SC to take up review petition in Pearl case on Monday
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday fixed a hearing in the review petition filed by the Sindh government against the acquittal of Ahmed...
Explainer: What’s next if Pakistan frees suspect in Pearl murder
ISLAMABAD: The state is scrambling to manage the fallout from a decision by the Supreme Court to free the Pakistan-origin British man accused in...
Bangladesh sends more Rohingya refugees to remote island despite criticism
DHAKA: More than 1,400 Rohingya Muslim refugees set sail for a remote island in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, a Bangladesh navy official...
Protesting Indian farmers begin hunger strike after week of clashes
NEW DELHI: Indian farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Saturday in protest against new agricultural laws after a week of clashes with authorities...
Lebanese leaders condemn violence after Tripoli unrest
TRIPOLI: Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister and its president on Friday condemned overnight violence in the city of Tripoli, where protesters angry over a strict...
‘I am afraid to live here.’ Thousands march in Poland against abortion curbs
WARSAW: Several thousand people marched through cities across Poland on Friday in a third day of protests against a near-total ban on abortion since...
Rashida Begum passes away
Rashida Begum, wife of Chaudhry Nazar Muhammad, and mother of Shahid Hussain, passed away on Thursday.
Her funeral prayers were offered on Friday at 13...
Six held for torturing a transgender
SIALKOT:Â The local police arrested six people, allegedly involved in torturing a transgender, here on Friday. According to details, a transgender, identified as Saba, was...
Parliamentary body outlays integrated structural reforms-oriented agricultural growth strategy
ISLAMABAD:Â National Assembly Special Committee on Agricultural Products Friday presented an integrated structural reforms-oriented agricultural growth strategy for the next seven years.
The presentation was made...
Qureshi calls Blinken, reiterates commitment for comprehensive partnership with US
ISLAMABAD:Â Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday held a telephone conversation with newly appointed US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken and discussed...
Maryam lambasts PM Imran over TI report
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Friday took shots at Prime Minister Imran Khan over the recent findings of the Transparency...
Bilawal expresses delight as Bakhtawar ties knot with Mahmood
Former president Asif Ali Zardari’s eldest daughter and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardar’s sister Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari on Friday tied the...