Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday announced that it had received 50 per cent payment amounting to $224.6 million and Rs35.397 billion (the equivalent of $224.6m) from cellular......
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States does not want to discuss the blacklisting of Huawei Technologies with China as the two biggest world economies try to end escalating trade......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised his "close friend" Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as the pair said they would work to boost military, trade and energy ties.The leaders met......
A notification from the interior ministry announced on Wednesday that offices across the country will be closed by 3pm on September 6 in order to observe Defence Day.The day will also be observed as......
Prime Minister Imran Khan via a statement released on Tuesday announced the government's decision to withdraw the Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) waiver unveiled last week allowing big......
Steve Smith marked his Test return after suffering concussion by helping Australia recover from the early loss of their openers on the first day of the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford on......
Hong Kong's leader on Wednesday bowed to a key demand of pro-democracy protesters following three months of unrest, announcing the withdrawal of a loathed extradition bill, but activists vowed to......
The father of Salahuddin Ayubi — a suspected ATM robber who died in police custody — alleged on Wednesday that his son was subjected to brutal torture by officials of Rahim Yar Khan's City A-Division......
An accountability court in Lahore on Tuesday rejected a plea by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for an extension in the physical remand of Hamza Shahbaz, sending him to Lahore's Camp Jail on......
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday demanded an October 15 snap election after lawmakers seeking to prevent a no-deal Brexit dealt him a humiliating defeat in parliament which he cast......
The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia's state minister for foreign affairs arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday on a one-day official visit to hold talks with the......
Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor is addressing a press conference at the General Headquarters.He began his presser by saying that he would talk about......
Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said that the environment of the third round of talks on the Katarpur corridor held between Pakistan and India on Wednesday was positive, despite......
Cathay Pacific announced on Wednesday its chairman John Slosar is stepping down to retire, the latest high-profile executive to leave the flagship carrier after it drew Beijing's ire over......
The Kashmir Press Club (KPC) in Srinagar on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the “unprecedented communication blockade” in the valley and criticised authorities for allegedly asking some senior......
Security forces on Wednesday shot dead six militants in an intelligence-based operation in Quetta's Eastern Bypass area.Inspector General of Police Balochistan Mohsin Hassan Butt, while confirming......
The mayor of occupied Kashmir's biggest city Srinagar, Junaid Azim Mattu, was put under house arrest on Tuesday for criticising New Delhi's decision to revoke Article 370 and for saying that many......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday appointed former skipper Misbahul Haq to the joint position of head coach and chief selector while Waqar Younis was named the bowling coach for the......
Grigor Dimitrov had struggled through most of the past two seasons and battled with a shoulder injury early this season, but the payoff for his perseverence was sweet indeed.The 78th-ranked Bulgarian......
LANDI KOTAL: Pakistan, for the first time opened its Torkham border with Afghanistan round the clock on Monday, albeit on a trial basis, to enhance bilateral trade and facilitate movement of......
Karachi has been named among the 10 least liveable cities in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) — the research and analysis division of the Economist Group — in The Global Liveability......
PESHAWAR: Vacating a stay order, the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday restored a notification of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Peshawar to hold the board examination for eighth......
LAHORE: The Punjab Medical Teaching Institutions (Reforms) Ordinance 2019 envisaging privatisation of ‘major’ state-run hospitals has been promulgated.The ordinance drafted on the pattern of Khyber......
ISLAMABAD: Within the last about 24 hours, 138 dengue patients were admitted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and three government hospitals in Rawalpindi.With the new arrival of......
PARIS: The transfer window shut gently across much of Europe with a flurry of loan deals instead of the anticipated bang of a mega-move.Several big-name players did change clubs on loans, including......
ZURICH: Eight member associations will continue their bid to host the expanded women’s World Cup in 2023, football’s world governing body FIFA confirmed on Tuesday.FIFA agreed to increase the number......
LAHORE: Former captains Misbah-ul-Haq and Waqar Younis have been finalised as head coach and bowling coach of the Pakistan team for the next three years, Dawn can exclusively reveal.The duo got the......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has invited individuals and organisations to make ‘green spaces’ — an area of grass, trees, or other vegetation set apart for recreational or aesthetic purposes — across......
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau on Tuesday informed the Sindh High Court that a recommendation had been made to close an inquiry against former Sindh chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah in......
Working in secrecy for a year, the Telegram messaging service has a plan: to beat Facebook in the race to launch a cryptocurrency with its new project "Gram".Little is known about Gram, but media......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) here on Tuesday announced 12 squads of six cricket associations for the upcoming domestic cricket season, that starts from Sept 14 with the Quaid-e-Azam......
DUBAI: A slowdown in Dubai’s economy since 2014 is forecast to carry on through 2022 due to low oil prices, fallout from the US-China trade war and political turmoil, Standard and Poor’s said on......
WASHINGTON: Amid fresh signs his trade wars are rattling the US economy, President Donald Trump on Tuesday sent stern warnings to China, urging the Pacific power not to drag its feet in trade......
KARACHI: Stocks endured another day of volatility on Wednesday and finally settled with a loss of 247.61 points (0.82 per cent) and closed at 29,809.68.The market opened positive and extended the......
ISLAMABAD: The acting judge of an accountability court here on Tuesday asked the Adiala jail administration to provide details about the amenities available to former president Asif Ali Zardari,......
ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on Tuesday warned that the current situation relating to locusts in Pakistan was “most serious” as a second generation of......
ISLAMABAD: A civil judge/judicial magistrate on Tuesday remanded three suspects in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on physical remand for five days in connection with an......
KARACHI: Outflow of profits and dividends did not show any significant change in the first month of this fiscal year.According to the State Bank of Pakistan data released on Tuesday, profits and......
KARACHI: Some textile exporters are already rejecting the new system of refund payments and urging upon the government to establish an Escrow Account which could ensure prompt payment of sales tax......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) of the Planning Commission on Tuesday cleared 13 development projects worth Rs142.5 billion including five renewable energy projects in......
DUBAI: An Iranian oil tanker pursued by the US turned off its tracking beacon, leading to renewed speculation on Tuesday that it will head to Syria.The disappearance of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly......
PORT LUCIE: Hurricane Dorian crept towards the southeast coast of the United States on Tuesday, weakening slightly but remaining a dangerous storm after leaving a trail of death and destruction in......
JOHANNESBURG: Five people have been killed in xenophobic violence in South Africa, police said on Tuesday, as President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to clamp down on the attacks and the African Union and......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s telecommunications regulatory body has asked operators to shut down cellphone services in sprawling camps in the southeast where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from......
KARACHI: After experiencing a dismal FY19, Fiat tractor sales recovered in the first month of the current fiscal year, while Massey Ferguson (Millat) was still in hot waters.Fiat sold 1,122 units in......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have formally agreed to exchange values of goods for imports and exports to control of under and over invoicing as part of Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF)......
BRUSSELS: Nato “fully supports” American efforts to find peace in Afghanistan, the alliance chief said on Tuesday after talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a deal taking shape with the......
GENEVA: The United States, Britain and France may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing intelligence and logistics support to a Saudi-led coalition that starves civilians as a......
A TYPICAL day in the emergency department consists of a perpetual stream of patients coming in and out. Our senses have gotten accustomed to human suffering — perhaps it is our survival mechanism. In......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday reiterated that his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government was striving hard to provide all possible facilities to businessmen in order to accelerate the......
WASHINGTON: Alarmed by the rising tensions in occupied Kashmir, the US State Department is urging all parties to show restraint and tone down their rhetoric.Also, the Indian media reported on Tuesday......
ISLAMABAD: With annual deforestation rate in Pakistan recorded as the world’s highest, the Lahore High Court has observed that such tendency will lead to increase in the spread of life-threatening......
IT may not be a Saigon moment for the American forces, yet an imminent deal with the Taliban clearing the way for gradual withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan is no less ignominious for......
ISLAMABAD: In order to avoid a severe crisis vis-à-vis availability of life-saving drugs in the local market, the government has lifted the ban on import of medicines and raw material from......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Tuesday staged a walkout from the Senate to protest what it described as the government’s attempts to rule through ordinances.Tensions began when four ordinances......
ISLAMABAD: Responding to Pakistan’s diplomatic outreach to various world capitals on the latest developments in India-held Kashmir, the foreign ministers of the two main Muslim countries — Saudi......
ISLAMABAD: Amid growing criticism over a lucrative amnesty being extended to fertiliser plants, power plants and other businesses before audit, the federal cabinet on Tuesday directed the law......
Some would say he was a creation of the West. Others still insist that he is a casualty of the West. Tariq Ramadan, an Oxford scholar and grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna, was......
One of the main litigants of the Babri mosque case in India, Iqbal Ansari, was allegedly physically assaulted at his residence in Ayodhya on Tuesday, The Wire reported.The Wire quoted Ansari as......
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) human rights commission on Tuesday strongly condemned the continuation of the "inhuman curfew and communication blackout" in India-occupied Kashmir and......
