Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, who also holds the portfolio of Finance, on Friday presented a Rs1,217 billion budget for the financial year 2019-20 in the Sindh Assembly.Among the most......
Punjab minister Sibtain Khan was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday in connection with a case pertaining to corruption and illegal award of contracts.A NAB Lahore......
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday announced the appointment of Ali Jahangir Siddiqui as ambassador-at-large for investment "in an honorary capacity".An ambassador-at-large is given special......
The blasts detonated far from the bustling megacities of Asia, but the attack this week on two tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz hits at the heart of the region's oil import-dependent......
Insurance costs for ships sailing through the Middle East have increased by at least 10% after attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, with the potential for costs to rise further as......
A video parodying an Indian air force pilot who was briefly captured by Pakistan earlier this year has gone viral ahead of a highly-anticipated World Cup clash between the two cricket-mad nations.The......
President Donald Trump said Friday that “of course” he would go to the FBI or the attorney general if a foreign power offered him dirt about an opponent. It was an apparent walkback from his earlier......
US President Donald Trump blamed Iran on Friday for attacks on two oil tankers at the entrance to the Gulf despite Tehran's denials, stoking fears of a confrontation in the vital oil shipping......
Babar Azam has revealed he models himself on India captain Virat Kohli just days before the fierce rivals clash in an explosive World Cup showdown.Babar holds the key for Pakistan against old foes......
All-rounder Marcus Stoinis' injury has upset the team balance, Australia coach Justin Langer said ahead of his side's World Cup group stage match against Sri Lanka at The Oval on Saturday.Stoinis......
Indian police said they have arrested a Facebook friend of the suspected mastermind of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks in Sri Lanka for spreading the ideology of the militant Islamic State group on......
A leading Indian doctors' association called for a nationwide strike on Monday, stepping up protests by medical staff demanding better security at hospitals after an attack on doctors in Kolkata.The......
Members of both the opposition and treasury benches tried to defend themselves after general pandemonium in the National Assembly's budget debate session on Friday resulted in yet another......
Huawei will delay the launch of its much-touted foldable 5G Mate X smartphone by three months, the latest setback for the company that was slapped with US sanctions last month.The Mate X, a......
Sudan's ruling military has acknowledged that security forces committed violations when they moved in to disperse a protest sit-in camp outside the military headquarters in Khartoum last week.The......
Provincial Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakhat presented the Punjab budget for financial year (FY) 2019-20 with a total outlay of Rs 2.3 trillion in the Punjab Assembly in Lahore on......
Balochistan National Party (BNP-M) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal on Friday said his party was ready to join the opposition if it accepted the BNP-M's demands.Mengal made the remark while addressing......
PPP leader and sister of former president Asif Zardari, Faryal Talpur, was detained by National Accountability Bureau officials on Friday, a NAB spokesman told DawnNewsTV.A team of NAB officials is......
The United Arab Emirates said Friday that twin attacks on tankers in the Sea of Oman just weeks after four ships were damaged off the UAE marked a “dangerous escalation”.“The attack against the......
Two-year-old Farid should have been vaccinated against polio, but his family — like many in rural Afghanistan — believed the conspiracy theories and refused to have him inoculated.He contracted the......
The man accused of shooting dead 51 Muslim worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks in March smiled Friday as his lawyers entered not guilty pleas to multiple murder and terrorism......
England have won the toss on Friday and decided to bowl first in the 19th fixture of the World Cup being played at Southampton.Covers have come off the wicket, but there still seems to be some......
As the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) takes up references against Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the Supreme Court and Justice Karim Khan Agha of the Sindh High Court on Friday, a large number of lawyers —......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has shown his government’s intentions in black and white to enhance the retirement age of the federal as well as Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa officials, asking the......
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced on Friday that Aamer Manzoor has been appointed as the managing director of Pakistan Television (PTV).On May 12, the Islamabad High Court (IHC)......
The World Bank has approved a package of $518 million for two projects in support of "Pakistan’s ambitious efforts to raise revenue and reduce compliance cost with a goal of providing better services......
Iran on Friday dismissed as "baseless" US accusations that it carried out twin attacks that left two tankers ablaze in the Gulf of Oman, escalating tensions across the region and sending world oil......
The value of the US dollar against the rupee touched another all-time high for the second consecutive day, reaching approximately Rs157 in the interbank market during intraday trading on Friday.The......
The National Assembly budget session on Friday started in chaos as PTI MNAs created a ruckus while former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf tried to address the assembly.Initially, NA Speaker Asad......
KARACHI: Pakistan Army won international military drill competition known as Pace Sticking Competition held at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK, on Thursday.The Pakistan Army’s team has been......
PESHAWAR: As the lawyers community is set to observe boycott of courts on Friday (today), the Peshawar High Court Bar Association’s president Abdul Lateef Afridi has said that the legal fraternity......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has directed the provincial government and Peshawar Diocese’s bishop to respond to a petition of several teachers of the Edwardes College requesting to declare their......
KARACHI: Judging by the long World Cup history, the West Indies are in desperate search of ending a 40-year itch against England after having clinically outplayed them by 92 runs in the final of the......
KARACHI: The city administration on Thursday decided to raze as many as 326 ‘illegal’ under-construction buildings in different parts of the city.Official sources told Dawn that Commissioner Iftikhar......
PESHAWAR: Though billions of rupees have been invested in the province to increase forest cover, the forest department does not have specialised resources to control wildfires, which destroyed small......
LONDON: Former captain and legendary pacer Waqar Younis on Thursday said whenever Team Pakistan plays India it is always a huge game, but their meeting on Sunday is shaping up to be more crucial than......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly was on Thursday told that the provincial government was not considering any policy to reward the parents having two or fewer children, but had taken several measures for......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) announced on Thursday that it would be launching a movement against the federal government with a power show in Nawabshah on June 21 to record protest against......
WHEN Imam-ul-Haq gifted his wicket to Australia while trying to pull a delivery down the leg-side — that would, otherwise, have been a wide had he left it alone — it perfectly encapsulated the......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Thursday reconsidered and passed The Sindh (Repeal of the Police Act, 1861, and Revival of the Police Order 2002) Amendment Bill 2019 after it was returned by the......
KARACHI: Mayor Wasim Akhtar has demanded that Prime Minister Imran Khan give the share of Karachi and Hyderabad in the National Finance Commission Award directly to the municipal administrations of......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday finally ordered the investing of over Rs10.6 billion collected so far in donations for the Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams in the National Bank of Pakistan......
KARACHI: The sea breeze is likely to remain suspended till June 15 and heatwave conditions will prevail in the coastal areas of Sindh, including Karachi, states the heatwave alert issued by the Met......
ISLAMABAD: A teenage girl was found dead under unexplained circumstances and the police have registered a murder case on suspicion.The family of the girl brought the body of the 18-year-old girl to a......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Thursday observed that China is charging only 2 to 2.5pc on government-to-government loans with a repayment term that goes into a long tenure.“Sovereign......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is all set to present its budget on Friday (today) for the financial year 2019-20, having an estimated total outlay of Rs2.16 trillion, which includes development......
ISLAMABAD: Weeks after the government changed its nominees for the vacant positions of members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from Sindh and Balochistan, the opposition too has slightly......
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has informed Congress that trade between the United States and Pakistan reached an all-time high in 2018, as Washington endorsed Islamabad’s budget re-emphasis on......
KARACHI: The textile industry on Thursday rejected Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Hafeez Sheikh’s assertion that domestic sales of textiles amount up to Rs1,200 billion per......
ISLAMABAD: After holding meetings with representatives of lawyers, the capital police and administration have chalked out a plan to ensure security in and around the Supreme Court building as the......
KARACHI: Despite one dollar per ounce rise in world gold price to $1,337, domestic gold prices on Thursday hit an all time high of Rs73,200 per tola and Rs62,757 per 10 grams, showing a jump of Rs600......
ISLAMABAD: The provinces have decided to enhance their share towards the development of agriculture for the first time since devolution, with the combined allocation during fiscal year 2019-20......
ISLAMABAD: India has allowed the re-export of dried date shipments currently parked at the Attari border check post since February.The Indian government had raised duty on Pakistani exports by 200......
KARACHI: Consultants have found a number of deficiencies in the taxation measures proposed in the budget 2019-20 saying these are also contrary to the PTI’s election manifesto.Speaking at a......
BRUSSELS: Social media giant Twitter on Thursday released a new archive of state-backed propaganda from accounts it has banned based in Iran, Russia, Spain and Venezuela.The US platform said it had......
ISLAMABAD: The government has proposed new amendments in the Customs Act to control trade mis-invoicing used for transfer of funds across borders based on the false declaration of price, quantity or......
NEW DELHI: Indian anti-terrorism police questioned six men on Thursday, after conducting raids against alleged Islamic State group supporters in the country’s south.The raids on Wednesday in......
JALALABAD: A suicide bomber targeted a police checkpoint on Thursday in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing at least 11 people and wounding 13 others, an official said.The Afghan arm of the......
AHMEDABAD: High winds and heavy rains pounded western India on Thursday as a major cyclone expected to hit the coast veered away instead into the Arabian Sea.Vayu, classified as a very severe......
KARACHI: In the last 10 days, the local currency has lost Rs5 against the dollar setting a new record of Rs154 in the interbank market.The rupee’s slide continued on Thursday as it fell as low as......
QUETTA: Women parliamentarians can now bring along their children to the assembly as the provincial government has decided to set up a daycare centre on the premises of the legislature.During the......
WASHINGTON: The United States wants Pakistan to continue supporting the Afghan peace process but also expects Islamabad to end its allegedly “unacceptable support” to militants, say two key US......
ISLAMABAD: The law ministry removed Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera from the post of Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) by de-notifying his appointment on Thursday.A notification issued by the ministry said: “In......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has declared that recent arrests of opposition leaders have improved the country’s image abroad, stating that “those who have plundered the country and......
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to cancel a tender notice that invited companies to offer bids for the construction of new bird cages......
ISLAMABAD: The electronic media regulator has advised all satellite TV channels not to “demean individuals representing various political parties and law enforcement agencies through caricatures,......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday suspended the appointment of three advisers and two special assistants to the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.A bench comprising Justice......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz sees Prime Minister Imran Khan’s announcement about forming a commission to investigate a massive rise in foreign debts as a “photocopy of the Panama-like......
• Another reference filed against Justice Isa • Pakistan Bar Council gives call for countrywide protest • CJP, two provincial chief justices among SJC membersISLAMABAD/Karachi: As all eyes are on the......
ISLAMABAD: On the basis of budgetary measures, the Ministry of Finance estimates economic growth rate to further slow down to 2.4 per cent and inflation rate to rise up to 13pc, showing a wide margin......
THE budget is a tough one. But it was expected to be. Our deficits — fiscal, trade and foreign currency — had to be addressed. Some of this is part of the IMF conditionality, but even if we had not......
THE budget is a tough one. But it was expected to be. Our deficits — fiscal, trade and foreign currency — had to be addressed. Some of this is part of the IMF conditionality, but even if we had not......
IT is undoubtedly true that Pakistan has been looted and plundered by ruling elites for the best part of its existence, that our collective history would read very differently if this looted wealth......
IT is undoubtedly true that Pakistan has been looted and plundered by ruling elites for the best part of its existence, that our collective history would read very differently if this looted wealth......
IT is all about execution of your plans and the team that execute their plans better, carry the day. That is the summary of our match against Australia. We implemented our plans partly, but not......
