United States (US) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday to felicitate him on the 70th Independence Day anniversary of Pakistan, said a press release issued......
Five people, belonging to the same family, drowned off Hawkesbay beach on Monday, police and medical officials said.City SSP Adeel Hussain Chandio told Dawn that the five persons had drowned near......
President Mamnoon Hussain Monday expressed concern over the reported Indian incursions into the Chinese territory and said that Pakistan fully supports the stance of China on the issue.The president,......
An explosion targeting a security forces vehicle in Balochistan's Harnai district on Monday evening resulted in the martyrdom of six security personnel and injuries to three others.The injured were......
Websites of multiple departments of the Government of Pakistan, including the Establishment Division, the law ministry, Ministry of Inter Provincial Cooperation, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of......
Gunmen attacked a United Nations (UN) base in central Mali on Monday, wounding a UN peacekeeper and a Malian soldier, local officials and soldiers said.“The suspected terrorists fired on the UN......
A roadside explosion killed 12 civilians and wounded four in southern Yemen on Monday when a bomb targeting a military car hit their vehicle instead, a security source said.Two other people,......
Two civilians were wounded in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday after Indian troops hit a vehicle from across the Line of Control (LoC), a local police official said.The latest ceasefire......
Civilians fleeing the militant Islamic State (IS) group's two remaining Syrian strongholds face “terrible, terrible conditions” in dozens of poorly-equipped informal camps, the International......
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday slammed as “disgusting” the role of white supremacists in a violent protest in Virginia, United States, and an “evil attack” against counter-demonstrators......
Iraq's Shia militias announced on Monday that they will participate in the next major battle against the militant Islamic State (IS) group after the Iraqi forces' victory in Mosul last month.The Shia......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited troops deployed at Line of Control (LoC) on Monday, Pakistan's 70th anniversary of Independence, and lauded the motivation and spirit of......
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Pakistan's 70th anniversary of Independence addressed a gathering at the mausoleum of Allama Iqbal in Lahore, promising the public cheaper housing and access to......
Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed four wickets on Monday as India crushed Sri Lanka by an innings and 171 runs inside three days to complete their first three-Test series sweep on foreign soil.Ashwin and......
China will halt iron, iron ore and seafood imports from North Korea starting Tuesday, following through on new UN sanctions after US pressure for Beijing to strongarm Pyongyang over its ally's......
At least 143 people have died and thousands have fled their homes as monsoon floods swept across Nepal and India, officials said Monday, warning the toll could rise as the extent of the damage......
The videos that rolled across the television screen were startling: Americans beating each other with clubs and sticks on the streets of a quiet college town. White supremacists with torches;......
Protesters decrying hatred and racism converged around the country on Sunday, saying they felt compelled to counteract the white supremacist rally that spiraled into deadly violence in Virginia.The......
Chinese army officers have a new enemy in their sights ? a mobile phone battle game believed so addictive to young soldiers that it may slow them down in real-life combat.Smartphone smash-hit “King......
India on Sunday decided to grant visa to a 25-year-old Pakistani cancer patient who is due to travel across the border for treatment."Thanks for your greetings on India's Independence day. We are......
As Pakistan turns 70 years old, we asked you to share with us pictures capturing our country's beautifully diverse culture through heartwarming photographs of traditions, attire and places of......
On the 70th anniversary of Partition, intellectuals, analysts, writers, artists and engaged citizens seem driven to try to understand 1947, to make sense of the bloodshed and trauma, to explore the......
The White House scrambled on Sunday to elaborate on United States (US) President Donald Trump's response to deadly, race-fuelled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, as he came under bipartisan......
Sri Lanka's cricket board has approved a tour to Pakistan, eight years after a deadly militant attack on the team brought top international games in the country to a standstill, officials said on......
Pakistan began celebrating its landmark 70th Independence anniversary on Monday with commemorative ceremonies held in cities across the country.The main ceremony of the day was held at Islamabad's......
Security forces in Burkina Faso's capital ended an assault Monday against suspected jihadists who opened fire on a restaurant in a “terrorist attack” that left at least 18 people dead, the government......
Today, as Pakistan turns 70, banks realise that in order to grow and prosper they need to help build a new economy.Over the years, they have learnt to weather political storms smoothly. It is evident......
During a visit to Washington in April this year, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar invited the Pakistani diaspora in the United States to invest in a development fund the government proposes to create for......
Q1. Indicators suggest that Pakistan is on a growth trajectory. In your opinion what are some factors that the country needs to focus on to maintain this momentum?Q2. Similarly, what are major......
In the local currency market, no major development was witnessed last week amid sluggish trading activity.According to analysts, commercial banks helped the rupee trade firmly versus the dollar and......
The growth of globalisation and information technology has opened new avenues for businesses and entrepreneurs to develop and deliver goods and services in less time with efficiency.This combination......
In capital-starved Pakistan, the business community should command a greater say in choice of policy and political direction because of its critical role in the economy.If this is not the case, must......
The current year has seen an unprecedented volatility in the country’s equity market, though not of its own making but influenced by the upheaval in a politically charged atmosphere.But major market......
WITH a rich and vast natural resource base covering various climatic and ecological zones, Pakistan ranks eighth in the world in farm output.It is one of the world’s largest producers and suppliers......
THE agricultural sector has played a pivotal role in Pakistan’s economy in terms of capital formation, employment and external trade. It has helped put the country on a growth trajectory beginning as......
The cotton crop is under pest and ‘sucking complex’ attack again this year in lower Sindh as crop has entered picking stage.Picking will be in full swing by September. But pest attacks on Bt cotton —......
IN almost two years as Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai has weathered multiple storms with relative ease.His search engine came out of the fake news brouhaha largely unscathed. He watched his employees......
PANAMA has a fully dollarised free-market economy, based mainly on the service industry and heavily weighted towards banking, commerce and tourism. The well-developed service sector accounts for......
MONTREAL: Roger Federer used a dominant service game to beat Dutchman Robin Haase 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) on Saturday, setting up a Rogers Cup final against German Alexander Zverev.Haase, playing in his first......
PALLEKELE: A blazing century from all-rounder Hardik Pandya and four wickets from spinner Kuldeep Yadav left India in total command of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday.Kuldeep led......
LONDON: Romelu Lukaku enjoyed a dream Premier League debut for Manchester United as the Belgian’s brace inspired a 4-0 rout of West Ham United, while Jonjo Shelvey’s dismissal was the pivotal moment......
LONDON: Athletics legends Usain Bolt and Mo Farah experienced some of their greatest moments in their careers at the 2012 Olympics in London but five years on, almost to the very night, and back in......
KARACHI: Maintaining their stranglehold, Navy shooters clinched a rich haul of 34 golds out of possible 44 to win the Parvez Abbasi Open Shooting Championship which concluded at the PN Karsaz......
A RECENTLY released Pakistani film is coming under intense criticism from some quarters. Not only is it deeply misogynistic, these viewers argue, it reinforces the worst aspects of patriarchy and......
HAPPY Independence Day — a day of commemoration and celebration. But when did you last stop to think: independence from whom?Aug 14 has largely been stripped of its historical context and become a......
NAWAZ Sharif’s journey down GT Road, which reached a frenetic Lahore on Saturday, was an expensive and cumbersome way of answering question marks surrounding his immediate political future.While the......
AS people in Pakistan and India celebrate the 70th anniversary of their independence, they should spare a moment for introspection. The story of their relations is largely a history of conflict, war......
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said the National Accountability Bureau can’t take action against Sindh government departments as its jurisdiction is restricted only......
KARACHI: Six people, including a couple and their two sons, were burnt to death when the van they were travelling in caught fire in the Garden area on Sunday morning, police and rescuers said.City......
LAHORE: Nawaz Sharif is now talking about amending the Constitution for his selfish motives, forgetting that he had been using it for his own benefit for the last three decades, says Tahirul Qadri,......
LAHORE: The bureaucracy in Punjab is silently watching the political events being unfolded in view of the disqualification of Mr Nawaz Sharif, guessing any impact on the PML-N’s provincial government......
GUJRAT: The inquiry team constituted by the Punjab chief minister to probe the hit-and-run incident during the rally of former prime minister, completed its proceedings in Lalamusa on Saturday.The......
BAHAWALPUR: A three-day mela (festival) on the banks of the two parallel canals heralding the celebrations of the 70th Independence Day near the local airport kicked off here on Sunday.The event was......
ISLAMABAD: Proposed legislation aimed at recognising and protecting the rights of the transgender community may not achieve the required purpose if it doesn’t also contain a dedicated institutional......
RAWALPINDI: Achar is used as a condiment with many South Asian dishes, especially the less spicy ones, such as daal chawal and vegetables, to lend them more flavour.The lanes of Urdu Bazaar are lined......
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) and Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC) hosted a musical night on Sunday as part of their celebrations for the 70th Independence Day.Renowned singer......
Welcoming the new German ambassadorThe new German ambassador, Martin Kobler, presented his credentials to President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday, Aug 10. Later the same day, he welcomed guests to a......
PESHAWAR: Heavy rain lashed Peshawar and adjoining districts on Sunday afternoon in intervals, causing power failure and flooding of roads.It started raining on Sunday afternoon and within few hours......
LANDI KOTAL: Members of the Sipah tribe of Bara on Sunday demolished the house of a suspected militant allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State (Daesh) group in Afghanistan.Local sources said......
PESHAWAR: The provincial government is yet to allocate funds for establishment of the Centre for Oncology and Hospice despite approval by the chief minister in 2014, according to relevant sources.In......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has expressed concern over what he has termed resurrection of banned militant groups because of the failure of the government to......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has reduced the prescribed price for the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) by Rs10 per unit owing to a series of inadmissible expenditures on......
KARACHI: The partition generation was scarred by narrative of hatred for each other as they had the facticity of the mayhem originating out of the great divide.At the same time, however, the......
QUETTA: While Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has announced that Independence Day will be celebrated with zeal and fervour to honour the martyrs of Saturday night’s bomb attack in......
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has alleged that a conspiracy is being hatched against the army and Supreme Court, but stopped short of directly accusing ousted premier Nawaz......
LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, camped in his Jati Umra residence to run the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and the affairs of the federal government, is going over suggestions to hold......
WASHINGTON: The city of Charlottesville, Virginia, remained tense on Sunday, a day after three people were killed in incidents related to a white supremacist rally.President Donald Trump’s statement......
KATHMANDU: Monsoon floods and landslides have killed at least 74 people across Nepal and India but officials fear that figure could rise sharply as rescuers search for dozens believed lost under mud......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit halved in the first six months of this year, the finance ministry said on Sunday, following sweeping spending cuts and a stabilisation in oil prices.The......
ROME: The Italian government on Sunday welcomed Libya’s decision to bar foreign vessels from a stretch of water off its coast, as two more international charities halted search and rescue operations......
KABUL: Several senior militant Islamic State group members in Afghanistan — including a provincial leader — have been killed in a United States air strike, an official said on Sunday.General John......
YANGON: Hundreds of Buddhists took to the streets in western Myanmar on Sunday to protest against aid organisations they accuse of giving support to Muslim Rohingya militants, police and a protest......
BEIRUT: A commando operation backed by Russian war planes and helicopters has killed 25 members of the militant Islamic State group in central Syria, a monitor said on Sunday.Supported by regime ally......
JANAKPUR: Three years after its last train hit the buffers, landlocked Nepal is building a new railway network to boost its ailing economy — helped by the rivalry between its powerful neighbours,......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa hoisted the largest national flag in the history of Pakistan at Wagah Border on the eve of Pakistan's 70th anniversary.The flag, made entirely in......
