Pakistan and China reaffirmed their support for each other in “all mutually relevant areas for the benefit of the two countries” during a meeting between Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua and China's......
US President Donald Trump on Monday declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, returning Kim Jong-Un's nuclear-armed pariah regime to a short blacklist of targeted US foes.“Should have......
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday he was prepared to pull his forces from Iraq, after the militant Islamic State group lost control over its last urban stronghold in the country.In a......
Delhi police registered a first information report (FIR) against tennis star Maria Sharapova on charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy, the Times of India reported on Sunday.According to Times......
The unbeaten World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Flyweight Champion, Pakistan's Muhammad Waseem, has expressed disappointment again over the lack of funds and support, and said he is thinking of......
Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Secretary Shahbaz Ahmed Senior has said that the national hockey team will require "at least a few years to regain their winning form", DawnNews reported.While......
Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Monday Lebanon should be “spared” from spiralling regional tensions, during a visit to Beirut a day after Arab diplomats blasted Lebanese movement......
The PML-N government has paid "political bribes" to members of the National Assembly and the Punjab Assembly, leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) have alleged after a party meeting on......
The Senate on Monday approved the Criminal Laws Amendment Bill 2017, which seeks an increase in the punishment for those arrested for inciting disturbances in public spaces while under the influence,......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened the week lower, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index losing 527 points to close at 40,317 points on Monday.The index gained slightly after the market opened to......
After graduation from medical school, as the news broke out among family and friends that I have started a house job at ‘the most prestigious’ hospital in town, I started receiving curbside......
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's lawyer on Monday argued before the Islamabad High Court that similarities have been noted between the Azizia Steel Mills and Flagship Investment references ? both......
BELGRADE: Ratko Mladic, who faces judgement on Nov 22 (Wednesday) for alleged genocide, believed himself a crusading defender of the Serbs but was dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for mass slaughter at......
An Indian ruling party politician has been left red-faced after a video of him urinating in public went viral on World Toilet Day, despite government efforts to stop people relieving themselves in......
Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali announced his arrival in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Monday with a five-for ? all bowled ? for just 20 runs.Ali took five wickets in 3.3 overs putting his side,......
Sacrifices made by students, political activists and farmers have kept Pakistani society intact but have never been acknowledged by the state, Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani remarked at the......
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has defied expectations by not resigning, but the 93-year-old veteran leader could now face an impeachment process initiated by his own party.Following the army's......
Japan's October trade surplus shrank 40.7 percent from a year earlier as growth in exports were eclipsed by higher costs of importing crude oil and petroleum products, the government said on......
Longtime President Robert Mugabe ignored a midday deadline set by the ruling party to step down or face impeachment proceedings, while Zimbabweans stunned by his lack of resignation during a national......
Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna has died at the age of 49 after suffering from cancer, the World Tennis Association (WTA) said on Monday.Novotna, who won the Wimbledon title in 1998 when she......
Israeli police announced on Monday an investigation after a picture of President Reuven Rivlin wearing a Palestinian scarf emerged amid anger over his decision to reject a soldier's pardon......
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia on Sunday asked fellow Arab nations to take a “serious and honest” stand against Iran, saying that showing leniency towards Tehran would only encourage it to press on with its......
THE number of Pakistani workers going to the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is on the decline, fuelling fears of a consequent fall in remittances from there, particularly at a time when......
Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, November 20th, 2017...
EVERYONE wants an army tank these days. Or an RCL gun. Obsolete and unusable, of course, but the symbolic hardware of war is much in demand in educational institutions across India. A number of......
ON Oct 31, the Consortium for Development Policy Research and the Washington D.C.-based Urban Institute hosted a discussion on Pakistan’s emerging middle class. There is a broad agreement among those......
THE State Department recently missed its legal deadline for designating ‘Countries of Particular Concern’, a list of nations that violate religious freedom in a “systematic, ongoing, and egregious”......
A GENTLEMAN of my acquaintance is fond of saying that over the course of his lifetime, he has had to come to terms with all sorts of change but one thing has remained constant: the fact that, as far......
ISLAMABAD: The German embassy and the Goethe Institute in Pakistan hosted a German Jazz concert at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) featuring C.A.R.The group consisted of Leonhard......
Ambassador of the European Union Jean-François Cautain hosted a reception at his residence to mark the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus programme alongside envoys from EU member states, Erasmus alumni......
The Japanese ambassador hosted a dinner reception at his residence for renowned Japanese Gagaku musicians Tsukumo Togi and Masami Togi, who performed imperial court music as part of the ongoing......
LAHORE: The three-day inspiring, lively and well-attended 3rd Faiz International Festival concluded at Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall, on Sunday when it attracted the most number of visitors perhaps......
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Rehman Malik has cautioned the PML-N that confrontational politics may be damaging for the country as well as the ruling party.“Confrontational politics may not......
The Faiz International Festival, despite repetition of some topics and panelists, has become a brand since its first edition three years back when few people turned up at Alhamra Art Centre on The......
LAYYAH: Nadir Magsi won the race in the second Thal jeep rally that ended here on Sunday in the desert tehsil of Layyah.Last year’s winner Sahibzada Sultan Muhammad stood second while Anas Khakwani......
LAHORE: Lahore traffic police on Sunday organised a candlelit vigil on The Mall to mark “World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims” and to raise awareness.The ceremony was held at the Charing......
It was an unusual experience, in a good way. The Pakistan Chowk Community Centre (PCCC) on Saturday evening organised a qavvali performance by Subhan Ahmed Nizami at the chowk. The raised space from......
HYDERABAD: Eminent psychiatrists at the concluding day of the 22nd National Psychiatric Conference here on Sunday underscored the need for decentralising and de-stigmatising mental healthcare and......
SUKKUR: Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, deputy chairman of Senate and general secretary of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), demanded on Sunday that the committee formed by the government to fix......
KARACHI: Jehangir Park, rehabilitated and renovated at a cost of Rs200 million, was inaugurated by Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday.Speaking at the inauguration......
POURING scorn on the vice chancellor of an Indian university, Mukhtar Masood in his last book Harf-i-shauq, published posthumously, has quoted from an editorial of Inqelab, an Urdu newspaper......
ROME: Pope Francis called on Sunday to fight indifference to poverty on what has been dubbed the first “World Day for the Poor” by the Catholic Church.Celebrating the event in Rome at a mass attended......
WHEN you watch a spoiled brat whose parents have never stopped it from doing anything walk into a curio shop, you know it’s just a matter of time before disaster strikes.And sure enough, even when he......
KOLKATA: Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Lokesh Rahul featured in a rollicking 166-run stand to help India erase the 122-run lead they had conceded to Sri Lanka on the penultimate day of the opening Test......
KUALA LUMPUR: Afghanistan junior cricketers created history in the final of the Asia Cup U-19 tournament on Sunday when they outclassed Pakistan by 185 runs here at the Kinrara Academy Oval.The......
KOLKATA: Sri Lankan cricket board on Sunday defended Dilruwan Perera after television replays suggested the batsman looked to the dressing room during a delayed review call in the first Test against......
BRISBANE: Coach Darren Lehmann on Sunday urged former greats to get behind the Australian team for this week’s Ashes Test series opener against England following uproar over the selection of the......
ADELAIDE: Gillian Rolton, who won one of her two Olympic equestrian gold medals while riding with a broken collarbone, has died. She was 61.A statement by the Australian Olympic Committee on......
BARCELONA: Real Madrid and Atletico each slipped 10 points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona after an intense Madrid derby finished goalless and the Catalans picked up an 11th victory in 12 games by......
ROME: Serie A leaders Napoli were on the right end of two borderline offside decisions, the first awarded with the help of the video replay system (VAR), as they beat AC Milan 2-1 on Saturday to send......
LONDON: Premier League leaders Manchester City brushed aside Leicester City 2-0 for their 16th successive win in all competitions as Manchester United welcomed back long-term absentees Paul Pogba and......
MUNICH: Bundesliga top scorer Robert Lewandowski struck twice as champions Bayern Munich eased past Augsburg 3-0 on Saturday to make it eight wins in eight games in all competitions under coach Jupp......
PARIS: Edinson Cavani scored twice as unbeaten Paris St Germain overcame a slow start to beat Nantes 4-1 and move six points clear at the top of the French league on Saturday.With Neymar having a......
KARACHI: It took a power-hitting display from Anwar Ali to rekindle Karachi Whites’ prospects of reaching the knockout phase of the Brighto Paints presents Cool & Cool National T20 Cup after last......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: FFC Sona Golf Club, Goth Machi won the 17th FFC Invitational Sona Golf Tournament here with Multan Golf Club team being runners-up at the FFC Goth Machi, Sona Golf Course located near......
AS like in the past, the start of sugarcane crushing has remained in limbo this year too. Back-to-back meetings between the agriculture minister, growers’ leaders and millers remained inconclusive......
FEEDING an estimated 185 million population of livestock is a big challenge for Pakistan. Given the fact that the contribution of livestock in the country’s GDP is higher than that of large-scale......
DOES money roll downhill? In their drive to cut taxes, US President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are betting it does.Behind their legislation is a theory long popular among......
DenmarkDenmark has a mixed economy based on services and manufacturing but has limited natural resources. The few significant and valuable natural resources available include mature oil and gas wells......
QUETTA: FIA personnel arrested here on Sunday a member of a gang of human smugglers allegedly involved in sending people illegally to Iran through infrequent routes.Official sources said an FIA team......
GUJRAT: Abysmally low conviction rate in human smuggling cases and strong urge among the youth in the Gujranwala region comprising six districts to move to ‘greener pastures’ are the major reasons......
LAHORE: At least 104 pilgrims from India arrived here through the Wagah border on Sunday to participate in the 309th birth anniversary of Sant Shada Ram in Mirpur Mathelo, Sindh.Evacuee Trust......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) have agreed to formulate a “joint strategy” for the next general elections.The decision was made by the......
WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defence persuaded Congress to drop a provision that linked reimbursements to Pakistan with a demonstrable action against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), diplomatic sources......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Sunday that every effort was being made for permanent peace in Karachi and the government was focused on fast completion of development projects......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has informed the Working Group of UN Human Rights Council that its policy of improving and promoting human rights of all its citizens with strengthened democracy, independent......
QUETTA: Frontier Corps, police and other law enforcement agencies conducted a joint cleansing operation in Pashtunabad and its surrounding areas on Sunday and searched over 2,500 houses.This was......
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s ruling party sacked Robert Mugabe as its leader on Sunday and gave the 93-year-old less than 24 hours to quit as head of state or face impeachment, an attempt to force a peaceful......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has dubbed Shahid Khaqan Abbasi a “puppet prime minister” and said he is so powerless that he cannot even remove a “corrupt” minister......
LONDON: British Finance Minister Philip Hammond is to announce a fund of 75 million pounds for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and plans to put driverless cars on UK roads by 2021, in his budget speech......
ABBOTTABAD: Ousted prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif struck a defiant note on Sunday, declaring that the only court he was answerable to was the 200 million......
ISLAMABAD: The government team currently negotiating with the heads of religious parties whose protest has paralysed the capital for nearly a fortnight has offered to send the law minister on leave......
ISLAMABAD: The Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will meet here on Tuesday (Nov 21) to review and finalise a long-term plan (LTP) 2017-30 envisaging key......
