Turkish police on Saturday arrested at least 20 people, including an AFP photographer, as they broke up a protest against work-related deaths and poor conditions at the construction site of......
Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari on Saturday expressed concern over the "oppression faced by innocent civilians due to atrocities committed by Indian forces in occupied Kashmir"."Violence......
Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf believes in transfer of powers to grass-root level, “which is only possible by strengthening the local government system,......
Police on Saturday were hunting for three men who allegedly drugged, kidnapped and raped a teenage girl while she was on her way to a test-preparation course in northern India, the latest incident of......
The Supreme Court on Saturday gave former railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique a month to submit his response in a suo motu case pertaining to the losses racked up by Pakistan Railways allegedly......
A special court on custom, excise and taxation on Saturday issued bailable arrest warrants against model Ayyan Ali — who is facing trial in a currency smuggling case — due to her absence from court......
The Karachi chapter of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated an inquiry against the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) Karachi over corruption charges and ordered the......
Karachi police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a serving policeman allegedly involved in house robberies in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) of the metropolis.Officers from the city's Sahil......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nasir on Saturday ordered the immediate arrest of the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Junaid Arshad.DIG Arshad's former wife had filed......
Extreme weather conditions in the United States and Philippines have resulted in multiple deaths in the two countries as authorities brace for catastrophe.Multiple deaths were reported in North and......
The polio virus may be rearing its head again in Rawalpindi's Nala Lai area, the provincial Health Department said on Saturday.Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Health Dr Khalid Mehmood told DawnNews......
England all-rounder Moeen Ali has said he was called “Osama” by an Australia player during the 2015 Ashes series.Ali's allegation was made in his autobiography, an extract of which was published in......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday knocked on the Supreme Court's door in an effort to keep the Islamabad High Court (IHC) from ruling on an application from the Nawaz family......
Government forces killed five rebels during a gunbattle in India-held Kashmir on Saturday, triggering violent anti-India protests in the disputed Himalayan region.Indian troops laid a siege around a......
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi reached Kabul to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other senior officials during his maiden trip to any country after assuming his new responsibilities,......
The Supreme Court on Saturday ordered the chief executive officers of all major mineral water companies to appear before it on Sunday in a case regarding the alleged exploitation of water resources......
LONDON: Britain and the European Union are “closing in” on a withdrawal agreement, Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Friday, ahead of a meeting by European leaders in Salzburg next week.Britain is......
NEW DELHI: Former UN climate panel chief Rajendra Pachauri will stand trial in a sexual assault and harassment case three years after an employee accused him of inappropriate conduct, a lawyer said......
KAESONG: North and South Korea opened a joint liaison office in the Northern city of Kaesong on Friday as they knit closer ties ahead of President Moon Jae-in’s visit to Pyongyang next week.“A new......
QUETTA: The coalition government and the opposition in Balochistan have decided to take up long-standing issues with Islamabad which include delay in announcement of the 8th National Finance......
LAHORE: The second unit of Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project resumed its operation on Friday after engineers removed the fault with its draft tube gates.Last week, the first unit of the......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Friday admitted for hearing a writ petition filed by a member of the Pakhtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) requesting for quashing of a case registered against......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has extended the date from Sept 15 to Sept 17 for overseas Pakistanis to register and be able to vote in upcoming by-elections.According to an......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has opposed the government’s decision of converting the Prime Minister House into an educational institute, and governor houses into museums and hotels.“This......
GILGIT: Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan resigned from his post on Friday.Mr Khan, who belongs to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), tendered his resignation to President......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday approached the Supreme Court to seek a directive for establishment of a high-powered medical board to determine the veracity of claims that......
KABUL: The Afghan conflict could overtake Syria as the deadliest conflict in the world this year, analysts say, as violence surges 17 years after the US-led invasion.The grim assessment contrasts......
LONDON: Liverpool will not have happy memories of their last visit to Wembley Stadium and will head south with a point to prove against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.Eleven months ago Juergen Klopp’s......
ISLAMABAD: Egypt’s Youssef Soliman after registering an upset victory against top seed Leo Au of Hong Kong clinched the winning trophy of the Serena Chief of Air Staff International Squash......
LAHORE: Secretary General Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Shahbaz Ahmad on Friday threatened legal action against those elements who are ‘jealous of progress made in the national game and are......
JOHANNESBURG: Fast bowler Dale Steyn was on Friday named in a 16-man South African squad for three One-day Internationals against Zimbabwe, starting on Sept 30.Steyn, 35, has been plagued by injuries......
KARACHI: In moments of crisis, Pakistan and India have become more dependent rather than less dependent, on the outside world, said Dr Moeed Yusuf on Friday.The associate vice president of the Asia......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan is arriving in Karachi on a one day visit on Sunday.This will be his first visit after becoming Prime Minister of Pakistan.The prime minister would visit the......
KARACHI: The Sindh government is giving top priority to the completion of water supply and public transport schemes in the metropolis, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah told a meeting presided over......
KARACHI: Eighteen prosecution witnesses recorded their testimonies before an antiterrorism court on Friday in the Baldia factory fire case.The ATC-VI judge, who is conducting the trial in the......
KARACHI: Mari Petroleum Company Ltd (MPCL) has made the first-ever oil discovery in Chiltan and Moro/Mughal Kot Formations in Balochistan.The company informed the PSX on Friday that the Ziarat Joint......
MOSCOW: The Russian central bank raised rates for the first time since late 2014 on Friday and promised not to buy foreign currency on the market until the end of this year end as it acknowledged......
LAHORE: Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal of the Lahore High Court on Friday recused himself from a petition challenging appointment of Prof Dr Faisal Masood as director general of the Punjab Human......
SAHIWAL: A public school headmistress tortured a Class II student for allegedly using her toilet in an emergency.The incident happened at the Government Girls Middle School in village 2/10-L near......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has informed the Supreme Court that all charges of wrongdoing in the land lease for construction of Grand Hyatt Hotel have been dropped after a......
RAWALPINDI: Citing intelligence that objectionable speeches/sermons may lead to law and order situation during Muharram, the local administration has banned the entry of 23 ulema in the......
RAWALPINDI: Hundreds of passengers have been facing inconveniences and delays at the new Islamabad International Airport for the second day on Friday due to technical difficulties in the operation of......
PESHAWAR: Some private elite schools of the provincial capital have jacked up monthly fee in violation of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Regulatory Authority Act, 2017, insist parents of the students.They......
LONDON: The US will find it difficult to cut Iran’s oil exports completely as the oil market is already tight and rival producers cannot make up the shortfall, a top Iranian official said on......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Textile, Commerce, Industry and Production and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood has underlined the need for enhancement of exports to China and to the global......
KARACHI: The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) on Friday raised before the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) their issues related to the IRIS-ADX application for filing tax returns.At a seminar......
KARACHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 40 per cent in the first two months of current fiscal year increasing the list of problems faced by the newly elected government which is looking to......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law and Justice has finalised the draft of much-awaited legislation meant to obtain evidence from foreign jurisdictions about financial crimes and mega corruption cases......
ISLAMABAD: Turkey has assured Pakistan of complete support in its quest for a peaceful solution to the long-standing issue of Jammu and Kashmir.“In the group, which has been formed over Kashmir in......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s largest listed conglomerate Engro Corporation is planning to shape its future growth by targeting country’s vast population and expanding middle class as it strategises to spend......
LAHORE: While Prime Minister Imran Khan asked bureaucrats on Friday to take bold decisions without political pressure, the Punjab government issued show-cause notices to two deputy commissioners for......
ISLAMABAD: As many as 171,237 posts in the federal government and its autonomous organisations are currently vacant, almost 18 per cent of the total sanctioned strength of the departments and......
LONDON: A British parliamentary team has rejected a lobby petition demanding a parliamentary debate on the issue of deportation of former Pakistani finance minister Ishaq Dar, describing its contents......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is set to visit Kabul on Saturday (today) to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other senior officials during his maiden trip to any country after......
