The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday it had uncovered a cell of the militant Islamic State (IS) group that was planning imminent terror attacks in the country's second city Saint......
As Jahangir Tareen heads back to the pavilion and Imran Khan basks in the glow of the Supreme Court's 'not out' decision, Dawn.com breaks down each of the charges brought against the two Pakistan......
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced a major shakeup of top management on Friday as it seeks to move on from a corruption probe.The firm said German chief executive Tom Enders would not......
Catalonia's pro-independence parties could win the most seats in next week's knife-edge regional elections but fall short of an absolute majority in parliament, according to the final polls before......
The top United States envoy for North Korea said on Friday that “real dialogue” is needed to gauge what Pyongyang wants from its accelerated drive towards nuclear weapons statehood.Joseph Yun's......
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on May 19 the same day as one of the biggest English sports events of the year, the FA Cup final.The date was......
Saudi-led air strikes have killed 28 Houthi rebels south of the port of Hodeida on Yemen's west coast, medics and security sources close to the insurgents said on Friday.The reports came as the Uited......
Dalai Lama has launched a new iPhone app so devotees can keep track of his travels and teachings.He has millions of Twitter followers and has spoken of the wonders of new technology. The 82-year-old......
The United Nations on Friday harshly criticised the mass-hanging of 38 men at a prison in southern Iraq this week, urging Baghdad to immediately halt all executions.Iraq on Thursday hanged 38......
The deadlock over a constitutional amendment on delimitation appears to have ended as Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday reportedly accepted the PPP's demand for a third-party audit of......
Britain's finance minister told the Chinese premier there are “many opportunities” for closer commercial ties as he started a visit Friday aimed at developing trade as the United Kingdom prepares to......
US regulators voted on Thursday to roll back the so-called “net neutrality” rules which required internet providers to treat all traffic equally, a move opponents say would curb online freedom.The......
Fraud squad detectives questioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Jerusalem residence on Friday, the seventh time in a nearly year-long corruption probe, police said.“Police......
PML-Q leaders Chaudhry Shujaat and Pervaiz Elahi on Friday appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore in connection with graft cases.According to sources in the NAB, the Chaudhry......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed the week on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 422 points, or 1.10 per cent, to close at 38,646 points.The benchmark index showed mixed......
Expressing concerns over the terms of reference (ToRs) of the Saudi-led Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) being kept secret, senators on Friday demanded that parliament be apprised......
Hours after the Supreme Court disqualified Jahangir Tareen for life, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday denotified the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader from his NA-154 (Lodhran)......
As a three-member bench of the Supreme Court handed down its verdict on the disqualification case against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and General Secretary Jahangir Tareen,......
Rawalpindi, the abode of the army and the epicentre of the country’s power, is a city that has endured sectarianism and communal violence.Yet, it has maintained a symbol of peace in the shape of a......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday spoke briefly with reporters after the Supreme Court's judgement in the case brought by the PML-N's Hanif Abbasi, saying he "thanked God......
China has officially stated that it supports the establishment of an independent state of Palestine based on pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital."China understands the concerns of......
Reacting to the Supreme Court's (SC) verdict on a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) appeal to reopen the Hudaibiya Mills reference, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Fawad Chaudhry accused the......
The Government of Sindh on Friday banned car and jeeb racing and overspeeding in Karachi and Thatta for the next six months.The provincial government sent out a notification enforcing Section 144 (6)......
The Supreme Court is expected to shortly announce its much-awaited judgement on a petition filed by PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi seeking disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan and......
Over the past decade, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has repeatedly chosen Friday to issue several landmark judgements that have left a major impact on the country's political system.With two major......
Jahangir Tareen, considered one of the wealthiest lawmakers of Pakistan, started his political career in 2002 after being elected to the National Assembly on the ticket of PML-Q.The Forman Christian......
Supreme Court (SC) judge Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, while presiding over Friday's hearing on Sharjeel Inam Memon's bail application, raised questions over the former minister's claims of deteriorating......
The lawyer representing the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday attempted to convince the Supreme Court to allow reopening the Rs1.2 billion Hudaibya Paper Mills reference for the "sake of......
MUMBAI: Rohit Sharma has been unable to cement his place in India’s Test side but the right-handed batsman continues to show he has the right stuff for limited-overs formats.After making his debut in......
KARACHI: If Habib Bank Limited (HBL) fail to make their second straight final of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship, they will have a valid reason for missing out — the somewhat......
PERTH: The International Cricket Council (ICC) are taking allegations in a British newspaper about attempts to organise spot-fixing during the third Ashes Test ‘extremely seriously’ but do not think......
MOGADISHU: A suicide bomber from Somalia’s Al Shabaab insurgents killed 18 police officers and wounded 15 others on Thursday when he blew himself up inside the country’s main police academy, the......
LONDON: A record number of children were reported killed or hurt by landmines and other explosives last year, with a handful of conflicts contributing to a “horrific” toll for the second year......
PARIS: The US administration is serious about getting a peace deal signed between Israelis and Palestinians, but its proposed plan is still being put together, according to Saudi Arabia’s foreign......
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday presented for the first time pieces of what it said were Iranian weapons supplied to the Iran-aligned Houthi militia in Yemen, describing it as conclusive......
BEIJING: The presidents of China and South Korea sought on Thursday to repair ties strained over a US anti-missile defence system, but the beating of a South Korean photojournalist by Chinese......
NEW YORK: Walt Disney Co. agreed on Thursday to buy key film and television assets of 21st Century Fox, in a $52.4 billion deal set to reshape the entertainment landscape and step up a challenge to......
KARACHI: Lawyers’ community and civil society activists on Thursday spoke at length on the launch of an extensive review and analysis of the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013 in which they......
BRUSSELS: What a difference a year makes.A year ago, British Prime Minister Theresa May was pictured standing alone at an EU summit, nervously playing with her sleeve as other leaders embraced and......
HYDERABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader and former Sindh chief minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi has urged the judiciary to exercise its constitutional authority in putting a halt to the “massive......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday ordered the police to register a case against officials of the National Accountability Bureau and others for kidnapping and harassing a former district......
KARACHI: “The Japan Fest 2017 is open for you to experience a taste of Japan by sampling our food which you have not tasted in any restaurant here, witness our tea ceremony, and appreciate our......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will hand down on Friday (today) the anxiously-awaited judgement that will determine the political fate of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan and secretary general......
WHEN Donald Trump made the umpteenth provocative policy statement of his presidency last week by declaring that the US would recognise Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel, it was......
IS the PML-N at war with itself, with state institutions or simply in disarray?Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has contradicted speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq and insisted that......
ISLAMABAD: New Delhi has accepted Islamabad’s offer for a meeting between convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and his wife, mother and an Indian diplomat.Foreign Office spokesman Dr Mohammad......
ISLAMABAD: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Thursday proposed on the floor of the National Assembly that a “judicial council-like body” comprising judges, generals......
WASHINGTON: Shifting between soft persuasions and tough advice, the United States is now saying that Pakistan could lose control of its territory if it does not sever ties with the Haqqanis and other......
After months of efforts by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a decision has finally been reached to revive the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), which was first formed in 2002 amid political turmoil at the......
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations says that positive economic outlook is widespread across the South Asian region, with most economies projected to see stronger growth rates in 2018 compared to 2017.The......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan plans launching another international bond in about 45 days to manage external vulnerabilities and said it would do everything possible not to go for another IMF programme in any......
KARACHI: The country is unprepared for the challenges and opportunities offered by the ongoing Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), speakers said at a summit that the women committee of the Institute......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri on Thursday made addition to his earlier three demands as he now wants immediate arrest and physical remand of all those involved in Model......
ISLAMABAD: At his first executive board meeting on Thursday after assuming charge of the office of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman, retired Justice Javed Iqbal ordered inquiries into......
KARACHI: In an interesting political development for Karachi politics hitherto dominated by the Altaf-led Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and Pak......
ISLAMABAD: Senators from both sides of the aisle called on Thursday for judicial or parliamentary probe to solve the mystery behind the recent Faizabad sit-in and matters associated with it.They were......
LAHORE: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) went into damage control mode on Thursday, following National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq’s pessimistic statement that the current assemblies......
Syrian opposition forces backed by a US-led coalition killed at least 20 militant Islamic State (IS) fighters and took several others prisoner on Thursday, coalition military officials said.According......
The federal government has ordered 21 foreign-aid groups to wrap up their activities and prepare to leave after they failed to re-register under tough regulations introduced two years ago, officials......
