Pakistan

Twenty five members of a family were plundered and poisoned by a phony spiritual healer in Muzzafargarh on Tuesday.

The victimized family has revealed that the accused named Shah Sahib had initially been contacted to treat a cancer patient in the family

RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League head Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed and 22 others had a first information report (FIR) filed against them for alleged use of fireworks here on Tuesday.

Amongst those accused of breaching a ban on the use of fireworks, the AML chairman’s n

KARACHI: The encroachment of a graveyard in Sukkur left the head of Water Commission Justice (retd) Amir Hani infuriated on Tuesday.

Amid a hearing by the Supreme Court-mandated Judicial Commission on Water and Sanitation in the Sindh High

Pakistan is all set to hold General Election on July 25, with over 1,2000 candidates  vying for  national and provincial assembly seats.

There are over 800 seats up for grabs. As many as 105.96 million voters will be able to use their right to franchise.

23 percent

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday summoned record of cases against Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Captain (retd) Safdar as it took up their appeals against their convictions in Avenfiled reference.

A division bench of

Cattle farms in Karachi have started advertising their livestock  ahead of  Eid ul Azha which is   expected to fall at the end of  August 2018.

Although a large number of people in the metropolis  visit the cattle market , known as Mawaishi Mandi,  to p

ATTOCK: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sheikh Aftab on Monday narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on him.

Former federal minister was on his way to home after finishing election campaign in Kamra, when his vehicle came under attack in

ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Bashir, an Accountability Court judge, who sentenced former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and his son-in-law Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar in Avenfield reference, has recused himself

ATTOCK: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Monday said Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was fighting against poverty, social injustices, unemployment and wanted prosperity for masses who had been neglected by those having vested interests.

"I am

1: Detaching the notion of rape with a woman’s clothing.

Amid one of the interview that went on air, the civil rights activist retorting to distinguished diplomat Orya Maqbool Jan’s comments of rape and clothing being directly relative, Jibran states: “He

KARACHI: The legal counsel and Mohammad Khan Mehsud, the father of late Naqeebullah Mehsud have expressed their mistrust with the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) and proclaimed a boycott of all court proceedings.

In opposition of Rao Anwar, the legal counsel of Mehsud

RAWALPINDI: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani called Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and expressed his condolences on loss of innocent lives during terrorist attacks in Pakistan.

According to a statement issued by the ISPR on Monday, the

MIANWALI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that it is his duty to educate people about the problems inflicted on this nation by PML-N and PPP. The first of which is foreign debt.

Taking jibe at PPP and PML-N, Imran Khan said the self

QUETTA: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called for extending the National Action Plan (NAP) across Pakistan, saying it appeared to be a paper plan due to its weak implementation.

His comments came at a press conference in Quetta where he went to

MULTAN: A cylinder exploded at a hotel in Multan on Monday, killing at least three people and wounding 15 others, rescuers say.

A four-year-old son of the hotel's owner is also among the victims. 

The explosion took place inside the hotel located in the city's Gulshan

ISLAMABAD: Veteran PML-N politician Javed Hashmi has been denied permission to meet jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

Hashmi went to Adiala Jail, where the former three-time prime minister had been serving 11-year imprisonment.

Speaking to media

ISLAMABAD: The death toll from a suicide attack on an election rally in Mastung Balochistan on Friday spiked to 149, officials said, putting it among the deadliest attacks in Pakistan’s history.

Among the dead was the party’s provincial candidate, Siraj Raisani in Friday’s att

Rawalpindi: Chief of General Staff Iranian Armed Forces Major General Dr. Mohammad Bagheri, along with a high level delegation, visited GHQ and called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

During the meeting matters of mutual interest,

ISLAMABAD: As many as 10476 foreign visitors were arrived in Pakistan on tourist visa to look around the popular destination of the country during the year 2017, regaining an upward momentum of tourist’s arrival.

According to an official source,

LAHORE: PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif is being treated in a ‘shabby manner’ at the Adiala prisons which is ‘highly detrimental for his well being and health’, stated Shahbaz Sharif in a letter to interim chief minister Punjab Hasan Askari Rizvi.

The members

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani rupee dropped sharply in early trade on Monday in what appeared to be another devaluation by the central bank, two market analysts said, the fourth such intervention since early December.

The currency was trading at around 125/126 per dollar

KARACHI: An eight-year girl died and 16 people were injured on Sunday evening when a swing ride crashed to the ground at a famous amusement park in Karachi, Geo News reported.

The Askari Amusement Park located near Old Sabzi Mandi area was immediately

With an increasing number of women venturing in the field of motorsport, an all-girls team from Pakistan claimed global fame as they built a single- seater Formula car at  the Student Formula Competition held in UK.

Representing their

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and daughter Maryam Nawaz, whom the accountability court had awarded eleven and eight year imprisonment respectively, have challenged accountability court's verdict in Avenfield case  in the Islamabad High Court on Monday.

T

QUETTA: Awami National Party (ANP) Central Vice President Senator Muhammad Daud Khan Achakzai was injured in an armed attack in the Qila Abdullah area of Chaman early on Monday.

As per details, unknown armed men broke into ANP leader's guest house  in Qila

HYDERABAD: At least 17 people were killed and 13 others sustained injuries when a speedy trailer  collided with a bus, carrying a wedding party,  on National Highway near Matiari late on Sunday.

As per details, the accident took place at National Highway when a bus,