The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was in emergency session on Saturday to discuss kicking out Harvey Weinstein amid mounting sexual harassment, assault and rape accusations.An avalanche......
Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday issued orders to Chief Minister (CM) Sindh to retrieve a bill that approved an increase in the salaries of Sindh Assembly......
The government of Punjab has withdrawn a request seeking an extension to the house arrest of banned Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and four of his associates under the Anti-Terrorism Act.The......
Top international cricketers including Darren Bravo, Luke Ronchi and Albie Morkel are set to become a part of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in its third edition, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)......
A senior Catalan official said on Saturday that an offer of talks with Madrid over his region's independence push was aimed at negotiating secession from Spain, not halting it.The central government......
A princess has been named to head a Saudi multi-sports federation, in a first for women in the conservative kingdom where men dominate all sports, an official said on Saturday.The official, speaking......
Minutes after a press conference hosted by the director general of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) concluded, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal stressed the need of a "joint voice" to highlight......
In a letter submitted to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), forty Sri Lankan players have expressed reservations over visiting Lahore to play a Twenty20 match on October 29, CricBuzz reported on......
Gunmen suspected to be from neighbouring South Sudan shot dead seven people, including six students, in a raid on a high school early Saturday that appeared to be a revenge attack, a Kenya police......
The army's media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), held a press conference Saturday evening to elaborate on the recovery of a Canadian-American family from Taliban custody and respond to......
Rafael Nadal survived a rollercoaster encounter with fourth seed Marin Cilic to power into Sunday's final of the Shanghai Masters and a possible showdown with old rival Roger Federer.The Spanish......
Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova crushed Peng Shuai 6-3, 6-1 at the Tianjin Open on Saturday to reach her first final since serving a 15-month doping ban.The 30-year-old Russian, playing......
Iranians responded with anger and mockery on Saturday to the bellicose criticism of their government by the United States President Donald Trump who threatened to tear up the landmark nuclear......
India’s unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) left two young children dead and three wounded in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, civil and military officials......
Responding to Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal's remarks that the Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, should refrain from speaking on the economy,......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi formally inaugurated the country’s first dirty cargo terminal at Port Qasim near Karachi on Saturday.Sponsored by the Marine Group of Companies, the Pakistan......
Government forces in India-held Kashmir said they had killed a top commander from a 'militant group' after a fierce gunfight in the disputed region on Saturday that sparked violent protests.The......
Joshua Boyle, his American wife and three children arrived in Toronto on Friday after being freed from captivity in Pakistan, the Canadian government announced.Boyle and his wife Caitlan Coleman were......
The heat is still on and we are beating the hot sunny days in our own ways — by having cold beverages and ice creams. So kids, we are making something amazing to make this week, a bookmark from ice......
Ali, Bilal and Ahmed were playing in the park. Suddenly the wind started blowing fiercely and a huge space shuttle appeared.The kids were surprised, but also scared to see an unusual spaceship. They......
With the recent launch of the Switch, Nintendo has blurred the line between hand-held and home consoles, creating a machine that is effectively both.And here is a Belgian student Ilhan Unal, who has......
Even after everything is available at one’s fingertips, literary, and books being relegated from bedside tables to bookshelves, Guinness World Records’ annual edition continues to charm people of......
Earlier this year, Lego came up with The Lego Batman Movie where a super-cool and super-alone Batman had to save the world from his usual villains. The film was a huge hit and some even termed it the......
Once upon a time in the Enchanted Fairy Land, there lived three fairies, called Xenia, Sierra and Madison. They were the best of friends and always hung out together.They were very excited as the Bug......
The past couple of years have brought a positive boom in Pakistan’s tourism industry. This has predominantly been due to the massive increase in local tourism with Pakistanis venturing out and......
READERS of my generation will no doubt recall the horrors of the Vietnam War in which countless lives were lost in a pointless conflict.I was in my early 20s when the Tet Offensive of 1968 shattered......
ELECTION commissioner O.P. Rawat is the latest victim of flattery. Recently, he said that the Election Commission of India would be capable of holding Lok Sabha and states assemblies elections......
ARMIES defend the territorial integrity of nations; when called upon to do so, they help deal with internal strife and even fight wars outside the geographical confines of their country when national......
PAKISTAN’S military and government have proscribed the militant Islamic State (IS, aka Daesh) group and declared it an enemy organisation. They have never explained why. Of course, IS’s atrocities —......
SHANGLA: The two girls degree colleges constructed two years ago in Shangla district have been non-functional for want of the sanctioned staff, complain students and activists.“I had to quit......
KOHAT: The first sweet crop of rare pinkish ‘Laal Dana’ guava has been harvested and marketed which is only found in famous Kaghazai orchards on Hangu Road here.A fruit seller, Saleh Mohammad, said......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday issued contempt of court notices to senior police officers for not permitting lawyers to enter the premises of the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) –......
TAXILA: Eight passengers were killed and six others injured when a speeding van overturned on GT Road near Fatehullah village in the limits of the Hassanabdal police on Friday.A woman and her......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Friday announced that A-level students can take admissions in MBBS and BDS programs across Pakistan on open merit and foreign quota,......
“I used to work in Saudi Arabia as a labourer. I came back to my village in Mohmand Agency and after trying my hand at various small businesses, I moved to Islamabad 18 years ago. I bought a cart and......
RAWALPINDI: Despite tall claims made by the Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC) to purge the city of encroachments and ensure smooth flow of traffic, visitors to Raja Bazaar still face troubles......
CHINIOT: A dilapidated road is causing major problems for commuters of several villages and even forcing students to drop out from schools.The Bhowna-Aminpur road not only connects two major towns of......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Government Girls High School, Chak 338-JB, Nawan Lahore, Gojra, has won the British Council’s International School Award (ISA) for teaching skills and activities of students aimed at......
LAHORE: Fog engulfed Lahore a bit too early when it appeared in late October 2016, blotting out the sunshine and causing various issues for drivers. People with eye and skin irritation as well as......
GUJRANWALA: The Govt Post-Graduate Islamia College, Gujranwala, formerly Guru Nanak Khalsa College, is going to complete 100 years of its foundation.It was in 1912 that some prominent Sikhs of......
MITHI: A meeting of army, police, Rangers, intelligence and other law enforcement agencies’ officials held at the Tharparkar deputy commissioner’s office on Friday under the chairmanship of......
HYDERABAD: Calling for a comprehensive plan to save people from food insecurity in the days to come, speakers at a programme on Friday highlighted the issues of climate justice and food security......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party has announced that it would hold an international conference as well as a public meeting in Islamabad on November 30 to mark its golden jubilee.Late former prime......
KARACHI: The administrative judge of the antiterrorism courts remanded on Friday an alleged accomplice of the ‘knifeman’ in police custody till Oct 18.Police produced M. Shahzad before the judge......
KARACHI: The Sindh government is set to make it mandatory for bikers to install tracking devices in their motorcycles by introducing necessary legislation — a decision which many stakeholders believe......
KARACHI: Everything seemed fine with 40 seconds on the counter as the pronouncer gives you a word to spell out. Then as the seconds tick by, you realise that you don’t have your computer or phone......
KARACHI: Senior leaders and workers of the Majlis-i-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) offered court arrest on Friday after holding a protest demonstration on Abul Hasan Ispahani Road for recovery of missing......
KARACHI: Karachi has been named amongst the least safe of 60 major cities of the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) — the research and analysis division of The Economist Group — in a......
LONDON: ‘The Pink Raj’, an intense pink diamond described by experts as the world’s largest, is expected to fetch up to $30 million when it is auctioned in Geneva next month.The stone, which weighs......
LONDON: An Islamic school in Britain was found guilty on Friday of gender discrimination for segregating boys and girls in lessons, on breaks, and making them walk down separate corridors, in a......
COLOMBO: India is in advanced talks with Sri Lanka to operate an airport on the southern tip of the island, where China has invested heavily as part of its Belt and Road initiative, a Sri Lankan......
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday urged Democrats to make a deal with him on healthcare after he scrapped billions of dollars in Obamacare subsidies to private health insurers for......
ANKARA: Turkey announced on Friday it had deployed dozens of soldiers in the Syrian province of Idlib as part of its efforts to establish a de-escalation zone to stop fighting in the largely......
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court has postponed a decision on whether the government can evict about 40,000 Rohingya Muslims who have taken refuge in the country, an attorney said on Friday.Attorney......
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that President Jacob Zuma can face prosecution on almost 800 charges of corruption relating to a 1990s arms deal.Zuma had lodged a......
WASHINGTON: After Donald Trump placed the fate of the Iran nuclear deal in the hands of lawmakers on Friday, Congress may use its position as arbiter to ratchet up pressure on Tehran.The question is......
LONDON: Since he was forced to abandon his construction business in Iraq and move to London to escape the advance of the militant Islamic State group, the US ride-hailing app Uber has become Adam’s......
DUBAI: Babar Azam returned to form with a brilliant century while Shoaib Malik hit a rapid half-century to propel Pakistan to 292-6 in the first One-day International against Sri Lanka here on......
CHICAGO: Bruce Arena, called upon last November to replace Jurgen Klinsmann as coach of the United States, resigned Friday, three days after the Americans failed to qualify for next year’s World Cup......
ROME: Italian police said on Friday they seized a luxury villa in Sardinia allegedly used by Paris St Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi to bribe former FIFA official Jerome Valcke.On Thursday,......
HYDERABAD: The third and deciding Twenty20 International between India and Australia was abandoned without a ball being bowled after officials called off play due to a wet outfield in Hyderabad on......
LAHORE: A 50th minute field goal by Umar Bhutta helped Pakistan manage a 2-2 draw against Japan in the second match of the 10th Asia Cup hockey tournament in Dhaka, Bangladesh, according to the......
KARACHI: Displaying awesome performance, China grabbed four golds to win the second PN International Nautical Competition which concluded at the harbor on Friday.The United Arab Emirates (UAE)......
KARACHI: The reigning junior world champion M. Naseem Akhtar sent shockwaves when he toppled fourth seed Abdul Sattar 4-1 as the Jubilee Insurance third ranking snooker championship commenced here at......
SHANGHAI: Juan Martin del Potro could be forced out of his Shanghai Masters semi-final on Saturday against Roger Federer after the Argentine suffered a wrist injury in an awkward fall on court.In the......
KARACHI: The timing was questionable. And it meant further clarity was needed.“No comment on this,” Shahid Khokhar answered when asked by Dawn why barely 48 hours after FIFA’s blanket ban on Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: Receivables of the country’s largest oil supplier have reached an all-time high of Rs302.5 billion, which reflects the continuation of chronic circular debt.State-owned Pakistan State Oil......
ISLAMABAD: Hamad Obaid Alzaabi, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates said that Pakistan and UAE should develop a 10-year roadmap to benefit from potential areas of mutual cooperation and the UAE......
LAHORE: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alleges that the federal government instead of playing a positive role is creating hurdles in the way of issuance of no-objection certificate (NOCs) for the approval and......
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIA) posted a net loss of Rs45 billion ($433 million) for 2016, a jump of 36 per cent over the loss of Rs33bn ($310m) incurred in the previous......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday appointed Shahid Ashraf Tarar - a grade-22 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service (formerly DMG) - as executive director of the Washington-based World Bank for......
KARACHI: Stocks headed south for the fifth straight session on Friday with the KSE-100 index losing 390.75 points (0.97 per cent) to close at 39,847, lowest in the preceding 12 months.The index......
BEIJING: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China rose the most in more than two years in September, likely boosted by strong growth in the country’s manufacturing and hi-tech sectors, the commerce......
ISLAMABAD: The recently-prepared draft bill for the National Accountability Commission (NAC), which is meant to replace the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999, proposes that only serving......
QUETTA: A police constable was killed and his two colleagues and a five-year-old boy were injured in an exchange of fire with two muggers in the Faqir Muhammad Road area on Friday.Officials said the......
WASHINGTON: The United States has said that it will not forget the critical assistance that Pakistan provided in rescuing a North American couple from the clutches of the Haqqani network.“I want to......
SWABI: While an FIR lodged by a brother of Haroon Khan — a journalist who was shot dead near his home on Thursday night — said his two nephews were involved in his murder, the Tehreek-i-Taliban......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court is expected to commence from Wednesday the hearing of a petition filed by a sitting judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), who has sought an open trial of a reference......
WASHINGTON: The parents of an American woman freed with her family after five years of captivity say they are elated, but also angry at their son-in law for taking their daughter to......
QUETTA: Balochistan Health Minister Rehmat Saleh Baloch has said the provincial government is committed to eliminating morbidity and mortality relating to vaccine preventable diseases.He said the......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Friday expressed ignorance about possible visits of US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and Secretary of Defence General James Mattis to Pakistan in the coming......
KIRKUK: The Iraqi army launched an operation to retake Kurdish-held positions around the disputed oil city of Kirkuk on Friday amid a bitter row with the Kurds over a vote for independence last......
PARIS: Former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay was selected to head the embattled UN cultural agency Unesco after defeating her Qatari rival by only two votes in a cliff-hanger on......
SYDNEY: Mass starvation has wiped out thousands of penguin chicks in Antarctica, with unusually thick sea ice forcing their parents to forage further for food in what conservationists on Friday......
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Friday was forced to defer the indictment of Sharif family members after a melee outside the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) disrupted proceedings of the......
ISLAMABAD: Gen Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter, Chief of General Staff (CGS) of the UK Army, on Friday acknowledged the Pakistan Army’s achievements in the fight against terrorism and continued efforts......
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump struck a blow against the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement on Friday in defiance of other world powers, choosing not to certify that Tehran is complying with the deal......
United States President Donald Trump launched a tougher strategy to check Iran's “fanatical regime” on Friday and warned that a landmark international nuclear deal could be terminated at any time.In......
