The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) on Monday ruled out the possibility of any “immediate action” against the private educational institutions situated in Karachi's residential areas.Earlier......
Qatar Airways announced on Monday it is expanding operations in Iran, despite US sanctions on the Islamic republic and a Gulf diplomatic rift over accusations Doha was too close to Tehran.The carrier......
A teenage girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped in Karachi's Mehmoodabad area earlier this month, police said on Monday.The girl, who is around 16 years old, was kidnapped from near the army......
Britain's parliament has seized confidential Facebook documents from the developer of a now-defunct bikini photo searching app as it turns up the heat on the social media company over its data......
A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the......
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday formally notified the Federal Information Commission with an aim to expedite the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act across the......
The capital city police on Monday issued driving licence to a transgender person, Ali Layla, after administering all practical driving tests, DawnNewsTV reported. This is the first time a transgender......
Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with 'The Last Emperor' and whose erotic drama 'Last Tango in Paris' enthralled and shocked the world, died on Monday. He was 77.Bertolucci's......
There was a recurring sketch on the old BBC comedy, Goodness Gracious Me, which featured a father who would counter his children’s enthusiasm – whether for Jesus or Santa Claus – with “Indian!”.It......
A medical board constituted on the orders of a Lahore sessions court has confirmed that a 50-year-old prisoner who was previously scheduled to be executed suffers from chronic schizophrenia and......
At least 22 police officers were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan, a health official said on Monday, in another blow to Afghan forces already suffering record casualties.The attack......
A second additional sessions judge in Jacobabad on Monday sentenced two brothers to life imprisonment after they were found guilty of murdering one brother's wife in 2011.A case had been registered......
Five international charities on Monday urged the United States to halt all military support for a Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Shia rebels, saying this will save millions of lives.A joint......
Turkey's state-run news agency said police are searching a villa in the country's northwest as part of an investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Anadolu Agency said......
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Monday acknowledged that the provincial government needs to work with the Centre to successfully complete the K-IV water project following a meeting with......
The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British researcher who was sentenced last week to life in prison for spying in a case that shocked Britain.Matthew Hedges was among more than 700......
Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday said that the ministry is ready to compensate the affectees of the scheduled anti-encroachment drive along the Karachi Circular Railway,......
More than 700 people were injured in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that shook western Iran, state television reported in an updated toll on Monday.The quake struck Kermanshah province late on Sunday,......
Leg-spinner Yasir Shah took three wickets in an over to leave New Zealand rattled at 63-4 at lunch on the third day of the second Test in Dubai on Monday.The wily spinner had opener Tom Latham (22),......
India's Vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday laid the foundation stone for the construction of the four-km-long corridor connecting Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Gurdaspur district with Gurdwara......
Deputy Chief of Mission of the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan Lijian Zhao on Monday announced that a Chinese citizen had decided to donate one month's salary to the families of the policemen who were......
Firefighters are attempting to extinguish a blaze that has erupted on the eighth floor of Karachi's under-construction Bahria Icon Tower, DawnNewsTV reported on Monday.At least three fire engines......
Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Miranshah on Monday, marking the start of his maiden visit of newly merged tribal districts from North Waziristan.The premier is accompanied by Chief of Army......
All of the 145 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote New Zealand beach were found died on Monday.Separately, conservation workers are hoping to save some of the eight pygmy killer whales......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka sacked their selectors on Sunday as the national team headed toward a whitewash defeat in their Test series against England.The home side was reeling at 53-4 at the close of the......
PAKISTAN has an enviable record in men’s hockey World Cup, winning the crown four times since its inception at Barcelona in 1971, a feat no other hockey playing nation has achieved so far.The journey......
ZURICH: Swiss voters have clearly rejected a proposal to give the neutral country’s laws priority over international law, a move that critics claimed would have deeply damaged its global standing and......
WASHINGTON: Asylum seekers hoping to enter the US via its southern border will have to wait in Mexico while they are assessed, President Donald Trump announced on Saturday, appearing to confirm a......
TAIPEI: China on Sunday welcomed the defeat of Taiwan’s pro-independence ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) at local elections, saying it showed people wanted peaceful relations with......
COLOMBO: England set Sri Lanka a daunting victory target of 327 in the third and final Test and then reduced the hosts to 53 for four wickets to stay on course for a 3-0 series sweep on Sunday.The......
KIEV: Ukraine’s navy said on Sunday that Russia’s border guards had rammed one of its tugboats in the Black Sea off Moscow-annexed Crimea in “openly aggressive actions.” Ukraine said the incident......
BILATERAL ties between India and Pakistan always generate a lot of heat and controversy in both the countries, and leaders and their supporters strive to project themselves as ‘anti’ Pakistan or......
DUBAI: A career-best hundred from Haris Sohail and a maiden century from Babar Azam helped Pakistan post a big total to boost their chances of a series-levelling win against New Zealand in the second......
IN almost two days of muted display of batting, two of Pakistan batsmen scored a century each to allow a declaration to try and force a result in a series where the home side are trailing.I would......
SYDNEY: India captain Virat Kohli led from the front with a sparkling 61 not out to help secure a series-levelling six-wicket victory over Australia in the third and final Twenty20 International on......
AYODHYA: Tens of thousands of Hindu hardliners rallied on Sunday for a temple to be built at a site where an ancient mosque was razed in 1992, sparking deadly riots.Huge crowds of saffron-clad......
COLOMBO: President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday reignited the power struggle that has crippled Sri Lanka’s government for more than a month, vowing never to reappoint arch-rival Ranil......
WASHINGTON: A US federal judge on Sunday denied a motion by George Papadopoulos, a former aide for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, seeking to postpone his sentence pending a separate case......
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party on Sunday expressed its dissatisfaction over the 100-day performance of the government and said that it even did not change its ‘flawed’ foreign and economic policies to......
TAXILA: Gurdwara Punja Sahib echoed with religious slogans of Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh on Sunday morning as pilgrims from across the world poured into the third most sacred place......
RAWALPINDI: The number of child abuse cases (sexual offences against children under 10 years) reported to the police in Punjab till September this year stood at 1,109, worrying the police who have......
ISLAMABAD: Russian and Spanish climbers have their gear ready and are waiting to return to Pakistan to attempt what has been proven impossible so far.According to the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP),......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has sought a complete report about the memorandum of understanding signed with certain non-governmental organisations to provide training to police officers.The SHC also......
SIALKOT: District Police Officer (DPO) Abdul Ghaffar Qaisarani has suspended from service Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Tariq Mehmood of Qila Kalarwala police for allegedly dragging three women out......
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Despite a protest call by a religious group at Faizabad on Sunday, the twin cities remained open throughout the day.Moreover, a number of events were organised as scheduled in......
LAHORE: Fine tickets are not reaching thousands of actual violators of traffic laws being captured by the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) cameras under the e-challan system as there is no......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the announcement of a ‘high-powered committee on Karachi transformation’ by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led federal government was......
QUETTA: A few days after Balochistan Assembly Speaker Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo reportedly threatened to resign over his differences with Chief Minister Mir Jam Kamal Khan Alyani, senior leaders of......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” Friday’s terrorist attacks in Karachi and Orakzai tribal district.In a press statement, the Security Council......
QUETTA: Announcing the land lease policy of the Balochistan government for foreign investors after a two-day cabinet meeting, Balochistan Information Minister Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledi said that the......
WASHINGTON: The United States has said that it will continue to seek Pakistan’s cooperation to combat terrorist threats in the region.In a message on Friday’s terrorist attacks in Orakzai and Karachi......
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the western coast of Taiwan on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, and was felt hundreds of kilometres away in Hong Kong.The quake hit around 100 kilometres......
ISLAMABAD: Amid question marks over countrywide uniform electricity tariff and more than Rs65 billion annual extra payments to independent power producers (IPPs), the National Electric Power......
SUKKUR: Chief of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that acquittal of Aasia Bibi indicates that the country has still not got freedom.Speaking at a public meeting on Sunday,......
THE capital market has been on a roller coaster ride in the 65 trading sessions since the incumbent prime minister took oath of office. As it were, the traders hadn’t been raking in money hand over......
Many hearts and minds moved with fluctuations in the rupee value before and after the July 25 elections because much was at stake, including the push and the pull of political pride.Although......
WITH its reservations over project priorities, the newly elected government decided to review the country’s CPEC strategy and launch an action plan within its first 100 days to transform the project......
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority’s enforcement teams on Sunday sealed eight food businesses including a restaurant and a bakery for failing to meet hygiene standards.PFA Director General Muhammad......
WASHINGTON: Sikhs across the world want good relations between India and Pakistan as tensions between the two neighbours prevent them from visiting some of their holiest shrines, says the American......
QUETTA: Provincial Health Minister Mir Naseebullah Marri has declared nutrition emergency in Balochistan and said the provincial government planned to expand its campaign for combating malnutrition,......
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: As the World Bank once again extended the deadline for Dasu hydropower project funds utilisation, the government has finally managed to convince most of the project affectees to......
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) senior leader Aitzaz Ahsan said on Sunday that Nawaz Sharif might get jail term because of ‘flawed’ defence in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference filed by the......
JERUSALEM: Israeli police have arrested the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) governor of Jerusalem for the second time in as many months after an investigation related to a land sale.Adnan Gheith was......
ALTHOUGH parliament did not figure prominently in Imran Khan’s ‘first 100 days’ agenda —now, appropriately, the Prime Minister’s 100 Days Agenda — it is only natural that when progress on 117......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday chaired a meeting of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) and took important decisions to revive the crippling economy and overcome poverty.The meeting......
MUSTAFA Kemal Atatürk died 80 years ago this month — a month that sees Pakistan caught in a mercifully less acerbic controversy on the priceless utility or the pusillanimous strategy of a U-turn. The......
ALTHOUGH parliament did not figure prominently in Imran Khan’s ‘first 100 days’ agenda —now, appropriately, the Prime Minister’s 100 Days Agenda — it is only natural that when progress on 117......
A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Iran's western province of Kermanshah late Sunday, Iran's institute of geophysics said.The epicentre of the quake was 17 kilometres southwest of the city of......
The Sindh government has invoked the 1960 Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) law to detain 156 leaders and workers of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) for 30 days.The MPO was promulgated by the......
