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Dr Ruth Pfau being laid to rest in Karachi after state funeral

Dr Pfau, the 'Pakistani Mother Teresa' passed away earlier this month in Karachi.

Updated Aug 19, 2017 01:55pm

Nisar sees red as Pervaiz Rashid reflects on interior ministry’s ‘failings’

Rashid should have explained what kind of help he expected from the interior ministry to “cover up their deeds”: Nisar.

Updated Aug 19, 2017 08:08am

JUI-F leader shot dead in Dera Ismail Khan

Gunmen targeted Maulana Syed Ataullah Shah while he was walking home after offering Fajr prayers

Published Aug 19, 2017 12:28pm

Pakistan reaffirms support for US, Afghan forces

Gen Bajwa says action taken against terrorists of all hue and colour.

Updated Aug 19, 2017 12:07pm

Kashmir not a piece of real estate, says Mirwaiz after release from house arrest

The Mirwaiz had been under house arrest since June 23.

Updated Aug 19, 2017 08:47am

Dawn undertakes Pakistan history project

Dawn embarks on a series of 16 special reports under the banner of ‘70 years of Pakistan and Dawn’.

Updated Aug 19, 2017 09:36am

PTI accuses Ishaq Dar of running money laundering network

PTI spokesman claims PM allowing allegedly corrupt people to head top institutions

Published Aug 19, 2017 09:47am

Karachi ranked among worst cities of the world to live in

Karachi maintains its 134th rank in the Economist Intelligence Unit's ranking of 140 cities for 'liveability'.

Published Aug 18, 2017 08:37pm

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US has constantly reaffirmed its "ironclad commitment" to protect Japan.

Indian rules for power grid, telecoms aim at China

Local firms and right-wing nationalists blame Beijing for inflicting trade losses and supporting Pakistan.

Faces of nationalism

The two-nation theory has competition.

Day-to-day hearings in final corruption case against Zardari

Former president is accused of illegally accumulating assets in Pakistan and abroad

Upset with PML-N ‘advisers’, Nisar plays devil’s advocate

Nisar blames unnamed advisors for disastrous situation PML-N has faced in the wake of Nawaz's disqualification.

Opinion

Parliament & accountability

Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

The legislators are meant to play the most important role in strengthening accountability.

Kicking Nawaz when he’s down

Abbas Nasir

Are the former PM’s rallies and speeches follies he’ll live to regret, or is there no other option?

Broken promises

A.G. Noorani

Should the elected be held responsible for unfulfilled pledges?

The military mind

Irfan Husain

The defence forces are whitewashed of all sins.

Editorial

Questionable CCI composition

THE reconstitution of the Council of Common Interests may be a prime ministerial prerogative, but the sudden change...

Attacks in Spain

EUROPE is, yet again, the theatre of a terrorist attack, with Spain as the target this time around. The country,...

Concrete jungle

ONCE known as the city of gardens and famous for the abundance of its trees, Lahore now stands sadly diminished. ...

Sport

PCB refutes Umar Akmal's statements, defends Mickey Arthur

Cook, Root lead recovery in England’s first floodlit Test

Players’ draft, revamped structure no guarantee for National T20 Cup success

Business

Report on rupee depreciation due next week

Chinese companies to assemble trucks, buses in Pakistan

Govt asked to shift Afghan cargo handling to Gwadar

Tech

Military-run SCO denied permission to operate across country

Galaxy S8 best selling Android smartphone in the world: report

Facebook updates timeline for 'improved readability', 'easier navigation'

Madhuri thinks Priyanka is the perfect choice for her biographical series

ABC is working on the series based on Madhuri's life post moving to America, which is being produced by Chopra

Images Staff Published Aug 19, 2017 01:56pm

Blind photographers capture sights and sounds of State Bank Museum

Museum director Asma Ibrahim says the activity's goal was to enable the visually impaired to express their creativity

Shazia Hasan Published Aug 19, 2017 11:52am

Fashion split: Khadijah Shah gets set to leave Sapphire

Khadijah Shah has been the high street brand's Creative Director since its inception in 2014

Maliha Rehman Published Aug 19, 2017 10:28am

World

Spain mourns deaths in worst terrorist attacks since 2004

Police say suspects were planning an even bigger assault.

AFP Updated Aug 19, 2017 11:05am

Kashmir not a piece of real estate, says Mirwaiz after release from house arrest

The Mirwaiz had been under house arrest since June 23.

Tooba Masood Updated Aug 19, 2017 08:47am

Two dead, six injured in Finland stabbing spree

Police shot one suspect in the legs and arrested him.

AFP Updated Aug 18, 2017 10:05pm

Blogs

12 stops: A Do-It-Yourself tour of Karachi

Wander along aimlessly down the smog-filled alleys of the old city; the ancient buildings here have stories to tell.

Farooq Soomro Updated Aug 19, 2017 01:18pm

This is very much Zia's Pakistan, the most influential man after Jinnah

Jinnah may have played a key role in creating the country but it is unrecognisable from the one he had envisioned.

Sibtain Naqvi Updated Aug 19, 2017 12:55am

In the narrow lanes of Old Delhi, a unique and flavoursome dialect of Urdu is going extinct

The ‘karkhandari zubaan’, spoken by trader communities, was once the subject of many nostalgic tributes to the city.

Malini Nair Published Aug 17, 2017 12:38pm

SEVENTY + SEVENTY: SHORT STORY: A PAKISTANI HOMECOMING

We ask some celebrated fiction writers to imagine what things might be like 70 years into the future.

Shandana Minhas Updated Aug 15, 2017 12:17pm

SEVENTY + SEVENTY: ESSAY: THE NEW WORLD ORDER

It was in around the 1960s that Ghulam Abbas wrote a famous novella titled Dhanak. In it, he presents an imaginary...

Asghar Nadeem Syed Updated Aug 13, 2017 06:45pm

SEVENTY + SEVENTY: POETRY: KARACHI AND LAHORE - 2087

Flying cars And salad bars Finger phones And kishmish scones Are not the 'in' things in Lahore There's more Of his,

Peerzada Salman Updated Aug 15, 2017 05:07pm

SPOTLIGHT: THE RISING STARS OF TOMORROW

As Pakistan turns 70, Icon profiles some artists we believe are going to impact Pakistan’s entertainment and fashion

Maliha Rehman Updated Aug 15, 2017 01:16pm

CINEMASCOPE: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

Jab Harry Met Sejal is sappy and emotionally satisfying all at the same time

Mohammad Kamran Jawaid Updated Aug 15, 2017 01:22pm

THE GRAPEVINE

LOCARNO LAURELSWe always knew that Jami had the ability to go global. And he’s done that. On Aug 8, the Pakistani...

PYT Updated Aug 15, 2017 02:11pm

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