Jamshoro police on Tuesday arrested a co-accused in the murder of 19-year-old student Tania Khaskheli in Sanghar, police said on Wednesday.Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Jamshoro Irfan Bahadur......
Authorities at a Turkish school in Lahore on Wednesday filed a request at the Satu Katla police station for the opening of a case regarding the 'mysterious disappearance' of a Pak-Turk Schools'......
The Kurdish referendum on independence from Iraq was approved by close to 93 per cent of voters, officials said Wednesday, as Iraq's prime minister vowed to keep his country united without resorting......
Afghanistan's only female provincial governor has been replaced by a man, an official said on Wednesday, in a blow to women politicians in the patriarchal country.Masooma Muradi had faced strong......
Ben Stokes was included in England's 16-man squad for the Ashes tour of Australia announced on Wednesday despite breaking his hand in the incident that led to his recent arrest on suspicion of......
Chitral police on Wednesday arrested four local teenagers believed to be involved in the death of a teenage girl under mysterious circumstances.The girl, a student of Grade 9, had allegedly committed......
The Senate Standing Committee on Interior demanded a detailed report on Wednesday regarding the appearance of a militant Islamic State (IS) group flag on the outskirts of Islamabad last week.Senator......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index losing 376 points, or 0.88 per cent, to close at 42,290.Volumes on the exchange remained low, with only......
A division bench at Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit on Tuesday ordered a judicial probe into the case of Naila Rind, a Sindh University student who was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her......
Karachi traffic police on Wednesday notified alternate traffic routes for Muharram 8 (Friday), 9 (Saturday) and 10 (Sunday).Several roads will be blocked for mourning processions throughout the city,......
Pakistan has allocated $4.5 million to a programme for the protection of the 'vulnerable' snow leopards in Gilgit-Baltistan, according to a tweet posted on the government's official twitter account......
A Pak-China joint air exercise, titled 'Shaheen-VI', concluded at China's Korla Air Base on Wednesday, a press release issued by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) said.Contingents from both sides......
Begum Kulsoom Nawaz was taken to the hospital in an emergency last night, Maryam Nawaz tweeted on Wednesday.Doctors are trying to stabilise her condition, Maryam wrote, requesting for prayers for her......
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg renewed their commitment to Afghanistan on Wednesday, as the Taliban launched a rocket attack that wounded five civilians in......
A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison for alleged negligence in a money-losing rice subsidy program.Yingluck, who says the......
One civilian was killed while six others were injured due to heavy shelling across the Line of Control (LoC) by Indian troops on Wednesday, said officials.The casualties occurred in different......
Noor e Maryam Kanwer and husband Jaffer Abbas Mirza have only been in London a year and are already an integral part of a small but thriving Pakistani activist community in the UK that most recently......
Pakistan refuses to take the blame for the Haqqani Network and other alleged militant outfits, reminding the United States that these 'terrorists' were considered the 'darlings' of the White House up......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday deferred its decision in the contempt of court case filed against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan to October 12.A four-member......
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron pleaded on Tuesday for a new era of European integration, calling on his EU partners — particularly Germany — to raise their ambitions and go further in......
The Taliban launched a volley of rockets near Kabul's international airport on Wednesday shortly after US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in the Afghan capital for talks, an official said.An......
Twitter is testing allowing tweets to be expanded to 280 characters — double the existing limit — in the latest effort to boost flagging growth at the social network.San Francisco-based Twitter said......
COLOMBO: A group of Buddhist monks belonging to an extremist Sri Lankan nationalist organisation attacked on Tuesday houses of Rohingya Muslim refugees on the outskirts of the capital, forcing the......
Nasim Amiri quit his job selling vegetables to take up arms to defend his local mosque in Kabul, one of the hundreds of civilians recruited to protect Shia religious sites ahead of a key Islamic holy......
LONDON: British jeweller Graff said on Tuesday it has purchased the world’s largest uncut diamond — roughly the size of a tennis ball — for $53 million (44.5 million euros).Canadian miner Lucara......
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned the Iraqi Kurdistan region against pushing for independence after holding a non-binding referendum, saying it risked sparking an......
An accountability court in Islamabad on Wednesday indicted Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in a corruption reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).The reference was filed......
LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm in Bristol and dropped for Wednesday’s fourth One-day International against West Indies.The......
NEW DELHI: Opening batsman Aaron Finch marked his return to the Australia side with a defiant century in the third One-day International against India but the thrill was tempered by another loss for......
ASHGABAT: All hopes that Pakistan harboured about clinching some medals in wrestling at the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were shattered on Tuesday when none of its six wrestlers could make......
LONDON: Arsenal kept up their 100 percent home record this season with a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Monday, with new club record signing Alexandre Lacazette grabbing......
PARIS: Neymar has been included in Paris St Germain’s squad for Wednesday’s Champions League game against Bayern Munich after recovering from a foot injury, coach Unai Emery said on Tuesday.The......
KARACHI: The opening day of the Quad-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship first-class season began on a sensational note when Pakistan speedster Sohail Khan debuted for United Bank Limited......
KARACHI: Malir Cantt XI beat Lions Star by just four runs in a thriller to clinch the Robert de Silva Memorial T20 Cricket Tournament here at the St Patrick’s Ground recently.Batting first after......
FOR the first time in many a decade, the far right will have a vocal presence in Germany’s parliament, after Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) exceeded expectations in last Sunday’s elections by......
DURING one of his campaigns in Asia, in the midst of a hot and humid summer, Alexander the Great fell ill with a mysterious disease. His army, fatigued and demoralised, beat a hasty retreat.......
WAR bleeds people; it spills over borders, rivers, deserts and forests, with people hiding and pleading and always, always running. Along with the Rohingya, the people of Syria have seen incredible......
Defying all predictions, Nawaz Sharif is back in the country to appear before an accountability court. His return symbolises a defiant disposition. He appears determined to fight back to restore his......
HYDERABAD: Acting British Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi Steve Crossman on Tuesday observed that education played an important role in friendship between the United Kingdom and Pakistan as the......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday directed the respondent federal government authorities to file details of the programme ‘Let Girls Learn’ through which former US first lady Michelle Obama......
KARACHI: Ambassador Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Pakistan Jean-Francois Cautain has said that the EU-Pakistan Five Year Engagement Plan is proof of a confident relationship between the EU......
KARACHI: According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan-2016 launched here on Tuesday by the Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) many children may be attending schools but they are not......
KARACHI: After passage of almost 150 years, the Pakistani society has realised the importance of the lessons on equality, tolerance, cooperation and coexistence, which were given by the great......
KARACHI: The fast growing population of elderly people in the country is increasing the incidence of Alzheimer’s alarmingly with around two million Pakistanis suffer from the preventable condition......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association [PMA] on Tuesday expressed its concern over the recent recommendations furnished by the high-powered panel of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC)......
MITHI: In a first case of its kind, four persons were booked and one of them, a primary teacher, was arrested for using closed schools as guest houses on Tuesday after the Islamkot civil judge at......
LONDON: Gold eased under pressure from the dollar on Tuesday, with investors booking profits after rising tensions between North Korea and the United States pushed the metal to a one-week high.Spot......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday ordered ex-Wapda distribution companies (Discos) to refund Rs1.82 per unit to electricity consumers for overcharging......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday said that the country’s second LNG terminal will be commissioned by Nov 15.Talking to Dawn, Mr Abbasi said that if anyone, whether a client or......
ISLAMABAD: The Rs30 billion worth of much-delayed Golen Gol Hydropower Project in Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is getting ready for power generation in about two months, however locals may......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Tuesday the repatriation of profits and dividends on foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first two months of 2017-18 rose 68 per cent to......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Tuesday pressed the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) to clear cane growers’ dues.The committee meeting, chaired by Senator Saleem......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved on Tuesday $800 million multi-tranche financing facility to help enhance regional connectivity and trade in the Central Asia Regional Economic......
KARACHI: The profit of Wyeth Pakistan Ltd surged 718 per cent on an annual basis to Rs793 million for the nine-month period ending on June 30, according to a stock notice on Tuesday.Earnings per......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s competitiveness has risen by seven places to 115th, according to latest Global Competitiveness Report (2017-18) of the World Economic Forum.The improvement in ranks shows that......
ISLAMABAD: Calm has returned to Pakistan following the political uncertainty heightened by the Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify Nawaz Sharif as the prime minister, but still possible loss of......
ISLAMABAD: Members of the federal cabinet on Tuesday took serious notice of the airing of a “false report” on a private television channel claiming that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee on Tuesday expressed annoyance over the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) act of allowing a banned outfit’s candidate to contest the recently held by-poll in......
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday regretted that while he had the right to appeal judicial decisions under the dictatorship of Gen Pervez Musharraf, he was being denied that......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf formally sought its rival Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s help on Tuesday to dethrone current Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah......
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s latest demand — that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi call for early elections and obtain a fresh mandate for himself — has not only baffled most political stakeholders,......
Q: What books are you currently reading?A: I am reading Invisible People by Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani. I had skimmed over it when it was first launched earlier this year but I have been......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Tuesday came up with a new allegation that the chief of the Intelligence Bureau had visited London to offer “protocol” to ousted prime......
GWADAR: The remains of two unidentified persons were found on Tuesday in a ditch near the Khuda-i-Abadan area of Panjgur district.“The bodies appear at last three months old and are beyond......
PESHAWAR: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Tuesday withdrew its candidate Khalid Waqar Chamkani in the by-election for NA-4 (Peshawar) National Assembly seat in favour of Nasir Khan Musazai,......
KARACHI: Posters demanding the liberation of India-held Kashmir and some Indian states have appeared on metro buses and trams in Geneva, where the 36th session of the United Nations Human Rights......
QUETTA: The driver of a school bus of the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) was injured in a roadside bomb blast in the Hanna Sour-range coalfield area on Tuesday morning.Sources said......
ISLAMABAD: The counsel for television celebrity Atiqa Odho, who is facing the allegation of carrying liquor, told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that no trial court was willing to deal with her case on......
ISLAMABAD: A larger bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday admitted a petition for regular hearing seeking the disqualification of Foreign Affairs Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif.The three......
ISLAMABAD: The registration of three police cases regarding the violation and non-implementation of tobacco laws has triggered debate on whether the hundreds of thousands of people involved in the......
ISLAMABAD: The judge of the accountability court hearing the references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his children and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar expressed dissatisfaction with the......
ISLAMABAD: For a year now, the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) de-novo inquiry into the construction of three illegal storeys in the Safa Gold Mall has been “under process”.After a delay of......
KARANGASEM: Vehicles laden with food, face masks and bedding have been sent to help more than 75,000 people who have fled a volcano on the tourist island of Bali, as the Indonesian president flew in......
IT has been over three weeks that the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had issued a letter, unprecedented in the last 28 years since the 1989 Lebanon conflict, to the Security Council for its......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore, has arrested an absconder in a Rs15 million case.According to NAB, Rashid Ashraf was declared a proclaimed offender by court in 2015 for......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed the counsel for Jamatud Dawa’s (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed to file a fresh application against the latest order of the Punjab home department extending......
LAHORE: Transgender persons will be able to use the name of their gurus as parents in their computerised national identity cards (CNICs), the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) told......
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has imposed a ban on marketing and free sampling of infant formula milk in hospitals.The decision was taken in a meeting of the authority officials with the......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Tuesday directed the federal government to verify the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister’s claim about the inclusion of certain developmental projects in the......
NOWSHERA: The Federal Investigation Agency busted an illegal kidney transplant racket in Pabbi area here early on Tuesday and arrested a doctor and his team.The development came as an FIA team from......
LAKKI MARWAT: A hardcore militant laid down arms and surrendered to local police here on Tuesday.A police official said that Shafqatullah was wanted to law enforcement agencies in several......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench has ruled that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) can accept fresh evidence from a complainant or fresh complaint by another person regarding a matter......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has spent over Rs1 billion on the free treatment of the people under the Sehat Insaf Card programme launched in Jan 2017.The mega project was......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Tuesday agreed on the need to replace PPP's Khursheed Shah as leader of the opposition in the National Assembly.In......
Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive from next June, state media said Tuesday, in a historic decision that makes the Gulf kingdom the last country in the world to permit women behind the wheel.The......
