A man has set himself on fire in central Tunis, just hours before the country’s legislators were to vote on a new government entrusted with pulling the country out of a deep political crisis. Tuesday’s gesture<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/12/man-sets-himself-ablaze-in-tunisia/" title="Read more" >...</a>
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has threatened to “wipe out” a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/12/north-korea-threatens-to-attack-south-island/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALThe Senate was informed that the country has suffered a loss of 69 billion dollars in the war against terror.Minister of State for Interior Imtiaz Safdar Warraich told the House during question h
Iranian Petroleum Minister Rostam Qassemi has said that implementing Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline would lead to blossoming of the countries’ economy, greater security and higher living standards for Iranian and Pakistani border area<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/12/iran-pak-gas-project-to-boost-both-economies-qassemi/" title="Read more" >...</a>
LAHOREPunjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif declared the Badami Bagh incident as “the worst example of barbarism” and said those involved in the incident shall not be forgiven. A meeting headed by<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/12/worst-example-of-barbarism-cm/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Arts / EntertainmentWorkers in China are continuing to collect dead pigs from a river near Shanghai, with more than 2,000 carcasses reportedly recovered so far.Officials say they have to act quickly to remove the pigs,
ISLAMABADMinister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Monday that the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project was a great development to meet the energy requirements of the country.Talking to Pa
Al Qaeda’s Iraqi front group claimed an attack on a convoy in west Iraq that killed 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards, in a statement posted on jihadist forums on Monday.The soldiers had ente
The Taliban have occupied several areas in Karachi following a cold war between two Pakhtun tribes, Mehsud and Kakakhel, for ownership of Pakhtun strongholds in the city, Pakistan Today has learnt.
A meeting was held at Cathedral Church Lahore on Monday to evolve a strategy to avoid incidents similar to the Badami Bagh tragedy in future. The meeting was chaired by Advisor to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/12/strategy-discussed-to-avert-tragedies-in-future/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ISLAMABADCitizens on Tuesday stressed the need for making proper strategies to prevent sale of tobacco to minors in the federal capital. They said sincere efforts were needed to prevent the spread of tobacco a
Twelve more bodies have been recovered from the QueiqRiver in Syria’s Aleppo city a day after 22 corpses were pulled out. Corpses have been appearing on the river shores since late January when<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/12/bodies-dumped-in-syrias-river-of-death/" title="Read more" >...</a>
