The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has decided to approach the Supreme Court (SC) against an interim order of the Sindh High Court to allow Urdu- 1 TV channel to air Indian......
PPP's Saeed Ghani on Friday dismissed all allegations raised against him after his win in the PS-114 by-election, a provincial assembly seat from Karachi, accusing his main rivals — provincial......
A Birmingham drugs gang who conspired to smuggle up to £19 million of heroin into the UK from Pakistan have been jailed for more than 130 years, Birmingham Mail reported on Friday.According to the......
Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan on Friday rubbished the impression that he had developed differences with the PML-N leadership."Neither did the minister walk out from the last meeting of......
Governor Sindh Mohammad Zubair has refused to sign the National Accountability Ordinance 1999 Repeal Bill 2017, terming it unconstitutional and in contradiction with the federal law.Governor Sindh......
Vacating a stay on the construction of Lahore Ring Road's Southern Loop-III, which had been issued on property developer Bahria Town's plea, the Lahore High Court (LHC) has given the Punjab......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange closed its week on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 shares index climbing 554 points or 1.27 per cent to reach 44,337 points.Volumes dropped further, with only......
A business-as-usual approach to climate change will be “disastrous “for Asia undoing much of the phenomenal economic growth that has helped it make vast inroads against poverty, the Asian Development......
The ongoing spell of monsoon rains across the country claimed 19 more lives on Friday, taking the death toll to 70.More than 110 people have also been injured in the rain-related incidents since the......
The Supreme Court on Friday, while hearing PPP Karachi president Dr Asim Hussain's plea for permission to travel to the United Kingdom for 'medical treatment', expressed its surprise at the fact that......
The opposition following a meeting on Friday reiterated its demand for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's resignation while calling for the National Assembly to complete its tenure."Excluding the Awami......
Indian police have filed a defamation case against a group of comedians accused of insulting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the latest incident to raise fears over creative freedoms in the......
A family of Muslims were brutally attacked and robbed on Wednesday in the Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh, India while on-board a train, The Hindu reported.According to a member of the family,......
Six Pakistani students are participating in the inaugural FIRST Global Challenge robotics competition taking place in Washington DC, according to a press release issued by US Embassy on Friday.The......
China lashed out Friday at international criticism after it denied Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's dying wish to leave the country and faced pressure to set the democracy champion's widow free.Foreign......
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad on Friday moved to seize properties belonging to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri......
Online music platform SoundCloud has laid off 40 per cent of its staff members in a bid to cut costs and "ensure our path to long-term, independent success", according to a statement from Soundcloud......
A Muslim man associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was assulated on Wednesday in India's Maharashtra state by Hindu cow vigilantes who, at the time, did not know that he was associated......
In another setback for United States (US) President Donald Trump, a federal judge in Hawaii has further weakened his already diluted travel ban by vastly expanding the list of family relationships......
A teenager was arrested by British police after a spate of acid attacks across northeast London left at least one person with life-changing injuries and critically injured several others, BBC......
Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rejected Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) plea to prevent the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from hearing Akbar S Babar's petition regarding the party's alleged......
China's censors raced to scrub social media networks of candles, RIP and other tributes to Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo on Friday, seeking to silence discussion about the prominent dissident's death.The......
After a three-day delay, the post-mortem report of the domestic worker who was allegedly tortured to death by the daughter of a PML-N MPA was prepared, according to which 16 different marks of......
Three Palestinians reportedly opened fire on Israelis near a major Jerusalem holy site on Friday, wounding three before fleeing into the sacred compound where they were killed in a gunfight with......
Security personnel foiled an attempt by two suicide bombers to storm a camp of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) in Khyber Agency on Friday, security sources told DawnNews."Terrorists including two......
PESHAWAR: Heavy rains damaged mud houses, disrupted electric supply and triggered floods in canals in Charsadda and Peshawar on Wednesday night and Thursday.The relevant officials told Dawn that nine......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan said here on Thursday that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government increased health budget from Rs18 billion to Rs65 billion and made doctors available in......
SHANGLA: Two more micro hydropower stations (MHPs) were inaugurated on Thursday in Alpuri tehsil of Shangla, providing electricity to the residents of Machar village and Munir Colony.The power......
MINGORA: More than 460 militancy-affected girl students will get uninterrupted electricity after installation of solar energy system at Khpal Kor Foundation.The project, which will provide 20KW......
ISLAMABAD: The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) has apparently discarded the Sharif family’s key evidence - the letters of ex-Qatari prime minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al-Thani – on the......
ISLAMABAD: A taskforce constituted by the Wafaqi Mohtasib has prepared to two bills on the protection of transgender people, which have been presented before the Senate.The Transgender Persons......
ISLAMABAD: Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), one of the country’s highest ranked universities, was established 50 years ago but has yet to gain possession of the entire 1,709 acres of land the......
LAHORE: Delay in preparation of postmortem report of the domestic worker who was allegedly tortured to death by a daughter of a PML-N MPA is creating doubts about its validity.Usually doctors take a......
BAHAWALPUR: Another oil tanker on Thursday overturned on the national highway between Channigoth and Taranda Panah, about 84-km from here, creating panic in the area and forcing the police to stop......
GUJRAT: A small bridge connecting at least a dozen villages was washed away due to the flash flood in a storm water channel near Jedpur village of Santal Union Council following Wednesday’s heavy......
SIALKOT: Traders of the Sialkot city’s Main Bazaar and Lehaai Bazaar took out a procession on Thursday against the sanitation staff of the Sialkot Municipal Corporation for not removing heaps of......
LAHORE: A group of lawyers affiliated with the PML-N on Thursday disrupted proceedings of a weekly general house meeting of Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) held to persuade Prime Minister......
SAHIWAL: Pakistan’s sports scene is dominated with cricket as it runs in the blood of the nation. For that reason, 17-year-old Naseem Akhtar, of Sahiwal, hardly found any attention from the media and......
LAHORE: A number of people on Thursday staged a protest demonstration in front of the Lahore Press Club for not being given possession of plots in the city’s mega residential scheme -- DHA City --......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Thursday granted interim pre-arrest bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Senator Nehal Hashmi in a case pertaining to his controversial speech against the judiciary......
KARACHI: The dynamics of relations between Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the US were in focus during a talk by former senator and federal minister Javed Jabbar at the Pakistan Institute of......
KARACHI: The issue of identity has never been discussed with as much vigour — at least amongst artists — as in the 21st century. It is our sense of identity or nonexistence of it that creates the......
KARACHI: It has been almost a year when, on July 15, 2016, a coup was attempted in Turkey against the Erdogan administration. To mark the day, Consul General of Turkey in Karachi Murat Mustafa Onart......
BEIRUT: The militant Islamic State group on Thursday said two of its members were responsible for attempted attacks in Paris and Brussels last month.In a new edition of its multilingual magazine......
DUBAI: Four women in pink remain on standby 12 hours a day, seven days a week, to come to the aid of their “sisters” in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. The four — two medics and two drivers — are leading......
WASHINGTON: Republican leaders unveiled a revamped health care bill on Thursday aimed at salvaging Donald Trump’s top legislative priority, after the US president warned he’ll be “very angry” if......
ISTANBUL: Turkish police detained the producer of a film on the life of President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, accusing him of ties to the Muslim cleric Ankara says orchestrated last year’s attempted......
DUBAI: The top US diplomat wrapped up his first foray in shuttle diplomacy on Thursday with little sign of progress in breaking a deadlock between Qatar and four Arab neighbors that are isolating......
PARIS: At least 200 environmental campaigners and protectors — 40 percent from indigenous tribes — were murdered around the world in 2016, the deadliest year on record, the watchdog organisation......
LONDON: There’s no divorce without paperwork.Just over a year after Britons voted to leave the European Union, the UK government on Thursday unveiled the first piece of legislation to make it a......
BRUSSELS: British opposition chief Jeremy Corbyn and the leaders of Scotland and Wales met the EU’s Brexit negotiator in Brussels on Thursday as the London government launched legislation to cut ties......
“HOPE” the blue whale took over as the centrepiece of the revamped atrium of London’s Natural History Museum on Thursday despite a spirited campaign to keep its much-loved predecessor, “Dippy” the......
GLION: Eight women sit primly around an elaborately set table making pleasant small-talk about the weather, as immaculately starched waiting staff stand at the ready.But as one of the servers steps......
KASHGAR: Worshippers quietly passed through metal detectors as they entered the central mosque in Kashgar, China, under the stern gaze of stone-faced police officers.The increasingly strict curbs......
NOTTINGHAM: England captain Joe Root is determined his side don’t let up when the second Test against South Africa starts at Trent Bridge on Friday.Root’s first match since succeeding Alastair Cook......
SYDNEY: The chairman of Cricket Australia (CA) has heavily criticised the country’s top players for their stance in a long-running pay dispute, and accused their union of a “reckless strategy that......
LONDON: Venus Williams became the oldest Wimbledon finalist for 23 years on Thursday as the American star ended Johanna Konta’s history bid with a masterful 6-4, 6-2 win.Twenty years after making her......
KARACHI: Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has awarded former Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq with Honorary Life Membership for his services to the game.MCC, the owner of Lord’s Ground and the......
KARACHI: If international teams can play in England despite all the issues they should also come to Pakistan to play cricket, captain Sarfraz Ahmed said at a gathering held in his honour at the......
NEW YORK: Chuck Blazer, the former FIFA executive committee member who pleaded guilty to racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering, has died, his lawyers said on Wednesday.A statement from......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka are looking to usher in Dinesh Chandimal’s era as skipper by bouncing back from a humiliating ODI series defeat to Zimbabwe with victory in the Test starting from Friday.Chandimal......
NEW DELHI: Former BCCI president Anurag Thakur on Thursday tendered a fresh “unconditional” and “unequivocal” apology in the Supreme Court, saying it was never his intention to undermine the majesty......
NEW DELHI: New India cricket coach Ravi Shastri plans to adopt a more hands-off approach to the role than his predecessor Anil Kumble, with the 55-year-old saying he has no intention of trying to act......
LONDON: England, Australia and South Africa booked their places in the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup with a game to spare after convincing wins on Wednesday.England continued their good form......
TAMPA (Florida): Jordan Morris spared the United States from an embarrassing draw with minnows Martinique on Wednesday as his 76th minute goal gave the hosts a 3-2 win in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.The......
ISLAMABAD: While Pakistan is yet to form a group of experts to decide setting up of the exact number and types of special economic zones (SEZs) along the CPEC route in the first phase, China has......
KARACHI: Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SCEP) Chairman Zafar Hijazi asked stock market stakeholders on Thursday to reassure investors that political events are passing matters and......
KARACHI: Amid noisy scenes and chanting of slogans, the first day of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s (Nepra) hearing on a review petition for K-Electric’s multi-year tariff (MYT)......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday asked China to remove non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and create demand for its goods to make the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) equally......
KARACHI: Resisting closing in the deep red, the benchmark KSE-100 index settled flat on Thursday with a minor downward movement of 8.64 points to 43,784.Trading remained choppy with the index moving......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s decision to disband the Engineering Development Board (EDB) is running into a growing series of objections.The Ministry of Industries and Production will send......
KARACHI: The cotton prices moved higher on Thursday as flow of phutti failed to meet rising demand for cotton from spinners. The undertone was firm but the outlook remained uncertain due to ongoing......
QUETTA: The Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) has expressed the fear that some political parties may try to rig by-election in the National Assembly constituency NA-260.Addressing a press......
ISLAMABAD: Cracks began to emerge in the opposition’s united front against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday after a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader demanded early elections — a......
QUETTA: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai has said that no one will be allowed to derail democracy in the country in the garb of accountability, adding that Pakistan......
QUETTA: A senior police officer and his three police guards were martyred and the driver was injured in an armed attack in the Killi Deba area on Joint Road here on Thursday.Four armed men riding two......
WASHINGTON: A key Congressional panel started hearing a proposal on Thursday to make US civil and military aid to Pakistan conditional to Islamabad’s support to the fight against the Afghan......
KARACHI: A senior and influential pilot of the Pakistan International Airlines has allegedly violated aviation laws by compromising air safety, and exposed hundreds of lives to danger while......
SRINAGAR: The killing of Amaranth temple pilgrims in held Kashmir has shown that tolerance is still alive in the Valley irrespective of the ongoing political conflict. The public outrage regardless......
LAHORE: With heavy monsoon rain continuing to pound north Punjab, upper parts of the country and Azad Kashmir on Thursday, the Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) said a well-marked low pressure spotted......
LAHORE: As the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf is expecting a decision by the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case next week, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz hawks have stopped the......
HERAT: A team of Afghan girls who had been denied visas to attend a Washington robotics competition spoke of President Donald Trump’s support on Thursday after US authorities changed course and......
ISLAMABAD: In his first direct response to the calls of opposition parties for his resignation after the release of the report of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in the Panama Papers case, Prime......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday cleared an audit objection to the import of 42 luxury vehicles worth nearly $1.5 million by the Pakistan Navy, without the approval of the......
ISLAMABAD: Senior counsel Naeem Bokhari representing Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan argued on Thursday before the Supreme Court that availing of the tax amnesty scheme of 2000 under......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday pointed the finger of suspicion at Indian authorities in the Amarnath Yatra attack and expressed the fear that it could be a ploy to discredit Kashmiri......
HERE is an interesting puzzle to consider. There have been, in the last decade or so, literally dozens of reforms, large and small, that have been announced and implemented in the area of school......
PERHAPS the joint investigation team needed to route their report through old-school newspaper subs for a less voluminous and exclusively to the point book in crime investigation. But what’s done is......
ISLAM upholds the sanctity and inviolability of human life.The Quran, which is the core of Islam, tells us that human life is sacred and cannot be taken in a manner that is unjust and unlawful. The......
REMEMBER the story about the emperor who ended up parading around without any clothes on thinking that he was dressed in the finest wares the world had to offer? On the surface it is a tale of great......
Three suspected terrorists were killed in an "encounter" with police and security forces in Quetta's Essa Nagri area on Friday night, DawnNews reported.Police officials said that armed terrorists......
More than 400 people have been charged with taking part in health care fraud and opioid scams that totalled $1.3 billion in false billing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday.Sessions......
