NASA says its planet-hunting telescope has found 10 new planets outside our solar system that are likely the right size and temperature to potentially have life on them.As the Kepler telescope......
Saudi Arabia said on Monday that it captured three Iranian Revolutionary Guards aboard an explosive-laden boat heading to an oil platform in the Gulf.The three “are now being questioned by Saudi......
Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed said being named skipper of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) team of the Champions Trophy was the “perfect icing on the cake” of his side's stunning title......
Lockheed Martin has agreed to jointly build F-16 fighter planes equipped with new-generation electronics in India with Tata Advanced Systems Ltd, both companies said on Monday.The fighters are of the......
Two Navy sailors were martyred and at least three others were wounded when their vehicle was attacked in the Jiwani area of Gwadar district, Balochistan on Monday.The sailors were transporting iftar......
An aircraft packed with 60 tons of Afghan plants with medicinal uses marked the opening of the first air cargo corridor between Afghanistan and India on Monday.The cargo, worth about $5 million......
A man shot dead his 19-year-old niece and injured another man in the name of 'honour' in Sanghar's Shahdadpur area on Monday.Darya Khan Talpur Station House Officer Muhammad Younis Jatt said Samina......
Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed was named captain of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy team for 2017 by the ICC on Monday, a day after the green shirts trounced India the......
Unprovoked firing by Indian forces across the Line of Control (LoC) has taken 832 lives lives while 3,000 have been injured and 3,300 houses been damaged, the director general (DG) of the Disaster......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) commenced the week on a negative note, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index shedding 265 points on the back of profit-taking.The index slipped 0.57 per cent to touch......
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to initiate a probe into the tampering of the Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP)'s records, as......
A top Russian diplomat has condemned the United States (US) for shooting down a Syrian Air Force fighter jet the previous day as an act of “aggression.”The US military confirmed a US F-18 Super......
A bomb planted in a dirt road has killed six soldiers in southern Thailand, in what apparently was an attack by Muslim separatists in an insurgency that has cost more than 6,500 lives since......
A 21-year-old student walked around her campus in China using invaluable skills she learned in class: Holding a selfie stick aloft, she livestreamed her random thoughts and blew kisses at her......
Worshippers leaving a London mosque just after midnight on Monday were helping an unwell elderly man when a van deliberately targeted them, eyewitnesses said, driven by an attacker who shouted: “I......
An Indian woman gave birth to a baby boy on an international commercial flight as it flew at 35,000 feet, the airline said on Monday.The unnamed woman, in her 20s, went into premature labour on......
The number of people displaced from their homes across the world due to war and persecution climbed slightly to a record 65.6 million last year, with the escalating conflict in South Sudan largely......
PPP leader Dr Asim Hussain, a close aide of former president Asif Ali Zardari, on Monday filed a petition in the Supreme Court asking for the removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL) so......
President Emmanuel Macron's government on Monday promised to renew politics in France as final official results showed he had won the commanding parliamentary majority he wanted to push through his......
Qatar hit out on Monday at four Arab nations for cutting diplomatic ties and transport links over Doha's alleged support for terrorism, accusing them of a "publicity stunt" aimed solely at attacking......
At least seven people received bullet injuries as a result of aerial firing in different parts of Karachi soon after the Pakistan cricket team defeated India to clinch the Champions Trophy."We......
Rangers and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel on Monday recovered large quantities of contraband from Karachi's Central Jail during a search operation, jail police told DawnNews.During the operation,......
A 17-year-old American Muslim girl was beaten and abducted after leaving a mosque in Virginia on Sunday by a man who police later arrested on suspicion of murder after her body was found dumped in a......
Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said he hoped a proposed World XI visit to the country later this year went ahead after his side served notice of their enduring talent with a stunning Champions Trophy......
A vehicle rammed into pedestrians near a north London mosque, killing one man and injuring ten others in an incident that police on Monday said was being investigated by counter-terrorism......
Having achieved outstanding success in a sustained pioneering effort — collection of sales tax on services — the Sindh government is exploring new ways to boost provincial tax revenues.Not only that,......
THE Shahid Javed Burki Institute of Public Policy’s recent report — ‘The State of Economy: agriculture and water (2016)’ — narrates the plight of Pakistan’s agriculture sector, saying the sector grew......
In a much-anticipated move, the Balochistan government has announced plans to set up a provincial bank, and set aside Rs10 billion for this purpose in its FY18 budget, unveiled on June 15.The......
THE irrigation department of Punjab has come up with a proposal of introducing inflatable rubber dams for the eastern rivers in the province to serve not only as small water storages, but also,......
OUTPUT of maize has exceeded 6m tonnes for the first time in the country, thanks to its cultivation on a larger area and a modest rise in yield.This is going to boost both local sales and exports of......
The nation’s biggest banks have a common gripe: They have too much money.Since the 2008 financial crisis, regulators have forced Wall Street to set aside larger financial reserves, enough capital for......
ZIMBABWE has enormous economic potential with minerals, gold, agriculture, and tourism being its main foreign exports.Historically, agriculture and the manufacturing sector were the major drivers of......
Balochistan’s budget for 2017/2018 indicates a latent desire to reform provincial government operations and expenditure to create space for increasing allocations for development as well as public......
While power yielders jostle to outplay each other, barons collude and compete, the broker’s game market hikes and lows to their advantage and bankers sit weighing the risks of lending; Pakistani......
When the Pakistan Stock Exchange provided returns of a stunning 46pc in 2016 — the highest returns on equity investments by any market across Asia — market participants and regulators moved about......
A memorandum of understanding was recently signed between the Securities and Exchange Commission Pakistan and the State Bank of Pakistan to manage systemic risk through a council of regulators.With......
Pakistan Refinery Limited, incorporated in May 1960, has a capacity to process approximately 50,000 barrels per day of crude oil into a variety of distilled petroleum products.These products range......
PESHAWAR: PML-N provincial president Amir Muqam has criticised PTI chairman Imran Khan for what he calls personal attacks on politicians and advised him to compete his rival politicians in initiating......
PESHAWAR: At least six people sustained injuries from stray bullets in Mardan district as celebrations erupted after Pakistan beat their archrivals India in the ICC Champions Trophy final in England......
ISLAMABAD: “Does the capital really need another Chinese restaurant?” was the question put to the owner of the latest Chinese eatery in town.His response: “Most Chinese places here are very serious......
PPP politicians host iftarPPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari hosted a large Iftar dinner in Islamabad this week. Among those attending was former ambassador to the US, Senator Sherry Rehman who also......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s comprehensive win against India at the Oval on Sunday brought joy to cricket fans in Lahore after so many years, reviving the enthusiasm for the game that had somewhat sagged......
LAHORE: With the Punjab government ‘almost abandoning the proposal’ to centralise the medical & dental colleges’ admission process, the private medical colleges are all set to start admissions on......
Today we turn to a tale of criticism from the usual fare, in relation to our friendly neighbour. This may not seem topical but the tale progresses, the plight of numerous families in Lahore, or for......
There aren’t many examples out there when a caf? that eventually turned into a restaurant was a success. Overestimating the popularity of your caf? and diversifying into a restaurant serving a wide......
KARACHI: The city wore the look of a ghost town on a hot and sunny Sunday afternoon as fasting people preferred staying indoors, but only in the beginning of the final of the ICC Champions Trophy......
KARACHI: The Sindh government is all set to launch a survey to collect data on beggars in all major cities of the province, mainly in Karachi, after Ramazan to help the authorities identify and......
KARACHI: The Sindh police have prepared recommendations for improving the criminal justice system, particularly to control ‘inordinate and shocking delay’ in conclusion of trial caused by a host of......
IT was budget-time in the city by the sea. On June 19, 1967 Chairman of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Parvez Ahmed Butt presented the annual budget for 1967-68 before the council. The......
KARACHI: Hindus held demonstrations in several cities and towns of the interior of Sindh on Sunday in their continued protest over what they claim “forced conversion of an underage girl” belonging to......
MARAWI: Twenty years after obtaining Christian educations, Muslim brothers Omarkhayam and Abdullah Maute returned to their southern Philippine city with the black flags of the militant Islamic State......
PEDRGO GRANDE: Raging forest fires in Portugal have killed at least 62 people, many of them burnt to death in their cars, the government said on Sunday, in the country’s worst such disaster in recent......
KABUL: Taliban attackers stormed a regional police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing five officers and injuring 22 people in an assault launched by a suicide bomber.Of the seven......
YOKOSUKA: The bodies of missing sailors were found in flooded compartments of the USS Fitzgerald, which came close to sinking after a collision with a container ship off Japan tore a gash under the......
NEW YORK: North Korea has accused the United States authorities of “literally mugging” its diplomats at New York’s JFK airport.A spokesman for Pyongyang said on Saturday its officials had been......
DOHA: Bahrain has ordered Qatari troops serving with a coalition fighting the militant Islamic State (IS) group to leave its territory, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Sunday.The......
DARJEELING: Hundreds of protesters on Sunday paraded with coffins of two men they claimed were killed in clashes with Indian security forces in Darjeeling, as the hill resort reels from separatist......
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party won a massive majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday, early projections showed, dominating the country’s traditional forces in a......
BAMAKO: Suspected jihadists stormed a tourist resort popular with Westerners outside the Malian capital Bamako on Sunday, the country’s security ministry said.Security forces were battling the......
KARACHI: Defending champions Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) breezed into the semi-finals of Naya Nazimabad Karachi Kings Ramadan Cup T20 Cricket Tournament after coastng to an eay......
LONDON: Pakistan’s record-breaking 180-run win over title-holders India in the Champions Trophy final at The Oval on Sunday completed a remarkable turnaround for Sarfraz Ahmed’s side in the space of......
LONDON: Mohammad Hafeez hailed Pakistan’s team spirit as the key to their stunning Champions Trophy final triumph against India.Just two weeks ago, Pakistan were at a low ebb after crashing to a......
ST PETERSBURG: There were two strikers on either side, both reportedly attracting the attention of English Premier League clubs when Russia and New Zealand came together in the FIFA Confederations......
LE MANS: Porsche floored Hong Kong actor and stuntman Jackie Chan’s audacious bid for Le Mans glory as Toyota suffered fresh torment in a gripping 85th edition of the 24-hour endurance race on......
MADRID: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane broke off his holiday to call Cristiano Ronaldo in a bid to persuade his unsettled star not to quit the club, Spanish sports daily Marca claimed on......
KARACHI. Fawad Khan produced a sterling all-round show to Omar CC reached the last-four stage of the 30th Aga Khan Gymkhana T20 Ramazan Festival Cricket Trophy with an easy 64-run victory over......
KARACHI: Su Southern Gas Company (SSGC) held their nerves to edge National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) in the Cola Next presents Jazz Corporate T20 match at the DHA Sports Club Moin Khan Academy here on......
ERIN: Justin Thomas carded the best ever round at a US Open but still surrendered the lead to fellow American Brian Harman on a helter-skelter Saturday at Erin Hills.Thomas, decked out in shocking......
STUTTGART: Big-serving world number 16 Lucas Pouille tuned up for Wimbledon by muscling past Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in just over two hours on Sunday to win the Stuttgart......
KARACHI: As an unfancied Pakistan outclassed the favourties India in every department of the game to lift the Champions Trophy at The Oval on Sunday, celebrities, politicians, cricketers and......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Defence is meeting here today (Monday) to take up a host of important matters, including “the Pakistan Army’s plan to shift the Army’s General Headquarters......
WASHIGTON: Pakistan is an ally on counterterrorism issues and will be essential for bringing the Afghan Taliban to the table for peace talks, says acting Assistant Secretary of State for......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain returned to the country on Sunday after performing Umrah and having a meeting with King Salman bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia.According to the president’s......
KHUZDAR: A rocket hit the gate of the residence of Sardar Akhtar Mengal, president of the Balochistan National Party, in his native town of Wadh on Sunday.Official sources said the rocket was fired......
LONDON: Pakistan won the Champions Trophy with a stunning victory over India at The Oval on Sunday, triggering celebrations by their fans. Incidentally, Pakistan had defeated England at the same......
GWADAR: Iranian border security forces fired several mortar shells into Pakistani territory, at least one of which exploded in the Prom area of Panjgur district on Sunday, official sources said.They......
ISLAMABAD: The government may be heading towards a series of liquidity damages and swelling capacity payments as it works towards ending power cuts by the end of the year.Official documents seen by......
UPON independence, we inherited a functional criminal justice system (CJS) that delivered and maintained peace in the country until the late 1960s. However, as Pakistan became embroiled in regional......
THE prime minister’s statement to the press after his three-hour-long appearance before the Panama Papers JIT was meant purely for his party’s voters. It wasn’t meant to change anyone else’s mind. It......
IN Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, he describes the city of Octavia, which comprises a net dangling over an abyss between two mountains. Residents’ lives, livelihoods and belongings dangle from the......
A LONG time ago, I was in a quandary. I’d obtained basic academic qualifications, attempted a professional degree, and needed to figure out a career path. And while I did that, my far-from-impressed......
Moments after the Pakistan cricket team won the Champions Trophy after defeating India at the Oval, videos of celebrations poured in showing the team celebrating its victory.Memorable scenes of......
