Spinner Saeed Ajmal announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Monday, two years after losing his wicket-taking bite with a remodelled bowling action that was twice deemed illegal.During a......
A newly married Chinese couple, who are part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project workforce, celebrated their wedding in a traditional Pakistani ceremony held at Koza Banda area in......
Police authorities on Monday ordered an inquiry to ascertain the role of the police in the killing of a 14-year-old shot dead during an exchange of fire between police and alleged drug dealers in the......
A judicial magistrate in Multan on Monday extended the judicial remand of cleric Mufti Abdul Qavi for seven days in connection with the ongoing investigations into Qandeel Baloch murder case.Qandeel......
Vietnam and China agreed on Monday to avoid conflicts in the hotly contested South China Sea, as a new pathway to dialogue on easing tensions was opened with other Southeast Asian nations.The......
A man in Khanewal on Monday allegedly doused his wife in petrol and set her alight following a domestic altercation, police said.Taking notice of the incident, District Police Officer Zahid Nawaz......
Former United States vice president Joe Biden says he would not have agreed to replace Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential nominee under any circumstances.Biden told NBC's “Today” show he......
An Australian publisher has shelved plans to release a book detailing alleged Chinese interference in the country over fears of legal attacks by Beijing, the author said on Monday.Academic Clive......
The number of new students from abroad enrolling at United States (US) universities has dropped by an average of 7 per cent at nearly 500 colleges and universities surveyed this fall, the Institute......
A North Korean soldier was shot and injured by his own side on Monday while defecting to South Korea at the border truce village of Panmunjom, the South's military said.The soldier, thought to be low......
A bearish trend continued to prevail at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as the benchmark KSE 100 shares index plunged 196 points on Monday to close 41,240.The market adopted a negative trend from......
Nabi Hussain owes his life to a yellow plastic oil container.The 13-year-old Rohingya boy couldn't swim, and had never even seen the sea before fleeing his village in Myanmar. But he clung to the......
The export of computer services grew over 30 per cent year-on-year to over $111 million during the first two months of 2017-2018, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).According to......
Climate change imperils one in four natural World Heritage sites, including coral reefs, glaciers, and wetlands ? nearly double the number from just three years ago, a report said on Monday.The......
At least two soldiers were martyred and four others injured in a suspected militant attack on a checkpost near the Pak-Afghan border in Bajaur Agency on Monday, according to an Inter-Services Public......
Hundreds of people marched on Sunday in Hollywood, joining a growing movement against sexual harassment and abuse that emerged after movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and later a string of film......
Iranian rescue workers dug through rubble in a hunt for survivors on Monday after a major earthquake struck the Iran-Iraq border, killing at least 415 and injuring thousands.The 7.3-magnitude quake......
Justice Ejaz Afzal on Monday said that the Supreme Court should be informed "in black and white" what the allegations against missing persons are.A two-member bench of the SC was hearing an......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday reserved its verdict on a petition challenging the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) intra-party elections ? held in June ? on the grounds that the......
Roger Federer has dismissed Rafael Nadal's claim that it would be fairer if the ATP Tour Finals were played on clay courts.As the world's most formidable player on clay, Nadal has in the past......
Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM) MNA Syed Ali Raza Abidi announced his resignation from the National Assembly on Monday.In a letter written to Speaker Ayaz Sadiq and shared on Twitter, Abidi......
Saudi Arabia said on Monday that the Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen will begin reopening airports and seaports in the Arab world's poorest country, days after closing them over a rebel......
Donald Trump declared on Monday he had a "great relationship" with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a self-proclaimed killer who is waging a drugs war that rights groups say involves mass......
Saad Hariri, whose resignation as Lebanon's prime minister a week ago sent shockwaves across the region, said Sunday he is “free” in Saudi Arabia and will return to Lebanon “very soon”.In an......
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa on Monday recused himself from a Supreme Court (SC) bench constituted to deliberate a reference pertaining to the Sharif family's Hudaibiya Paper Mills and asked Chief......
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday requested a response from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) pertaining to the removal of PPP leader Dr Asim Hussain's name from the Exit Control List (ECL).Dr......
PESHAWAR: Despite registering 370,000 undocumented Afghan nationals across the country, the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has yet to deliver cards to the applicants.The......
LANDI KOTAL: The Rs220 million scheme to supply water to Landi Kotal is in jeopardy as the survey conducted for exploration of water sources has revealed considerable depletion of underground water......
MINGORA: The girl students of a local school here on Sunday urged people to provide opportunities of education to their daughters if they wanted to live in a developed and civilised society.They were......
SWABI: The residents of Kotha union council have removed the name of ruling PTI engraved on a monument built at a local thoroughfare during the previous night, the police and PTI leaders said on......
THE ecosystem of the Indus delta is under threat owing to a drastic fall in river flows below the Kotri barrage.As a result, the mangrove population in tidal floodplains and fish and shrimp......
THE federal government has decided to help Balochistan replace 30,000 conventional tubewells to ones powered by solar panels.The provincial government will come up with a feasibility plan in this......
JUST when things were starting to look up for Lebanon’s economy, a new political crisis threatens to send it crashing down again.Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s shock resignation could unravel the first......
PAKISTAN lost two international arbitration cases in quick succession over the last two months, involving more than $900 million compensation payable to local and international business firms.In the......
While Panama leaks corruption cases have consumed public attention and power yielders wrestle in courts, the business elite fears that Panama/Paradise leaks may further polarise society across the......
The quality and affordability of banking services, coupled with the perceived risks in lending, define the pace of growth of an economy’s credit market.Prior to the global financial crisis of 2007......
Banks’ profits have declined in the first quarter of this fiscal year as their investment in long-term Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) fetched lower returns and as lending to the government sector......
According to the weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks for the week ended October 27, deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks stood at Rs11,777.383 billion after a 0.78 per......
THOUGH the pre-bid meetings to finalise the outsourcing of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad airports is in progress at the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) headquarters, the decision to......
Corporate earnings in the first quarter of financial year 2018 (July-Sept), have drawn strong criticism from some analysts who blamed poor results for hastening the equity market meltdown.But apart......
Regulation is a key instrument through which governments achieve their social and economic policy objectives.The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) notified on 31 August for public......
VARIOUSLY termed a ‘game changer’ or ‘game over’ for Pakistan’s economic development, few observers address the question of whether the $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will contribute to......
IMAGINE if Vladimir Lenin had enlisted Muslim comrades to the Bolshevik party’s Central Committee during the 1917 Russian Revolution, how different the history of the Soviet Union and even the world......
ALTHOUGH journalism has always been under tremendous pressure in Balochistan, it has now taken an even uglier turn. Recently, Baloch separatists warned local media of dire consequences for reporting......
JUGGLERS are fascinating to watch, employing as they do a mixture of dexterity, skill and showmanship.In keeping with the extreme times we live in, juggling balls is considered passé and......
The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is set to consider on Monday (today) the National Report of Pakistan sharing progress made in the field......
SHANGLA: The residents of Ranzro village in Chakesar tehsil here have demanded of the provincial government to order completion of the lone government primary school for boys which has been left......
Polish national day celebratedAmbassador and Mrs Piotr Opalinski welcomed guests to an event in celebration of the Polish National Day and Armed Forces Day, commemorating the restoration of the......
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s Office has issued orders for the immediate removal of all doctors at the Cardiac Centre at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) for conducting private......
RAWALPINDI: Residents of the twin cities were treated to a dog show over the weekend at the Ayub National Park in which owners of more than 200 dogs entered their pets.The ‘All Breeds Championship......
CHAKWAL: Mystery shrouded the death of a 17-year-old girl who was ‘found’ hanging with the ceiling fan at her home in the Dhoke Dabri village in the area of the Neelah police.Sources told Dawn on......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The supply of natural gas to the entire city remained suspended for more than 17 hours as the main pipeline near the Government Technical Training Institute on Mian Salah Muhammad......
LAHORE: Smog and fog on Sunday assumed alarming proportions in Punjab before they could be washed away by rain expected by the meteorologists and the Punjab environment protection department in the......
BAHAWALPUR: Jamaaat-i -Islami Secretary General Liaqat Baloch has demanded the accountability of all those exposed in Paradise Papers in addition to Panama Papers.Addressing a workers’ convention......
MULTAN: Senior politician Javed Hashmi says getting rid of Nawaz Sharif and his family would not solve country’s problems.“Major opposition parties parties want to see the Sharifs out of politics.......
KARACHI: The Surjani Town police on Sunday arrested two teenage suspects who allegedly torched their friend over a trivial issue.The 15-year-old victim, Asif Ali, was set on fire by his friends over......
KARACHI: A riot of colour and the foot-tapping beat of the dhol greeted lovers of music as the first I Am Karachi Music Festival began at the Arts Council on Saturday evening with Lok Mela organised......
KARACHI: The Chehlum of Imam Hussain and the martyrs of Karbala was being observed. The entire route of the procession on M.A. Jinnah Road was sealed and secured. The scouts from various volunteer......
KARACHI: Aamna Aqeel opened Day 2 of the Made in Pakistan Fashion Showcase presented by Fashion Pakistan Council in partnership with the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) with a more......
HYDERABAD: A total of 21,075 candidates appeared in pre-entry test for admission to bachelor’s degree programme in various disciplines at the University of Sindh main campus in Jamshoro and other......
KARACHI: “Our classical music is a part of our culture that we are proud of,” said Saffia S. Beyg at the launch of her book Sampurna at the Alliance Francaise here on Saturday evening.The launch was......
WASHINGTON: Former US intelligence chiefs hit back at Donald Trump on Sunday, saying the president should be “ashamed” after he attacked as “political hacks” the intelligence leaders who concluded......
NEW DELHI: Indian movie actor Rishi Kapoor has given a compelling personal reason about why the Kashmir dispute should be solved urgently, and he has suggested a way too — he is 65 years old and......
BARCELONA: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Sunday he wanted to return to a “democratic and free” Catalonia as he aimed to rally support for a unified Spain on his first visit to the......
ISTANBUL: Turkey on Sunday dismissed as “ludicrous and groundless” a report that Turkish officials may have discussed kidnapping a US-based Muslim cleric in exchange for millions of dollars.On......
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II took a significant step back from official duties on Sunday, leaving heir to the throne Prince Charles to lay a tribute to Britain’s war dead on her behalf.The queen......
IN a string of tweets fired off on Sunday morning from Hanoi, Vietnam, President Donald Trump responded with sarcastic insults to a recent message from the North Korean government that had referred......
NEW DELHI: In the emergency ward of a Delhi hospital, men and women gasp for breath as they wait to be treated for symptoms triggered by the choking blanket of smog that descended on the Indian......
WASHINGTON: An unmanned cargo ship packed with 7,400 pounds (3,350 kilograms) of food and supplies for the astronauts living at the International Space Station blasted off Sunday from Wallops Island,......
DUBAI: Long-haul carrier Emirates purchased 40 American-made Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners on Sunday at the start of the biennial Dubai Air Show, a $15.1 billion deal certain to please US President......
KIRKUK: Iraqi security forces have found mass graves in an area recently retaken from the militant Islamic State group that could contain up to 400 bodies, an Iraqi official said on Sunday.The bodies......
BEIRUT: A country long divided by sectarian conflicts, Lebanon has found a rare point of unity since Saad al-Hariri’s shock resignation as prime minister: Lebanese of all stripes want him to come......
LAHORE: Explosive Australian batsman Chris Lynn and South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir were the top picks of the player draft for the third season of the Pakistan Super League here on Sunday.While......
VALENCIA: Marc Marquez cemented his status as the top rider in motorcycle racing on Sunday after the Spaniard won his fourth MotoGP world title in five years on Sunday after his only rival Andrea......
ATHENS: Samuel Kalalei won the 35th Athens Classic Marathon on Sunday as Kenyan runners dominated the gruelling, largely uphill course by sweeping the top five places in the men’s race.The......
MINSK: Aliaksandra Sasnovich came from behind to beat US Open champion Sloane Stephens 4-6, 6-1, 8-6 and draw Belarus level at 2-2 with the United States in the Fed Cup final on Sunday, forcing a......
MELBOURNE: Pakistan ended with the wooden spoon in the Four-Nation International Festival of Hockey in Australia when they lost 2-1 to Japan in the third place classification match at Melbourne’s......
JOHANNESBURG: North African nations Morocco and Tunisia took contrasting routes Saturday as they qualified for the 2018 World Cup, taking Africa’s last two places.They will join Nigeria, Egypt and......
COPENHAGEN: Goalkeeper Darren Randolph pulled off a string of fine first-half saves as Ireland held Denmark to a scoreless draw in the first leg of their World Cup playoff on Saturday, with the two......
MILAN: South Korean iceman Chung Hyeon doused the fire of Russian Andrey Rublev to win the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals on Saturday — pocketing a $390,000 cheque in the process.The bespectacled......
SYDNEY: England held on for a draw in the one-off Test during the women’s Ashes series against Australia, a match that was memorable for Ellyse Perry’s 213 not out for the hosts.Perry’s......
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced the process for the recruitment of an Independent Director for the ICC Board.The introduction of an Independent Director, who must......
ISLAMABAD: Mahoor Shahzad clinched the Pakistan International Series Badminton Tournament women’s singles title after outclassing Sri Lankan opponent Hanini Nuasak Ambalangodage here at the Pakistan......
LAHORE: Salman Jahangir demonstrated superb golfing skills and precision and aggregated a gross score of two over par 146 over 36 holes to win the seventh Chief of Naval Staff Amateur Golf......
PAKISTAN’s go to London lawyer for politically sensitive cases, Toby Cadman, is focusing on his latest target: MQM-London. His effort to secure charges against the party is the latest in a series of......
ISLAMABAD: As many as 52 senators — 12 each from Punjab and Sindh, 11 each from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, two from Islamabad and four from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) —......
BANNU: Three security personnel and three civilians were injured in a motorcycle bomb explosion near a bridge here on Sunday.The remote-controlled device fitted to the motorcycle went off when a......
SINGAPORE: From a stalled Indonesian rail project to an insurgency-threatened economic corridor in Pakistan, China’s push to revive Silk Road trade routes has been running into problems that risk......
ISLAMABAD: Negating the gist of the 18th Amendment, the federal government has decided to retain assets worth billions of rupees of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC).The law......
ISLAMABAD: As the government nears completion of its constitutional term, its policymakers appear divided over the future of small hydropower and bagasse-based power projects, even though these are......
QUETTA: Three people were killed and four others suffered injuries in four incidents in different parts of Balochistan on Sunday.According to police, unidentified people opened fire on two men in the......
PESHAWAR: A splinter group of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been further split into two groups in an apparent blow to militants.A video statement on Sunday said the Hizbul Ahrar group,......
LAHORE: A leading Chinese company has drastically slowed down work on the $2 billion 660kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line from Lahore to Matiari due to various problems,......
MUZAFFARABAD: Indian firing left a young boy critically wounded in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Sunday — less than 48 hours since military officials from Pakistan and India were said to have......
MANILA: Donald Trump said on Sunday he backed the US intelligence agencies who concluded that Russia meddled in the 2016 US presidential election, but slammed “fools” who opposed better ties with......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has laid out a policy of non-confrontation with state institutions, such as the army or the judiciary as it steps up its preparations for the 2018......
ISLAMABAD: Five long years after the Bhoja Air crash claimed the lives of 125 people, the capital’s police have registered a case against the owners of the airline, as well as others held responsible......
KARACHI: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) is to meet on Monday (today) in Islamabad with a one-point agenda — the Provisional Census Report-2017.The approval of the report is possible only if......
ISLAMABAD: The country’s main political parties see different reasons behind the ongoing efforts to revive the defunct six-party religio-political alliance Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) with the......
More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook the mountainous Iran-Iraq border triggering landslides that hindered rescue efforts, officials said on......
Pakistan People’s Party leader Faryal Talpur on Sunday took notice of a meeting between PPP’s Karachi president Dr Asim Hussain and Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Dr Farooq Sattar earlier in the......
