RAHIM YAR KHAN: Two police officials were injured in a suicide bomb blast that took place in the city on Friday afternoon. According to ...
Pakistan not created for rule of Nawaz, Zardari, says Imran
PTI announces schedule to hold public meetings on Panama issue; to nominate candidates for next elections on merit; Imran performs ground...
PM inaugurates 340 MW Chashma Nuclear Power Plant
MIANWALI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday inaugurated Chashma Nuclear Project – III, which would provide 340 MW electricity to the...
Five killed as passenger bus overturns near Sukkur
SUKKUR: At least five people were killed and 18 others injured when a Karachi-bound passenger bus overturned at Sanghi near Sukkur in the w...
Rs5,000 note to remain in circulation: Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has categorically denied rumours regarding the demonetisation of the Rs5,000 banknote in a press release issued on ...
CPEC should not be the subject of controversy: Saad Rafique
Minister for Railways Khuwaja Saad Rafique on Thursday urged political parties to refrain from criticizing the China-Pakistan Economic Cor...
Anger in Afghanistan at female pilot's U.S. asylum bid
KABUL: There was an angry reaction in Afghanistan to news that the first female fixed-wing pilot in the country's air force was request...
PM Abe to send message Japan won't repeat war atrocities
TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wants to send a message to the world during his visit to Pearl Harbor that Japan will ne...
Pakistan frees 220 Indian fishermen as "goodwill gesture"
KARACHI: Pakistan on Sunday released 220 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters as a "goodwill gesture"...
Powerful typhoon slams into the Philippines
MANILA: A powerful typhoon with gusts reaching 235 kilometres (146 miles) an hour made landfall in the eastern Philippines late on Sunday, ...
Bangladesh factory fire kills at least 24, more than 30 injured
DHAKA: A fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh that killed at least 24 people and injured more than two dozen others...
MQM not to collect hides of sacrificial animals this Eid: sources
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will not collect hides of sacrificial animals on Eidul Azha, after dissociating itself from MQM fou...
Fighting rages in Aleppo hours after Syrian peace deal
SANA’A: Fighting raged on in southern Aleppo on Saturday, the army and rebels said, hours after the United States and Russia hailed a break...
Education in Sindh bifurcated into `school and college departments'
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah after declaring `education emergency' in the province held his maiden meeting on the...
Altaf, Farooq Sattar and Company rejected in by-poll: Kamal
KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party leader Mustafa Kamal on Friday said the people have rejected both Altaf Hussain and Farooq Sattar & Co, af...
Djokovic into US Open semis as Tsonga retires
NEW YORK: Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached his 10th successive US Open semi-final on Tuesday when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retired from ...
Three killed as oil tanker catches fire on Super Highway
KARACHI: Three people including woman and a child were killed and several vehicles burnt when an oil tanker caught fire on Super Highway ne...
Renowned educationist Dr. Wahab passes away in Karachi
KARACHI: Renowned educationist and Ex Vice Chancellor of Karachi University Professor Dr.Abdul Wahab passed away at private hospital in Kar...
Pietersen warns Morgan against Bangladesh no-show
LONDON: Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has told current limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan he will be putting his international futu...
Tribute paid to Pakistan’s unsung heroes
KARACHI: A glowing tribute was paid to Pakistan’s unsung heroes who dedicated their lives and skills to fellow Pakistanis and have become a...
Aisam-ul-Haq pulls out of NZ Davis Cup tie
KARACHI: Pakistan´s number one tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi said Monday he has pulled out of a Davis Cup tie in New Zealand later thi...
PTI files appeal in SC for probe into Panama Leaks allegations
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court after registrar office had rejected petition submitted investi...
Air Chief inaugurates Martyrs Monument at PAF Museum
KARACHI: Chief of the Air Staff Pakistan Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman inaugurated Martyrs Monument at PAF Museum here. Accordi...
DG ISPR says Zarb-e-Azb an ‘indiscriminate operation’
RAWALPINDI: Director General (DG) Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa has said that military operation Za...
US-India defence pact should not disturb South Asia’s strategic balance: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said it would like to see the recent defence deal between the United States and India did not disturb strat...
Former governor State Bank AGN Kazi passes away
ISLAMABAD: Former governor state bank Aftab Ghulam Nabi (AGN) Kazi passes away here on Tuesday morning after protracted illness.
Nawaz presides over National Action Plan meeting
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presided over a meeting related to the National Action Plan, on Tuesday
Pakistan strongly condemns use of force by India in held Kashmir
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s adviser on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz has said that shelling on innocent Kashmiri protestors is not acceptable...
Police gets Waseem Akhtar physical remand till Monday
KARACHI: The court of administrative judge of anti-terrorism courts in Karachi on Thursday handed over Wassem Akkhtar, leader of MQM, to po...
Over 260 people are missing, says Bangladesh
DHAKA: Officials on Wednesday announced that at least 261 people across Bangladesh were missing. The country's elite security force, th...
100 jihadis still entering Syria from Turkey each week - Le Figaro
DAMASCUS: French military intelligence estimates that about 100 foreigners continue to enter Syria from Turkey each week to join Islamic St...
Qandeel murder case: Suspect Waseem appears before court
Muhammad Waseem, brother and suspected murderer of slain model Qandeel Baloch, was presented at the court of the Additional District and Se...
US-led coalition strikes kill 56 civilians in Syria: monitor
ALEPPO: At least 56 civilians, including 11 children, were killed Tuesday in dawn raids by the US-led coalition outside a Syrian village hel...
Kidnapped son of SHC Chief Justice recovered
RAWALPINDI: Awais Shah, abducted son of Sindh High Court Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, has been recovered in an intelligence based operati...
Yasir Shah crowned world's no.1 Test bowler
LONDON: Legspinner Yasir Shah, who took a 10-for at Lord's to lead Pakistan to a much awaited victory over England, has climbed up to t...
Bilawal felicitates cricket team on winning Lord’s test
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party’s Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has congratulated national cricket team on winning Lord’s test match an...
Qandeel Baloch strangled to death over ‘honour’
MULTAN: Model girl Qandeel Baloch has been murdered allegedly by her own brother in Green Town, the outskirt of Multan. According to the ...