Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday evening revealed that the sons of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had approached two countries with a request to intervene and facilitate their father, who is......
Pakistan will start receiving the promised deferred payment facility on petroleum imports from Saudi Arabia from this month, a press statement issued by the Saudi embassy on Monday said.According to......
An accountability court on Monday accepted for hearing a reference against Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani and his family members, who are among a total of 20 people suspected of amassing......
A team from Saudi Arabia arrived in Islamabad on Monday to begin the process for the provision of immigration facilities to Pakistani pilgrims under the Road to Makkah project, Radio Pakistan......
PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah Khan was arrested on Monday by the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF), sources in ANF Rawalpindi confirmed to DawnNewsTV.The senior PML-N leader was arrested from the......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has issued arrest warrants for former president Asif Ali Zardari in the Park Lane case, NAB sources told DawnNewsTV on Monday.Some confusion persists over his......
It’s still hard to know what to think about this Pakistan team.The win over Afghanistan was not the performance of champions and yet, somehow and some way, they are still in contention for a......
Iran's enriched uranium stockpile has passed the 300-kilogramme limit set by the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Monday.The agency attributed its......
Indian cricket fans and pundits on Monday turned on wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni for his poor strike rate in the final overs of his side's narrow 31-run World Cup loss to England.Chasing a stiff......
A sessions court on Monday recorded the statement of Ali Zafar in a defamation case filed by him against fellow artist Meesha Shafi.Shafi had last year accused Zafar of harassing her "on more than......
West Indies chose to field first against Sri Lanka in a Cricket World Cup group game on Monday that will have no bearing on the playoffs but has plenty of pride at stake for each team.Sri Lanka was......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi on Monday filed a reference against PPP Senator Rubina Khalid, who was the senior/ex-chief executive of M/s Cosmos Production Pvt Ltd, according to......
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Monday announced a ban on carrying Naswar during air travel. The act has been deemed a punishable offence.According to a notification by the CAA, all the......
At least 20 people were killed on Monday when an overcrowded bus plunged into a gorge in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IOK), Indian police said.The bus skidded off a road in the remote Kishtwar region and......
A powerful bomb blast rocked the Afghan capital early Monday, rattling windows, sending smoke billowing from Kabul's downtown area and wounding at least 50 people, officials and a medic said.The......
A small twin-engine plane crashed on takeoff on Sunday into a hangar at a Texas airport, officials said, killing all 10 aboard."The Dallas County Medical Examiner has confirmed 10 fatalities and no......
LONDON: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are set to tighten their private stranglehold on Wimbledon as rivals struggle to keep afloat as they bid to dethrone the sport’s A-list......
SPIELBERG: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Sunday, subject to a stewards’ investigation, while champions Mercedes lost for the first time this......
KARACHI: The Karachi University (KU) syndicate in a meeting held on Saturday declared the selection boards of the mass communication department null and void.The meeting presided over by KU acting......
KARACHI: As the number of dog-bite deaths across Sindh reaches to 11, Pakistan has been facing an immense shortage of anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) by some 800,000 dosages amid a growing population of......
LAHORE: A lawyer and his wife were booked in a murder case on Sunday after their teenage maid was found hanged at their house in Ichhra.Police said 15-year-old Mobeen Bibi of Okara was working at......
The government has lowered the growth target for the agriculture sector for 2019-20 owing to insufficient water and a drop in the fertiliser off-take.The growth target for the sector is now 3.5 per......
CHESTER-LE-STREET: Dimuth Karunaratne and his Sri Lanka squad had to prepare like they’re still in contention at the Cricket World Cup.With their playoff chances ending when England defeating India......
LONDON: Allan Border has said Australia have the look of potential World Cup winners once again as the holders head towards the semi-finals in fine form.Australia beat top four rivals New Zealand by......
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Senator Sirajul Haq on Sunday made it clear that his party would offer a ‘third option’ to the people instead of being part of politics spearheaded by the Pakistan......
WHEN it came to participation in the budget sessions, members of the provincial assembly in Khyber Pakhuntkhwa proved themselves to be better driven than their counterparts in the other three......
Stockbrokers are an endangered species. They are going extinct as an increasing number of brokerage houses put up the shutters.According to an old-timer, there were about 400 brokers at the time of......
THE tax imposed on edible oil and ghee in the 2019-20 budget will not hit the higher income groups, but will make up a sizeable chunk of the increase in the food bill of the lower income groups.The......
Parents have high expectations for their fresh-out-of-college kids. What good is a college degree if it can’t even fetch a regular job? After all, higher education costs a fortune.The price of a......
Grappling with the challenges ahead, the PTI government is now trying to build a national consensus on policies and strategies that could put the economy on the path of sustainable......
In the Kansai region, where the Group of 20 summit meeting will be held, there are a large number of manufacturing companies with unique technologies that can contribute to solving global issues. The......
Pressured by a labour crunch and rising wages in China, Shu Ke’an, whose company supplies bulletproof vests, rifle bags and other tactical gear to the United States, first considered shifting some......
LEEDS: Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed hailed his side’s three-wicket victory over Afghanistan at the Cricket World Cup as ‘a great win’ despite a nervy finish on a dramatic day at Headingley.Imad......
LAST month, an advertisement thanking Imran Khan appeared in various Pakistani dailies. The ad expressed gratitude to the prime minister for “saving our lives and future generations by imposing......
IN this golden (or is it gilded?) era of one-page-ism, multi-stakeholder governance, and lofty national consensus, the idea of a cross-party ‘charter of economy’ appears appealing. Its premise is......
LONDON: London Mayor Sadiq Khan said police were working around the clock after four people were murdered in a bloody 28-hour period for Britain’s capital, including a heavily pregnant woman who was......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president is facing fresh legal challenges in his attempt to end a 43-year moratorium on capital punishment and start executing drug convicts, officials said on Sunday.Two......
WASHINGTON: Afghanistan will continue to grapple with multiple extremist organisations even if the United States and Taliban reach a peace settlement, warns John Spoko, the US Special Inspector......
DUBAI: A Bahraini appeals court overturned a decision to strip the citizenship of 92 Shias jailed for plotting to form an Iran-linked “terror” group, a judicial source said on Sunday.The 92 were......
WHEN the polio vaccination drive in April 2019 outside Peshawar had to be abandoned because parents refused to have their children vaccinated, it was a reminder that the challenges to eradicate polio......
HANOI: Vietnam and the European Union signed a free trade agreement on Sunday, opening opportunities to further boost trade between the euro bloc and one of Southeast Asia’s biggest manufacturing......
ABU DHABI: UN chief Antonio Guterres said climate-related devastation was striking the planet on a weekly basis and warned on Sunday that urgent action must be taken to avoid a catastrophe.“We are......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has formally approved the launch of 33-member National Youth Council (NYC) for uplift of the youth of the country.According to the decision, the programme......
JERUSALEM: US envoys attended the inauguration of a Jewish heritage site in East Jerusalem on Sunday, signalling support for Israel’s hold over parts of the city that Palestinians want for a future......
PARIS: Wildfires burned tracts of land in France and Spain at the weekend as Europe sweltered in record-breaking temperatures that pushed the mercury towards all-time highs on Sunday in Germany,......
QUETTA: Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) Syed Amjad Shah has said that the attorney general cannot cancel the show-cause notice issued by the PBC to the federal law minister.Speaking......
ISLAMABAD: Conceding numerical weakness of the ruling partners to protect Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani on Sunday appealed to Pakistan Peoples Party......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday that due to strong political base and vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan parliamentarians from the Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Sunday slammed the government over its decision to increase prices of gas and electricity terming it another “anti-people” step at the behest of the International......
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations has found mixed situation on institutional developments in areas of transparency, accountability, anti-corruption, participation and non-discrimination.According to the......
ISLAMABAD: Petroleum prices will remain unchanged for the month of July as the government has made adjustments in tax rates, according to an official announcement.The decision was taken to provide......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) will observe July 2 as a black day during the hearing by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) of two references against Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the Supreme......
WHEN the polio vaccination drive in April 2019 outside Peshawar had to be abandoned because parents refused to have their children vaccinated, it was a reminder that the challenges to eradicate polio......
LAHORE: As two members of the Punjab Assembly from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Sunday confirmed having met the prime minister, the opposition party warned the ‘turncoats’ that they......
IN this golden (or is it gilded?) era of one-page-ism, multi-stakeholder governance, and lofty national consensus, the idea of a cross-party ‘charter of economy’ appears appealing. Its premise is......
India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni failed to do justice to his reputation as a 'finisher' in Sunday's loss to England but his team defended his display in the final stages of the World Cup group match at......
England opener Jonny Bairstow said Sunday's 31-run victory over previously unbeaten India was the closest the hosts have come to a complete performance in the Cricket World Cup.Bairstow was man of......
Afghan Taliban bombers targeting a district centre in southern Afghanistan have killed at least 19 people, including eight election workers, officials said on Sunday.The attack comes as a new round......
