Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a suspect in Parveen Rehman murder case from Manghopir area of Karachi.Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) West Muhammad Younis Chandio informed Dawn that......
At least 11 people lost their lives and some 37 others were injured in a deadly traffic accident in Balochistan's Chaghi district on Tuesday evening.The traffic accident took place in Laghap area, 12......
United States (US) President Donald Trump's four-month worldwide ban on refugees ended on Tuesday, officials said, as his administration prepared to unveil tougher new screening procedures.Under an......
Indian police arrested a loan shark on Tuesday after an impoverished labourer burdened with debt doused himself and his family in kerosene and set them alight, killing his wife and two daughters.The......
Indian troops shelled a picturesque valley in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday as the region observed the 70th anniversary of the foundation of a rebellious government, leaving two women dead......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday repeated its allegation that the chief election commissioner (CEC) was using a 4,800cc vehicle worth Rs50 million despite being entitled to only a......
Former goalkeeper for the women's national hockey team Syeda Sadia, who has accused the team's head coach, Saeed Khan, of harassment and assault, told Dawn.com on Tuesday that she will pursue a case......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that forcibly converting Hindu girls to Islam after abducting them had nothing to do with Islam, instead, "it was a wrongdoing".He was......
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced the launch of an independent economic zone on the Red Sea, three times the size of Cyprus and with a half a trillion dollars in projected investments.The zone,......
Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday vowed to restore “moderate, open” Islam in a kingdom known for its ultra-conservative rule.“We are returning to what we were......
The Foreign Office on Tuesday disapproved the Indian government's initiative to hold talks with 'all groups and individuals' in India-held Kashmir, including the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, and......
A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped and tortured by her teenage neighbour in Jacoboabad on Monday, police said.District Superintendent Police Arbab Ali Soomro said that police had rushed to the......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued to slide on the second consecutive day on Tuesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index plunged 192 points to 41,292.The index showed a steep decline in the......
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Pakistan to deliver a tough message on the importance of fighting extremists and driving them from hideouts on Pakistani territory.Tillerson arrived in......
Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Tuesday expressed concern over the statement made by United States (US) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Afghanistan a day earlier."His [Tillerson] tone and tenor......
The large building at the corner of 22nd and R street in downtown Washington, DC, sticks out like a wart in the otherwise upscale neighbourhood.Plywood covers the windows, sleeping bags and empty......
United States President Donald Trump's criticism of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl has become a factor in the soldier's sentencing, as a military judge weighs the president's impact on public perception......
The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned Jahangir Tareen's counsel over the trust through which the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader bought property in Britain.A three-member apex bench ? headed......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended the non-bailable arrest warrants issued against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PT) Chairman Imran Khan by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on......
Fleeing grinding poverty and unemployment, thousands of Afghan Shias have been recruited by Iran to defend Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, former fighters and rights activists say.Afghan......
On a warm morning this March, I was passing under the heavy iron vaults (arches) of the Lansdowne Bridge, in a small jeep over the Indus River in Rohri, Sindh. The spring sun had turned the water......
Washington announced it was pushing for targeted sanctions against Burmese officers involved in violence against Rohingya Muslims, while withdrawing invitations to senior members of the security......
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday where he is expected to meet with top government officials regarding Pakistan's counter-terrorism efforts.Tillerson's visit, his......
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday directed the federal government to file a detailed reply in response to a petition seeking trial in a military court of Ehsanullah Ehsan, former spokesperson......
Disputing claims about her rescue, the recently recovered Caitlan Coleman has said that she was in Pakistan for at least a year before she was "rescued" by Pakistan Army in an operation near the......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday dismissed a second application filed by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar against his indictment by an accountability court in a corruption reference pertaining to......
Taking note of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) seeking the federal government's help to sell the land that is currently under control of the Sindh government, chief minister Murad Ali Shah said on......
Former Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, who was taken into custody by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday, appeared before an accountability court on Tuesday amid tight......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday rejected a reference filed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan against MNA Ayesha Gulalai seeking to deseat the lawmaker for......
Cristiano Ronaldo has caught up with Lionel Messi to become a five-time winner of FIFA's best player award.The Real Madrid forward was crowned player of the year on Monday at the FIFA Best ceremony......
China's ruling Communist Party moved on Tuesday to confirm Xi Jinping's rise to becoming the country's most powerful leader in decades by amending its constitution to add his name and ideology.Xi's......
WASHINGTON: The widow of a fallen soldier reproached President Donald Trump on Monday over his condolence call last week, saying she was angered by his tone and that he couldn’t remember her......
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi government dismissed a call from US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for Iranian-backed paramilitary units that helped Baghdad defeat Islamic State and capture the Kurdish-held......
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: The CIA has launched a new “hunt and kill” mission in Afghanistan, targeting Taliban militants across the country, the US media reported on Monday.CIA Director Mike Pompeo said......
SHARJAH: Left-arm paceman Usman Shinwari destroyed Sri Lanka with a five-wicket burst to help Pakistan achieve a convincing nine-wicket win in the fifth and final match for a 5-0 clean sweep of the......
KARACHI: The first phase of Pakistan Cricket Board’s endeavours to host at least four matches of Pakistan Super League (PSL) early next year commenced here on Monday when globally-renowned security......
KARACHI: The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Foreign Security Consultant Reg Dickason held a detailed meeting here with the Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and other security......
PARIS: After Neymar was sent off, Edinson Cavani stepped up for Ligue 1 leaders Paris St Germain with an injury-time free-kick to salvage a 2-2 draw in a fiery clash at bitter rivals Olympique de......
AUSTIN (Texas): The fastest man on four wheels stood on the US Grand Prix podium with the fastest man on two feet.Together, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and retired sprinter Usain Bolt struck......
AUSTIN: Retired sprint king Usain Bolt says he is serious about starting up a football career — and believes he could even be good enough to play for Jamaica.The Jamaican track and field superstar,......
MADRID: A Marco Asensio-inspired Real Madrid crushed Eibar 3-0 to close the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona to five points on Sunday, with Karim Benzema starting on the bench.Asensio forced an own......
MILAN: Juventus midfielder Sami Khedira grabbed a hat-trick as the Serie A champions came from behind to thump Udinese 6-2 away on Sunday despite playing for more than an hour with 10......
ISLAMABAD: Veteran Aqeel Khan along with several other seeded players reached the men’s singles second round in the Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis Championships at the PTF Complex here on......
ISLAMABAD: In a rare move, the water discharges from the country’s largest reservoir — Mangla — were stopped with immediate effect on Monday, bringing generation from its power station to zero, as......
KARACHI: Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) President and CEO Nauman K. Dar will retire on Dec 31, according to a stock exchange filing on Monday.The bank did not specify any reason for Mr Dar’s exit. His term at......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports of textile and clothing products posted nearly eight per cent growth year-on-year to $3.25 billion in the first quarter of 2017-18, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics......
ISLAMABAD: Rejecting a demand for recovering from consumers Rs19 billion three-year old ‘adjustments’, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday ordered ex-Wapda distribution......
KARACHI: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) posted a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs5.03 billion and earnings per share (eps) of Rs18.50 for the first quarter (July-September) of this fiscal year.The results were......
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday entered into a cooperation agreement with St. Petersburg, the second-largest city in Russia, which aims to promote partnerships in trade, business, education,......
BEIJING: As China’s Communist Party congress got under way, nervous garment factory owners were on high alert, running lookouts to evade inspectors as they continued to produce coats, jackets and......
BRUSSELS: EU antitrust regulators raided German car manufacturers on Monday, days after a similar swoop on the offices of BMW, in a fresh blow to the country’s beleaguered auto industry.“The......
LAHORE: There would be no imports of vegetables, especially tomato, which has seen its price skyrocketing in the last few weeks, despite all manipulations by “an influential mafia”, Minister for......
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on Monday opened the first-ever court in Punjab to deal with gender-based violence cases.The special court would work at the Lahore......
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly’s Special Committee has strongly recommended the provincial government to reduce weightage for entrance tests for medical and engineering colleges admission test (MCAT &......
KARACHI: Bodies of two of the eight suspected Ansarul Sharia militants killed in an alleged encounter were received by their relatives on Monday.In a joint raid carried out by the Counter-Terrorism......
MEETING Prof Dr Ibrahim Mohammad Ibrahim As-Saiyyid once again was a pleasure. An Egyptian scholar of Urdu, Prof Ibrahim received a doctorate from Lahore’s Punjab University. Now he teaches Urdu at......
KARACHI: Although it doesn’t happen very often, especially in our part of the world, symbiotic relationships tend to attract artists’ attention. The reason is simple: artists look at nature and......
HYDERABAD: Experts at a programme warned on Monday that climate change was increasingly posing a serious security threat and impacting environment and agrarian economy of the country.They were......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said that Karachi is the economic hub of Pakistan where if the economic wheel moves, Pakistan moves forward, but unfortunately corruption and......
KARACHI: The built heritage of Karachi — referred to as ‘Historic Karachi’ — has recently been included in the list of 25 sites constituting the World Monument Watch List for 2018.This important......
ISLAMABAD: Over 70 students of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) were on Monday picked by the police after they continued their protest and disrupted academic activities at the university, the capital......
HARIPUR: The Anti Terrorism Court Hazara on Monday rejected the bail applications of all the accused persons, including the two principal accused, in the Mashal Khan lynching case.According to......
KHAR: Seven people were killed and seven others received injuries when roofs of two houses collapsed in Khar town of Bajaur Agency on Monday morning.According to local people and officials, the......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday scrapped federal government housing ventures in sectors F-14 and F-15 of the capital, where members of the judiciary, powerful bureaucrats,......
ISLAMABAD: Faisal Mosque went pink as a part of month-long breast cancer awareness campaign being observed across the globe.October is being observed as PINKtober to create awareness about breast......
ISLAMABAD: Present in only 12 countries in central Asia including Pakistan, the snow leopard can face extinction due to the huge demand for its skin, which is seen as a status symbol, and for its......
ISLAMABAD: The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTV) held its annual National Skill Competition at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Monday in which......
ISLAMABAD: Taking a U-turn on its decision from a fortnight ago, the Senate Standing Committee on Interior cleared a bill seeking an increase in the marriageable age for women to 18 with a majority......
RAWALPINDI: The Dolphin Squad, a specialized unit of police consisting of 145 trained policemen to combat street crimes, was launched in Rawalpindi on Monday at a simple ceremony held at the Police......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s first Sufi opera singer, Saira Peter on Monday performed at a Sham-i-Mausiqi at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) and sang in many styles ranging from songs by......
LOS ANGELES: The Hollywood sexual abuse scandal widened on Monday after 38 women were reported to have accused US film director James Toback of unwanted sexual encounters over a period of......
TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, buoyed by a huge election win for lawmakers who favour revising Japan’s post-war, pacifist constitution, signalled a push towards his long-held goal on Monday but......
MOSCOW: A Russian journalist was in a medically induced coma on Monday after a man claiming a “telepathic” connection broke into a radio station critical of the Kremlin and stabbed her in the......
ROME: Two of Italy’s wealthiest regions were drawing up plans on Monday to claw back power and money from Rome after a victory for autonomy campaigners that could deepen divisions in Europe.Over 95......
BEIJING: When Xi Jinping warned against “pleasure seeking” in a stern message to the Communist Party congress last week, the audience included few women and some notable absentees — officials ousted......
WASHINGTON: Prior to Sunday’s ceremony awarding the 20th Mark Twain Prize for American Humour to David Letterman, the red-carpet question on everyone’s minds had to be: to Trump or not to Trump?Each......
PESHAWAR: The National Assembly constituency, NA-4 Peshawar, is for the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) what NA-120 Lahore was for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in last month’s......
MUZAFFARABAD: Hundreds of women and children marched on a thoroughfare here on Monday to condemn the fresh wave of brutal acts in India-held Kashmir, particularly the chopping of women’s braids.The......
LAHORE: Maryam Nawaz on Monday said that the Supreme Court decision in the Panama Papers case had actually benefited former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.“Nawaz Sharif got benefit from his......
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on National Accountability Laws is meeting on Tuesday (today) to discuss the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) eight-point objections raised against the final......
QUETTA: Policemen patrolling the city’s Hazar Ganji area in a vehicle survived a bomb blast on Monday.According to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Abdul Razzaq Cheema, the improvised......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that the United States has made “some very specific requests” to Pakistan to undermine the Taliban and would discuss those requests with the......
NEW DELHI: The Modi government on Monday rowed back on its three-year-old pledge to never talk to the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, as Home Minister Rajnath Singh named a new interlocutor with a......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party leader and former provincial information minister Sharjeel Inam Memon and 11 others were arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday outside the......
LAHORE: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif landed in Jeddah on Monday as part of his efforts to keep his ‘foreign friends’ on his side at a time when he needs support both at home and abroad to deal......
ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court judge on Monday observed that while Imran Khan and Jahangir Tareen were providing evidence in response to the court’s questions, the respondents in the Panama Papers case......
REGULATING cyberspace is a challenging task for every nation. In Pakistan, the enactment of the Prevention of Electronics Crime Act (Peca), 2016, despite many reservations, was a step in the right......
STATES must ensure high economic growth and constant upgrading into higher-value sectors to generate sufficient jobs and increase national incomes. They must arrange physical, technical, financial......
IT has to be handed to the late Qandeel Baloch who may have scripted a trend in faraway Hollywood no less. After all, her spirit should be smiling at the turn of events in the distant tinsel town.......
HISTORICALLY, Gilgit-Baltistan was designated as part of the princely state of Kashmir, but over the course of almost seven decades since Independence, the clamour for integration with Pakistan by GB......
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Islamabad on Tuesday (today) where he would be telling Pakistani officials that their cooperation in fighting extremists and driving them from hideouts......
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a civil rights investigation on Monday into The Weinstein Co. following sexual harassment and assault allegations against its co-founder, Hollywood......
Cambridge University has put Stephen Hawking's doctoral thesis online, triggering such interest that it crashed the university's website.Completed in 1966 when Hawking was 24, “Properties of......
An 11-year-old girl was kidnapped, raped and murdered before her body was thrown in a deserted area in Sohrab Goth locality of Karachi, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar said on......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday said the next general election would be held on time in 2018, and advised the political opponents to wait patiently till the Pakistan Muslim League-......
