At least two people were seriously injured in Azad Jammu and Kashmir in "unprovoked" Indian firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday evening, an official said.Aneela Zahoor, 12, fell......
The Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists on Thursday called on Pakistani authorities to investigate the alleged assault of lawyers in the Lahore......
The Counter-Terrorism Department is likely to recommend the trial of 227 high-profile under-trial prisoners (UTPs) belonging to banned outfits be forwarded to military courts, CTD Senior......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa met with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yaldarim on Thursday during an official visit to Turkey and expressed his support of the country's position on......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday claimed that PPP's Dr Babar Awan would be joining his party tomorrow.An associate of Awan's in conversation with DawnNews today claimed......
Afghanistan and Ireland will join the ranks of full test-playing nations after receiving the backing of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) conference on Thursday.The body said it had voted to......
In a first in the country's history, Thari women will be employed to drive dumper trucks at the Thar coalfields.The Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) has reportedly received an overwhelming......
The following is a transcript of Kulbhushan Jadhav's 'second confessional statement', as issued by Inter-Services Public Relations."I am Commander Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav.Number 41558 Zulu of the......
Ravita Meghwar — who her parents alleged had been abducted by men from the Syed community of Wanharo village near Nagarparkar, Thar, on June 6 and forcibly converted to Islam — on Thursday told the......
Convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is currently on death row, has appealed to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Bajwa for mercy."Commander Kulbushan Sudhir Jadhav, the serving Indian......
The Supreme Court-sanctioned joint investigation team (JIT) investigating Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's business dealings abroad on Thursday submitted its third progress report to the three-member......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended the penultimate trading session before Eid holidays firmly in the green as the benchmark KSE-100 index gained 857.85 points, or 1.89pc, by the close of trading to......
At least 34 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Thursday.The bombing targeted Afghan troops and government employees waiting to collect their......
Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria on Thursday said that drone strikes are against Pakistan's sovereignty.During the weekly news briefing, the spokesperson said that Pakistan's policy......
Members of the militant Islamic State (IS) group holed up in a southern Philippines town have been cornered and their firepower is flagging, the military said on Thursday, as the five-week battle for......
A civilian was killed and several wounded Thursday in India-held Kashmir when security forces opened fire on a crowd gathered for the funeral of three suspected militants slain overnight in clashes......
Terrorist “safe havens” are inside, not outside, Afghanistan, Pakistan told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday."The resilience of the insurgency led by the Taliban cannot be......
India is pushing for US approval of its request to buy a naval variant of the Predator drone, officials said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries to revitalise relations with Washington when he......
Indian Police has dropped sedition charges against 15 Muslims arrested for chanting pro-Pakistan slogans in Madhya Pradesh, The Indian Express reported Thursday.The men were arrested following......
Members of the militant Islamic State (IS) group on Wednesday blew up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, Iraq's military said in a statement, as Iraqi forces seeking to......
A knife attack on a Michigan airport police officer on Wednesday by a man yelling “Allahu Akbar” is being investigated as an act of terrorism, the FBI said.The stabbing at Bishop International......
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States had a "great relationship with China" as he stood beside former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, the new US ambassador to Beijing."We have a......
A man allegedly shot dead his 24-year-old daughter and injured another man in the village of Jan Mohammad Brohi in Nawabshah, in what police termed an 'honour' killing.Sakima was killed by her father......
Indian forces killed three suspected militants during a fierce overnight gunfight in India-held Kashmir, the Indian army said Thursday.Soldiers and special police counter-insurgency forces surrounded......
Sarfraz Ahmad made his ODI debut in 2007 at the age of 20. He had come into the side after leading the Pakistan U19 team to victory in the 2006 youth World Cup in Sri Lanka. The team’s opponents in......
The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Thursday foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs to Bahrain, seizing a kilogramme of heroin from a passenger travelling from the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in......
MANSEHRA: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government with the financial assistance of Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Safron) would relocate three Afghan refugee camps, coming in the way of Hazara......
RAWALPINDI: The PPP’s district, city and cantonment chapters separately celebrated former prime minister and party chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s 64th birthday on Wednesday.The three events were......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to block all fake pages and websites being run in......
LAHORE: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq says the decision in the Panama Papers case will be acceptable to all if it is based on merit.Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, he stressed......
LAHORE: Former secretary Implementation and Coordination Muhammad Farasat Iqbal, a Pakistan Administrative Service (formerly DMG) BS-20 officer, died of cancer here on Wednesday. He was 52.He was the......
KASUR: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif paid a surprise visit to the Kasur District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital on Wednesday and suspended the deputy medical officer for his absence.The chief minister......
GUJRAT: Heavy rain wreaked havoc here on Wednesday aggravating problems with the city’s drainage system that faced a similar situation earlier on Monday.The heavy downpour started late on Tuesday......
KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department of Sindh police has prepared a consolidated list of websites, web pages and social media accounts spreading extremism and terrorism, it emerged on......
KARACHI: The trailer for Na Maloom Afraad 2, the second instalment of the commercially successful film Na Maloom Afraad (2014), was launched at a local cinema on Wednesday.There were almost a dozen......
KARACHI: Raheem Swati, the prime accused in the murder case of renowned social worker Perween Rahman, was on Wednesday acquitted by an antiterrorism court in three connecting cases that pertained to......
LARKANA: Activists of the Pakistan Peoples Party observed the 64th birth anniversary of their slain leader Benazir Bhutto in many Sindh towns on Wednesday.In Naudero, the Sindh government launched......
PARIS: Europe sizzled in a continent-wide heatwave on Wednesday, with London seeing Britain’s hottest June day since 1976 as Portugal battled to stamp out deadly forest fires.More than 1,000......
MOSCOW: A Nato F-16 fighter jet buzzed a plane carrying Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as it flew over the Baltic Sea, but was seen off by a Russian Sukhoi-27 military jet, Russia said on......
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon wasted millions of dollars buying the Afghan army a woodland camouflage uniform that was apparently chosen on a whim and may have made soldiers easier to spot, a US......
RIYADH: The Al-Saud dynasty gave its family name to the Gulf Arab monarchy of Saudi Arabia ruled by the sons of founder Abdul Aziz bin Saud.The Al-Sauds trace their origins to the 1700s, when Saud......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s hard-charging Mohammed bin Salman, named crown prince on Wednesday, holds unusual power for a man of just 31, so much so that diplomats nickname him “Mr Everything”.The son of......
Iran’s state media has criticised changes to regional rival Saudi Arabia’s royal line of succession announced on Wednesday calling them a “soft coup.”The move sparked critical coverage in Iran, where......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday congratulated Saudi Arabia’s newly-appointed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, with whom he discussed the thorny diplomatic row between Qatar and......
HUNDREDS of firefighters battled blazes in central Portugal on Wednesday as the funerals of some of the 64 people killed in the inferno renewed anger over the emergency response to the disaster.......
THE extraordinary destruction of a Syrian fighter jet by a US aircraft has precious little to do with the Syrian plane’s target in the desert near Resafa — but much to do with the advance of the......
FOR many Iraqi Kurds, the time has come. Earlier this month, Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq, said a non-binding referendum on independence will be......
DHAKA: In Bangladesh, where morality tales top bestseller lists, the real-life transformation of Naznin Akter Happy from an actress embroiled in scandal to a fully-veiled ultra-conservative Islamic......
CRISTIANO Ronaldo loves rewriting record books. Portugal’s away record against Russia read 0-1-3 before their Confederations Cup match at the Spartak Stadium on Wednesday. Now, it is 1-1-3.The World......
PESHAWAR/LAHORE: Experienced batsman Mohammad Hafeez and pace bowler Junaid Khan, two members of Pakistan’s victorious team that clinched the ICC Champions Trophy by outclassing arch-rivals in......
NEW DELHI: India, after finishing runners-up in the ICC Champions Trophy, arrived in the West Indies for five ODIs and the only T20 International starting on June 23.The Indian team have included......
NEW DELHI: Batting great Sunil Gavaskar lamented a “sad day” after Anil Kumble stepped down as India coach over a rift with captain Virat Kohli, leaving the hotseat vacant once again.Kumble said on......
SOCHI: Germany and Chile clash for control of Group ‘B’ at the Confederations Cup on Thursday with die Mannschaft’s head coach Joachim Loew talking on the south American champions.“They have shown......
HALLE: Roger Federer bounced back from his surprise first-round defeat in Stuttgart last week with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Yuichi Sugita of Japan in the opening round of the Halle Open on Tuesday.It was......
BIRMINGHAM: Garbine Muguruza, trying to find good times in tennis again after conceding her French Open title in the last 16, barely survived her first grass match of the season at the Aegon Classic......
LONDON: The top three seeds withered in the baking Queen’s Club sunshine with five-times Aegon Championships winner Andy Murray following Stan Wawrinka and Milos Raonic through the exit door on......
KARACHI: Rejected Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood struck an unbeaten half-century as United Bank Limited (UBL) ended their campaign in the sixth Cola Next presents Jazz Corporate Cup with an......
LAHORE: Fine knocks by Nain Abidi and Bismah Maroof helped Pakistan beat the West Indies by five wickets in the warm-up match of the ICC Women’s World Cup at the Grace Road, Leicester, England, on......
KARACHI: Hafiz Asad Baig stole the limelight with an undefeated century as Tapal CC moved into the semi-finals of the 32nd Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan Cricket Festival with a 19-run win......
ISLAMABAD: Having failed to convince the prime minister and the finance minister to increase kerosene price, the petroleum ministry has decided to introduce the fuel marking programme with the......
KARACHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) amounted to more than $2 billion in July-May, up 22.6 per cent from a year ago, reported the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday.In 2015-16, FDI......
KARACHI: The consumption of wheat has fallen to nearly 110,000 tonnes during Ramazan in Karachi compared to the monthly average of 150,000 tonnes in summer.A flour miller said the decline was mainly......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s food, machinery and oil import bill rose nearly 32 per cent to $26.42 billion in July-May despite a decline in global prices of crude oil and grains.The share of these products......
KARACHI: The stock market managed to break the five-day losing spell on Wednesday with KSE-100 index recovering 560.01 points (1.25 per cent) to close at 45,474.46.It chipped off a little from the......
ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power on Wednesday was informed that several grid stations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were rendered non-functional or were......
RIYADH: The Saudi stock market was up four per cent Wednesday on news that King Salman had named his powerful son as heir and that the exchange had moved closer to joining a major global index.The......
ISLAMABAD: Asserting that no deal had been reached between the prime minister and Pakistan Peoples Party leader Asif Ali Zardari over the Panama Papers case, former interior minister Rehman Malik has......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has expressed serious concerns over the alleged intimidation of the judiciary by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and decided to make every......
WASHINGTON: So far, there are no indications that Pakistan is being isolated in the United States, says Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who heads the Pakistan caucus in the US Congress.Talking to......
ISLAMABAD: In order to regulate the process of issuing visas to Chinese nationals, the Ministry of Interior on Wednesday decided to tighten the relaxed visa regime, especially for Chinese citizens......
MULTAN: The investigation into the Panama Papers case appears to be a ploy devised to disqualify and oust the prime minister from power rather than to hold him accountable, veteran politician Javed......
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Wednesday to listen more closely to business concerns about her country leaving the European Union as she set out a Brexit-focused government......
NEW DELHI: Pakistan and India should address the core issue of Kashmir for the sake of peace and prosperity for their people but High Commissioner Abdul Basit also said in an interview published......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office confirmed on Wednesday that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had downed an ‘unmarked’ Iranian drone that had intruded into its airspace.The confirmation came days after......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plan for delimitation of national and provincial assembly constituencies appears to be in shambles, as the chief statistician told the ECP that......
KARACHI: With the removal of Mohammed bin Nayef as crown prince from the Saudi line of succession on Wednesday, the decks have apparently been cleared for King Salman’s young, ambitious son Mohammed......
FOR several years now, renewable energy has been a key area of focus on the global energy scene, having outpaced conventional forms of energy on several counts, including investment and research and......
FIFTY odd years ago, we as students dared not ride double on a bicycle, or ride a bicycle without a light on the very roads we use today. In these five decades, we have slid to a state where the law......
THIS is coming to emergency levels and there is no option now but to shout this out as loudly as possible in the hope that somebody, somewhere, will hear the appeal and find a way to stop this......
THE government has done much to create a ring of insecurity around itself. Instead of dealing with the major causes of its inability to maintain a reasonable standard of governance, it is becoming......
A five-year-old girl in the town of Besham Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Shangla district was allegedly raped and strangled by a suspected repeat offender, police told DawnNews on Wednesday.District Police......
