Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto claimed that conspiracies were being hatched against democracy, he was addressing a rally in Hyderabad on Wednesday to mark to the 10th......
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has promised to support Pakistan's bid to host the next South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit, read a Foreign Office statement......
The United States (US) had allegedly readied a team of Navy SEALs to launch a raid in Pakistan ? much like the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad ? after a Central Intelligence......
US Vice President Mike Pence telephoned Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday evening and praised the country’s armed forces for the swift response and safe recovery of the US national......
Pakistan has arrested at least 25 Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing illegally in its waters, officials said on Wednesday.The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) made the arrests during the last four......
Islamabad police on Wednesday issued arrest warrants for 37 students of the Quaid-i-Azam University, where academic activities have been suspended for at least two weeks due to protests by students,......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday closed almost flat, with the benchmark KSE-100 erasing intraday losses near the end of the day to close at 40,733 with a gain of 8.5 points.The index......
Pakistan's international cricketers are among the worst paid in the world, figures collected by ESPNcricinfo reveal.It notes that although Pakistan's top tier cricketers make as much as those of......
The general elections in 2018 cannot be held based on the final results of the 2017 census, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) informed the Senate on Wednesday.During a meeting of Senate......
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the Jahangir Tareen disqualification case till tomorrow after Tareen's counsel presented details of his client's 'insider trading'.A three-member apex bench ?......
An accountability judge on Wednesday ordered that "politically motivated persons", including partisan lawyers, should not be allowed to enter the court during hearings of Panama Papers-related......
Eight people, including women and children, were wounded on Wednesday as Indian troops resorted to "unprovoked" heavy shelling across the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, officials......
Imam-ul-Haq became the third youngest player to score a century on his one-day international debut and Hasan Ali grabbed 5-34 as Pakistan hammered Sri Lanka by seven wickets to secure a series......
Two security personnel were martyred as a security forces vehicle hit an IED in North Waziristan's Miramshah on Wednesday, security forces said.According to sources, the forces vehicle was on its way......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi on Wednesday said that the board is looking to get Karachi's National Stadium ready in time for the third season of Pakistan Super League."The......
Recent US military strikes on enemy targets in the Pakistan-Afghan border region are driven by the dictates of what's going on in the fight against militants, a top US military official has......
Indian cricket fans wanting to watch the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will now be able to watch it on their television sets, as DSport, associated with the Discovery channel, has acquired the rights......
The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Wednesday named a successor for militant commander Umar Mansoor, the mastermind of the Army Public School attack, along with a formal confirmation that he was......
India's environmental watchdog shut down a coal-fired power plant and banned the use of diesel generators in New Delhi as air quality plummeted in the world's most polluted capital on Wednesday, the......
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slammed President Donald Trump's “dangerous and short-sighted” war of words with North Korea on Wednesday, saying his Twitter tirades only benefitted......
IMAGINE: a community of unarmed, peaceful citizens, working as journalists and seeking reasonable wages and the right to free expression. They are confronted with the banning of publications, the......
Joshua Boyle, the Canadian man who was rescued with his family last week by Pakistani troops, said on Tuesday that his wife had to be rushed to the hospital and remains there.Boyle told The......
The accountability court on Wednesday adjourned the sixth hearing of three graft cases against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar till October 23 after the minister's senior counsel left the country in a......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday, challenging the non-bailable arrest warrants issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan......
Cleric Mufti Abdul Qavi was arrested by police on the highway from Multan to Jhang on Wednesday after his application for an extension in his pre-arrest bail in the Qandeel Baloch murder case was......
At least eight people, including seven policemen, were killed and 24 others injured in an explosion targeting a truck carrying police officials in the Sariab Mill area of Quetta on Wednesday.Deputy......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Tuesday directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department to provide kits meant for dengue medical tests to private laboratories to ensure uniform charges for......
TIMERGARA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said that true leaders are always born in simple homes instead of luxurious palaces.Delivering a speech on “Leadership and good governance” at......
IT was too outrageous an outburst for anyone to defend. So it is not surprising that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif distanced himself from his son-in-law’s hate speech on the floor of the......
THE website of the royal embassy of Saudi Arabia is quite clear: in order to apply for a Haj visa, women who are under 45 years of age must travel with a mehram, or a male guardian, and possess......
THE people of Fata have been the biggest victims of militancy over the last decade. They were thrown out of their homes (many displaced for almost a decade), their livelihoods were decimated and......
ONE of the more dubious claims associated with the sordid Harvey Weinstein saga is that the exposure and humiliation of one serial offender somehow constitutes a watershed for Hollywood.The idea that......
ISLAMABAD: Lawyers belonging to the ruling party are likely to withdraw a contempt petition filed against two senior superintendents and a deputy superintendent of the police for not permitting them......
A: I am reading Kulliyat-i-Bedil by Bedil Azeemabadi, one of the best poets of the Persian language, [whose poetry also discussed existentialism]. Bedil’s poetry opened minds, and people should read......
ISLAMABAD: The 10th Rural Women Conference concluded on Tuesday with a charter of demands by women from rural areas calling for an end to gender-based violence and women’s participation in decision......
ISLAMABAD: Lok Virsa on Tuesday opened the Faiz Heritage Library, a digital library of books related to culture and history.The library contains over 32,000 books and journals as well as a collection......
RAWALPINDI: The federal government has directed the provinces to launch action against proscribed (banned) religious outfits and those kept under observations by seizing their offices, weapons and......
LAHORE: The Lahorites and the city traffic police had a tough day on Tuesday as the protesting farmers kept Multan Road – one of the main arteries connecting central Punjab with its southern part –......
LAHORE: Former president and PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari has warned ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif against “confronting institutions”, saying it may have dire consequences.“Nawaz Sharif......
GUJRAT: The deputy commissioner is taking steps to directly monitor functioning of the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital (ABSTH) through online closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras being......
KARACHI: With the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) set to stage a huge rally to mark the 10th anniversary of Karsaz blasts on Wednesday (today), police and allied agencies are still clueless about the......
KARACHI: A 30-year-old man was beaten to death by the driver and conductor of a minibus in Bahadurabad on Tuesday when the passenger argued with them over bus fare, police said.The bus driver and......
KARACHI: The Senate Committee on Human Rights told the police on Tuesday to exhaust all available resources to apprehend the ‘knifeman’, or a gang, behind a series of attacks on women in certain......
KARACHI: An appellate bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday commuted the death penalty of an Al Qaeda militant to life imprisonment.Anwarul Haq was awarded capital punishment on four counts in a......
KARACHI: Anwar Maqsood is one of the country’s foremost writers. He is known for his razor-sharp wit and the uncanny ability to create puns out of words that one least expects can be used that way.......
KARACHI: Scholars and academicians believe the economic disparities which were present between different regions of the USSR ultimately led to its collapse in 1991.They were discussing their views at......
UMERKOT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi spoke to party workers and members of his Ghousia Jamaat at several receptions given to him in Ramzan Kalroo, Saleh Bhanbhro,......
JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities advanced plans on Tuesday for 1,292 settler homes in a new push by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, an......
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces said on Tuesday that they had taken the Yazidi Kurdish town of Sinjar from Kurdish peshmerga forces as they pressed a campaign against Kurdish-held areas outside the autonomous......
LONDON: Britain faces the most acute threat ever from militants seeking to inflict mass attacks, often with spontaneous plots that take just days to bring to execution, the head of the MI5 domestic......
GARDEZ: Two separate suicide and gun attacks on police and soldiers in Afghanistan left at least 71 dead and nearly 170 wounded on Tuesday in the latest devastating assaults on beleaguered security......
UNITED NATIONS: Thousands more Rohingya Muslims are fleeing large-scale violence and persecution in Myanmar and crossing into Bangladesh, where more than half a million others are already living in......
BARCELONA: Thousands of people took to the streets of Catalonia on Tuesday after a judge ordered the detention of two separatist leaders, further inflaming tensions over the region’s chaotic......
PENACOVA: Overnight rain and calmer winds on Tuesday helped firefighters tame a spate of deadly wildfires that broke out over the weekend, devouring homes and killing 37 people in Portugal and......
RAQA: US-backed forces took full control of Raqa from the militant Islamic State (IS) group on Tuesday, defeating the last IS holdouts in the de facto Syrian capital of their now-shattered......
NEW DELHI: The fabled Taj Mahal got a commitment of protection on Tuesday from the Hindu extremist chief minister of Uttar Pradesh who had led a chorus of hate speech against the Muslim ruler who......
VALLETTA: The son of a murdered Maltese journalist on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Joseph Muscat of being complicit in his mother’s death in a grisly killing that sent shockwaves across......
LONDON: US author George Saunders won the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday for his first full-length novel, Lincoln in the Bardo.The book weaves a tale around the death of Abraham Lincoln’s 11-year-old......
MOGADISHU: Somalia’s allies sent planes carrying medical supplies and doctors on Tuesday, while the diaspora rallied to donate blood to help the country cope with the crushing aftermath of its worst......
TOKYO: A sound truck weaves through traffic, blaring campaign messages and lobbying for votes as the candidate, often wearing white gloves, waves to passers-by.This is electioneering, Japan style,......
ABU DHABI: Despite skipper Upul Tharanga becoming the first Sri Lankan to carry his bat in One-day Internationals, Pakistan secured a 2-0 lead in the five-match series with a 32-run victory on Monday......
ABU DHABI: Mickey Arthur, Pakistan’s head coach, urged his players to keep their winning momentum intact as they prepare for the third One-Day International against Sri Lanka that will be played here......
LAHORE: Pakistan face Malaysia in their opening match of the super four round in the Asia Cup hockey tournament at the Maulana Bhashani Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday.Though the head-to-head Asia Cup......
PARIS: Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United will be looking to maintain their robust start to their Champions League campaign when they head to Benfica on Wednesday while Antonio Conte’s Chelsea......
LAHORE: Unfit pacer Mohammad Amir was named in the T20 squad for the Sri Lanka series on Tuesday while all-rounders Mohammad Nawaz, Amir Yamin and young fast bowler Usman Khan Shinwari were also......
DUBAI: Pakistan will only sign up for the Test and one-day leagues, agreed to in principle at the International Cricket Council Board meeting last week, if India honour a Memorandum of Understanding......
LEICESTER: Leicester City failed to climb out of the English Premier League’s relegation zone after a 1-1 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion extended the team’s winless run to six matches on......
ZURICH: Four-times world champions Italy were drawn against Sweden on Tuesday in their two-legged playoff for a place at next year’s World Cup.Italy, who last failed to qualify for the World Cup in......
PARIS: Chris Froome could face his toughest Tour de France challenge so far in 2018 after organisers on Tuesday unveiled a route and format that is potentially unfavourable to the reigning......
LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq and former Test all-rounder Abdul Razzaq have welcomed the decision of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) of sending its national team of playing one T20 match......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Federation (PBSF) on Tuesday opened a new leaf in the annals of the game by doling out Rs 9,25,000 among half-a-dozen medal winning cueists of the year......
KARACHI: With the imposition of regulatory duties on 731 import items, the country can potentially save up to $2 billion a year besides generating additional revenue, analysts said on Tuesday.The......
LAHORE: The Ministry of Law and Justice has appointed arbitrators to resolve the issue of $30 million penalty imposed on the Pakistan GasPort Consortium Limited (PGPC) by Pakistan LNG Terminal......
KARACHI: Borrowing by the government for budgetary support increased 27 per cent year-on-year in the first 98 days of 2017-18, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Tuesday.Borrowing during......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Secretary Aurangzeb Haq has said Gwadar will emerge as the world’s most modern city after the implementation of its master plan.After presiding over a meeting on Tuesday, he......
KARACHI: An American company on Tuesday offered a new technology for production of various chemicals from the emissions of coal-fired plants in Sindh.In this regard, a delegation led by Chairman Low......
KARACHI: Bulls were driven away only after a day of rampage on the stock market, where the KSE-100 index again resumed its journey south, losing 66.43 points (0.16 per cent) to close at 40,724.96......
LONDON: The British and EU Brexit negotiators clashed on Tuesday over a claim by London that Brussels is holding up divorce negotiations to get Britain to pay more money on its withdrawal from the......
LONDON: An escalating crisis between the Iraqi government and Kurdish separatists is threatening the supply of oil and could push up prices, analysts warned on Tuesday.Conflict would hit oil exports......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) has drawn the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) attention towards a deficiency in the law for ensuring proper service of notices and other documents on......
KARACHI: The cotton market witness frenzied buying from textile industry on Tuesday, allowing trading volume to reach a historic high of 40,000 bales in a single daySpinners booked quality, big lots......
WASHINGTON: Trade ministers from the United States, Canada and Mexico on Tuesday wrap up a contentious round of Nafta negotiations dominated by aggressive US demands including a sunset clause that......
BEIJING: A spokesman for China’s ruling Communist Party on Tuesday promised Beijing will open its markets further and tried to reassure foreign companies amid mounting US and European trade......
HAMBURG: The lowest price offer in the tender from Iraq’s state grains buyer to purchase at least 30,000 tonnes of rice was $427 a tonne c&f free out for rice to be sourced from Pakistan, traders......
ISLAMABAD: The national flag carrier is considering legal options to sell off an Airbus plane that wound up in Germany under mysterious circumstances, a senior Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)......
LAHORE: An official of the Punjab home department told a provincial review board comprising judges of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday that keeping Jamaatud Dawa’s (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed......
ISLAMABAD: The process of introducing ‘more effective’ accountability laws in the country is at a standstill as the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has submitted its objections to the proposed......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa returned from a three-day visit to the Middle East on Tuesday, military sources told Dawn.The army chief’s ‘quiet’ visit to the United Arab......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday reserved its judgement in the disqualification reference against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) dissident and MNA Aaisha Gulalai after......
KARACHI: Thousands of women across the world, including Pakistan, have put up a brave front against sexual assault and workplace harassment in a monumental precedent set by a powerful hashtag on......
ISLAMABAD: The European Union says that despite some institutional and legal measures taken by the government of Pakistan in 2016, wide-ranging and serious human rights concerns persist in the......
QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested four officials of the Excise and Taxation Department on charges of corruption and misuse of powers, a spokesperson for the bureau said on......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court restrained on Tuesday the government from deporting any Turkish citizens and summoned the record of the Civil Aviation Authority regarding arrival of a special aircraft......
LAHORE: With substantial work on the 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP) having been completed, the authorities began filling its reservoir with water on Tuesday.Located on the Neelum river......
LAHORE: The Sharif family scions — Maryam Nawaz and Hamza Shahbaz — sat on Tuesday face to face for the first time since the Panama Papers case rocked the country’s political landscape and led to the......
ISLAMABAD: Seemingly unsatisfied with a fresh 1,600-page document furnished by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) secretary general Jahangir Tareen — who is facing a disqualification case — the Supreme......
ISLAMABAD: The National Implementation Committee on Fata Reforms has directed the finance minister to seek approval of the National Finance Commission (NFC) for the allocation of a share from the......
• JuA chief Umar Khalid Khorasani reportedly wounded • ISPR says US-led Resolute Support Mission timely sharing details of operation within Afghan territoryPARACHINAR: Another drone attack on an......
ISLAMABAD: The government has imposed regulatory duty on import of 36 new products and raised its rates on the existing 240 items in a fresh move to curtail rising trade deficit of the country.The......
Sri Lankan team manager Asanka Gurusinha is confident his board will find the best way to handle a 24-hour fly-in, fly-out tour of Pakistan for a single Twenty20 match later this month.Sri Lanka......
