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HAFIZABAD: A seven-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a man on Tuesday in Hafizabad’s Muhalla Tajpura, police said.

The suspect identified as Asad Sohail convinced the minor, residing in the same neighborhood as him, to escort him into his house while she was out

KARACHI: Former finance minister and PML-N leader Miftah Ismail has claimed that Pakistan’s next Prime Minister will be from Karachi.

“If Karachi is facing a water shortage crisis, the Sindh government is to blame,” said Ismail while addressing a press conference in Karachi on Tue

ISLAMABAD: Officials at National Database Regulatory Authority (NADRA) have rejected suggestions that the authority has leaked voters’ data to a political party.

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, four NADRA directors said that no data had ever been breached by the

DERA GHAZI KHAN: A women’s rights activist was shot to death in Dera Ghazi Khan allegedly by her sister's father in law in a gist to kill for honour on Tuesday.

The victim, identified as Asiya Akbar, was traveling to Khanpur when two men forced her to get off her van and fired

ISLAMABAD: Bomb Disposal Squad workforce along with the police disposed a hidden hand grenade warding off a terror attack in Sector I-10 as reported by Geo News, here on Tuesday.

Geo News, citing SHO of the Sabzi Mandi police station, informed that the hand

KARACHI: The nomination papers of former PTI leader Fauzia Kasuri were rejected on Tuesday after she failed to satisfy Returning Officer about the status of her dual nationality.

Ms Kasuri, who has joined Pak Sarzameen Party after leaving the PTI, is seeking to contest from

ISLAMABAD: The nomination papers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi  Ayesha Gulalai and Mehtab Abbasi for NA-53 Islamabad have been rejected by the Returning Officer  over violation of Section N of the

KARACHI: The nomination papers of MQM-P leader Farooq Sattar for NA-245 have been rejected by the Returning Officer.

The RO informed Sattar's counsel that the MQM-P leader is an absconder in two cases and did not mention this in his papers. The lawyer stated that his client

ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court on Tuesday granted four-day exemption to Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz  from appearance  in   corruption references.

The former prime minister and his daughter are in London where Begum Kulsoom Nawaz has been

STOCKHOLM: Pakistan now has 140-150 nuclear warheads as compared to 130-140 of India, with China hovering around 280, as per the latest report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which was released on Monday.

According the report, the

LONDON: Hussain Nawaz, elder son of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has shared with nation that his mother Begum Kulsoom Nawaz will remain on ventilator for an indefinite period.

Speaking to media outside at the Harley Street Clinic, where Begum

RAWALPINDI: Addressing a corner meeting here on Monday, former Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar said that he wanted to expose the role of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, but would not  right now due

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ayesha Gulalai’s nomination papers from Islamabad’s NA-53 constituency were challenged here on Monday.

Makhdoom Niaz, whom Gulalai is contesting against from NA-53, apart from PTI chairman Imran Khan and

LAHORE: Nomination papers of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz have been accepted by the returning officer (RO) for Lahore’s NA-124 constituency on Monday.

The decision came after RO Asif Bashir ruled out all objections

ISLAMABAD: In a scathing attack on Iftikhar Chaudhry, PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said that former chief justice was launched by rivals to malign his party after “Reham Khan’s flop show.”

“Iftikhar Chaudhry is like a tumor in Pakistani system and the

FAISALABAD: The mother of a teenaged bus hostess, who was shot dead for refusing a marriage proposal, said that timely medical aid could have saved her daughter.

Mehwish, 18, a bus hostess, was killed on duty by a security guard, Abrar, after

DUSHANBE: President Mamnoon Hussain is visiting Tajikistan to participate in an international conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development” 2018-28 being held in Tajik capital on June 20 and 21.

 The conference being hosted by Tajikistan in

LAHORE: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has set up a special committee to ensure transgender persons are issued computerized national identity cards (CNICs) within 15 days.

The top judge passed the order while presiding over a suo motu hearing of

KARACHI: The body of a teenager who drowned at Karachi's Sandspit beach was recovered on Monday morning and search was on for the missing second youth, Geo News reported.

The 19-year-old Faraz and 22-year-old Osama drowned on Sunday afternoon while

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan will  be unable to appear before returning officers in Islamabad to undergo  scrutiny of his nomination papers in NA-53, Islamabad, his counsel Babar Awan said.

Babar Awan said Imran Khan has to

HARNAI: The vehicular traffic was halted on the National Highway in Harnai district of Balochistan on Monday after heavy rain led to overflow of water streams.

According to Meet office, there was flooding in streams, rivers of Harnai after last night’s downpours. 

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar will take up a complaint of transgender community regarding ‘non-issuance’ of computerized national identity cards (CNICs).

The hearing takes place at 11am today.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ordered the Punjab chief

LONDON: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son Hasan Nawaz, all of whom are currently in London to be with ailing Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, have delayed their return to Pakistan for the time being.

The decision followed a two-hour meeting of

PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has apprehended proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Commander Molvi Bahadur Jan, Immigration sources said Sunday.

The most wanted TTP Commander Bahadur Jan was taken into custody by FIA

LAHORE: Moderate 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck various cities of Punjab province, creating panic among the residents.

The quake jolted Faisalabad, Multan, DG Khan, Bahawalpur, Oach Sharif and others.

It was measured 5.2 on Richter scale with a depth of 10 kilometers, according to US

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has decided to move Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against NADRA Chief Usman Mobin for helping Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.

Geo News citing sources reported said Imran

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has wished Fathers Day to his ‘courageous, loving and caring father’ former president Asif Ali Zardari.

Bilawal took to twitter on Father’s Day and shared picture with his d