Poet's Corner
Published in Dawn, Young World, May 13th, 2017...
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WorldIndian police arrest three over alleged involvement in IPL betting
Indian police arrested three people in Kanpur suspected of illegal betting on cricket matches, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Thursday, a day after the city hosted its first......
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PakistanMeasles claim lives of at least eight children in Balochistan's Killa Abdullah district
Measles has claimed the lives of at least eight children in Balochistan’s Killa Abdullah district during the past week.At least 40 other children are suffering from the disease in the Killi Habibzai......
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WorldItalians are first couple to reach world's 14 highest summits
Two Italian climbers on Thursday made it to the top of Nepal's Annapurna peak, and at the same time set a record as the first couple to conquer the world's 14 highest mountains.Romano Benet and his......
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SportAzhar Ali's century anchors cautious Pakistan to 376 in third Test
Azhar Ali's 14th Test century anchored Pakistan to a first innings total of 376 as the tourists batted with exaggerated care on the second day of the third and final Test against the West Indies on......
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PakistanSenators urge parliament to act against misuse of blasphemy law
The Senate on Thursday deliberated on the Mashal Khan lynching case as the Senators urged the parliament to play its due role against misuse of the blasphemy law, reported Radio Pakistan.Khan, a......
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PakistanFO summons India's envoy, condemns cross-border firing by across LoC
Pakistan on Thursday summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner to lodge a protest against unprovoked ceasefire violations by Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC), said a statement issued......
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WorldUN officials urge India to lift social media ban in held Kashmir
Two United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs are urging the Indian government to lift a ban on social media sites and mobile internet service in the India-held portion of Kashmir.The UN special......
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PakistanPM Nawaz claims credit for development across Pakistan
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday claimed that the PML-N government was launching development projects not only in Punjab but also in Sindh, Balochistan and even Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.He was......
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BusinessFull-day report: Bulls pull KSE-100 up by more than 300 points
The Pakistan Stock Exchange has ended Thursday’s trading session on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 322.50 points, or 0.63 per cent, by the close of the trading session to......
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PakistanPM, COAS take notice of threats to Pemra employees
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday took notice of alleged threats to Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) employees,......
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PakistanComplete consensus on Dawn story probe: Nisar
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar at a press conference in Islamabad on Thursday claimed there was complete civil-military consensus on the Dawn leaks inquiry report."It wasn't as big of an issue as......
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PakistanFour 'hardcore terrorists' tried by military courts hanged: ISPR
Four 'hardcore terrorists' tried by military courts and convicted of involvement in "heinous offences relating to terrorism were executed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)......
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PakistanReady to go to India for series despite security threats: PCB chairman
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shahryar Khan on Thursday said that the board is ready to send the cricket team to play a series in India despite security threats."We are ready to play in India, but......
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WorldSpontaneous protests wrongfoot police, loosening India's grip on IHK
Images of students confronting police on campuses have come to symbolise protests in India-held Kashmir (IHK) against Indian rule as much as gun-toting militants in fatigues, in what security......
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WorldAmbition to meet reality as China gathers world for Silk Road summit
When leaders of 28 nations gather in Beijing next week for a summit to map out China's ambitious new Silk Road project, one question is likely to be on attendees' minds — what exactly is the Belt and......
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PakistanUS contributes Rs24m for new CTD building in Karachi
United States Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale on Thursday inaugurated a reconstructed building of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Karachi which had been levelled by a bomb blast in......
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SportYounis Khan likely to coach Afghan cricket team: ACB Chairman
Younis Khan has reportedly shown willingness to coach the Afghan Cricket team after his retirement from Pakistan cricket, Afghanistan Cricket Board Chairman Atif Mashal said on Thursday.While......
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PakistanSAFRON ministry, Nadra sign MoU on 'carrot-and-stick' policy for undocumented Afghan nationals
The Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) and the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Thursday decided to begin documentation of illegal Afghan nationals in what is......
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PakistanSC, ECP do not have jurisdiction to hear foreign funding case: PTI's counsel
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf's (PTI) counsel Anwar Mansoor reiterated before the Supreme Court on Thursday that neither the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) nor the apex court had jurisdiction over......
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WorldEarthquake kills eight in western China: report
An earthquake rocked China's western Xinjiang region on Thursday, killing eight people and injuring another 23 as more than 1,500 homes crumbled, state media reported.The shallow 5.4-magnitude quake......
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PakistanIslamabad standoff: Muhammad Sikander handed 16-year jail sentence and fine
An Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad has sentenced Muhammad Sikander, the main accused in the 2013 Islamabad standoff, to 16 years in prison and handed him a hefty on Thursday.Sikander, who held his......
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PakistanFIA arrests man for murder of former Millat-i-Islamia leader Maulana Azam Tariq
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday arrested Sibtain Kazmi for the murder of Maulana Azam Tariq, former chief of the Millat-i-Islamia ? now known as the banned Ahle Sunnat Wal......
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PakistanIslamabad standoff: Muhammad Sikander handed 16-year sentence
An Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad has sentenced Muhammad Sikander, the main accused in the 2013 Islamabad standoff, to 16 years in prison and handed him a hefty on Thursday.Sikander, who held his......
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WorldICJ to start public hearing of Indian spy Jadhav's case on May 15
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold a public hearing on May 15 in the case pertaining to the conviction of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, a press release issued by the United Nation's......
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PakistanTeenager killed, three others injured in shelling by Indian border guards in AJK: police
The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday condemned "Indian acts of deliberate targeting of civilians" as cross-border shelling in various sectors along the Line of Control in Azad Jammu and Kashmir......
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PakistanGovt urged to check supply of adulterated milk
PESHAWAR: Livestock farmers have complained about the sale of adulterated dairy products in the provincial capital and demanded effective mechanism to check the supply of impure and contaminated milk......
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ArchivePoets gather to celebrate full moon
PESHAWAR: Noted Pashto poets from parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata gathered on the grassy cricket ground of the historic Islamia College University to praise the splendour of moon beauty after a......
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ArchiveOld Bisham school lacks basic facilities
SHANGLA: The government primary school at Butyal in Bisham city lacks basic facilities such as furniture, drinking water and electricity for its over 1,000 students.Established in 1967, the school......
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PakistanRules for Hindu marriage law yet to be framed
ISLAMABAD: Though it has become an act of parliament, the first family law for Hindus remains useless as rules for the law have not yet been prepared.Implementing the Hindu Marriage Act seems to be......
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ArchiveLiving Colours: ‘After WWII, wars no longer happen between states’
John Andrews is a consultant editor at The Economist who specialises in global politics.He has previously worked in the Middle East, Singapore, Hong Kong, Brussels, Washington DC, Paris and......
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ArchiveSC seeks Imran Khan’s response to CDA claim
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s answer to the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) claim that his 300 kanal estate to be one of......
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Pakistan2016 saw highest number of disappearances in six years, HRCP report finds
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) spokesperson, Asma Jahangir, on Wednesday said courts that are responsible for protecting human rights have been infringing on the rights of......
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Archive3,702 LCWU graduates get degrees
LAHORE: The 13th convocation of Lahore College for Women’s University (LCWU) was held here on Wednesday.Some 3,702 graduates of BS, MS/MPhil, Pharm-D and PhD of the batch 2016 were given degrees.......
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ArchiveDanish chef brings classic local food to town
LAHORE: The Royal Danish Embassy in Islamabad on Wednesday organised a culinary workshop with a top Danish chef at a local cooking school-cum-bistro.Scafa, or the School of Culinary And Finishing......
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ArchiveOBITUARY: Journalist Mooraj passes away
Eminent journalist and writer Anwar Mooraj passed away on Wednesday morning. He was 86. He leaves two sons.Mr Mooraj was born in London on Feb 15, 1931. He belonged to a distinguished family from......
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PakistanMoU on warships, aircraft deals signed with Turkey
ISTANBUL: Turkey and Pakistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the sale of four Turkish-made corvette warships and 52 Pakistan-made training planes for Ankara’s armed forces,......
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PakistanSenate panel approves national languages bill
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice approved on Wednesday a Constitution amendment bill to give the status of national language to Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto and Balochi.The......
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PakistanIrregularities alleged in ombudsman secretariat recruitment
QUETTA: The process of recent recruitment in the secretariat of the provincial ombudsman attracted scathing criticism from lawmakers during a session of the Balochistan Assembly here on......
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PakistanGovt, army draw a line under Dawn probe saga
ISLAMABAD: The standoff between the military and the civilian government over the recommendations issued in the wake of an inquiry into a Dawn story finally ended on Wednesday after the army’s......
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ArchiveSharif asks rivals to visit development projects
SHEIKHUPURA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited his political opponents to visit development projects being executed by the government, including motorways and power generation plants, and......
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PakistanSurvey reports of border villages sent to Kabul and Islamabad
QUETTA: Teams headed by military officials of Pakistan and Afghanistan completed a geographical survey of two villages located close to the Pak-Afghan border on Wednesday and dispatched their reports......
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ArchivePakistan mulling response to ICJ move, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Wednesday that Islamabad was still reviewing India’s position on Pakistan’s decision to execute Indian spy Kulbhushan......
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PakistanOnly 2pc candidates passed CSS examination last year
ISLAMABAD: Just two per cent candidates could pass the Central Superior Services (CSS) examinations of 2016, while female candidates clinched top three positions.According to results declared by the......
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ArchiveSacking by Trump of FBI director termed cover-up
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired FBI director James Comey, ousting the man heading a wide-ranging investigation into whether his aides colluded with Russia to sway last year’s......
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ArchiveMilitants killed soldier, alleges Indian army
SRINAGAR: Suspected militants in India-held Kashmir abducted and killed a military officer, the Indian army said on Wednesday.The 23-year-old lieutenant was kidnapped on Tuesday night while......
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ArchiveFrance’s Hollande nears exit as party falls apart
PARIS: French President Francois Hollande chaired his final cabinet meeting on Wednesday before handing over the reins to Emmanuel Macron, while the governing Socialist Party began to splinter.Macron......
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ArchiveFacebook takes aim at ‘low quality’ websites
WASHINGTON: Facebook said on Wednesday it was making changes designed to keep its users from linking to “low-quality” websites, part of an effort to fight spam and misinformation.The world’s biggest......
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ArchiveUS president asks Russia to rein in Assad, Iran
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Russia to rein in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his key ally Iran, as Washington and Moscow sought to boost their fragile ties......
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ArchiveIndian leader asks why valour eludes soldiers from Gujarat
NEW DELHI: An opposition leader seemed to have touched a raw nerve with India’s ruling establishment on Wednesday by asking if there were any soldiers from Gujarat among the men of valour and......
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ArchiveTrump wants to win war on terror in Afghanistan: White House
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump wants to win the war against terrorism in Afghanistan and beyond, the White House says as the president’s national security team urged the administration to send......
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ArchiveYemen’s Saleh open to negotiations with rival Saudi Arabia
SANAA: Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh is open to negotiations with rival Saudi Arabia, two years into a deadly war between Saleh’s Huthi rebel allies and the Saudi-backed government.“We have......
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ArchiveMuslim leaders invited to summit with Trump
RIYADH: King Abdullah II of Jordan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Niger’s Mahamadou Issoufou are among leaders invited by Saudi King Salman for a summit with US President Donald......
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ArchiveKosovo government falls, snap election to follow
KOSOVO’S government collapsed on Wednesday after it lost a confidence vote in parliament, a move expected to trigger a snap election after more than a year of political crisis in the tiny Balkan......
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ArchiveOut with the old: Saigon’s disappearing colonial architecture
HO CHI MINH CITY: They formed the charming backdrop to Graham Greene’s sin-filled Saigon in The Quiet American, but the colonial-era buildings of Vietnam’s biggest city are fast disappearing —......
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ArchiveBrazil’s Lula: leftist giant on the brink of tumbling
SAO PAULO: A former shoeshine boy and steelworker who rose to become one of Brazil’s most popular presidents, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva now risks seeing his reputation shredded in humiliating......
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ArchiveFBI director Comey’s firing is a crisis of American rule of law
IT’S not a constitutional crisis. Technically, President Donald Trump was within his constitutional rights on Tuesday when he fired FBI Director James Comey. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is......
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ArchiveEncounters of the Third Kind under way
KARACHI: We often talk about art as a political statement. This pushes into the background a very important aspect of art: of a cultural commentator. The rapid changes that have taken place on the......
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ArchiveMETRO EVENTS
SEMINARA seminar on ‘Russian Revolution Centenary 1917-2017: Its Global Impacts’ organised by SZABIST at it premises, 100 Clifton at 3.30pm.EXHIBITIONAn exhibition of paintings by S.M. Fawad at......
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ArchiveProtesters express solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers
KARACHI: The Palestine Foundation on Wednesday organised a token hunger strike camp outside the Karachi Press Club to express solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who had been on......
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PakistanCPEC is a long-term strategic development agenda: Sindh CM
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the Chine-Pakistan Economic Corridor is not merely a road construction project, rather a long-term strategic development agenda as it......
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PakistanDemolished heritage building still awaits govt help
KARACHI: “A month has passed, why haven’t they [the government] done anything to help us?” asked a student of the Jufelhurst Government School on Wednesday morning at a public meeting on the school......
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ArchiveMassive fire destroys 500 houses, kills over 200 livestock in Thar village
MITHI: A massive fire destroyed over 500 mud-thatched houses and killed more than 200 livestock in Vakrio village, 30 kilometres from Islamkot, on Wednesday.The fire, whose cause could not be......
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ArchiveRemittances dropped 2.8pc in 10 months
KARACHI: Remittances fell 2.79 per cent to $15.59 billion in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Wednesday.The current flow of remittances is......
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Archive‘Business confidence falters’: OICCI quarterly survey reports
KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (OICCI) quarterly survey on business confidence shows a downward trajectory due to a drop in capital investments and instability in......
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PakistanCPEC repayments to hit $5bn a year, says PM adviser
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s debt and other repayments on China’s “Belt and Road” initiative will peak at around $5 billion in 2022, but will be more than offset by transit fees charged on the new transport......
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ArchiveEcnec okays Rs143bn development projects
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) and Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Wednesday cleared a total of nine development projects with an estimated......
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ArchiveBanks allowed to settle export loans of up to $50,000
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday allowed banks to settle outstanding export loans valuing up to $50,000 (or equivalent in other foreign currencies) themselves through the......
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ArchiveIndex rally fades amid low volume
KARACHI: The stock market remained mostly under pressure on Wednesday with the KSE-100 index dipping by 216 points.However, positive news flow in the late hours regarding the security leaks issue......
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ArchiveUrea manufacturers seek extension in export deadline
KARACHI: Fertiliser manufacturers have asked the government to extend the urea export deadline to December, which will help them dispose of their surplus production.“The government can comfortably......
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ArchiveG7 finance ministers to avoid trade spat, says US official
WASHINGTON: Finance ministers from the G7 countries meeting in Italy will focus on inclusive growth but avoid a quarrel over protectionism, a senior US Treasury official said Wednesday.But even if......
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ArchiveIndia’s cotton area to hit 3-year high as prices rally
MUMBAI: Cotton planting in India, the world’s biggest producer of the fibre, is likely to rise by 15 per cent in the 2017-18 marketing season to a three-year high as farmers switch away from other......
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ArchiveHow China connects
THE comments were made to an Indian audience, but they are of profound relevance here in Pakistan. In a recent speech to a think tank, the Chinese ambassador to India, Luo Zhaohui, who has also......
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ArchiveTerminology in journalism
AN item in the press appearing some days ago under the headline ‘Ahmadi professor found murdered’, drew attention to the challenges of news coverage, especially news related to crime.Such a report......
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ArchivePower rackets
IT ought to have been predicted, but everybody was too busy running the sums. Since 2013, the government has gone on a buying spree in the power sector, approving and ‘fast tracking’ new projects......
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ArchiveFaulty comparisons
IMRAN Khan has a gift for communication. The former cricket legend is no spellbinding orator. He is also partial to making crude jibes unworthy of anyone with ambitions of becoming prime minister.......
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ArchiveComing home
THE Panama case verdict made righteous heads nod doubtfully. Taint seemed present at the highest level in the country. That taint was endemic was not considered. The relevance of corruption......
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ArchivePCB to ensure allocation of high-profile matches to Karachi: Shaharyar
KARACHI: National Stadium remains very much in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s initiative of staging top-class fixtures whenever the situation is ideal for international teams to tour the country,......
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ArchivePakistan survive tricky first session of final Test
ROSEAU: Pakistan negotiated a potentially tricky first session, reaching 70 for one on the first day of the third and final Test against the West Indies at Windsor Park in Dominica on Wednesday.After......
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ArchiveManohar to remain ICC chairman till 2018
NEW DELHI: India’s Shashank Manohar will stay on as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) until the end of his elected term in June 2018, the game’s world governing body said on......
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ArchiveSharjeel submits reply to tribunal
LAHORE: Pakistan cricketer Sharjeel Khan, facing spot-fixing inquiry, submitted his answering brief to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Anti-Corruption Tribunal on Wednesday while another player......
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ArchiveShoaib Malik joins exclusive club with sixth Champions Trophy appearance
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed the squads for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, which will be played in the United Kingdom from June 1-18.While a number of players......
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ArchiveFIFA corruption fight ‘setback’ by purge of ethics team
MANAMA: FIFA’s decision to remove its ethics team was a “setback in the fight against corruption”, one of those dismissed, investigator Cornel Borbely, told a press conference in Bahrain on......
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ArchiveMurray makes strong start in Madrid
MADRID: World number one Andy Murray beat Romanian Marius Copil 6-4, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Madrid Open on Tuesday.The Briton made a slow start against an opponent 103 places below him......
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ArchiveInspired Alves sends ruthless Juve into CL final
TURIN: Juventus defender Dani Alves proved his critics wrong as he produced an inspired display capped by a stunning volleyed goal in a 2-1 win over AS Monaco on Tuesday that took the Italians into......
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