ISLAMABAD: Paramilitary troops were on Tuesday deployed in Golra in view of the tense situation after a mob attacked a police station with the intention of lynching a blasphemy suspect on Monday night...
Officials of the capital administration told Dawn that the deployment of Rangers at the Golra police station was made keeping in view the law and order situation...
ISLAMABAD: Despite Sunday’s high temperatures, 11-year-old Habibullah seemed more than willing to tolerate the heat as he took in the rides and activities at the Islamabad Carnival 2016, at the Arts and Craft Village in Shakarparian...
Samiullah, his father, agreed that the event was interesting, but didn’t seem convinced it was worth the hot weather, saying it was too hot to stay for long...
ISLAMABAD: Extreme weather in Rawalpindi and Islamabad has changed the shopping pattern this Ramazan, and even the corporate brands are keeping their outlets open late at night ignoring the official timings...
”The Rawalpindi-Islamabad region has faced a different weather pattern this year, not only due to high temperature but also because the humidity increased the heat index...
UAE President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s one-day visit to Islamabad — scheduled for today — has been postponed due to bad weather conditions, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday...
“Due to weather conditions, President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to the friendly Islamic Republic of Pakistan scheduled for today has been postponed to a later date,” a PMO statement said...
First Hudaibiya, now Model Town — it’s been a rough patch for the younger Sharif...
RAWALPINDI: The Parks and Horticultural Authority (PHA) on Tuesday renamed Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif parks as Iqbal Park and Rawal Park, respectively...
In a highly partisan political environment, China reiterated its neutrality towards the internal affairs of the country by stating its resolve to abide by ‘a strategic cooperative partnership with Pakistan’...
Senior officials in Islamabad, who coordinate with the Chinese side for the CPEC, informed Dawn that the political crisis did hamper the pace of progress, particularly on projects in the pipeline...
Pakistan’s tour of England this summer is not going to be an easy one...
After their triumph over Sri Lanka, the home side will be brimming with confidence and Pakistan’s players will have their work cut out for them...
Overnight rain and poor light continued to mar the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, stopping the start of play on the fourth day on Saturday...
The Test is the first in Pakistan since a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus killed eight people in March 2009, leading to the suspension of international cricket in the country as foreign teams refused to visit over security fears...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan take on Slovenia in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania playoff starting here at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Friday amid inclement weather conditions in the federal capital...
Meanwhile, the referee said while the weather in the federal capital was unpredictable the tie was most likely to happen on March 6-7...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday expressed the hope that Pakistan's "hot and dry" weather will help to mitigate the coronavirus outbreak, urging citizens to exercise social distancing and self-discipline...
Speaking to senior journalists in Islamabad, the premier said: "We can manage [the outbreak]...
The Pakistan Day parade scheduled to be held tomorrow (Tuesday) has been postponed due to forecast of "inclement weather and rain" over the next two days, the military's media wing said in a statement on Monday...
"The Joint Services Pakistan Day Parade will now be held on 25th March, 2021 as per program and timings already specified," it said...
The country is celebrating Pakistan Day today (Tuesday) as the nation battles a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic...
Pakistan Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution on March 23, 1940, when the All-India Muslim League demanded a separate nation for the Muslims of the British Indian Empire...
KARACHI: Pakistan’s twin ports appear to have performed slightly better than regional peers during the last one and half a years amid global Covid-19 lockdowns and disruption of business activities from February-March 2020 to date in various countries...
A senior official at Hutchison Port Pakistan (HPP) said Pakistan is among the countries which are fortunate enough to experience relatively low rates of Covid-19 cases thanks to the...
In an interview with Dawn in Washington, Mr Chollet also emphasised the need to assist Islamabad in fighting terrorists, who had recently killed over 80 people inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines compound...
Mr Chollet, who conducts special diplomatic assignments for the US Secretary of State, is due in Islamabad next week for talks on a wide range of issues...