The Punjab government on Friday extended the policing powers of the Rangers in the province for another 60 days, according to an Interior Ministry notification dated Aug 22.The Rangers will continue......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan appeared to have former president and PPP leader Asif Zardari in his crosshairs as he addressed a public gathering in Sukkur on Friday, calling on......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Firday announced a 16-member squad with Sarfraz Ahmed as captain for the T20 series against the World XI side next month in LahoreThe National Selection Committee,......
A Hindu man and his children in India's Madhya Pradesh state converted to Islam after facing years of "social boycott" on account of his wife being of the Muslim faith, Hindustan Times reported on......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ended the last trading day of the week in the green, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 373 points, or 0.88 per cent, to close at 42,642 on Friday.Bears......
A 50-year-old man was arrested in the village of Ali Bux Kaloi, Mirpurkhas, on Friday for allegedly marrying a 12-year-old girl from the area after a jirga ordered the forced union following a......
At least 28 people were killed and over 250 injured on Friday when clashes broke out in northern India after a court convicted a controversial religious leader of raping two of his followers,......
Pakistan's population has surged to 207.77 million, having experienced a 57 per cent increase since the last census in 1998, provisional census data presented to the Council of Common Interest (CCI)......
"I have been fighting for Pakistan's democracy and the case of its people in the courts," former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday as he addressed an increasingly noisy lawyer's convention......
An Indian court on Friday found the controversial and hugely popular spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim guilty of raping two of his female followers in a 15-year-old case, Hindustan Times......
At least 20 people were killed in an hours-long suicide bomb and gun attack on a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday, an official said."We have 20 killed and more than 50 wounded,"......
A country like India that is involved in state-sponsored terrorism cannot be an effective partner in bringing peace to the region, said Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria in his weekly......
Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Friday said that he would support an investigation into the release of US spy Raymond Allen Davis if the parliament asks for it, terming the whole incident a......
Engulfed in a string of scandals, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself facing a growing grassroots protest movement demanding his indictment and removal from office.Weekly......
Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong has been sentenced to five years in prison for bribery, perjury and other crimes.The Seoul Central District Court on Friday convicted Lee, 49, the vice-chairman of Samsung......
New Zealand announced on Friday it will increase its tiny military force in Afghanistan from 10 people to 13 following a request from Nato.The New Zealand troops are assigned to non-combat roles,......
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's children — Hussain, Hassan and Maryam — and his son-in-law retired Captain Mohammad Safdar have filed review petitions challenging the Supreme Court's verdict of......
At least 32 people including 11 security forces were killed as Rohingya militants besieged border posts in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar's army chief said on Friday, in the worst violence in months......
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar anchored India's chase after a stunning batting collapse as the visitors edged past Sri Lanka by three wickets in the second one-day international on......
On 21 August, we received an announcement on a WhatsApp group, stating that former Pakistani dictator General Pervez Musharraf would address students at the School of Oriental and African Studies......
ISLAMABAD: The first meeting of the Punjab-dominated Council of Common Interests (CCI) will meet on Friday amid Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s fresh demand for Rs55 billion additional annual funds, Sindh’s......
ISLAMABAD: Indonesia has agreed to expand the quota and period for import of fruits from Pakistan under the preferential trade agreement, an official told Dawn on Thursday.Pakistan’s exports to......
KARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) posted a profit of Rs8.51 billion for January-June, depicting a 15 per cent decline year-on-year.“Profitability of the bank remained under pressure during the......
KARACHI: Failing to extend overnight gains, the KSE-100 index dropped 642.17 points (1.5 per cent) on Thursday to settle at 42,268.62.Shares closed in the red due to a lack of excitement and......
KARACHI: Sellers disappeared from the currency market on Thursday and the dollar inched up by 10 to 20 paisa, heads of exchange companies told Dawn. Some of them claimed this was a reaction to......
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Thursday congressional leaders could have avoided a legislative “mess” if they had heeded his advice on raising the US debt ceiling, renewing criticism of......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has provided a relief of over Rs5.35 million to policyholders through complaints resolution from concluded adjudication......
KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Thursday urged the government to revisit the free and preferential trade agreements, which are heavily in favour of......
LONDON: Gold prices drifted lower on Thursday, pressured by a firmer dollar as investors awaited signals on interest rates from central bankers meeting in Jackson Hole. Losses were limited, however,......
WASHINGTON: A US Energy Department report calls for incentives to boost coal-fired and nuclear power plants following a slew of closures that it said undermined reliable sources of electricity.The......
LONDON: European cities from Amsterdam to Zagreb have lined up sweetheart deals including free rents, landmark buildings and tailor-made relocation services in a race to house two prestigious EU......
ISLAMABAD: The ‘sudden disappearance’ of Rehman Malik, Babar Awan and others from Liaquat Bagh came under discussion during a hearing of the Benazir Bhutto murder case at a Rawalpindi anti-terrorism......
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Thursday stopped relatives of deposed Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz from holding a press conference on the grounds that mosques should not be......
FDE’s policy hinders opening of new schoolsThe Federal Directorate of Education (FDE)’s vague policy for getting land in the rural areas for establishing new schools is creating problems in the......
LAHORE: The electoral watchdog has stepped in to check violations of code of conduct in the by-polls for National Assembly constituency NA-120, Lahore-III, which fell vacant after the Supreme Court......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday restrained the University of Health Sciences (UHS) from announcing results of the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT).Justice Shahid Waheed......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A special task force team raided on Thursday Chak 367-JB in Gojra and sealed a factory where allegedly the powder of rotten bones of animals was being manufactured and supplied to the......
BAHAWALPUR: The local chapter of the Punjab Teachers Union held a protest demonstration at the University Chowk against the Punjab government’s proposed move to hand over the district education......
SIALKOT: Four ‘robbers’ were killed what police claimed in firing by their accomplices during a robbery incident here on Thursday morning at Kharotta Syedaan, Sialkot tehsil.Police said 10 robbers......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Thursday presented before the media a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (London) activist who had been declared dead by the party while his family not only had......
KARACHI: Does there exist a connection between frustrated gendered expectations and violence in Pakistan? Apparently so, reveals the research report Gender and Violence in Urban Pakistan, launched at......
KARACHI: A four-person show titled A History of the Future opened at the Full Circle Gallery on Thursday.It is evident from the works of the participating artists — Noureen Rasheed, Shiblee Muneer,......
SEMINAR ON CORRUPTIONA seminar titled ‘Role of youth in fight against corruption’, organised by the University of Karachi at its faculty of management, at 10am. NAB deputy director Qamar Abbas Abbasi......
KARACHI: Dealers gave a pre-Eid shock to consumers on Thursday by increasing the prices of compressed natural gas (CNG) by up to Rs2 per kg to Rs77 from Rs75 per kg.Retail outlet owners have raised......
KARACHI: Expressing concern over the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board’s (SSWMB) plan to lift sacrificial animals’ offal from only two districts during Eidul Azha, City Mayor Wasim Akhtar has raised......
KARACHI: Sindh police IG A.D. Khowaja on Thursday admitted that fighting street crime in Karachi had emerged as a serious challenge for the law-enforcement agency, but simultaneously sounded......
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte fired a rifle towards IS-linked militants during a visit on Thursday to the battle zone in southern Marawi, after troops recaptured a main mosque where......
SYDNEY: Australian prisoners are caring for animals that have been abandoned, attacked by predators, hit by cars or even seized in a drug bust as part of a rehabilitation programme. Kangaroos, emus,......
JERUSALEM: White House adviser Jared Kushner on Thursday kicked off a renewed push by the Trump administration to restart Mideast peace talks amid signs of growing Palestinian impatience with a lack......
NEW DELHI: The death toll from floods sweeping South Asia has climbed above 1,000, officials said on Thursday, as rescue teams try to reach millions stranded by the region’s worst monsoon disaster in......
MADRID: One week on from the two deadly vehicle rampages in Spain, a second suspect was granted conditional release on Thursday as a probe into the deadly attacks deepened.Salh El Karib was allowed......
ROME: Police using water cannon and batons clashed on Thursday with refugees who had occupied a small Rome square in defiance of an order to leave a building where they had been squatting.The clashes......
WOODBRIDGE (New Jersey, US): Some talk and laughs paid off for a waitress in New Jersey.Brianna Siegel served a couple on Tuesday evening at Bar Louie in Woodbridge. After they paid their $20 bill,......
KABUL: The top US military commander in Afghanistan said on Thursday President Donald Trump’s new strategy is a sign of a long-term commitment to what is already America’s longest war and called on......
MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign minister called the new US strategy for Afghanistan regrettable on Thursday, saying the blueprint unveiled by President Donald Trump was a “futile course”.Speaking at a......
BONDO: As many as 14 people are feared missing after a massive landslide swept away a mountainside in the Swiss Alps, ripping apart buildings and forcing the evacuation of a village, police said on......
YOU know that Americans are going through an extraordinary political moment when The Post reports that “military leaders are rapidly consolidating power throughout the executive branch” — that......
OTTAWA: Canada’s latest political phenomenon is just 38. He’s a dapper lawyer who wears bespoke three-piece suits, rides his bike to work and has been featured in GQ. He also sports a long beard and......
SALALAH: On the eastern edge of the Arabian peninsula, a region disappears under sky-wide blankets of fog as the desert blooms green.This is the Omani monsoon: a phenomenon that draws hundreds of......
LAS VEGAS: Floyd Mayweather Jr and Conor McGregor aren’t just fighting for money in the boxing spectacle of the summer. The winner also gets The Money Belt.The World Boxing Council has created a......
LONDON: Burnley beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 at Ewood Park in their East Lancashire derby but Premier League sides Southampton and Newcastle United crashed out of the English League Cup to Championship......
GLASGOW: China’s Lin Dan stepped up a gear just in time to avoid an upset against Emil Holst of Denmark and keep alive his hopes of a sixth world badminton championships title on Wednesday.A day......
LAHORE: South African Test captain Faf du Plessis will lead a ICC World XI team comprising players from several Test-playing nations in a three-match T20 series against Pakistan in Lahore next month,......
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has welcomed the visit of the World XI to Pakistan to play three T20 matches against Pakistan in September which is big step towards resumption of......
LAHORE: Legendary fast bowler and former Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis on Thursday said while the ICC Champions Trophy win was a big success for the national team, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)......
PALLEKELE: Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets to help India restrict Sri Lanka to a modest 236-8 despite a gritty half-century from Milinda Siriwardana in the second One-day International......
LONDON: Juergen Klopp had just seen his Liverpool team slice open Hoffenheim to score a third goal in the opening 21 minutes when he turned to the celebrating Anfield crowd and roared: “That’s......
ISLAMABAD: A joint session of parliament will finalise the way forward in the aftermath of US President Donald Trump’s threat to Pakistan.This was indicated by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is aware of the growing problem of arsenic levels rising in some areas as people increasingly and indiscriminately draw from the underground aquifers, said Lubna Bukhari, who......
ISLAMABAD: Despite there being no love lost between the ruling party and the opposition, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Thursday demanded that the government immediately announce a policy......
ISLAMABAD: Despite the trouble brewing on the international front, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan shows no signs of letting up in his attacks against the Sharif family.On......
ISLAMABAD: Federal government employees would receive salaries on Aug 28 ahead of Eidul Azha, the finance ministry announced on Thursday.According to the announcement, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar......
LAHORE/ HYDERABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday met Asad Junejo, the son of former prime minister Mohammad Khan Junejo, at his Jati Umra residence in Raiwind where he welcomed the......
QUETTA: In view of water shortage in Balochistan, the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is making all-out efforts to initiate construction work on the Naulong, Hingol, Badinzai and......
GILGIT: President Mamnoon Hussain arrived here on Thursday on a four-day visit to Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) where he is expected to hold meetings with the region’s governor, chief minister and cabinet......
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is starting direct flights between Karachi and Najaf in Iraq, said PIA chief Nayyar Hayat on Thursday.Briefing reporters at the soft launch of the......
ISLAMABAD: A sugar mill owned by politician Humayun Akhtar Khan accused the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) of misleading the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) with regard to outstanding dues......
PASSU: Sitting on a small hill along the Karakoram Highway (KKH) in Passu, Hunza, the Glacier Breeze café is famous for its delicious apricot cake. The only thing that beats it is the fantastic view......
• Top security meeting rejects Trump’s allegations of duplicity • Warns against scapegoating Pakistan for failures in Afghan war • Takes exception to role assigned to India in new regional......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is mulling giving a ‘last chance’ to the Sharif family members to join investigation before it files four references against them by Sept 8.“NAB is......
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of the lawyers’ recent rampage outside the Lahore High Court, Attorney General of Pakistan Ashtar Ausaf Ali has urged other law officers of the country to play their role in......
LAHORE’S population is estimated to be about 12 million people. If a third of these are children who go to school, 4m children need to move from their homes to school in the morning and then back......
IT is quite unpleasant to a see a personal favourite suffering a setback on health grounds when she had been all poised to lead yet another attempt at ensuring her family’s existence and their......
THEY are not drawn to it because of advertisements. No one goads them to it. There are no social pressures and no statutory requirements to make the trip. Yet every year millions crave the journey.......
ABOUT 20 years ago, ‘civil society’ was touted as the final frontier of democratisation. Even before it came to Pakistan, ‘civil society’ had birthed a purportedly independent workers movement in......
A Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) activist declared dead by the party and his family was presented alive at a Rangers press conference on Thursday to 'expose the MQM-L's anti-state......
Cristiano Ronaldo was named UEFA Player of the Season for 2016-2017 on Thursday after a campaign which saw the Portuguese superstar help Real Madrid to the La Liga and Champions League double.It was......
