Philippines destroys five tonnes of elephant tusks
Philippine government workers crushed and burned more than five tonnes of smuggled elephant tusks worth an estimated $10m (£6m) in the biggest known destruction of trafficked ivory outside Africa.The...
View ArticleVideo: Summer snow falls in Northwest China
A rare June snowstorm hit China's northwest on Wednesday (June 19), state media reported.Snow began falling Tuesday (June 18) night in Bayanbulak, Xinjiang province, a region known for its livestock...
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Lollywood and Bollywood: A typical case of co-joined twins
With Bollywood celebrating its 100th year anniversary earlier this year, young Indians like myself are overdosing on information about how our cinema started. A few google searches later, I realise...
View ArticleSBP cuts key interest rate to 9 per cent
KARACHI: Pakistan's central bank cut its key policy rate by 50 basis points to 9 per cent on Friday, saying the need to revive a sluggish economy outweighed concerns about the country's balance of...
View ArticleGunmen kill pro-govt tribal elders in Bajaur
KHAR: Militants armed with guns and rockets killed two members of pro-government militia and wounded two policemen in tribal Bajaur district close to the Afghanistan border, officials said Friday.About...
View ArticleGovt withdraws increase in petroleum prices
ISLAMABAD: Complying with the Supreme Court's orders here on Friday, the government withdrew increase in prices of petroleum products.The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources issued a...
View ArticleKarachi violence leaves at least 16 dead; Rangers conduct operation in Lyari
KARACHI: The killing spree continued unabated in Karachi on Friday, claiming lives of at least 16 people, including a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MPA, and injuring at least eight others.According to...
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Weekly Classics: Mandi
The great director and screenwriter Shyam Bengal was a dazzling innovator and one of the harbingers of the film movement we know as ‘parallel cinema’. For those unaware, what this meant was that cinema...
View ArticleFlagship Indian retailer opens in Pakistan
KARACHI: Raymond, an Indian suiting and fabrics conglomerate, will on Friday formally open its first shop in Pakistan, where business leaders welcomed it as a step towards closer trade ties between the...
View ArticleTaliban guerrillas welcome Qatar office but fight on
KANDAHAR: Taliban guerrillas on Friday hailed the rebels' new office in Qatar as evidence of their success on the battlefield but vowed to fight on until all US forces leave Afghanistan.The opening of...
View ArticleHyderabad: Five injured following lawmaker’s killing in Karachi
HYDERABAD: Five people received bullet injuries and a government vehicle was partially burnt in separate incidents of violence Friday that erupted in Hyderabad following the assassination of Muttahida...
View ArticleEnvironment holds business risks and chances: report
PARIS: Rising temperatures, storms linked to climate change and growing competition for water and land point to tough times ahead for the business sector, but also a chance for profitable innovation,...
View ArticleCM calls for donors conference to attract foreign investment in Balochistan
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has announced to convene international donors conference to attract foreign support and investment for development and prosperity of the least...
View ArticleHow Bordeaux puts the PR into party when the world comes to drink
BORDEAUX: The illuminated facades of historic chateaux light up the night sky. The air is filled with the crackle of fireworks, the tinkle of crystal and the lilt of opera.Tuxedos and evening gowns are...
View ArticleMysterious explosion kills suicide bomber in Killa Saifullah
QUETTA: An alleged suicide bomber was killed in a mysterious explosion in Killa Saifullah district of the violence-ridden Balochistan province on Friday.Levies sources told Dawn.com that an alleged...
View ArticleSwiss refuse to reopen President Zardari graft probe
GENEVA: Swiss prosecutors announced Friday that they had refused to reopen a probe into alleged corruption in the 1990s by current Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his late wife Benazir...
View ArticleNokia presents the ‘Man of Steel’ premiere from Warner Bros. Pictures
Well before the weekend rush, Man of Steel, the newly rebooted adaptation of the popular DC Comic superhero was shown to select invitees including celebrities, at the film’s premiere on Wednesday, June...
View ArticleObama nominates Comey to head FBI
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama nominated James Comey to be the new FBI director Friday, tapping a Bush-era Justice Department official to lead the agency as it grapples with privacy debates over a...
View ArticleAfghanistan presses Pakistan to free Taliban prisoners
KABUL: Pakistan could secure peace in Afghanistan by releasing dozens of senior Taliban prisoners to help kick-start the process, the Afghan foreign ministry said on Saturday, in remarks that...
View ArticleSahelistan: the beginning of a new war
ARE the Western powers blindly plunging head on into a new war against forces more determined, better organised and higher equipped than those they faced in Iraq and Afghanistan?The talk of the town...
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