The administrative authorities of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Thursday reportedly convened a high-level meeting, chaired by Islamabad Chief Commissioner Zulfiqar Haider, to devise......
A four-year-old student lost his eyesight on Thursday after he was allegedly tortured by the principal of a private school in Tando Bago, the student's family claims.Schoolboy Abu Hurera Leghari......
Human Rights Watch on Thursday denounced Saudi Arabia's sweeping new counterterrorism law, saying it could further enable authorities in the ultra-conservative kingdom to silence critics.The law,......
A civil judge in Hyderabad on Thursday sent a suspect accused of killing an MQM activist Dr Naushad Aijaz to jail, after it turned down the request filed by police to send him on a five-day physical......
Palestine's football team achieved its highest ranking in history on Thursday, rising above Israel in the FIFA world rankings for the first time.The head of the Palestinian Football Association (FA)......
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday termed the diversion of gas produced in Sindh to other provinces as unconstitutional and said it incurred heavy financial losses to the......
At least 20 people were injured as huge fire destroyed an entire village comprising 22 houses in the Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, DawnNews reported.The fire initially broke out......
India's cricket team captain Virat Kohli on Thursday again raised the issue of a busy schedule, confirming India had demanded fast, green-topped wickets for the Test series against Sri Lanka to......
Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday reiterated that the armed forces will provide full support to the federal and Balochistan governments in ensuring the success of development projects in......
India on Thursday expressed displeasure at the imminent release of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who it accuses of organising the 2008 Mumbai attacks.A day earlier, the Lahore High......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) landed in the red on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index losing 326 points to close at 40,266.The index had climbed slightly early in the session to hit a......
A suicide bomber struck at a crowd of people in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Thursday killing at least eight, officials said, in an attack that underscored worsening security.The......
I have to travel across the Faizabad Interchange everyday to get to work and the commute usually takes less than 30 minutes.That changed dramatically after the first weekend of this month when the......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday reserved its decision on a petition by ousted premier Nawaz Sharif to club accountability references against him.Sharif had initially requested the court to......
Myanmar and Bangladesh signed a deal on Thursday paving the way for the possible repatriation of Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Rakhine state, officials said, as global pressure mounts......
The Supreme Court on Thursday sent notices to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the federal government seeking reports on action taken against 436 Pakistanis named in the Panama Papers.The......
The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday expressed Pakistan's reservations over the death sentences handed to six Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) leaders by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday......
Three Muslim clerics were attacked by a group of men with sharp objects aboard a train in India's Uttar Pradesh state, India Today reported on Thursday.According to India Today, the three clerics......
A boatload of tourists in the far eastern Russian Arctic thought they were seeing clumps of ice on the shore, before the jaw-dropping realisation that some 200 polar bears were roaming on the......
Survivors of slave auctions in Libya have described a “total hell” that they wouldn't wish on their “worst enemy” as global outrage grows over footage showing migrants being sold off in the war-torn......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday regretted the government's inability to safeguard one of the Hindu community's most well-known places of worship, Chakwal's Katas Raj......
Widespread atrocities against Rohingya Muslim women and girls have been orchestrated and perpetrated by Myanmar's military and may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, the UN......
A doctor at Peshawar's Khyber Teaching Hospital was fired after allegations of harassment were levelled against him, DawnNews reported on Thursday.The doctor, who had been serving in the hospital's......
An Indian minister's comment that life-threatening illnesses, such as cancer, are "divine justice" has prompted backlash in the country, Times of India reported on Thursday.According to the daily,......
Indian police have arrested a senior army officer for the murder of a journalist shot dead while investigating allegations of financial fraud against him.Reporter Sudip Dutta Bhaumik was allegedly......
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction at the reports submitted by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) with regards to the Faizabad sit-in in......
England fought back after losing the early wicket of Alastair Cook on the opening morning of the first Ashes Test against Australia in Brisbane on Thursday.The former England captain only lasted 10......
MR Mamnoon Hussain President, Islamic Republic of PakistanMohtaram Sadar, I am taking the liberty of seeking Your Excellency’s intervention to secure an end to the plight of six individuals. One of......
MINISTER Planning Mr Ahsan Iqbal has been busy of late. He has had to deal with those nuisance protesters blocking the road, then play host to the Chinese delegation that flew in for the seventh......
THERE has been no respite for workers from the monetary losses they have suffered on account of the confusion and complications caused by the flawed application of labour welfare laws in the......
EARLIER this year, in ‘Ch. Sabir Ali vs CDG and others’, the Lahore High Court observed that the allocation of parking spaces was a serious issue in Lahore. In a detailed judgement, the court......
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) decision to move a bill restoring “a black law”, i.e. the bar on a......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: An army major was martyred in an exchange of fire with militants affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during a search operation in the early hours of......
WASHINGTON: Days before crucial talks with the US defence secretary, Pakistan has welcomed an American offer to take action against militants involved in cross-border raids from the Afghan soil, the......
ISLAMABAD: The Japanese government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will under a project help strengthen the Election Commission of Pakistan’s capacity to hold elections in the......
GWADAR / QUETTA: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has directed the authorities concerned to complete all development projects initiated under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for Gwadar......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel was informed on Wednesday that the Pakistan International Airlines has no plans to sell the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.A meeting of the National Assembly Standing......
ISLAMABAD: As the passage of the 24th constitutional amendment bill from the upper house of parliament, which is essentially linked with timely conduct of 2018 general elections, hits snags owing to......
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on NAB laws which met here on Wednesday failed to decide what accountability laws should be enforced in the country.The meeting decided that clause by clause......
QUETTA: Emir of Jamaat-i-Islami Senator Sirajul Haq has expressed solidarity with the people staging a protest outside the city’s press club against the alleged excesses of the National Database and......
QUETTA: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chief Mustafa Kamal has termed the rejection in the National Assembly of a Nawaz Sharif-specific opposition bill seeking to restore the bar on a disqualified person......
ISLAMABAD: Protesters at the Faizabad sit-in beat up two photojournalists and tried to snatch their cameras on Wednesday while they were trying to capture images of an attack on police.Muhammad Asim......
ISLAMABAD: Putting to rest weeks of speculation about the fate of the key ministry, the government on Wednesday withdrew the portfolio of finance minister from Ishaq Dar.“We have received a leave......
In 2010, Dr Waqas Ali began working with people from the other side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir to initiate studies into aspirations of the youth of Jammu and Kashmir.He researched into......
ISLAMABAD: Over a dozen people, including police and Frontier Constabulary personnel, were injured when clashes erupted between protesters and security personnel near Faizabad after a constable was......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday requested a sessions court to decide without delay his Rs10 billion suit for damages filed against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran......
LAHORE: Pakistan is the seventh worst country in terms of access to basic sanitation, as its 42 per cent of the population remains without access to basic sanitation.A report by WaterAid says 79......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to carry out a security audit of more than 1,000 bank branches across the city. The State Bank will lead the project with members of the security apparatus......
KARACHI: “Art should be accessible to everyone for it to be meaningful,” said Sheema Kermani, underscoring how performing arts in Pakistan are neglected and those who believe in their power for......
KARACHI: The National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) auditorium was bursting at the seams on Tuesday evening. The good thing was that while the hall had a big number of young boys and girls......
BADIN/SUKKUR: Lady health workers on Wednesday boycotted their duties during the anti-polio drive to register protest against non-payment of salaries.At city outpatient department hospital in Badin,......
IT was 4am on Nov 15 in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare. After gunshots had shattered the quiet of the night, many were alert.Troops commanded by Constantino Chiwenga, head of the armed forces, had......
DENZEL Washington delivers a performance for the ages in Roman J. Israel, Esq., an appealing if ultimately frustrating urban thriller by Dan Gilroy.Three years ago, Gilroy made an impressive......
MOSCOW: The leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran met on Wednesday to discuss ways to advance a political settlement in Syria as the militant Islamic State (IS) group is nearing its defeat, while......
BANGKOK: Thai police on Wednesday said ethnic Uighur Muslims from China who escaped an immigration detention centre will not be deported — if they are all recaptured — despite a request by......
NEW DELHI: An Indian soldier shot dead a journalist following a dispute, police said on Wednesday, the country’s third high-profile media killing in barely three months.Sudip Dutta Bhaumik died on......
WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday toughened its stance on Myanmar, accusing the country’s security forces of perpetrating “horrendous atrocities” against the Rohingya that amount to “ethnic......
MAR DEL PLATA: The clock ticked down on Wednesday on hopes of finding alive the 44 crew members of an Argentine submarine missing for a week despite a massive search of surface and seabed, amid fears......
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa made a triumphant return on Wednesday, telling cheering supporters that the country is witnessing “a new, unfolding democracy”.“I appeal to all......
WASHINGTON: The US military said it killed more than 100 Islamist militants in Somalia on Tuesday when it launched an air strike against al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked insurgent group that wants to......
SINGAPORE: Driverless buses will appear on some roads in Singapore from 2022 as part of plans to improve mobility in the land-scarce city-state, its transport minister said on Wednesday.Singapore has......
NEW DELHI: The Trump administration is pushing security ties between the United States, India, Japan and Australia, but the revival of the Asian “Quad” must overcome lingering mistrust in New Delhi......
BRISBANE: The war of words that has added spice to the lead-up to cricket’s oldest enduring Test series will give way to genuine hostilities on Thursday when bitter Ashes rivals Australia and England......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board will file the case against its Indian counterpart in January 2018 before the International Cricket Council for not honouring the MoUs signed between the two......
PARIS: David Goffin will soon find out if his self-confidence can help him get over fatigue.Following victories over Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer last week at the ATP Finals, Goffin’s morale is......
PARIS: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as holders Real Madrid thrashed APOEL Nicosia 6-0 in Cyprus to reach the Champions League last-16 and Tottenham Hotspur piled the misery on Borussia Dortmund on......
BERLIN: Seven-time continental champions AC Milan are in the second-tier Europa League this term but on Thursday they and Atalanta can ensure all the Serie A sides progress to the knock-out......
KARACHI: Finally, after 11 days of competition in the ongoing Brighto Paints presents Cool & Cool National T20 Cup saw not one but three individual centuries struck in the two fixtures at the Pindi......
KARACHI: Since what they believe was being knocked off their perch, the only thing on Khan Research Laboratories’ mind is getting back on it.Since then they have been on a mission to win each......
KARACHI: Stocks crawled higher on Wednesday with the KSE-100 index closing up 43.05 points (0.11 per cent) to 40,591.88.Regardless of low valuations of stocks, investors looked for triggers amidst a......
LAHORE: Sugar millers on Wednesday demanded of the government to devise a policy within 48 hours for the export of three million tonnes of surplus sugar worth Rs190 billion.Addressing a press......
DHAKA: The Asian Development Bank will loan Bangladesh $300 million to help upgrade an international trade corridor, the ADB said on Wednesday.The loan is the first tranche of $1.2 billion of......
KARACHI: Steady conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Wednesday as buyers indulged in short covering for their near future demands.Rising cotton prices also impacted phutti (seed cotton)......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) allowed on Wednesday an increase of Rs3.40 per unit (about 83 per cent) in bulk hydropower tariff for Water and Power Development......
KARACHI: Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Chairman Agha Jan Akhtar has said that the government is simultaneously working on a number of mega projects for enhancing the capacity of logistics industry by......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has notified the Listed Companies (Code of Corporate Governance) Regulations 2017, replacing the Code of Corporate Governance......
ISLAMABAD: Amid grim supply challenges following topped up storages, the government is likely to impose an immediate ban on import of furnace oil and ask some of the oil-based power plants to lift......
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Deputy Governor Jameel Ahmad has emphasised the need for a review of the prevailing banking business models to meet the challenges of rapidly changing financial......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court as he sought an order for merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber......
ISLAMABAD: A majority of the 22 ruling party members who were not present in the National Assembly at the time of the crucial vote on the Nawaz Sharif-specific bill moved by the opposition on Tuesday......
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday shelved his decision to resign as prime minister at the request of President Michel Aoun, easing a crisis that had deepened tensions in the Middle......
ISLAMABAD: Weighing in for the first time on the sit-in that has all but paralysed the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad for over two weeks, the military’s spokesperson said it would abide by......
THE HAGUE: The United Nations judges on Wednesday sentenced former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of genocide and war crimes in the brutal Balkans......
WASHINGTON: Uber Technologies paid hackers $100,000 to keep secret a massive breach last year that exposed the personal information of about 57 million accounts of the ride-service provider, the......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed for hearing all nine petitions challenging the controversial Elections Act 2017, which allows a disqualified parliamentarian to hold party......
KOHAT: Smarting from the opposition’s failure to get the Nawaz Sharif-specific amendment bill passed in the National Assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan lashed out at......
Facebook issued an apology to the family of the “boss of bosses” of Italy's Mafia for removing messages of condolences that flowed in after his death last week.A Facebook spokesperson tells The......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday allowed “leave of absence for urgent medical reasons” to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar with immediate effect, DawnNews reported.A notification was issued......
