GOALPARA: Authorities in India`s Assam state have bulldozed thousands of homes belonging to Bengali-speaking Muslims in recent weeks, in the most intense crackdown in decades ahead of state elections ...

RAWALPINDI: The traders from Rawalpindi have threatened to stage a sit-in with their family members after the country`s Independence Day on August 14, if the Punjab government doesn`t open the main ...

ISLAMABAD: After four consecutive hikes, petrol and diesel prices are expected to fall by about Rs9 and Rs3.50 per litre, respectively, for the upcoming fortnight ending Aug 15, owing to lower ...

THE introduction of afrak-themed number plates for vehicles in Sindh may seem like a cultural tribute, but the cost being imposed on the people raises serious concerns. The Sindh government has fixed ...

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has signed an agreement with Pakistan to facilitate free cancer medicines for at least 8,000 children annually diagnosed with the disease. The WHO and ...

EACH year, our universities produce thousands of graduates, but the promise of higher education remains unfulfilled. Degrees, once viewed as a gateway to secure futures, now often fail to translate ...

BAJAUR/LAKKI MARWAT: Police repulsed an attack by terrorists on Thangi checkpost in Bajaur tribal district on Sunday night, officials said on Monday. They told Dawn that terrorists attacked the joint ...

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi after a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced that Pakistani Zaireen (pilgrims) would be barred from travelling by road to Iran ...

THE measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members and by that measure, Pakistan is failing its sanitation workers. A new report by Amnesty International which collaborated with the ...

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MOSCOW: Russian national flag carrier Aeroflot was forced to cancel dozens of flights on Monday after a crippling cyberattack claimed by a shadowy pro-Ukrainian hacking group, which one lawmaker ...

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq on Sunday assured the Chinese technical team executing the long-delayed Jagran-II hydropower project of full government ...