The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday claimed to have arrested a young suspect in Karachi for his alleged involvement in child pornography.The agency received a complaint from a citizen on......
The PPP has called on Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar to take notice of what it calls a "media trial" of the party's top leadership, allegedly at the behest of investigators probing a money laundering......
CHILDREN stressing about Matriculation and Intermediate examinations is common and to be expected. Performance in school-leaving examinations has a significant impact on college and university......
The Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen) on Friday shared its observations that significant improvements were observed in general elections 2018 as Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) fully......
At least 23 civilians, including women and children, were killed by a US air strike in southern Afghanistan earlier this week, according to a UN investigation, as ordinary Afghans continue to bear......
CNN on Thursday parted ways with contributor Marc Lamont Hill after a speech the college professor made on Israel and Palestine at the United Nations.A CNN spokesperson confirmed Hill is no longer......
The Members of National Assembly (MNA) from North Waziristan, Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir, were offloaded from a Dubai-bound flight on Peshawar airport by security officials on Friday, DawnNewsTV......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday lauded the establishment of a vehicle manufacturing plant in partnership with the Chinese automobile firm JW Forland.Addressing a launch ceremony arranged in this......
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday ordered the Karachi authorities to take joint action against the commercial use of land meant for residential properties in the metropolis.Headed by Justice Irfan......
German authorities are continuing to search offices of Deutsche Bank as part of an investigation into suspicion that some employees helped set up offshore companies that were used to launder hundreds......
Doctors are fighting to save the right eye of Hiba Jan, the 20-month-old who has become an emblem of India's devastating and highly contentious use of pellet-firing shotguns in occupied Kashmir.India......
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed hope that the international community will help calm tensions between Russia and Ukraine over a ship standoff near Crimea.Guterres urged......
President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to Congress over the ongoing Russia investigation in connection with a Moscow real-estate deal and......
Bangladeshi police have arrested 10 Rohingya refugees as they were about to board a boat to travel to Malaysia, an officer said on Friday.Southeast Bangladesh is home to around a million Rohingya,......
BEIJING: A Chinese scientist who stoked criticism over his claim that he had created the world’s first genetically-edited babies faced mounting pressure on Thursday as China ordered a halt to his......
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Friday advised the Indian government to accept that the Kashmir issue has no military solution.Chaudhry was addressing a seminar of the All Parties......
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed the kingdom's willingness to provide for all of India's oil and petroleum product needs during a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in......
ISLAMABAD: The government is in a fix over the issue of changes in oil prices due to falling international market and its changing strategy to start mopping up revenues to finance the growing fiscal......
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar censured Gilgit-Baltistan Tourism Minister Fida Hussain on Friday over his 'misbehaviour' with an Islamabad airport official after his flight was delayed on......
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to provide the court with tax details of Aleema Khanum, Prime Minister Imran Khan's sister.The court has taken up a case against......
PESHAWAR: Ehsan Mani, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and head of the Pakistan Task Force on Sports, on Thursday said Prime Minister Imran Khan is keen to boost sports sector in the country and......
Sudden devaluation of local currency against the US dollar was witnessed in interbank trading on Friday morning as the greenback hit an all-time high of Rs144.Sources told DawnNewsTV that the sudden......
BHUBANESWAR: Agustin Mazzilli and Gonzalo Peillat scored a brace each to help Olympic champions Argentina eke out a 4-3 win over Spain, while New Zealand scraped past France 2-1 in their opening......
DHAKA: Bangladesh will be looking for a rare Test series win when they take on West Indies in the second and final Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka from Friday.The home......
SYDNEY: India had a useful outing on the second day of their only warm-up match before the Test series against Australia with five of their batsmen hitting half centuries on Thursday against the......
KASUR: The Pattoki police arrested on Thursday four people, including three women, in neighbourhood Sharifpura for buying minor girls for prostitution.The parents of the traded children said they......
GENEVA: Measles cases worldwide jumped more than 30 per cent last year compared to 2016, with increases recorded in wealthy European countries like Germany where vaccination coverage has historically......
WASHINGTON: The number of undocumented migrants living in the United States has fallen to 10.7 million, the lowest since 2004, according to a Pew Research Centre study, which attributed the decline......
KARACHI: The launch of a book chronicling 50 years of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) sparked a debate on the transformation of a political party once considered the epitome of resistance to......
OTTAWA: Canada announced targeted sanctions on Thursday against 17 Saudi nationals it said were linked to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month.The sanctions, which freezes......
NEW YORK: President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to Congress over the ongoing Russia investigation in connection with a Moscow real-estate......
KARACHI: City Mayor Wasim Akhtar said on Thursday that as many as 1,470 shopkeepers out of 3,575 tenants of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) displaced during the ongoing anti-encroachment......
KARACHI: The Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) that works in partnership with the Sindh government in the Thar Coal project, has distanced itself from the views of its former chief executive......
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration plans to maintain American military presence in Afghanistan because it is critical to the US national security.In an interview to The Washington Post this week,......
KARACHI: Police authorities on Thursday announced the closure of second track of M.A. Jinnah Road for the construction of the Green Line bus project from Dec 1. One track of the road was already......
KARACHI: Sindh has deployed more than 300 police personnel along its border with Balochistan after investigators found that the suspects involved in last week’s foiled attack on the Chinese consulate......
ISLAMABAD: Breaking away with the tradition, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) policy board has asked the government to consider their opinion while appointing the next SECP......
Karachi: All Pakistan Fruits and Vegetable Exporters, Importers and Merchants Association (PFVA) has set the kinno export target at 325,000 tonnes for this season by reducing 50,000 tonnes compared......
MOSCOW: European leaders rebuffed calls from Ukraine for greater support against Russia on Thursday, after Kiev urged Nato to send ships into waters disputed with Moscow.German Chancellor Angela......
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan lawmakers on Thursday approved a motion barring disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa from using state funds after he lost two no-confidence votes, in an escalation of the......
ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division on Thursday agreed to change pricing mechanism for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to provide a level playing field to importers and local suppliers, ultimately......
KARACHI: Chinese, Korean and French car makers have strongly opposed the move by Pak Suzuki Motor Company Ltd (PSMCL) seeking same benefits/incentives that are marked for new players under the Auto......
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday displayed pieces of what it said were Iranian weapons deployed to militants in Yemen and Afghanistan, a tactic by President Donald Trump’s administration to......
ISLAMABAD: During the first 100 days of the government, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has identified some 20,000 high net-worth non-filers.The 68-page document — on six sectors — was released in......
ISLAMABAD: The Monetary and Fiscal Policies Coordination Board on Thursday expressed serious concern over the growing budget deficit and inflation, increasing government borrowing from the State Bank......
ISLAMABAD: Adelte, the Spanish company that had installed a passenger boarding bridge at the new Islamabad International Airport, on Thursday distanced itself from the incident in which the bridge......
ISLAMABAD: A court in Islamabad sent Shahid Masood, a former chairman of Pakistan Television Corporation, to Adiala jail on a 14-day judicial remand in the PTV corruption case on Thursday.The Federal......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will take up in the second week of next month a long pending dispute spanning more than 70 years over a property which belonged to a Hindu family but requires......
“Dekha to phir vaheen thay chalay thay jahan se hum Kashti kay saath saath kinaray chalay gaye” — (We found ourselves to be where we had begun our journey. The coast moved as did the boat.)THE above......
ISLAMABAD: Following a surge in influenza cases in different parts of the country, the National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued an advisory, asking authorities to counter the spread of the viral......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) dominated the third day of the 10th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) organised by the Defence Export Promotion Organisation at the Karachi......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has appointed 104 law officers to represent it in the Supreme Court and five high courts.Sources in the law ministry told Dawn that Prime......
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Thursday resolved that no government employee would be sacked from service.A meeting of the cabinet, presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan hours before a......
ISLAMABAD: Three different claims emerged during proceedings in the Supreme Court on Thursday about the size of land in the possession of Bahria Town (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi, with the developer’s counsel......
TBILISI: Georgia’s newly elected President Salome Zurabishvili on Thursday hailed her victory as a step forward for women and a move closer to Europe for the ex-Soviet republic.With all votes......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan over his speech which he delivered at a special ceremony......
“Dekha to phir vaheen thay chalay thay jahan se hum Kashti kay saath saath kinaray chalay gaye” — (We found ourselves to be where we had begun our journey. The coast moved as did the boat.)THE above......
Sindh Chief Minister's Adviser on Information Murtaza Wahab on Thursday lashed out at former CEO of Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) Shamsuddin Ahmed Shaikh, terming the latter’s allegations......
