Former captain Quinton de Kock hit a sparkling century for South Africa in the third one-day international against India at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday.De Kock, who handed over the white ball......
British minister Nadhim Zahawi on Sunday urged a probe into claims by a fellow Conservative MP that she lost her ministerial role because of her "Muslimness", piling further pressure on the......
Prime Minister Imran Khan is currently taking questions from the general public live on air during a programme called "Aap Ka Wazir-e-Azam, Aap Kay Saath".According to Radio Pakistan, citizens can......
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has cancelled her wedding as the nation imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, she told reporters on......
Human rights and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where hunger threatens millions, will be in focus at talks opening Sunday in Oslo between the Taliban, the West and members of Afghan civil......
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned the flying of drones in the country for recreation after Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed a fatal drone attack on an oil facility and major airport in the......
For five years, Sajad Gul wrote about conflict wracking his homeland, a disputed Himalayan territory where a freedom struggle and India’s brutal counterinsurgency have raged for over three......
Spurred by activist citizens, a number of recent court rulings have ordered the demolition of illegal structures encroaching on amenity spaces, including land allocated for public parks. Can greed......
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday named Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan as the T20I Cricketer of the Year for his sheer "consistency, indomitable spirit and plenty of......
Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Sarwakai area of South Waziristan district and recovered a huge cache of weapons, the military's media wing said in a statement......
DOUALA: Nigeria, the top performers so far in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, were paired with arch rivals Ghana in the African World Cup play-offs draw in Douala on Saturday.Ghana......
ISLAMABAD: While over 200 employees of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) are currently infected with Covid-19, the hospital administration has directed each of the outpatient departments......
MELBOURNE: World number two and title favourite Daniil Medvedev won over the Australian Open crowd on Saturday as the Russian “villain” eased into the last 16 along with Stefanos Tsitsipas.After the......
KARACHI: This time, the wind didn’t spare anyone.No one was able to break par in the second round of the Sindh Open Golf Championship, even though Pakistan number one Shabbir Iqbal stretched his lead......
KARACHI: Wahab Riaz is not giving up. At 36, the veteran pacer has an unwavering belief that he will play for Pakistan again.The left-armer made his last appearance for the country back in December......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to increase coronavirus vaccination, testing and contact tracing in Peshawar, Mardan and Swabi in light of the growing cases of Omicron......
LAHORE: The law enforcement agencies released the four Baloch students who were allegedly picked in connection with the investigation into the New Anarkali blast.The improvised explosive device (IED)......
GWADAR: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo has claimed that the share of Balochistan in the new agreement for the Reko Diq Copper-Cum- Gold Project has been increased.Speaking to......
LAHORE: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has rejected the offer of Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to join hands with the government for the creation of a south Punjab......
KARACHI: Friends and former classmates of the Pakistan-born surgeon behind the world’s first pig-to-human heart transplant say they earmarked him for greatness from his medical school......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin to initiate steps to alleviate the economic well-being of the urban lower and middle classes......
KARACHI: City’s Covid-19 situation remains alarming as the infection claimed eight more lives on Saturday, raising the death toll from the infection in three days to 28.Sources told Dawn majority of......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Saturday allowed extension to the prosecution department for the fifth consecutive time to file the final charge sheet against two Pakistan Peoples Party lawmakers......
MUZAFFARABAD: Wildlife guards on Saturday evacuated a seriously injured common leopard from along the rocky bank of River Neelum and shifted it to a rehabilitation centre for wild animals in the......
HYDERABAD: The Tando Allahyar police on Saturday applied baton charge to disperse women protesters who agitated against the arrest of their family members following a Friday night arson attack on a......
KARACHI: The two-day Karachi Dharna Family Food Festival organised by the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) on its 23rd day of protest and sit-in transformed the road outside the Sindh Assembly building into a......
BORDEAUX: A 75-year-old Frenchman attempting to row across the Atlantic “to laugh at old age” was found dead in his cabin at sea on Saturday, his support team said.Portugal’s coastguard found......
BROOKHAVEN: A stray bullet struck and killed an English astrophysicist while he was inside an Atlanta-area apartment, authorities say.Matthew Willson, 31, of Chertsey, Surrey, England, was visiting......
HASAKEH: Fighting raged for a third day on Saturday between the militant Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Syria after IS attacked a prison housing jihadists, with the violence killing nearly......
BERLIN: Germany’s centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) on Saturday elected arch-conservative Friedrich Merz their party leader to follow the more centrist Armin Laschet, who lost September’s......
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General António Guterres has pledged to continue his ‘discreet diplomacy’ for resolving the Afghan crisis, repeating his appeal for a conditional release of Afghanistan’s......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Saturday the government would soon launch property projects for overseas Pakistanis to provide them investment......
Ethnic and religious turmoil has been a constant in Pakistan. The state and governments have tried various measures to address it, by trying to outlaw ethnic and Islamist politics, and even by......
THE terrorist attack on a police check post in the heart of the federal capital earlier this week was a dangerous happening. It is good that the security agencies have taken the incident very......
KYIV: The first shipment of the United States’ $200 million security support package for Ukraine arrived in Kyiv, the US Embassy said on Saturday.The delivery followed US Secretary of State Antony......
SAADA: The Saudi-led coalition on Saturday denied carrying out an air strike on a prison in Yemen’s rebel-held north that aid groups said killed at least 70 people, including migrants, women and......
RAWALPINDI: The national flag carrier’s hopes of restarting flights to key European destinations suffered a setback on Saturday after the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) conveyed that it......
ISLAMABAD: As the country recorded more than 6,000 coronavirus cases for a third consecutive day, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday in an ‘unprecedented’ decision allowed......
AN airstrike in Saada, the heartland of Yemen’s Houthi rebel movement, on Friday has resulted in a horrific death toll, highlighting once again the futility of this destructive war. The strike is......
ISLAMABAD: A key member of the federal cabinet and one of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) top-tier leaders spilled the beans about the government’s decision to allow former prime minister Nawaz......
THERE can be little doubt that the security situation is taking a turn for the worse with the TTP stepping up its attacks on Pakistani security forces, with the past week alone witnessing an incident......
