A woman was stabbed with a sharp object by a motorcycle rider in the Malir area of Karachi Thursday evening, DawnNews reported.Jazba Javed, who is in her early 20s, said she was crossing the road......
The chief of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a US drone strike, a spokesman for the group confirmed to AFP on Thursday.“Chief of our Jamaat-ul-Ahrar......
Former goalkeeper for the women's national hockey team Syeda Sadia has accused the team's head coach, Saeed Khan, of harassment and assault, DawnNews reported on Thursday.Sadia, who is also captain......
Thirty-five people were injured in two grenade attacks in Mastung and Gwadar in Balochistan on Thursday evening.Men on a motorcycle hurled a grenade near a mobile market at Safar Khan Chowk in......
All rounder Muhammad Hafeez's bowling action has been reported to the International Cricket Council (ICC) by match officials, the ICC said in a statement on Thursday.He has been reported for using a......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced a welcome bullish session on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 825 points to close at 41,558.The index opened higher and managed to......
IN 1947, just like the immigrants moving both ways, ‘immigrant newspapers’ had travails of their own to overcome before they could settle down in their dreamlands. Indeed, like, people, many could......
Nissan said on Thursday that it was suspending all production destined for the local market, as Japan's number-two automaker grapples with a mounting inspection scandal that has already seen it......
Driver Meher Muhammad Khalil became a hero when militants attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team bus on a busy street in Lahore in 2009, holding his nerve under gunfire to whisk them to safety.Eight......
At least four suspected militants were killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan's Paktia province near the Pak-Afghan border on Thursday.Security sources told DawnNews that a suspected United States......
The Supreme Court (SC) while hearing the disqualification case against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen on Thursday deliberated the nuances of the definition of integrity as......
Speaking at a Khatm-i-Nabuwwat Conference in Peshawar on Wednesday and campaigning for the NA-4 seat at the same time, the emir of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Sirajul Haq, criticised his opponents in......
New Zealand's centre-left opposition leader Jacinda Ardern is poised to become prime minister in a stunning rise to power, after maverick populist Winston Peters backed the charismatic 37-year-old to......
Spain said on Thursday that it will press ahead with suspending Catalonia's autonomy after the region's leader warned he may declare independence, heralding an unprecedented escalation of the......
The Supreme Court on Thursday ended the legal tussle between the Sindh government and the Aisha Bawany Trust by allowing the former to keep custody of the Ayesha Bawani Government College until......
Barack Obama is returning to the political arena for the first time in months after keeping a low profile and avoiding direct confrontation with his White House successor.The 56-year-old former......
BEIRUT: A viral photo shows her celebrating the capture of Raqa, but Rojda Felat is more than a poster girl: she commanded thousands of fighters who clinched a defining victory against jihadists.Her......
At least 43 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban-claimed suicide attack on a military base in Kandahar on Thursday, officials said, the third assault on a security installation this......
US President Donald Trump was snarled in fresh controversy on Wednesday after he was accused of being disrespectful to a US soldier slain in an ambush in Niger, as well as showing insensitivity to......
The United States vowed on Wednesday to work with India in preference to China over the next century to promote a “free and open” Asia-Pacific region led by prosperous democracies.Secretary of State......
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and her husband retired Captain Mohammad Safdar were indicted by an accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday in connection with a......
HARIPUR: The Mashal Khan lynching case took a new turn on Wednesday when the first private witness backed off from his statement that he had recorded before the judicial magistrate, Mardan, that he......
PESHAWAR: Health experts have shown concerns over increasing incidence of mental health disorder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Addressing a press conference at Peshawar Press Club in connection with World......
BANNU: President Mamnoon Hussain said here Wednesday that political stability was a pre-requisite for sustainable economic progress and development. He said that promotion of quality education,......
LAHORE: A risky adventure of three Grade IX friends of Lahore alerted the International Police Organisation (Interpol) in Washington that sent an alert to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) here......
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday appointed PML-N Lawyers Forum Pakistan President Naseer Ahmad Bhutta as Punjab Information Commission’s chief commissioner.Mr Bhutta had resigned as......
AN extraordinary exchange has just occurred between the army chief and the finance minister. It is worth going through their words carefully to determine what exactly they have said to each other,......
SOMETIMES, to understand Pakistan, one needs to visit a foreign museum. Only by seeing objects that affirm the continuum of a country’s culture and heritage can one understand why the preservation of......
WHAT do you say to a Pakistani military officer who insists Osama bin Laden died of kidney failure near Tora Bora in 2006 and that the Abbottabad raid was a concocted drama? Is there any way of......
The director, producer and writer of the much-talked about Pakistani animated feature film Allahyar and the Legend of Markhor, Uzair Zaheer Khan, is determined to be a catalyst in the world of......
RAWALPINDI: In the aftermath of any disaster or conflict, rebuilding homes is seen as the most important way to restore normalcy to any ravaged community. But the rehabilitation of the people who......
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court of Islamabad may indicted Sharif family on Thursday in the London properties reference even though former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and lead defence counsel......
ISLAMABAD: Officers of the capital police and administration on Wednesday met with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman and a judge to discuss security arrangements inside and outside......
FAISALABAD: Scrap dealers seem to be earning handsome amount these days by purchasing powerlooms at throwaway prices as the weaving unit owners are unable to run their factories due to exorbitant......
KARACHI: A suspected robber was killed in an alleged police encounter in Landhi in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.They said that three suspects were looting a truck driver near a......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Post Office has recently released a commemorative postage stamp of Rs10 denomination and souvenir sheet of Rs20 on the occasion of the 200th birth anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmed......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has directed Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal to look into the complaints of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan about cases against its leaders and......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has warned more than 4,000 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to get themselves registered by submitting updated financial details and other required documents within......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday approved Rs6 billion for equipping 4,000 schools in the province with all necessary facilities in the next six months.He passed those orders while......
KARACHI: It seemed as if the entire media was waiting for actress Mahira Khan to step on to the red carpet at the trailer launch of her film Verna at a local multiplex on Tuesday. The moment she got......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday put off the hearing of bail applications of former provincial information minister Sharjeel Memon and others after partly hearing arguments of the National......
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday laid out a confident vision for a more prosperous nation and its role in the world, stressing the importance of wiping out corruption and curbing......
WASHINGTON: The militant Islamic State (IS) group’s defeat in Raqa, their de facto Syrian capital, raises a thorny question for the US forces that have been training and arming the victorious local......
MADRID: Spain appeared to offer Catalonia’s separatists a last-minute way out of their standoff with the central government on Wednesday, suggesting fresh elections in the region could resolve the......
ZURICH: The Swiss government on Wednesday opposed letting men take subsidised paternity leave from their jobs, saying it would cost too much and hurt companies’ competitiveness.The cabinet was......
BAGHDAD: Iraqi government forces said on Wednesday they had retaken almost all the areas disputed between Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdistan region following a sweeping advance into oil-rich Kirkuk......
ANKARA: Turkey’s foreign minister said on Wednesday Ankara would not submit to “impositions” from the United States to resolve a feud which has seen the two Nato allies stop issuing visas to each......
ANKARA: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Tehran would stick to its 2015 nuclear accord with world powers as long as the other signatories respected it, but would......
RIYADH: Saudi budget carrier flynas on Wednesday made the first commercial flight from Riyadh to Baghdad since 1990, as ties with neighbouring Iraq show signs of improvement. “Our first flight took......
SEOUL: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slammed on Wednesday President Donald Trump’s “dangerous and short-sighted” war of words with North Korea, saying his Twitter tirades only......
NAIROBI: It is “difficult to guarantee a free, fair and credible election” in Kenya’s fresh presidential vote just eight days away despite “full technical preparedness,” the head of the election......
IF we think through the North Korea nuclear weapons dilemma using game theory, one aspect of the problem deserves more attention, namely the age of the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un: 33.Because......
MOSCOW: Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky gets a raunchy makeover as a “rock ‘n’ roll hero” in a new television series that highlights his adventurous exploits, ruthless character and rampant sex......
LONDON: US author George Saunders has become only the second American writer to win Britain’s renowned Man Booker Prize, which was awarded for his first full-length novel Lincoln in the Bardo.Judges......
DHAKA: Pakistan’s start to the Super 4 campaign of the Asia Cup got off to the worst possible start when they twice relinquished the lead before losing 3-2 to Malaysia in a thriller at the Maulana......
KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi met Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah at the CM House on Wednesday over the holding of four Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches in Karachi......
KARACHI: While committing to hold four matches of the 2018 Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Karachi, PCB chairman Najam Sethi on Wednesday said that everything would hinge on security arrangements in......
ABU DHABI: Energetic seamer Hasan Ali became the quickest player to reach 50 one-day international wickets for Pakistan as Sri Lanka were dismissed for 208 in the third One-day International at Abu......
PAARL: A.B. de Villiers returned from his sabbatical with a blistering 176 off 104 balls to set up South Africa’s series-clinching 104-run win over Bangladesh in their second One-day International......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian prosecutors charged the former head of the national Olympics committee (COB), Carlos Nuzman, and five other people on Wednesday with corruption based on an investigation of......
PARIS: Under-fire Everton will hope to kickstart their campaign when they play host to Olympique Lyonnais on Thursday looking for a first win in the Europa League group stage.The Premier League side......
LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo scored a penalty but holders Real Madrid were held 1-1 at home by Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League on Tuesday, while Liverpool racked up their biggest ever away win......
MADRID: Spanish athlete Ruth Beitia, who wrote her name into the history books by becoming the oldest-ever winner of an Olympic jumping event, announced she was retiring on Wednesday.Beitia, 38, told......
MELBOURNE: Age and fatherhood may have mellowed David Warner, but nothing coaxes the old ‘Bull’ out of the Australia vice-captain like a home Ashes series.Warner’s clarion call this week to summon......
KARACHI: Seventh-ranked Mohammad Bilal, who emerged group ‘B’ champion, stormed back from 1-4 down to post a thrilling 5-4 victory over the 10th-ranked Babar Masih and sneak into the semi-finals of......
KARACHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) increased 56 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2017-18, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Wednesday.This is in contrast to the overall......
KARACHI: The country is likely to achieve the cotton production target of 13 million bales this season, latest figures released by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) show.The country......
LAHORE: The first meeting of arbitrators appointed by the Ministry of Law and Justice to resolve the issue of $30 million penalty imposed on the Pakistan GasPort Consortium Limited (PGPC) was held on......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance expressed its dismay over the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for being unable to collect withholding tax (WHT) properly from telecom companies.On......
MUMBAI: India tightened gold import norms for export houses by restricting them from importing the yellow metal only for export purposes and not for selling in the domestic market, the government......
KARACHI: D.G. Khan Cement (DGKC) reported a profit after tax of Rs2.83 billion for July-September, up 48.7 per cent from a year ago.Sales amounted to Rs7.53bn, registering an increase of 14pc from......
KARACHI: The stock market saw volatility on Wednesday witnessing thin investor participation with the KSE-100 index closing 8.49 points up at 40,733.The benchmark index opened in the green, but was......
NEW DELHI: India is tightening quality controls for consumer and capital goods, officials say, a move that follows calls to curb cheap imports from China amid diplomatic tensions between the world’s......
GENEVA: Israel, China and Taiwan joined a number of US allies at the World Trade Organization on Wednesday to express concerns over a Trump administration executive order that calls on US authorities......
QUETTA: Abdul Samad, President Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI), has appealed to the FBR chairman, chief collector customs south and the Inspector General Frontier Corps to encourage......
LONDON: More British finance firms will move business to EU countries if Britain fails to hammer out a post-Brexit transition deal by the end of the year, London Stock Exchange chief Xavier Rolet......
ZURICH: Switzerland said on Wednesday it would start sharing information on the activities of multinationals in its territory with other countries in 2020, joining an international push to fight tax......
LONDON: Shell opened its first electric vehicle recharging points at three gas stations in Britain on Wednesday, part of the oil giant’s efforts to respond to a global push toward zero-emission......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has urged the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman to take notice of irregularities in projects of the National Highway Authority (NHA), including......
ANGOOR ADDA: Pakistan is confident that a pair of nine-foot chicken wire fences topped with barbed wire will stop incursions by militants from Afghanistan, which opposes Islamabad’s plans for a......
ISLAMABAD: In a tacit endorsement of the findings of recently-held census, the federal cabinet on Wednesday decided to go ahead with delimitation of constituencies before the next general elections......
WASHINGTON: US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said that India can help the United States in keeping an eye on Pakistan, as Washington cannot tolerate any government that shelters terrorists.In......
KARACHI: In random tests involving 22 internet service providers (ISPs) it has been found that more than 200 URLs have been blocked in Pakistan, according to a research study carried out by the Open......
ISLAMABAD: The new chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), retired Justice Javed Iqbal, has said the bureau was not set up to exact political revenge.“The bureau was not established to......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army on Wednesday announced promotion of four major generals to lieutenant general.“Those promoted include Major General Majid Ehsan, Major General Aamir Abbasi, Major General......
RAWALPINDI: The prosecutor general of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) departed for London from Islamabad on Wednesday, sources said.Earlier on Tuesday night, the lawyer for ousted prime......
ISLAMABAD: The youth may well decide the outcome of the 2018 general elections, as 42.4 million out of the nearly 97 million registered voters in the country are between the ages of 18 and 35,......
HYDERABAD: Assailing both Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) president Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on......
MULTAN: Police on Wednesday arrested Mufti Abdul Qavi, an accused in the model Qandeel Baloch murder case, after the district and sessions court rejected his bail plea.The cleric appeared before......
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: Pakistan and the United States agreed on Wednesday to keep up the momentum of improvement in bilateral relations through high-level engagements and stronger counterterrorism......
LAHORE: A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team arrived in London on Wednesday to record statements of some ‘important witnesses’ and collect evidence of the Sharif family’s Avenfield......
