Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said that after Nawaz Sharif it was now Asif Ali Zardari's turn to face accountability, DawnNews reported.The PTI chief was addressing a......
Indian Men’s Hockey Team were crowned Asia Cup 2017 Champions after they beat Malaysia 2-1 in the final of the tournament at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Sunday, Asian Hockey......
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday lambasted his political opponents — the PML-N and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) — and urged the masses to defeat them in the upcoming October 26......
Mickey Arthur, Pakistan head coach, on Sunday praised an unnamed player for reporting a spot fixing approach as “a real example to our team”.The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday confirmed a......
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe swept to a comfortable victory in a snap election on Sunday, handing him a mandate to harden his already hawkish stance on North Korea and re-energise the world's......
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday promoted the Trump administration's goal of uniting Saudi Arabia and Iraq in common cause to counter Iran’s growing regional influence.Tillerson, who......
A spate of deadly Taliban attacks targeting Afghan forces this week was a show of strength against Donald Trump's new strategy, and signalled a push to strike security bases rather than cities,......
The Chinese Embassy has alleged that a member of the terrorist network East Turkestan Islamic Movement has "sneaked into Pakistan" and poses a threat to Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong.This......
The Sindh Rangers, during a press conference on Sunday, shared footage of the September 2 attack on MQM Pakistan leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan, which took place in Karachi's Buffer Zone area, and......
The Indonesian government has sought clarification from the United States after its military chief was denied entry to the country, an official said on Sunday.Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesman......
The lights go out, the projector whirls and entertainment-starved Saudis sink into plush seats to soak up an experience they have been denied for decades ? a trip to the cinema.The rare movie night......
Citizens mourning the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia are calling for Malta's deeply-ingrained tribal politics to be put aside so the shaken island nation can begin healing its wounds.The initial......
Tasleema, a Kashmiri resident, was going to fetch vegetables in a storage when she was attacked.Her husband, Mohammad Rauf Wani, heard a scream and found his wife unconscious on the floor with six......
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has offered to shoot criminals himself, while warning he may bring police back to the frontlines of his deadly war on drugs.Duterte made the comments late on......
Millions of Japanese braved typhoon conditions on Sunday for a snap election likely to hand Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a fresh mandate to revive the world's third-largest economy and press his......
While Chinese President Xi Jinping and his cohorts chart the nation's future at their leadership conclave in Beijing, his citizen army of red-armbanded foot soldiers are keeping an eye out for......
More than 1.1 billion people worldwide officially don't exist — going about their daily lives without proof of identity.The issue leaves a significant fraction of the global population deprived of......
Eight terrorists were killed during an "encounter" jointly carried out by the Rangers and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Karachi's Raees Goth area on Saturday night, officials......
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday a transition can soon begin to set conditions for lasting peace in Syria now that the end of the Islamic State "caliphate is in sight" with the fall of......
All five of America's living former presidents took the stage on Saturday at a benefit concert in Texas to raise money for victims of the hurricane-ravaged southern United States and Caribbean.Former......
2012 was a bad year for the Hazara community in southern Pakistan. The community had been devastated by a series of targeted killings and suicide attacks. Even their future protectors weren’t safe.......
In the corridors of power in Balochistan, Hazara persecution means little to others. When a Hazara gets gunned down or when their homes are bombed, it simply registers as life as usual for most in......
Many years ago, the poet-philosopher Allama Iqbal wrote the following couplet: “Aik hon Muslim haram ki pasbani ke liye/ Neel ke sahil se le kar ta ba Khaak-i-Kashgar [All Muslims from the shores of......
When Bashir Ahmad joined the National College of Arts (NCA) as a painting major in 1970, few of his classmates sat in the classes of miniature painting. Cubism, nearly an obsession with artists in......
There is a certain level of contrast between an individual’s inner world and what reaches the surface. Our thoughts are ours alone and most of us may live an entire lifetime without ever allowing......
While the art of yesteryears was easily categorised into “types”, of late one finds it difficult to label any artist or art piece. Soraya Sikandar is a prime example of this, as her landscape......
A National Action Plan (NAP) was announced by the government of Pakistan in January 2015 to supplement the antiterrorism drive by the military and police. Even though the military operations have......
Located in the eastern Karakoram range, the Siachen glacier is a source of freshwater supply for both India and Pakistan. Seventy-six kilometres long and covering an area of more than 700 kilometres,......
It is a sign of times in our globalised existence that the worth of Pakistan as a Test side was set in stone recently not by what happened in the UAE while losing 0-2 to Sri Lanka, but by something......
Written on the bamboo gates of the school, in blue and pink, is the word ‘Welcome’ with several happy yellow smileys drawn around it. In yellow is the word ‘Khel’. Inside, under an airy, thatched......
When I first arrived in Italy five years ago, it was immediately apparent that my walk was perhaps a bit too quick and noisy for the quiet piazzas of our small town. As time passed and I lost my......
The sari is a timeless classic that has traversed subcontinental history, gracefully draping women belonging to all strata of Indian society, be it women who faced the carnage that defined Indo-Pak......
In an Oscar-worthy script, Pharoah Harvey Weinstein, a Hollywood deity famed for his ability to sniff out a brilliant script amidst the dross, has been toppled from his pedestal.Weinstein preyed on......
For fans of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, the future of Westeros and more importantly, the future of Daenerys and Jon Snow will be revealed in the eighth and final season. According to news......
Q. I live at Kashmir Point in Murree, and while walking in the forested area near my house, I see several varieties of mushrooms growing, particularly during July and August. Many of them look......
THE US nearly brokered a deal last weekend to avert the current crisis over the disputed city of Kirkuk, where Iraqi forces and some Iranian-supported militias displaced Kurdish fighters this week.It......
ONE of the things I didn’t expect when I became a lawyer was just how much it would ruin legal fiction for me. So much of what I see and read is so far from reality, it’s hard for me not to yell out,......
MOSCOW: Glorified during the Soviet era but denounced at the fall of the USSR, the 1917 Russian revolution is now taught in schools with neutrality the Kremlin hopes will “bring the nation......
CALAIS: For Fabien Sudry, a senior state official in the port of Calais, the evacuation of the squalid “Jungle” migrant camp 12 months ago has changed the lives of security forces and locals.The......
BARCELONA: Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded Barcelona’s streets on Saturday as Spain took drastic measures to stop Catalonia from breaking away, announcing plans to dismiss the region’s......
GENEVA: Shock and condemnation continued on Saturday after Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was named a “goodwill ambassador” for the World Health Organisation (WHO) by the agency’s first African......
NEW DELHI: A journalist was shot dead by three gunmen in northern India on Saturday, police said, the latest attack on media in one of Asia’s deadliest countries for reporters.Rajesh Mishra, a......
SANTIAGO: International experts announced on Friday that Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer, but could not conclusively determine if he was assassinated by late dictator......
JERUSALEM: The Israeli army attacked Syrian government artillery on Saturday after fire across the armistice line hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and warned it would step up such retaliation......
PRAGUE: With voters upset over traditional parties and orders from Brussels, billionaire populist Andrej Babis, dubbed the “Czech Trump”, clinched victory in the Czech Republic’s election on......
RIYADH: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Riyadh on Saturday to attend a landmark meeting between officials from Saudi Arabia and Iraq aimed at improving relations between the two......
CAIRO: At least 54 policemen, including 20 officers and 34 conscripts, were killed when a raid on a militant hideout south-west of Cairo escalated into an all-out firefight, authorities said on......
It was a bling fest — fashion events dedicated to bridal fashion always are. But there are so many times when wedding wear never really becomes distinctive, when it simpers in a banal amalgamation of......
At the age of 63, the endearing martial arts legend Jackie Chan boasts a colourful career full of comedy/action films but very few dramatic roles, at least in English, even though he has always......
It seemed inevitable. The Humayun Saeed-Mehwish Hayat starrer Punjab Nahi Jaungi, directed by Nadeem Baig, had a tremendous opening at the box office. One was expecting it do a roaring business and......
Movies are meant to be seen in theatres — with darkness on all sides and a bright screen in front, with speakers creating a cocoon of sound, with fellow audience members heightening tension and......
Going to interview the British actor of Pakistani descent Art Malik had me thinking of those big brown expressive eyes. What would it be like staring into those deep pools? But the first thing I......
It has been more than six years since Osama bin Laden was killed in a raid conducted by the United States Navy Seals on his compound in Pakistan’s garrison city of Abbottabad, just a stone’s throw......
In comparative literature there is frequent discussion about how to make the study of literature broader and more inclusive, how to explore different literary texts and the ways in which they might......
Would you hire this guy?The candidate is hopeless with deadlines and alternates between undisciplined meandering and grandiose hyperactivity. When he isn’t sketching birds, he’s making fruitless......
Events in South Asia are significantly shaped by tensions between Pakistan and India — neighbours who view one another with hostility and mistrust. Given the history of a predictable pattern of......
Pakistan Under Siege by Masood H. Kizilbash is an ambitious, intense, thought-provoking book that engages as well as distracts as it unfolds. The title and its two parts covering phases from 1857 to......
Constantine P. Cavafy, regarded as the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century, largely draws upon Hellenic history but contemporises it with a purposeful quiet and a plausible ease. He was......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will address a public meeting here on Sunday and he will be taken to the venue at Badbher from the airport in a vehicular......
PESHAWAR: Former provincial minister Maulana Amanullah Haqqani on Saturday challenged the provincial government’s much-publicised Bus Rapid Transit project in the Peshawar High Court, claiming that......
ABBOTTABAD: Commandant of Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, Major General Abdullah Dogar has said that character-building and personality development of students should be the top priority of the......
Centuries may have passed since the reign of the Mughals, but many old buildings in downtown Rawalpindi retain some of the splendour of Mughal architecture.In the narrow streets of the city stand......
ISLAMABAD: The 13th Dawn in Education Spelling Bee regional competition concluded at the Islamabad Club on Saturday.A total of 190 schools and 1,650 students from the north of the country......
LAHORE: Heritage Now, the festival to celebrate the cultural heritage of Pakistan, started here at Alhamra Art Centre on Saturday, offering myriad of attractions for the visitors, including panel......
LAHORE: Major Geoffrey Douglas Langlands’ centenarian birthday was celebrated at Aitchison College on Saturday to honour his remarkable services to the country.The event held at the residence of the......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s left arm fast bowler Muhammad Irfan has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court for the removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL).Filed through his counsel Kabir......
LAHORE: Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said he would not shake hand with the Sharif brothers this time round, alleging they twice planned his murder in the past.“The Sharif brothers......
BAHAWALPUR: A landlord allegedly tortured two persons at village Kotla Rehmat Shah near Kotla Sheikhan in the limits of Uch Sharif Police Station, about 70km from here.According to reports, Zulfiqar......
Once you enter Delhi Gate on the eastern side of the old city, you enter Kashmiri Bazaar and almost 500 yards ahead is the exquisite Mosque of Wazir Khan. Where the mosque ends the lane turning to......
The Gaddafi Stadium is again in the news, and this time all for good reasons, as the Sri Lanka Cricket has announced that its national team will visit Lahore, after eight years, to play one-off T20......
KARACHI: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested three suspected militants linked with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and seized mines from them, officials said.Acting on a tip-off, the......
KARACHI: An exhibition of distinguished artist Imran Mir’s artworks titled Alchemist of Line opened at the Mohatta Palace Museum on Friday.Mir (1950-2014) was an exceptional artist. Alchemist of......
KARACHI: They may be working out of two small shops in Saddar but their gowns are no less gorgeous than anything on the catwalks of Paris or Milan carrying labels such as Vivienne Westwood, Ralph......
MOSCOW: Germany’s Julia Goerges clinched a career third WTA title with a straight-sets romp over Daria Kasatkina of Russia in the Kremlin Cup final here on Saturday.The seventh-seeded German......
KARACHI: Habib Girls School (HGS) beat Bahria College 2-1 in a thrilling final to win the second Abdul Sattar Edhi Girls O-Level Throwball Tournament here at Generation’s School on Saturday.HGS......
BERLIN: Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund threw away a two-goal lead in their 2-2 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday as the pressure remains on goalkeeper Roman Burki.Dortmund are winless in......
PHILLIP ISLAND (Australia): World championship leader Marc Marquez snatched pole position and left title rival Andrea Dovizioso in his wake in the final seconds of qualifying on Saturday for the......
BULAWAYO: Zimbabwe’s spinners sparked a West Indies collapse on day one of the first Test, with the tourists 219 all out in their first innings after being 174-3 on Saturday.Zimbabwe captain Graeme......
SHARJAH: Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed on Friday said Pakistan had one of the best bowling attacks in the world and that had played a key role in his side surging to a 4-0 lead in the ODI series against Sri......
PARIS: Montpellier continued their good form against the leading teams with a gritty 1-0 win at St Etienne on Friday.St Etienne was in third place before the game, but failed to create enough chances......
DHAKA: India thumped arch-rivals Pakistan 4-0 in their last super four clash to qualify for the final of the Asia Cup at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium here on Saturday.Satbir Singh (39th......
LONDON: Manchester United fell to a shock 2-1 defeat at promoted Huddersfield Town on Saturday as Pep Guardiola’s free-scoring Manchester City moved five points clear at the Premier League......
SHARJAH: All-rounder Thisara Perera will lead a 16-man Sri Lankan squad for the three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan announced on Saturday, the last of which will be played in Lahore.Th Sri......
LAHORE: Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar M Khan has strongly contradicted an statement attributed to him earlier on Saturday which said PCB’s case against its Indian counterpart......
MUMBAI: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson urged his team-mates on Saturday to avenge last year’s narrow ODI series defeat to India by putting in the performance of their lives this time around.The......
WITH President Donald Trump refusing to re-certify Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal, new variables have begun impacting the global energy equation.The original sanctions imposed on Iran had a......
BEIJING: China’s economy is on track to meet its official growth target for 2017, the head of the state planning agency said on Saturday, despite a punishing war on pollution which is expected to......
MUMBAI: India’s central bank on Saturday dismissed media reports that it was not necessary to link national identity card numbers, known as Aadhar numbers, to bank accounts.It said in a statement the......
BAGHDAD: The global oil market is improving and stabilising, Saudi Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih said in Baghdad on Saturday.In a speech at the opening of the Baghdad International Exhibition, Falih......
WASHINGTON: US retailers are finding it increasingly difficult to hire employees for stores and for middle and higher management as low pay and a feeling of uncertainty clouds the industry following......
A TOP executive at a major Wall Street bank is deep into his spiel on how artificial intelligence will make the firm smarter and leaner when he pauses to take a question: What does this mean for......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to modernise the national power transmission to provide an immediate relief to the overall national transmission and dispatch system, which is under stress due......
KARACHI: The latest report of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) shows how costly education is in the country, with expenses witnessing a 153 per cent hike in September on a year-on-year basis.The SBP......
ANKARA: Turkey’s banking regulator urged the public on Saturday to ignore rumours about financial institutions, in an apparent dismissal of a report that some Turkish banks face billions of dollars......
KARACHI: Stocks were on fire in the outgoing week which saw the benchmark KSE-100 index galvanise above the 42,000 level with an astounding gains of 2,241 points (5.62 per cent) over the earlier week......
ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission is asking ministries, donors and executing agencies to provide a list of priority projects, which need to be completed during this fiscal year with a view to......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz has claimed that terminologies used in the Supreme Court’s judgement in the Panama Papers case which disqualified former prime minister Nawaz Sharif......
ISLAMABAD: The controversy created by the Judicial Commission (JC) by dropping the names of seven judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) from the list of those whose tenure has been extended deepened......
ISLAMABAD: A social media message of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan ahead of his public meeting in Sehwan alleging huge corruption in Sindh has prompted a strong reaction from the......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly vowed on Saturday not to surrender before terrorism and would fight against terrorists with full force till their elimination.The house adopted a resolution......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri and Commander of Southern Command Lt Gen Asim Bajwa discussed on Friday various issues, including law and order situation in the......
ISTANBUL: On the sidelines of the ninth D-8 summit, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim agreed to bolster relations in diverse areas with a focus on trade......
“ASSALAMU Alaikum. Assalamu Alaikum. Assalamu Alaikum,” Maryam Nawaz Sharif says as she strides into the courtroom, greeting in turn the judge, lawyers and mediapersons gathered to witness her first......
GILGIT: Motorcyclists and motorists taking part in the Pakistan Motor Rally — featuring hundreds of motorbikes and vintage, classic and sports vehicles — set off on Saturday morning from the......
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party came under fire on Saturday for demanding cuts to an Indian film, claiming it showcased “anti-Modi hatred”.A scene in the Tamil-language film......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Saturday rejected as speculative the reports that India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in her introductory meeting with the Pakistani ambassador to Delhi......
ISLAMABAD: In another rejoinder filed before the Supreme Court, Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Hanif Abbasi on Saturday alleged that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan believed that......
ISLAMABAD: After questioning for about three years the jurisdiction of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to scrutinise its accounts, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has approached the......
ALTHOUGH the militant Islamic State (IS) group is fast losing the territory under its control, its ideological attraction is not subsiding at the same pace because the idea of a global ‘Islamic......
IN a recent article for this newspaper, I argued that the technologies powering the fourth industrial revolution are shifting knowledge paradigms in the workplace and Pakistan’s challenge is to......
IT is heartening to note that the National Implementation Committee on Fata Reforms has directed the finance minister to pursue the allocation of Fata’s share from the divisible pool with the......
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police on Saturday recovered beheaded bodies of two police constables from Elum Mountain in Buner district, DawnNews reported.The constables, identified as Faisal Wahid and Tariq,......
