Religious scholar assassinated in Karachi
KARACHI: Maulana Abdul Qayyum Sufi, a renowned cleric, was shot dead on Tuesday morning in the Gulistan-i-Jauhar neighbourhood of Karachi after morning...
Shootout at Sidney Street
At last, it seemed, after 112 years, Lahore got its equivalent of the Sidney Street siege in London. If the London police...
Three killed, two injured in Peshawar shooting over domestic dispute
PESHAWAR: A man in the Pakkha Ghulam area in the jurisdiction of Shahpur police station in Peshawar opened fire on his wife...
Criminal gangs escalate activities in upper Sindh amid police operation
SUKKUR: Criminal activities have reportedly increased in upper Sindh areas in recent weeks, police said, as gangs of outlaws and dacoits appear...
PTI lawmaker from Karachi handed over to police on remand
KARACHI: A Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker, who was “picked up” from his Karachi residence by unidentified plainclothesmen, was handed over to the...
Murad inaugurates polio vaccination campaign in Karachi
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah launched a polio eradication campaign in Karachi on Monday by administering polio drops to...
Why not just a backache?
I didn’t know Imran Khan was so sick. In his bail application to the Islamabad High Court, he said he had piles...
Jamaat warns of citywide sit-ins over delayed Karachi local government polls
KARACHI: The chairperson of the Karachi chapter of Jamaat-i-Islami, Hafiz Naeem ur-Rehman, has announced that the party will stage sit-ins across the...
Muzaffargarh DC prioritises promotion of women entrepreneurs for economic development
MUZAFFARGARH: Deputy Commissioner Agha Zaheer Abbas Sherazi of Muzaffargarh highlighted the immense talent of women entrepreneurs in the district, and expressed his...
Final results: PPP, JI win equal UC seats in Karachi LG polls
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Sunday officially released the results of the Karachi local government elections, according to which both...
Napoleon’s disease and a collegemate
It seems that the Jail Bharo Tehrik was not as serious as the 2014 dharna. That was ended with the APS Peshawar...
Court bars controversial Lahore bishop from using office, spending funds
LAHORE: A civil court has restrained Reverend Nadeem Kamran from exercising authority as the Bishop of Lahore Diocese of the Church of...
2020 Sindh Public Service Commission exams invalidated over tampering
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has invalidated the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) exams that took place in 2020 due to...
17-year-old student subjected to brutal torture by fellow students
LAHORE: A gang of young boys subjected a 17-year-old student of Lahore Grammar School (Gulberg A Level Branch) Lahore to brutal torture and...
16 students injured in clashes between two groups of QAU
ISLAMABAD: Several students were injured in a clash between two student organizations at Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) here in the federal capital forcing...