As fear gripped residents of Karachi's Gulistan-i-Jauhar area after reports surfaced of a knife attacker targeting women in the area, police on Thursday said they had launched a manhunt and an......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa while speaking to Baloch students in Rawalpindi on Thursday promised the army's support for development of Balochistan, stressing that the province's......
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday slammed Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif for suggesting that the country must "put [its] house in order" while being......
A program to prevent stunting among children in Balochistan was launched by the UN's World Food Program (WFP) in partnership with the provincial government's Planning and Development Department in......
Setting up a permanent village on the moon is the first step towards exploring Mars, the European Space Agency said on Thursday as plans to reach and colonise the Red Planet gathered pace.At an......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi on Wednesday banned Umar Akmal from participating in the next three international or domestic matches and fined Rs1 million after a report found the......
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday meets his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria and a key weapons deal, hoping to strengthen an increasingly active relationship......
Three army officers, including former director general (DG) of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lt Gen Asim Bajwa, are to be reshuffled, according to a handout released by the army's media......
One or more blackmailers have threatened to poison food products in shops in Germany and elsewhere in Europe unless they receive millions in cash, police warned on Thursday.Authorities have urged the......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed higher on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 73 points as volumes remained low.The index touched the day's high of 42,457 and a low of 42,195......
Karachi police on Thursday claimed to have killed five 'terrorists' during a shootout in the Sachal area of the city.Talking to the media, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir, Rao Anwar said......
Israeli prosecutors charged two Arab citizens on Thursday with plotting to carry out a shooting in the streets of Jerusalem's Old City out of loyalty to the militant Islamic State (IS)......
A UN visit to Myanmar's conflict-battered Rakhine state was postponed on Thursday, thwarting efforts to reach the epicentre of violence for the first time since the start of a massive exodus of......
Two Indian activists from the heavily militarised region of Kashmir on Thursday won Norway's Rafto Prize for human rights for their long-term struggle against violence in the disputed territory, the......
China has ordered North Korean companies in the country to shut down by January as it applies United Nations (UN) sanctions imposed following Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test, the commerce ministry......
The United States House and Senate intelligence committees are inviting tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet the parent company of Google to appear for public hearings as part of their......
The counsel for Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Thursday sought to respond to the questions asked by the Supreme Court regarding the transfer of funds for the purchase of his Bani......
Malaysia on Thursday banned its citizens from travelling to North Korea as the country faces increasing diplomatic pressure over the latter's weapons programmes.The travel ban prompted the region's......
Testing times have engulfed Pakistani politicians as they have been disqualified, questioned and indicted for possessing assets beyond their means of income. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman......
At least a dozen Afghan security forces officials were killed when a suicide attacker driving an explosives-packed Humvee blew himself up in the southern province of Kandahar, police said on......
Since President Mamnoon Hussain has disallowed protocol for himself, Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani was not given an official welcome on his arrival in Karachi on September 17, Sindh police told the......
All foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Arbil will be suspended from Friday evening on Baghdad's orders, its airport director said, following a controversial independence......
RIYADH: A Saudi woman has been named to a senior government post for the first time, authorities said on Wednesday shortly after a ban on women drivers was lifted as the conservative kingdom takes......
Two Malaysian teenagers were charged on Thursday with murder after being accused of intentionally setting fire at an Islamic boarding school that killed 23 people, mostly students.The accused boys......
Saudi Arabia's historic lifting of a ban on women driving will be a litmus test for its king-in-waiting, who has sought to sideline the kingdom's arch-conservatives as he accelerates reforms,......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chief Imran Khan took to Twitter on Thursday to criticise Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif over his remarks from a day earlier, saying, "With such a foreign minister, who needs......
COLOMBO: The United Nations on Wednesday raised concern for the safety of Rohingya Muslim asylum seekers in Sri Lanka after Buddhist monks and hard-line nationalists forced them to flee a UN shelter......
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has been suggested to make his debut in electoral politics by contesting the forthcoming general election from the Punjab capital.The......
Sri Lanka, who won the toss and batted, reached 227-4 at stumps on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.Opener Dimuth Karunaratne led his his team to recovery......
England survived without Ben Stokes as another of its influential allrounders set up a victory over West Indies in the rain-shortened fourth one-day international on Wednesday to clinch the......
KING Salman’s decision to allow women to drive marks the end of a long and arduous journey for scores of Saudi female drivers who faced arrest, harassment, slander and loss of jobs to get behind the......
SAN FRANCISCO: 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......
PARIS: International police agency Interpol voted on Wednesday to include Palestine as a member state, in a new boost to Palestinian efforts for international recognition and influence amid......
SOUTH Africa’s biggest union group held marches nationwide on Wednesday to protest what it alleges is chronic corruption fuelled by President Jacob Zuma and a prominent family of businessmen,......
COX’S BAZAR: The UN has drawn up a contingency plan to feed up to 700,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar after some 480,000 fled to Bangladesh over the past month and arrivals continue.A......
Two days ago, as I walked back home, my phone was bombarded with messages of joy and celebration:In a rare reversal of a long-standing rule, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman had announced that women will......
EVER SINCE the law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) stumbled upon the fact that high-grade universities are also producing terrorists, something that the underprivileged citizens have known for years,......
Another critical case of international arbitration has been lost by the government of Pakistan, this time involving nine private power producers, all domestic. Later this week, the London Court of......
THE point about the terrorist archetype is that there is no terrorist archetype. In his recent article in these pages (Sept 10), Amir Rana pointed out that extremist tendencies are common in all......
THE case for mainstreaming is attractive. Groups that have for decades relied on violence, the argument goes, could be persuaded to take a growing interest in the democratic process. By being allowed......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the fresh rejoinder, submitted by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan to......
PESHAWAR: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa inaugurated the Army Public School and College in Swat on Wednesday.The Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement that the......
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Two main opposition parties — the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf — asked Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday to resign after his indictment by an......
ISLAMABAD: Following the disclosure that fingerprints of over 29,000 voters in a constituency were missing from Nadra’s database, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought details of the......
KARACHI: It was a usual Infectious Diseases Clinic that day: complex referrals, difficult diagnoses and frequent power shutdowns. Many patients in the waiting area had been waiting for over two hours......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) has asked the government to implement the National Action Plan in letter and spirit to root out sectarianism from the country.The demand was made at the......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) declared on Wednesday that it had yet to take a decision on the case pertaining to registration of the Milli Muslim League (MML).In a statement, a......
SARGODHA: Six men working for a stone-crushing unit were buried alive near Chak 126-SB village, about 35km from here, on Wednesday.According to sources, the labourers were drilling and blasting......
LAHORE: A Turkish national and former vice president of the Pak-Turk Schools was reportedly abducted along with his wife and two daughters from their residence in Wapda Town early on......
ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission is facing acute shortage of human resource and performing its key functions on a makeshift basis, even though it has expanded its role and profile across the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s efforts to clinch the office of the opposition leader in the National Assembly suffered a setback on Wednesday after differences emerged within the PTI over the......
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court indicted Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday in a reference pertaining to his owning “assets beyond his known sources of income” less than 48 hours after......
LAHORE: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to leave for London on Thursday (today).“Mian Sahib has planned to leave for London on Thursday to see his ailing wife Begum Kulsoom whose......
ISLAMABAD: The quest of an Intelligence Bureau (IB) spy to have the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) investigate his seniors for allegedly protecting terrorists may not yield the desired results,......
ABU DHABI: Rival captains Sarfraz Ahmed and Dinesh Chandimal hope the upcoming two-Test series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will give them a new beginning with the first match starting here on......
WITH yet another Test series starting today in the UAE Pakistan’s nomadic existence as an international cricket team remains unchanged since 2009 when the terrorists attacked the visiting Sri Lankan......
POTCHEFSTROOM: History and the form of South Africa’s leading batsmen are against Bangladesh in the first Test starting from Thursday at Senwes Park in northwestern university town of......
LONDON: England felt Ben Stokes’ absence as West Indies posted 356-5 batting first in the fourth One-day International on Wednesday, powered by 176 from opener Evin Lewis before he had to leave on a......
WUHAN: Top-ranked Garbine Muguruza advanced to the quarter-finals at the Wuhan Open, beating Magda Linette of Poland 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 here on Wednesday.The Spaniard went up an early break in the......
LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice on his 400th Real Madrid appearance as the Champions League holders defeated Borussia Dortmund 3-1 to stay at the top of Group ‘H’ along with Tottenham, Hotspur......
KARACHI: Discarded Pakistan all-rounder Hammad Azam couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity to showcase his true value as United Bank Limited (UBL) took command of their Quad-i-Azam Trophy......
ISLAMABAD: Singapore-based international organisation CropLife Asia — carrying out research and development to introduce innovations in crop protection and plant bio-technology — has suggested that......
KARACHI: The World Bank is preparing a housing finance plan to help Pakistan meet its growing demand for residential units.In this connection, a World Bank delegation, including representatives of......
ISLAMABAD: There is no emergency-like situation in the country with regards to petrol stocks and currently 10-11 days of fuel supplies are in store, Secretary Petroleum Sikander Sultan Raja said on......
ISLAMABAD: The public-private partnerships (PPP) have played a limited role in the infrastructure development in Asia-Pacific, which is facing the persistent problem of project cancellation.A report......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said the monetary policy will be announced on Sept 29.The SBP has kept the rate unchanged for the last 16 months. In May 2016, the policy rate was cut by......
KARACHI: Investors turned to profit-taking on Wednesday as the euphoria over the upsurge in international crude prices did not last following Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s indictment for owning assets......
KARACHI: While a discussion held on Wednesday in the backdrop of an Indian court judgement remained inconclusive, the impact of drastic reduction in water flows downstream the Kotri barrage —......
KARACHI: The city council on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding that the Sindh and federal governments immediately sanction at least Rs500 billion as a joint package for Karachi’s......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has taken serious notice of skyrocketing prices of tomato, onion and other vegetables and directed the agriculture department to intervene to control......
UMERKOT: The health department packed up its camp on Wednesday which it had set up following the death of nine children from measles at Mithoo Jogi Colony, Kunri taluka.The residents of the colony......
KARACHI: A six-person show titled Super Duper Perspectives opened at the Koel Art Gallery on Tuesday. There’s a hint of satire in the name of the exhibition. It is understandable — if the idea is to......
Amina Ansari is a British-Pakistani artist living in Islamabad who aims to “bridge the gap between East and West”.She has studied at Central Saint Martins in London, United Kingdom, and at the......
RAWALPINDI: A two-day photography exhibition showcasing Pakistan’s natural beauty began on Wednesday.Arranged by the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) at a local hotel, Federal......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Wednesday directed the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to revisit the design of third runway at the new Islamabad airport so that at......
MANSEHRA: Forty-two government primary schools, including 39 for girls, are non-functional in Upper and Lower Kohistan districts, claimed a local nongovernmental organisation on Wednesday.It also......
PESHAWAR: The World Bank would provide $200 million to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to improve revenue mobilisation of the cash-starved province, according to sources.The details shared with Dawn......
LAHORE: The traffic police seemed unprepared to handle a Muharram event at Lal Pull that caused a massive traffic jam on Mughalpura bridge on Wednesday afternoon, keeping people, including......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Wednesday dismissed for not being maintainable an appeal challenging a single bench order wherein request to initiate criminal proceedings against former......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa is expected to visit Kabul this week, Afghanistan's Tolo News reported on Wednesday.Tolo News reported that Gen Bajwa is to meet senior Afghan......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday took notice of the Sindh government's alleged acquisition of land used by the Hindu community in Karachi as a cremation ground.The CJP......
