Singapore on Thursday inaugurated its first female president amid stinging criticism that she is taking office without a vote.Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament from the Malay Muslim......
Turkey on Thursday warned Iraqi Kurdish leaders that a planned independence referendum this month would “have a cost”, as Ankara refused to budge in its opposition to the poll.The non-binding poll......
Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed won big at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Awards 2017 ceremony on Thursday, bagging the title of Outstanding Player of the Year.The ceremony attended by both Pakistani and......
The European Union (EU) wants to change the rules governing Europe's passport-free travel area so countries can conduct identification checks at borders within the zone for another two years,......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday announced the arrests of a Balochistan government official and two officials of a private company after unearthing alleged embezzlement of over......
Qatar's emir is persona non grata to four US-allied Arab states that accuse his wealthy Gulf nation of sponsoring extremists, but he recently received a warm welcome at the sprawling military base......
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the need to boost pressure on North Korea in talks with Prime Minister Theresa May in London on Thursday where the Iran nuclear deal was also raised.The......
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday inaugurated India's first bullet train project ? a $19 billion line in the home state of Indian leader Narendra Modi intended to revitalise the country's......
Gunmen and suicide car bombers on Thursday killed at least 74 people, including Iranians, near the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah in an attack claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group.The......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi on Thursday, while thanking West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President Dave Cameron for visiting Pakistan amidst the ongoing Independence Cup,......
Pakistani and Afghan officials in a bilateral meeting at the Ministry of Defence in Kabul agreed to formulate an action plan seeking to improve security along the Pak-Afghan border through enhanced......
Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA Hashim Khan and two of his aides were gunned down in Lower Dir's Shah Alam Baba area on Thursday, police said.Station House Officer (SHO) Fazal Mabood said unknown......
The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday warned that arms deals between Washington and New Delhi could potentially destabilise the region as India is responsible for carrying out subversive activities in......
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Thursday said that two “high-profile militants” of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LeJ) who earlier escaped from Karachi’s Central Jail had crossed over to......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will file an appeal in the Supreme Court (SC) against a Lahore High Court (LHC) decision to acquit Nawaz Sharif and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the......
Waqar Younis, former head coach for the national team, has joined the ranks of Islamabad United as their bowling coach and United's director cricket for the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) third......
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh on Thursday to protest against the killing of two civilians as a result of yet another unprovoked ceasefire......
A Pak-China joint air exercise is in full swing at China's Korla Air Base, Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) media department said on Thursday.The contingents from both sides participating in the Shaheen-VI......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange's (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index closed the penultimate trading session of the week with a gain of 373 points, or 0.88 per cent.Closing at 42,683.57 points after witnessing......
The three contenders of the NA-120 by-polls will continue campaigning on Thursday despite the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) warning that any rallies held within the constituency will be......
The United Nations (UN) Security Council condemned the violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state that has led more than 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh and called for immediate......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday inaugurated the Kacchi Canal project in Balochistan's Dera Bugti district, Radio Pakistan reported.According to the state-run daily, the Canal will......
Dawn.com won two awards at the prestigious World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) South Asian Digital Media Awards 2017. The association announced winners at the WAN-IFRA......
Online video calling apps, including WhatsApp, Skype and Viber, will be unblocked in Saudi Arabia from next week, Arab News reported.The Minister for Communications and Information Technology......
CUPERTINO: More than two years after releasing the Apple Watch, Apple Inc has finally been able to replicate 1940s comic strip technology, an advance that analysts say will spur sales.The Series 3 of......
GENEVA: Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it would not oppose a resolution at the UN-backed Human Rights Council seeking an independent, international investigation of rights violations and crimes in......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued bailable arrest warrants for Imran Khan following his failure to show up for the contempt of court proceeding on Thursday. The election body also......
Azizul Haque wanted to scream but could not muster the energy as he fought for his life, his body torn apart by the landmine he stepped on as he and his Rohingya Muslim family fled Myanmar.Instead,......
The documents provided by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) looking into the Sharif family's businesses show that Nawaz Sharif did receive salary as the chairman of Capital FZE, said the Supreme......
24 people, mostly teenage boys, lost their lives on Thursday when a blaze tore through a Malaysian religious school, in what officials said was one of the country's worst fire disasters for years.The......
I was thrilled to learn that for the first time since the Equator Prize was launched by the United Nations Equator Initiative in 2002, an NGO from Pakistan has won the prestigious award for this......
ISLAMABAD: Referring to the recent BRICS declaration issued after a summit in the Chinese city of Xiamen, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday refuted media reports claiming that China had......
ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission on Wednesday informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that the federal government had allocated Rs866 billion for 1,018 development schemes of different......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi met Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Wednesday to discuss with him appointment of new chairman of the National......
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Wednesday the onus of satisfying the United States about its concerns is not on Pakistan.“We are here to give our point of view logically and......
WASHINGTON: India and Pakistan resume talks on a longstanding water dispute on Thursday amidst renewed hopes for a peaceful resolution of this potentially dangerous issue.The last round of these......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to file a reference against a former chairman of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) for making illegal investment of more than......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan on Wednesday told medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to stop work and leave its tribal areas, the health organisation said, ending its 14-year stay in the region.MSF......
SHANGLA: A road linking Bisham city to Khataksar area remained closed for traffic on the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday due to heavy landslides, forcing people to walk to their destinations.“We......
ISLAMABAD: Amid growing concerns regarding the radicalisation of students, especially in the aftermath of the tragic lynching of Mashal Khan, the issue of extremist activities on campuses has......
RAWALPINDI: Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday promised to take action against the officials who came up with the draft of an anti-press law, even if it meant losing her......
ISLAMABAD: The mushroom growth of illegal constructions has become an issue for the residents of Islamabad’s rural areas, as the civic agency has directed them to get their building plans approved......
ISLAMABAD: A mobile application designed to help women and marginalised groups facing online harassment was launched on Wednesday.Titled Muavin, the application is available on Android devices and......
ISLAMABAD: A doctor has submitted a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the long working hours medical professionals are made to work, especially resident doctors across the country.In......
RAWALPINDI: Repeated incidents of laser beams being flashed at passenger aircraft taking off from and landing at Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) have caused concern among pilots and......
Quebec-native Ian Boudreault left Canada at a very young age with grand plans to see the world. After making provisions to generate income online in 2002, he set off on a journey that would make him......
LAHORE: Though Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif along with his son MNA Hamza is apparently ensuring they stay out of the country till the NA-120 by-poll, his niece Maryam Nawaz insists “the whole......
FAISALABAD: Sarwar Kamal used to sketch the portraits of famous personalities such as Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Dr Muhammad Iqbal, Noor Jehan and others for a living.He remained into the occupation until......
LAHORE: A young girl suffered burns on her face in an acid attack in Defence area here on Wednesday.According to police the girl was subjected to acid attack after she refused to marry her......
KARACHI: Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal discussed recruitment of policemen and law and order with Inspector General of Police A.D. Khowaja on Wednesday, which was their first contact since......
ISLAMABAD: To curb snatching of mobile phones and their trade, the Sindh government approached the interior ministry on Wednesday for registration of mobile phones against CNIC numbers.In this......
KARACHI: Sindh Health Minister Dr Sikander Mandhro on Wednesday announced that the provincial government would provide funds for free bone marrow transplantation (BMT) to all needy patients at the......
KARACHI: The three-day Fashion Pakistan Week ’17 Winter Festive under the Fashion Pakistan Council kicked off at the Global Marquee off Sharea Faisal on Tuesday with 18 established and emerging......
HYDERABAD: Using questionable language for the physically challenged, Senior Sindh Minister for Food and Parliamentary Affairs Nisar Ahmad Khuhro said that if a person is physically disabled he can......
KABUL: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a cricket stadium in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, killing three people including a policeman and wounding five others, police said.The attacker......
BRUSSELS: The European Union is in a healthier economic state than it’s been for more than a decade and is ready to move on from Brexit, the bloc’s top official said on Wednesday.Addressing lawmakers......
WASHINGTON: A top American military commander has declassified 81 locations of unexploded bombs dropped by the US-led coalition in the battle to oust IS militants from the Iraqi city of Mosul. And......
SRINAGAR: An international human rights group urged India on Wednesday to immediately ban the use of shotguns by government forces in suppressing protests against Indian rule in India-held Kashmir,......
SEOUL: North Korea vowed on Wednesday to accelerate its weapons programmes in response to “evil” sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council following its latest and most powerful nuclear test.The......
AFTER breaking an IS group blockade, Syria’s army is seeking to encircle the remaining jihadist-held parts of Deir Ezzor city, a military source said on Wednesday. The city is the capital of oil-rich......
UKHIA: The lost Rohingya boy made the journey from Myanmar alone, following strangers from other villages across rivers and jungle until they reached Bangladesh, where he had no family and no idea......
BOUARFA: Edouard Kunz knows timekeeping is important but the former Swiss watch precision mechanic admits that James Bond’s Oriental Desert Express in remote eastern Morocco never runs on......
CONSIDER the plight of an ethnic group seeking self-determination in the Middle East.Its leaders have renounced terrorism. Their militias fight alongside US soldiers. While their neighbours built......
OSLO: Norwegians voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election whose outcome is too close to call, with opinion polls showing Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s centre-right government and the opposition......
BEIRUT: Russian air strikes Sunday killed 34 civilians on ferries fleeing violence in Syria’s eastern province of Deir Ezzor, where jihadists face separate assaults by US-backed forces and......
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton says she is “done” being a political candidate, and that her shock US presidential loss last year to Donald Trump remains a source of deep anguish.“It still is very......
OGAKI: A Japanese civic group teamed up with a railway operator on Sunday to let some 30 cats roam on a local train at an event, hoping it will raise awareness of the culling of stray cats.Passengers......
LAHORE: An impressive half-century from Hashim Amla and a rapid cameo by Thisara Perera guided the ICC World XI to an exciting seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second Twenty20 International......
LAHORE: While disclosing that the ongoing Independence Cup would not be a profitable venture, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi on Wednesday said the activity was the first step towards......
LIMA: The International Olympic Committee named Paris and Los Angeles as hosts for the 2024 and 2028 Olympics on Wednesday, crowning two cities at the same time in a historic first for the embattled......
LONDON: As the Champions League opened with a series of one-sided games, Jose Mourinho was blunt. For the Manchester United manager, it wasn’t the Champions League at all.“For the Real Madrids,......
LONDON: Premier League giants Arsenal make their Europa League bow this week, slipping into the continent’s second-string competition after nearly two decades in the Champions League, with AC Milan......
TOKYO: Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic powered on at the Japan Women’s Open here on Wednesday by eliminating seventh seed Alison Riske, a day after ushering local favourite Kimiko Date into retirement.It......
KARACHI: Girls throwball teams from sub junior category of under-14 and under-17 and for senior categories qualified for the quarter-finals of the 8th Girls Throwball Tournament 2017 being played at......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Riaz Hussain Pirzada expressed hope on Wednesday that Pakistan will show good performance in fifth edition of Asian Indoor & Martial Arts......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan on Wednesday extended the date for subsidy on export of wheat and its products to Oct 31.The SBP, through a circular to the authorised dealers (banks), said that......
LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has launched a campaign to approach existing and prospective taxpayers through emails and text messages.The objective of the campaign is to bring more......
KARACHI: Cotton prices moved lower on Wednesday, in line with New York cotton market.The fading out of two major hurricanes — Harvey and Irma — without much damage to standing cotton crop in Texas......
LONDON: Gold dipped on Wednesday, erasing earlier slim gains as the dollar index moved into positive territory, though a retreat in global stocks after Tuesday’s record high kept the metal hemmed......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance on Wednesday denied that Pakistan was going to approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for another bailout package.The ministry’s reply came in response to......
ISLAMABAD: The independent consultants have finally suggested allowing up to 7.1 per cent unaccounted-for gas (UFG losses) allowance to gas utilities in the consumer tariff for the next five years......
DHAKA: Bangladesh will sign a 15-year deal with Qatar’s RasGas Co to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) starting in 2018 as the South Asian country turns to the supercooled fuel to fill a domestic......
ISLAMABAD: The government has restructured the board of directors of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) by adding four choice members of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.In a notification issued by......
KARACHI: The local industry despatched 7.15 million tonnes of cement in July-August, up 21 per cent from the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.The domestic consumption increased 28pc......
KARACHI: Pakistan and the United States need to focus on improving bilateral relation particularly in areas of economy and trade as there exists a lot of scope and opportunities in both......
ISLAMABAD: In an explicit outcome of the GSP+ facility, Spain has emerged as the third biggest destination for Pakistan’s exports proceeds during the financial year 2016-17, Pakistan’s Commercial......
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday called for downward revision of property taxes, claiming that the existing rates are hindering business growth.The LCCI raised the......
YANGON: Myanmar’s national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over violence that has forced about 400,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, cancelled a trip to the upcoming UN General......
ISLAMABAD: Opposed to the government decision to extend jurisdiction of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), the country’s major opposition parties......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday resubmitted two references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his children to an accountability court.The references were......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition walked out of the National Assembly on Wednesday after the house was informed that areas in Sindh were facing eight to 10 hours of power outages, almost double the threshold......
ISLAMABAD: The heated debate on whether disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution is for life, that began following the disqualification of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif,......
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Raza Rabbani has sought a policy statement from Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal in the Senate on Friday regarding a disclosure by his predecessor, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, about an......
ISLAMABAD: Zafar Abdullah, acting chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, has disclosed that neither he nor any of the commissioners in the SECP have access to the documents......
LAHORE: As political fortresses go, there are few in the country as impregnable for the Pakistan Muslim League-N opponents as the Lahore constituency which is titled as NA-120. This constituency has......
“If you give me freedom of speech, I have the freedom to publish it, otherwise the privilege is useless.” — M.A. JinnahALTHOUGH the effort to get an antediluvian measure against the print media......
IN case you missed it, Pakistan just suffered a bit of a setback in its ongoing arbitration with the Tethyan Copper Company over the cancellation of its mining lease in Reko Diq when its request to......
DUE to its high population density, monsoon-dependent agricultural economy and aging infrastructure, Pakistan is among the top 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change. It has already endured......
A police official in Bahawalpur was suspended following a protest by members of the transgender community against alleged harassment and intimidation by members of law enforcement on Wednesday.The......
A shooter opened fire at a high school in Washington state on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring at least three others, authorities said.Brian Schaeffer of the Spokane Fire Department told......
