Moeen Ali finished a brilliant campaign with a five-wicket haul as England beat South Africa by 177 runs in the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Monday to seal a 3-1 series win.Victory, achieved with......
Babar Azam came back with the perfect reply when a fan asked him how he felt about being the "Virat Kohli of Pakistan," on Sunday, during a question and answer session on Twitter.The fan asked Azam......
An explosion in Lahore's western suburbs on Monday evening resulted in injuries to more than 26 people, DawnNews reported.DIG Operations Dr Haider Ashraf, while talking to Dawn, confirmed that the......
Suicide and murder take 10 times as many lives as war does in the Middle East and nearby regions, creating a “lost generation,” particularly among men, researchers said on Monday.These violent acts......
The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday rejected an Afghan governor's allegation that the Pakistan Army's Operation Khyber-IV was meant to push militants into Afghanistan.“The militants, most of them......
A woman was killed while another sustained injuries when Indian security forces opened fire on the civilian population living along the Line of Control (LoC), the military’s media wing alleged on......
A collection of accounts narrated by those who witnessed the partition between India and Pakistan, The 1947 Partition Archive, will be released on August 10 in collaboration with universities in......
Former Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) member Ayesha Gulalai, while speaking on Monday in the National Assembly, announced that she will not resign from her seat in the lower house.Amidst all-out......
The Government of Punjab recently put its foot in the mouth after sharing misleading pictures of a Dera Ghazi Khan school it claimed had been 'fixed' after it was criticised for being in a sorry......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Monday warned the PML-N that it will "ruin itself" if it does not distance itself from former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family."The......
"The decision to disqualify me had already been taken, only a justification was being sought," ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif alleged while discussing the proceedings of the Panama Papers case......
Iran has mocked the US push for inspections of the country's military sites, calling it a “ridiculous dream that will never come true.”This comes after US officials said last month that the Trump......
Lawyers across Balochistan on Monday boycotted courts to mourn the August 8, 2016 carnage which claimed more than 70 lives, including 56 members of the legal fraternity in Quetta.No lawyer appeared......
Al-Jazeera on Monday denounced Israel's decision to close the Jerusalem bureau of Qatar's flagship satellite network, saying the measure was “undemocratic” and that it will take legal action.Israel's......
It is still beyond farmer Mohammad Ashraf’s comprehension that people in Islamabad can predict that it will rain in the next two days in his village. He is also astonished that, based on this......
Iran signed the country's biggest-ever car deal worth several hundred million dollars with French manufacturer Groupe Renault on Monday to produce 150,000 cars a year, the latest advance by a......
Bears dominated the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 412 points, or 0.88 per cent, to close at 46,466.The market hit its high point at 46,929 within......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a petition calling for the names of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family to be included in the Exit Control List (ECL), terming it......
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday claimed to have foiled a terror bid in Karachi by arresting four suspected terrorists and killing three others during counter-terrorism operations in......
Ayesha Ahad, who claims to be the wife of MNA Hamza Shahbaz, served a legal notice on Monday to Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for making "highly defamatory" comments about her character.Sent by......
An Israeli court has decided to strip an Arab Israeli attacker of his citizenship, legal sources said on Monday, in what a rights group said was the first ruling of its kind.The Haifa district court......
The Taliban and militant Islamic State (IS) group allegedly jointly massacred dozens of civilians in an Afghan village, officials said on Monday, suggesting rare co-operation between the insurgents......
Two suspects have been arrested by the police for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a 12-year-old girl in Kandario town of Naushero Feroze district on Sunday night.The girl, who was......
North Korea on Monday angrily insisted that the tough new United Nations sanctions would not stop it from developing its nuclear arsenal, and warned it would not negotiate while being threatened by......
Breastfeeding is a collective responsibility — not just a women's issue.Angela Kearney, the Unicef representative in Pakistan, shared these views in an interview with Dawn during World Breastfeeding......
Iran's newspapers were dominated on Monday by accusations that lawmakers had embarrassed themselves by clamouring to take selfies with European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini......
Rescue officials on Monday found the body of five miners, including two brothers, who were trapped in a coalmine near the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) after a gas explosion led to the......
In a highly partisan political environment, China reiterated its neutrality towards the internal affairs of the country by stating its resolve to abide by ‘a strategic cooperative partnership with......
According to the weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks for the week ended July 21, deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks stood at Rs11,761.50bn after a 0.65pc increase over......
The local currency market continued to witness dull activity due to insignificant demand for foreign exchange last week.Both the interbank as well as open market remained dull as leading market......
The forex market is confused. From bank treasurers and dealers in the interbank market to owners and operators of forex companies, all are uncertain about the future of the rupee.“We don’t know......
Sufficient evidence exists to confirm that countries pursuing an export-led growth strategy successfully improve the living standards of their people through job creation, industrialisation and rapid......
The bearded body piercer with tattooed forearms tells Sam Bengtson to take a deep breath, and then he plunges in the needle, implanting a microchip into the software engineer’s hand.“That was......
The country’s income tax self-assessment scheme is based on the premise that taxpayers will declare correct taxable income and will pay due taxes.However, the scheme does not seem to be very......
Over the past two and a half decades, bank loans to creditworthy private businesses and individuals as a ratio of GDP have been shrinking.This has prompted two central bank researchers to revaluate......
THE unsustainable management practices in Punjab have damaged soil fertility and health, leading to promotion of chemical fertilisers which too is inefficient to the desirable level, according to the......
RAINFALL last year and this monsoon has filled Darawat Dam to a level where water flows could be released for irrigating the command area spread over 25,000 acres.Since this command area is not......
AGRICULTURAL lending reached an all-time high of Rs704.5 billion in the last fiscal year. For this year the target is even higher at Rs1 trillion.Recovery in agricultural output in the last fiscal......
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) hosted a ‘Sufi Musical Night’ on Saturday in connection with the 70th Independence Day.PML-N MPAs Raja Hanif and Lubna Rehan Pirzada were the chief......
ISLAMABAD: The city’s managers may start an ‘Orange Line’ track in the federal capital, the first rail-based mass rapid transit system in the city.The proposed line will start from Rawat and end at......
ISLAMABAD: Ordinarily, if someone new to the city is craving desi food, they are either driven up the Margallas or down past Faizabad. The consensus used to be that the capital has no desi......
Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert in PakistanThe Embassy of Brazil held a press conference for Carlos Almeida, an expert and trainer of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, who is visiting Pakistan to teach Brazilian......
TAXILA: The highly awaited monsoon rainfall has brought an encouraging inflow of water to the Khanpur Dam reservoir, increasing water in the reservoir by 20 feet and quelling fears that the dam was......
CHITRAL: PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the trend of blame game and accusations by politicians against each other should come to an end forthwith as it is ruining the political......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has agreed to a proposal for establishing Chinese language centres in Peshawar, Abbottabad, Haripur and Mansehra in the backdrop of China-Pakistan Economic......
LAHORE: The Chaubacha underpass, meant to ease flow of traffic on the Canal Road between Dharampura and Mughalpura, has missed its deadline, at least by a month, if the claims of the contractors are......
LAHORE: After not being given a “go ahead” for Punjab chief minister slot, reportedly by his uncle Nawaz Sharif, MNA Hamza Shahbaz had to suffer another setback when the seven-year-old case of Ayesha......
LAHORE: The Lahore Zoo Safari, Raiwind Road, management committee has formed a four member panel to look into the possibility of destroying four partially paralysed lions at the park, officials told......
LAHORE: A man allegedly decapitated his wife with a chopper in the name of honour at Manga Mandi on Sunday.Police said 37-year-old Nasreen, a mother of three, a resident of Shamke Bhattian, was found......
KARACHI: Contrary to their previous assumption that one single group has been targeting policemen and retired personnel of law enforcement agencies, counterterrorism officials now conclude that there......
KARACHI: A few months after the passing of Ustad Rais Khan, a bethak was arranged at the Arts Council where a large gathering of classical music lovers came together to pay homage to a legend whose......
KARACHI: “Please make more educational institutions for special students like us,” said Faria Irfan of ABSA School for the Deaf, who stood first with 737 marks in SSC Part-II annual examinations of......
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Mohammad Zubair has said that Pakistan needs to look into more trade opportunities, especially with its neighbours.Speaking at the 14th anniversary celebration of the Karachi......
KARACHI: It was a strange session of film screening, to put it mildly, at the National Academy of Performing Arts on Saturday evening. Two films were shown, one very short and the other very long by......
IT is a pity that many books written on the history of Urdu language and literature do not mention, for one reason or the other, some authors who had contributed to the promotion of both Urdu......
SUKKUR: Members of civil society and some political parties took out rallies and held demonstrations in several Sindh towns on Sunday in protest against ‘enforced disappearance’ of Punhal Sario,......
MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday he believed his US colleagues were ready to continue dialogue with Moscow on complex issues despite bilateral tensions.Lavrov, who met US......
HONG KONG: Ten beaches typically packed on a hot weekend were closed in Hong Kong on Sunday due to a palm oil spillage from a ship collision in mainland Chinese waters.Photographs showed......
LONDON: Britain is prepared to pay up to 40 billion euros to the European Union to settle its accounts when it leaves the bloc, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.It is the first time the......
VALENCIA: Venezuela’s military said on Sunday it repelled a paramilitary “terrorist” attack on one of its bases in the city of Valencia led by a deserted army officer allegedly linked to “foreign......
IN a screed that rocketed around Silicon Valley this weekend, a software engineer at Google blasted the company’s efforts to increase the number of minorities and women in its ranks and leadership......
BLOOMINGTON: FBI investigators are seeking suspects after an explosive device tore through part of a suburban Minneapolis mosque as people were preparing for morning prayers, damaging a room but not......
NEW DELHI: India’s Congress party and its controlling Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has been synonymous with political power for most of the 70 years since independence, hit a new low with this weekend’s......
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple’s decision to bow to Chinese officials by removing apps to sidestep online censorship underscores the dilemma faced by US tech companies seeking to uphold principles while......
COLOMBO: Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja broke the back of Sri Lanka’s resistance after lunch to secure India’s series-clinching victory by an innings and 53 runs in the second Test on Sunday.The......
COLOMBO: India’s spinning all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been suspended for the third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Pallekele after accumulating six demerit points over a 24-month period, the......
MANCHESTER: Moeen Ali’s dashing fifty all but put the fourth and final Test beyond South Africa’s reach as England moved towards a series win at Old Trafford on Sunday.When rain ended the third’s......
LONDON: Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and star signing Alvaro Morata were the Chelsea fall guys as Arsenal won the Community Shield 4-1 on penalties at Wembley on Sunday.Goals from Chelsea’s Victor......
LONDON: Justin Gatlin ruined Usain Bolt’s farewell party when the 35-year-old American won the world 100 metres title on Saturday, beating the Jamaican superstar into third and sparking a chorus of......
LONDON: Justin Gatlin may have sensationally regained the world 100 metres title denying superstar Usain Bolt a golden farewell but like the crowd in the London Stadium the British press slammed the......
BERLIN: German football’s first competitive use of video assistance failed due to a technical fault on Saturday when a debatable goal was awarded in the Supercup between Bayern Munich and Borussia......
WASHINGTON: Germany’s Alexander Zverev dominated Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday in a showdown of top-10 rivals to reach the ATP and WTA Citi Open final against South Africa’s Kevin......
KARACHI: In a dramatic comeback, Pakistan’s top golfer Shabbir Iqbal maintained his ascendancy when he retained his title in the Rs3 million 19th Sindh Open Golf Championship which came to an end at......
LOS ANGELES: Ukrainian southpaw Vasyl Lomachenko retained his WBO junior lightweight title, flooring challenger Miguel Marriaga with one second left in the seventh round en route to a technical......
This photograph taken by the prominent photographer of the Pakistan Movement, Faustin Elmer Chaudhry, shows Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in animated conversation with a group of students on the......
ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharif sees a “virus” in the country’s system that does not allow elected prime ministers to complete their tenures.Talking to a delegation of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)......
RAJA RAM (Multan): The rape of a teenage girl in revenge for a crime committed by her brother has left residents of Raja Ram in central Pakistan shaken and questioning a deeply entrenched system of......
NEW DELHI: Away from the attention that Article 370 attracts, some members and supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are steadily pushing the party’s less-noticed promise of......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has announced that a partial eclipse of the moon will take place on Monday and Tuesday that will be visible from Pakistan also.Abdul Rashid, director......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s two key oil importing facilities at Karachi Port and Port Qasim are facing extreme congestion because of port constraints and increasing road and sea transport, resulting in......
WASHINGTON: The new emphasis in Washington on the need for Pakistan to do more against militants is linked to the Trump administration’s desire to win the Afghan war.Usually on weekends the United......
ISLAMABAD: The much awaited “The Election Bill 2017” aimed at further strengthening the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and ensuring credible polls is likely to be presented in the current......
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan International Airlines acquired three more narrow-body Airbus A320 aircraft on wet lease from Viet Jet, the Vietnamese airlines, for three months.Mashhood Tajwar, a spokesman for......
JERUSALEM: Israel plans to revoke the media credentials of Al Jazeera TV journalists, close its Jerusalem bureau and pull the Qatar-based station’s broadcasts from local cable and satellite......
KABUL: Afghan intelligence officials claimed on Sunday they had seized a truck in Kabul carrying more than 16 tonnes of explosives hidden in boxes marked as poultry feed, months after a truck bomb......
KABUL: Militants attacked a village in the northern Afghan province of Sar-i-Pul, killing as many as 50 people, including women and children, officials said on Sunday.Zabihullah Amani, a spokesman......
SIALKOT: The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, said on Sunday that Pakistan always wanted to have good relations with its neighbours, especially India and Afghanistan, but both......
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has okayed the establishment of an ethics committee of the lower house to investigate the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by disgruntled......
LAHORE: The federal government has appointed a senior police official serving in BS-18 as security officer for ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in a deviation from the standard practice.According......
THE economy must grow at eight per cent per annum to accommodate the annual entrants to the labour force, as against the average rate of below 5pc that we have achieved since the mid-1970s. Can this......
THE panchayat or jirga system is firmly rooted in the socio-political and cultural matrix of the Indian subcontinent. This informal mechanism of adjudication has a history spanning multiple......
MANAGEMENT of industrial relations (IR) is a critical part of the overall human resource function, and the personnel handling this area require specialised skills and a balanced disposition. Other......
WHAT if you could edit your genetic code as easily as you can edit a sentence you write on Microsoft Word … would you do it? And if so, how far would you go? In the near future, that will not be a......
At least four soldiers were killed and eight injured when one of their colleagues opened fire on a military air base in southern Tehran on Sunday, the Iranian military said in a statement.The......
