Pakistan

PESHAWAR: Unknown gunmen shot and killed a Sikh trader in Peshawar on Tuesday, police said.

The gun attack took place near Scheme Chowk, Budhbir area.

The victim was identified as Sardar Charanjeet Singh.

According to the police, Charanjeet Singh was sitting in his shop when militants

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday refused to comment about the outcome of National Security Committee, saying he was bound by his oath.

Briefing media about the power projects undertaken by the PML-N government, Prime Minister Abbasi said that

DERA GHAZI KHAN: An exceptionally powerful picture is making rounds on social media showing a man being hauled by female police officers, for beating his daughter in Dera Ghazi Khan.

Footage of a man beating his daughter had gone viral last week

HAVELIAN: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Tuesday said the PML-N has successfully completed hundreds of development projects across the country, in an unprecedented feat in history, as it sincerely believed in serving the masses.

Inaugurating the 120-km long,

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan Tuesday informed the National Assembly that the summary regarding payment of honorarium equivalent to three basic pay to all federal government employees

KARACHI: Former chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. (retd) Asad Durrani had not sought approval on the draft of his highly-controversial book 'The Spy Chronicles' from the army, which was mandatory under the military code of conduct, defense analyst

ISLAMABAD:  Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday addressed a press conference to  read out one of the answers in her statement recorded  by the accountability court in Avenfiled corruption reference.

Before reading the statement, she said her name  was not mentioned in

WASHINGTON:  Pakistan's ambassador-designate to the United States (US) Ali Jahangir Siddiqui arrived in Washington on Monday night ahead of his swearing-in.

According to Geo News, the newly appointed Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, Ali Jahangir

KARACHI: The Provincial assemblies of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa stand dissolved as they completed their five-year constitutional term on Monday.

During his farewell speech in the Sindh assembly, chief minister  Syed Murad Ali Shah said that whoever talks about dividing Pakistan is “our en

QUETTA: At least sixteen people including three cops sustained injuries in a roadside blast targeting police vehicle in Dera Murad Jamali on Monday evening.

According to Police, unidentified miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device (IED) in a

LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said Pakistan conducted nuclear tests, considering it imperative after India did the same.

He was addressing a ceremony held to commemorate 20th anniversary of historic nuclear tests of Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa felicitated the brave tribes, especially the youth on the successful and historic merger of FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), said a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday.

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LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that a whole new ministry is needed to check the scale of corruption of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his family.

In a tweet on Monday, Imran Khan said,

LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has recovered Rs14.5 million, hidden by former Director General (DG) of Lahore Development Authority (LDA), Ahad Cheema, at a showroom of renowned car dealer in Lahore.

The sources said the officials of NAB

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai graced the Lord’s stadium in London along with her friends as Pakistan hammered England in the first Test of two-match test series.

The 20-year-old Nobel laureate had taken to twitter to post the celebratory tweet after

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army chief spokesman Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor said that a formal court of inquiry headed by a serving lieutenant general was ordered to launch a probe into the controversial book of former ISI chief Asad Durrani.

In a

ISLAMABAD: PTI chairman Imran Khan and PPP head Bilawal Bhutto Zardari have congratulated former Supreme Court Chief Justice Nasir ul Mulk for his appointment as caretaker Prime Minister.

In separate messages on Twitter, both the opposition

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday inaugurated a project for the capacity-building of youth in FATA under Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, in collaboration with the United Nation’s Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT).

The FATA Development

RAWALPINDI: Former ISI chief Lt-Gen (retd.) Asad Durrani has arrived at Army's General Headquarters (GHQ) to explain his position about a controversial book he had co-authored with former RAW head AS Dulat.

The visit comes three days

Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, who has been appointed as Pakistan's 7th caretaker Prime Minister, previously performed duties as the 22nd Chief Justice of Pakistan. He remained in office from 6 July 2014 till 16 August 2015.

Prior to his appointment as Chief Justice, he also rendered

ISLAMABAD:  Ex-CJP Nasir-ul-Mulk has been selected as the caretaker prime minister who will assume the office upon the expiry of the tenure of PML-N government on May 31.

After several rounds of talks between Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah,

RAWALPINDI: Former ISI chief Gen Asad Durrani will explain his position today at the army headquarters on new book he co-authored with  former chief of RAW AS Dulat.

Expressing reservations about the book, the military on Friday summoned the

KARACHI: Eight members of a family burnt alive when a fire broke out in their house at Baldia Town area of Karachi early on Monday.

According to rescue sources, residents of Malang Goth, locality of Baldia Town Karachi, were asleep when a fire broke out in their house,

QUETTA: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has strongly condemned a firing incident at the police personnel in Quetta which left two cops martyred.

The prime minister prayed for the martyred police personnel and expressed his condolence with the bereaved families. He also lauded the

QUETTA: Two police officials were martyred by militants on motorcycle and later the police killed two militants in shootout here on Sunday evening.

The police officials said that the incident occurred around sunset when two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened

KARACHI:  Security measures have been announced for  stringent security measures to be carried out on the occasion of Sachal Sarmast's Urs.

Inspector General of Police IGP Sindh AD Khowaja on Sunday directed police officials to make measures for foolproof security