A traffic police official was run over and killed in Quetta's GPO Chowk area earlier this week allegedly by a vehicle belonging to a serving legislator, police said Friday.The incident initially came......
The United Arab Emirates warned Qatar Friday that it faces “divorce” from its Gulf neighbours unless it takes seriously a list of demands including the closure of Al-Jazeera television.The......
The army's media wing announced that security and surveillance of the Pak-Afghan border had been intensified after two separate terror attacks in Quetta and Kurram Agency on Friday, which......
Four policemen were gunned down in Karachi's SITE area on Friday in what appeared to be an incident of target killing, officials told Dawn.SITE Station House Officer (SHO) Rana Maqsood said the......
Former PPP leader Senator Babar Awan on Friday formally announced that he is joining the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)."I part ways with the PPP after a long-standing membership of 21 years," Awan......
An eight-year-old girl was kidnapped from Karachi's Landhi area and raped before being dumped in Surjani Town in an unconscious condition, local police said Friday.Orangi Town's Superintendent of......
At least 67 people were killed and more than 200 injured after two subsequent explosions hit a densely populated area of Kurram Agency's Parachinar city Friday evening.The death toll was confirmed by......
The federal capital's administration on Friday imposed a ban on all political and religious activities by Lal Masjid's Shuhada Foundation, declaring it an "unregistered entity".Deputy Commissioner......
Pakistan were washed away after Australia outplayed them by eight wickets in a warm-up match for the upcoming Women's World Cup.After Australia decided to bowl first, Pakistan lost all their wickets......
A case has been registered against 39 officials of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) charging them with 'torturing' journalists from several different news agencies.Earlier this week,......
The federal government, during a session of the National Assembly's Standing Committee for States and Frontier Regions' (Safron) on Friday, formally asked lawmakers from the Federally Administered......
US President Donald Trump will nominate National Football League team owner Woody Johnson as US ambassador to Britain, the White House said on Thursday.Johnson, a billionaire investor and owner of......
A police officer was beaten to death by an angry mob outside a mosque in India-held Kashmir, police said Friday, as tensions in the volatile region ran high.Witnesses said the mob attacked Mohammad......
Facebook Inc is launching a UK program to train and fund local organisations to combat extremist material online, as internet companies attempt to clamp down on hate speech and violent content on......
A single-judge bench of the Sindh High Court's Hyderabad circuit on Friday allowed Gulnaz Shah — formerly known as Ravita Meghwar — to live with her husband.According to Advocate Ali Palh, the......
The likelihood that the leader of the militant Islamic State (IS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been killed is "close to 100 per cent", Interfax news agency quoted Viktor Ozerov, the head of the defence......
Cricket Australia (CA) on Friday revised its offer to players in a bid to resolve a bitter pay dispute that threatens to disrupt upcoming tours.The governing body said it has offered a number of......
The leader of the Afghan Taliban said on Friday that a planned US troop surge will not end the protracted war in the country and vowed to fight on until a full withdrawal of Nato troops from......
The United States is expected to authorise India's purchase of a naval variant of the Predator drone, two sources familiar with the situation said, ahead of a visit next week by Indian Prime Minister......
Three sisters belonging to the Hindu community, who were allegedly kidnapped in Tando Jan Mohammad of Mirpurkhas two nights ago, were recovered by police on Friday.Sixteen-year-old Vijanti Mala,......
India fired a rocket carrying 31 small satellites into space on Friday, several of them for European countries looking for high resolution earth images, underlining its strength as a low-cost......
Fakhar Zaman was once banned from playing cricket in his village and beaten by his brothers because he was simply too good — but he has returned a hero after his starring role in Pakistan's Champions......
Four Arab states boycotting Qatar over alleged support for terrorism have sent Doha a list of 13 demands including closing Al Jazeera television and reducing ties to their regional adversary Iran, an......
The Supreme Court on Friday announced that it would indict Nehal Hashmi, the senator who became a political pariah after his incendiary speech criticising an investigation into the prime minister's......
Last week, I went to one of the leading hospitals in Karachi to get checked for some pain in my lower back. My mother went with me to the doctor's office, but not into the examination room.It was a......
At least 14 people ? including seven policeman ? lost their lives, while 19 others were injured in a suicide blast that shook Shuhada Chowk in Quetta's Gulistan Road area on Friday morning, police......
SHANGLA: A five-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted and strangled to death by a 55-year-old man in Shang area of Bisham tehsil. Police have arrested the suspect.District police officer......
ABBOTTABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Thursday said the provincial police’s performance had improved in all spheres over the last few years but there was still a lot to be......
TAXILA: A man shot and killed two people he suspected of having relations with his wife in the Kunnat Village in the limits of Pindi Ghaeb police station in Attock on Thursday.According to the......
KARACHI: Sindh Inspector General of Police A.D. Khowaja on Thursday directed the police officers in Karachi to move fast against street crimes and launch a crackdown on gambling, drug dens and......
KARACHI: Parents of students who attended Irfan Government Boys High School and a few other schools in the same compound behind Soldier Bazaar, which are quietly being demolished, are concerned about......
KARACHI: Mayor of Karachi Wasim Akhtar on Thursday said his administration was playing its part in enhancing the city’s development portfolio as the metropolis could not be left solely at the mercy......
IN the early days of December 1805, a handful of prominent politicians received formal invitations to join President Thomas Jefferson for a White House dinner.Such entreaties were not uncommon:......
MOSUL: The leaning Al Hadba minaret that has towered over Mosul for 850 years lay in ruins on Thursday, demolished by retreating fighters of the militant Islamic State group , but Iraq’s prime......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he did not have recordings of his meetings with former FBI director James Comey, after weeks of speculations that the Republican billionaire......
WASHINGTON: Thousands gathered in a Washington suburb on Wednesday afternoon to pay their final respects to a 17-year-old Muslim girl who was killed in Virginia earlier this week.The daylong funeral......
VIENNA: The expropriation of Adolf Hitler’s birthplace by Austria’s government is unconstitutional and is not the only way to stop it being an attraction for neo-Nazis, a lawyer for its former owner......
BRUSSELS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted on Thursday that the EU’s future take priority over Brexit talks as Prime Minister Theresa May met European leaders for the first time since a......
ISTANBUL: Turkey on Thursday sent a first ship loaded with aid for its embattled regional ally Qatar, which has been hit by sanctions from Gulf powers led by Saudi Arabia, state media said. Almost......
ISLAMABAD: Legendary cricketers Ian Chappell and Sir Vivian Richards reckon international cricket should return to Pakistan, underlining crowd and players are starved to watch the game being played......
MUMBAI: Anil Kumble finally tweeted the reasons which forced him to resign from his post of Indian cricket team’s head coach.Kumble said that his partnership with Kohli was ‘untenable’ hence it was......
LONDON: 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, thereby expanding the......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga faced an investigation on Thursday after he compared a government minister to a monkey following criticism that the country’s cricketers were too......
SWABI: Pakistan’s pace merchant Junaid Khan says complete determination and contribution by every player enabled them to record a thumping victory against India in the high-profile ICC Champions......
IN the history of the FIFA Confederations Cup, there have been only a few occasions when the champions of Asia and the champions of Africa have met.The meeting between Australia, competing as Asian......
BIRMINGHAM: Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was cheered as if she had been the home player, after a straight-sets win over Britain’s Naomi Broady here on Wednesday carried her into a first......
SOUTHAMPTON: Jonny Bairstow made a dashing 60 not out as England thrashed South Africa by nine wickets in the first Twenty20 International at Southampton on Wednesday.England, set just 143 to win,......
KARACHI: Discarded Pakistan batsman Iftikhar Ahmed just missed out on a hundred but his unbeaten 99 helped holders Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) make the final of the fourth Naya......
LONDON: India’s share of world cricket revenues was increased from $293 to $405 million on Thursday, under a new deal agreed among other wide-ranging reforms at a meeting of the game’s global......
KARACHI: Dollar East lifted the 30th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Trophy T20 title when they beat Saeed Ajmal International Cricket Academy (SAICA) by 51 runs in the final at the AKG Ground here on......
KARACHI: Ex-international Mukhtar Ahmed produced a stunning display of power-hitting as Advance Telecom tamed high-flying Dollar East to make the final of the 32nd Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates......
KARACHI: Adil Amin starred with an all-round show as Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) whipped Omar Associates by five wickets to enter the final of the sixth Cola Next presents Jazz Corporate Cup......
KARACHI: The current account deficit jumped to almost $9 billion in the first 11 months of 2016-17, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Thursday.It increased 177 per cent year-on-year from......
ISLAMABAD: Terming the “backtracking on power sector reforms as disastrous”, Nepra on Thursday said the government has been blocking the benefit of lower electricity prices approved by the power......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $300 million loan agreement on Thursday to support Pakistan’s efforts to implement major structural reforms and efficiency initiatives to improve......
KARACHI: Rice exporters and traders have ruled out there’s any such thing as “plastic rice” or rice mixed with plastic, after videos doing the rounds on social media asserted that plastic rice was......
KARACHI: The National Tariff Commission (NTC) on Thursday imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty of 24.04 per cent on continuous casting (CC) steel billets imported from China for a period of five......
KARACHI: The stock market managed to extend the recovery for the second day on Thursday, which was the last trading day before Eid holidays, with KSE-100 index logging gains of 857.85 points (1.89......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) notified on Thursday the forms for reporting beneficial ownership information in companies, to meet the requirements of section......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to South Africa fell 38 per cent over the past couple of years due to many obstacles to the expansion of bilateral trade.Pakistan’s exports to the African nation......
LAHORE: The private sectors of Pakistan and Australia should develop sustainable partnerships and find ways to avail the trade and investment potential that exists in the private sectors of the two......
QUETTA: Balochistan is open for business to investors from all over the world and the provincial government is extending all necessary incentives and facilities to businessmen coming here, Chief......
GWADAR: Due to lack of rains, many districts in Makran division are facing a drought-like situation, it has emerged.According to a survey, in Panjgur alone 70 karezes (underground water canals) have......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday underscored the need for continued cooperation between the United States and Pakistan for peace and security in the region.“Pakistan attaches importance to......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Railways was informed on Thursday that Pakistan Railways would shortly introduce a modern solar-powered traffic signalling system, under which there would......
AS the blazing sun starts descending to mark the end of the 20th day of Ramazan, groups of men carrying bags, blankets and mattresses — walking, or alighting from motorbikes and other vehicles — are......
LASHKAR GAH: At least 34 people were killed on Thursday when a powerful car bomb struck a bank in Afghanistan’s Lashkar Gah city as people were queuing to withdraw salaries, the latest bloody attack......
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry has declined permission to another 13 international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) to operate in Pakistan, raising the number of rejected cases to 23.The......
ISLAMABAD: Convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav has filed a mercy petition with Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa after a military appellate court rejected his appeal against the death sentence, awarded......
ISLAMABAD: Unhappy over the constant defiance of its orders by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has directed the party to submit the financial documents......
ISLAMABAD: Acting Saudi ambassador Marwan bin Radwan Mirdad has denied that Pakistan is mediating between Saudi Arabia and Qatar over their diplomatic row.Speaking at a press conference at the Saudi......
ISLAMABAD: The joint investigation team (JIT) filed another complaint before the Supreme Court on Thursday, this time against the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) for not cooperating with the......
THE hardest thing for state machinery in almost any part of the world is to be nimble, responsive, transparent, accountable — and ‘soft’. The most odious element of the administrative state is its......
THERE is this gentleman who loves to be ‘different’ from others in pointing out the ‘real’ facts. In the wake of Pakistan’s latest cricketing glory, he has typically drawn his followers’ attention to......
A SILENT language revolution is changing the face of Pakistan in the public discourse. There was a time when proceedings in most dialogues were conducted in English. As could be expected, the message......
A COMPANY’S corporate culture comprises its values, beliefs, short- and long-term goals, products and services as well as other operational aspects. Every company’s culture differs vastly from that......
A Christian bicycle mechanic in Lahore was arrested on June 15 over allegations of blasphemy after he became involved in a dispute regarding payment for services rendered to a customer, police said......
Furhan Hussain moved to Islamabad seeking fresher air, only to find Pakistan's leafy capital in a semi-permanent haze.Frustrated, he joined a vanguard of citizens monitoring pollution themselves amid......
