Two-time champion Maria Sharapova has missed out on a wild-card entry for the French Open because of her doping ban.Announcing the decision on a live Facebook broadcast on Tuesday, French Tennis......
Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri on Tuesday announced the formation of a joint interrogation team (JIT) to probe the bombing in Mastung.“Through the JIT, we would apprehend the terrorists......
Disney chief Bob Iger said Monday hackers claiming to have access to one of the company's unreleased movies were demanding a “huge” ransom, according to US media reports.He did not reveal which film......
At least 16 suspected Maoists have been killed in a firefight with security forces in central India, police said Tuesday, the same region where rebels massacred two dozens soldiers last month.The......
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the federal cabinet on Tuesday approved Ramazan Relief Package 2017, with subsidies worth Rs1.6 billion on 19 commodities in an attempt to provide relief......
A major part of Karachi remained deprived of electricity on Tuesday as K-Electric (KE) said it carried out "load-management to minimise inconvenience," being faced by citizens due to a technical......
China appears to be laying the groundwork for the mass collection of DNA samples from residents of a restive, largely Muslim region that's been under a security crackdown, rights observers and......
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs1 million on "Channel 24" for airing "baseless and unverified news report about Inspector General of Police......
Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday disclosed plans for new development projects for Karachi in the upcoming fiscal year.Projects include new underpasses, widened roads and new markets.The......
Azizabad police on Tuesday arrested the main suspect in the murder of a 15-year-old Afghan boy.Noor Agha had been shot dead on Sunday, allegedly by an apartment-owner in Karachi's Karimabad area,......
The Supreme Court has ordered National Refinery Limited (NRL) to pay Rs305 million to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for failing to pay Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabian Oil Company) its dues on time.A......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) lawmaker Shafqat Mahmood on Tuesday criticised the government over its 'handling' of Kulbhushan Jadhav's hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and urged......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ended Tuesday’s session on a negative note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 574.68 points, or 1.10 per cent, by the close of trading to reach......
A 'faith healer' allegedly raped two women in Getha Bathha Town near Rahim Yar Khan, police said.Faqir Hussain, a resident of Jetha Bathha, filed a report Monday at the Saddar Police Station stating......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday rejected a compromise deed submitted by child maid Tayyaba's parents, in which the latter had exonerated the employers of their 10-year-old daughter of......
The National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday lent its approval to a bill filed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf's (PTI) Asad Umer seeking the empowerment of the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) and the......
Nearly 29,000 Pakistani nationals, attempting to enter Europe, were intercepted by Iran and handed over to authorities in Pakistan in 2016.Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Deputy Director Jawad......
Around 25 international wrestlers, including four women wrestlers, from 20 different countries will be competing in Pakistan's first-ever international professional wrestling event, which kicks off......
A joint investigation team (JIT), formed to probe the murder of Maulana Azam Tariq — former chief of the Millat-i-Islamia — held its first session on Tuesday to discuss the case.The JIT also......
A vast majority in the National Assembly on Tuesday rejected a PPP bill demanding an inquiry into every Pakistani named in the Panama Papers.Minister for Law Zahid Hamid strongly opposed the bill,......
Pakistan on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Alibaba Group Holdings Limited to promote Pakistan's worldwide exports by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through e-commerce.Alibaba......
Hi. I’m a 29-year-old Pakistani girl who grew up in Karachi. I am gori with brown eyes, moderately tall and not too fat. What taints these idyllic criteria for a rishta, however, is that I’m a......
American provider of stock market indexes and analysis tools, MSCI has confirmed that the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has been reclassified from Frontier Markets to Emerging Markets in its......
As dozens of world leaders arrived in Beijing to attend the “Belt and Road Forum" hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, India refused to send an official delegation to the summit.India has......
British authorities confirmed Tuesday that their Border Force officers had found a "quantity of heroin" on board a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight that landed at Heathrow Airport......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday claimed his party would sweep the next general elections to form governments in the centre and provinces on its own.“Our party......
BATTAGRAM: Qaumi Watan Party chairman Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has criticised the federal government for what he calls its failure to end energy crisis in the country.Addressing a public meeting in......
ISLAMABAD: The deposed cleric of Lal Masjid Maulana Abdul Aziz is set to stir another controversy as he has decided to preside over a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of Lal Masjid......
ISLAMABAD: As the World No Tobacco Day approaches, the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) succeeded in getting an assurance from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to......
TAXILA: A bumpy wheat crop has given new hopes of financial benefits to the farmers. The harvesting of about 98pc wheat has completed in Taxila and adjourning areas of the Potohar region.According to......
PARIS: France’s new prime minister Edouard Philippe is a low-profile 46-year-old from the right-wing Republicans party whose politics and interests mirror those of centrist President Emmanuel......
SIDON: Ahmad Dawoud recalls the day 10 years ago when a Lebanese soldier asked to search his taxi. Then 17, the Palestinian didn’t wait for the soldier to find the weapons hidden in the trunk.He......
San Francisco: Eighty years after the first Americans went to war against Nazi-backed fascists, a small group of historians trying to preserve the volunteers’ memory has found their services......
JERUSALEM: Controversial new US ambassador to Israel David Friedman arrived in the country on Monday to take up his post, days ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump.Friedman, due to present......
BEIJING: India didn’t show up. North Korea did, to the annoyance of the United States. And Pyongyang threatened to steal the show by firing a ballistic missile that landed less than 100 kilometres......
BEIJING: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow was opposed to any new countries acquiring nuclear weapons, but that the world should talk to North Korea rather than threaten......
HONG KONG: A group of refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are facing deportation after the city’s authorities rejected their bid for protection, their lawyer......
TEHRAN: Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from Iran’s presidential race on Monday, paving the way for a head-to-head battle between President Hassan Rouhani and his leading hard-line......
LOS ANGELES: The Miss USA pageant on Sunday night touted American diversity, and chose an African-American chemist with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to wear the crown.Kara McCullough from the US......
BOUAK: Heavy gunfire rang out on Monday in Abidjan and Bouake, Ivory Coast’s two biggest cities, as a four-day mutiny by disgruntled soldiers demanding bonuses spread countrywide.Banks, offices and......
SEATTLE: Federal judges on Monday peppered a lawyer for President Donald Trump with questions about whether the administration’s travel ban discriminates against Muslims and zeroed in on the......
KARACHI: A strike by goods’ carriers entered into its eighth day on Monday, hindering the movement of goods to and from ports and depriving factories of much-needed raw material.The wholesale......
ISLAMABAD: For the second consecutive year, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finance department has released less development funds for local governments than the amount it is legally bound to give under the......
ISLAMABAD: The government is making expedited full payments to the power projects to deliver about 6,020 megawatts of additional power generation capacity to the national grid by December to announce......
KARACHI: Bulls tossed the KSE-100 index up by 637 points (1.23 per cent) to close at 52,387.87 points, on Monday.As the index continues to keep up its steep climb, the benchmark index has already......
Riding high: Toyota eyes ‘flying car’ futureTOKYO: Toyota has its sights set on a Blade Runner future as the Japanese automaker backs a move to launch a flying car in time for the Tokyo 2020......
KARACHI: Buyers rushed to replenish their stocks on the cotton market on Monday despite lack of any triggering factor.However, some brokers said that surge in world cotton prices could be a factor......
SEHWAN: While the 765th Urs of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar got under way peacefully amid extraordinary security arrangements in the wake of a suicide bombing at the shrine some three months ago,......
KARACHI: While the Sindh law department has a sizeable team of notified government law officers under the office of the Sindh Advocate General, the provincial government hired the services of nine......
ATTRIBUTING literary works or religious texts to an author other than the real one is known as pseudepigraphy. According to Concise Oxford English Dictionary, ‘pseudepigrapha’ are “spurious or......
HYDERABAD: Women were among a number of primary school teachers who staged a protest sit-in under the banner of the All Sindh Primary Teachers’ Association (SPTA) on Monday at the Hyderabad bypass......
UN’s top court says it will publicly deliver decision on whether to grant an emergency stay of execution ‘as soon as possible’THE HAGUE: Pakistan on Monday told the UN’s top court that an Indian......
ISLAMABAD: Cracks emerged within the ruling coalition on Monday when Maulana Fazlur Rehman, one of the main allies of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), opposed the Fata reforms package in......
BEIJING: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that the ‘One Belt, One Road (OBOR)’ initiative and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) were all about shared prosperity, beginning a new......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate amended the Pakistan Air Force Act, 1953, on Monday empowering the Air Force to reopen cases against its retired officers with retrospective effect.The amendment bill moved by......
KARACHI: A seasoned Indian journalist and author claimed on Monday that his country’s steel tycoon Sajjan Jindal visited Pakistan on the invitation from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and was not sent......
THE rule of law can defeat corruption, even when it stretches to the highest office in the land. This is the lesson that every country should remember, especially after one woman made a difference in......
THE three main male deities worshipped by the multitudes in India are Shiva, Rama and Krishna. They all are dark-complexioned gods. But a growing number of dark-skinned (north) Indians want to be......
HERE is a thought experiment. Let’s say you are from an administrative town, within a major urban city in Pakistan, and you see a broken park or light bulb in your street or neighbourhood. Do you......
ISLAMABAD: Apropos a story titled “CPEC master plan revealed” appearing in Dawn on May 15, Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal has said that CPEC’s Long Term Plan is not a......
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab police told the Supreme Court on Monday that witnesses in the case of a 13-year-old boy, whose right hand was chopped off in a fodder cutting machine (toka) on April 25,......
ISLAMABAD: Family members of those injured when the seating area collapsed during a recording of a television game show approached the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking an inquiry into the failure of......
LAHORE: The three newly-formed medical universities in Punjab are battling some serious issues pertaining to their administrative, financial and legal affairs.The government had upgraded the public......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) authorities suspended two officers of the finance department and transferred seven others from marketing and counter ticketing departments of the......
MULTAN: A sandstorm knocked down more than 50 billboards, all illegally installed and loosely fitted, of different size and weight in Cantonment and city areas on Sunday night.The storm also......
SIALKOT: The Sialkot Business and Trade Centre is likely to be functional in June. The centre, a venture of the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and Smeda, will work to promote trade......
KARACHI: Former cricketers and noted critics from all over the world paid rich tributes to departing Pakistan cricket greats Misbah-ul Haq and Younis Khan on Monday, lauding their invaluable services......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan has congratulated Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq, national squad, head coach Mickey Arthur, manager Talat Ali and the entire support staff on......
LAHORE: While congratulating the Pakistan team for their history-making series victory in the West Indies, chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq on Monday said the replacements of both Misbah-ul-Haq and......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to warn both middle-order batsman Umar Akmal and left-arm quick Junaid Khan that they will be suspended for four to six weeks if they do not......
ROSEAU: As Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq head off into the sunset after long and illustrious careers, Pakistan begins a tricky period of transition looking for a new wave of players ready to fill a......
MADRID: The fight for the La Liga title will go down to the last day of the season after convincing wins for Real Madrid and Barcelona on Sunday.Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 400th goal for Real in a......
PONTE VEDRA BEACH (Florida): South Korean Kim Si-woo became the youngest winner of The Players Championship on Sunday when he shot a final round three-under-par 69 to clinch a three-stroke victory at......
ROME: AS Roma provided an unexpected twist to the Serie A title race on Sunday with a 3-1 over leaders Juventus, who had needed only a draw to wrap up their sixth successive title with two games to......
The National Assembly was informed on Monday that Pakistan Railways was earning Rs 4.416 billion annually after outsourcing the commercial management of four passenger trains as compared to the......
MADRID: Rafael Nadal’s flawless record on clay this season continued as he outgunned the impressive Dominic Thiem to win the Madrid Masters for a fifth time 7-6 (10-8), 6-4 on Sunday.The Spaniard is......
BAKU: Pakistan tennis team went down fighting to Turkey in the final of the team event at 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku on Monday to clinch silver medal, the country’s second after their......
