Eidul Azha holidays from Sept 1 to 4
The federal government announced a four-day holiday on account of Eidul Azha, falling on September 2, Saturday, via a notification issued by the interior ministry on Wednesday.All offices will......
The federal government announced a four-day holiday on account of Eidul Azha, falling on September 2, Saturday, via a notification issued by the interior ministry on Wednesday.All offices will......
The son of PPP MPA Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, who was kidnapped in Karachi earlier this week, was recovered by police on Wednesday during an operation in Karachi's Gadap Town area, Senior Superintendent......
The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Wednesday rejected the bail application of Public Accounts Committee Chairman Majeed Khan Achakzai in a case pertaining to the death of a traffic policeman who was......
US President Donald Trump has no understanding of the South Asian region, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Wednesday as he strongly criticised Washington's recently-revealed......
England's record goalscorer Wayne Rooney announced on Wednesday he is retiring from international football with immediate effect after manager Gareth Southgate tried to recall him to the squad.The......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced a strong upswing on Wednesday, with the KSE-100 Index surging 928 points, or 2.21 per cent, to close at 42,911 points, breaking a four-day bearish......
The Khyber Pakhtunkhawa government will call in 17 entomologists (scientists who study insects) in an effort to curb the rising incidence of dengue fever in the province, participants of a meeting......
The Sharif family on Wednesday broke their silence on Begum Kulsoom Nawaz's health, who was reported to have been diagnosed with throat cancer, with Maryam Nawaz taking to Twitter to update followers......
Pakistan does not want material or financial assistance from the US, but needs to be trusted and treated with respect, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa told US Ambassador David Hale......
In his reply to a show-cause notice issued by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) last week, Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has said that he has nothing against the board, but Head Coach Mickey Arthur's......
Iranian opposition leaders have been “protected” under house arrest for six years and would regret facing trial, a court chief said on Wednesday, amid calls for them to be allowed to face justice.“A......
Gasps echo across the hall as the Myanmar school kids trial virtual reality goggles, marvelling at a device that allows some of Asia's poorest people to walk on the moon or dive beneath the waves.“In......
Air raids on Yemen's rebel-held capital on Wednesday killed more than 30 people, including civilians, local and international aid organisations said.Hussein al-Tawil, head of the Sanaa branch of......
Retired Major Harris Khan Khattak, the director of Zamung Kor — Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government's "model" home for street children — resigned from his post on Wednesday while levelling allegations of......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi reached Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on his first official visit abroad since assuming office, DawnNews reported.On his day long visit, the prime minister is expected......
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday said that if elected prime ministers can appear before the courts and are bound to abide by their orders, the same should hold for "the retired general" who......
A petition has been filed in Supreme Court's Lahore registry to include the words sadiq and ameen (honest and righteous) to the oaths taken by judges and army generals after their appointments.Filed......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday issued a notice to PML-N's Pervaiz Malik, demanding a written response to Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) allegations that the ruling party was......
A day of noisy but largely peaceful protests against United States President Donald Trump's speech in Phoenix turned unruly as police fired pepper spray at crowds after a protester apparently lobbed......
Shahid Afridi took his fans down memory lane as he hit a quickfire 101 runs off 42 balls for Hampshire in a NatWest T20 Blast county match on Tuesday, Cricinfo reported.Showing form that has not been......
A Taliban suicide car bomber targeted a military convoy in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Wednesday, killing at least seven people, a provincial official said.The attack comes just days......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday issued another show-cause notice to PTI Chairman Imran Khan after the latter failed to reply to the earlier notice regarding the contempt of......
Danish police said on Wednesday that a DNA test from a headless torso found in the Baltic Sea matches with missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on an amateur-built......
A British BBC journalist appeared in a Thai court on Wednesday for the start of a criminal defamation trial brought by a lawyer who featured in an investigation about foreigners being scammed of......
The commander of the Navy's 7th Fleet will be removed after a series of warship accidents in the Pacific this year, two US officials said on Wednesday.One official said that Vice Admiral Joseph......
The heir to the Samsung empire faces the verdict in his corruption trial on Friday, which threatens to leave the world's biggest smartphone maker rudderless for more than a decade.Lee Jae-Yong, vice......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has made a telephone call to ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif to convey his wishes for the health of the former premier's wife Kulsoom Nawaz, who......
The United States warned an angry Pakistan on Tuesday that it could lose its status as a privileged military ally if it continues giving safe haven to Afghan militant groups.One day after President......
LAHORE: All centrally-contracted Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) players are attending the three-day fitness camp which began here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday.The fitness tests will see 13 players......
DHAKA: Ashton Agar looks set to play his first cricket Test in four years against Bangladesh on Sunday after coach Darren Lehmann suggested Australia would go with two spinners for the series opener......
MANCHESTER: Wayne Rooney wheeled away in delight after scoring his 200th goal in the English Premier League, cupping both of his ears with his hands in front of the Manchester City fans who jeered......
NEW HAVEN: Petra Kvitova’s final tune-up for the US Open ended with a 6-2, 6-1 loss to Shuai Zhang of China in the first round of the Connecticut Open on Monday night.Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon......
KARACHI: International cueist Asjad Iqbal and the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Ranking Snooker Cup title have been synonymous for the last couple of years. This proved true again when he carved......
KARACHI: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) on Tuesday took the lead by offering employment to promising cueist Mohammad Naseem Akhtar, who did the country proud by capturing the world junior......
KARACHI: Pakistan players made an almost clean sweep of trophies at the Junior World Scrabble Championship that ended in Nottingham on Monday.The only major trophy eluding the Pakistan players was......
PESHAWAR: The Jamaat-i-Islami on Tuesday warned that if the federal government didn’t abolish the Frontier Crimes Regulation and announce the merger of Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before Eidul Azha,......
CHARSADDA: Awami National Party central president Asfandyar Wali Khan and veteran politician Begum Naseem Wali Khan have finally reconciled and decided to take forward the philosophy of Bacha Khan......
PRESIDENT Donald Trump, breaking with his derision for the 16-year-old conflict, has finally rolled out his long-awaited policy towards Afghanistan. The presidential decision to boost troop levels is......
GIVEN that Barcelona is among the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, it is hardly surprising that almost all the victims of last Thursday’s terrorist rampage came from various parts of the......
The question that bedevilled the last two American presidents appears to have bewildered the latest one too: what should the US do about Afghanistan?After months of internal debate, President Donald......
It is a biological fact that the Y chromosome, whose presence makes a male baby, is contributed by the father. The meaning is obvious: it is the father and never ever the mother who is responsible......
There is nothing in the new US policy laid out by President Donald Trump that can bring the 16-year-long Afghan war to an end. The much-awaited strategy that links Afghanistan with the US South Asia......
Q: What are you currently reading?A: I am reading Jeevan Aik Kahani by Ali Ahmed Khan, a journalist and broadcaster who worked with the BBC.It is his memoir on the 1971 war between India and Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: A number of political parties and ethnic groups attempt to manipulate the census because the demarcation of constituencies is directly linked to the population, the president of the......
CHAKWAL: The Katas Raj pond, which dried up last May, has remained dry despite the monsoon rains.The pond has also been de-silted by two to three feet by the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), with......
ISLAMABAD: A 20-day ‘Takht Bhai to Potohar’ exhibition was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) as part of a series of regional exhibitions aimed to illustrate the......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Rehman Malik on Tuesday said due to the absence of a constitutional protection, bureaucrats lacked decision making powers, resulting in the lacklustre performance by the......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) filed another petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday to restrain the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from proceeding in the foreign......
ISLAMABAD: Despite opposition from a PML-N lawmaker, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday hastily settled a para regarding an unauthorised weapons deal between Inter-Services Intelligence......
LAHORE: Former president Asif Ali Zardari has asked PPP activists to do their utmost for winning the by-election in National Assembly constituency NA-120. Speaking to party workers at the Bilawal......
FAISALABAD: Traffic remains choked at the Jinnah Colony intersection for hours every day. Vehicles honk horns desperately to find the way and attract attention of the warden who seems helpless to......
CHINIOT: A member of an Islamic preaching team was murdered, while another injured allegedly after a quarrel over some religious issue at Asian village on Pindi Battian Road, 22km from here on Monday......
NAROWAL: The compound of the Government Primary School of Nawan Pind, Baddomalhi, is inundated with sewage. Students, who happen to be ages 4 to 10 years, sit on the heap of filth every day to get......
LAHORE: The nominees of various political parties as well as independent candidates in the run for the National Assembly constituency NA-120, Lahore-III, have alleged use of the state resources,......
KARACHI: The Sindh government, in exercise of powers conferred on it by Section 144(6) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), on Tuesday imposed a ban on establishing of cattle markets within the......
HYDERABAD: While lawyers boycotted court work in subordinate judiciary, they appeared in the Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) where all four judges heard cases as per routine on......
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Sindh High Court’s Hyderabad circuit on Monday directed the inspector general of police to file a report mentioning details of missing persons or the bodies found......
BADIN: In what is being seen as an expression of sheer disappointment by activists against their respective leadership, scores of members of the mainstream Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) and its......
KARACHI: A maximum of 41 millimetres of rainfall that the city received late Monday night coupled with gusty winds wreaked havoc on the power supply system and municipal infrastructure as......
KARACHI: “There is a battle for control, not governance in Karachi,” said economist Dr Kaiser Bengali during a workshop on awareness for citizens on civic issues organised by Shehri — Citizens for a......
KARACHI: One of the things that fascinate artists is the mystery of the subconscious mind. The fine line between intent and action, between movement and inertia, between sound and silence as an......
BEIRUT: Dozens of civilians have died in two days of intense US-led strikes on Raqa, a monitor said on Tuesday, as fighting to retake the Syrian city from jihadists nears its densely populated......
TAL ABTA: Iraqi forces on Tuesday recaptured from the militant Islamic State group the first three districts of jihadist bastion Tal Afar as the Pentagon chief visited Baghdad in a show of......
MUMBAI: An Indian couple who fell in love after meeting at a gender-reassignment clinic in Mumbai announced on Tuesday that they were engaged and planning a traditional wedding.Aarav Appukuttan, who......
GENEVA: More than 24 million people have been affected by some of the worst flooding to hit South Asia in decades, with large areas of land submerged in water, the Red Cross said on......
WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday slapped sanctions on 16 Chinese and Russian individuals and companies, accusing them of supporting North Korea’s nuclear programme and attempting to evade US......
ROME: A magnitude-4.0 earthquake struck the Italian holiday island of Ischia, causing destruction that left two people dead at peak tourist season, authorities said, as rescue workers struggled early......
As a young republic, which since Independence Day has had just seven presidents, Indonesia really has no established protocol on how to guide relationships between incumbents and his or her......
Last week’s tests on eggs at all 1,239 chicken farms across the country found eggs in 49 farms contaminated with insecticides banned for the human food chain.The government said eggs from unaffected......
The killing of 17-year-old Kian D. Delos Santos has stirred us out of our intimidation-induced stupor and shaken an administration built on fear. From the circumstances of his life (a boy with the......
The popularity of climbing Mt Fuji continues unabated. The summer mountain climbing season is in full swing, and long lines of climbers hoping to view the sunrise at the top of Mt Fuji snake towards......
ISLAMABAD: The auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) is reported to have found more than Rs1.32 trillion worth of embezzlement, irregularities, recoveries and overpayments by companies and organisations......
ISLAMABAD: Exports of textiles and clothing grew three per cent year-on-year to $1.006 billion in July from $979.414 million in the same month last year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said......
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will start implementing the selective tax law from Oct 1, state news agency WAM reported on Tuesday.“The selective tax will be imposed on all selective goods......
ISLAMABAD: Business community on Tuesday urged the government to reduce gas and electricity tariff for the export-oriented industry to make local goods competitive on the world markets.Speaking at a......
ISLAMABAD: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap) Executive Secretary Dr Shamshad Akhtar has said Pakistan needs to fast-track domestic structural reforms......
HONG KONG: China Construction Bank Corp (CCB) is raising at least 100 billion yuan ($15bn) for a fund to finance investments related to Beijing’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative, people......
LONDON: Britain’s airports could see passenger numbers plunge by as much as 40 per cent unless the government strikes an interim aviation deal with the European Union by October 2018, according to an......
LONDON: Gold prices fell on Tuesday, under pressure from a stronger dollar ahead of an annual meeting of central bankers this week, while speculative buying pushed palladium to its highest since......
DETROIT: Hyundai Motor plans to launch a pickup truck in the United States as part of a broader plan to catch up with a shift away from sedans in one of the Korean automaker’s most important markets,......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday criticised United States President Donald Trump’s remarks against Pakistan and “regretted” the way the government had......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Food Security and Research in an upcoming meeting with the prime minister will make the pitch for the reunification of all agriculture-related segments under one......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously passed on Tuesday the much-demanded access to information bill, which grants citizens complete access to the record of public authorities.The landmark legislation is......
LAHORE: The group of lawyers supporting Lahore High Court Bar Association’s (LHCBA) Multan president Sher Zaman Qureshi continued their protest on the premises of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi presided over a meeting of his cabinet on Tuesday, which made decisions related to provision of gas to people, fixing of maximum price of life-saving......
QUETTA: Members of the Nasirabad Awami Awaz on Tuesday staged a protest in front of the Quetta Press Club against abduction of Vikki Kumar, son of former senator Heman Das.Vikki Kumar — a leading......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has assured Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah that he would ensure approval of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project by the Executive......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday alleged that some political elements wanted to pit the government and state institutions against each other to achieve their ulterior motives.In......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump unveiled a new strategy for South Asia on Monday night (Tuesday in Pakistan), which he hopes will lead the United States and its allies to a clear victory in......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday was informed that as many as 15 politicians in Sindh — a former caretaker chief minister, former Karachi mayor, current and former provincial ministers — are......
QUETTA: Taking notice of reports about illegal allotment of precious government land in Gwadar, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated investigations into what it has termed a......
LONDON: The University of London will not host former president Gen Pervez Musharraf who was due to speak at a recording of a Dunya TV programme tomorrow [Thursday] at one of the university’s leading......
• US to exercise ‘all options’ to persuade Islamabad: Tillerson • Pakistan vows to continue participating in global efforts; Beijing backs IslamabadWASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Hours after US President......
LAHORE: Former first lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, who left for London last week where she underwent medical tests, has been diagnosed with throat cancer.Her younger son Hassan Nawaz confirmed her......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday revealed its plans to amend constitutional provisions dealing with the qualifications and disqualifications for members of parliament, the legislative agenda......
The Foreign Office (FO) on Tuesday rejected United States (US) President Donald Trump's allegations that Pakistan offers safe haven to "agents of chaos", as he announced America's new strategy on......
With a tougher regional policy announced by the United States (US) on Tuesday, National Security Council (NSC) Spokesperson Michael Anton warned Pakistan that it is "on notice from this president,......