Four Indian police officers were suspended on Friday after it emerged they had refused to help a woman who had just been gang-raped, mocked her and accused her of inventing her story.The 19-year-old......
Italian police have seized 50 million euros worth of tablets of a synthetic opiate destined to be sold by the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Libya to raise funds for attacks, a court said on......
Dr Qibla Ayaz, the former dean Faculty of Islamic and Oriental Studies of the University of Peshawar, was appointed the chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) by the law ministry on......
Officials from both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Friday agreed to resume trans-LoC travel and trade from Tetrinote-Chakan da Bagh crossing point......
A suicide car bomb attack killed nine people in a government-held village in Syria's Golan Heights on Friday, state media said, reporting clashes between government forces and militants......
The Balochistan government has released women and children related to leaders of the banned Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) from the custody of the Frontier Corps,......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed the week on a positive note with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 565 points to close at 41,064 on Friday.The index showed a narrow range of activity......
Police are investigating the alleged murder of a driver working for a ride-hailing company who was found dead in his car in Karachi's Korangi area earlier this week, police said on Friday.The driver,......
A suspected militant was apprehended and a large cache of weapons was seized during intelligence-based operations (IBO) conducted by Frontier Corps Balochistan and intelligence agencies in Zhob, a......
Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua summoned the British High Commissioner in Pakistan Thomas Drew on Friday over slogans being displayed on London cabs "that directly attack Pakistan's territorial......
Alibaba launched an electronic trading hub in Malaysia on Friday aimed at helping small- and medium-sized businesses, a first for the Chinese internet giant outside its home country.The hub, part of......
A man accused of raping a toddler in front of his own children has been arrested in India, police said on Friday, the latest in a series of sex attacks against minors in the country.The 18-month-old......
A journal made public by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and apparently handwritten by one of Osama bin Laden's daughters offers a glimpse into how the Al Qaeda leader viewed the world around......
Two Indian army soldiers and a suspected militant were killed in a gunbattle in India-held Kashmir, police said on Friday.Fierce fighting began overnight after Indian government forces laid a cordon......
Player draft for the third edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be held on November 12, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday.A statement released by the PCB said......
Donald Trump's voters may love his outspoken ways. But judges? Not so much.The president's tweets already have played a role in court decisions blocking his bans on travel and transgender members of......
Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani, during a debate on institutional powers in the Senate on Friday, said that all institutions need to correct their directions and work within the constitutional......
The Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) on Friday ordered an inquiry into an alleged social media campaign against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MNA Shehryar Afridi.Afridi filed an application with the......
At least eight people ? mostly children ? were killed by a landslide in Bajaur Agency's Sikandaro area on Friday, officials told DawnNews.A source in the local political administration said the......
Iran has accused the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of spreading “fake news” about the Islamic Republic with newly declassified files seized in the 2011 raid in Pakistan in which Al Qaeda chief......
US bombers overflew the Korean peninsula on Thursday as part of an exercise with Japanese and South Korean warplanes, the US Air Force said, days before President Donald Trump arrives in the region......
A large chunk of Catalonia's deposed government was behind bars early Friday after a Spanish judge ordered the detention of eight ministers pending probes into their role in the region's independence......
A Twitter employee on their last day with the company was responsible for taking down Donald Trump's account, the social network said on Thursday, as the president resumed tweeting after the......
Harassment of women in the workplace cannot be tolerated, said Ivanka Trump at a conference in Tokyo on women's advancement on Friday.The US president's daughter and adviser spoke at the World......
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited conflict-wracked northern Rakhine for the first time on Thursday, under mounting pressure to halt an army crackdown that has forced hundreds of thousands of......
Apple profits rose on the back of strong iPhone sales in the past quarter, the company reported on Thursday, as the US tech giant begins selling its newest flagship handset.Net profit rose 19 per......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday petitioned the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the accountability court's order to release retired Capt Safdar on bail after the former prime......
An accountability hearing against ousted premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law retired Captain Safdar was adjourned on Friday after an order passed yesterday by the Islamabad......
ISLAMABAD: The diplomatic row between Pakistan and Bangladesh over a controversial video clip on social media continued to simmer on Thursday as the Foreign Office summoned the Bangladeshi envoy to......
LAHORE: The daughter of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, has said that the return of her father from abroad to face NAB references has disappointed some individuals.“The homecoming......
QUETTA: Balochistan’s former chief minister and senior leader of the National Party Dr Abdul Malik Baloch said on Thursday that only dialogue, rather than recourse to the use of violence, could help......
THE process is ongoing. The signs that the PML-N has found a formula to survive in its old mould may turn out to be false. Neither of the two sides to the party shows any inclination to give up as......
ONE of the prime objectives of every religion is to guide its followers towards the answers of questions of ultimate significance. These questions relate to the origin of human beings, their ultimate......
NOV 3 will always be remembered as the day that Gen Pervez Musharraf signed his own death warrant. It was on this day 10 years ago that Musharraf imposed emergency rule, a desperate last attempt to......
KOHAT: The social and political circles here have demanded resumption of work on Ahmad Faraz Park which was sanctioned by then governor Barrister Masud Kausar, brother of the late poet, in 2013 over......
RAWALPINDI: The slow pace of construction on a link road connecting Tipu Road and Airport Road has led to a traffic jams and congestion on Rawal Road.The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) began......
MURREE: Illegal construction, deforestation and alleged encroachment continue in various areas of Murree tehsil in violation of Supreme Court’s order.Supreme Court’s three-judge Supreme Court bench,......
New education policy still awaitedThe country’s educational ministry has yet to launch a national education policy, at a time when Pakistan is facing several challenges in the education sector,......
RAWALPINDI: The PML-N asked its workers to not go to the Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) on Thursday to welcome their leader Nawaz Sharif home due to fear of possible clashes with the......
RAWALPINDI: The police have launched an investigation and registered a case against unidentified persons after noticing the name of the so-called Islamic State (IS) written in chalk on the rear wall......
RAWALPINDI: As many as 14 illegal immigrants deported from Greece were taken into custody by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on their arrival at Benazir Bhutto International Airport on......
LAHORE: A civil court has directed a cellular company to pay Rs1 million as damages to a consumer for blocking his SIM (subscriber identity module) without any prior intimation.Advocate Syed Faridul......
LAHORE: The annual Raiwind congregation began here on Thursday amid prayers for the supremacy of Islam and solidarity and progress of Pakistan.Hundreds of thousands of followers from home and abroad......
LAHORE: Smog being caused mainly by an incursion of smoke and ash of burning crop stubble and, what officials believe, emissions from coal power plants in India worsened in Punjab on Thursday and......
KARACHI: Pointing out various anomalies in the exercise, the Sindh Assembly refused on Thursday to accept the results of the census.In support of its stand, it pointed out that the population of......
KARACHI: Former deputy convener and senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Nasir Jamal parted ways with the party and announced to join Mustafa Kamal-led Pak Sarzameen Party......
KARACHI: I Am Karachi (IAK) in collaboration with Lok Virsa and the Arts Council Karachi will hold a music festival from Nov 11. This was announced at a press conference on Thursday.Speaking to the......
KARACHI: Notwithstanding the judicial commission’s active interest in matters of pollution and contamination in drinking water, officials representing the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) and......
LARKANA: A large number of people hailing from different parts of Larkana division gathered under the banner of Sindh Abadgar Hari Ittehad (SAHI) and demonstrated outside the house of the Sindh......
LARKANA: Hundreds of Sikh yatris (pilgrims) from Sindh and Balochistan were stranded at Larkana railway station on Thursday due to inordinate delay in the arrival of the train they had booked in......
MADRID: A Spanish prosecutor asked a judge on Thursday to issue an international arrest warrant for the former president of Catalonia and four of his ministers after they failed to appear in a Madrid......
WASHINGTON: An international index for press freedom places Pakistan among the most dangerous countries for journalists – along with the Philippines and Bangladesh – as the world observed on Thursday......
RAMALLAH: Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of various cities on Thursday to protest on the 100th anniversary of Britain’s Balfour Declaration, which helped lead to Israel’s creation and......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the present migration system that allows naturalised citizens to bring their family members into the country was “not acceptable” after the......
DUBAI: The CIA’s release of documents seized during the 2011 raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has again raised questions about Iran’s support of the extremist network leading up to......
BONN: Some 250 art works that a reclusive collector hid from the world for decades, including pieces likely looted from Jewish owners under Nazi rule, are going on show at a German museum.The......
LONDON: From William Pitt to Winston Churchill, Britain’s finest prime ministers have risen to greatness in the Palace of Westminster, heightening its reputation as one of the world’s most respected......
LONDON: Women will have to wait 217 years before they earn as much as men and have equal representation in the workplace, research said, revealing the widest gap in almost a decade.Women are paid and......
CAIRO: Scientists have found a hidden chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, the first such discovery in the structure since the 19th century and one likely to spark a new surge of interest in the......
ANKARA: Clashes between Turkish security force members and Kurdish militants in three mainly Kurdish provinces in southeastern Turkey on Thursday killed eight security force members and 31 militants,......
ZHUHAI: Ashleigh Barty and Anastasija Sevastova booked their semi-final spots without dropping a set in the round-robin phase of the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai on Thursday.Barty, the Australian who......
SYDNEY: Skipper Steve Smith says Australia plan to reopen old English Ashes scars starting with a morale-shattering blow in the series opener at the Gabba this month.Smith has indelible memories of......
PERTH: Ben Stokes’ participation in the Ashes would be an “absolute bonus” but England are preparing contingency plans after writing off the all-rounder for the series, coach Trevor Bayliss......
PERTH: England’s Ashes preparations were hit on Thursday with pace bowler Steven Finn (knee) and Moeen Ali (sore left side) sustaining injuries during training.Finn, who replaced all-rounder Ben......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday gave permission to chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq to purchase any team of the proposed T-10 League besides allowing him to become the mentor of......
PARIS: English clubs shone in the Champions League on Wednesday as Tottenham Hotspur humbled Real Madrid and Manchester City beat Napoli to secure their places in the knockout stages with two games......
PARIS: Rafael Nadal will finish the year as the top-ranked player for the fourth time, surprising even the fiercest of competitors after a wrist injury and a lack of form severely dented his steely......
GWADAR: Demonstrating remarkable control and brilliant driving skills, Sahibzada Sultan Muhammad Ali retained his Prepared Class title in Gwadar Off-Road Rally here the other day. The rally was held......
LAHORE: Pakistan Post has issued a set of three stamps to commemorate country’s victory in the eighth ICC Champions Trophy tournament staged earlier this year.Pakistan for the first time won the......
KARACHI: Nixor College outplayed Cedar College (B) 3-0 in the final to win the football title at the Karachi School-College Games here on Wednesday.Ahmed Khan from Nixor College was decaled the best......
BEIJING: China said on Thursday development work on 19 of 50 projects related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was already under way.“It will not be affected by a change in government......
ISLAMABAD: As top public-sector producers viewed the country’s shale gas potential economically unviable in given conditions, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi considered imported gas the only way......
KARACHI: Despite being a clean and cheaper source of energy, compressed natural gas (CNG) has been unable to beat the use of petrol, which continues to post sale and import records.Petrol imports hit......
ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to switch 30,000 tube wells to solar power from conventional electricity in Balochistan to reduce their operational costs.The Power Division of the Ministry of......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) said on Thursday it would investigate a complaint that fuel suppliers including local units of Shell and Total as well as Pakistan State Oil......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) remained volatile on Thursday and in search of a clear direction.The KSE-100 index managed to crawl up by 45.23 points (0.11 per cent) to settle at......
KARACHI: Cotton prices moved higher on Thursday on sustained demand for quality lint from spinners.The Central Cotton Assessment Committee (CCAC) in its meeting on Thursday reiterated that current......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to simplify the tax return form to minimum possible size for the ease of citizens and tax......
LAHORE: India released 13 Pakistani prisoners, including two women and a girl who was born in a prison in Amritsar, on Thursday and handed them over to Pakistan’s authorities at the Wagah border.The......
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court hearing corruption reference against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar again rejected on Thursday his request to grant exemption from personal appearance because of ill......
Narowal: At least three people, including a Rangers official, were injured in the Shakargarh Sector on Thursday when Indian forces shot at civilians living in villages along the Working......
PESHAWAR: Forty Gandharan objects returned to the Peshawar Museum after three months of display at an exhibition held in the South Korean capital of Seoul.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Director Archaeology and......
KARACHI: Officials conducting investigation against Muttahida Qaumi Movement founder Altaf Hussain for his alleged involvement in terror financing and money laundering have approached the authorities......
ISLAMABAD: A day before his appearance in an accountability court, ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived here on Thursday and got a much-needed ‘relief’ when the Islamabad High Court accepted......
ISLAMABAD: Military commanders emphasised on Thursday that Pakistan’s ongoing counterterrorism campaign would continue to be driven by national interest.“The forum concluded that security......
NEW DELHI / NEW YORK: Dina Wadia, the estranged daughter of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York on Thursday. She was 98.She is survived by her son and chairman of......
ISLAMABAD: Despite an understanding among all the parties, the National Assembly on Thursday failed to pass a crucial constitutional amendment bill seeking reallocation of seats of the national and......
