Five killed as passenger van plunges into ditch
ISLAMABAD: At least five passengers, including women and children, were killed when a passenger van plunged into a seasonal ditch in Punjab on Wednesday,...
Perspective: Afghanistan reconstruction not zero-sum game for Pakistan, China
ISLAMABAD: As the Taliban invited six neighbouring nations, including China, to attend an event dedicated to the announcement of the composition of the new...
Masarat Alam Bhat named new head of Kashmir’s top pro-freedom alliance
ISLAMABAD: Masarat Alam Bhat, a jailed leader from Indian-occupied Kashmir, has been named as the chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, an alliance...
Metrobus back on track after three-week hiatus
LAHORE: The Metrobus service resumed operations on Wednesday with a fleet of 60 vehicles after an 11-day hiatus caused by the strike of the...
Maryam warns against ‘imposing decisions’ on Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan "must accept" the will of the people of Afghanistan and refrain from "imposing its decisions" on them, declared Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz vice...
NAB says completed probe against PTI lawmaker
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau has completed its probe in a land allotment case involving Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MPA from Sindh, Firdous Shamim Naqvi, the...
Premature to comment on Afghanistan caretaker government: minister
ISLAMABAD: A day after the Taliban announced the formation of an interim setup to rule Afghanistan, Pakistan Wednesday said it was "not appropriate" to...
Pakistan suggests inviting Afghanistan to regional forum
ISLAMABAD:Â Pakistan on Wednesday suggested inviting Taliban-run Afghanistan to a regional forum of six countries to help avert a humanitarian and economic crisis in the...
Trial of 20 men accused in 2015 Paris attacks to begin
PARIS: In a secure complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse, France on Wednesday (today) will begin the trial of 20 men accused in the...
Stokes to miss T20 World Cup, says England coach Silverwood
LONDON: England coach Chris Silverwood said he will make a late decision on all-rounder Ben Stokes' involvement in the T20 World Cup, which begins...
Profile: Hibatullah Akhundzada: Shadowy Taliban chief whose son was suicide bomber
KABUL: In one of the only known photographs of Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, he stares directly at the camera -- an expressionless face...
Fire at overcrowded Indonesia prison kills at least 40: official
JAKARTA: A fire tore through an overcrowded block in a jail in Indonesia's Banten province in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least...
