A journalists' rights group on Monday launched a campaign at the United Nations seeking a convention to protect media workers' rights worldwide.The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said......
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday levelled severe criticism at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for its "double standards" and questioned why the corruption watchdog has become......
Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide Pakistan $3 billion dollars for a year to address its balance-of-payments crisis, DawnNewsTV reported.The Kingdom has also agreed to provide Islamabad a one-year......
October 31, 2008 marked the birth of bitcoin. Ten years on, the world's first cryptocurrency is at the forefront of a complex financial system viewed warily by markets and investors.From its first......
IT is far from a clarion call, but it is significant enough to have repercussions.PPP supremo and former president Asif Zardari has suggested that the combined opposition in parliament ought to bring......
Police on Tuesday seized narcotics worth Rs8.5 million from three Nigerian nationals near the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) campus in Islamabad.The three men, who were arrested, are suspected of......
Cyber crimes, especially the harassment and blackmailing of women, have increased sharply in Pakistan in the last three years, DawnNewsTV reported citing figures released by the Federal Investigation......
Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has challenged government ministers to have a live debate with him on television over the issue of alleged corruption in LNG deals and power projects set up......
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman on Tuesday admitted that awarding a party ticket to his brother in the PK-71 by-polls was a "wrong decision" on his part.During the October 21 by-polls, the......
Over 1,300 government-run primary, middle and high schools have been found closed in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan, it emerged on Tuesday.The schools have been non-functional for the last few......
KARACHI: Nazo Peerzada barely gets a minute to herself all week; when she isn’t preoccupied with taking girls from her neighbourhood to school or cleaning up her lane, she’s occupied with talking to......
The Prime Minister's Special Assistant for Political Affairs, Naeemul Haq, on Tuesday announced that the government has agreed to all demands put forth by employees of the Utility Stores Corporation......
Sana Mir has become the first Pakistani women's cricketer to top ICC's ODI Bowling Rankings, it emerged on Tuesday.Sana has been in scintillating form with the ball in the ongoing 2017–20 ICC Women's......
Saudi Arabia has always enjoyed a cordial relationship with the West. Despite being run by a conservative autocratic monarchy that has little regard for human rights, the kingdom has never really had......
The latest window for worship at a flashpoint Indian shrine has closed without a single female devotee of menstruating age being admitted, despite a court order overturning a ban on their presence in......
Apple offers you a simple trade-off with its new iPhone XR, the middlebrow cousin to the top-of-the-line iPhone XS.On one hand, the XR lacks the high-resolution screen and dual-lens camera found on......
A prominent lawyer and newspaper publisher who is tied to Bangladesh's political opposition was denied bail on Tuesday after his arrest on defamation charges, heightening concerns about a crackdown......
The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Tuesday criticised France's so-called burqa ban, saying the law "violated" the rights of two women who were fined for wearing full-face veils in......
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday granted 10-days protective bail to retired captain Mohammad Safdar, the son-in-law of ousted premier Nawaz Sharif, who is facing inquiries initiated by the......
One of the chief accused in the ongoing 'fake' accounts case, Aslam Masood, was arrested by Interpol on Tuesday as he was boarding a flight from London to Jeddah, DawnNewsTV reported quoting security......
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is addressing a press conference on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Erdogan said that camera footage shows Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate......
Security forces of the rival Palestinian governments routinely use torture and arbitrary arrests, among other tactics, to quash dissent by peaceful activists and political rivals, Human Rights Watch......
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Karachi indicted several MQM leaders in 21 cases on Tuesday on charges of facilitating the dissemination of hateful speeches made by party founder Altaf Hussain,......
Asian markets plunged on Tuesday as geopolitical risks pile up, from US tensions with Russia and Saudi Arabia, to trade issues and Italy's budget stand-off with the European Union.Hong Kong lost more......
Six people were burnt to death and two policemen sustained injuries in a collision between a petrol-laden wagon and a truck in Machh town of Bolan District on Tuesday, DawnNewsTV reported.The wagon......
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday constituted a bench to hear the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) plea challenging the Sept 19, 2018 Islamabad High Court (IHC) order of suspending the jail......
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday spoke up at PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari for calling upon opposition parties to "unite and present a motion against the government's failure".In a......
A screenshot from a TV news report aired last year on DawnNewsTV is being circulated on social media with the suggestion that the incumbent government has announced a new crackdown on social media......
Prime Minister Imran Khan is delivering his speech at the Future Investment Initiative Conference (FIIC) in Riyadh.The prime minister discussed some of the biggest challenges facing his government......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended Axact's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shoaib Sheikh's 20-year jail term and granted him bail against surety bonds worth Rs500,000.In July, an......
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday rejected an application seeking post-arrest bail for former senator Faisal Raza Abidi in a case related to defamation of Chief Justice of Pakistan......
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected on Tuesday to reveal what he has said is the “naked truth” about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul — a killing Ankara......
THATTA: A fact-finding committee has submitted its report and recommendations regarding payment of several billion rupees to what appeared to be ‘ghost’ employees in the police department.It......
SUKKUR: Inaugurating distribution of forms in Sindh for ‘Naya Pakistan Housing Programme’ here on Monday, Governor Imran Ismail said the PTI government had fulfilled its commitment to give five......
KARACHI: A local court on Monday granted post-arrest bail to a detained traffic police official booked in a case of extorting money from a rickshaw driver, who died after committing self-immolation......
KARACHI: Nurses from various hospitals in the city and elsewhere in Sindh on Monday stopped working in medical facilities across the province, paralysing work in many health facilities and causing......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that Sindh is the land of opportunities and the provincial government has created one-window facility for investors at Public Private......
KARACHI: Stunned by his recent axing from the national team, Pakistan’s once-trusted strike weapon Mohammad Amir hit back at his critics in an emphatic manner by taking a five-for as Sui Southern Gas......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s top cricket stadium, which has hosted some of the game’s greats, may have to be abandoned after a property developer decided to turf out the sport’s local governing body, an......
AUSTIN (Texas): Kimi Raikkonen’s second stint with Ferrari has been long on frustration and short on victories.That finally changed on Sunday at the US Grand Prix where the Finnish driver earned his......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board, England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia as well as the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) have termed the claims in a......
ABU DHABI: Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell is eagerly looking forward to taking on Pakistan in the three-match Twenty20 series starting in the UAE tomorrow.“We are looking forward to the challenge.......
BERLIN: Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Old Trafford once again when Juventus travel to Manchester United in the Champions League on Tuesday while his other ex-club Real Madrid are struggling badly with......
COLOMBO: India has offered to assist Sri Lanka with its inquiry into match-fixing in cricket and drafting laws to combat cheating in the game, a Sri Lankan cabinet minister said on Monday.Sri Lanka’s......
QUETTA: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Senator Sirajul Haq has opposed the reversal of 18th Amendment, saying such a move will not be in the interest of federation because the federating units have......
TAPACHULA: President Donald Trump said on Monday the US will start cutting aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador as a caravan of thousands of mostly Honduran migrants rolled on regardless......
CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a national on apology to thousands of victims of institutional sex abuse on Monday, admitting the state utterly failed to stop “evil, dark......
YAOUND: One of Africa’s oldest leaders Paul Biya, who has ruled Cameroon with an iron fist since 1982, won a landslide victory on Monday in a controversial presidential election, as the government......
ISLAMABAD: While the prime minister proceeds to Saudi Arabia to attend an investment conference, the new government faces its first major protest in the form of a sit-in at the entrance of Red Zone......
ISLAMABAD: The woman, who abused police at the entry point of highly-guarded Diplomatic Enclave, was admitted to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) on Monday.Polyclinic spokesperson Dr......
ISLAMABAD: Members of parliament from 26 Asian countries will be gathering in Gwadar, Balochistan, next week for a three-day meeting of the Committee on Political Affairs of the Asian Parliamentary......
QUETTA: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the government has planned to link Gwadar port with Quetta through railway to cater to future economic activities of the port city.Talking......
ISTANBUL: Turkish police on Monday found an abandoned car belonging to the Saudi consulate at an underground car park in Istanbul, three weeks after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the......
PARIS: Leading Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, charged with raping two women in France, claimed on Monday that he had consensual sex with both of them after previously denying any physical......
THERE appears to be no let up in the pressure on the press (which has transformed into the media industry in the times that be). While new channels continue to be launched, the ethics of the industry......
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Monday that Washington’s withdrawal from a key Cold War-era nuclear treaty would make the world more dangerous, as Donald Trump’s national security advisor met senior......
SEOUL: North and South Korea and the UN Command agreed on Monday to withdraw firearms and guard posts in the demilitarised zone village of Panmunjom this week, Seoul’s defence ministry said, the......
LAHORE: A senior lawyer has approached the Lahore High Court challenging the arrest of opposition leader in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in......
LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday sent former vice chancellor of Punjab University Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran and five other professors to jail on judicial remand in a case of illegal......
WASHINGTON: The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has sent a chill through exiled dissidents, with many revealing discreet government attempts to lure them to their embassies as an apparent......
NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition Congress party said on Monday it would not name its leader Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate of an alliance seeking to defeat Prime Minister Narendra......
LAHORE: The Joint Action Committee of journalists and media workers on Monday staged demonstrations at Charing Cross and simultaneously on the stairs of the Punjab Assembly building against lay-offs......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri was hospitalised on Monday for cyst issue, which he had developed on the chest, and was operated upon at a private hospital.According to party......
IT is far from a clarion call, but it is significant enough to have repercussions.PPP supremo and former president Asif Zardari has suggested that the combined opposition in parliament ought to bring......
BENGALURU: Gold fell on Monday, retreating from last week’s 2-1/2 month peak as rallying global stock markets pointed to improved investor appetite for risk.Spot gold was down 0.2 per cent at......
LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has strongly rejected the allegations of high treason levelled against him in a petition pending adjudication before the Lahore High Court and maintained......
ISLAMABAD: In a rare occurrence, two former prime ministers met each other in an accountability court here on Monday while appearing in different references filed against them by the National......
KARACHI: Downslide in cotton prices gained momentum on Monday following weaker demand for yarn from traditional buyers particularly China and Hong Kong.The correction in cotton prices, which crept in......
KARACHI: The 40 per cent hike in gas tariff has pushed up price of 10kg carton of laundry soap by Rs40-50 followed by Rs80-100 hike on 10kg carton of toilet soap.Senior Vice Chairman Pakistan Soap......
KARACHI: Around 40 top Pakistani exporters will be accompanying Prime Minister Imran Khan to Shanghai to attend the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) being held on November 5-10.During a......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the advocate general of Sindh to provide by Oct 26 complete information about major development projects undertaken during the past 10 years after the......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar expressed his displeasure with Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) top officials for delaying the introduction of a single-page return form for salaried and small......
KARACHI: The three-day winning streak snapped on Monday when the stock market turned choppy to finally settle with loss of 84.85 points (0.22 per cent) at 38,345.42.The market opened positive and......
LONDON: Major economies should launch coordinated regulation of cryptocurrencies, the head of Goldman Sachs-backed startup Circle said on Monday, underscoring growing industry support for......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has objected to the new crushing date announced by government, saying it was two weeks earlier than the traditional date of crushing and the......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday ordered a countrywide crackdown on electricity theft and line losses in a bid to create an acceptable environment for a proposed 20 per cent increase in power......
BRUSSELS: European Union negotiators are looking at ways to promise Britain a customs deal that could stretch Brussels’ Brexit red lines but might break a deadlock over the Irish border, EU sources......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday challenged the Sept 19, 2018 Islamabad High Court (IHC) order of suspending the jail term awarded by a trial court in the Avenfield......
ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) is planning to hold another multiparty conference with representation of all opposition parties in parliament to discuss the prevailing political situation......
KARACHI: The current account deficit for 1QFY19 slightly declined by 2.5 per cent or $96 million, reflecting the impact of 13pc higher remittances during the same period.The State Bank of Pakistan......
XUZHOU: Worried over the ‘anti-CPEC’ campaign in Pakistan, China says the all-important international connectivity project is not to be blamed for the ongoing economic crisis in Islamabad.“Loan......
ISLAMABAD: Amid dilly-dallying by India to facilitate a promised visit of Pakistani officials to the sites of its two hydropower projects — 1,000MW Pakal Dul and 48MW Lower Kalnal — Pakistan on......
BHIM Rao Ambedkar had the antidote to quell with reason and firm argument the Sabarimala flare-up, which neither the left government in Kerala nor the centrist opposition Congress has the imagination......
THE de-notification of Lehri’s district status and inclusion of Rakhshan as a new administrative division in Balochistan, along with the notification of Kolai Pallas Kohistan as another district in......
