GUJRANWALA: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Friday announced that the party would march towards Islamabad on September 20 against the petroleum levy, warning the government that the protest would enter its “decisive phase” on the streets of the federal capital if th...
Pakistan captain Fatima Sana’s all-round effort went in vain as Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan in a Women’s Asia Cup semi-final for the third consecutive edition on Friday, chasing down their 131-run target with seven balls to spare to set up a final against India. Fatima scored an ...
Dropped Pakistan internationals Imam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Rizwan have been barred from playing in the President’s Trophy Grade-I domestic first-class tournament, which starts across four venues on Saturday. Dawn understands that the duo, who were questioned by the National Cybercr...
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday ordered that there should be no loadshedding for more than two hours in any area of the country, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The premier was chairing a meeting on electricity load management when he issu...
GILGIT: A Gilgit-Baltistan election tribunal on Friday suspended the GB Assembly membership of Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party’s (IPP) Malik Imam from GBA-16 Diamer-II, directing the returning officer (RO) of the constituency to complete the verification and counting of postal ballot p...
Yemen’s Houthi rebels reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving to tighten their grip on a vital global shipping route in the widening Middle East war. Earlier, two sources from the internation...
British lawmakers rejected on Friday a proposal to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people, dealing a major setback to campaigners and bringing the latest effort to change the law to an end. The result leaves Britain’s ban on assisted dying unchanged, extending a decade...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday greenlit another $200 million (Rs57bn) loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for digitalisation, despite serious questions raised by the Planning Commission. The project was one of seven projects worth Rs116bn cleared by the Central Development ...
WASHINGTON: Twenty-five years ago, on a bright September morning, America woke up to a different world. I was in Washington. I was asleep when John Hendel, our news editor at the American news agency where I worked, called. “There have been attacks of Biblical proportions in New ...
Shan Masood and Azan Awais both scored half-centuries as Pakistan held up England’s victory charge in the third Test at Edgbaston on Friday. The visitors showed belated grit at the end of a one-sided series to reach 184-3 at lunch on the third day, trailing the home side by 136 r...
Consultations have begun between the offices of the opposition leader and the prime minister to arrange a meeting following Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s letter to National Assembly Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai regarding the appointment of a new chief election commis...
New York commemorated the 25th anniversary of the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001 on Friday with a ceremony marred by controversy over President Donald Trump’s absence, and right-wing outrage over the attendance of the city’s first Muslim mayor. In an unusual move, Trum...
THE 9/11 attacks happened 25 years ago, ushering in a new epoch. The so-called global war on terror was launched by the Bush administration a few days later, and Washington has wreaked havoc across the globe ever since. The majority of the world’s states have followed the US lead...
The opposition said on Friday that they intended to and was holding consultations to call an all-parties conference to discuss several issues, including the creation of new provinces, law and order and economy. PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan announced this while speaking t...
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Friday forecast monsoon rains in upper parts of the country starting tomorrow, with temperatures expected to drop during the forecast period. “Monsoon currents are penetrating upper parts of the country,” the Met Office said in an advis...
Leaders from Russia and Iran were in India for talks on Friday, ahead of a Brics summit dominated by conflict and economic challenges, which Chinese President Xi Jinping will also attend. Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, as well as global trade turbulence and oil are expected...
Stark warnings from artificial intelligence researchers that advanced forms of the technology could wipe out humanity have raised questions over whether governments are moving fast enough to regulate it. What are the potential dangers of “superintelligent” computer systems, and s...