Dawn - Home

Visitors to the chateau in the tiny village of Liettres in northern France heard some unfamiliar terminology this weekend, at an international cricket tournament.

High school students across France were preparing for a fresh day of protests on Thursday, despite government efforts to ease the crisis which has rocked the country for days.

Pakistan on Thursday expressed its commitment to boost bilateral trade with Bahrain as the two countries held the third session of their Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) in Islamabad.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday said Pakistan was waging a global war against terrorism during a meeting with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Security forces killed nine terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan, state media reported on Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump, who waged war with Iran and has yet to broker peace in Ukraine, said on Wednesday that he should win the Nobel Peace Prize but acknowledged doubt about his chances.

El Nino will intensify even more before peaking in December, the United Nations said Thursday, warning it could be among the strongest witnessed since at least 1950.

India’s election commission is facing mounting pressure after a newspaper investigation alleged misconduct during a nationwide voter-roll revision.

THERE is an enduring consensus in Pakistan that the exchange rate should not be allowed to move by much as a matter of routine, and that determining its level is a matter of discretion for the state.

The 12th edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League will be held from March 18 to May 2 next year, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Thursday.

NEITHER side, it seems, has committed fully yet.

• Judge advises KP CM’s counsel to let the commission hear him first • Chief minister accused of violating code of conduct in Haripur by-polls last year • Petitioner’s lawyers say the process initiated by ECP may result in his disqualification PESHAWAR: T…

THE Makkah alliance has moved, in less than two months, from a political declaration towards practical cooperation, though it remains a few steps short of becoming a fully operational military alliance.

• KP CM tells chief secretary, police chief not to follow ‘unconstitutional’ orders • Insists Centre’s counterterrorism approach failed; claims KP can restore peace within 100 days • Joins march supporters in Bara; says future strategy to be announced in…

LAST month, at the London School of Economics’ Environment Week, the International Growth Centre asked a roundtable of policymakers, researchers and funders how evidence systems should change to support harder climate choices.

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday reached a staff-level agreement (SLA) with Pakistani authorities on the fourth review under the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the third review under the $1.4bn Resilience and Susta…

PARIS: France has begun talks with the Taliban government to “facilitate” the deportation of Afghan citizens to Afghanistan, a diplomatic source said on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD: The capital police have banned the use of social media for all ranks, including officers and other employees, and have warned that strict departmental action will be taken in accordance with the relevant rules in case of any violation.

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended electronic production monitoring to the leather, paper and paperboard sectors, authorising four private vendors to install and operate camera-based monitoring systems across industrial sectors.

KARACHI: Over the past three days, millers have raised the prices of various flour varieties by an average of Rs14 per kg.

QUETTA: Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chairman, National Assembly Opposition Leader and head of the Tehreek-i-Tahafuz-i-Ayin-i-Pakistan (TTAP) Mahmood Khan Achakzai has said negotiations between the government and opposition cannot resolve Pakista…

• Clear, predictable rules stressed for public servants • Administrative convenience can’t justify denying legitimate promotion, bench observes ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has emphasised that the government, being the largest public employer, must conduct

Saudi authorities said on Wednesday that three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom’s international airports including in the capital Riyadh, after Yemen’s Houthis claimed to have fired on both transport hubs.

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the secretary for relations with states and international organisations of the Holy See, is set to make an official visit to Pakistan from Oct 8 to 10, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Wednesday.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi said on Wednesday that if the prime minister and the president deemed it necessary to impose an emergency or governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to “save the province” facing terrorism, it would “definitely…

The government on Wednesday raised the price of petrol by Rs1.82 per litre, but reduced that of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Re0.91 per litre.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said that Pakistani troops are in Saudi Arabia, adding that they had been in the kingdom “for decades” and across multiple domains.

The PTI convoy led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi reached the Khyber district on Wednesday with the provincial chief executive vowing that he would not allow another military operation in KP.

HYDERABAD: An inspector of the Sindh Police Highway Patrol (SPHP) was among three held after he allegedly opened fire during an altercation in Hyderabad’s Paretabad, injuring three people.

Indian police detained opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and several lawmakers for the third time in two days on Wednesday as they launched an unannounced protest demanding the resignation of the election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists.

Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Wednesday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to international peace in a meeting with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the military’s media affairs wing said.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has rescheduled the first step of the National Registration Examination (NRE) from Oct 11 to Nov 8.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a marriage could be dissolved on grounds of shiqaq (marital discord) under a residuary provision of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 even when cruelty was not proven.

ISLAMABAD: PPP stalwart Farooq H.

The Pakistan Navy seized narcotics worth approximately $96 million during two successful counter-narcotics operations while deployed in the Arabian Sea, the military’s media wing said on Wednesday.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Wednesday slammed Governor Faisal Karim Kundi for holding “unconstitutional” meetings, contending that the move was an “attack on democracy”.

PESHAWAR: Seven policemen were injured when terrorists attacked a police checkpost in Kohat early on Wednesday.

Three years after Hamas’s Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered a devastating onslaught, much of Gaza still lies in ruins.

Lionel Messi described his retirement from international football as the “saddest day of my career” on Tuesday after playing his final game for Argentina in a 3-0 defeat of Benin.

Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis,” the award-giving body said on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday rejected the Sindh government’s petition seeking to revisit its June 10 decision overturning the convictions of two Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers for their alleged involvement in the deadly 2012 Bald…

Nasa has released a striking image of dawn on the Martian surface taken by its Curiosity rover, showing sunlight bathing jagged crags formed billions of years ago as the car-sized vehicle continues to explore Earth’s planetary neighbour.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed authorities to accelerate work on the Main Line-1 (ML-1) railway upgrade and introduce corporate-style reforms in Pakistan Railways.

The government cannot be pressured into accepting demands by holding the state hostage and creating political instability, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said on Wednesday.

The three remaining Pakistani crew members of MT Honour 25, an oil tanker that was hijacked off the coast of Somalia in April, were expected to land in Karachi on Wednesday to reunite with their families, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq D…

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called for urgent action on climate finance, reform of the international debt system and greater cooperation over shared water resources in the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) Second Committee following the high-level political d…

The global AI boom is fast becoming the key driver of economies around the world but the boom is risking wider global inequality by leaving some nations behind, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on Wednesday.

Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani is set to arrive in Pakistan on a two-day visit on Wednesday to co-chair the third session of their Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC).

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday formally indicted lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in a case pertaining to the alleged disruption of the security route of an international cricket team and incitement to public unr…