The Pakistani military is holding back counter-terrorism cooperation with the United States while continuing to go easy on militant groups allegedly based in the country, US Director of National......
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Tuesday sentenced three men to life in prison after finding them guilty in the Kasur child abuse scandal.The three men — Haseem Amir, Wasim Sindhi, and......
WELL-MEANING editorial writers have periodically criticised Prime Minister Modi for speaking irresponsibly in parliament and outside. Such criticism is usually about the style, not so much about the......
Pakistan women's cricket team coach Mark Coles has said there is no dearth of talent in the country and that with the right coaching, new prospects can be groomed and the ranking of the team......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday took notice of media reports about Shahrukh Jatoi — the main accused in the 2012 Shahzeb murder case — being shifted to a hospital in......
Indian troops in held Kashmir killed two suspected separatists on Tuesday, ending a day-long attack near a paramilitary camp, police said.S.P. Vaid, the top police official in the disputed region,......
A masked man threw acid at a young woman at her residence in Punjab's Sialkot district on Tuesday, police told DawnNews.According to initial reports, Muradpur Station House Officer (SHO) Usman Jawed......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday ordered The News and Urdu daily Jang to publish a clarification explaining why the newsgroup failed to run a correction regarding a news......
The family of Mardan university student Mashal Khan ? who was lynched over false accusations of blasphemy last year ? is set to challenge the court's verdict in the case on Wednesday.Mashal, a......
As the world mourns Asma Jahangir's untimely death, her unparalleled commitment and resolve towards human rights advocacy has ensured that Pakistan’s hope of a pluralistic future lives to see another......
The former chief-of-staff of Iran's armed forces said on Tuesday that Western spies had used lizards which could “attract atomic waves” to spy on the country's nuclear programme.Hassan Firuzabadi,......
"Pakistan will pay [back] India in its own coin in case of any misadventure," Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan warned on Tuesday, responding to his Indian counterpart's comments from a day......
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's (MQM-P) Dr Farooq Sattar-led group approached the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday and submitted details of several resolutions and decisions......
The Transaction Alliance, representing transgender and intersex community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), petitioned the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday to ensure transgenders are able to cast their......
A funeral procession for leading human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir is making its way to Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium, where her funeral prayers will be held on Tuesday.A police cordon has been set up at......
The Israeli military trial of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, charged after a viral video showed her hitting two soldiers in the occupied West Bank began on Tuesday behind closed doors.The judge in......
Health Minister Saira Afzal Tarar on Tuesday ordered the formation of a committee to investigate five arrested people accused of tapping 'spinal fluid' from at least 15 women in Hafizabad and......
A Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) worker on Monday accused Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) MNA Salman Mujahid Baloch of threatening him at gunpoint in Karachi — a claim the MNA has......
Sindh Inspector General (IG) A.D. Khowaja and other police officers will present their reports on the progress in the Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case on Tuesday in the Supreme Court.The case will be......
CHAKWAL: Indian pilgrims will not be travelling to Pakistan this year to attend the Maha Shivratri festival at the Katas Raj temples.Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Deputy Secretary Syed Faraz......
Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa arrived in Kabul on Tuesday, where he is expected to attend the Chief of Defence Conference, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a......
SEOUL: Comments by US Vice President Mike Pence suggest the United States may be looking more favourably at diplomatic engagement with North Korea as South Korea considers a rare summit with its......
COX’S BAZAR: Bangladesh has signed a deal to involve the United Nations in the controversial process of returning Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, a minister said on Monday.Junior foreign minister......
WASHINGTON: With mom, dad and grandma signing up in increasing numbers, Facebook is losing younger users in the United States at a faster pace than previously estimated, researchers said on Monday.A......
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi interior ministry official said the militant Islamic State (IS) group’s head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is alive and being treated at a field hospital in Syria after being wounded in an......
BEIRUT: Turkey’s foreign minister assailed the United States on Monday, claiming that American forces in Syria are intentionally stalling the fight against the militant Islamic State (IS) group as an......
JERUSALEM: A confrontation at the weekend in Syria has turned up the heat between arch-foes Israel and Iran, but neither side seems to want a war for now, analysts said.Israel carried out major air......
SWABI: A woman, whose body was found in pieces in Ghani Kot village of mountainous Gadoon Amazai a couple of days ago, was given in swara a few years back, police and locals said on Monday.Utla......
PORT ELIZABETH: After being knocked back in the fourth match, India look to smother a South African revival before it becomes a threat to their pursuit of a rare One-day International series triumph......
LONDON: The Champions League resumes with a mouthwatering meeting of the aristocrats and the disruptors of European football.The hosts: Real Madrid, the indisputable kings of the continent with 12......
PYEONGCHANG: Olympic chief Thomas Bach dismissed concerns North Korea had tried to “hijack” the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Monday as the unified Korean ice hockey team saw their hopes dashed after......
MURID KHOSO: Reclining comfortably on a bed outside his mud home, 75-year-old farmer Mohammad Khoso watches life go by. His family is now the centre of everyone’s envy in Murid Khoso village — they......
CHILD sexual abuse is neither a rare phenomenon nor a recent one. It is prevalent worldwide, and its occurrence is understood to be much higher than the reported rates, which vary between 10 to 30......
KARACHI: While dispelling the impression that leading the national team in all three formats is in any way burdening him, Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed says he has tried to give his 100 per cent......
ISLAMABAD: The Marble Association of Italy has agreed to help Pakistan for the development of marble and granite sectors, in addition to establishing a technical and scientific international trade......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Monday cleared a total of 24 development projects at an estimated cost of around Rs200 billion. The approved projects also include two......
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India said late on Monday it was withdrawing all its existing mechanisms for tackling bad debt at Indian banks and replacing them with a harmonised and simplified generic......
WELL-MEANING editorial writers have periodically criticised Prime Minister Modi for speaking irresponsibly in parliament and outside. Such criticism is usually about the style, not so much about the......
KARACHI: Remittances being sent by overseas Pakistanis are on the uptick as the first seven months of the fiscal year have seen an inflow of $11.4 billion, the State Bank of Pakistan reported on......
KARACHI: Local car assemblers (including LCVs, Vans and Jeeps) sold 23,700 units in January 2018, up 13 per cent year-on-year and 23pc sequentially as start of the year was generally a robust period......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department on Monday announced that its budget proposals for the fiscal year 2019, which begins in October this, include both economic and military funds for Pakistan.The......
ISLAMABAD: Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) did not cooperate with the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to trace the origin of a leaked call that disclosed the disbursement of......
It hasn't taken long for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) to become a staple in Pakistani cricket fans' calendar. The turn of each year now serves as a reminder that the annual edition of Pakistan's......
GUJRAT/LAHORE: Police have arrested five people accused of tapping spinal fluid from at least 15 women in Hafizabad and Gujranwala after tricking them into believing that it was a requirement for......
LAHORE: Asserting that the use of forensic evidence in the judicial process is still underestimated in Pakistan, European Union (EU) Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain said the recent horrific crime in......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and PML-Q have reached an agreement on the upcoming Senate election in the Punjab Assembly while the PPP is still indecisive about shaking hands with these......
NEW DELHI: Pakistan will have to pay for Saturday’s militant attack on an Indian army camp in Sunjuwan in Jammu, Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman warned on Monday, a day after Islamabad......
CHILD sexual abuse is neither a rare phenomenon nor a recent one. It is prevalent worldwide, and its occurrence is understood to be much higher than the reported rates, which vary between 10 to 30......
KARACHI: A day after it removed Dr Farooq Sattar from the post of party convener, the coordination committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Monday informed the Election......
MULTAN: In a surprising turn of events, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won the NA-154 by-election in Lodhran with a sizeable margin on Monday, even though party chief Nawaz Sharif had been......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain last Friday quietly promulgated an ordinance amending the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 with regards to proscription of terrorist individuals and organisations to......
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday rejected defunct federal finance minister Ishaq Dar’s Senate election nomination papers, noting that he is a court absconder in a......
FEBRUARY 15 marks Ghalib’s death anniversary. February is the month when Mushfiq Khwaja, too, bade farewell to this world. Both Ghalib and Mushfiq Khwaja are the writers known for their sharp wit and......
Pakistan on Monday endorsed the United Nations' list of banned terrorist organisations by extending the ban on the said outfits in Pakistan as well, DawnNews reported.The country-wide ban was imposed......
