was killed in Karachi, allegedly for 'honour', by her father and brother who had 'suspicions about her character', police told DawnNews on Monday.Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) City Adeel......
The head of the Iranian armed forces warned Islamabad on Monday that Tehran would hit bases inside Pakistan if the government does not confront militants who carry out cross-border attacks.Ten......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday decided to hear a case regarding Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) alleged foreign funding separately from a case regarding Imran Khan's alleged......
A panchayat on Monday allegedly threatened to kill the relatives of a man who contracted a love marriage with a woman in Rahim Yar Khan's Sadiqabad subdivision if he failed to pay Rs1 million as a......
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, on Monday continued hearing a case filed by PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi for the disqualification of Pakistan......
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday revealed it had taken action against groups in Sindh allegedly involved in the leaking of Intermediate examination papers through WhatsApp......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange has started the week on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index surging by 880 points, or 1.77 per cent, by the halfway mark of the trading session to reach......
Holders India finally named their 15-member squad for next month's Champions Trophy in England and Wales after initially delaying the announcement amid a revenue sharing disagreement with the......
Afghanistan's top envoy to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal on Monday rejected claims that Pakistani security forces killed 50 Afghan soldiers in retaliation to the Chaman cross-border attack, saying that......
As a thinker in the Marxist tradition, I am interested in labour and fighting for its fair compensation. However, too often, the question of labour within and without the Marxist tradition has......
A bomb apparently targeting security personnel went off in Peshawar's Khattak Pull area, while another bomb was diffused outside a school in Urmarh area during the same hour early on Monday.A......
TIMERGARA: Ideology and philosophy of the Pakistan People’s Party is still alive in the hearts of millions of Pakistanis and as such no power can remove the party from the political scene of the......
PESHAWAR: The government has decided to include free kidney transplantation and treatment of burn patients in Sehat Insaf Card Programme under which 19,000 deserving patients have received free......
CHITRAL: The major festival of Kalash people, Chilim Jusht, heralding the arrival of spring season, will commence from May 14 in Bumburate, Birir and Rumbur valleys of Chitral.Preparations have......
PESHAWAR: Senior poets and writers here on Sunday sought support of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to conduct a grand literature festival at provincial level on the pattern of Lahore and Karachi.The......
Finally, the government has hit the power regulator again after the courts nullified executive orders, issued in December 2016, placing five regulatory bodies under respective ministries.The National......
Pakistan is losing 95pc of insurance premium funds to reinsurance entities overseas.Despite moderate growth the retention ratio of non-life insurance business is the lowest in the region and......
Balochistan is not likely to produce any budget surplus as required by the federal government to hold down the country’s consolidated deficit as the provincial government already faces the challenge......
Domestic commerce, according to current official data, contributes 32pc towards the GDP and employs 20pc of the labour force.However, the domestic commerce sector is continuously ignored by the......
The 1997 Asian financial crisis led to closer economic ties that will put the region in good stead to weather shocks and a rise in protectionism, a new report has said.The crisis was a ‘landmark......
ISLAMABAD: The capital’s education authorities have found a shortfall of at least 60 government-run schools, likely resulting in the mushrooming of private schools and seminaries that already......
ISLAMABAD: Themed cafes are all the rage. Everyone’s Facebook and Instagram feeds are inundated with photographs of people posing next to the Iron Throne from Game of Thrones, or sipping coffee in......
ISLAMABAD: With the increase in temperature and a huge difference between demand and supply of electricity, Islamabad Electricity Supply Company (Iesco) has raised the duration of power outage.In......
Lecture on regional diplomacy in EuropeSustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Chairman retired Ambassador Shafqat Kakakhel hosted a discussion on European politics on Thursday the chief......
ISLAMABAD: Live performances by European bands Live Strings and Wild ManGoes, along with Quratulain Baloch, enthralled concertgoers at the packed Lok Virsa amphitheatre on Saturday night.The concert......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency, Lahore, on Sunday extended its probe into illegal organ trade and gathered evidence against four more doctors allegedly involved in the crime.In a related......
As general elections, slated or impromptu, loom closer, the major players, all daggers drawn, have entered the political fray. From glimpses of the beginning rounds, of the ensuing judicial and......
MUZAFFARGARH: A woman who was allegedly burnt by her husband on April 2 for giving birth to a girl died in the Nishtar Hospital Multan on Sunday after fighting for life for 35 days.The incident had......
LAYYAH: The residents of the areas threatened by Indus waters erosion have started moving to safer areas along with their belongings and cattle as river water level has started rising.According to......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has criticised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for admitting that a large number of corruption cases are pending investigation in the country, saying that......
KARACHI: Several districts in Balochistan are going to receive mobile phone and other telecom services for the first time ever as companies are now eyeing more business opportunities in the largest......
GWADAR: An emergency hospital constructed by the Red-Cross Society of China at a cost of Rs270 million in the port city of Gwadar was inaugurated on Sunday.The hospital is one of such emergency......
YOKOHAMA (Japan): Finance Minister Ishaq Dar claimed on Sunday that gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate was expected to be above five per cent during the current fiscal year with inflation......
QUETTA: Amid a claim by the military on Sunday that 50 Afghan soldiers were killed in its response to the Afghan attack on security men escorting a census team in two border villages on Friday,......
ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumers across the country had a bad day on Sunday, when the gap between the demand and supply kept fluctuating between 5,000 and 7,000 megawatts, resulting in extensive......
KARACHI: A month after their mysterious disappearance from Jamshoro and Karachi, two close aides to Pakistan Peoples Party leader Asif Zardari were recovered by a team of the Karachi police in a......
Bonus shares — a company’s way of remunerating stockholders in kind — are a subject of heated debate between taxmen and corporations, the latter backed by regulators.The question is: should bonus......
Draft taxation proposals for the 2017-18 budget stipulating an increase of Rs500bn, or 15pc by jacking the IMF’s proposed total revenue target to Rs4,007bn, from the current fiscal year’s revised......
The much improved CPEC-related infrastructure projects will help develop industrial capabilities that can provide large-scale skilled employment, increase manpower productivity and raise per capita......
Rupee value expressed in market exchange rates influence a wide range of economic activities. It is therefore logical that flexibility in the exchange rate be managed keeping in view the changing......
THE Securities and Exchange Commission approved the listing of wheat futures contracts on Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited on April 24th, subject to cabinet approval.Settlement through Electronic......
An almost 20pc rise in domestic prices of fodder following exports from Pakistan, especially of Rhodes grass and wheat-straw, to the Middle East, over the last two years has awakened all stakeholders......
Conservation agriculture can boost crops’ productivity and help ensure food security while keeping environmental degradation in check.But not much is being done in this regard.The current 2.5 tonnes......
The Federal Reserve left its influential interest rate unchanged at the conclusion of its two-day meeting in Washington last Wednesday, citing a recent slowdown in growth that it said was likely......
PARIS: French centrist Emmanuel Macron was voted the country’s next president, initial estimates showed on Sunday, after a tense election campaign with multiple twists and turns.Macron easily beat......
KIEL: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives secured a strong win on Sunday in state polls in northern Germany, early results showed, lending a boost to her bid to retain power in September’s......
LONDON: Britain’s super-rich “kept calm and carried on making billions” despite worries about Brexit, according to The Sunday Times newspaper’s Rich List for 2017, with more billionaires living in......
ETHIOPIAEthiopia has recorded significant double-digit GDP growth over the last decade but it currently stands as one of the world’s poorest countries. The country’s per-capita income of $590 is......
PARIS: Pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron promised on Sunday to heal France’s divisions after crushing far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a pivotal presidential election that has given him a large......
SRINAGAR: Militants attacked a police squad in India-held Kashmir, triggering a gun battle that left three civilians, one officer and an assailant dead, police said on Sunday.The police unit came......
ABUJA: Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 whom they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok three years ago in exchange for prisoners, the......
NEW DELHI: The widely rumoured operation to topple the Delhi government may have got underway on Sunday as a sacked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister in Delhi accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of......
JERUSALEM: Israel’s cabinet breathed new life on Sunday into efforts to anchor in law the country’s status as a Jewish state, legislation Palestinians have described as an obstacle to peace.A......
NEW DELHI: A medical group linked with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has devised a way to help “dark-skinned” parents produce fair super babies, The Wire news portal reported on Sunday.The......
BERLIN: German police on Sunday evacuated 50,000 people from the northern city of Hanover in one of the country’s largest post-war operations to defuse World War II era bombs.Residents in a densely......
Raz Muhammad, a security guard at a private college in Karachi, and Muhammad Rizwan, a domestic staffer at the same institute, share a similar backstory when it comes to education: their families'......
The head of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, has been killed in an operation led by Afghan special forces in Nangarhar province, President Ashraf Ghani said on......
KARACHI: As the Sindh government prepares to launch “Red Line” of the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) in August, a similar project — Yellow Line — hit a snag after the Chinese company tasked with......
KARACHI: Mayor Waseem Akhtar said on Sunday that the proposed K-IV water supply scheme would not give any benefit to Karachiites and even after its completion they would continue to face a water......
KARACHI: A young man was shot dead on the busy main University Road in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Sunday morning by suspected robbers, police said.Aziz Bhatti SHO Adeel Afzal said Abdul Rehman, 25, was......
These days, we hear a great deal about the issue of funds’ distribution to run Karachi’s affairs, causing friction between the provincial government and the city’s administrative units. Well, it’s......
KARACHI: ‘Mermaid of Churna Island’, a 20-minute documentary by visual artist Nameera Ahmed highlighting the journey of Pakistan’s first and only female scuba-diving instructor Rosheen Khan, served......
KARACHI: Original plays are a hard-to-find act in theatres these days and most of the ones that do make it to paper don’t get the chance to be performed on stage. Experienced playwright and actress......
CHIEFLY known as one of the foremost Sufi saints of the Chishtiya order of mystics, Hazrat Baba Fareeduddin Masood Ganjshakar was a poet, too, and he wrote poetry in Urdu, Persian and Punjabi.Some......
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah has said that no word is the last word in politics as in past political situation brought rivals Asghar Khan and Mufti......
LARKANA: Sindh Governor Mohammad Zubair has promised all-out support to the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University and vowed to help its constituent institutions, the Bibi Aseefa Dental......
LONDON: Jonny Bairstow’s quickfire 72 not out and a good all-round effort from Joe Root set up England’s 85-run win over Ireland in the second one-day international at Lord’s on Sunday.Victory saw......
NEW DELHI: Rajeev Shukla, a senior official of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Sunday made it clear that the Indian team will not be touring Pakistan due to serious security......
LONDON: Arsenal are back in the hunt to qualify for the Champions League after Arsene Wenger finally got the better of Jose Mourinho in a 2-0 win over Manchester United, while Liverpool were held to......
KARACHI: In a move that would seemingly prolong Pakistan football’s suffering, the executive committee of the Asia’s football governing body wants to extend the mandate of the Faisal Saleh Hayat-led......
BARCELONA: Alvaro Morata and James Rodriguez scored twice as a much-changed Real Madrid produced a ruthless first-half display to thrash already-relegated Granada 4-0 on Saturday and remain on course......
PARIS: Monaco edged closer to a first Ligue 1 title since 2000 as a 3-0 win at struggling Nancy gave them a three-point lead over defending champions Paris St Germain on Saturday.Monaco had seen PSG......
JEREZ: Honda’s Dani Pedrosa led from pole to flag to claim a dominant victory at the Spanish MotoGP on Sunday while Italian great Valentino Rossi clung on to the overall lead after finishing a......
MILAN: Gonzalo Higuain fired a stoppage time leveler to save Juventus’ blushes in a 1-1 draw with Torino in an enthralling Derby della Mole that kept the Serie A giants’ title celebrations on ice......
