One of the most surreal things on display these days — especially on social media — is former military men, certain politicians, some journalists and supporters of a particular party spouting......
RAWALPINDI: Keeping in view India’s rigid stance over the Asia Cup scheduled to be hosted by Pakistan later this year, the government so far has not given its go-ahead to the Pakistan Cricket Board......
RAWALPINDI: Once Usman Khan got in the groove after a tentative start, there was no stopping him. The 27-year-old Multan Sultans opener plundered the fastest century in the history of the Pakistan......
SYDNEY: Emergency services in Australia’s Queensland state evacuated residents on Saturday, as record-breaking floods sparked by heavy rain lashed the region’s northwest.Fifty three residents of the......
PARIS: Demonstrators in France took to the streets on Saturday for a seventh day of protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans, with police expecting up to a million people at......
BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities on Saturday said they seized three million pills of captagon, an amphetamine-type stimulant that has been sweeping the Middle East for years, near the Syrian border.The......
GENEVA: Representatives of Yemen’s government and Iran-backed Houthi rebels kicked off talks in Geneva on Saturday for an exchange of prisoners, with the UN urging both sides to engage in “serious”......
WASHINGTON: The world’s first 3D printed rocket is scheduled to blast off from Florida on Saturday on the maiden flight of an innovative spacecraft billed as being less costly to produce and......
KARACHI: Nine month after its formal launch, the Sindh government on Saturday hinted at increasing the fare of its flagship Peoples Bus Service due to higher operational cost amid fast increasing......
KARACHI: The main opposition party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), on Saturday accused the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of approaching its councillors-elect in a bid to establish its “fake majority”......
KARACHI: Enumerators from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) going door to door to collect data for the population census have been facing a number of issues coming in the way of their work.Dawn......
TOBA TEK SINGH: PML-N Chief Organiser and Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz has said the party will fully participate in and win the upcoming provincial assembly elections, adding if the scale in......
PESHAWAR: The public sector Peshawar Institute of Cardiology on Saturday become the country’s first hospital to carry out coronary angioplasty using the new technology RotaPro rotational atherectomy......
LAHORE: A two-day festival, called EconFest, for debates and discussions on the economy of the country and the related sectors being organised by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior is set to take up a heavy legislative agenda containing 15 bills which includes a crucial legislation seeking complete ban on kite......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) Executive Director Dr Naeem Malik has curtailed administrative powers of hospital dean Dr Rizwan Taj, which were granted to the latter by the......
QUETTA: Jamaat-i-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq has blamed former and present rulers for bringing Pakistan “to the brink of disaster” and called for overhauling the system.Addressing a press conference on......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suspended the recommendations of the Special Committee of the National Assembly of reinstatement of 358 “political” appointments of Employees Old-Age......
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: As part of continuous relief assistance on government directions to quake-affected people of Turkiye and Syria, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Saturday sailed......
ISLAMABAD: An additional district and sessions judge on Saturday dismissed an application of Shahbaz Gill, chief of staff of PTI chairman Imran Khan, for deferring his indictment until the Supreme......
COMPREHENDING the nature of a terrorist threat is essential for countering or physically eliminating it, as well as for preventing its recurrence. A terrorist threat comes from a complex system of......
YET another tragedy of our times. Political worker Ali Bilal, aka Zille Shah, a diehard Imran Khan supporter, has been killed, his broken, tormented body abandoned at the Services Hospital in Lahore.......
BEIRUT: Suspected Islamic State group militants on Saturday killed three truffle hunters and kidnapped at least 26 others in northern Syria, a war monitor said.“Armed men likely affiliated with IS......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo has once again urged angry Baloch insurgents to come down from the mountains and resolve all issues with the government through dialogue.He......
NEW DELHI: The fact that Australian batsman Usman Khawaja was initially denied an Indian visa because of his Pakistani origins has been blamed on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by Australian......
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Saturday announced that it would not participate in the March 19 by-elections to be held on three seats of the National Assembly in Khyber......
ISLAMABAD: As Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday blamed PTI chief Imran Khan for obstructing the deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari sought......
• Caretaker CM slams Imran’s ‘false propaganda’ • Says PTI workers in custody ‘have confirmed’ fatal accident • Yasmin rubbishes govt claimLAHORE: The mystery surrounding the death of a worker of the......
QUETTA: A bomb struck the convoy of Sardar Khan Rind — a former district nazim and the son of a PTI provincial lawmaker — in the Sunni Shoran area of Kachhi district, killing two of his private......
COMPREHENDING the nature of a terrorist threat is essential for countering or physically eliminating it, as well as for preventing its recurrence. A terrorist threat comes from a complex system of......
• Seeks formation of judicial commission over crackdown on election demo; demands action against interim CM, IG • DC refuses to grant permission to rally due to PSL match, imposes Section 144 in......
YET another tragedy of our times. Political worker Ali Bilal, aka Zille Shah, a diehard Imran Khan supporter, has been killed, his broken, tormented body abandoned at the Services Hospital in Lahore.......
WASHINGTON: The rapid unravelling of SVB Financial Group, which is the largest bank failure since the 2009 crisis, has blindsided the banking industry after years of stability.The collapse on Friday......
KARACHI: Flour miller owners in Sindh have refused to cooperate with the provincial government for its intended ‘Ramazan package,’ calling it impractical and political gimmickry.In a letter to Chief......
KARACHI: Trading on the stock market commenced on a positive note in the outgoing week as investors expected the signing of a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Arif......
KARACHI: With power outages set to return during the peak summer season, consumers should be prepared to spend hours in darkness as prices of alternate power solutions have more than doubled in the......
KARACHI: In yet another manifestation of the economic slowdown, sales by a majority of listed firms dropped for the second consecutive quarter in October-December.Speaking to Dawn on Saturday, Arif......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has seemingly been on the verge of signing the much-anticipated staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for several weeks now, but the coming week may see......
