Rigging allegations: Qureshi asks opposition not to cross limits on Kashmir issue
ISLAMABAD: Strongly reacting to the allegations of rigging in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) polls, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said that...
Nawaz-Mohib meeting was ‘just a meeting, not endorsement’, says Mohammad Zubair
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader and former governor Sindh, Mohammad Zubair has reacted to the meeting of his party leader Nawaz Sharif with...
AJK polls: Opposition alleges ‘rigging’ even before election results announced
ISLAMABAD: While polling continued in across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), three major Opposition parties on Sunday accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of ‘rigging’...
Thousands of Afghan families flee fighting in former Taliban bastion of Kandahar
More than 22,000 Afghan families have fled from their homes to escape fighting in the former Taliban bastion of Kandahar, officials said on Sunday,...
Sindh to hold local government polls before 2023 general elections
Sindh will hold the local government polls before the next general elections in 2023, announced Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah while speaking to...
Heavy rain in India triggers floods, landslides; at least 125 dead
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Rescue teams in India struggled through thick sludge and debris on Saturday to reach dozens of submerged homes as the death toll...
Israeli airlines start direct flights to Morocco after improved ties
JERUSALEM: Two Israeli carriers on Sunday launched nonstop commercial flights to Marrakesh from Tel Aviv following the upgrading of diplomatic relations last year between...
Arif Naqvi, the Abraaj Group and making a difference while making money
Icarus: The Life and Death of the Abraaj Group has at is core a very interesting message quite separate from the central story of...
Chaman border briefly opened to allow stranded migrants to return
PESHAWAR: The security agencies on Sunday reopened a key border crossing with Afghanistan for three hours -- from 8:00 am to 11:00 am --...
Afghan forces capture four Taliban fighters for Eid rocket attack
Afghan forces have captured four Taliban fighters including a militant commander for carrying out this week's rocket attack targeting the presidential palace in Kabul during the...
Pakistan successfully vaccinates 25 million people, acceleration planned for August
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Sunday announced that Pakistan has successfully inoculated 25 million people against the...
Nawaz Sharif, Afghan NSA meeting expedited by Arab country
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo Nawaz Sharif's meeting with Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib was expedited through an Arab country, Geo News reported on...
Saudi foreign minister to arrive in Islamabad on Tuesday
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud is expected to arrive in Islamabad on Tuesday (July 27), an official said.
Al-Saud is "expected...
Iraq does not need US troops to fight ISIS: prime minister
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister says his country no longer requires American combat troops to fight the so-called Islamic State group, but a formal time...
Police arrest suspect’s parents, domestic staff for ‘hiding evidence’ in Noor murder
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police have arrested the parents and domestic staff of the prime suspect for "hiding evidence" and "being complicit" in the cold-blooded murder...