Former Malir SSP Rao Anwar, who is under scrutiny over his alleged involvement in the extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud, on Sunday alleged that two members of the police inquiry team......
In the latest development which can be linked with the ongoing probe into the death of Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud, who was allegedly killed in a 'fake encounter' in Malir district, Karachi......
Pakistan hockey team on Sunday twice came from behind to hold World XI to a 3-3 draw in the second and final match of the series at the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore.Having battered their......
India's President on Sunday sacked 20 lawmakers from the state assembly in New Delhi after they were revealed to be holding jobs in government despite laws forbidding the practice.The purge reduces......
An eight-year-old madressah (seminary) pupil was beaten to death on Sunday in Bin Qasim Town area of Karachi, allegedly by his teacher, the police said.Bin Qasim SHO Dhani Bux Marri told Dawn that......
The 16 no-show defendants of the cases relating to May 12, 2007, carnage moved closer to being declared absconders on Sunday after an advertisement regarding their absence from the court was......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar, while hearing a suo moto case regarding blocking of roads outside the Lahore residence of PML-N lawmaker Hamza Shahbaz, questioned “who is Hamza......
Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday vowed his party would work day and night to make Karachi and Peshawar like Lahore if the PML-N was voted into power in the upcoming General......
One of two alleged rapists of a teenage boy was arrested on Sunday in the Bank Colony area of Dhamial in Rawalpindi district.The 14-year-old son of an Imam at a local mosque was heading to the......
A former police official was gunned down on Quetta's Masjid Road on Sunday, police told DawnNews.Ex-station house officer of the Airport Road police station, Fazalur Rehman Kakar, was gunned down by......
The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday tasked committees for identifying reforms in legal education to report their findings to the court within seven weeks after the chief justice vowed to reform the......
The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh to lodge a protest against casualties resulting from a ceasefire violation by Indian forces.A day earlier, six......
Police on Sunday assured the family of Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud, who was allegedly killed in a 'fake encounter' in Karachi, that they would be provided security when they travel to the......
The parents of eight girls who had been raped and murdered in Kasur since 2015 appeared before the Supreme Court on Sunday and pleaded for justice."Give us justice," the parents ? including those of......
KARACHI: The Quetta Gladiators is the only Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise that has cleared all its dues with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and has honoured all its commitments to enjoy an......
ISLAMABAD: Senators of opposition parties on Saturday filed an application with the Islamabad High Court (IHC) saying they want an early decision on their petition challenging the appointment of......
ISLAMABAD: A wildlife guard was shot dead by unidentified people in the Margalla Hills National Park on Saturday.The incident took place near Trail-6 behind Faisal Masjid, said the capital police.......
KARACHI: A sessions court sentenced on Saturday two men to 20 years in prison in a case pertaining to rape of a mentally and physical disabled girl.Mohammad Sajid was found guilty of subjecting the......
LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday restrained all public universities from awarding affiliation to law colleges till further orders, and constituted commissions for......
LAHORE: Special Committee of Experts Chairman Justice Sayed Zahid Husain visited on Saturday the Shalamar Gardens, Gulabi Bagh Gateway and Bhudu’s Tomb and monitored vibration equipment installed by......
WASHINGTON: The US federal government shut down on Saturday after the Trump administration and Democrats locked horn over a proposal that could keep or evict hundreds of thousands of immigrants who......
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter Inc, which is reviewing Russian interference during the 2016 US elections, said on Friday it would notify some of its users whether they were exposed to content generated by a......
HASSA: Turkey on Saturday launched a new air and ground operation to oust Kurdish militia from a northern Syrian enclave, defying US warnings that the action risked destabilising the area.Turkey had......
FOR the past 20 years or so the European Union is being projected, at least by a group of fervent dogmatists, as a constantly growing span that has extended its domain north-south from the United......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will assist Pakistan to realise the potential of economic corridor development with a view to boost industrial productivity, exports and job creation and......
HYDERABAD: Representatives of Sindh-based growers and sugar mills failed to settle the dispute over the sugarcane price in a meeting held in Karachi on Jan 19.Sindh Agriculture Minister Sohail Anwar......
KARACHI: With opposition protests ahead, bulls started on a cautious note in the outgoing week but they started to charge relentlessly as the worst fears of a political mayhem did not materialise.The......
QUETTA: The distribution of local and national newspapers in Balochistan resumed on Saturday as the banned Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) announced its decision to end its boycott of media.All......
ISLAMABAD: When Sheikh Abdul Waheed purchased a commercial plot in Lahore in an auction on Nov 11, 1956 he didn’t realize that he would never get possession of the land.Six decades later, litigation......
LAHORE: Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi on Saturday set yet another deadline for the government, this time for enforcing “Shariah” within seven days or risk protests in every nook and corner of the......
LAHORE: Lahore will host an elite international hockey contest after a long gap of twenty-four years when a star-studded World XI side take on Pakistan’s U-18 team in the second tie of the two-match......
QUETTA: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has acquitted former Balochistan home minister Gazain Marri in a case related to the killing of two Levies personnel and recovery of explosive material from his......
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Security Council’s sanctions monitoring team will visit Islamabad on a two-day trip starting next Thursday for an assessment of Pakistan’s compliance with the world......
BHAKKAR: In a sharp reaction to anti-parliament remarks by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf lawmakers, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday challenged the opposition parties to move a......
During a recent academic conference that I attended in Lahore as a speaker, I was asked an intriguing question by a student from Islamabad’s Quaid-i-Azam University. After saying that he agreed with......
On January 20, 2017 when Donald J. Trump took oath as the 45th President of the United States, the world looked on full of scepticism and pessimism about his future ambitions as the ruler of the......
KARACHI: Growth in revenue collection outpaced the rise in current expenditures during the first quarter of 2017-18, according to a recent report by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).Although growth......
KARACHI: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman said on Saturday that the enemies of Pakistan were hatching conspiracies against it but they would fail in their nefarious designs.He was......
MUZAFFARABAD/SIALKOT: Six more Pakistani civilians lost their lives and 25 others were injured as unabated and unprovoked firing and shelling by Indian troops from across the Working Boundary and the......
HARIPUR: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that his party will come to power again after this year’s general elections and then revive its development agenda with the addition of a housing......
WHEN in 1960 Mao Zedong sent off General Gengbiao, his second ambassador to Pakistan, he reportedly advised him: “Look after Pakistan; it is China’s window to the West”.Mao’s depiction may have been......
WHEN in 1960 Mao Zedong sent off General Gengbiao, his second ambassador to Pakistan, he reportedly advised him: “Look after Pakistan; it is China’s window to the West”.Mao’s depiction may have been......
WHAT happens if none of them can form a government? Not a majority government, not a coalition government, not even a minority government — just no government at all.In a house of 342, what if......
WHAT happens if none of them can form a government? Not a majority government, not a coalition government, not even a minority government — just no government at all.In a house of 342, what if......
At least four gunmen attacked Kabul's landmark Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday and started shooting at guests, officials said, in an assault that is still under way.There was no immediate claim of......
