At least eight infants reportedly died of malnutrition and water-borne diseases in the desert region of Mithi during the past two days, parents of the deceased children told Dawn.The infants died at......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday summoned Federal Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafique and his younger brother, Punjab Health Minister Khwaja Salman Rafique, in connection with the......
At least seven people were killed and two injured when two high-speeding cars collided head-on on the Mehran Highway near Khairpur on Friday, DawnNewsTV reported.Of the two vehicles that collided,......
Five police officials have reportedly been found involved in extorting money from businessmen in Karachi, West Zone Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Amir Farooqi said on Friday.Of these, three......
Praising the passage of KP-Fata merger bill from the National Assembly and Senate, PPP-Parliamentarians President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said, "Merger is a stepping stone toward further......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has convened a consultative meeting of all parliamentary parties on May 31 to finalise the code of conduct for the 2018 general elections.The ECP has already......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) in its verdict on Wednesday — a detailed judgement of which was made available today — partially suspended a single-judge ruling which had ordered television channels......
A federal court jury on Thursday ordered Samsung to pay Apple $533 million for copying iPhone design features in a patent case dating back seven years.Jurors tacked on an additional $5 million in......
Fallen Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to New York police on Friday to face sex crime charges, nearly eight months after his career imploded in a blaze of assault accusations and......
Opening batsman Azhar Ali made a half-century before falling to James Anderson as Pakistan reached 136-3 at lunch on the second day of the first test at Lord's.Azhar made 50 to help take Pakistan......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) saw the bears prevail on Friday, pushing the benchmark KSE-100 Index 462 lower to 42,074.After touching a day's high of 42,570 points in the early minutes of......
A man armed with a pistol walked into an Oklahoma City restaurant at the dinner hour and opened fire, wounding two customers, before being shot dead by a handgun-carrying civilian in the parking lot,......
The Netherlands and Australia on Friday accused Moscow of being behind the 2014 shooting down of flight MH17 over war-torn eastern Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives, in a move which may trigger......
North Korea said on Friday it is willing to talk to the United States "at any time" after President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled a summit, prompting China to urge both sides to show restraint as a......
SINCE Mohammed bin Salman’s rapid ascension to heir apparent of the Saudi throne, his pronouncements to radically reform the kingdom have come in tandem with broad crackdowns on his subjects.In......
A federal judge granted a restraining order on Thursday forcing prison guards in Alaska to stop giving Muslim inmates pork as they break their fasts during Ramazan, rights campaigners said.The......
SINCE Mohammed bin Salman’s rapid ascension to heir apparent of the Saudi throne, his pronouncements to radically reform the kingdom have come in tandem with broad crackdowns on his subjects.In......
Asian nations are clamping down on the number of Twenty20 (T20) leagues players can compete in as global cricket chiefs struggle to regulate the format's phenomenal rise.But with stars like West......
Since the ruling PML-N and the opposition have failed to reach a consensus on the name of a caretaker prime minister, the issue will now be sent to a parliamentary committee for deliberations, it......
The International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption unit (ACU) on Thursday told Asad Shafiq and Babar Azam to not wear smartwatches during matches as doing so is prohibited under the Player and......
Under-fire Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader (PTI) Naeemul Haque who earlier this week lost his temper on a TV show and slapped PML-N's Daniyal Aziz said on Thursday that party chief Imran Khan had......
The constitution amendment bill for the merger of Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formally known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas Reforms Bill, passed in the Senate on Friday by an......
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday appeared to draw a parallel between his own recent statement on the Mumbai attack case and the contents of a new book jointly penned by former ISI chief......
At least 15 people were injured in Canada's Mississauga, when an "improvised explosive device" (IED) went off in an Indian cuisine restaurant, The Globe and Mail reported on Friday.According to Peel......
Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, told the accountability court on Friday that the trust deeds related to the offshore companies Nielsen and Nescoll were original but......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s son Hamza Shahbaz did not appear before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday in the Punjab Saaf Pani Company (PSPC) scam.“Hamza did not appear......
PESHAWAR: The last-ditch efforts are under way to convene the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s session to pass the Constitution (Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2018, formally known as the Federally......
ISLAMABAD: Many men think their daughters and wives should not have computerised national identity cards (CNIC) due to which there are 12.5 million more men on the electoral list than......
PESHAWAR: The cost of the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit project has gone up from Rs49 billion to over Rs68 billion due to the changes to its design and ‘adjustment’ of the Asian Development Bank funds,......
RAWALPINDI: Though it is welcoming turncoats from PPP and PML-N, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is also worried about losing its leaders, and is seeking assurance on affidavits from applicants......
CHAKWAL: A mega project for Chakwal city’s water supply that has been stalled because the Planning and Development Board has yet to approve the revised cost estimate submitted to it on March 14 is......
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: As the wind direction changed and the sea breeze replaced the dry continental winds from the northwest, the temperature in the metropolis came down to 37.3 degrees Celsius on......
PAKISTAN like always come out with a surprise package and the squad currently touring England is no different. Inexperienced they may be, but their ability to rise to the occasion seldom leaves any......
KIEV: Price hikes and cancelled flights are ruining the Champions League final for some fans two days before Real Madrid and Liverpool even kick off.Some owners of hotels and hostels in Kiev have......
NEW DELHI: India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday pulled out of a month-long stint with English county Surrey because of a neck injury and is now in a race to be ready for his country’s tour of......
ISLAMABAD: A special event was organised by Pakistan on Thursday during the ongoing World Health Assembly in Geneva in order to find a way forward for countries to take concrete measures in improving......
RAWALPINDI: A second-year student was found shot dead in Dhoke Kala Khan in the jurisdiction of Sadiqabad police on Thursday morning.Minhal Tahir, 17, had gone missing after leaving her grandmother’s......
JERUSALEM: Israel said on Thursday it will give final approval to the construction of 2,500 new homes in the occupied West Bank, the first tranche of settlements since the controversial US embassy......
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson discussed dealing with Moscow in an 18-minute phone call with Russian pranksters impersonating the prime minister of Armenia in a recording posted......
WASHINGTON: They arrived at Guantanamo Bay as young men, captured in Afghanistan and elsewhere early in America’s war on terror. More than 15 years later, most of the inmates at the notorious US......
A 30-year-old Upstate New York man was ordered to leave his parents’ house by a state Supreme Court Justice on Tuesday after rebuffing several attempts by his parents to get him to move out.The case......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday called for restoring students union in educational institutes.Addressing office bearers of the People Students......
QUETTA: Terming the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) future of regional development, Balochistan Governor Muhammad Khan Achakzai said that after its completion the project would make the......
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday claimed to have retrieved 10,000 acres of grabbed state land off the Superhighway, where some major housing schemes had been launched in......
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior Muhammad Tallal Chaudhry, who is facing contempt charges, got a little relief from a reluctant Supreme Court on Thursday when his counsel finally managed to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan made a rare appearance in the National Assembly on Thursday after almost two years and cast his vote in favour of the proposed merger of......
ISLAMABAD: Testifying before the accountability court in the Avenfield properties reference on Thursday, former prime minister’s daughter Maryam Nawaz said she never claimed real or beneficial......
QUETTA: The Model Customs Collectorate Quetta generated Rs18.38 billion during the 10 months of 2017-18, surpassing the Rs18.136bn annual target set for the entire fiscal year and registered......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed into law on Thursday a bill that would ease rules on most banks for the first time since the 2007-2009 financial crisis.The legislation eases regulations......
KARACHI: Dollar in the open market traded at Rs119 on Thursday, gaining 60 paisa, as pressure on the rupee kept mounting due to depleting foreign exchange reserves and short supply of the......
KARACHI: Pakistan and China agreed to increase the currency swap amount while the agreement period has been extended for three years, the State Bank said on Thursday.China has emerged as the biggest......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday ordered ex-Wapda distribution companies to refund 62 paisa per unit to consumers for overcharging them about Rs6.5......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday called for forming a truth commission in consensus with all mainstream political parties to unveil hidden facts about all major incidents......
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and supreme leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that it was not the PML-N government but the courts that had allowed former......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan Consul General in Houston Aisha Farooqui has rejected rumours about Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s death as baseless and false, adding that she met Siddiqui on Wednesday at a US federal......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has informed the Congress that American officials are treated badly in Pakistan, adding that Washington released “far fewer funds” to Pakistan in 2018......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday called for forming a truth commission in consensus with all mainstream political parties to unveil hidden facts about all major incidents......
ISLAMABAD: Close to 46 million young voters are expected to play a pivotal role in determining the outcome of the general elections expected later this year.Analysts believe the huge number of young......
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday, while hearing a case seeking filing of a high treason case against Nawaz Sharif, ruled that the court does not have the authority to directly order the......
