Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has dismissed a claim by India that its High Commissioner in Islamabad was denied access to a Sikh religious site.

“Sikh pilgrims were protesting against maltreatment in India and release of controversial movies,” according to For

Pakistani singer Ali Zafar has taken Meesha Shafi to court for the allegations of sexual harassment she placed against him, terming them ‘baseless.’

The singer turned actor filed a case against Shafi under the Defamation Ordinance 2002 in Lahore

LAHORE: The PML-N‘s Parliamentary Board announced Saturday that Maryam Nawaz Sharif would contest election from National Assembly constituency NA-127 and Punjab Assembly's constituency PP-173.

According to the list released by the former ruling party, Hamza Shehbaz Sharif will be

LAHORE: PTI leader Waleed Iqbal express his dismay at his party’s choice of candidates seeking to contest from Lahore in the upcoming general elections.

“Lahore cannot remain silent on the unfair distribution of tickets in the city,” Iqbal tol

LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chairperson Tahir-ul-Qadri on Saturday announced that his party will not be contesting  the upcoming general elections of 2018.

The announcement came with directives for party workers to withdraw from candidacy in the upcoming

LAHORE: A traffic official was beaten up by a woman after he asked her for her number in the Shahdara area of Lahore.

As per Geo News reports, the woman asserted that the traffic warden misbehaved with and also abused her. The footage surfacing shows

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army has killed six terrorists during an operation in South Waziristan, the ISPR said on Saturday.

According to the army, security forces conducted successful Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) in village Spina Mela

LAHORE: Five members of a family, including three children and a woman, were gunned down in Sargodha early on Saturday.

According to reports, unknown gunmen broke into a house and opened fire on the residents, killing five members and injuring one in Bhalwal

MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)  vice chairman  Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday took jibe at  party’s former secretary general Jahangir Tareen, saying; "I am not insane to compete with Tareen," he was quoted by Geo News as saying.

The new episode of differences between

LONDON: Former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto's only surviving sibling Sanam Bhutto has thrown her weight behind her nephew, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

At an event held here at the Willesden Green Pakistan Community

Electronic devices  including laptop and other valuables were stolen from the  residence of Pakistani journalist and activist Marvi Sirmed in Islamabad.

The news was broken by Marvi’s husband Sirmed Manzoor on Twitter who announced that t

Soon after Pakistani actor Mehwish Hayat announced that she will be stepping into the deceased Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto’s role in upcoming biopic, Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari has announced to take action against it.

The

Fifteen year old Ahmed Raza who conducted the coin-toss for Brazil vs. Costa Rica game on Friday expressed his delight on having his dream fulfilled.

The Pakistani teenager on being a part of the FIFA World Cup 2018 has stated: “I could h

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday filed an appeal against the rejection of his nomination papers from the capital’s NA-53 constituency.

The returning officer (RO) decided

KARACHI: JoAnne Wagner assumed her position as the United States Consul General in Karachi, on June 21, 2018.

A career member of the United States Senior Foreign Service, she most recently served in Washington, DC with the Board of Examiners, helping to

GADANI: At least seven   people  including women and children have drowned at Gaddani beach, Geo News reported on Friday.

Bodies of four women and a child have been recovered while search for tow more people is still on going, the TV channel reported.

According to

NEW DELHI: India is trying to make Chabahar Port in Iran operational by 2019, the government said in a statement on Friday, despite a threat of renewed US sanctions against Tehran.

The Indian-backed Chabahar port complex in Iran is being developed as

ISLAMABAD: Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf has resigned as chairman of his political party, Geo News reported on Friday.

Speaking to the TV channel, All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) leader Dr Amjad confirmed that the former army chief has sent his resignation to the

LAHORE: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has accused Retiring Officer in National Assembly Constituency NA-129 of being partisan.

According to Geo News, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz stalwart has sent a letter to the Election

LONDON: The condition of former first lady Begam Kulsoom is 'still critical', Maryam Nawaz  told media on Thursday.

Speaking  outside Harley Street Clinic, Maryam Nawaz requested the masses to  pray for her ailing mother, who has been on life support  since June 14.

For

Riyadh: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz has sent a gift of 150 tons of dates to the people of Pakistan.

Saudi Ambassador Nawaf Saeed bin Al-Malkiy handed over the gift to Pakistani officials, Radio Pakistan reported.

The dates would be distributed among deserving

KARACHI: Former President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Benazir Bhutto had embraced martyrdom while leading the fighting on democratic front adding that her prayers are always with us and her other supporters during the continuing struggle for the rights of

ISLAMABAD: Desalination of seawater offers enormous opportunities for Pakistan to meet its growing agricultural and civil water requirements in the country, a top government body has proposed.

Pakistan is feared to go water scarce in the next one

KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) disgruntled leader Zaeem Qadri’s tirade against party’s leaders and a welcome from opponent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has waved an alert on social media.

Citing PTI leader Aleem Khan’s welcome to Zaeem

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has managed to delight netizens for once by appointing an all-female crew on a ‘challenging’ flight to Gilgit.

The national flag carrier of Pakistan had taken to Twitter to appreciate the two female pilots that flew the aircraft into Gilgit,