Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
PPP, PML-N fail to sort out differences
ISLAMABAD, March 7: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Zardari on Friday held consultations with the MNAs-elect to finalise the name of the party’s nominee for the office of prime minister while...
Asif, Nawaz meet today to thrash out issues
LAHORE, March 7: PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari and PML-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif are meeting on Saturday to discuss matters regarding formation of a coalition government and work out a strategy...
Hillary to change Pakistan policy
WASHINGTON, March 7: US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has promised to end the Bush administration’s “one dimensional” policy towards Pakistan if voted to power because it focuses on President Pervez Musharraf and ignores the people....
Kashmir Singh admits to spying
NEW DELHI, March 7: An Indian who insisted he was not a spy during more than three decades on Pakistan’s death row has admitted he was a secret agent after his return to his home country, a report said on Friday....
India-Pakistan talks to resume next month
NEW DELHI, March 7: The bilateral dialogue process between India and Pakistan, stalled due to disturbances in Pakistan last year, is expected to resume next month with foreign secretary-level talks, Press Trust of India said on Friday....
Ministry expects 7.2pc GDP growth
ISLAMABAD, March 7: Despite apprehensions about the health of national economy, the government is confident FY2007-08 will end with a GDP growth of 7.2 per cent, inflation stabilising at 6.5...
Investment urged for gender equality
RAWALPINDI, March 7: The United Nations has urged national governments and development partners to invest more in women and girls and step up financial contributions and commitments to promote gender equality at global, regional and national levels....
AJK govt and opposition defuse tension
MUZAFFARABAD, March 7: The atmosphere in the Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir changed for the better on Friday after the opposition and treasury benches reached an agreement under which...
Talks with MQM under way: Fahim
KARACHI, March 7: Makhdoom Amin Fahim, president of the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians and a hopeful for the prime minister’s post, said here on Friday that consultations for government formation were continuing with PML-N and other democratic forces....
Former minister held in human trafficking case
ISLAMABAD, March 7: A former federal minister was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency late on Friday for his alleged involvement in human trafficking, FIA sources told Dawn....
48 Pakistanis in Indian Punjab jails: Prison terms completed
NEW DELHI, March 7: Forty-eight Pakistanis are languishing in jails across Indian Punjab even after completing their prison terms. Many of them have not even been granted consular access, which is mandatory under international conventions signed by both Pakistan and India....
Turk ‘carried out suicide attack in Afghanistan’
DUBAI, March 7: A suicide attack that killed two Nato soldiers in eastern Afghanistan earlier this week was carried out by a Turk who had come from Germany, a group that monitors Islamist websites reported on Thursday....
Uncertainty looms over India-US nuclear deal
NEW DELHI, March 7: India’s coalition government has virtually ruled out signing a controversial nuclear deal with the United States without the support of its communist allies, sparking fresh uncertainty about the fate of the pact....
UK airmen told not to wear uniform in public
LONDON, March 7: Military personnel at an east England airbase have been told not to wear uniform in public because some have been insulted and abused over Britain’s role in the Iraq and Afghan wars, the defence ministry said on Friday....
Israeli planes violate Lebanese airspace
BEIRUT, March 7: Israeli warplanes flew over the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday, according to a Lebanese official, a day after an attack by a Palestinian gunman killed eight Jewish seminary students in Jerusalem, raising tensions in the volatile region....
Belarus asks US envoy to leave
MINSK, March 7: Belarus, accused in the West of violating fundamental rights, recalled its ambassador to the United States on Friday and urged the US envoy to leave the ex-Soviet state....
Founder: Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Abbas Nasir
RAWALPINDI, March 7: The United Nations has urged national governments and development partners to invest more in women and girls and step up financial contributions and commitments to promote gender equality at global, regional and national levels....
MUZAFFARABAD, March 7: The atmosphere in the Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir changed for the better on Friday after the opposition and treasury benches reached an agreement under which...
