Seven men were convicted on Monday of sexually abusing vulnerable teenagers in a prosecution sparked by revelations of sexual exploitation stretching back years in a northern England town.A 2014......
The Sindh government on Monday reinstated the Landhi Jail superintendent who was suspended on the instructions of Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, after the top judge found during a surprise visit to the......
Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi on Monday said the government was taking measures to facilitate and encourage overseas Pakistanis to invest in the country, Radio Pakistan......
The opposition in the National Assembly on Monday staged a walkout in protest against the alleged "deliberate" delay on the part of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in producing Shahbaz......
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday banned the entry of male VIPs into girls schools and directed the schools’ managements to invite only female lawmakers and other role models as chief......
AFTER countless autumns the Pakistan stock market has managed to act as the proverbial ‘barometer of the country’s economy’.Emerging from the depths of despair, the market is now clawing its way up,......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday announced its new office-bearers as part of its rebuilding of the party structure.After party chairperson and Prime Minister Imran Khan signed off on the......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) saw last week's heady optimism spill over into the new week, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index surging 897 points (2.21 per cent) to close above the 41,000 barrier at......
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has pledged to meet half of the $12 billion financing gap that Pakistan faces for the current fiscal year. Coming again to Islamabad’s rescue — third in two decades —......
Israeli minister Miri Regev on Monday shared a video on Facebook of her touring a famed mosque in the United Arab Emirates, in an unprecedented visit by a cabinet member.The culture and sport......
Parliament speaker Karu Jayasuriya warned Monday that Sri Lanka's political crisis could turn into a "bloodbath" as the ousted prime minister said the country faced a dangerous power......
Major General Saleh Mohammad Saleh Megren Al-Ameri — the commander of UAE Land Forces — on Monday called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, according to Director General of......
Angry local communities have warned India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stay away from the inauguration on Wednesday of the world's biggest statue, a 182 metre (600 feet) high tribute to an......
HAD the twists and turns in the gruesome murder of Jamal Khashoggi been part of a movie script, we would have dismissed it for being too unbelievable. But if what followed was — as President Trump......
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking review of the top court's judgement regarding reopening of the Hudaibya Paper Mills (HPM)......
A scathing review has blamed Australian cricket's ball-tampering scandal on an “arrogant” and “controlling” culture overseen by the game's national governing body that led to players cheating in......
Fresh from winning the man-of-the-series award in the 3-0 clean sweep of Australia, frontline Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has also become the top-ranked T20I batsman in the world for the third......
Saudi Arabia's chief prosecutor has arrived in Istanbul as part of an investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency reported on......
China sent its first ever satellite built in partnership with another country into space on Monday, a device tasked with helping scientists better predict dangerous cyclones and climate change by......
Bangladesh's imprisoned opposition leader Khaleda Zia was handed another seven years in prison on Monday on corruption charges her supporters say are politically motivated to prevent her running in a......
At least four people were injured in an improvised explosive device blast targeting tehsildar car in the Bajaur Agency's Charmang area on Monday.Tehsildar Haseeb Khan and three Levies personnel were......
Top-ranked Pakistan have retained the same 15-member squad that swept Australia 3-0 for the upcoming three-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand.The series begins in Abu Dhabi, United Arab......
Singer and television anchor Fakhre Alam was detained at the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport in Russia after he landed in the country with an expired visa, it emerged on Monday.Alam, who earlier this month......
Two Rescue 1122 workers have been suspended over their alleged involvement in the suspected sexual assault of a Sikh teenage girl at Nankana Sahib on October 27, a district emergency officer said on......
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has pledged to meet half of the $12 billion financing gap that Pakistan faces for the current fiscal year. Coming again to Islamabad’s rescue — third in two decades —......
Former PCB chairman Najam Sethi on Monday sent a legal notice to his successor and incumbent board chief Ehsan Mani for allegedly defaming him.The legal notice sent to Mani claims that the recently......
The Australian cricket team was once held in such high esteem that former prime minister John Howard joked he held only the second most important leadership role in the land, after the national Test......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday took notice of the transfer of the Islamabad police chief after 'fake news' began circulating that he had been removed from his post for not......
Former army captain Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil on Sunday, promising a fundamental change in direction for the giant Latin American country, the latest to take a turn to the......
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday ordered a committee looking into regularisation of all Banigala properties in Islamabad to submit the outcome of its meeting by tonight.Informing......
A suicide attacker on foot blew himself up near a vehicle as it entered the head office of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday, wounding at least six people, officials......
An accountability court on Monday reserved its verdict on the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) request for a 15-day physical remand of PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif in the Ashiyana Housing......
SYDNEY: Two reviews into the state of Australian cricket sparked by the ball-tampering scandal are ‘confronting’, Cricket Australia (CA) board member Mark Taylor warned on Sunday ahead of their......
PHILLIP ISLAND: Spain’s Maverick Vinales made the most of an early retirement for world champion Marc Marquez to bring an end to Yamaha’s longest MotoGP winless streak with a victory in the......
KARACHI: Most of the oil spill affecting the beach in Mubarak village has been cleared in an ongoing operation being participated by a number of stakeholders, the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency......
LARKANA: Sindh Minister for Local Bodies Saeed Ghani has said that National Accountability Bureau’s actions are creating difficulties for Sindh government to execute day to day affairs and accused......
SYDNEY: David Warner walked off mid-innings in a Sydney grade game after ‘hurtful’ comments from the brother of ex-Test team-mate Phillip Hughes, who died in 2014 after being hit by a ball, his wife......
COLOMBO: England opening batsman Jason Roy led a charmed life to smash 69 off 36 balls before leg-spin duo Joe Denly and Adil Rashid shared seven wickets to lead the tourists to a 30-run win over Sri......
MUSCAT: Traditional rivals Pakistan and India on Saturday night reached the Asian Champions Trophy final following their hard fought wins in the semi-finals against Malaysia and Japan,......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has imposed a province-wide ban on pillion riding on account of chehlum of Imam Hussain on Tuesday.It also asked the federal government to suspend cellular and internet......
Leicester City's Thai billionaire boss was among five people killed when his helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the Premier League side's stadium car park moments after taking off from the......
LONDON: Arsenal’s 11-game winning run ended in a 2-2 Premier League draw at Crystal Palace on Sunday as two penalties by Luka Milivojevic earned the hosts a battling point.Palace captain Milivojevic,......
ROME: Italy’s far-right League party intervened on Sunday to block efforts by a Muslim association to turn a former hospital chapel into a mosque.The Muslim group last week made the highest offer for......
GAZA CITY: Three Palestinians were killed on Sunday in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, the health ministry in the enclave said.Ministry spokesman Ashraf al Qudra said emergency crews were......
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party President Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that reports about landing of Israeli plane in Islamabad is a serious matter and asked the government to clarify its position in......
KHAR: Rejecting the proposed policing system in the tribal districts, the anti-Fata reforms elders in Bajaur have called upon the government to review the plan to deploy police in the region.They......
TEHRAN: Iran sold oil to private buyers through its energy exchange for the first time on Sunday, as part of its efforts to counter the imminent return of US sanctions.Only 280,000 barrels were sold......
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has vowed to end clerical sexual abuse, but bishops from Asia and Africa have shown a mixed response to a scandal some have termed a “Western problem”.Church leaders from......
MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi says any decision to arrest former president Asif Ali Zardari will be taken by the institutions.Talking to media here on Sunday, he said all the state......
ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Oil Tanker Owners Association (APOTOA) on Sunday warned the government and the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) that they will hold a protest in the capital against......
PESHAWAR: Describing Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government as the product of rigging, Qaumi Watan Party chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Sunday asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to stop pushing......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has banned entry of male VIPs into the girls’ schools and directed the schools’ management to invite only female members of the assembly and the role......
DOHA: Long-awaited reform of Qatar’s controversial exit visa system, which requires foreign workers to obtain their bosses’ permission to leave the country, came into force on Sunday, the government......
ISTANBUL: The Turkish army shelled on Sunday positions held by the US-backed Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria, east of the Euphrates River, in a new spike in tension along the borders.Ankara......
RAWALPINDI: Army authorities have sought the case record of a young maid who was allegedly tortured by her employers – a woman serving with the army and her husband, a private doctor.The victim is......
JERUSALEM: Israel’s national anthem was played at a judo tournament in Abu Dhabi on Sunday after one of its athletes won gold in what was thought to be a first in the Gulf emirate.The playing of the......
JAMAL Khashoggi’s monstrous murder has sparked a global debate about Saudi Arabia, with particular focus on how its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, deals with dissent.While there is......
WASHINGTON: In the hours before his arrest, as federal authorities zeroed in and secretly accumulated evidence, Cesar Sayoc was in his element: spinning classic and Top 40 hits in a nightclub where......
IT is the oldest trick in the book of politics, and because of the clumsiness of the government and the wiliness of the opposition, it could yet work.Ahead of what is expected to be a stormy session......
Fertiliser prices started rising following a recent gas price hike, pushing up the cost of inputs for farmers of major and minor crops.According to newspaper reports, fertiliser companies have raised......
THE area under banana cultivation is increasing. Fed up with the sugar cane’s pricing and payment-related issues, growers have started switching over to banana cultivation. It ensures better and......
“Trade, not aid” is a cliché that has frequently been used in Pakistan. Assuming that the entire world was open for our exports without any barriers, how much more could we export? Does anyone know......
THE capacity of the national economy to cater to increasing domestic demand remains constrained by the low pace of both private and public sector savings, investment and capital formation. Meanwhile,......
PRIME Minister Imran Khan is seemingly unhappy that his government will have to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). His discomfort resonates in a never-ending string of......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to preside over a high-powered promotion board meeting on Monday (today) to consider elevation of senior bureaucrats to the top-most grade amid......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has said the international peace and economic development conference beginning in Gwadar on Monday (today) would help bring foreign investment......
STARVED of positive economic signals, investors in the capital and currency markets pounced on the news of the $6 billion Saudi package and entered the trading rings with renewed vigour. The capital......
LAHORE: Detailed design for laying the country’s first 765kV high-voltage transmission line is expected to be completed by the end of December, paving the way for a bidding process ahead of launching......
COLOMBO: A constitutional crisis gripping Sri Lanka since the president’s shock dismissal of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe erupted into violence on Sunday, with a man shot dead and two others......
On October 19, foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) plunged to $7.825 billion, not enough to cover even seven weeks’ imports bill. This happened before Prime Minister......
An Indonesian Lion Air passenger plane went missing on Monday shortly after taking off from the capital Jakarta, an aviation authority official said, adding that a search and rescue operation is......
ISLAMABAD: Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani said on Sunday that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) would never compromise on the 18th Amendment in Constitution and hoped that all......
WASHINGTON: Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was released on a personal request of US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, diplomatic sources told Dawn.The diplomatic sources in Washington said......
ISLAMABAD: The ongoing tussle between the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the opposition parties over the issue of the chairmanship of all-powerful Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has......
QUETTA: National Party (NP) president Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo has claimed that the country is now in the grip of a “silent martial law” that is stricter than the three previous martial laws.Speaking......
ISLAMABAD: The power division has complained to the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the federal cabinet that the Balochistan government is not cooperating in finalisation of Rs86 billion......
ISLAMABAD: The power division has complained to the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the federal cabinet that the Balochistan government is not cooperating in finalisation of Rs86 billion......
HAD the twists and turns in the gruesome murder of Jamal Khashoggi been part of a movie script, we would have dismissed it for being too unbelievable. But if what followed was — as President Trump......
