A man allegedly gunned down his wife and sister in the name of 'honour' on Monday in the village of Atta Golata in Sindh's Kashmore district, police officials told Dawn.Station House Officer (SHO)......
Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Sirajul Haq on Monday announced that his party will launch an 'accountability march against corruption' from Lahore to Islamabad between September 12 and 16."Institutions in......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday took notice of allegations that the PML-N was using the chief minister's office and provincial development funds to run an election campaign for......
Pakistanis working abroad will no longer be required to sign up for a National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (Nicop), officials from the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra)......
The PPP submitted an adjournment motion in the Senate Secretariat on Monday to discuss the government's reconstitution of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) "with an overwhelming representation of......
Iraqi forces have made significant progress as they close in on Tal Afar, a town west of Mosul held by the banned Islamic State (IS), the US-led coalition said Monday.US Army Colonel Ryan Dillon, a......
With Eidul Azha around the corner, several billboards have popped up all over Karachi introducing online bakra mandis (cattle markets); however, website owners claim that they have not attracted a......
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that a joint Turkish-Iranian operation against Kurdish militants was “always on the agenda”, a week after Tehran's top armed forces commander visited......
Pope Francis urged countries on Monday to greatly improve their welcome to migrants and stop any collective expulsions, saying migrants' dignity and right to protection trumps national security......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday landed deep in the red, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index losing 925 points.The index plunged 2.15 per cent over the course of the day to close at 42,153......
Balochistan police on Monday defused two bombs planted outside a political leader’s residence in Chaman, police said, foiling a major attack.Unknown miscreants had planted two bombs in the fuel tanks......
Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor on Monday announced the successful completion of Operation Khyber-4, which had been launched on July 15. The army's......
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Najam Sethi said on Monday that 15 players from seven countries have agreed to visit Pakistan as part of the World XI squad set to play a three-match T20 series in......
Finance minister Ishaq Dar, in a review petition filed in the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday, challenged the court's verdict on the Panama Papers case, claiming that a reference against him cannot be......
Lahore High Court's appellate tribunal on Monday dismissed all appeals challenging the acceptance of PML-N candidate Kulsoom Nawaz's nomination papers for the upcoming NA-120 by-elections.Pakistan......
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi on Monday decided to hear the Benazir Bhutto murder case on daily basis.The last witness in the case recorded his testimony during Monday's hearing; the......
At least one woman has died after a vehicle rammed into two bus stops in the French port city of Marseille, French media reported.According to BBC, the driver has been arrested in the scenic Old Port......
A hotel in Makkah, where around 2 million Muslims have gathered to perform Haj, was evacuated on Monday after a fire broke out, the Saudi Civil Defence Directorate said.Civil defence spokesman Major......
President Donald Trump will announce his decision on America's strategy in Afghanistan in an address to US troops and the nation Monday night, almost 16 years after the war began.The US leader will......
Spanish police said on Monday they had identified the driver of a van that mowed down pedestrians in Barcelona, killing 13, as an international manhunt for the suspect believed to be a Moroccan......
The Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) and Mohajir Qaumi Movement on Monday accepted Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's (MQM-P) invitation for a multi-party conference to be held on August 22 — which MQM has......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday issued a notice to the ruling PML-N, seeking a response to several objections raised by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Awami Tehreek......
National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) President Saeed Ahmed and Javed Kayani, a friend of Nawaz Sharif, appeared before a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigation team in Lahore on Monday to......
Ceramics, carpentry, calligraphy and gem cutting: centuries of Afghan craftsmanship honed on the ancient Silk Road are being preserved in Kabul, a rare success story for an aid project in the......
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif will be appointed as the president of the ruling PML-N next month, according to sources close to the party.A meeting was held between Nawaz Sharif — who was......
Qatar on Monday denied banning Saudi Arabian flights from landing in the emirate to transport Muslim pilgrims to Makkah, refuting the accusation by authorities in Riyadh.Saudi Arabian Airlines on......
Pakistan’s largest city is also its least liveable. A recently released Global Liveability Report 2017 produced by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) graded 140 cities for 30 qualitative and......
Police on Monday fired tear gas and water cannons on protesting lawyers gathered at the Lahore High Court (LHC), where contempt of court proceedings were underway against Sher Zaman Qureshi, the......
Seven police officers who were kidnapped in Rajanpur's Rojhan tehsil on Sunday were rescued on Monday morning after a successful police operation, Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Bangla Ichha......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has announced moving court against the Election Commission’s code of conduct that bars any public office-holder from taking part in the electioneering for......
LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) alleges that state resources are being used to run election campaign of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz nominee in National Assembly constituency......
LAHORE: The Lahore zoo is set to welcome cheetah and white lion here for the first time.Punjab wildlife officials claimed that it was for the first time that a pair of African cheetahs would be......
GUJRAT: Serious differences among the party lawmakers over the local politics in Lalamusa and Wazirabad are said to be the main reason behind the cancellation of the scheduled visit of Mian Nawaz......
PESHAWAR: The health department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is taking technical assistance from the mobile health units sent by Punjab government to put brakes on the outbreak of haemorrhagic dengue fever,......
PESHAWAR: A boy was killed and six children were injured in a toy bomb explosion on the outskirts of the provincial capital here on Sunday.Police said the incident took place in Spinawari area......
ABBOTTABAD: Abbottabad police recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition from a car and arrested an accused here on Sunday.ASP Cant Taswar Iqbal told reporters that during a search and strike......
SKARDU: The final round of the cold desert jeep rally was held at Sarfa Ranga area of Shigar district here on Sunday, participated by 72 jeep drivers and 20 motorcyclists from across the country.A......
ABBOTTABAD: A teenager from Gujranwala district of Punjab drowned when he dived into the River Jhelum to go across it after his friends allegedly offered him a smartphone and Rs15,000 if he performed......
ISLAMABAD: Taxi drivers on Sunday protested services provided by ridesharing apps and damaged a vehicle used by such a service at Rawal Dam Chowk.Murree Road was blocked for almost an hour, bringing......
ISLAMABAD: Since the dawn of mankind, grilled meat is probably the most widely consumed meal – out of choice or sheer necessity – in most corners of the world. The art of barbequing meat has evolved......
Indonesia’s 72nd Independence Day and the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) were celebrated with a blood donation camp on the premises of the Indonesian embassy in......
RAWALPINDI: After he became prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s constituency of NA-50 (Rawalpindi-I) has become a priority for the district and divisional administration in the allocation of......
RAWALPINDI: Two prisoners were injured in a clash between two groups of inmates at the Central Jail Adiala early on Saturday.One of the injured suffered a cut in his left ear. The injured were......
Afghanistan celebrated its 98th Independence Day on Friday, on the eve of the actual date of 19 August, with a huge reception at the Serena Hotel. The day commemorates the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of......
THE definition of ‘terrorism’ in the Anti-Terrorism Act has been the subject of much debate since the law was enacted in 1997. The judiciary, starting with the Supreme Court in the Mehram Ali case in......
Middle India is clearly chuffed. The prolonged confrontation with China on the Doklam plateau, which is into its third month, has provided the comforting illusion that India can stand up to its large......
WHEN the former prime minister of the country, in and out of power over the last 35 years, says that the ‘basic structure of this system’ needs to be changed if we want to avoid a repeat of 1971, I......
ARE we alone in the universe? This is a question that humanity has asked itself for millennia, and one that we have only recently begun to try and answer. Given the enormity of space and our......
KARACHI: The Sindh culture and tourism ministry has opened the Rooplo Kolhi Resort at Nagarparkar, which it described as the first of its many projects aimed at promoting tourism in the province,......
HYDERABAD: Activists of Sindh Progressive Committee (SPC), an alliance of Communist Party of Pakistan, Awami Workers Party, Awami Jamhoori Party and Jeay Sindh Mahaz-Khalique, and members of civil......
SUKKUR: Sindh Minister for Information and Transport Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman will be welcomed if he holds public meetings in Sindh but he should......
KARACHI: Dr Agha Salman Baqar, a Lahore-based poet, critic and fiction writer, enchanted on Saturday a small gathering of literati and lover of Urdu literature with his talk about, among other......
KARACHI: Two days before the first anniversary of the Aug 22, 2016 events, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan chief Dr Farooq Sattar has declared that his party will never yield to pressure to merge......
KARACHI: The media industry in Pakistan considers Yawar Mehdi an icon for his countless achievements and the way some of his students and associates showered praise on the former station director of......
KARACHIITES were utterly disturbed. The monsoon season kept playing tricks with them. In fact, it had become a bit of a nuisance. From early July, as has been mentioned before, inclement weather......
KARACHI: Condemning the culture of corruption, religious extremism and terrorism in the country, Sindh United Party chief Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah has said Pakistan cannot move forward without getting......
CAMP MOREHEAD (Afghanistan): Signaling that the US military expects its mission to continue, the top US commander in Afghanistan on Sunday hailed the launch of the Afghan Army’s new special......
ATHENS: The brightly coloured minivan that pulls into Athens’ food market, drawing a group of refugees around it, is not carrying something edible.The contents — hundreds of books — are there to......
DICK Gregory, a comedian who lambasted racism and played a prominent role in the 1960s civil rights movement after becoming one of the first black comics to perform for white audiences, died on......
BERLIN: Germany welcomed the release on Sunday of a German writer detained in Spain on a Turkish warrant and accused Turkey of abusing the international system used to hunt down......
HONG KONG: Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against the jailing of three young democracy activists, with many questioning the independence of the......
RIYADH: Qatar has blocked Saudi planes from transporting Haj pilgrims, Saudi state media said on Sunday, after Riyadh reopened the border despite a major diplomatic crisis roiling the Gulf.Riyadh......
CAIRO: Egyptian parents have begun enrolling their infants in a swimming class, taught by a 30-year-old Russian-trained coach, in order to help their babies sleep better at night and improve their......
DHAKA: Australia are ready for their first Test on Bangladeshi soil for over a decade even if they miss a warm-up match due to flooding, batsman Peter Handscomb said on Sunday.The visitors are slated......
PARIS: Forward Nabil Fekir’s early contender for goal of the season was not enough, as Olympique Lyon conceded two late goals to draw with Girondins Bordeaux 3-3 in a thrilling French league match on......
DOHA: Qatar’s 2022 World Cup preparations have been inconvenienced but not delayed by the political and economic boycott by its neighbours, the country’s most senior tournament organiser insisted......
KARACHI: In a dramatic finish, local golfer Mohammad Ashfaq came from behind on the last hole to beat Pakistan No 1 Shabbir Iqbal by one shot to lay his hands on the UMA 22nd Chief of the Naval Staff......
KARACHI: Former Sindh champion Abdul Sattar came from the jaws of defeat to upset former national champion and ninth ranked Mohammad Bilal by 5-4 frames on way to making it to the last four of the......
BIRMINGHAM: It says something when an ex-England captain in Michael Vaughan voices ‘fears’ for the state of West Indies cricket.But the fact such comments have been made for the best part of two......
LONDON: Marcos Alonso’s double reignited Chelsea’s title defence by securing a 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday after goalkeeper Hugo Lloris blundered to enable the champions to recover......
DAMBULLA: Opener Shikhar Dhawan’s blazing century and a disciplined effort by the spinners powered India to a nine-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first One-day International in Dambulla on......
BIRMINGHAM: Stuart Broad hogged the limelight in the dark as England routed a hopelessly outclassed West Indies in the landmark day-night Test match at Edgbaston, wrapping up victory by an innings......
MILAN: The opening match in Serie A also produced the first decision from video review on Saturday.The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) awarded a penalty to Cagliari but Diego Farias’ effort was saved......
LOS ANGELES: American Terence Crawford became the first undisputed boxing champion in over a decade by knocking out previously unbeaten Julius Indongo in the third round of their super lightweight......
BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund overcame hosts VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 on Saturday to make a flawless start to their Bundesliga season as last season’s runners-up RB Leipzig suffered a shock loss at Schalke......
Trading in sacrificial animals has begun amid political uncertainty in the country and dampened hopes for a substantial growth in business this year.Temporary markets set up for selling animals have......
THE growers of longi chilli, a type known for its spicy taste and distinctive aroma, anticipate a better harvest this season despite a drop in the area under cultivation. They say the fruiting in......
THE concerns of European countries over food export consignments may now be addressed as Pakistan has improved its food safety control system.The Veterinary Residue Laboratory in Faisalabad has......
Under Armour’s Kevin Plank and Intel’s Brian Krzanich are the latest CEOs to ditch President Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council after Trump’s waffling on condemning the hate groups that......
As Pakistan’s exports continue to fall for the fourth consecutive year, posting a decline of 12 per cent, the need for a fresh policy is now badly felt.The newly-appointed Commerce Minister, Pervaiz......
The last fifty years have been truly breathtaking. They have reassured us that whatever challenges we face, we can understand and eventually conquer using technology.If the world is running out of......
As soon as he took over, the new prime minister has made major changes in various ministries and divisions.A key change is the setting up of a new Energy Ministry which will have two divisions —......
Operating like a hands-on chief executive officer, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is leaving a mark on government functioning within the short span of a couple of weeks, sometimes with mixed signals towards......
THE government raised Rs603.39 billion from the auction on Thursday of Treasury bills of various tenors. The amount exceeded the target of Rs600bn, however, it was lower against the received bids of......
The remittances’ market is undergoing a transformation as politico-economic conditions of host countries continue to change.Reliance on GCC nations (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and......
Although a late entrant in the country’s financial system, pension funds are making solid progress in capital markets.The old-age pension system in Pakistan can be divided in two categories: the......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has delayed action for over a year against influential people who were accused by the State Bank’s Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU) of laundering money......
LAHORE / QUETTA: Instead of removing Articles 62 and 63 from the Constitution, these should also be applied on judges, generals and bureaucrats, said Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq on......
RAWALPINDI: Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, visited the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (Nescom) on Sunday and highlighted its significant......
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has reasserted that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are two sides of the same coin......
ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a tit-for-tat move against Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) current campaign in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided to start its activities......
MUZAFFARABAD: The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has asked seminaries in the region to follow the new procedure to register their institutes, otherwise the registration shall be repealed......
CHARLESTON: Animals in the path of the first total solar eclipse to travel across the United States in 99 years have a big surprise awaiting them on Monday afternoon, biologists say.Zoos, aquariums......
ISLAMABAD: Despite being beset on all sides by political challenges, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government has disbursed all the funds earmarked for parliamentarians’ development schemes for......
Veteran American entertainer Jerry Lewis, whose goofy brand of physical comedy endeared him to millions in a career spanning six decades, died on Sunday aged 91, his agent told AFP.One of the most......
Three labourers from Rahim Yar Khan were found dead in Balochistan's Kech district on Sunday, Levies sources told DawnNews.The labourers who were working on a development project in the area had been......
