Top-level civilian and military officials from Islamabad and Kabul on Saturday agreed to some points of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) and decided to continue......
An art and science exhibition organised by Karachi's Khatoon-e-Pakistan Government Girls School this weekend attracted a large number of visitors.At the third annual Art and Science Show organised by......
At least three security officials were martyred whereas seven others received injuries in a suicide attack in Kabal area of Swat, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported on Saturday.The......
At least 16 Pakistanis drowned off the coast of Libya early on Friday after a smuggler’s boat they were riding capsized, the Foreign Office (FO) confirmed on Saturday.According to a document acquired......
Power hitters Chris Lynn and Glenn Maxwell propelled Australia to a convincing seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first tri-series Twenty20 match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on......
Seven children died on Saturday in Sindh's Thar district due to viral infections and malnutrition, taking the total death count in the region for similar cases to 12 so far in February, sources in......
A female actor based in Mardan was shot dead on Saturday. According to local police, Sumbul Khan was fatally shot by three armed men who had broken into her house in Sheikh Maltoon Town and demanded......
A two-member medical team from Islamabad's Pims hospital on Saturday found no evidence of any heart problems in imprisoned former senator Nehal Hashmi, DawnNews reported quoting sources.Hashmi, a......
The iconic FIFA World Cup trophy on Saturday went on display in Lahore after arriving in Pakistan for the first time in a chartered plane from Bangkok, Thailand.France's World Cup-winning former......
Police on Saturday arrested a teenager accused of raping and murdering his seven-year-old brother inside a coaching center in Karachi.The body of the slain child was found from the building of a......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar — apparently in response to ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's recent accusations of judicial complicity in past coups — on Saturday vowed to......
Myanmar police say they have arrested a mentally ill man who confessed to tossing a petrol bomb into the Yangon compound of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi this week.Suu Kyi was not home when the......
Irregularities of Rs300 billion were unearthed in Government of Punjab's financial dealings for the year 2015-16, according to the Auditor General of Pakistan's (AGP) audit report on the accounts of......
United States (US) immigration officials said on Friday that they raided 77 California businesses this week as operations intensify in the state, whose own authorities are defying President Donald......
Opening batsman Manjot Kalra scored an unbeaten 101 and India won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup for the fourth time with an eight-wicket victory Saturday over Australia.Australia, choosing to bat......
Police on Saturday arrested a man from the Manzoor Colony area of Karachi for allegedly raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter, DawnNews reported.The allegations of rape against the man were levelled by......
A 40-year-old man in Jhelum's Mangla Cantt area was arrested for allegedly trying to rape a seven-year-old girl.According to the police, the man, who was the girl's neighbour, nabbed her and took her......
WASHINGTON: The White House on Friday declassified a partisan and bitterly disputed memo on the Russia investigation, clearing the way for House Republicans to release allegations of what they say is......
COLOMBO: The exiled former leader of the Maldives vowed on Friday to run for president after the Supreme Court quashed his conviction, dealing a major blow to the ruling regime.Mohamed Nasheed, the......
IT’S easy to think the war is over. Until mortars from Ghouta swish over Damascus and explode in the old Christian area of Bab el-Roma with its grocery shops and restaurants. Six dead. Or when an......
IT’S easy to think the war is over. Until mortars from Ghouta swish over Damascus and explode in the old Christian area of Bab el-Roma with its grocery shops and restaurants. Six dead. Or when an......
A suspect in the Asma murder case, who allegedly aided the prime suspect in fleeing the country, was arrested on Saturday, the Kohat police said.Asma, a third-year student at a medical college in......
A 17-year-old hearing impaired girl's father on Thursday pardoned her rapist in a Gujjar Khan sessions court.According to the police, Munir Ahmed had filed a complaint in police station (PS) Gujar......
ISLAMABAD: Ace player Asiam-ul-Haq and seasoned campaigner Aqeel Khan won their nerve-wracking singles matches on Friday to give Pakistan a solid 2-0 lead against South Korea in the Asia-Oceania Zone......
ISLAMABAD: Expressing its disappointment over the absence of Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi in the meeting on Friday, the Senate special committee, which has been assigned to examine the......
CHITTAGONG: Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva piled on the runs to put Sri Lanka in a comfortable position on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Friday.Birthday......
BRISBANE: Australia and Germany finished the first day of their Davis Cup World Group tie in Brisbane one rubber apiece after Nick Kyrgios and Alexander Zverev both won in vastly contrasting styles......
THE inherent, deep and continuing difficulties in the Pak-Afghan bilateral relationship are on display once again.Despite what appeared to be a relatively positive set of meetings by a high-level......
RAWALPINDI: As the efforts by law enforcement agencies to arrest former Malir SSP Rao Anwar have so far proved to be unproductive, the Federal Investigation Agency’s Interpol wing has issued ‘Blue......
SHANGHAI: British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she discussed with Chinese President Xi Jinping the importance of removing barriers to commerce, especially for British food, drink and......
MOSCOW: Russian steelmakers are anticipating a rising domestic demand in 2018 thanks in large part to Russia’s economic recovery, despite expectations that current buoyant global steel prices would......
NEW YORK: Amazon.com Inc on Thursday reported a profit near $2 billion, the largest in its history, as the online retailer drew millions of new customers to its Prime fast-shipping club for the......
PESHAWAR/BANNU: The transgender community of Mardan on Friday moved the Peshawar High Court against the local police over the alleged harassment and orders to leave the district.Also, transgender......
ISLAMABAD: In a unique example of South-South collaboration, China and the UNDP Pakistan signed a $4 million agreement on Friday to provide assistance over four months in crisis-affected areas of......
ISLAMABAD: Sindh government has given its conditional approval for reforms in the downstream gas sector proposed by the federal government, provided the provinces were given appropriate......
TEHRAN: Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code in force since the Islamic revolution of 1979 intensify, Iranian media......
QUETTA: Awami National Party (ANP) president Asfandyar Wali said on Friday that his party would not support any undemocratic and unconstitutional step in the country and would resist any such......
ISLAMABAD: Lauding the performance of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Friday claimed that the police were being maligned under a “pre-planned campaign” by the party’s......
GUJRANWALA: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz has criticised the opposition and the judiciary and claimed the masses will elect her father again in this year’s general......
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) in a report has stressed the need for incorporating content on interfaith and intrafaith harmony in the national school curriculum to......
ISLAMABAD: Under its renewed pledge to eradicate corruption and catch bigwigs, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday took its first action against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)......
MULTAN: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to summon Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a case of alleged irregularities in Multan’s Metro Bus Project, it is learnt.The chief......
KARACHI: Undeterred by the jail term handed down to PML-N’s Senator Nehal Hashmi for committing contempt of court and the apex court’s suo motu notice of “anti-judiciary speeches” by two federal......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Rehman Malik of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has urged the government to request Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani to hand over the assassins of his party’s former......
KARACHI: The Baloch militant organisations are no longer a threat to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), said Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing, adding that members of banned outfits......
WASHINGTON: A senior US general has assured Islamabad that the United States is not planning to conduct military operations inside Pakistan.Another general said that despite differences Pakistan......
MARYAM Nawaz Sharif swapped her own photo for former PML-N Senator Nehal Hashmi’s on Twitter, minutes after he was held in contempt by the Supreme Court, stripped of his Senate seat and sentenced to......
MARYAM Nawaz Sharif swapped her own photo for former PML-N Senator Nehal Hashmi’s on Twitter, minutes after he was held in contempt by the Supreme Court, stripped of his Senate seat and sentenced to......
KARACHI: Former captain and wicket-keeper Moin Khan on Friday put his weight behind Pakistan’s embattled skipper Sarfraz Ahmed and called on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to give him a longer run......
ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC) on Friday warned unnamed “few countries” against politicising the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — the international money laundering watchdog —......
Polish mountaineer Tomasz Mackiewicz, whom France's Elisabeth Revol was forced to leave behind weak and bleeding on a Himalayan peak in Pakistan to save her own life, made a name for himself as a......
The discovery of the militant Islamic State (IS) group's hideout, filled with explosives and suicide vests, in a poor Kabul neighbourhood, reflects the failure of Afghanistan's corruption-wracked......
A beautician from Islamabad filed a complaint with police saying she was allegedly raped by a taxi driver in a forest area outside Rawalpindi, DawnNews reported on Friday.An initial medical......
