Pakistan's ambassador-designate to the United States Ali Jahangir Siddiqui will take charge of his post on May 29, Foreign Office spokesperson confirmed to DawnNewsTV on Saturday.Siddiqui will take......
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across France on Saturday to protest against Emmanuel Macron's policies, but the president said nothing would stop his economic reforms.The marches,......
The 2018 general elections will be held on July 25, the government-run Pakistan Television Network announced on Saturday after President Mamnoon Hussain reportedly approved the proposal submitted by......
North and South Korea's leaders held surprise talks on Saturday after President Donald Trump cast an uncertain pall over the turbulent Korean peninsula by cancelling a historic summit with Pyongyang......
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Saturday it was investigating allegations that a Sri Lankan groundsman had agreed to tamper with the pitch to alter the result of an upcoming Test......
Two, three or at times even more infants cramped in a single incubator is not an uncommon sight at government hospitals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's capital city.According to doctors practising in......
More than 100 east African migrants escaped from a camp in the Libyan town of Bani Walid where they were being held hostage and tortured, international agencies and local sources said on Saturday.The......
Liverpool will attempt to end Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid's recent dominance in the Champions League when the sides meet in Saturday's final in Kiev, with Reds manager Jurgen Klopp insisting......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday said that a national dialogue must be held to evolve consensus over new provinces and that the call for new provinces should not be used merely as an......
Mohammad Amir and Abbas added 13 more runs on Saturday morning to take Pakistan's lead against England in the first Test at Lord's to 179 runs.Pakistan ended their innings at 363 for the loss of nine......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office dismissed on Friday US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s allegation about American diplomats being “treated badly” in Pakistan and noted that no specific complaints had......
Cyclone Mekunu was downgraded to a tropical storm on Saturday, a day after lashing the southern coast of Oman and killing at least two people, authorities said.The storm had intensified to a category......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf has said had he been the president now, he would have released Dr Shakil Afridi in a “give and take” deal.In an interview to......
LIFE for the European Union is turning into a bit of a roller-coaster ride. Sometimes it seems the skies over Europe are clearing. The mood gets upbeat, there’s a sense of new beginnings and heady......
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and opposition leader Maulana Lutfur Rehman have reached an agreement to install Manzoor Afridi as the caretaker CM of the province, DawnNewsTV......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad has lost vegetation, greenbelts, seen water shortage, increase in environment unfriendly housing units, traffic mess and air pollution during the last three decades.This was......
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Sindh High Court’s Hyderabad circuit issued notices to respondent Rangers and police officers for June 6 on a petition regarding alleged detention of a lawyer who......
LONDON: Pakistan will give up wearing ‘smart watches’ after being told to ditch them by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as an anti-corruption measure during the opening day’s play of the......
KIEV: For once in a Champions League final, Cristiano Ronaldo will yield some of the spotlight to another player sweeping up adulation and personal acclaim.While five-time world player of the year......
WHEN A.B. de Villiers announced his retirement with immediate effect from all forms of international cricket on May 23 in a one-minute video clip, it sent shockwaves instantly across the cricketing......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Friday amended the Sindh Hindu Marriage Act 2016, awarding the right of separation to both husband and wife in addition to ensuring financial security of wife and......
TO grind the other side down in the ground, it is important to occupy the crease and take advantage of any opportunity that comes your way. In a longer format such as a Test match, it is even of......
Rome: Parents of Benito Mussolini, a 14-month old baby, have been summoned to appear in an Italian court over their son’s controversial name, according to a newspaper report.Young Benito has been......
PARIS: Two former French spies have been arrested after being accused of passing classified information to China, officials revealed on Friday, highlighting what experts see as Beijing’s push to......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday suspended the work permit issued by the federal authorities to a private firm engaged in the construction work of an underpass near the Quaid’s mausoleum for......
Karachi: A number of exporters are not following standardised packing for mango exports which started last week.The Ministry of Commerce, through an SRO in 2013, had clearly defined the weight of......
ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad sessions court on Friday charged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers by invoking the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).The court ruled that the supporters of the ousted prime......
PESHAWAR: Following the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Peshawar High Court will require the Rs13.869 billion infrastructure and 52 judicial officers to......
SARGODHA: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam had to cancel their scheduled address at a public rally in Bhera on Friday because of poor arrangements at the venue, PML-N......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday formally extended deadlines for commercial operations of two Thar-based power projects of 330 megawatts each to synchronise with $2 billion Lahore-Matiari......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court finally realised on Friday that its 2012 order that lawmakers disqualified for hiding their dual nationality return their salaries and other pecuniary benefits and......
KARACHI: Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division) has specified various limits of metal contents level (manganese and iron) in the prevalent specifications of 90/92/95/97 RON petrol (imported and......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shafqat Mahmood says rising awareness about corruption and corrupt has convinced masses to reject the PML-N and PPP which have been taking turns running......
LAHORE: Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique says all the allotments of the railways land to the residents of katchi abadis by the provincial governments in the past have merely been a......
ST. PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that the US exit from the Iranian nuclear deal could trigger dangerous instability and raise new threats for Israel if Tehran resumes......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, a day after his cancellation of a high-stakes summit with North Korea, said on Friday that the meeting with Kim Jong Un could still go ahead.“We’re going to see......
HOW do you organise a successful genocide — in Turkish Armenia a century ago, in Nazi-occupied Europe in the 1940s, or in the Middle East today? A remarkable investigation by a young Harvard scholar......
PESHAWAR: An extraordinary session of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly will be held on Sunday, the last working day of the current assembly, to pass the Constitution (Thirty-First Amendment) Bill —......
SALALAH: Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm’s power after earlier thrashing the......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased its policy rate by 50 basis points to 6.5 per cent on Friday saying that balance of risks to the sustainability of growth has shifted while current......
ISLAMABAD: The private sector must change its strategy and focus on value addition to boost exports, Minister for Commerce Pervaiz Malik said on Friday.Addressing the business community of the......
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday banned TV host and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf member Dr Amir Liaquat from appearing on any TV channel in Pakistan for thirty days after......
LONDON:: Pakistan strengthened its grip on the first test against England on Friday by reaching 350-8 to take a 166-run lead after the second day at Lord’s.Babar Azam was the top scorer with 68......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf has said had he been the president now, he would have released Dr Shakil Afridi in a “give and take” deal.In an interview to......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed finally met here on Friday to discuss the caretaker chief minister. However, the meeting......
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah has declared in categorical terms that there will be no further talks with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on the......
ISLAMABAD: In a rare move, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has approved a special parting gift, equivalent of three-month salaries, for employees of the federal government at public expense.The......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said his party is neither with the establishment nor has any confrontation with it and made it clear that PPP will not enter......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office dismissed on Friday US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s allegation about American diplomats being “treated badly” in Pakistan and noted that no specific complaints had......
Military’s spokesperson Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor announced on Friday that the General Headquarters (GHQ) has summoned former ISI chief retired Lt Gen Asad Durrani on May 28, where he "will be asked to......
