The Spanish government asked the country's top court on Wednesday to nullify a vote in the Catalan parliament over a disputed independence referendum bill.The push from the wealthy northeastern......
Three different groups involved in the killing of policemen in Karachi have been busted by law enforcement agencies, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said at a Defence Day ceremony at......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa called on the world to "do more" against terrorism at a tribute to the martyrs of the 1965 war on Pakistan's 52nd Defence Day at General Headquarters......
A school run by the Sikh community in Peshawar will continue operations after fears arose earlier that it would have to halt operations after being asked to vacate premises on Wednesday.The Rising......
A two-front war with Pakistan and China cannot be ruled out, Indian Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat said, dismissing the "myth that democracies or nuclear armed" neighbours do not go to war,......
Bears dominated Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 389 points, or 0.93 per cent, to close at 41,390.KSE-100 index started trading on a positive note......
Indian activists, politicians and journalists demanded a full investigation on Wednesday into the murder of Gauri Lankesh, a newspaper editor and outspoken critic of the ruling Hindu nationalist......
India's top court proposed measures on Wednesday to stop what it called "growing violence by vigilantes" who claim to be protecting cows, revered as holy by Hindus.India is reeling from a spate of......
Referring to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as a "facilitator of corruption", the Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its dissatisfaction with the institution's performance in......
United Nations war crimes investigators on Wednesday said that they had evidence that investigators government forces were behind the chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Khan Sheikhun in......
Following the BRICS nations' "regional security concern" over the militant groups allegedly based in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif acknowledged the existence of such organisations, naming......
Russian President Vladimir Putin and South Korean President Moon Jae-In agreed Wednesday that resolving the North Korea crisis as soon as possible was the top priority.“It is more important than......
At least five children drowned when boats carrying Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar sank early on Wednesday, Bangladesh border guards told AFP.Authorities said three to four boats had......
US forces apologised on Wednesday for dropping leaflets in northern Afghanistan depicting a dog with a Quranic verse written across its body — an image highly offensive to Muslims.A photo of the......
The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history made its first landfall in the islands of the northeast Caribbean early on Wednesday, churning along a path pointing to Puerto Rico, the......
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday alleged a “huge iceberg of misinformation” was distorting the picture of the Rohingya crisis, which has forced 125,000 of the Muslim minority......
Defence Day of Pakistan marking the 52nd anniversary of the 1965 war is being celebrated with traditional fervour and solemnity across the country on Wednesday.The day began with special prayers for......
PESHAWAR: Around 1.5 million children are out of school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to the preliminary report of a survey, say sources.Sources said that the survey was conducted by elementary......
LANDI KOTAL: Unidentified gunmen abducted at least 17 young tribesmen from a picnic spot in Landi Kotal on Sunday.Khasadar officials while confirming the incident said that some local youth from......
There are times, and places, when you walk around with brain fog. It is so thick that the PhD you’ve recently finished on young Pakistanis becomes the thing you want most to burn. The amazing boy......
NORTH Korea has lately stood out as a nation determined to keep pouring its meagre resources into nuclear weaponry and means of delivering it. A missile that flew over Japan last week was followed by......
LAMENTABLY, Pakistan has had a chequered, oft-disrupted parliamentary history, where not one of 18 prime ministers has completed a full five-year tenure. It is therefore not surprising that there is......
UNDOUBTEDLY, there were others who suffered more. Even before the rains beat down on Karachi this year, taking a few and then a few more and finally over 20 lives, hundreds others had died in......
IT is indeed a shocking court judgement. Almost 10 years after her assassination, Benazir Bhutto’s murderers have not been identified let alone convicted. While the anti-terrorist court has acquitted......
Q: What are you currently reading?A: These days I am reading the English version of the Korean novel The Vegetarian, written by South Korean novelist Han Kang, [who teaches] creative writing at the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will hold an important Executive Board Meeting (EBM) on Wednesday (today) to grant approval for filing of four corruption references against......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan will address a public meeting in Lahore on Friday as ‘his contribution’ to the campaign of his party’s candidate for by-election for the......
LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court will on Wednesday (today) take up petitions challenging the decisions of the returning officer and an election tribunal regarding the acceptance of......
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khurram Dastagir on Tuesday said Pakistan would seek to resolve issues with the US in a peaceful manner and expressed the hope for quality bilateral engagement in......
RAWALPINDI: While taking stock of arms, ammunition and bulletproof jackets being used or kept in police stores, it was discovered that vital parts of several weapons were found defective, and some......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri has announced holding protest processions in 100 cities of the country against the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.If the United......
LAHORE: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif is starting the second-phase of his public contact campaign from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sept 10 after his return from London.“After his arrival from London......
The recent verdict of Rawalpindi’s Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Benazir Bhutto’s murder case has revived the memories of how the life of a remarkable person was cut down in the prime of her......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A married woman who was allegedly raped and blackmailed because of a video clip of the rape made by her tormentors, had to bribe lower police staff to get a case registered against......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A strong windstorm followed by torrential rain wreaked havoc on Faisalabad Electric Supply Company’s installations as a dozen electricity poles in Arrouti feeder area near Pirmahal......
KARACHI: Alarmed over reports of a university student’s involvement in the attack on the leader of the opposition in Sindh Assembly on Eid day, two major public sector varsities in the city held......
KARACHI: In what seems to be a renewed move to humble the provincial police chief, the Sindh chief minister has sought an “explanation” from Inspector General of Police A.D. Khowaja for seeking his......
KARACHI: An oil slick recently reported at the Clifton beach posed no immediate threat to marine flora and fauna as it’s in the advance stage of dilution, the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan......
KARACHI: Almost all religious and most of the political organisations, besides the legal community, held protest demonstrations and rallies across Sindh on Monday to condemn ‘genocide’ of the......
LARKANA: Sindh Senior Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, who is also provincial chief of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), has said that the parliament and assemblies must......
HYDERABAD: Education is an inevitably significant source of development whereas art plays a role in character-building of the youth of the country.This was stated by General Officer Commanding (GOC)......
The surprise, ever part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s script, came courtesy Nirmala Sitharaman being entrusted with the critical defence portfolio. And while there was no grand plan evident from......
MIAMI/SAN JUAN: Officials in the Florida Keys are gearing up to get tourists and residents out of the possible path of Hurricane Irma.Monroe County spokeswoman Cammy Clark said in a news release that......
Authorities in Myanmar say close to 100 people have been killed since Aug 25 when armed men, reportedly from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), launched a pre-dawn raid on police outposts in......
WASHINGTON: Accusing North Korea of “begging for war”, the United States is drafting a UN Security Council resolution mandating more sanctions against Pyongyang and will put it to the vote on Sept......
Gulangyu island is a miniature of cultured lifestyles in China, an isolated islet where people retreat from convention and competition.Known as Kulangsu in the local dialect, the island covers only......
MOSCOW/BEIRUT: The Syrian army’s breaking of a years-long siege by the militant Islamic State group of Deir Ezzor city is a “very important strategic victory,” the Kremlin said on......
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday ended an amnesty protecting 800,000 people brought to the United States illegally as minors from deportation, prompting a political firestorm.The US......
BENGALURU: Journalist-turned-activist Gauri Lankesh, 55, was shot dead by unidentified men outside her residence in Rajarajeshwarinagar, West Bengaluru, on Tuesday night.Preliminary reports say that......
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen named a staunchly pro-independence city mayor as her new premier on Tuesday in a move which some analysts said would rile China.China still sees self-ruled......
WELLESLEY: Until last year, Ninotska Love would have been barred from attending Wellesley College. She’s an accomplished student who has persevered through hardship, but under longstanding rules, the......
NEW YORK: Juan Martin del Potro shrugged off sickness to save two match points and defeat Dominic Thiem in a five-set US Open epic on Monday to book a quarter-final showdown with five-time champion......
PARIS: Germany roared back to their best in a 6-0 demolition of Norway, while England also closed in on World Cup qualification, albeit in contrasting fashion in a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over......
KYOTO: Usain Bolt is feeling no pressure in retirement, confident his best times can remain world records for decades.The only sprinter to capture the 100- and 200-metre track titles at three......
LAHORE: Many enthusiastic cricket fans had to return home on Tuesday without getting hold of any tickets for the World XI-Pakistan T20 games, scheduled to be played here at the Gaddafi Stadium during......
CHITTAGONG: An unbeaten century stand between David Warner and Peter Handscomb led Australia’s strong reply against Bangladesh on day two of the second and final Test in Chittagong on Tuesday.The......
LONDON: West Indies batsman Shai Hope could become a modern “great”, coach Stuart Law said on Tuesday ahead of the Test series decider against England.The tourists’ 23-year-old batsman starred in......
KARACHI: The BRICS countries, following the summit in Xiamen, have committed to intensifying their cooperation against terror financing and money laundering, within the framework established by the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s fiscal deficit accumulated to a whopping 5.8 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) and reached Rs1.864 trillion mark in absolute terms, the highest in four years of the PML-N......
KARACHI: Import of onion is the only way to control any further jump in prices as Balochistan’s stock of the commodity has almost exhausted and the Sindh’s crop will hit the market by mid-October,......
LAHORE: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has rejected the unilateral and sudden reduction in the system gas supply by Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Ltd, apprehending further energy......
ISLAMABAD: Consumer inflation climbed to 3.4 per cent year-on-year in the month of August, mostly on the back of increase in prices of petroleum and perishable products.Month-on-month rise was 0.2pc,......
HAMAD PORT: Qatar inaugurated a new $7.4 billion port along its Gulf coast on Tuesday that officials said would become a regional transport hub and help shield its economy against sanctions enforced......
DUQM: In the remote desert along Oman’s southern coast, construction machines hired by a Chinese consortium are levelling an expanse of pale orange sand — a first step towards billions of dollars of......
SINGAPORE: US oil prices edged up on Tuesday as the gradual restart of Gulf of Mexico refineries following forced shutdowns due to Hurricane Harvey raised demand for crude, their most important......
OSLO: Norway’s government plans to make taxpayers rather than oil companies pay special UN fees for any offshore production from remote Arctic regions, according to letters sent to oil firms and seen......
GILGIT: Sitting under the shade of trees, Ghulam Ali stares at the graves around him. These are, perhaps, his last days working as the caretaker of this old graveyard and although he has already......
KARACHI: Former bureaucrat Dr Musharraf Rasool Cyan has joined the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Limited as its chief executive officer (CEO), the company said on Tuesday.Dr Cyan, who......
ISLAMABAD: Arrest of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his children and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar after filing of references against them by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is unlikely......
COX’S BAZAAR: Nearly 125,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as fears grow of a......
KARACHI: People travelling to or from Pakistan can now carry Rs10,000 in cash after the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) raised the limit on Tuesday by more than three times.In case of India, however,......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has conceded that the local government system in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has not been implemented fully because of opposition from his own provincial......
LONDON: Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has asked for Pakistan’s help to bring charges against MQM-London leader Altaf Hussain, according to documents obtained by Dawn.The British......
PESHAWAR: When the then Taliban spokesperson, Ehsanullah Ehsan, made initial contact in spring last year to suggest the terms of his surrender to Pakistani authorities, the offer — though significant......
South African cricketer and World XI squad member Imran Tahir ? who is due to play the Independence Cup series in Lahore this month ? accused the Pakistani consulate in Birmingham of "humiliating"......
