Leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Awami Muslim League (AML) shared a stage Sunday night at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi, where a large number supporters turned up on the call of......
Iran's parliament on Sunday approved more than half a billion dollars in funding for the country's missile programme and foreign operations of the elite Revolutionary Guards in response to the United......
Aerobatic teams from Turkey and Saudi Arabia will be part of Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) largest-ever show being held tomorrow to mark Pakistan's 70th anniversary.“Solo Turk”, the famous Turkish......
Police on Sunday sealed a seminary in Karachi's SITE area after its administrator, who has been placed on the Fourth Schedule, was found absent, according to a police document available with Dawn.The......
Vice Premier of the State Council of China, Wang Yang, accompanied by a high-level delegation, arrived in Islamabad on Sunday to participate in the 70th Independence Day celebrations of......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday, saying that it had prepared a response to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's repeated questioning of why he was disqualified by the Supreme Court in......
Two soldiers and three suspected militants were killed in an overnight gun battle in India-held Kashmir (IHK), officials said on Sunday, in the latest bloodshed in the disputed Himalayan......
United States (US) President Donald Trump blamed "many sides" for the violent clashes between protesters and white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday that left one person dead and......
Lahore in the Time of the Raj takes an academic approach to its subject. The authors, Ian Talbot and Tahir Kamran, in seeking to overturn the “traditional portrayals of Lahore as inward-looking and a......
On Aug 14, 1947, the Pakistani nation was born out of boundless bloodshed. What followed — an unprecedented refugee crisis; horrific violence, especially against women; and a subsequent land and......
Abdul Wahab Khan titles the compendium of his life’s trajectory Ordinary Life. Rightly said, one would suppose, given that the collection of memories so flawlessly put together could easily be read......
At some point in life many of us think to ourselves, ‘I wish there were a way to compile and pass on life’s wisdom to my children and their children’ — much of which has been acquired through our own......
The marriage of Rattanbai ‘Ruttie’ Petit and Mohammad Ali Jinnah seemed to be a match made in heaven. At 40, he was at the peak of his career — president of the All India Muslim League, architect of......
The Quran and Universe: Astronomy in the Light of Quran and Modern Science Ghulam HasanScientific interpretation of Quranic verses and astronomical calculations allow the author to claim the Universe......
A few months ago, I confided in my editor that I was perhaps growing too close to my subject — the worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) — and that I might be losing sight of journalistic......
EDITOR’S NOTEIn the history of nations, 70 years may hold a numerically momentous significance but is actually a short span of time. Pakistan also arrives at such a juncture tomorrow, celebrating 70......
It was in around the 1960s that Ghulam Abbas wrote a famous novella titled Dhanak. In it, he presents an imaginary vision of the next 50 to 60 years of Pakistan. The future that Abbas painted......
IFlying cars And salad bars Finger phones And kishmish scones Are not the 'in' things in Lahore There's more Of history to the city Look at the digitised tomb of Jehangir And silicon sheen to......
There were few of us girls left in my Green City neighbourhood when I was small. Those of us that did exist — maybe 10 or 12, certainly not more than 20 — weren’t encouraged to befriend one another.......
Every human is 99.5 percent genetically identical to any other human. It is that 0.5 percent that makes each person distinctive and unique, which, for a non-scientist like me, is a truly mystifying......
Microcosm, the latest show at Gandhara Art-Space, explores the concerns of young artists, viewing the younger generation as daring in their artistic choices, radically unconventional in their choice......
The cycle of violence and armed conflict which marked the Partition of the Indian subcontinent did not come to an end in 1947 because, as we know, another violent event took place in 1971 with the......
It was October 2015. With winter approaching and no end in sight to the flow of migrants seeking refuge from the Syrian civil war, Germany needed a solution — fast.Processing centres for refugees had......
Hafiz Saeed has just launched his own political party. After having launched everything but nuclear missiles in India’s direction, I suppose it makes sense for him to do this. Makes even more sense......
The minute you step into the periphery of the Karachi’s Paper Market the first sounds you will hear are “150 ka do, 150 ka do”[Two for 150 rupees, two for 150 rupees] and then “Germany na Japan,......
Dear Khala, I am a 22-year-old guy in a relationship with a girl. She has expressed her willingness to marry me, but I am being cautious about this owing to some personal issues. I have to admit that......
Pakistani politics has often produced a number of charismatic doyens. Most of them were rushed into the limelight by a curious mixture of genuine populist adulation and some discreet support from......
Inside the labyrinth of Karachi’s Teen Hatti locality is a small, three-room house. An ordinary quarter on the outside, it houses an extraordinary man and his small family.Mohammad Sultan is one of......
The spat between Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricket Association (ACA) lasted just a week shy of nine months. It’s a pretty long time to haggle over something as trivial or as big as......
In the recently concluded Champions Trophy, Pakistan’s bowling attack was notable for its influx of left-handed pacers, with four in the squad and at least two playing regularly. Similarly, the Test......
Seventy years down, Pakistan’s entertainment and fashion industry is still nascent. It has had its highs and lows, its proud moments and cringe-worthy instances, but it is still on an upward curve,......
A few years ago, during a very long and interesting conversation for this paper, I asked Imtiaz Ali (the director of Jab Harry Met Sejal) why most (if not all) of his films are about journeys — in......
LOCARNO LAURELSWe always knew that Jami had the ability to go global. And he’s done that. On Aug 8, the Pakistani filmmaker won the Open Doors TorinoFilmLab (TFL) award at the Locarno Festival.For......
REPUBLICAN Senator John McCain has delivered a stinging rebuke to US President Donald Trump by unveiling his own strategy for America’s military success in Afghanistan. The former presidential......
NOAM Chomsky pins his propaganda model on “inequality of wealth and power and its multi-level effects on mass media interests and choices”. The media’s structure and its five basic filters, as......
WELL, at least it was fun. After weeks — months — of pontificating, braying, moralising and squealing by the anti-democrats, it was a change alright to see a democrat-ish type get his licks in.And......
THE Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) has transformed its political wing into a political party, so the latter is not entirely new. Long-established but informal and not involved in electoral politics, the......
PESHAWAR: A local court on Saturday dismissed the bail petition of a private school’s principal arrested on the charge of sexually abusing several women and blackmailing them by making their......
CHARSADDA/MINGORA: Awami National Party secretary general Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that though his party accepted the Supreme Court verdict in Panama Papers case, they felt that the ends of......
SWABI: The provincial government has released Rs1.8 billion for the building of the Gajju Khan Medical College, Swabi.The college had admitted 85 students last year but the number dropped to 50 this......
ISLAMABAD: The Acid and Burn Crime Bill, 2014, which was once cleared for passage by a committee of the lower house but remained pending for over three years, has been deferred once again without......
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Awami Muslim League (AML) on Saturday completed arrangements for holding a public gathering at Liaquat Bagh on Sunday night.AML President Sheikh Rashid......
Haleema Fatima says she cannot wait for Eidul Azha when her three children, a son and two daughters, will come to visit her at the St Joseph Hospice for the second time this year.Ms Fatima’s husband......
ISLAMABAD: A production of the British National Theatre and an adaptation of Ajoka Theatre’s most popular play, Dara, was screened at Lok Virsa on Saturday night.Written by Shahid Nadeem of the Ajoka......
Taxila, the capital of the great Gandhara civilisation, was also known as the ‘city of artisans’ after its craftsmen who produced the rich, glorious and distinct Gandhara art.Even today, artisans are......
GUJRAT: A strong group within the local chapter of the ruling PML-N has expressed concern and demanded a probe into changing the route of cavalcade of party chief Nawaz Sharif at the entrance to the......
LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s arrival in the city was quite an event for his countless supporters but it affected the routine of many a man in the street on Saturday.Those intending to......
LAHORE: The Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) has also fielded its candidate for the upcoming by-election of NA-120 under the banner of it’s yet to be registered political party, Milli Muslim League (MML).As the......
Each of the 100-something tents set up in an empty plot of Johar Town’s F Block tells a tale of abandonment, vulnerability and abject poverty. The lack of running water, access to safe drinking......
Last week, the new board of governors (BoG) elected Najam Sethi the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman at the board’s headquarters in Lahore. Mr Sethi, a famous political journalist, has already......
Singing for the fellow shepherds in the grazing fields was the first platform for the Punjabi folk singer Safdar Mahi. Born into a family of farmers with small land holdings in the small village of......
KASUR: Residents and traders of Allahabad on Saturday took to the streets against the municipal administration over the choked sewerage system.They blocked the Allahabad Chowk on Depalpur road by......
The Lahore Arts Council in collaboration with Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism will hold a unique evening of the popular dance of whirling dervishes at Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall......
KARACHI: It’s not a regular sight that a new season of Coke Studio gets launched with fanfare. Well, this time round it did on Friday evening at a hotel here when the 10th edition of the popular......
KARACHI: Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Mian Raza Rabbani has said that while it is true that the people of Pakistan feel part of a free and sovereign state happy to be celebrating our 70th......
KARACHI: A forensic examination of spent bullet casings collected from the crime scene after the killing of a DSP Traffic along with his driver on Saturday confirmed that the same weapon had been......
BEIRUT: Gunmen early on Saturday stormed an office of a Syrian paramedic group that is active in opposition-controlled areas, killing seven of its members and stealing two vehicles and other......
ERBIL: Iraq’s Kurds are sticking to a plan to hold an independence referendum on Sept 25, despite a US request to postpone it, a high-ranking Kurdish official said on Saturday.The United States and......
WASHINGTON: The United States has spent more than $76 billions in the last 16 years on arming the Afghan security forces, says a new report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO).The......
NAIROBI: Kenya’s defeated opposition coalition vowed on Saturday they would not halt their bid to overturn a “sham” election result, which sparked violent protests that have left 11 people......
TOKUSHIMA: Over a million performers and spectators will flock to a western Japanese city this weekend for one of the country’s largest dance festivals, after organisers stepped up efforts to......
WHEN Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government approved $256 million to upgrade a section of a remote border road last month, few took notice.Yet India’s decision to revive plans for the......
LONDON: Liverpool showed familiar defensive weaknesses after conceding a trio of soft goals including a stoppage-time equaliser in an absorbing 3-3 Premier League draw at Watford on Saturday.Defender......
PALLEKELE: Shikhar Dhawan smashed a scintillating century for India, but Sri Lanka’s spinners struck five times to leave the tourists on edge after the first day of the third Test on Saturday.Malinda......
SPIELBERG: World champion Marc Marquez on a Honda stormed on Saturday to pole position for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix ahead of Ducati pair Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo.Having won the last two......
LONDON: Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers held on to retain her world 200m title on Friday as the United States had another night to savour at the London Stadium and two experienced campaigners claimed......
MADRID: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane confirmed on Saturday he will sign a contract extension in the near future with the club he has guided to back-to-back Champions League titles.“I’m happy......
KARACHI: In a fantastic final, Khalid Ali Nazar overcame stiff resistance from Asad Khan to win the mens singles title with scores being 6-4,6-7 (7) 10-8 in the 6th Essa Lab Open National Juniors......
MONTREAL: Swiss star Roger Federer outclassed Roberto Bautista Agut as he inched closer to his sixth title of the season with a 6-4, 6-4 win in the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup on Friday.Federer......
KARACHI: Olympian shooter Khurram Inam, Uzair Ahmed and Rubab Ali shone in different categories as Pakistan Navy enhanced its gold medal tally to 22 on the penultimate day of the Parvez Abbasi Open......
PANAJI: India’s Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) will launch the country’s first gold options contract in September allowing even smaller players in the bullion industry an instrument to hedge their......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has asked authorised dealers (banks) to start processing applications for sugar exports.The SBP issued a circular on Aug 11 that said the process will begin......
KARACHI: The outgoing week brought devastation for stock investors, with the KSE-100 index plunging by 1,589 points (3.4 per cent) to close at 45,288.The trading volume remained thin as participants......
KARACHI: Al Haj FAW Motors launched on Saturday a locally assembled 1,300cc FAW V2 hatchback, the first Chinese passenger car.By the end of 2017, the company expects to produce 500 V2 units per month......
ISLAMABAD: The growing Turkish involvement in socio-economic development of Pakistan is a clear manifestation of the desire of the leadership on both sides to transform this strong political and......
ISLAMABAD: Attaching little importance to the repeated offer for dialogue put forward by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif for a better relationship among state institutions, opposition parties seem......
CHINIOT: Pakistan Peoples Party chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari lashed out at former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for making references to the late PPP leaders Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto in......
GUJRAT: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has formed a high-ranking inquiry team to investigate the tragic death of 12-year-old Hamid Chughtai after being hit by vehicles included in the cavalcade......
ISLAMABAD: Despite security threats and natural disasters, (work on) the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will continue to link Pakistan with China and allow smooth exchange of goods between......
LAHORE: In what appears to be a publicity prank, a young man from Kasur, a namesake of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has filed nomination papers with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)......
THE rooftop of our house situated at the right side entrance of Rasala Bazaar, Purani Anarkali, Lahore, was from where I saw fire all around the city in August 1947. The fire, which started from Shah......
A STEEP, zigzagging road takes travellers from the Karachi-Hyderabad motorway to the Kohistan area. The terrain is normally barren and rocky, with sand flats here and there. The recent rains though......
CHARLOTTESVILLE: A picturesque Virginia city braced on Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, declaring a local emergency as law enforcement attempted......
QUETTA: At least 15 people, among them eight soldiers, were martyred and 40 others wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a military truck near the Pishin bus stop on Saturday night, officials......
ISLAMABAD: Despite tall claims of expanding the tax net and creating deterrence against tax evasion and fraud, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has only managed to ensure recovery in 39pc of......
LAHORE: In order to do away with the existing system “plagued by virus”, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday vowed to give the country a new constitution.“As long as the basic structure of......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday defended the criticism by Nawaz Sharif of his disqualification, saying his leader was not undermining any institution but only sharing his......
