A man was killed and at least four others, including a young boy, were wounded as Indian troops continued ceasefire violations from across the line of control (LoC) on Friday, a local official......
National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) Chairman Usman Mubeen paid a surprise visit to a Nadra mega centre located in SITE area of Karachi on Friday, where he reportedly stood in line along......
As criticism mounted that the American president's eldest son was pushing an ethics boundary by making a foreign policy speech at an Indian business summit, conference organisers hurriedly changed......
The Lahore Qalandars captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and decided to field first in their Pakistan Super League match with the Multan Sultans on Friday....
PPP Co-Chairman Asif Zardari, at a press conference in Islamabad on Friday, termed Khawaja Asif an "unsuitable" foreign minister.He was answering a question regarding rumours that Pakistan had been......
Australian cricket chiefs have clarified that Pakistan still top the Twenty20 world rankings, despite Australia's victory in the T20 tri-series also featuring New Zealand and England.Cricket......
Confident after yesterday's unexpected seven-wicket win, Multan Sultans are going to face Lahore Qalandars in the third fixture of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) to be played in Dubai on Friday......
A video showing an Iranian policeman shoving a woman protesting against mandatory headscarves off her makeshift podium in a busy Tehran street sparked criticism on social media on Friday.The video of......
A 'captain' of the popular ride-hailing service Careem was found murdered on Thursday in Islamabad's Sector G-13.Unidentified men attacked Junaid Mustafa, the 26-year-old driver, in the early hours......
As the second match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018 kicked off on Friday, the Karachi Kings, who are taking on the Quetta Gladiators at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, won the toss and......
The Maldives warned India against interfering in its political crisis, deepening a rift with the country once seen as its closest ally.New Delhi had expressed concern about the situation in the......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) plunged on Friday amid rumours of Pakistan being placed on the grey-list by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), with the benchmark KSE-100 index shedding over......
The provincial government of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is set to approve a Rs27.7 million grant for Darul Uloom Haqqania, DawnNews learnt on Friday.A summary for the grant to be given to the......
Attempting to clear the air on Pakistani troops being sent to Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that "training elements" rather than fighting forces are being sent to the......
President Donald Trump and America's powerful gun lobby on Thursday cast citizens with weapons as a solution to shootings, as it emerged an armed deputy was on campus during a deadly Florida rampage......
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international watchdog on money laundering and terror financing, is going to announce its decisions — including on the motion to place Pakistan on the......
First, Rohingya villages were burned to the ground. Now, Myanmar’s government is using bulldozers to literally erase them from the earth — in a vast operation rights groups say is destroying crucial......
Fresh bombardment on Eastern Ghouta killed dozens Thursday, bringing the number of dead civilians in a five-day assault by the Syrian government to more than 400.Mounting calls for a humanitarian......
IS this finally the moment then? Are we now going to watch what we had been promised right since Mian Nawaz Sharif’s third term as prime minister came to an abrupt end last year? Is the Supreme Court......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Friday with a hug, one day after embarrassed Canadian diplomats had to revoke a party invitation for a man......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani launched a 1,814 kilometer (1,130 mile) gas pipeline on Friday that will feed Turkmenistan gas to Afghanistan, as well as......
Australia's scandal-hit deputy leader Barnaby Joyce announced on Friday that he was quitting and moving to the backbench amid claims of sexual harassment and controversy over an affair with a......
The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday disqualified Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MPA from Shangla, Abdul Munim Khan, for holding on to his position as a government employee until two days prior to the 2013......
A three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Azmat Saeed on Friday asked PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz — who is facing contempt of court proceedings — to submit video clips of his speech aired on......
SEOUL: North Koreas Olympic athletes will not be bringing home any medals, but their participation may have earned the peninsula something more substantial.By taking part so visibly alongside South......
Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings will face-off today in Dubai in the second match of Pakistan Super League.The competition will be interesting to watch as both the teams bring similar strengths to......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has dropped charges against the former Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman Kamran Lashari, ex members of the CDA board as well as the owner......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Thursday ordered the Mardan police not to expel transgender persons from the district and harass them.Justice Ikramullah Khan and Justice Mohammad Ghazanfar......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to hold its meeting on complaints received against contemptuous material being broadcast......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Thursday directed the Dera Ismail Khan police to arrest the prime suspect in the teenage girl stripping case within three weeks.Chief Justice Yahaya Afridi......
PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court here on Thursday convicted two doctors and awarded them death sentence for kidnapping their doctor friend for ransom and subsequently stabbing him to death.ATC judge......
LAHORE: The PML-N has been hit by the leadership crisis as its two central decision-making bodies stand dissolved with the Supreme Court verdict of disqualifying Nawaz Sharif to be the party......
LAHORE: Father-in-law of ‘encounter specialist’ former police inspector Abid Boxer on Thursday approached the Lahore High Court for the protection of his son-in-law, who had been arrested in the......
LAHORE: In an important development late on Thursday night, the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS formerly known as DMG) officials decided to stop work from today (Friday) all over the province in......
MULTAN: Doctors from the US conducted transcatheter aortic valve implantation on three patients at the Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology on Thursday.Hospital executive director Dr Rana......
LAHORE: PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari alleged on Thursday that Nawaz Sharif was fomenting confrontation between the judiciary and parliament and that both the former prime minister and......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered verification of the site plan of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s 300-kanal Banigala estate submitted to the court by his counsel.Advocate Babar Awan......
ISLAMABAD: Former ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani on Thursday said statements by senior leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) showed that there was no hope Pakistan and India would start......
IS this finally the moment then? Are we now going to watch what we had been promised right since Mian Nawaz Sharif’s third term as prime minister came to an abrupt end last year? Is the Supreme Court......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau on Thursday decided to initiate an inquiry against Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Director General of Pakistan Sports......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has said the government is extending full support to all institutions working for the welfare of children and the eradication of......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday directed the authorities to submit before it the criteria for fixing dairy products as dairy farmers asked the court to increase the price of fresh......
KARACHI: Sindh Wildlife Department officials caught an illegal wildlife trader and seized 151 turtles/tortoises of highly rare and protected wildlife species on Thursday.A case was registered against......
ISLAMABAD: Iran’s envoy to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost on Thursday regretted that establishment of bilateral banking ties was being delayed because of Islamabad’s ‘conservativeness’, while......
ISLAMABAD: The Corruption Perceptions Index 2017, released by the Transparency International, has placed Pakistan at the rank of 117 out of 180 countries, with no major change from 2016 when the......
ISLAMABAD: A two-judge bench of the Islamabad High Court on Thursday sought reasons from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) as to why Maheen Fatima, a senior official of the Securities and......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday said Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline was an important project for the country due to its growing energy......
CENTURION: For the second time in his short career, Heinrich Klaasen halted India’s cricketing juggernaut as South Africa won the second Twenty20 International by six wickets at the SuperSport Park......
DUBAI: Defending champion Elina Svitolina needed more than two hours to overcome Qiang Wang 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 on Wednesday and reach the quarter-finals of the Dubai Championship.However, French Open......
KARACHI: Inspector general of Sindh police A.D. Khowaja on Thursday called for adopting a ‘comprehensive strategy’ to control the growing incidents of street crime in the metropolis, saying that the......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka all-rounder Asela Gunaratne has been ruled out of the T20 tri-series also involving Bangladesh and India after sustaining an injury to his right arm while diving during a fielding......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Maheen Qureshi, who paired with Chinese Taipei’s Yu Yun-Li to win the girls doubles on Thursday, is the last hope for Pakistan to clinch singles title as both Pakistan junior......
GILGIT: The traditional Bow festival was celebrated in Phekar area of Nagar district on Thursday to welcome the arrival of spring season.After the celebrations, the local people start cultivation in......
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan Test opener Ramiz Raja has lauded the star-studded Pakistan Super League (PSL) and has rated the Twenty20 extravaganza second only to the Indian Premier League (IPL).The......
LONDON: Former England Test batsman Kevin Pietersen says the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be his last appearance in a cricket tournament abroad.The 37-year-old right-hander, representing......
ISLAMABAD: Visibly upset over the ongoing confrontation between the ruling party and the judiciary, Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Thursday called for initiating dialogue among state institutions......
KARACHI: Steady conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Thursday as buyers kept looking for quality lots.At the outset, there was strong demand for quality lint from spinners who strived to......
LONDON: Gold edged down on Thursday and held on track for its biggest weekly loss of 2018 as the dollar was boosted by minutes from the last US Federal Reserve meeting that showed policymakers backed......
KARACHI: Murree Brewery Company Ltd’s profit after tax (PAT) soared 51 per cent year-on-year to Rs629 million for the year ended Dec 31, 2017.Earnings per share improved to Rs27.30 from Rs18.04 last......
BERLIN: Brexit offers the European Union an opportunity for a broad rethink of its financial set-up, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday before an EU summit that will tackle the bloc’s......
ISLAMABAD: A day after handing down a judgement barring ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif from heading the Pakistan Muslim League-N, Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday provided......
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the Supreme Court’s latest judgement, which declared him to be ineligible to hold the position of PML-N chief, did not come as a shock......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s oil and food import bill rose nearly 26 per cent year-on-year to $11.6 billion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year owing to an increase in global prices of......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday ordered ex-Wapda distribution companies to refund Rs3.242 per unit to consumers for overcharging them Rs34 billion in......
KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves of the country fell by $139 million to $18.829bn during the week ended Feb 16, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Thursday.The foreign exchange......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Thursday notified the Companies (Postal Ballot) Regulations, 2018 allowing shareholders and board members of companies to cast......
ISLAMABAD: In what appeared to be a face-saving exercise, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday decided to treat the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz nominees for the Senate elections as......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will have to bear power sector losses of Rs360 billion this year — three times greater than those in 2013 — because of insignificant reduction in system losses and increased......
LAHORE: Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification as president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was inevitable because no parliament or court would allow a dishonest person to lead a political......
ISLAMABAD: Former president Pervez Musharraf has said he will return to Pakistan before the upcoming general elections.According to a statement issued here on Thursday, retired Gen Musharraf was......
On February 21, the Supreme Court of Pakistan debarred Nawaz Sharif from his position as party head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) under Article 63A of the Constitution due to his......
ISLAMABAD: The star witness against the daughter and the son-in-law of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Avenfield Apartments reference told the accountability court on Thursday that the......
A Pakistani labourer was killed when Indian troops resorted to 'unprovoked' firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, the Foreign Office (FO) said.FO......
Indian police on Thursday arrested a student on charges of running an international child pornography network through a messaging app, an official said.Detectives from India's Central Bureau of......
