The chairperson of the English County Cricket Club Essex has resigned following a historical allegation of racist language.John Faragher, who stepped down on Thursday, denies the allegations against......
The United States on Friday agreed to set up an interests section in Afghanistan under Qatar, assisting US citizens following the shuttering of the embassy during the Taliban takeover.Welcoming his......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that Pakistan would "favourably" consider the request by the Taliban government in Afghanistan for transporting wheat offered by India through the country on......
Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Friday denied the presence of anti-Pakistan elements in his country, assuring that the Taliban-led government was making all-out efforts to......
WHEN the Supreme Court summoned Prime Minister Imran Khan to appear before the bench, it brought back focus on the Army Public School tragedy in which members of the terrorist outfit TTP massacred......
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Friday said that the income of certain segments of society had increased despite growing inflation in the country.Speaking to the media in Islamabad after a......
PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said that joint parliamentary action on electronic voting machines (EVMs) and accountability laws could yield further successes for the opposition.He......
David Warner's six on a delivery that bounced twice in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-final has been termed unsportsmanlike, but Australia coach Justin Langer on Friday called the shot......
At least three people were killed and 15 wounded on Friday by a blast at a mosque in Afghanistan's restive Nangarhar province, a hospital official said.The blast happened in Spin Ghar district of the......
The US dollar on Friday reached an all-time high against the rupee, soaring to Rs176 in the interbank market in intraday trading.In the open market, meanwhile, the dollar rose by Rs1.70 and was being......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday rejected PTI Senator Faisal Vawda's appeal to stay proceedings of the disqualification case against him in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).Vawda had......
Cricket figures and fans have hailed wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan as a “warrior” after officials revealed he was in hospital with a severe chest infection before taking the field to score a......
Pakistan captain Babar Azam offered consolation to teammate Hasan Ali whose costly mistake in the field allowed Matthew Wade to secure Australia's thrilling victory in the Twenty20 World Cup......
AUSTRALIA destroyed Pakistan’s hopes in a thrilling heavyweight contest in Dubai. Pakistan played their part, and showed why they have come so far in this tournament, but the bowling wasn’t quite at......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board hopes to launch a women’s version of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 tournament, newly-appointed chairman Ramiz Raja said this week.Ramiz made the comments......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government released advertisements worth more than Rs1.44 billion to regional and national newspapers during the last three years, the provincial assembly has been......
ABU DHABI: New Zealand opener Daryl Mitchell said they needed generous help from Lady Luck to prevail against England in the semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday.Chasing a tricky 167 on......
ABU DHABI: As New Zealand celebrated wildly upon beating England in the T20 World Cup semi-final on Wednesday, all-rounder James Neesham gave a quiet reminder of the side’s determination to erase......
LAHORE: The district administration said on Thursday it had successfully implemented the ‘Dengue Crush programme’ in the metropolitan city, however, several people approached by Dawn contradicted the......
LOWER DIR: Former provincial minister and PML-N divisional president Malik Jehan Zeb Khan and his brother and son were arrested from the court premises in Timergara after cancellation of their bail......
HARIPUR: A mentally ill girl, 7, was allegedly molested in Changi Bandi village of Sera-e-Saleh union council, police said here on Thursday.Sera-e-Saleh police quoted one Adil Shehzad, a resident of......
LAHORE: Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) on Information Hasaan Khawar says good governance is not about overcoming problems, it is about overcoming them in a timely manner.“Everyone will......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has upgraded the service of some 30,000 employees serving in various departments, wrapping up the matter pending for a long time.Chairing a special committee meeting at......
MANSEHRA: The Supreme Court on Thursday accepted a contempt petition for hearing against the federal and provincial authorities over non-implementation of its orders for the development of the New......
LAHORE: A member of a Lahore High Court division bench on Thursday recused himself from the writ petitions of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s candidate for NA-133 by-poll Jamshed Cheema and his wife,......
ISLAMABAD: Six police station house officers (SHOs) in the capital were removed on Thursday for their poor performance and misconduct.Talking to Dawn, senior police officers said four of the SHOs......
RAWALPINDI: The names of 54 activists of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) have been removed from the fourth schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 following the recent agreement between the......
HYDERABAD: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi has said that price hike has become a global issue and prices of essential commodities increase with rise in prices of fuel and appreciation of dollar’s......
KARACHI: The children seated on checkered green, purple and pink cushions laid out on a colourful rug inside the wooden playhouse looked totally engrossed in the story of a hippopotamus being read......
ISLAMABAD: The government has yet to get the charter of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s proposed university passed from parliament.During his election campaign, Mr Khan had repeatedly announced that......
KARACHI: In a thinly veiled reference to the government’s decision to unban Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday said that appeasement of one group might......
KARACHI: An environmental tribunal has suspended the Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) approval accorded by the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) to a project meant for allegedly......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Faisal Vawda on Thursday filed a petition with the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking to stay proceedings of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in his disqualification......
ISLAMABAD: The privatisation of Jinnah Convention Centre (JCC) hangs in the balance as the issues between the Privatisation Commission and Capital Development Authority remain unresolved. However,......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Jam Karim Jokhio, who along with his MPA brother Jam Awis, has been nominated in the murder case of Nazimuddin Jokhio has reportedly obtained bail before arrest, a......
ISLAMABAD: While 5.5 million teenage people have been vaccinated with American vaccine Pfizer, Pakistan on Thursday decided to start inoculating those in the age group of 12-18 years with two Chinese......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered Balochistan’s police chief on Thursday to submit a report in four weeks about efforts to find a missing man.The court took up a case suo motu after receiving......
BEIJING: Top Communist Party leaders wrapped up a key meeting in Beijing by passing an important resolution on the country’s past, state media said on Thursday, which is expected to cement President......
INFLATION makes us miserable and so does unemployment. But which one is worse? Some of us think inflation is more harmful than unemployment. Others think vice versa. There is an ‘economic discomfort......
BERLIN: Germany needs further coronavirus restrictions to combat a record surge in infections and “get through this winter”, the country’s likely next leader Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, calling a......
INTO the third decade of the 21st century in Pakistan, control over agricultural land remains a big determinant of power relations. But the latter do not enjoy the same unchallenged power of a......
GLASGOW: A surprise deal between China and the United States, the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters, has boosted the COP26 UN climate summit as it enters two last days of hard bargaining to......
WHEN the Supreme Court summoned Prime Minister Imran Khan to appear before the bench, it brought back focus on the Army Public School tragedy in which members of the terrorist outfit TTP massacred......
UNITED NATIONS: The global food trade could hit an all-time high in 2021-22, in both volume and value terms, says a UN report released on Thursday.The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)......
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the situation on the Poland-Belarus border with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the second time in as many days on Thursday, telling him......
ISLAMABAD: A day after the government shelved a scheduled joint sitting of parliament due to concerns reportedly shown by its allies over proposed legislation on the use of electronic voting machine......
ISLAMABAD: Railways Minister Azam Swati, who was issued two show-cause notices for his remarks against the Election Commission of Pakistan and its chief, appeared before a two-member ECP bench on......
AUSTRALIA destroyed Pakistan’s hopes in a thrilling heavyweight contest in Dubai. Pakistan played their part, and showed why they have come so far in this tournament, but the bowling wasn’t quite at......
ISLAM QALA: Iran is sending tens of thousands of Afghan migrants back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan every week despite the threat of famine, aid agencies and witnesses say, with many Afghans alleging......
ISLAMABAD: The government is going to provide gas to the residential sector only three times a day with the ‘bare minimum supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG)’ during December through March of......
KARACHI: Investors remained cautious on Thursday owing to the concerns about inflation and the weakening of the rupee against the dollar.According to Arif Habib Ltd, the two reasons created......
ISLAMABAD: As scores of affected employees gathered outside since morning, the Supreme Court observed on Thursday that the government’s stand on the sacked employees’ case seemed to be more populist......
KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $126 million due to official inflows for the government to $17.326 billion during the week ended on Nov 5, the......
ISLAMABAD: Members of the joint opposition on Thursday twice met National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser and asked him to give them in writing the terms of engagements with them that should include a......
DUBAI: Matthew Wade smacked three successive sixes off Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi in the penultimate over and lifted Australia into the Twenty20 World Cup final with a dramatic five-wicket victory on......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports of eight sectors including value-added textiles posted a double-digit growth in the four months of 2021-22 compared to the same period a year ago, data compiled by the......
KARACHI: The first four months of the current fiscal year proved to be another milestone for the auto sector where highest sales rise of 104 per cent were recorded in jeeps, 93pc in pick-up vans,......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) is likely to absorb about 20 paisa per unit reduction in quarterly tariff adjustment in various tariff increases.The regulator on......
ISLAMABAD: Influential foreign investors have asked Pakistan to deregulate every segment of the energy chain as early as possible and ensure sanctity of contracts currently being tampered with in the......
