At least three policemen were martyred in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday as a roadside bomb exploded when a police convoy was passing through the area, DawnNewsTv reported.The incident took place in......
Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar, who is convalescing in Brazil after surgery on his injured right foot, will be back “in two to three weeks,” the club's coach Unai Emery said on Friday.“I spoke with......
India's star cricketers have been astounded at the treatment meted out to former Australian captain Steve Smith that left him tearfully apologising for cheating in a Test match.The cricket......
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday announced to maintain the interest rate at 6 per cent as it announced its monetary policy for the next two months.According to a statement released on their......
Karachi police’s Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) on Friday announced to have busted a gang of motorbike snatchers involving personnel of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and Pakistan Navy.“The ACLC has busted a......
The Supreme Court-appointed judicial commission on water quality and drainage in Sindh on Friday ordered municipal authorities in Karachi to dismiss all Muslim sanitation workers from service after......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) landed flat on Friday with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 71 points to close at 45,560.The index floated in the positive range in the first half of the session,......
Indian police have arrested the editor of a website for publishing a fake report that Muslims had attacked a monk from the Jain faith, officials said on Friday.Mahesh Vikram Hegde was arrested in......
The Russian Football Union (RFU) is warning players against drinking “exotic tea” or smoking shisha pipes as it tries to avoid any doping cases ahead of its home World Cup.In a guide to help players......
Two witnesses recorded their statements in the contempt of court case against PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz in the Supreme Court on Friday. Multiple video clips of his controversial statements were also......
LAHORE: Punjab counter-terrorism department and the Intelligence Bureau have smashed “the biggest network” of the Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the province in joint operations, an official......
Embattled Australia go back to the business of playing cricket on Friday after a week of scandal, suspensions, confessions and torrents of tears.When Australia take the field at the Wanderers in......
Facebook troubles worsened late on Thursday with the leak of a two-year-old memo from a high-ranking executive hinting that the social network was determined to grow despite risks to users.The 2016......
Israeli shelling killed a Palestinian farmer in Gaza early on Friday, the enclave's health ministry said, just hours before the launch of mass protests along the border.A second Palestinian was......
The West Indies cricket board on Friday announced a 13-member squad for the three-match Twenty20 International series against Pakistan set to be held in Karachi from Sunday.The visitors' side with be......
KARACHI: The residents of the city braved yet another hot day on Thursday as K-Electric and Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) were involved in a war of words over a number of prolonged power......
PESHAWAR: Provincial Election Commissioner Pir Maqbool Ahmed has said that persons with any physical disability will be allowed to cast their votes through postal ballot. He urged political parties,......
UPPER DIR: Women in Upper Dir were provided an opportunity of exercising their constitutional right to vote after over four decades as a large number of them polled their votes in the local......
ISLAMABAD: The chief justice has taken suo motu notice of the reported closing down of the Bone Marrow Transplant Centre (BMTC) in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and directed the......
KARACHI: It seems the upcoming T20 series between Pakistan and the West Indies won’t attract the overwhelming attention drawn by the historic PSL finale at the National Stadium last Sunday.Four days......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court judge on Thursday took exception to the tirade of certain politicians in media against the judiciary and said such practice could not be tolerated anymore.“Every Tom, Dick......
KARACHI: Amid an exchange of loud accusations by parties on both sides of the aisle, the City Council approved 14 resolutions on various issues. Some 11 of the resolutions were passed unanimously......
KARACHI: Another woman lawmaker belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan left her party and joined the Pak Sarzameen Party on Thursday citing “disloyalty with Mohajirs” by her previous......
KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet on Thursday approved amendment to the West Pakistan Highways Ordinance to allow construction of any permanent or temporary structure outside 50 metres from the middle of......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday directed the federal and provincial authorities to file their respective comments on a constitutional petition challenging the Sindh Universities and......
KARACHI: The price of milk has been raised by Rs9 per litre and now the essential commodity will be available to the public in the metropolis at the rate of Rs94 per litre from March 30, according to......
KARACHI: After successfully organising PSL final, the Sindh government has started preparations for the three-match T20 series to be played between Pakistan and West Indies at National Stadium on......
Apropos of a report titled “Power crisis cripples life in GB”, which was published in Dawn on Monday last, the water and power secretary for Gilgit-Baltistan has claimed that the news item was......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump accused Amazon.com Inc on Thursday of not paying enough tax, taking advantage of the US postal system and putting small retailers out of business, but did not......
LONDON: British companies have been swept up in a global boom in dealmaking that has seen the amount of M&A involving UK firms hit its highest level since 2007.Britain’s M&A market has remained......
GOLD COAST: An Indian man has been charged with people smuggling after arriving at Australia’s Brisbane airport with eight other travellers as part of a “fake media contingent” to cover the......
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp and Suzuki Motor Corp on Thursday announced a basic agreement to produce cars for each other in India as Toyota aims to increase its market share in the fast-growing country......
SEOUL: The two Koreas on Thursday set a date for a rare inter-Korean summit, following a high-level meeting that was held days after the nuclear-armed North’s leader Kim Jong Un made his......
MOSCOW: Russia has ordered 60 US diplomats out of the country by April 5, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.It said 58 diplomats in Moscow and two general consulate officials in Yekaterinburg......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump shook up his cabinet once again on Wednesday, sacking embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and nominating White House doctor Ronny Jackson as his......
SHANGHAI: For a government obsessed with secrecy, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s decision to travel to Beijing on a distinctive green armoured train was an all-but-dead giveaway that he was making......
LONDON: Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve toxin that had been left on the front door of their home in England, British counter-terrorism police......
NEW DELHI: India vowed on Thursday to strengthen its online security after high school exam papers were leaked ahead of crucial tests, forcing millions of students to resit their finals.Education......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday carried out another successful test of the nuclear-capable Submarine Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM) Babur and claimed to have attained ‘Credible Second Strike......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi should explain his meeting with Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib......
NEW DELHI: An annual two-day meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) began on Thursday amid political tensions in which the pact frequently gets framed as a pawn.This is the 114th meeting......
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Nearly 50 days after he boycotted a party meeting and left its headquarters, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Dr Farooq Sattar returned to the Bahadurabad head......
ISLAMABAD: Panamagate Joint Investigation Team head Wajid Zia disclosed before an accountability court on Thursday that the JIT was not unanimous in sending a questionnaire to the Qatari prince to......
ISLAMABAD: The much-talked about meeting between Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar was again discussed in the Supreme Court on Thursday when the......
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday Moscow would expel 60 US diplomats and close its consulate in Saint Petersburg in a tit-for-tat expulsion over the poisoning of ex-double agent......
