Disastrous floods
Dawn Editorial The recent torrential rains have resulted in a truly alarming situation. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, already reeling from escalating terrorism, has in particular been hit hard. Extensive flooding has affected More...
Eoin Morgan makes careless Pakistan pay as England take control
Consider the cricket field to be a wheel. Then think of the wicketkeeper as the hub. The game revolves around him: bowlers bowl to him and fielders throw to him. It is his demeanour, above all, that can dictate More...
Pakistan plane crash ‘black box’ found
ISLAMABAD — Recovery workers on Saturday found the “black box” flight data recorder from the wreckage of Pakistan’s worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials More...
Death toll from floods rises to 1,100
A Pakistan army helicopter evacuates stranded villagers in Nowshera, Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest More...
SC questions role of committee in appointment of judges
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday virtually shredded the fresh procedure of appointing superior court judges through Article 175-A of the Constitution by putting a series of questions focussing on the shrinking More...
Officials: Floods kill at least 313 in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 313 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides. The More...
Ogra increases CNG prices
KARACHI: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) increased on Thursday prices of compressed natural gas (CNG) by Rs1.70 per kg for Sindh and Punjab and Rs1.73 for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. The new More...
PIA plane engine catches fire at Karachi airport
KARACHI: A fire erupted in the engine of a Lahore-bound PIA plane at the Karachi airport early Friday morning. Sources said that the flight, PK 302, was taxiing on the runway when a bird smashed into its engine More...
Policemen among seven killed in Noshehra suicide blast
NOSHEHRA: At least seven people including three police personnel were killed and 20 others injured in a suicide explosion outside the residence of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar, More...
LeT may target upcoming 2010 Games: Report
London: India fears that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba, blamed for the Mumbai carnage, may attempt to strike during the October Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and has voiced its concerns to the US, according More...
