Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq are poised to end their storied careers on a winning note after Pakistan played their way into a strong position on day four of the third test against West Indies on......
Cyber security experts scrambled Saturday to contain the impact of an unprecedented global cyber-attack that hit Russia's banks, British hospitals, FedEx and European car factories.The hunt was on......
Sindh police on Saturday arrested four people, including a serving deputy superintendent of police (DSP), and recovered 80 kilograms of hashish.The police party in Badin, on a tip off, stopped a......
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan lashed out at political opponents, reassuring his supporters that he stands opposed to those who are "secular" or "non-believing".He was addressing a......
The Special Assistant to the prime minister on revenue, Haroon Akhtar Khan hinted that taxes on cigarettes might decrease in the upcoming budget.In an exclusive interview with DawnNews Akhtar pointed......
Bank of China (BoC) will be setting up its first branch in Pakistan as it has received its banking license from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).Finance Minister Ishaq Dar met with Bank of China......
Enraged parents carrying the remains of their dead children staged a protest today at the Mithi Civil Hospital and later outside the Thar Press Club, alleging that hospital staff had refused to......
A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against unknown persons accused in connection with Friday's suicide attack targeting Deputy Chairman Senate Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri in Mastung,......
A fast-moving wave of cyberattacks swept the globe Friday, apparently exploiting a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the US National Security Agency.The attacks ? which experts said affected......
The only elephant in the Lahore Zoo, Suzi, died on Saturday morning.Imported in 1988, Suzi was a popular attraction at the zoo and had captivated generations of audiences since its inception at the......
Pakistan Army on Saturday issued a stern warning to India against any misadventure along the heavily militarised Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, which saw cross border shelling almost throughout......
Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari has severely criticised the Ehtram-e-Ramazan (Amendment) Bill which prohibits eating and drinking in public during the month of Ramazan.In a tweet, the daughter of former......
At least 10 labourers were killed in Balochistan's Gwadar district on Saturday as unidentified assailants opened fire at the construction site where they were working, Levies sources......
Uber has pledged to invest an additional $500 million towards expanding its operations in Pakistan, a week after Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty took charge of the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa......
Gunmen killed a Saudi child and a Pakistani man during an attack on workers at a building project in restive eastern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the interior ministry said on Friday.The gunmen tried......
Four people were injured as a locomotive carrying furnace oil rammed into a goods train from behind near the border between Sindh's Thatta and Jamshoro districts, suspending railway traffic from......
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for pushing forward the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Xinhua News Agency reported.Xi made the remarks in his meeting......
Pakistanis have the greatest knack for making the worst possible choices insofar as the natural environment is concerned. In 2016, motoring north on M-2, I was very pleased to see large scale......
Forty years ago when one flew over Lahore, one saw a vast sea of green. Today one sees great dusty swathes. Two things happened in the interim. One, the agricultural land around the city has turned......
Global warming is caused mainly by gases such as carbon monoxide and dioxide in the atmosphere. This is a fact now known to everyone except only the stupidest among us. During hours of daylight,......
(This list is in no way exhaustive. It lists a few of those trees that are not just beautiful to behold but also grow to large sizes and are therefore perfect carbon sinks.)Published in Dawn, EOS,......
Before 9/11, there used to be so many foreign tourists in Hunza throughout the year that there would be no room to accommodate local tourists. Then came a period of drought for the tourism......
ISLAMABAD: A set of recommendations has been sent to the Prime Minister’s Office and the Foreign Office, strategising how to plead Pakistan’s point of view in the public hearing on Monday before the......
BEIJING: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived here on Friday to participate in the One-Belt-One-Road (OBOR) forum which is aimed at regional development through cooperation.Li Shixiang, the vice......
QUETTA: I headed to the Sandeman Provincial Hospital at around 3pm. As I was about to reach there, a heavy contingent of police and Frontier Corps cordoned off the hospital. Those who had been......
Modern art centenaries are piling up. There are (at least) three big ones this year: the Russian revolution with its impact on the avant garde, Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’, and the Dutch art and......
Surrealism enjoys a prestigious place in art history as an avant-garde movement that sought to unlock creativity by accessing the unconscious mind. The beauty of Surrealism is its timelessness — even......
A spectre is haunting Pakistan — the spectre of social media. For Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, it is even “lethal for democracy” — no control, no censors, just pure, unadulterated rhetoric. A......
It was a few minutes before 11pm in Washington a couple of weeks ago, and President Donald Trump had a thought to share.“FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in......
SARGODHA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has alleged that Nawaz Sharif is utilising all resources to get him disqualified because the prime minister considers him a threat and a......
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb has contradicted part of a news item about Indian businessman Sajjan Jindal’s recent visit to Pakistan.In a statement on Friday, she......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control on Friday approved the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Amendment) Bill, allowing Nacta to hold its......
WASHINGTON: The US intelligence officials have informed Congress that Pakistan-based terrorist groups will remain a sustained threat to US interests in South Asia in 2017 and will continue to plan......
Kyun ke mein ma hoon (because I am the mother).” Growing up, that was the standard response my mother would give me if I asked her why the same rules didn’t apply to her as they did to me. We grew up......
Every Sunday morning, I am asked to relax on the couch and watch as my husband tosses out valuable items he claims are ‘useless’ and therefore trash. He refers to this as ‘therapy’ — ‘torture’ is a......
Arriving in the UK just before Easter, I found myself cooking overtime to feed the kids as they turned up for the long weekend. The lady wife had ordered a wide selection of meat to be delivered to......
Q. It has been observed that some of the plants recommended in this column for planting during a particular month are not, according to traditional planting times, suitable. This is confusing and......
Dearest Agnipath, I’ve heard that you provide remedies for love-struck hopeless romantics. Well, I am one of them, and I need a remedy so strong that the guy I like is compelled towards me. He is......
MANSEHRA: Four people were killed as a chairlift plunged into the Indus River near Summer Nullah area in Upper Kohistan district on Friday.The deceased were crossing the river while on way to Tangir......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday amended a decades old law to make vaccination against all preventable diseases compulsory and establish a mechanism to persuade parents for the......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench has issued a stay order suspending a recent decision of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Commission to shelve the 2016-17 annual development programme......
New York: Frustrated with his ever-growing weight that peaked at 675 pounds, Ronnie Brower began dieting and working out on his way to losing an astounding 458 pounds. His four-year fitness journey,......
BRUSSELS: The US is expected to broaden its ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from the European Union, a move that would create logistical chaos on the world’s busiest corridor......
NEW DELHI: India said on Friday it had yet to decide about participating in the mega global trade initiative in Beijing next week, pressure mounted on Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to miss the......
JAKARTA: The leader of a powerful Indonesian Islamist organisation that led the push to jail Jakarta’s Christian governor has laid out plans for a new, racially charged campaign targeting economic......
HASANKEYF: Turkish authorities on Friday conducted a hugely ambitious and controversial operation to move a centuries-old tomb to new location to stave off the risk of flooding from a dam project.The......
China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) gets top international billing this weekend as delegations from over 100 states, including 28 world leaders, gather in Beijing for a summit showcasing......
A RELATIVELY quiet story surfaced this week and was quickly buried under drifts of swiftly accumulating breaking news: the Trump administration is contemplating a new troop surge in Afghanistan, as......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday directed the Foreign Office (FO) to make a decision within five days regarding Uzma Ahmed’s application to return to India.Through her counsel,......
LAHORE: An exhibition of fashion photography, titled ‘Eve and Eye,’ opened at O Art Space on the Maratib Ali Road, FCC Scheme, on Friday.The photographers whose work is on display are Abdullah Haris,......
QUETTA: At least 28 people were killed and 40 others, including Senate Deputy Chairman Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, suffered injuries in a suicide attack on his convoy in the Mastung area, some......
ISLAMABAD: The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) constituted in compliance with the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Panama Papers case would concentrate more on uncovering new facts than on......
ISLAMABAD: Operations chiefs of Pakistani and Afghan militaries held their first face-to-face meeting since last week’s deadly Chaman clash, agreeing to end acrimony and make efforts at building......
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump warned the sacked FBI director not to talk to the press on Friday, in a morning Twitter tirade that painted a picture of a president under siege.Capping a week in which Trump......
“I was born in 1987 in Dhabian, a locality near the Taxila Museum that is known as the largest and oldest hub of craftsmanship, where artisans have been producing carved masterpieces featuring Buddha......
RAWALPINDI: A resident of Rawalpindi, who was kidnapped for ransom in Turkey along with his two countrymen and later released, was reunited with his family on Thursday after being deported to......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the May 12, 2007 mayhem in Karachi.While lawmakers from both sides of the aisle delivered hard-hitting speeches, a......
KARACHI: The rich prevail at the cost of the weak. It is a tale often repeated and seen in play across centuries, borders and cultures. At Habib University on Friday, a similar dynamic was explored......
KARACHI: Mayor of Karachi Wasim Akhtar on Friday said he had been assured by the top provincial official in the health ministry that health facilities were being improved for citizens in the capital......
HYDERABAD: Leaders, activists and supporters of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) took out rallies and demonstrations after Juma prayers in almost all cities and towns of Sindh to condemn the bomb......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Water and Power is seeking opinion of the Law and Justice Division on the way forward for the merger of the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) and Alternative......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has linked the collection of Rs981.4 billion in the last two months of the current fiscal year with the resolution of audit cases, recovery of arrears......
KARACHI: Three quarters of loan disbursements under the Prime Minister’s Youth Business Loan (PMYBL) scheme were in Punjab, according to the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) quarterly report issued on......
KARACHI: Toyota Boshoku Corporation (TBC) is willing to increase its investment in Pakistan for the manufacturing of interior components, its chairman Dr Shuhei Toyoda said on Friday.He was visiting......
ISLAMABAD: The overall prospects for the 2017 wheat production are positive, with a current forecast of FAO pointing to an output of 25.1 million tonnes.This is slightly below last year’s bumper......
KARACHI: Nestle Pakistan has increased the price of EveryDay tea whitener by Rs20 on a one-kilogram pack and by Rs10 on a 400-gram pack ahead of Ramazan.Waqar Ahmad, head of corporate affairs at......
BEIJING: Beijing and Washington announced Friday an agreement giving US beef, natural gas and certain financial services access to China’s massive market in a deal highlighting the warm ties nurtured......
TOKYO: Japan has released its first nationwide employer blacklist, naming-and-shaming more than 300 companies for breaching labour laws, as Tokyo ramps up efforts to tackle notoriously long work......
KARACHI: The cotton market on Friday turned listless as buyers withdrew to the sidelines. There were no signs of buying activity as spinners were conspicuously absent.Contrary to this, the world’s......
ISLAMABAD: Faceless, a solo exhibition by Scheherezade Junejo was held at the Aqs Arts and Crafts Village on Friday.Ms Junejo is an artist from Karachi, who has exhibited at a number of solo and......
ISLAMABAD: Lack of awareness among parents and poverty are major reasons for the alarming number of out-of-school children in Pakistan.Policymakers and the government will have to prioritise these......
India has approached the International Court of Justice seeking to stay the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav. India has raised its claims before the court under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on......
THE conclusion of the controversy that raged for seven months following a report in this newspaper last October ought to finally enable Pakistan to focus attention on some critical issues that need......
AS we exchange verbal and artillery salvos with Afghanistan across the border, Iran threatens to send troops into our territory to take out the terrorists who have been killing its border......
ROSEAU: Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah took all three wickets to restrict the West Indies to 97 for three in reply to the tourists’ first innings total of 376 in the third and final Test at lunch at......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on the request forwarded by the team management has allowed opener Ahmed Shehzad to return home from the ongoing tour of West Indies where Pakistan are playing the......
ALBEROBELLO: After three top-10 finishes in the opening week, Caleb Ewan of Australia finally won a stage in the Giro d’Italia on Friday.The Australian rider with the Orica Scott team showed his true......
LAHORE: Some portions of conversations between cricketers Nasir Jamshed and Khalid Latif, allegedly involved in spot-fixing during the second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), were leaked......
MADRID: World number one Andy Murray’s slump in form continued as he crashed out of the Madrid Masters third round 6-3, 6-3 to lucky loser Borna Coric here on Thursday.Rafael Nadal extended his......
PARIS: Manchester United and Ajax Amsterdam advanced to the Europa League final on Thursday, bringing together two of the continent’s grandest football clubs looking to regain their former......
BARCELONA: Lewis Hamilton set the pace in Spanish Grand Prix practice on Friday as Formula One world champions Mercedes responded to the challenge of Ferrari with aerodynamic upgrades and......
MADRID: Barcelona defender Gerard Pique’s plans as part of a consortium for a new World Cup of tennis event have been backed by leading players such as Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Rafael......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan has clarified that his recent statement on agreeing to play series in India was related to the contract signed between the PCB and the BCCI in......
LOS ANGELES: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission got the full Los Angeles experience on Thursday, playing basketball at the Staples Center, hitting Santa Monica beach and......
There is still no (complete) audio recording of Mr Jinnah’s address to Pakistan’s first Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947. However, the full text of the speech is available. The text, mostly......
The new opposition.That’s how Emilia Julie, a literature student in the populous French capital that helped hand Emmanuel Macron the presidency, christened the roughly 15.5 million renegades who......
Shashi Tharoor’s new book, An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India, originated with a speech he made at the Oxford Union Society. The speech — the video of which went viral on social media......
A man allegedly killed his wife, two children and his brother-in-law following a family dispute in Orangi Town on Friday night, it has been learnt.The suspect also suffered injuries and was later......
Zaheda Hina is a leading light of Urdu literature — a celebrated writer of short stories, a dramatist, columnist and a known peace activist. The House of Loneliness is a compendium of 14 of her short......
I’ve been encouraging Wasio Abbasi — a friend in Karachi who wants to revive lost and forgotten fictions as digital reading for an audience jaded with the works currently on offer — to bring Urdu......
We live in volatile times where any discussion on diversity is encouraged, but the climate changes when the topic is Muslim women. Muslims have come to be at the forefront of controversy around the......
