Two missing children were found dead while a third who had allegedly been kidnapped was recovered safely, police officials from Karachi said on Wednesday.According to details provided by the police,......
Dr Qibla Ayaz, the chairperson of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), on Wednesday announced the council's decision to support the declaration of 'triple talaq' as a punishable offence.Addressing......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday released the final list of candidates competing the the upcoming by-polls to be held on October 14.By-elections will be held on 11 National......
Police on Wednesday arrested Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) Central Secretary General Ahmed Ali Kohzad in a murder case after a sessions court in Quetta rejected his bail application.Kohzad was......
IF you want to experience an avalanche of unpleasant visual phenomena, all you need to do is turn on the television. As I write this, three-quarters of the screen is devoted to a speech being given......
The Sunni-ruled Gulf state of Bahrain has arrested 15 people it accuses of attempting to “cause chaos” during Shia religious commemorations that culminated last Thursday, police said.Officers......
The Ministry of Information on Wednesday withdrew its plans to shift the headquarters of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) and give out its existing premises on a long-term lease,......
The United Nations (UN) mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday said that 21 civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes over the weekend.It said in a statement that nine civilians from the same......
A son-in-law of former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Chaudhry has been arrested from Dubai in a case regarding the multi-billion Eden Housing Society scam, Information Minister Fawad......
ISLAMABAD: The government has allowed the ministry of railways to fill 2,031 vacant regular technical posts of different categories ranging from BPS 01 to BPS 11 on the entire system of Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has expressed its grave concern over the government’s decision to form a “content committee” for prior approval of all advertisements to be......
NEW DELHI: The relatives of thousands of Indians who died cleaning sewers protested in the capital on Tuesday, aiming to stop the practice of workers entering underground conduits to unclog drains......
RIYADH: Saudi King Salman on Tuesday inaugurated a high-speed railway linking Makkah and Madina, described by local officials as the biggest transportation project in the region.The Haramain High......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court accepted on Tuesday a request for an in-camera briefing on a case relating to implementation of its landmark 2012 Asghar Khan case verdict after it was informed that a......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Tuesday reissued non-bailable warrant for the arrest of a police inspector, who is absconding in a case pertaining to alleged murder of a teenager registered......
DUBAI: Cricket’s governing body admitted the popularity of Twenty20 cricket has increased the risks of corruption in the game, but insisted extra vigilance was in place to monitor them.Ever since the......
KARACHI: Pakistan must regroup in the Asia Cup to win key games from here on and silence its critics because Sarfraz Ahmed and his men surely have it in them to beat any side on their day.This was......
ISLAMABAD: Expressing dissatisfaction over the performance of “incapacitated” National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta), Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday formed a special committee so that the......
UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani exchanged taunts at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, with Trump vowing more sanctions against......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday observed that the police had more powers than intelligence agencies but due to the incompetence of its officials, they cannot exercise their......
DUBAI: Mitchell Starc is ready step up and do the heavy lifting as Australia’s sole specialist pace bowler should the tourists opt for a three-pronged spin attack in next month’s two-Test series......
ISLAMABAD: The National Interfaith Working Group established by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday where it discussed the facilitation of interfaith......
DUBAI: Surviving the wiles of Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah is Australia’s ‘number one plan’ in the upcoming Test series in the United Arab Emirates, veteran paceman Peter Siddle has said.Yasir played......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) dismissed as non-maintainable a petition seeking trial of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on a high treason charge and declared that the high court......
LAHORE: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor says development of the country is not the job of army but they are playing their role in national development by......
KARACHI: For Kanwal Ahmed, Soul Sisters Pakistan (SSP) — a Facebook group she started five years ago — was just an idea she developed for herself and the women around her.However, around two months......
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will get the chairmanship of nine committees of the National Assembly under an agreement with the government whereas the party has......
KARACHI: Range-bound activity saw the KSE-100 index remained in search of direction and finally settle flat with the addition of 31.75 points (0.08 per cent) at 41,036.30.Like the day before, the......
ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Tuesday anticipated 35-40 per cent shortfall of irrigation water in Rabi season beginning Oct 1, and advised the government to start working on......
ISLAMABAD: As the controversy over alleged rigging in general elections and exclusion of Senate members from the parliamentary committee formed to probe it continues to reverberate in the Senate, a......
LAHORE: India has postponed inspection of its two hydropower projects — 1,000MW Pakal Dul and 48MW Lower Kalnal — by Pakistani experts on the pretext of some local issues.Sources see it as a possible......
Stockily built Mohammad Shahzad knocked a brilliant hundred as spirited Afghanistan pulled off a last over tie against India in the Super Four match in Dubai on Tuesday.Shahzad's 124 laid the......
The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet on Tuesday decided to postpone the decision regarding the expected increase in power tariff till its next meeting, Radio Pakistan reported.After......
