Chants of “send her back” by supporters of President Donald Trump, attacking Somali-born U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, triggered a wave of concern among congressional Republicans on Thursday, while......
International cricket chiefs on Thursday suspended Zimbabwe over a failure to keep the sport free from government interference.“As a consequence of suspension, ICC funding to Zimbabwe Cricket will be......
The Afghan Taliban said they would hold talks on Thursday with representatives of a Swedish non-profit group after threats by the militants forced the organisation to close 42 clinics it runs in......
Instagram started hiding “likes” on its platform in Australia, Brazil and several other major markets on Thursday, saying it wanted to ease pressure on users, following criticism about its impacts on......
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday warned the business community against under-invoicing or misdeclaration of imported goods.The board in a statement said that otherwise, the FBR will......
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar on Thursday took another swipe at PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif, saying that the family's entire declared wealth was based......
A man shouted “die” as he doused an animation studio with fuel and set it ablaze in Japan on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said, killing at least 33 people in the nation's worst mass murder in......
At least 12 people were killed and scores others wounded on Thursday when the Taliban attacked a police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials and the militants said.The assault......
The White House confirmed on Wednesday that Turkey would be excluded from the F-35 stealth fighter jet programme after it purchased a Russian missile defence system in defiance of warnings from......
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) last night conducted a raid at a Rawalpindi house owned by Nasir Butt — a PML-N leader who is the central figure in the controversy surrounding leaked videos of......
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif — flanked by party leaders Ayaz Sadiq, Ahsan Iqbal and Marriyum Aurangzeb — is addressing a press conference following the arrest of former premier Shahid Khaqan......
Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was arrested by a 12-member National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team on Thursday in a multi-billion-rupee case related to the award of a liquefied natural......
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Thursday took notice of a nurses' protest and ordered Deputy Inspector General (South) Sharjeel Kharal to release the arrested protesters.Chaos had ensued......
PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, in an all-encompassing interview aired on Thursday, shared that she has had to struggle within her own party in order to be accepted and make her place.In an exclusive......
India’s space agency said it will launch a spacecraft to the south pole of the moon on Monday after an aborted effort this week.The Indian Space Research Organisation said that the Chandrayaan-2......
United States President Donald Trump stepped up his vilification of four liberal lawmakers as un-American at a raucous rally on Wednesday, underscoring that the attacks will form a key part of his......
Iranians feeling the squeeze from United States sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are increasingly turning to such digital currencies as Bitcoin to make money, prompting alarm......
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Naeemul Haque on Thursday rubbished rumours regarding removal of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Shabbar Zaidi, saying that he would retain his......
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi with regards to a petition filed by the Punjab government challenging a Lahore High Court......
The US House voted Wednesday to block $8.1 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other allies, a rebuke of Donald Trump that will likely lead to a veto by the president.Lawmakers, many of whom......
ISLAMABAD: Additional District and Sessions Judge (West) Mohammad Ali Warriach has summoned the founding member of PTI Akbar S Babar (PTI) on Sept 23 to respond to a defamation suit filed by PTI on......
KARACHI: The crucial current account deficit (CAD) shrank by another 31.7 per cent in the July to Jun period according to latest data released by the State Bank on Wednesday. The CAD came in at......
LONDON: England have give Jason Roy his first Test call-up to face Ireland after the Surrey opener played a key role in his country’s historic World Cup triumph, but pace bowler Mark Wood will be......
KUALA LUMPUR: North Korea and South Korea have been drawn together in an Asian qualifying group as the road to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar became clearer on Wednesday.The Korean neighbors will play......
MUMBAI: India captain Virat Kohli is set to travel to West Indies for the full tour, which includes two Tests as well as six limited-over fixtures.Contrary to earlier reports, it is now confirmed......
MIRAMSHAH/WANA: The pre-election political pulse in Waziristan belt (North and South tribal districts) apparently defies what has been traditionally considered a stronghold of religious players like......
LONDON: Ben Stokes admitted memories of the off-field incident that threatened his career triggered his tears after England’s historic World Cup triumph.Stokes was found not guilty of affray......
KARACHI: Former captain Waqar Younis has lamented the senior Pakistan players are guilty of stretching their careers way after they are past their prime, while urging the national board not to......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has ordered removal of all impediments in the completion of the much-awaited Green Line bus rapid transit project so that it can become operational by next year.Chief......
ISLAMABAD: A four-year-old child who survived sexual assault and attempted murder has been moved from the paediatric intensive care unit at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences to a ward.The......
ISLAMABAD: Child pornography is on the decline in Pakistan, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman retired Maj Gen Amir Azeem Bajwa claimed before a Senate committee meeting on......
ISLAMABAD: The UN Women Pakistan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) ombudsperson to provide protection to woman against sexual harassment at the......
LAHORE: Many PML-N MPAs on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration outside the Camp Jail after the Punjab government refused to allow them to inspect the prison.PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah......
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration has extended bans on several activities for another two months.The ban on launching housing societies and related activities has been extended, administration......
KARACHI: The stock market was on a rollercoaster ride for the second day amid investors’ hopes and despair over the monetary tightening. The KSE-100 index settled a step higher by 9.97 points (0.03......
ISLAMABAD: China’s Huawei would invest total $100 million in Pakistan during the current year and set up a regional headquarters in Islamabad at a cost of $55 million, Vice President of Huawei Group......
KARACHI: As two leading Japanese vehicle assemblers are in quandary, Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) has taken its parts suppliers into confidence by assuring them that it will neither cut production......
KARACHI: Government debt markets leapt into action on Wednesday — one day after the State Bank raised the key policy discount rate by one percentage point.In a Treasury bill auction that sought to......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday appreciated the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) decision "not to acquit, release and return" Kulbhushan Jadhav — a serving commander of the Indian Navy......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Group’s revenue for the half year ended June 30 grew by nine percent to Rs66.3 billion bolstered by Ufone and Ubank operations.The group’s operating and......
WASHINGTON: US officials hope China will reverse its decision to backtrack on commitments it made in the effort to settle the ongoing trade conflict, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on......
ISLAMABAD : The Audit Oversight Board (AOB) has revoked the registration of an audit firm and thereby stopped it from carrying out audit of public interest companies.In line with its regular......
LIMA: Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo was arrested in the United States on Tuesday and faces extradition back to Peru, the South American country’s justice minister said, as part of a......
SHEIKHUPURA: Seven members of a family were killed when roof of their house caved in following heavy rain in Fazal Colony near Kot Abdul Maalik in the early hours of Wednesday.The ill-fated couple......
ISLAMABAD: Two more council members of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) were removed by the Prime Minister Office on Wednesday.Thus far, four PMDC members out of 17 have been removed......
QUETTA: The Balochistan chief of the JUI-F and MNA Maulana Abdul Wasay on Wednesday expressed serious concern over the verdict of a World Bank court in the Reko Diq case penalising Pakistan to pay......
OSLO: Norway on Wednesday provisionally jailed controversial Iraqi Kurdish fundamentalist preacher Mullah Krekar, following a conviction in Italy for “terrorist conspiracy,” his lawyer said.Norwegian......
NEW YORK: Once one of the world’s most powerful and notorious criminals, Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was jailed for life on Wednesday — the mandatory sentence for a host of crimes......
MADRID: Nearly 300 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were rescued at sea overnight between Spain and Morocco, while a woman was found dead on one of the four boats, Spain’s maritime rescue service......
MONTREAL: Temperatures hit a record 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit in Alert, the northernmost permanently inhabited spot on the planet less than 600 miles from the North Pole, the Canadian meteorology......
MOSCOW: A Russian court on Wednesday prolonged the detention of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured last year near Crimea, in the midst of sensitive prisoner-swap talks between the two ex-Soviet......
THE Legislative Drafting Manual for Punjab that was launched recently in Lahore will also be found useful by law draftsmen, legislators in the other provinces and by the federation. The civil society......
NOTHING could be more unfair than the present rules governing the ICC World Cup and the Wimbledon Championships. They were invented by armchair paralegals who arrogated to themselves, rather like......
ISLAMABAD: A special committee of the Senate on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is meeting on Thursday (today) with a heavy agenda that includes a briefing on “the documents shared by the......
THIS government is having an increasingly difficult time producing meaningful outcomes in areas that really matter. The thing about having an objective like revenue collection, for example, as a......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday (today) in a multi-billion-rupee case related to the award of a liquefied......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore, on Wednesday moved to get all movable and immovable properties in the country of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Shahbaz Sharif, his......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has distanced itself from a recent broadside against the country’s beleaguered media which linked critical coverage by the press to potential......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday urged traders, businessmen and industrialists to work with the government for collection of more taxes.Addressing an award-distribution ceremony of......
ISLAMABAD: Efforts are afoot to persuade the opposition to withdraw its no-confidence motion against the chairman of the Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani.Informed sources told Dawn that the leader of......
THE HAGUE: The International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) verdict in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, a serving Indian naval commander who had been awarded death sentence by Pakistan on charges of......
THE Legislative Drafting Manual for Punjab that was launched recently in Lahore will also be found useful by law draftsmen, legislators in the other provinces and by the federation. The civil society......
NOTHING could be more unfair than the present rules governing the ICC World Cup and the Wimbledon Championships. They were invented by armchair paralegals who arrogated to themselves, rather like......
India will identify and deport illegal immigrants from across the country, the Indian interior minister said on Wednesday, stepping up a campaign that critics say could stoke religious tension and......
American troops opened fire after an “enemy insider” shot and killed an Afghan commander in central Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said, in yet another deadly Taliban-claimed......
