The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) probing the alleged money laundering case worth Rs35 billion against 13 firms including Zardari Group and Omni firm has approached State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)......
A sessions court on Monday sentenced four persons to life in prison after finding them guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Badin in 2017.Additional Sessions Judge Badin Abdul......
The Supreme Court has directed the interior ministry to place the names of former president Asif Ali Zardari and PPP leader Faryal Talpur on the Exit Control List (ECL), DawnNewsTV reported on Monday......
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced visit to Kabul on Monday for talks with Afghan leaders, an Afghan official said, amid renewed optimism for peace in the war-weary country.The......
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigned on Monday in a major blow for Prime Minister Theresa May, hours after her Brexit minister stepped down over her plans for leaving the European......
The armed forces of Pakistan have decided to contribute funds for the construction of Diamer-Basha and Mohmand Dam, the military’s spokesperson said on Monday.“The officers of army, navy and air......
Pakistan stocks took a tumble on the first trading session of the week, with political upheaval and a looming crackdown on some banking industry players sending jitters through the market.The......
Two Reuters reporters accused of breaking Myanmar's draconian secrecy law during their reporting of a Rohingya massacre must face trial, a judge said Monday, in a ruling swiftly decried as a "black......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday disqualified a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate who used the pictures of the chief justice of Pakistan and the army chief in his campaign......
Desperate relatives braced for bad news on Monday as rescuers dug through landslides in the wake of severe floods that have killed more than 100 people and left swathes of central and western Japan......
China on Monday launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.The launch of the ‘Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite......
India's Supreme Court on Monday upheld death sentences for three men over the infamous gang rape and murder of a woman in New Delhi in 2012 that sparked national protests and soul-searching.The......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Monday unveiled his party's much-awaited manifesto for general elections 2018, announcing that he would turn Pakistan into a welfare state if voted......
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday sentenced a teenage boy to life in prison for sexually assaulting and murdering a four-year-old girl in Mardan, DawnNewsTV reported.Fifteen-year-old convict......
When Cricket Australia (CA) handed out bans to their star players — Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, the idea was to cut out the toxic culture of cheating and general arrogance in the......
Fakhar Zaman, who cemented his reputation as a clutch former on Sunday, has deservedly soared to number two in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) T20I player rankings for batsmen.The Man from......
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to be sworn in for his second term as head of the state on Monday, taking on greater powers than any Turkish leader for decades under a new system condemned......
An accountability court on Monday adjourned the hearing of the Al Azizia corruption reference against former premier Nawaz Sharif and his sons until July 12.Accountability judge Mohammad Bashir......
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law, retired captain Mohammad Safdar, who was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) yesterday, was shifted to Adiala Jail amid tight......
DHAKA: A top UN rights expert said Rohingya were still being persecuted inside Myanmar but warned there is little chance perpetrators will end up in the dock because they are protected by powerful......
NORIHISA Tomiyasu opened his first mortuary in 1997 aiming to clean up a profession he says deserved its bad reputation for exploiting people’s grief and overcharging them at some of the most fraught......
DEH BALA: US and Afghan Special Forces are completing an operation to clear fighters of the militant Islamic State group from a remote district in Nangarhar, the eastern province where they have......
ST PETERSBURG: The irony of Thierry Henry, one of Frances all-time soccer greats, plotting his own country’s downfall at the World Cup in Russia has not been lost on his former team mate Didier......
TEHRAN: Iran protested on Sunday against the Netherlands’ expulsion of two of its diplomats and threatened to retaliate for the “unfriendly and destructive move”.A spokesman for the Dutch......
SOCHI: Going past the Croatian dressing room, on the way to the mixed zone here at the Fischt Stadium on Saturday night, one could hear them celebrating inside. A few Russian journalists gathered......
RUSSIA entered the World Cup as one of the lowest-ranked teams taking part, with little hope and even fewer expectations. Football’s showpiece tournament was the biggest sporting event the country......
BRISTOL: Rohit Sharma backed up the heroics of pace bowler Hardik Pandya by hitting 100 not out as India clinched the T20 international series at Bristol.Sharma became only the second Indian to pass......
KARACHI: Exhibiting brilliant skills, qualifier Danish Atlas Khan pulled off first major upset when he sent third seed Ahsan Ayaz packing straight to cruise into the quarter-finals as main round of......
ANKARA: Turkish authorities ordered the dismissal of more than 18,500 state employees including police officers, soldiers and academics, in a decree published on Sunday.The Official Gazette said......
TOKYO: The peace process between the United States and North Korea was in crisis on Sunday after Pyongyang angrily rejected Washington’s “gangster-like” demand for rapid nuclear disarmament, despite......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party’s city president Saeed Ghani on Sunday said certain forces were creating the conditions aiming at “restraining us from smoothly running our election campaign”.“(Our)......
SIALKOT: PML-N’s bigwig Khwaja Muhammad Asif says the PML-N will fight the legal battle in higher courts against the NAB court’s verdict.Talking to the newsmen here on Sunday, he said the PML-N ......
KOHAT: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday said that aim of his life was to complete the incomplete mission of his late mother, Benazir Bhutto, who wanted to help the......
MULTAN: The Punjab Health Department has suspended Nishtar Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Abdul Rehman Qureshi and Additional Medical Superintendent (Admin) Dr Rafqiue Akhtar for misconduct.“On......
KHAR: The activists of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s youth wing, Bajaur chapter, on Sunday announced support for former lawmaker Shahabuddin Khan and his son in the upcoming general elections.Addressing......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department is likely to approve a new medicine to provide effective treatment to the patients suffering from chronic hepatitis C.The tablet ‘Velpatasvir’ has......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and Pak Sarzameen Party traded allegations against each other on Sunday and questioned the role of the Election Commission of Pakistan in ensuring free,......
LAHORE: A man died due to what police said a drug overdose while his brother-in-law committed suicide after a function they participated in at Raiwind on Saturday night.Police said Bilal Saeed, 36, a......
LAHORE: Rejecting the reports of differences among the Sharifs, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb says the family has always remained united and will remain so in the future.Speaking in a press......
PESHAWAR: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dera Ismail Khan, has been functioning in a small rented building which undermines its performance and puts at stake secrecy of the......
LAHORE: The PPP regrets that party manifestos are being ignored in the “politics of electables” currently in vogue in the country.“Today, the politics of electables is at its peak in the country......
SAHIWAL: Pakpattan District Police Officer ?Rizwan Umar Gondal has advised Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan to inform police before making a visit to Baba Farid’s shrine.A letter sent to......
LAHORE: Federal law and information minister Ali Zafar has said the government will implement accountability court’s orders in letter and spirit and arrest ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Sunday ordered a thorough analysis of the petroleum products import mechanism in the country by examining that the prices at which they reached end-consumers were true......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to take action against police officers who stopped party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and his cavalcade......
QUETTA: Balochistan Assembly’s former speaker Aslam Bhootani has said that people of Gwadar must be the top beneficiaries of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.Speaking at an......
SRINAGAR: Police and Indian soldiers fanned out across much of India-held Kashmir to enforce a security lockdown on Sunday as leaders and activists opposing Indian rule called for a shutdown and......
WASHINGTON: The United Nations has appointed Javaid Rehman, a British-Pakistani legal scholar, as UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran.Mr Rehman succeeds Asma Jahangir who......
QUETTA: Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) president Jam Kamal Khan Alyani on Sunday said that if his party was voted to power in the province it would work for establishment of peace, launch development......
ISLAMABAD: For the first time, security personnel will have a role in the transmission of the results of the July 25 general elections from polling stations to the Election Commission of Pakistan......
IN quiet spot, a short way from the main commercial area of an Islamabad sector, there is a cluster of cars, plastered with election banners and pictures. The PTI’s colours dominate the walls of......
COME election time and political parties become vocal about their stance regarding the rights of religious minorities in the country. Despite the endless promises of safeguards and affirmative......
NAWABSHAH: More than 150 policemen deployed for security at various places in the district, including Zardari House and sugar mills, have been called back to police lines.Talking to Dawn, newly......
UMERKOT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi has advised Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to get rid of his corrupt father and his......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Sunday ordered placing of names on the Exit Control List (ECL) of presidents and chief executive officers of three banks allegedly involved in Rs35 billion suspicious......
ISLAMABAD: The electioneering for the July 25 elections has finally started to gain momentum as heads of some big parties spent a busy Sunday outside their hometowns addressing gatherings at......
Contrary to earlier reports of their arrival at Islamabad, PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said she and her father, ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, will land at Lahore airport on Friday......
The country's next government, to be chosen in the July 25 general elections, faces growing fears of a balance of payments crisis with speculation it will have to seek its second IMF bailout in five......
