Pakistan

Islamabad: Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday filed a petition in a special court seeking contempt of court proceedings against the Attock jail superintendent for allegedly denying him permission to speak to his…

Islamabad: Ending his over four years of self-imposed exile in the UK, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to return to Pakistan next month, according to a media report on Saturday. Quoting sources present at a meeting in London…

Moscow: Russia on Friday assured Pakistan that it was committed to further strengthen and expand the bilateral defence ties. This assurance to Islamabad was given by Russia’s Deputy Defence Minister Colonel Alexander Fomin when he met…

Islamabad: A pastor was shot at and wounded by an unknown assailant in Pakistan's Punjab province, weeks after a number of churches and Christian homes were burnt down by a mob on blasphemy allegations. Reverend Father Eleazar Vicky, who…

Islamabad: Protests in Pakistan continue to gain momentum with each passing day as hundreds of thousands of locals burn their electricity bills, rejecting the imposed high tariffs and taxes. While the situation is fast getting out of…

Lahore: A special court on Wednesday (August 30) extended till September 13 the judicial remand of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case related to the alleged disclosure of state secrets. Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, who…

Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Friday said the country has not made any formal requests to join BRICS. The Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said the country will examine the latest developments and…

Islamabad: Pakistan, in a belated response, has termed the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission as a great scientific achievement for which ISRO scientists deserved appreciation while the country's leading dailies heaped praises on India…

Peshawar: All eight people trapped inside a cable car dangling hundreds of meters above a deep ravine in a remote part of northwest Pakistan have been rescued successfully after over 14-hour-long operation, the country's interim Prime…

Peshawar: Pakistan Army on Tuesday launched a complicated rescue operation to save six school children and two other people who were trapped 900 ft mid-air after the wires of their chairlift snapped in a mountainous area in the country’s…