France on Monday warned that salvaging the Iran nuclear deal was “essential” to prevent other countries from seeking nuclear weapons as world leaders gathered at the United Nations (UN).Foreign......
Hurricane Maria strengthened on Monday as it blasted towards the eastern Caribbean, a region already struggling to recover from mega-storm Irma.The United States (US) National Hurricane Center (NHC)......
United States (US) President Donald Trump made his debut at the United Nations on Monday, using his first moments at the world body to urge the 193-nation organisation to reduce bureaucracy and costs......
A court on Monday indicted Balochistan MPA Majeed Khan Achakzai in the case of a police sergeant killed in a traffic accident in Quetta in June this year.Sessions Judge Rashid Mehmood framed charges......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) Dr Yasmin Rashid said on Monday that her party would not accept the results of the NA-120 by-election until the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) addressed its......
In light of recent reports of involvement of students in terrorist activities, senators on Monday called for revisions in the syllabi taught in educational institutions.While debating a motion on the......
Pressure grew on Myanmar on Monday as a rights group urged world leaders to impose sanctions on its military, which is accused of driving out more than 410,000 Rohingya Muslims in an orchestrated......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's office on Monday refuted a statement regarding the Kabul attack that was attributed to the prime minister by The Financial Times, the Associated Press of......
The Senate is poised to pass a defence policy bill that pumps $700 billion into the Pentagon budget, expands US missile defences in response to North Korea's growing hostility and refuses to allow......
Representatives from nine robotics companies from across Pakistan met with Balochistan's Education Secretary Abdul Fateh Bangar in Quetta on Monday to discuss the introduction of robotics-based......
A German nationalist party called on Monday for tighter security measures aimed primarily at immigrants, while again insisting that Islam is incompatible with democracy, as Germany's election......
Former England football captain Wayne Rooney was banned on Monday from driving for two years and ordered to perform 100 hours of unpaid community work after pleading guilty to drink-driving.The......
A United Kingdom (UK) Labour Party spokesperson said the party had turned down an application from the Saudi embassy to attend the party's annual conference in Brighton, HuffPost reported on......
The Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Sartaj Aziz, on Monday acknowledged the United States' "cooperation" in the development of Pakistan's energy sector.He was speaking at the inauguration of the......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened the week in the green, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining 54 points to close at 42,841 on Monday.Volatile trading amidst low volumes saw the index touch......
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Hyderabad Khadim Rind on Monday announced the arrest of the second prime suspect in the Tania Khaskheli murder case from Naushahro Feroze.During an afternoon......
A child has died and at least 12 other people were injured after a suspected suicide attack attempted to target a paramilitary vehicle near the Chaman border crossing in Balochistan, officials told......
With a crackdown on dissenters and a charm offensive to woo the kingdom's swelling youth population, Saudi Arabia's king-in-waiting Mohammed bin Salman is cementing his grip on power, analysts......
The PPP on Monday filed three appeals before the Lahore High Court's Rawalpindi bench, challenging the verdict passed by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.The appeals,......
Since the dawn of Independence, the Establishment — albeit with varying labels — has tried to misinterpret, tamper or altogether censor any sayings of [Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali] Jinnah and his......
The Indian government told the country's top court on Monday that some of the Muslim Rohingya who have fled Myanmar are a serious security threat as it sought to justify moves to deport up to 40,000......
Hundreds of police officers in riot gear mobilised in downtown St. Louis after another day of peaceful protests over an ex-police officer's acquittal in the death of a black man, making dozens of......
Global image messaging service Snapchat has blocked Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera from its app in Saudi Arabia at the request of Saudi authorities, the company said on Monday.“We make an effort to......
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday dismissed the petitions challenging Kulsoom Nawaz's candidacy in the NA-120 by-polls, which alleged that the wife of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had not......
Ambassador Farukh Amil, the permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations (UN), has written to the Swiss authorities to take action against “Free Balochistan” posters that have appeared......
Hundreds of students of Aisha Bawany Government College on Monday protested against the closure of the institution despite the court's orders on Saturday to resume classes in the college.On Friday,......
Polls in Nepal opened on Monday for the final phase of local polls, the first in nearly two decades and a key step in the country's post-war transition to a federal democracy.Most of the country has......
After months of foot-dragging over the issue, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday finally submitted details of party accounts and foreign funding received in the last seven years to the......
DOHA: Qatar on Sunday signed an agreement to buy 24 Typhoon fighter jets from Britain, a second major defence deal signed by Doha during its lengthening diplomatic dispute with its neighbours.Qatari......
MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s biggest dam on Sunday, ignoring warnings from environment groups that hundreds of thousands of people will lose their livelihoods.The......
General Motors will recall more than 2.5 million vehicles in China over concerns about airbags made by troubled Japanese giant Takata, Chinese authorities said, dealing a blow to the United States......
Late last month, some believers slaughtered a couple of goats at the altar of the Pakistan Stock Exchange to drive away evil spirits that have come to haunt what, only a year ago, stood out as the......
Last week, the Lahore High Court stopped relocation of the three sugar mills owned by Nawaz Sharif and his family from the central districts to the cotton-growing southern regions of Punjab.Throwing......
Residential gas consumers are likely to be affected by gas sector reforms — spearheaded by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi — notwithstanding the government’s assertions to put in place two......
According to the weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks for the week ended Sept 1, 2017, deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks stood at Rs11,661.904bn after a 0.09pc......
Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, September 18th, 2017...
Exports have started growing. Remittances are up. And, inflows of foreign investment are getting thicker. The external sector outlook is better now than at the end of the preceding fiscal......
Is Pakistan moving towards an economic crisis similar to the one seen in 2008? There is some consensus that an external sector-driven crisis — a perpetual periodical feature of the economy — is......
PAKISTAN imports pulses and gram (chickpea) to meet its consumption needs. Domestic production of these crops, particularly masur (lentil) and mash, is low because of the use of poor quality seed and......
While the Pakistan and China bilateral Trade Agreement, signed in 2006, seemed to be quite enthusiastic and ambitious; the ground realities turned out to be quite different.The FTA resulted in the......
Foresight is overestimated. What we presumably lack is hindsight. A lack of hindsight may lead us towards right-less employment growth under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor.There is no doubt......
Swimming against the current, the water issue has arrived in Islamabad, or so it seems.Not only was there was confusion and debate on the issue; the water scene watchers believe that groundwork is......
COTTON prices on the local market firmed in early September due to increased buying and a spike in US prices after two powerful hurricanes, Harvey and Irma.But as US prices softened after fears for......
China’s move last week to ban initial coin offerings has caused chaos among start-ups looking to raise money through the novel fund-raising scheme, prompting halts, about-turns and re-thinks.China is......
Imagine you’ve been detained at customs, waiting to cross the border. Or maybe you’ve been pulled over for a traffic violation. An officer waves your cell phone at you.“Look at this. Is this yours?”......
LAHORE: The army men and Rangers deployed for maintaining law and order during polling for NA-120 held here on Sunday strictly monitored the polling process in an apparent bid to quell any chances of......
LAHORE: NA-120 wore green, red, black, white colours as the panaflexes, banners and streamers fluttered and welcomed voters for the by-election which was being projected as yardstick to gauge the......
LAHORE: Azhar Ali of Mohni Road on Sunday was a little surprised over Jamaatud Dawa-backed candidate’s polling camp matching the PML-N and PTI’s in terms of size and presence of activists.“I have......
LAHORE: Despite being witness to so many tumultuous political happenings since the last time the nation went to polls, a good number of voters in NA-120 still side with the party on the polling day......
It’s a new morning and Javaid Ahmed is preparing for the day by gathering all his colours and brushes in a bag before he departs to his place of work. His vibrant personality has made him a......
SIALKOT: Two persons were injured and the rail traffic remained suspended for about two hours on Sialkot-Sambrial-Wazirabad track after a collision between a railway engine and a car on the bridge......
LAHORE: Ali Tahir, a Lahore-based biker tourist, along with seven other bikers has toured and explored the areas around Trich Mir, the highest mountain in Hindu Kush mountain range, on......
MUZAFFARGARH: A man was burnt alive, while two others suffered severe burns on Sunday when a tanker filled with crude oil exploded after it caught fire during repair at a welder’s shop at Kot......
Pakistaaaan Zindaaaabaad, Paaakistaan Zinndabaaad Jeetay gaa bhai jeetay gaa, Pakistaan Jeetay gaa When 25,000 people chant the same mantra in unison, it breathes out spirit and releases an energy......
BUFFETED by strong economic headwinds, which have gathered momentum since the insane demonetisation exercise of last November and made more fierce by a poorly designed change in the national taxation......
WHAT’S the most depressing economic statistic that is churned out repetitively in Pakistan? It’s the number of taxpayers. Time and again, the government and donors embarrass us for doing our nation a......
NOTWITHSTANDING Pakistan’s response to mounting US pressure with a series of steps on the foreign policy front, the challenges faced by the country primarily remain on the home front. In the wake of......
THE internet throws up viral trends and challenges with unerring regularity, and for the most part these are fun, harmless and sometimes meant to raise awareness or funds for a good cause. In the......
PESHAWAR: About a week ago, a photo on social media of a frail and pale man lying unconscious on a stretcher needing immediate medical care at the province’s biggest public sector hospital shocked......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that his party is regaining its position and will be able to form governments in all the provinces and centre following the next......
LAKKI MARWAT: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that time has proved that the policy to become an ally of the US in the war against terrorism was a great mistake as......
Ambassador Andrei G. Ermolovich hosted a reception last Friday in the Marriott Hotel to mark Belarus’ independence upon the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The event was attended by diplomats from......
Ambassador Caludio Lins and his wife Zu Lins welcomed hundreds of guests to a garden party at the new residence to celebrate Brazil’s 195th Independence Day last week. Music and a dance performance......
Hungarian Ambassador Istvan Szabo and Graham Balchin, CEO of MOL Pakistan Oil & Gas, the large Hungarian company working mainly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, held a tree planting ceremony in the Fatima......
FOR centuries, Karachi’s Shidi Community has been celebrating the Shidi Mela — festival of Crocodiles — at the shrine of Hazrat Shaikh Sabir Sultan Baba Manghopir. It usually lasts for three to four......
HYDERABAD: Throwing its weight behind the country’s armed forces and assuring them of its full support, the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) at its workers’ convention held here on Sunday......
HYDERABAD: Around 10,317 candidates — 8,937 boys and 1,380 women — appeared in a test for entry to the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) for admissions in 18 technologies and six......
MITHI: A police team of Tharparkar picked up a student of intermediate class, Raja Kanwar, in a late night raid on a house in Hyderabad on Saturday for allegedly posting sacrilegious material on the......
KARACHI: After much controversy in the media regarding the alleged closure and sealing of Aisha Bawany College a day earlier, the management of Begum Aisha Bawany Educational and Welfare Wakf held a......
KARACHI: Police on Sunday registered a murder and rape case against the employers of a young maid who was found hanged in their Defence Housing Authority house on Saturday morning.The case was......
KARACHI: Over 300 wedding / banquet halls / lawns that are set up and operating illegally in the city will be shut down after six months (around January 2018), it is learnt here reliably.According to......
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Senator Sirajul Haq has said institutions of accountability have collapsed in the country and suggested that the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau be......
TOKYO: A powerful typhoon ripped into southern Japan on Sunday, dumping torrential rain, grounding hundreds of domestic flights and halting train services.Typhoon Talim made a landfall in Kyushu, the......
DAR KABIRAH: At a mobile medical clinic in central Syria’s Homs province, a Russian doctor takes an elderly woman’s blood pressure. Nearby, his colleague examines a dazed teenager on a gurney. “Take......
NEW DELHI: India will roll out nearly 100,000 battery-powered buses and autorickshaws onto its sulphurous city streets in the coming weeks, setting it on the bumpy road to making new vehicle sales......
ISTANBUL: Students in Turkey return to school on Monday (today) where they will be taught evolution for the last time in their biology classes. Next fall, evolution and Charles Darwin will be......
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s favourite animal is a hedgehog; she loves spaghetti and chicken soup and dreams of being an astronaut for a day. Those were some of the personal details the......
BELGRADE: Serbia’s lesbian prime minister said on Sunday she was working “one step at a time” towards a more tolerant society, as she joined Belgrade’s annual gay march held under heavy security.Ana......
TIRANA (Albania): Even though President Donald Trump announced his strategy for the war in Afghanistan in August, the Pentagon and Nato are still trying to map their way forward in the nearly......
NEW YORK: The Trump administration is considering closing down the recently reopened US Embassy in Havana following a string of unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Cuba,......
KARACHI: Sindh and Federal Areas emerged victorious at the start of the 7th NBP Disabled T20 Pentangular Cup here at the RLCA Gulberg Ground on Sunday.In the opening fixture of the competition......
CHESTER-LE-STREET: West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite was rewarded for making an 8,000-mile round trip to Chester-le-Street as the tourists beat England by 21 runs in their one-off Twenty20......
BERLIN: Hanover 96 remain top of the Bundesliga after Hoffenheim were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Hertha Berlin on Sunday while Bayer Leverkusen later hammered Freiburg.In the first ever Bundesliga......
ISLAMABAD: Aqeel Khan fired Pakistan to a 3-2 victory over Thailand in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group II finals at the Pakistan Sports Complex grass courts here on Sunday helping the home side win......
LONDON: When Romelu Lukaku slotted the ball into the Everton net, the Manchester United striker had no intention of holding back on the celebrations.Far from it. Especially after being jeered during......
KARACHI: Since the legendary Wasim Akram’s golden era, Pakistan seldom have been in dearth of quality left-arm pace bowlers. Mohammad Amir is now carrying the bastion as the country’s spearhead in......
CHENNAI: All-rounder Hardik Pandya starred with the bat and ball to help India defeat Australia by 26 runs in the rain-hit opening One-day International in Chennai on Sunday.Chasing a revised target......
SINGAPORE: Lewis Hamilton took a huge stride towards a fourth Formula One title on Sunday with victory in an incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix after Ferrari title rival Sebastian Vettel crashed......
MILAN: Juventus forward Paulo Dybala scored three outstanding goals to notch his second league hat-trick of the season and lead the champions to a 3-1 win at Sassuolo on Sunday, as they bounced back......
MADRID: Antoine Griezmann ensured Malaga didn’t spoil Atletico Madrid’s moving in party at their new state-of-the-art Wanda Metropolitano Stadium with the only goal in a 1-0 win in La Liga on......
GILGIT: Farid Khan has been confined to his small house in the Konodas area of Gilgit town for quite some time. Following a major heart surgery in Islamabad recently, the 63-year-old trader who would......
ASHGABAT: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Sunday that Gwadar port represented an excellent option for Tajikistan to import and export goods from, and invited the country to benefit from the......
ISLAMABAD: A one-man inquiry commission appointed by the Supreme Court has regretted that quality of drinking water in Sindh has gone from bad to worse as the provincial government has not managed to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is among the world’s 38 per cent countries which are facing a ‘talent crisis’, thus falling short of fully realising people’s economic potential at all stages of economic......
QUETTA: Ms Rahat Faiq Jamali, an MPA from Jaffarabad, has been inducted into the Balochistan cabinet as a minister.Governor Mohammad Khan Achakzai administered the oath to Ms Jamali at a ceremony......
ISLAMABAD: The provinces are seeking the implementation of powers, granted to them under the 18th Amendment, to exercise joint, equal and individual control over oil, gas and mineral reserves inside......
WASHINGTON: An overwhelming majority of young people using the risky Eastern Mediterranean route for better opportunities in Europe come from Afghanistan, followed by Pakistan and Syria, according to......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interior will take up on Tuesday (tomorrow) two separate bills seeking enhancement of sentences in corruption cases.Besides, the committee......
LAHORE: Stationed at a bustling polling camp opposite the entrance to Mayo Hospital, a young veiled woman in her twenties gesticulates as she recalls her experience campaigning for Mohammad Yaqoob......
CAIRO: Hamas has agreed to dismantle the administration that runs Gaza, it said on Sunday, in a major step towards handing over control of the Palestinian enclave to a unity government after a decade......
• Kulsoom bags 61,254 votes • PTI’s Yasmin makes inroads into Sharif’s bastion with 47,066 votes • Despite frenzied campaigns turnout stands at 33pcLAHORE: The political culmination of the Panama......
KHAR: An official of the political administration and five security personnel were martyred in a roadside bomb blast in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Sunday, officials said.The banned......
KARACHI: Minutes after a meeting with his predecessor Nawaz Sharif in London on Sunday, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi conceded that conspiracies against his Pakistan Muslim League-N party......
ISLAMABAD: A controversial amendment in the presidential election rules that allows convicts, mentally-deranged persons and government servants to run for the office of president — enacted a decade......
