The powerful six-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) tasked with probing the business dealings of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his sons abroad is entering a crucial stage, with the investigation......
Police say 25 people were shot after gunfire rang out Saturday at a rap show at a downtown Little Rock nightclub, prompting pleas from top leaders to curb the growing violence in Arkansas' capital......
Two climbers missing on the treacherous Nanga Parbat are now presumed dead and the rescue operation has been called off, officials said Saturday.The two climbers, Alberto Zerain, a Spanish alpinist,......
At least four people have died as a coaster carrying 40 passengers plunged into a ravine near Murree, rescue officials said Saturday.The accident also left 19 other people injured.The bus, which was......
Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested the killer of senior journalist Zeba Burney, who was murdered at her Karachi residence a day before Eidul Fitr, a press release said.Within a few days......
Indian security forces claim to have shot dead a top Kashmiri militant who was accused of killing six police officers during a seven-hour gun battle in the disputed Kashmir region on Saturday.Bashir......
Hizbul Mujahideen's supreme commander Syed Salahuddin said the US decision to designate him as “global terrorist” will not make any difference to the “legitimate” struggle he led for “freedom” in......
Pakistan and India are all set to face each other in their third match of the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 in Derby on Sunday.Going by the records, the match is expected to be an uneven contest......
Balochistan health department suspended 22 absentees doctors in Killa Siafullah and Zhob districts on Saturday following a surprise visit to the district headquarters hospitals in the two districts......
India is pressing Microsoft Corp to offer a sharply discounted one-time deal to the more than 50 million Windows users in the country so that they can upgrade to the latest Windows 10 operating......
The former president and head of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P), Asif Ali Zardari, claimed that had he not empowered the parliament, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would have opted to......
Four people, including one security official, lost their lives on Saturday in a mine blast in Medan Valley of Khyber Agency.Sources privy to the information said security forces were on a routine......
The government on Saturday handed over a list of 546 Indian prisoners in Pakistan, to the High Commission of India in Islamabad, said a statement, issued from the Foreign Office.Pakistan and India......
A woman was killed and several others injured during anti-India protests and clashes in India-held Kashmir on Saturday after government forces launched an operation, police said.Indian troops came......
American Muslim leaders Friday decried Donald Trump's rhetoric towards their community and predicted the president's travel ban would eventually be proven unlawful, a day after a weakened version of......
India on Saturday launched its biggest ever fiscal reform with the government promising a stronger, less corrupt economy while businesses are nervous about the new tax.The goods and services tax......
Some British Airways cabin crew began a two week strike on Saturday in a prolonged pay dispute, risking further brand damage and travel disruption, although the airline said most passengers would be......
Saudi Arabia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shrank from a year earlier in the first quarter of 2017 for the first time since the global financial crisis, but the private sector strengthened......
Qatar will comply with enhanced security measures for flights to the United States designed to prevent expanding an in-cabin ban on laptops, the country's minister of transport said on Friday.The......
There are a few good things about summer that one can look forward to, like vacation, mangoes and ice cream, to name a few. Yes, summer means we can have loads of ice cream whenever and wherever we......
The first cheque of any celebrity is a reward they remember throughout their lives and many stars buy some memorable stuff that reminds them of their first pay! The star of Harry Potter, Rupert......
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Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary!Show house(also show home)NounDefinition: A house on a newly built estate which is furnished and decorated to be shown to......
Researchers from Rockefeller University, Hunter College and the National Aquarium in Baltimore worked together to create the eight-foot touchscreen to investigate dolphin intelligence and......
Inspired by the long-running animated television series — SpongeBob Squarepants is now going to have a stage show which will feature songs by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Yolanda Adams, Sara......
When I was doing my matriculation, I frequently heard from my elder siblings and cousins, who were then university students, that their studies were very tough. They had to do almost all of it on......
With so much free time at hand, you can engage yourself in some random fun; from playing to watching movies; to meeting friends and going on vacation.But if you have already done these things, why......
There was a time when Sarah had a huge circle of friends who would support her at all times and share good and bad times with her. Everyone at school liked her and even though she was not a high......
Japan is the king of weird ice cream flavours, but France isn’t far behind after gourmet ice cream maker Philippe Faur released the foie gras and caviar ice cream.And if you don’t know what they......
THOSE loud squeals you hear are the sound of rats deserting the sinking ship. And if it’s not going under immediately, the PPP is certainly leaking members at a rapid rate.The latest deserter from......
THIS June, a group of 65 retired senior civil servants published an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticising “a rising authoritarianism and majoritarianism, which do not allow for......
NO matter how far you happen to be from home, you are never too far, not at least in terms of reminders and stories from and of your beloved land.And I am not talking about smartphones, news websites......
THESE days Pakistan’s professors are too busy to read books because they use their time publishing what are called ‘research’ papers and procuring PhD degrees for their students. For example, a world......
MINGORA: Women rights activist and founder of the first female jirga, Tabassum Adnan, claimed to have survived in an armed attack conducted by unidentified people late on Thursday night, and has......
PESHAWAR: The federal government has decided to reopen the Ghulam Khan border checkpost in North Waziristan Agency on July 3 (Monday) to allow transit trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan after......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Museum’s Buddha statues were the main attraction at the exhibition in Seoul, South Korea, which was inaugurated on Thursday.Pakistan’s ambassador to South Korea Rahim Hayat......
MINGORA: At a time when the country is facing acute power shortage and its citizens have to face prolonged outages, the mountain communities are getting access to cheaper and uninterrupted......
ISLAMABAD: The Koral police arrested four people while they were moving someone they had kidnapped.According to the FIR of the case, available with Dawn, a fruit merchant, Ramzan Hussein had a......
“I studied until eighth grade in my village in Bajaur Agency. I moved to Rawalpindi, where my elder brother lived, four years ago. After odd jobs here and there, I decided to do my own work. My elder......
ISLAMABAD: After observing ‘Pakistan Stability Day’ on Friday, the Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) announced a national campaign against sectarianism and terrorism in the counry.Denouncing terror......
ISLAMABAD: Amid the severe hot and humid weather conditions, a large number of people belonging to all walks of life participated in the protest camp against Parachinar terror attacks outside the......
SHANGLA: Poets have demanded of the government to pay proper heed to the safety and health issues of the coalminers.The demand was made during an annual mushaira titled ‘Aman Taq Taq Khandagani’......
LAHORE: The Punjab Human Organs Transplant Authority (HOTA) has recommended an investigation into the death of a ‘female donor’ during a liver transplant at the Shaikh Zayed Hospital (SZH) Lahore a......
LAHORE: The Sikh community led by Gurdawara Parbandhak Committee will hold a rally at Zero Line (Wagah Border) on Tuesday to condemn the Indian blocking of pilgrims twice in June.The committee held a......
BAHAWALPUR/MULTAN: As the death toll in Sunday’s oil tanker fire near Ahmedpur Sharqia rose to 188 on Friday, the Punjab government’s inquiry committee began a probe into the incident.Dawn learnt the......
LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to launch a campaign for creating awareness among women about the importance of their vote.Faculties and students of universities across......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has alleged that the JIT probing the Panama case is a fixed match and certain elements are playing the role of a watchdog.At a function held on......
KARACHI: The 54mm of rainfall in Karachi over the past two days exposed serious deficiencies in the city’s physical readiness to handle major weather events, as electrocution and flooding left nearly......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court sentenced on Friday four extortionists to seven years in prison. The court found M. Arsalan; Samad, alias Abdul Samad; Abrar Khan and Adil Hussain guilty of demanding......
NAWABSHAH: Former president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has said that he would not talk anymore about the JIT (joint investigation team) formed to probe the Sharifs as the matter was sub-judice and......
KARACHI: In a major policy decision, the Sindh government is set to table a bill in the provincial assembly’s upcoming session to repeal the applicability of the National Accountability Ordinance of......
KARACHI: Pakistanis were reminded of Italy’s innovative contributions to the world, which they greatly appreciated at the inauguration of an interesting exhibition, ‘The great game of Italian......
KARACHI: Protests were held after Friday prayers here against the Parachinar tragedy in which the participants expressed their solidarity with the people of Parachinar and staged rallies outside......
MITHI: Heavy to moderate rain continued to lash Thar, Badin and several other areas of lower Sindh region on Friday, bringing long-awaited relief to desert dwellers and displacing many others in......
BEIRUT: Five suicide bombers attacked Lebanese soldiers as they raided two Syrian refugee camps in the Arsal area at the border with Syria on Friday and a sixth militant threw a hand grenade at a......
UNITED NATIONS: Ending the Israeli occupation is the only way to lay the foundation for an enduring peace that meets Israeli security needs and Palestinian aspirations for statehood and sovereignty,......
JERUSALEM: An Israeli warplane struck a Syrian army post on Friday, the Israeli military said, hours after stray fire from Syria’s civil war hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.“In response to the......
WASHINGTON: Lawyers and human rights activists took up positions at major US airports as a weakened version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect late on Thursday. But there were no......
HONG KONG: President Xi Jinping inspected troops based in Hong Kong on Friday as he asserted China’s authority over the former British colony, where anti-China sentiment has been on the rise since......
PARIS: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was charged on Friday over claims her party illegally claimed millions of euros from the European Parliament to pay for France-based staff.Rodolphe......
WASHINGTON: A duo of TV hosts targeted in a deeply personal attack by President Donald Trump hit back on Friday, questioning his “unmoored behaviour” and fitness to serve.Mika Brzezinski and Joe......
BOGOR: Former US president Barack Obama arrived on Friday in his former childhood home Jakarta, where he met Indonesia’s president at the end of a ten-day family holiday.Indonesia’s President Joko......
OVER the years, I’ve almost lost count of the priceless treasures of art and antiquity which I’ve seen with my own eyes — and which now lie in pieces. Fourteen years ago, racing across Mosul to see......
THE question to the European Union’s senior policymakers was simple and it came from a 12-year-old Maltese boy in a wheelchair: “What is the EU doing about unaccompanied [refugee] children dying in......
DUSSELDORF: Tour de France favourites Chris Froome and Richie Porte believe this year’s race will keep fans enthralled right to the end.With a limited number of high mountain summit finishes and only......
LONDON: Australia captain Meg Lanning made a superb century as the reigning champions made it two wins out of two at the women’s World Cup with a tournament-record chase to beat Sri Lanka by eight......
EASTBOURNE: Novak Djokovic handled a spirited challenge from Donald Young for a 6-2, 7-6 (11-9) win on Thursday to move into the semi-finals of the pre-Wimbledon event at Eastbourne.In the women’s......
KINGSTON: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt believes his German doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt will fix the retiring world record holder’s back problems in time for the August world championships......
ISLAMABAD: Expressing dejection at national team’s pathetic performance at the recently-concluded World Hockey League, Pakistan Hockey Federation secretary Shahbaz Ahmed Senior has said the current......
NORTH SOUND: Kedar Jadhav triggered a late run explosion in partnership with M.S. Dhoni as India reached 251 for four batting first in the third ODI against the West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards......
LAHORE: The lawyer of cricketer Khalid Latif suffered yet another setback on Friday as the Anti-corruption Tribunal of the Pakistan Cricket Board rejected his objections over the eligibility of......
LONDON: Defending champion Andy Murray was drawn to potentially face fellow two-time winner Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon semi-finals on Friday while Roger Federer, chasing a record eighth crown, was......
GALLE: Solomon Mire smashed his maiden one-day century on Friday to take Zimbabwe to a historic six-wicket win over Sri Lanka and pile pressure on the beleaguered Asian nation.Mire hit 112 off 96......
SOCHI: Just how much Leon Goretzka wanted to seize his opportunity in an experimental Germany squad became clear after only eight minutes against Mexico.With two goals in the space of 109 seconds......
KARACHI: The government achieved a sustainable high economic growth rate in 2016-17, but declining exports and low tax collection emerged as the main challenges to fiscal and current account......
KARACHI: The Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) surpassed the target set for 2016-17 at Rs78 billion.According to official figures, the SRB achieved a growth of 28 per cent in revenue collection over the......
KARACHI: Industrial and business activities on Friday were marred by power outages and poor attendance of workers who opted to stay at home avoiding flooded roads.Heavy rains lashed the city and many......
ISLAMABAD: An analysis of a World Bank study on the impact of electricity shortages on the productivity of a firm finds that a 10 per cent increase in the duration of outages on average leads to a......
LONDON: Several British banks said on Friday they had stopped dealing in Qatari riyals, as the diplomatic crisis surrounding the tiny Gulf country disrupted overseas trading of its currency.Saudi......
NEW YORK: Nike may be getting back on track. The $96 billion sportswear maker confirmed it will sell its sneakers and the like on Amazon after years on the sidelines. Though still the dominant......
ISLAMABAD: Four members of the Sharif family will confront the evidence of alleged money laundering provided against them by a former deputy director of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to the......
KARACHI: It’s not easy to say whether Sadequain would have approved the doodle that Google came up with on Friday to pay tribute to him. But what can be said with certainty is that it was a pleasant......
ISLAMABAD: The government formally handed over a 4G licence to Jazz, the successful bidder, here on Friday.Earlier in May, the government had auctioned the technology neutral licence for 10 MHz of......
LAHORE/ SARGODHA: The medical examination board formed to investigate allegations of torture by incarcerated MNA Jamshed Dasti has found “no visible marks of physical violence”.The MNA from......
QUETTA: Security forces foiled an attempt to blow up the Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express passenger train by defusing a 15kg bomb planted at the main railway line near Mach area of Bolan district on......
PARACHINAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Friday called for immediate reforms and merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a long-term......
WHEN a sea of 5,000 men send out a sonic wave of “YA ALI!” something stops in the blood. Speaker after speaker calls on them. They call back. Again and again and again and again. And each time it is......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has said that the designation of Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin as a global terrorist does not reflect a change in the US policy on Kashmir.“Our policy......
LONDON: A man who was attacked with acid while with his cousin, leaving both with life-changing injuries, has said they were targeted because they are Muslim.Jameel Muhktar and Resham Khan were......
WASHINGTON: Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor who shot dead two men in Lahore in January 2011, claims that former ISI chief Shuja Pasha was “clearly committed” to ensuring that the deal for his release......
PARACHINAR: Protesters in Parachinar called off their eight-day-long sit-in against last week’s devastating twin blasts after Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa visited them on Friday and......
ISLAMABAD: Despite taking a few significant steps against terror financing, Pakistan remains on the radar of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international watchdog tracking terror......
ISLAMABAD: In the backdrop of allegations against the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) of tampering records related to the Chaudhry Sugar Mills Limited (CSML) being investigated......
KARACHI: Recent meetings of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London convener Nadeem Nusrat with some US lawmakers known for their hawkish stance against Pakistan have irked the MQM-Pakistan leadership here......
QUETTA: At least nine people have died and many others are missing as a flash flood caused by heavy rains and thunderstorm swept away many mud houses in Lasbela district on Friday Traffic on the......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed disappointment on Friday over the ‘complete silence’ in a US-India joint statement issued during premier Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the United......
