Ten suspected militants were killed in an operation carried out by security forces in Balochistan's Harnai district on Thursday evening, a security official told DawnNews.Three camps allegedly being......
The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday rubbished United States (US) Gen John Nicholson's "unacceptable" claim that Washington is aware of the Afghan Taliban leadership's presence in Peshawar and Quetta,......
United States (US) Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale assured National Security Adviser (NSA) Lt Gen (Retd) Nasser Khan Janjua on Thursday that President Donald Trump did not blame Pakistan for the......
Initiating contempt proceedings against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued a show cause notice to him on Thursday.Khan has been......
Bears returned to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday, pushing the benchmark KSE-100 index down 117 points, or 0.28 per cent, to close at 41,207.The index lost over 450 points in the early......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday that voters from a single household have been split into various polling stations, which will "affect the voter turnout" in the......
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz on Thursday claimed she was "attacked with multiple conspiracies" during her father's time in public office due to her "closeness to......
Following the verdict in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, the late prime minister's children expressed their displeasure with the judgement on Twitter.PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the......
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi announced the verdict in the Benazir Bhutto murder case on Thursday, acquitting five Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) suspects and announcing 17-year......
JS Global Capital Limited's Faran Rizvi was honoured as Pakistan's best equity trader for 2017 in the 14th Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Excellence Awards.CEO of Insight Securities and veteran......
Pakistan's dynamic teen leg-spinner Shadab Khan will play in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League with Brisbane Heat this year, the club said Thursday.Shadab, 18, has made impressive progress since......
The Professional Squash Association (PSA) on Thursday lifted a ban imposed on Pakistan from hosting international events, confirming that two PSA World Tours would be played in the country in......
Leaving behind the sandy roads, our route to the factory in Sheikhupura is paved, smoother, less scenic. Heat and odour aside, I find myself missing the slow pace and relative peace of country life.......
Four anti-terrorism squad (ATS) personnel were taken into custody by Islamabad police for "fatally shooting a citizen" in Rawal Town on Wednesday night.A first investigation report (FIR) has been......
We were quite certain that the monument before us was not the mausoleum of Zeb-un-Nisa – the rebel Sufi poetess, daughter of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb – even though there was a board put up here,......
At least 23 people died in Karachi ? mostly from electrocution ? as monsoon rains lashed the city on Thursday, officials said. Two others died in Sindh's Jamshoro and Kashmore districts.According to......
At least seven people died and dozens were feared trapped when a building collapsed in India's financial capital of Mumbai Thursday, after days of heavy rain swamped the city.Rescuers using diggers......
DHAKA: Bangladesh, inspired by Shakib Al Hasan’s brilliance, pulled off a fairytale maiden Test victory over Australia on Wednesday as cricket witnessed a second triumph for the underdog in as many......
CAPE TOWN: England bowling coach Ottis Gibson has been announced as the new head coach of South Africa, officials said on Wednesday.Barbadian Gibson, who played two Tests for West Indies, was widely......
ISLAMABAD: Mickey Arthur has termed next month’s ICC World XI tour to Pakistan as the country’s best chance to announce that it is safe for cricket.“Pakistan is a safe country to play cricket; with......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will deploy unprecedented security for Thursday’s fourth ODI against India to prevent a repeat of crowd trouble which broke out following a humiliating defeat for the home side,......
NEW YORK: Roger Federer survived a five-set battle to defeat American teenager Frances Tiafoe and reach the US Open second round on Tuesday, keeping his bid for a record sixth New York title......
PESHAWAR: The Rescue 1122 has purchased a mobile emergency medical response unit which is equipped with minor operation theatre, intensive care unit and other facilities.A Rescue 1122 official told......
PESHAWAR: Leaders of various local trader bodies unanimously adopted a resolution on Wednesday announcing the boycott of American products and the staging of a joint rally in the city today......
THE Right of Access to Information Bill, 2017, approved by the Senate, is most likely to be passed by the National Assembly and become law as both major opposition and political parties have shown......
PAKISTAN observed the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances yesterday (Aug 30) at a time when this form of attack on life and liberty has acquired a new and more sinister......
THE discovery of penicillin in 1928 inaugurated the long reign of antibiotics. From its discovery onwards, antibiotics formed the front-line defence against disease and infections. The upshot was......
FOR a number of years now the global regulatory regime for combating suspicious transactions has been tightening, and Pakistan has been feeling the squeeze mostly at the policy level. For years now,......
ISLAMABAD: Rawalpindi resident Kausar Rehman’s husband Asif Hameed was allegedly abducted by security agencies four years ago, and since then she has hoped he will return home.Her husband is 44 years......
In addition to being the one to introduce Tedx events to Islamabad, Saad Hamid describes himself as an entrepreneur-in-residence at the National Incubation Centre in Islamabad. He got the licence to......
ISLAMABAD: After driving to the I-12 from Sadiqabad, Mohammad Azhar struggled to find parking space at the cattle market set up by the Metropolitan Corportation Islamabad (MCI).The MCI auctioned the......
ISLAMABAD: A five-day exhibition titled ‘Occupying the Third Space’ was inaugurated at the Satrang Art Gallery by Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Margaret Adamson on Wednesday.The three......
ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has advised cellular operators to waive account opening charges for customers opening new mobile banking accounts from next year.In a written response to a......
LAHORE: Shahbaz Sharif says he himself had preferred the office of chief minister to that of the prime minister.“I myself had requested Mr Nawaz Sharif not to elevate me to the office of prime......
LAHORE: Flouting the court orders banning use of animals in poll campaigns, the ruling PML-N workers on Wednesday brought a young lion in Maryam Nawaz’s rally on Mohni Road.The party workers brought......
MULTAN: The committee constituted by the Supreme Court in connection with alleged illegalities in appointments in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has failed to finalise its findings five......
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday held a demonstration to observe the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.Office-bearers of the HRCP held a......
LAHORE: The PML-Q on Wednesday took out ‘Istehkam (stability) Pakistan’ rally and rejected US allegations that Pakistan is not sincere in fighting terrorism.Led by PML-Q Punjab Assembly parliamentary......
SAHIWAL: The prices of onion, tomato, green chili, ginger, garlic, cucumber, lemon, and green coriander have witnesses a sharp hike in the local vegetable market ahead of Eidul Azha.Consumers......
KARACHI: Mohammad Shakirullah alias Mufti Shakir, who was arrested over charges of killing policemen and carrying out the suicide attack on CID SP Chaudhry Aslam in 2014, was released on bail and......
KARACHI: After a hot day when the mercury soared to 39 degrees centigrade, parts of Karachi received light to moderate rain on Wednesday evening with chances of heavy rainfall in the next 24 to 48......
KARACHI: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, (BIEK) announced on Wednesday the results of intermediate (class XII) science (pre-medical) annual examination for 2017 with boys bagging most......
KARACHI: It had rained on Tuesday afternoon. So, almost naturally in Karachi’s context, the traffic issue reared its head. But it didn’t deter the media or showbiz glitterati from rushing to a local......
MITHI: Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds continued to batter almost entire lower region of the province on Wednesday, inundating low-lying areas, uprooting electricity poles and trees and......
SANGHAR: Additional and Sessions Judge of Shahdadpur Shahid Hussain handed down a life imprisonment verdict to an accused on a blasphemy charge on Wednesday.According to the FIR registered at......
CAMBODIA’S strongman premier handed out cash to hundreds of pregnant garment factory workers on Wednesday, launching a policy charm offensive on an industry that has often clashed with his government......
LONDON: Princes William and Harry paid tribute to their late mother Princess Diana on Wednesday for the 20th anniversary of her death as wellwishers left candles and flowers outside the gates of her......
MAKKAH: More than two million Muslims from around the world began performing the Haj rites on Wednesday.This year sees pilgrims from Iran return to Makkah in Saudi Arabia after a hiatus following a......
COX’S BAZAAR: More than 18,000 Rohingya Muslims — many sick and some with bullet wounds — have fled the worst violence to grip northwest Myanmar in at least five years, while thousands more are stuck......
MELANIA Trump is the kind of woman who travels to a flood-ravaged state in a pair of black snakeskin stilettos. Heels this high are not practical. But Trump is not the kind of woman who has to be......
The tropical storm that devastated Texas’ Gulf Coast spread to neighbouring Louisiana on Wednesday, while the US energy hub of Houston remained paralysed by a record rainfall that also drove tens of......
LONDON: The race to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia is hotting up and with just four rounds of games remaining in the qualifying campaign, all 13 European slots are still up for grabs.The......
MOSCOW: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday that renovation work on the Luzhniki Stadium, which will host the 2018 World Cup final, has now been completed.“The reconstruction of the Luzhniki......
CALAR ALTO: Chris Froome increased his lead of the Spanish Vuelta on Wednesday, finishing second in the mountainous 11th stage behind Astana rider Miguel Angel Lopez.The 23-year-old Lopez won his......
HYDERABAD: Heavy monsoon rain is not going to augur well for the agrarian economy as the cotton crop is in the picking stage in the lower parts of Sindh.The downpour began on Wednesday in several......
LAHORE: The newly constructed 220kV transmission line successfully evacuated 338MW from the new Jhimpir wind cluster in Sindh and added it to the national grid on Wednesday.The 85km long 220kV......
KARACHI: Edotco Group in partnership with Dawood Hercules Corporation Ltd (DH Corp) announced the acquisition of approximately 13,000 towers from Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (Jazz).Edotco......
KARACHI: The Sindh Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) on Wednesday approved 17 development schemes worth Rs7.23 billion.The schemes pertain to various divisions including work and services,......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) recommended on Wednesday a price increase of 70 paisa per litre for high-speed diesel (HSD) and Rs2.24 per litre for petrol from Sept 1.It also......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to assist Pakistan in formulation of a new energy policy for the medium-term covering 2018-23, it was learnt on Wednesday.In this regard, ADB......
As we gear up for another smartphone battle between Samsung and Apple this fall, there is a new wrinkle for the average smartphone customer to consider: prices that edge toward $1,000 for a new......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau is unlikely to summon all five members of the Joint Investigation Team constituted by the Supreme Court to probe the Sharif family’s offshore holdings after......
WASHINGTON: The United States has said that it continues to value its partnership with Pakistan and looks forward to rescheduling stalled talks as a former US ambassador warns that using “blunt......
LAHORE: A well-marked low pressure system in India sent out very strong moisture currents which generated widespread rain in lower Sindh, scattered areas of Punjab and upper parts of the country on......
KARACHI: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in London on Wednesday evening in his first foreign visit after ouster from office in the Panama Papers case.Workers of the Pakistan Muslim......
ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee on Wednesday constituted a working group for finalising policy recommendations on ties with the United States in the aftermath of the newly announced US......
ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism court (ATC) will announce its judgement in the Benazir Bhutto killing case on Thursday (today) at Adiala jail.ATC Judge Asghar Ali Khan reserved the verdict on Wednesday......
ISLAMABAD: Senior officials of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) said at a press conference on Wednesday they would file four references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his......
LAHORE: Opening batsman Sharjeel Khan was handed a five-year ban here on Wednesday by the Anti-Corruption Tribunal of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for his involvement in the spot-fixing scam......
ISLAMABAD: After facing the heat from both Pakistani and Chinese authorities for more than seven months, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Wednesday forwarded a case of......
ISLAMABAD: Former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf came under fire in the Senate on Wednesday for his recent remarks about alleged nuclear proliferation by Dr A.Q. Khan.The issue was......
Ali J. Siddiqui has been appointed as a special assistant to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi with immediate effect, according to a Cabinet Division notification issued Wednesday.Siddiqui,......
