Iran has handed over 19,000 Pakistanis arrested for crossing the border illegally during the ongoing year, a security official told DawnNews on Friday.The Pakistani citizens had entered Iran through......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Dawar Khan Kundi — who recently accused Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Minister Ali Amin Gandapur of patronising men accused of stripping and parading a teenage......
Fast bowler Sohail Khan believes he would have been "a great player" if Head Coach Mickey Arthur had trained him 10 years ago.During an interview with DawnNews on Friday, the pacer said that the head......
NATO's secretary-general apologised to Turkey on Friday over military exercises in Norway during which Turkey's founding leader, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and current president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,......
The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) has registered 370,000 un-documented Afghan refugees across the country over the last four months, Radio Pakistan, the state-run broadcaster,......
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday removed Dr Asim Hussain from the presidency of the Karachi division, ostensibly due to the latter's ill health and ongoing treatment.A press release......
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri was on Friday preparing to leave Saudi Arabia for France, a move aimed at defusing political turmoil sparked by his shock resignation in Riyadh.The Lebanese......
A rare interview given by a top Israeli general to a Saudi-owned news site has raised speculation of a joint military action against Iran and its allies, but analysts say it appears unlikely.Though......
Former “boss of bosses” Toto Riina, one of the most feared Godfathers in the history of the Sicilian Mafia, died on Friday after battling cancer, the government said.Riina, who had been serving 26......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) landed flat on the week's close, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining a modest 31 points to close at 40,844.The index touched the day's high of 40,910 towards......
The shrine stands atop an ancient mound. The structure has been recently constructed – perhaps built upon an older shrine – crowned by a white dome. The dome is intricately decorated on the inside,......
Iran said on Friday that “biased” French policy was stoking crises in the Middle East after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian accused it of “hegemonic” ambitions in the region.“Unfortunately......
Incessant rain has washed out the last two sessions of day two of the first test between India and Sri Lanka in Eden Gardens, Kolkata.Only 21 overs were bowled in the morning session, with Cheteshwar......
Lebanon-based businessmen who lost enterprises through dealings with members of Saudi Arabia's royal family and others are closely watching a new campaign led by the powerful crown prince targeting......
Iraqi forces backed by the United States-led coalition retook on Friday the last town in the country that was held by the militant Islamic State (IS) group, more than three years after the militants......
The Senate's Standing Committee on Interior passed a resolution against recent incidents of terror in Balochistan on Friday.The resolution said that the committee condemns the killing of DIG Hamid......
Moody's on Friday upgraded India's credit rating for the first time in more than a decade, citing economic reforms introduced under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The move comes almost two......
Pakistan Television (PTV) on Friday sacked its suspended director of current affairs, Agha Masood Shorish, following allegations of sexual harassment and misuse of authority by multiple staffers at......
One alleged terrorist involved in the recent killing of 15 migrants near Turbat was killed during an intelligence based operation near the Alandur, Abdur Rehman village in Turbat, the army's media......
A key suspect involved in the bloody suicide attack targeting the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan earlier this year was arrested at an unspecified date in a joint operation conducted by the......
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged on Friday to bolster his country's defences, calling the threat from North Korea the gravest security concern Japan has faced since World War II.Outlining......
Saad Hariri has seen a lot in his 47 years.His father, Lebanon's charismatic leader and influential businessman Rafik Hariri, was assassinated in a 2005 bombing that rocked the country and thrust the......
A woman and a man were killed while at least five others, including a teenager, were injured on Friday when Indian troops resorted to “unprovoked” shelling across the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad......
The Senate, under the chairmanship of Mian Raza Rabbani, unanimously passed the Elections Amendment Bill 2017 on Friday, aimed at restoring the clauses pertaining to Khatm-i-Nabuwwat to their......
The government geared up for a possible showdown with religious hardliners camped out on the federal capital's busy Faizabad Interchange after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday ordered the......
After more than a decade of making cars and SUVs and, more recently, solar panels Tesla Inc. wants to electrify a new type of vehicle: big trucks.The company unveiled its new electric......
LAHORE: A Pakistani citizen imprisoned in India 12 years ago was released on Thursday.Khalid Parvez was handed over to Pakistani security officials at the Wagah Border in Lahore, from where he left......
DOES the private sector deliver higher-quality education at cheaper rates than the public sector? And if so, what implications does this have for public policy on education?There is a narrative......
IMRAN Khan has joined a long list of experts who have all predicted a breakup of the PML-N. And since he is the likely beneficiary of any exodus from the ruling party, Mr Khan has backed up his......
“WHEN I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him” (15:29). This is one of the mutashabihat verses of the Quran about the creation......
THE vaunted ‘establishment’, it would appear, is getting rather anxious. Over the past week whatever little pretence there remained about the autonomy of Pakistan’s mainstream politicians was put to......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday directed the Tehreek Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah to call off its sit-in at Faizabad.Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui issued the direction while hearing......
150 unregulated institutions still existIs the role of the higher education regulatory body is confined to only publishing public alerts and issuing notices to unregulated educational institutions?......
RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: Protesters who are staging a sit-in on Faizabad Interchange have been chopping trees in the vicinity to use for firewood as the mercury has dropped.Followers of firebrand cleric......
LAHORE: Defending a verdict by a single bench of the Lahore High Court regarding publication of Model Town inquiry report, Barrister Syed Ali Zafar told a full bench on Thursday that the government......
KARACHI: An NED graduate and young amateur astronomer from Karachi, Talha Zia’s composite of 12 single images documenting the full moon has been displayed on the National Aeronautics and Space......
THATTA: Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair has said that all stakeholders have reached a consensus over new census and the federal government is determined to hold next general elections on time and on......
KARACHI: As more than 700 new motorcycles are hitting the city’s roads every day, the number of bikes in Karachi has risen to over 2.7 million, thus multiplying traffic problems in the metropolis......
KARACHI: It always proves fascinating to know how creative people deal with the debate whether form should be given preference to content, or vice versa. Some feel content is king and should always......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court summoned on Thursday Muttahida Qaumi Movement lawmaker Rauf Siddiqui for Nov 28 to attend the hearing of an application seeking his inclusion in the Baldia factory......
GENEVA: The heads of three UN agencies urged the Saudi-led military coalition on Thursday to lift its blockade on Yemen, warning that “untold thousands” would die if it stayed in place.The coalition......
WASHINGTON: Cyber criminals have latched onto the notion of “fake news” and turned it into a profitable business model, with services starting at under $10, security researchers said on Thursday.The......
PARIS: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has accepted an invitation to visit France after his surprise resignation from Saudi Arabia nearly two weeks ago that rattled the region, the French......
HARARE: President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler and is refusing to quit after a military coup, but pressure is mounting on the 93-year-old former guerrilla to......
MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday named nine US government-sponsored news outlets likely to be labelled “foreign agents” under a new law that is being rushed through parliament in response to what Moscow......
WASHINGTON: A coalition of rights groups launched an online petition on Thursday urging IBM Corp to declare that it will not develop technology to help the Trump administration carry out a proposal......
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition party on Thursday, leaving authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen clear to extend over three decades in power in a general election......
SEOUL: More than 50 people were injured and 1,500 taken to shelters in South Korea after a rare 5.4-magnitude quake hit the southeastern port of Pohang on Wednesday, officials said on Thursday.The......
HARARE: President Robert Mugabe’s downfall was caused by the ambitions of his combative wife Grace, whose emergence as his likely successor proved a step too far for Zimbabwe’s military, analysts......
BONN: Governments that fail to use clean, off-grid energy to help get electricity fast to the one billion people living without power _ mainly in Africa and South Asia _ are missing opportunities to......
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday declared Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez’s bowling action as illegal and barred him from bowling with immediate effect.However,......
LAHORE: Former chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Zaka Ashraf has expressed doubts over the Loughborough University’s test report of Mohammad Hafeez after the veteran all-rounder’s bowling......
KOLKATA: Sri Lanka paceman Suranga Lakmal breathed fire on a green track to rock India on a stop-start opening day of the rain-hit first Test on Thursday.The 30-year-old produced a scintillating......
KOLKATA: India skipper Virat Kohli has reiterated that he needs a break from international cricket, saying: “I’m not a robot”.The star batsman is expected to be rested during the latter part of the......
TOWNSVILLE: Mark Stoneman scored the first century of the Ashes tour as Alastair Cook regained form in England’s match against the Cricket Australia XI in Townsville on Thursday.The in-form......
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan cricket team’s head coach Mickey Arthur on Thursday said fast bowler Sohail Khan is ten years too late and chances of him making a comeback into the national team are very......
LONDON: The coaching seemed to have helped, whether Grigor Dimitrov heard it or not.The sixth-seeded Bulgarian made his way into the semi-finals at the ATP Finals on Wednesday by beating David Goffin......
LIMA: Peru became the last side to clinch their place at next year’s World Cup finals when goals in each half from Jefferson Farfan and Christian Ramos gave them a 2-0 win over New Zealand in the......
KARACHI: It was in some ways a sign of how football has fallen on hard times in Pakistan.At a dilapidated KMC Stadium, regarded by many as the ‘Mecca of football’ in the country, the stadium’s......
KARACHI: After two days of virtual inactivity in the Brighto Paints’ Cool & Cool National T20 Cup, the sunshine in Rawalpindi on Thursday instilled life back into the rain-marred tournament at the......
KARACHI: Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (OICCI) latest business confidence index (BCI) has shown significant improvement of 8 per cent, and stood at 21pc, positive.After two......
KARACHI: The stock market managed to break the four-day losing streak on Thursday with the KSE-100 index closing the session with a gain of 151 points (0.37 per cent) at 40,813.The index opened in......
LONDON: A consortium behind a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import project in Pakistan, including oil giant ExxonMobil, France’s Total and Qatar Petroleum, has been dissolved, shipping company Hoegh......
ISLAMABAD: The country’s oil supply chain might be choking up following the government’s abrupt decision to shut down furnace oil-based power plants that were feeding up to 8,000 megawatts into the......
ISLAMABAD: The Standing Committee on Finance has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Ministry of Commerce to finalise a new list of items on which regulatory duties (RD) should be imposed......
LAHORE: Pakistan has a huge potential for rice exports to European Union but the exporters must pay attention towards meeting import specifications, said Thomas Unger of Eurofins Global Control......
ISLAMABAD: The Power Division of the Ministry of Energy on Thursday decided to issue show-cause notices to chief executive officers of four distribution companies (Discos) of ex-Wapda for poor......
QUETTA: A district and sessions court granted Nawabzada Gazain Marri bail in the Justice Nawaz Marri murder case on Thursday.However, the former home minister was not released as there are several......
QUETTA: Funeral prayers for martyred acting investigations SP Muhammad Ilyas, his wife Razia Ilyas, son Advocate Adil, and six-year-old grandson Abdul Wahab were offered at the Quetta Police Lines on......
KARACHI: Aga Khan, chairman of the Global Centre for Pluralism, presented the inaugural Global Pluralism Award during a ceremony held in Ottawa the other day.Apart from a delegation of the Ismaili......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday recommended placing the name of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on the Exit Control List (ECL).“After the issuance of non-bailable warrants......
GUJRAT: Khurram Shahzad, 30, was found killed on Wednesday along with 14 other labourers travelling in the Turbat area of Balochistan with plans to cross the border into Iran on their way to......
ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and sought immediate action against the protesters staging a sit-in near Faizabad......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has swallowed the bitter pill of supporting an amendment to the Constitution for starting the process......
GUJRANWALA / SIALKOT / QUETTA: Following the discovery of 15 bullet-riddled bodies by the Levies force in Balochistan’s Buleda tehsil on Wednesday morning, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)......
MURREE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday promised the residents of Punjab’s only hill station that he would take up their issues with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.The ousted PM,......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court is expected to take up on Nov 23 a petition moved by the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) seeking a court order against all those who have stashed fortunes in offshore companies.The......
WASHINGTON: Afghanistan’s chief executive Abdullah Abdullah has said that Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has a foothold in Afghanistan and did so by taking advantage of the instability created by......
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says that the pace of return of Afghan refugees back home is expected to remain modest in 2018.However, the UNHCR cannot reduce......
Until last week, there was little on the streets of the capital that would suggest that political upheaval was in the offing.Sure, there were signs: the power plays within ZANU-PF, President Robert......
KABUL: A suicide attacker blew himself up outside a political gathering in Kabul killing at least 14 people, officials said on Thursday.The deadly attack, claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS)......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday passed the 24th Constitution Amendment Bill 2017 by a 242-1 vote, paving the way for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to carry out fresh......
LAHORE: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Thursday that Afghanistan’s soil was being used to carry out terrorist attacks in Balochistan in a bid to sabotage the China-Pakistan Economic......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar upheld on Thursday the Supreme Court registrar office’s decision to return an appeal by disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif moved to seek a declaration......
ISLAMABAD: Top Pakistani and US military commanders blamed each other on Thursday for not doing enough to stop cross-border terrorism.The two-day visit of United States Central Command (Centcom)......
Pakistan cricket coach Mickey Arthur on Thursday said that Fawad Alam needed to play aggressively to be noticed by the selectors.During an interview with DawnNews, Arthur said the left-handed batsman......
