US President Donald Trump is expected this week to extend relief from economic sanctions to Iran as part of the nuclear deal, citing progress in amending US legislation that governs Washington's......
Amid increasing criticism and suspension of security aid for Pakistan by the United States, the foreign diplomats stationed in Islamabad were briefed on Pakistan’s achievements and challenges in its......
The Ministry of Interior on Wednesday allowed previously disbarred International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) to keep working until a final decision is taken on their appeals.The directive......
Karachi police on Wednesday took two Chinese men into custody from the Zainab Market area of the metropolis over suspicions they were stealing data of bank customers through ATM skimming......
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced a bullish session on Wednesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining 816 points to close at 43,631 points.The index opened higher and continued on an......
An unemployed and indebted man in Jhelum 'sold' his newborn son for Rs5,000, his wife alleged on Wednesday.In a complaint made to the Jhelum District Police Officer (DPO) on Wednesday, a woman named......
A Czech woman attempting to board a flight to Abu Dhabi was caught in possession of nine kilogrammes of heroin at Lahore airport on Wednesday, Customs officials said.The woman, travelling to Ireland......
The National Selection Committee on Wednesday announced the squad for the upcoming Twenty20 series against New Zealand.The squad does not include Imad Wasim who is recovering from a knee injury,......
A meeting of the federal cabinet has approved the appointment of Sardar Abdul Majeed Dasti as the new Sindh police chief to replace the incumbent Inspector General A.D. Khowaja, DawnNews reported on......
All murders are gruesome but some are so depraved that they compel people to speak out against injustice and skewed criminal justice systems that seem to absolve the rich and indict the poor.This was......
Between 90 and 100 migrants were missing after their makeshift boat sank in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, the country's navy said late Tuesday.The inflatable boat was carrying more than......
More than 200 people were arrested and dozens hurt during clashes in several parts of Tunisia, the interior ministry said Wednesday, after a second night of unrest driven by anger over austerity......
Middle-class Afghans turned militants have assisted the banned Islamic State (IS) group's expansion from its stronghold in Afghanistan's restive east to Kabul, analysts say, helping to make the......
Opposition political parties in Balochistan have made it clear that they will not be a part of the new government set-up after Nawab Sanaullah Zehri's resignation as chief minister of the......
This story was originally published in Dawn in August 10 2015.HUSSAINWALA: Parents at the centre of a growing child abuse scandal in the country accused police on Monday of failing to do enough to......
Former Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) President Dr Asim Hussain, during a suo moto hearing on Wednesday, told the Supreme Court (SC) that he is being "politicised against" in the PMDC......
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday refused to issue a stay order against a Lahore High Court (LHC) order for the repatriation of three sugar mills believed to be owned by the Sharif family.In......
More than 200 people were arrested and dozens hurt during clashes in several parts of Tunisia, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, after the second night of unrest driven by anger over austerity......
Her eyes were still as she lay covered in a flimsy white sheet on a gurney in the ambulance. The gurney was metallic and I couldn’t help but think how cold she must be.I reached out towards her and......
A US judge late Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump from ending an Obama-era programme that protected from deportation migrants who entered America illegally as children.The ruling came hours......
Two Reuters journalists were formally charged by police in a Myanmar court on Wednesday with breaching a colonial-era secrecy law that carries up to 14 years in jail, despite calls for their......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday rejected a petitioner's appeal to withdraw his request for a ban on televangelist Aamir Liaquat and upheld an interim ban on the television host who is......
Islamabad Police on Wednesday began investigating an "attempt by 10-12 armed men" to abduct journalist Taha Siddiqui.Siddiqui was "beaten [and] threatened with death", said journalist Asad Hashim in......
During a telephone conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz reaffirmed the Kingdom's support for an independent Palestinian state, Arab News......
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday submitted a report in an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) regarding summoning Muttahida Qaumi Movement founder Altaf Hussain to court via advertisements......
KASUR: The recovery of the body of an eight-year-old missing girl on Tuesday – a few days after she was allegedly raped and killed – cast a pall of gloom in the city.In the last one year, this is the......
ACCORDING to a report by the Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF), as many as 28 children are murdered and 49 raped in the country every month. It observed that such incidents resulted from legal......
LAHORE: The Men and Women’s singles events of the 55th National Badminton Championships entered the quarter-finals stage here on Tuesday.While Azeem Sarwar and Hashir Bashir, both from Wapda, went to......
MELBOURNE: World number one Rafael Nadal lost his first match of the year 6-4, 7-5 to Richard Gasquet at the Kooyong Classic on Tuesday, but said he was happy after his troublesome knee held up......
SYDNEY: England coach Trevor Bayliss will step down after the next Ashes series in 2019, he announced on Tuesday as the media slammed him over the 4-0 Test thrashing in Australia.Bayliss, who was......
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between the coast of Honduras and the Cayman Islands on Tuesday night, shaking the mainland and causing officials to briefly post advisories......
KASUR: The recovery of the body of an eight-year-old missing girl on Tuesday – a few days after she was allegedly raped and killed – cast a pall of gloom in the city.In the last one year, this is the......
LAHORE: A miscellaneous petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday for banning anti-judiciary speeches by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, Maryam.Amna Malik from......
BANGKOK: Thais were left bemused by the latest antics of Thai junta leader Prayut Chan-O-Cha after he told reporters to direct any serious questions to a cardboard cut-out of himself.Talking to......
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Ministerial Committee on Implementation of Urdu Language in Government Departments decided on Tuesday to write to all institutions, including the judiciary and the armed......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court sentenced on Tuesday two accused to life imprisonment in a police officer’s murder case.Shiraz Ahmed and Ashraf were found guilty of killing assistant sub-inspector......
THE Pakistan Awami Tehreek and its leader Tahirul Qadri undeniably have legitimate questions and demands of the PML-N.The killing of 14 members of Mr Qadri’s organisation in June 2014 left a scar on......
ZERMATT: Heavy snowfall has cut off many villages and resorts across the Alps, trapping some 13,000 tourists at Zermatt, one of Switzerland’s most popular ski stations, officials said on Tuesday.In......
CAIRO: An Egyptian court jailed 262 people from three years to life on Tuesday for security-related offences during a 2013 sit-in protest against the ousting of former president Mohamed Mursi of the......
KARACHI: Subsiding concerns of the general public and health authorities alike, a senior specialist in infectious diseases on Tuesday said the H1N1 (swine flu pandemic) strain, which had affected 38......
LAHORE: After causing a scare in Multan, the H1N1 seasonal influenza struck the provincial capital where a first case was tested positive for the disease.Rasheeda Bibi, 72, was shifted to a private......
PARIS: Actress Catherine Deneuve and 99 other French women on Tuesday denounced a backlash against men following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, saying the #MeToo campaign against sexual harassment......
PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court has granted bail to two people charged by the counter terrorism department with possessing explosive material and a hand grenade in Mardan around three months......
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Tuesday announced starting probe into allegations of Rs2 billion corruption in developmental schemes by retired Captain Mohammad......
BEIRUT: Iran has foiled attempts by its foreign enemies to turn legitimate protests into an insurgency to overthrow the Islamic Republic, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on......
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia will ease requirements for foreign institutional investors in its stock market from Jan 23, the securities regulator said on Tuesday, as the kingdom seeks more foreign capital to......
NEW DELHI: He’s 67 and balding but Tamil actor Rajinikanth is a superstar action hero with a slew of hits behind him — and a huge challenge ahead.The one-time bus conductor, who goes by one name and......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Switzerland will begin exchanging information from the current month under the Convention on Avoidance of Double Taxation (ADT), the Senate Standing Committee on Finance was......
BEIJING: President Emmanuel Macron offered on Tuesday to open up the French economy to Chinese investment in exchange for greater access to China’s booming markets, warning in talks in Beijing that......
KARACHI: Reversing its earlier decision, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is reported to have allowed dealers the import of 100 per cent cash dollars against the export of other foreign......
SUKKUR: A policeman, Riaz Ahmed Jatt, was killed when a tractor-driven trolley laden with sugar cane ran over him at the Cross Bund checkpost, within the limits of the Khambra police station, near......
KARACHI: Moody’s Investors Service said on Tuesday the rupee will likely face ongoing depreciation pressures against the dollar after a five per cent downward adjustment last month.If the rupee......
ISLAMABAD: The growing disparity and discrimination in the education system caught the attention of the Supreme Court when Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar questioned on Tuesday why the concept of “one......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Human Rights Committee which met here on Tuesday opposed a presidential pardon for the convicted Rangers personnel who killed a young man in Karachi in 2011.Sarfaraz Shah, 22,......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir Virk was appointed federal law minister by the government on Tuesday.President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath of......
PESHAWAR: In a major policy shift meant to mainstream them, the PTI government has placed seminaries in the province under the supervision of the elementary and secondary education department.Now,......
HAFIZ Muhammad Saeed, the head of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), toured Britain during the 1990s, stirring up Muslim youths to become jihadis years before 9/11, a BBC investigation has found.Hafiz......
LAHORE: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will wait for the ‘rebel faction’ of 15 or so MPAs to make their move before deciding which candidate to support as the next chief minister of......
ISLAMABAD: Continuing his attacks on the judiciary, ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif disclosed on Tuesday that he had written to former chief justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali to complain about the......
RAWALPINDI: Finally, the police registered a kidnapping case of Chinese engineer working on Karot power project on Monday after three weeks and launched an investigation.A Chinese engineer Pingzhi......
IT was coming for a long time; yet, we had remained in a state of deep denial. President Trump’s tweet may be humiliating and obnoxious, but should we be surprised by the US action? What the......
THERE are 10 days to go for the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the president of the US, and the run-up has hardly been propitious.Michael Wolff’s book Fire and Fury: Inside the......
THERE are 10 days to go for the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the president of the US, and the run-up has hardly been propitious.Michael Wolff’s book Fire and Fury: Inside the......
A LOT was done in the name of Muslim women in the waning weeks of 2017. Saudi Arabia gave permission for women to enter the previously forbidden sports stadiums and allowed female contestants......
THE iconic phrase that ‘Nero played the fiddle while Rome burnt’ was given a cricketing connotation on Monday at the Sydney Cricket Ground when an England captain slept in the dressing room while his......
THE Pakistan Awami Tehreek and its leader Tahirul Qadri undeniably have legitimate questions and demands of the PML-N.The killing of 14 members of Mr Qadri’s organisation in June 2014 left a scar on......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) found no transactions linking the Sharif family with Al-Azizia Steel or Hill Metal Establishment, an accountability court hearing......
KARACHI: The federal government has issued special permits to the father of Qatar’s emir and eight other members of the royal family to hunt internationally protected houbara bustards in Pakistan,......
KARACHI: The Sindh chapter of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday launched its web portal for registration of complaints related to cybercrime, becoming the first province to take the......
IN a dramatic turn of events involving Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s fruitless dash to Quetta because of week-long revolt within the ranks of the Balochistan chapter of the ruling Pakistan......
HAFIZ Muhammad Saeed, the head of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), toured Britain during the 1990s, stirring up Muslim youths to become jihadis years before 9/11, a BBC investigation has found.Hafiz......
A senior figure in Palestinian militant group Hamas was hospitalised in critical condition on Tuesday after suffering a gunshot wound to the head in what officials said was an accident.Imad al-Alami,......
The Israeli army carried out air strikes and fired rockets at targets in Syria overnight, causing damage near a military position, the Syrian army said on Tuesday.Israel's military has carried out......
India's Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a ruling that ordered the national anthem to be played before movie screenings while audiences stand, a ruling that sparked a spate of arrests and attacks on......
