The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday postponed the Punjab elections, originally scheduled for April 30, till October 8.In the order, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the......
A meeting of the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee is currently under way in Peshawar for sighting the moon that will signal the start of Ramazan.The meeting chaired by Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee......
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday asked whether elections had not been delayed in the past beyond the 90-day limit under the Constitution.He made the remarks during a joint session of......
PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday alleged that another “operation” would take place outside Lahore’s Zaman Park either today or tomorrow in an attempt to kill him.On Saturday, hours-long clashes......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday inaugurated two coal-fired power plants in Tharparker with a capacity of 1,650 megawatts (MW) of electricity generation, saying that the projects would turn......
The government on Wednesday shared its strategy for the recently-announced fuel subsidy program, which is to be implemented in three phases and will “provide a relief of up to Rs50 per litre to the......
Sri Lanka’s president warned Wednesday of more economic pain to come for the crisis-hit nation, with strict austerity measures needed to restore its ruined finances after an IMF bailout deal.The......
Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Russia on Wednesday after a summit with President Vladimir Putin that was a display of unity against the West, with no apparent signal of a breakthrough to end the......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was a constitutional body and will be “offered protection”, but warned that the Supreme......
The Islamabad Police on Wednesday said they have arrested a total of 316 PTI supporters to date for allegedly attacking police officers and causing chaos outside the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) on......
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday ordered the government to make public the record of Toshakhana gifts received by public office holders from foreign governments and dignitaries between 1990......
CHENNAI: Top-ranked India face Australia in the series-deciding third One-day International here at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday.After suffering a 10-wicket thrashing in the second ODI......
WELLINGTON: New Zealand head coach Gary Stead says it is time for the Black Caps to have separate coaches guiding the Test and white-ball teams to help ease the demands on staff.Stead has held both......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday formally launched the Sindh Premier League (SPL) by playing on the bowling of national cricketer Sarfraz Ahmed.Speaking at the launching......
PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Mohammad Azam Khan has asked the federal government to release dues of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa amounting to several billions of rupees.As an important step towards......
KABUL: Wily leg-spinner Rashid Khan will lead a strong 17-man Afghanistan squad in the Twenty20 International series against Pakistan starting in Sharjah this week, selectors announced on Tuesday.The......
KARACHI: Pakistan coach Shahzad Anwar is impressed seeing his charges take their initial steps after their long hiatus from international football.The national football team lost 1-0 away to the......
LAHORE: In a bid to protect the public at large from the fraudulent practices in sale of plots, allegedly on part of the developers of legal and illegal private housing societies, and improve the......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday summoned the chief secretary and Karachi Development Authority (KDA) director general on March 30 with their respective proposals to increase strength......
• Sharjeel says cabinet approved Rs15.6bn relief package • Fine amount doubled to check profiteering, hoarding • Move to set up bachat bazaar in each talukaKARACHI: The Sindh government on Tuesday......
Pakistan’s interim head coach Abdul Rehman speaks during a press conference at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday.—courtesy PCB LAHORE: Emphasising that the predominantly young......
PARIS: Paris St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has been named France captain to succeed Hugo Lloris, the French football federation (FFF) said on Monday.French sports daily L’Equipe reported that......
KABUL: Afghanistan’s schools reopened for the new academic year on Tuesday, but no classes were held as students were unaware of the start and hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred......
LONDON: Data from the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, briefly uploaded to a global database by Chinese scientists, gives crucial information on the outbreak’s origins, including on an animal......
WASHINGTON: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said on Tuesday that US user numbers had soared to 150 million — almost half the total population — as he prepared to fight at US Congress for the Chinese owned......
DUBAI: A US citizen sentenced to 19 years in a Saudi prison for social media posts criticising the country’s rulers has been released, his son said on Tuesday.Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a 72-year-old of......
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced a 10 per cent reduction in domestic fares on Pakistan Day.A spokesman for the airline said on Tuesday that the discount was valid for......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday announced a package to provide daily-use commodities at a discounted rate at the utility stores in Ramazan.The Ministry of Industries has allocated around Rs5......
LONDON: London’s Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic and could still be employing rapists and murderers, a scathing independent review of Britain’s largest force......
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Chinese proposals could be used as the basis of a peace settlement in Ukraine, but that the......
KARACHI: Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday expressed concerns over the recent political violence taking place in Pakistan and asked the government to de-escalate the situation and minimise......
ISLAMABAD: A counsel for PTI chief Imran Khan has conceded the veracity of an affidavit Mr Khan submitted before a court in California stating that he had surrendered the guardian rights of his......
LAHORE: PTI Chairman Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi decided not to join investigations into Toshakhana gifts case despite the summons issued by National Accountability Bureau (NAB),......
THERE is a date for what is the end of the world as we know it, and it is only about 10 years away. This week the United Nations released a report that revealed how the world’s inability to reach its......
KARACHI: The government should revise its tight gas policy to nudge energy companies towards exploring natural gas that’s obtained from reservoir rocks with low permeability using advanced......
THE events of last week have given a vicious twist to the ongoing power struggle between the ruling coalition and the PTI opposition, diminishing any hopes of the deadlock between the two sides being......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Mortgage Refinance Company (PMRC) and Pakistan Housing Finance Company (PHFC) on Tuesday were prequalified to acquire House Building Finance Company Ltd (HBFCL).The meeting of the......
KARACHI: Share prices bounced within a small range throughout the session after trading began on the lower side on Tuesday.Arif Habib Ltd said investors preferred to stay cautious owing to ongoing......
KARACHI: A record increase in returns on treasury bills and Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) has failed to attract a single dollar.The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased the interest rate by 300......
KARACHI: The outstanding auto financing continued to decline for the eighth consecutive month in February dipping almost 9 per cent to Rs326 billion from Rs357bn in the same month last year, data......
ISLAMABAD: The PTI leadership on Tuesday met with diplomats and apprised them of its view on the “overall political situation of the country.According to PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the......
NEW YORK: A judge on Tuesday rejected former US President Donald Trump’s bid to delay the scheduled Oct. 2 trial in state Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud lawsuit, calling the date ......
ISLAMABAD: Another complaint has landed before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against a sitting apex court judge over his alleged misconduct, with a plea to issue a show-cause notice to him and......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received $242 million from the United States to support flood relief, recovery efforts, disaster resilience and food security and the US-Pakistani diaspora contributed about......
ISLAMABAD: An emergent meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Tuesday approved a special grant of Rs27 billion (about $100 million) for payments to Kuwait Petroleum......
At least nine people were dead and 44 injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a government official said, after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake with its epicentre in Afghanistan struck late on Tuesday.At least 19......
ISLAMABAD: India has blocked Pakistan’s participation in a seminar of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), an unprecedented move in the context of the forum, sources told Dawn.The seminar,......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has agreed to sit with rival political parties for the sake of “greater national consensus” on elections after a delegation of civil society......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has announced that Ramazan will start on Thursday after the moon was not sighted on Tuesday.In Pakistan, the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee will meet today (Wednesday) for the......
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN / D.I. KHAN: Five security personnel, including a senior military officer, were martyred in separate attacks in South Waziristan and Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday.According to an ISPR......
ISLAMABAD: Moving into election mode, the government on Tuesday rolled out a series of funded programmes for the country’s youth by putting together a total of 15 schemes worth about Rs150......
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) was not consulted on the government’s recent move to announce a fuel subsidy, the lender’s key official in Islamabad has said, adding that it was seeking......
KARACHI: Dr Saima Nadeem* was in a meeting with three colleagues, all men, when she says that one of them — her boss — asked her an extremely offensive, sexually explicit question. While the other......
• Residents flee homes as 6.8 magnitude tremor jolts Islamabad, Peshawar, Lahore, other areas • Initial reports put death toll at three, including two girls in KP; 150 injured in Swat • At least two......
THERE is a date for what is the end of the world as we know it, and it is only about 10 years away. This week the United Nations released a report that revealed how the world’s inability to reach its......
THE events of last week have given a vicious twist to the ongoing power struggle between the ruling coalition and the PTI opposition, diminishing any hopes of the deadlock between the two sides being......
