US President Donald Trump gave a minute-to-minute account of the US drone strikes that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in remarks to a Republican fund-raising dinner on Friday......
The Foreign Office on Saturday summoned a senior Indian diplomat to "reject the mischievous portrayal by India of isolated, fabricated incidents involving Pakistani citizens as minorities' rights......
An alarming number of prisoners who are languishing in jails across the four provinces have not been convicted and are thus contributing to overcrowding in prisons, says a report submitted on......
Despite another meeting on Saturday with their Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) allies in Karachi, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has yet to convince MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool......
Sindh Inspector General of Police Dr Syed Kaleem Imam on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting about the law and order situation in Karachi.The meeting came as the federal government informed the......
One of China's top historic attractions issued an apology after two women drove an SUV into the Forbidden City in Beijing and posed for pictures when it was meant to be closed to the public.Photos of......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday lauded the "courage and selflessness" Suleman Khan, a 30-year-old who reportedly rescued about a 100 people who were stranded on snow-covered roads during the......
Health authorities are concerned that a virus originating in central China could spread when hundreds of millions of Chinese travel during next week's lunar new year festival, but residents said......
China reported four more cases of pneumonia believed to be caused by a new coronavirus strain, causing rising concern globally that a disease which health officials do not yet fully understand could......
Bangladesh on Saturday called up uncapped fast bowler Hasan Mahmud for their three-match Twenty20 series in Pakistan which has been engulfed by fears over player safety.Opener Tamim Iqbal returns......
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met United States National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien at the White House on Friday as the final leg of his tri-state tour came to an end.Qureshi......
Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up to destroy one of its own rockets on Saturday to test a crucial emergency abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule, the company's final milestone test before......
The federal government, in response to a letter by the Sindh government seeking removal of the provincial police chief, has said Dr Kaleem Imam will continue as the Sindh Inspector General of Police......
Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has announced that he will not be joining his team on its tour to Pakistan due to his family's concerns over security, ESPN Cricinfo reported on Saturday.Rahim said......
Trade ministers from India and Malaysia are likely to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos next week amid a palm oil spat between the two countries, a Malaysian......
Defending Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka said on Saturday that 2019 was the "toughest year of my life" after the Japanese ploughed through several coaches and suffered a major dip in form.The......
China and Myanmar are set to ink mammoth infrastructure deals following a meeting on Saturday between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who pledged to stand with Beijing......
ABSENCE from inaugural FIH Pro League, failing to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, turmoil at home, allegations of corruption and lack of vision surrounded Pakistan hockey as incumbent PHF chief......
ABSENCE from inaugural FIH Pro League, failing to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, turmoil at home, allegations of corruption and lack of vision surrounded Pakistan hockey as incumbent PHF chief......
KARACHI: Pakistan skipper Bismah Maroof inspired PCB Challengers to the National Triangular T20 Women’s Championship title with a six-wicket defeat of PCB Blasters in the floodlight final at the......
PORT ELIZABETH: Ben Stokes and Ollie Pope made centuries to hammer a South Africa team already hit by a ban for their top bowler as England took control on a potentially decisive day of the Test......
FOR the last 50 years, India’s democracy has functioned as a split polity. Democracy rests on the consent of the governed and on a national consensus on the fundamentals of the polity. It is not......
IF democracy depends on the consent of the losers, then Pakistan cannot claim to be a democratic country. Oh sure, we have our elections, our majestic Assembly building, and all the trimmings of......
IF democracy depends on the consent of the losers, then Pakistan cannot claim to be a democratic country. Oh sure, we have our elections, our majestic Assembly building, and all the trimmings of......
AWAY from the gloom of governance, there exist some genuine reasons to smile. Here are 10 happy ones:— The Pakistani state is finally, really, actually, seriously fighting to eradicate monsters it......
PESHAWAR: The Nanbai Association Peshawar on Friday announced that its members would go on strike across the province next Monday over the failure of its talks with the provincial government and......
PESHAWAR: In less than two weeks after it got a new minister, the health department carried out a major shakeup of its administrative machinery by assigning new duties to 28 senior officers,......
ISLAMABAD: The master plan of Islamabad 1960 witnessed 43 major amendments by successive governments without an input from any independent commission of experts, Dawn has learnt.The Greek Firm -......
ISLAMABAD: An additional district and sessions judge of Islamabad on Friday issued non-bailable warrants of arrest for TV anchorperson Mubashir Luqman in a criminal complaint filed against him by......
LAHORE: An accountability court on Friday allowed permanent exemption from personal appearance to PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif, till further orders, in proceedings of the Ramzan Sugar Mills and......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has approached the centre with names of three senior police officers, asking it to appoint one of them as the new inspector general of police, it emerged on Friday.An......
KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal said on Friday that the resignation of federal minister Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui was the outcome of a power tussle within the Muttahida......
LONDON: Britain will not automatically deport European Union citizens who have not applied for the right to remain in the country after Brexit, European Parliament Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt......
WASHINGTON: Ken Starr, who was at the center of Bill Clinton’s impeachment in the 1990s, and America’s biggest celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz were announced on Friday to be joining President Donald......
PARIS: France has deployed a radar system on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia to beef up its ally’s defences after missile attacks on the kingdom’s oil infrastructure in September, French officials......
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi island regularly submerged by monsoon rains is ready to house 100,000 Rohingya refugees, but no date has been announced to relocate people from the crowded and squalid camps......
NEW DELHI: Hundreds of demonstrators perched themselves on the steps of an iconic mosque in the Indian capital on Friday to protest against a new citizenship law that excludes Muslim......
KARACHI: Stock market took investors on a roller- coaster ride on the last trading day of the week where the volatility intensified in the second session. The KSE-100 index managed to close with......
ISLAMABAD: Textile and clothing exports increased four percent year-on-year to $6.90 billion despite several cash incentives, half-year data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.The......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s large-scale manufacturing (LSM) shrank for eighth month in row, raising fears of layoffs across the industrial sector.The LSM index contracted by 4.61 per cent year-on-year in......
ISLAMABAD: The electricity tariff for consumers of 10 distribution companies of ex-Wapda is set to go up by about Re1 per unit on account of fuel cost adjustment for November.The National Electric......
KARACHI: The federal government has been asked to approach Indonesia for issuance of quota for importing kinno from Pakistan.Waheed Ahmed, Patron-in-Chief of Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters......
ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary committee to protect minorities from forced conversions has observed that cases of forced conversions are mostly occurring in Sindh, while certain religious groups might......
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider on Friday flew into Neelum Valley to have firsthand information about relief and rehabilitation activities......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday deplored what it called inaction on the part of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Punjab government in a case related to setting up of several......
ISLAMABAD: Following ‘annoyance’ shown by government allies, a rift has also been observed within Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) ranks over delivery and performance of the federal authorities and the......
PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban on Friday said they had agreed to reduce ‘military operations’ to provide safe environment for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and talks with the......
ISLAMABAD: Following ‘annoyance’ shown by government allies, a rift has also been observed within Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) ranks over delivery and performance of the federal authorities and the......
IT could not have been more misleading than this. The image placed on display shows Mian Nawaz Sharif as having turned his back on us. In reality, he and his party may just be preparing to re-enter......
IT could not have been more misleading than this. The image placed on display shows Mian Nawaz Sharif as having turned his back on us. In reality, he and his party may just be preparing to re-enter......
