Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A US aircraft arrived at Nur Khan Airbase to airlift an American diplomat allegedly involved in a road accident returned on Saturday after the Interior Ministry refused to grant him clearance to leave Pakistan, Geo News reported.

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KARACHI: Supreme Chief Justice on Saturday took an exception to the Chief Executive of K-Electric over the utility's failure to reduce load shedding.

K-Electric CEO Tayib Tareen and Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) chief appeared before a

KARACHI: Former Malir SSP Rao Anawar has applied for bail in Naqeebullah murder case, Geo News reported on Saturday.

The bail plea was moved by his lawyer in the Anti-Terrorism Court II.

The application stated that the former SSP was not present at the time when the murder

KARACHI: Chief  Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has summoned case record of of May 12 mayhem, Geo News reported on Saturday.

The orders came as a special bench of the apex court headed by the CJ resumed hearing of different cases in the Karachi Registry of the

MULTAN: Expressing confidence in the leadership of Nawaz Sharif, senior politician Javed Hashmi has rejoined Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

In a public rally in Multan here Friday, Javed Hashmi joined hands with Nawaz Sharif, saying “I am announcing to a

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday assigned the foreign ministry portfolio to Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan after Khawaja Asif was ousted from the position last month.

The foreign minister post had been vacated following Khawaja Asif’s d

LAHORE: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, who was injured in gun attack last weekend, is recovering well, his son Ahmad Iqbal informed media here Friday.

Speaking to media outside the Services Hospital Lahore, Ahmad said it was Ahsan Iqbal's

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday directed the interior ministry to decide on placing the name of US diplomat Col Joseph Emanuel –Defense and Air Attache -- on Exit Control List (ECL) within two weeks.

Justice Amir Farooq of IHC court

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Friday decided to take legal action against National Accountability Board Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal over false allegations of money laundering leveled against Nawaz Sharif, Geo News reported.

A meeting of party's

LAHORE: Pakistan, land of the pure, was destined to be created as an Islamic state the day first Arab Muslim trader set foot on the sub-continent. 

The creation of Pakistan in 1947 was made possible as the Muslim civilization spread and preserved itself for centuriesto come. The

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif vowed to not step back on NAB money laundering allegations terming them as a ‘very serious’ matter.

Talking to journalists outside accountability court on Friday, the PML-N Quaid said what is happening today we never saw

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday enforced restrictions on US diplomats, in a tit-for-tat move against Trump administration's similar measures against its diplomats.

In a notification issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the US diplomatis have been

QUETTA: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday observed that for him targeted killings of Hazara community is akin to ethnic cleansing.

The CJP had taken suo moto notice of continued attacks on Hazara Community in Quetta and

Kot Assadullah:  Basharat Ali was 15 when his legs began to falter, a condition doctors have blamed on polluted water in a Pakistani region infamous for the deformities that afflict many of its people.

Too weak to carry his own schoolbag, he was taken to

Pakistani digital rights activist and lawyer Nighat Dad has claimed a spot in the coveted Young Global Leaders 2018 list issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF), featuring alongside Indian actress Priyanka Chopra and various other global

PESHAWAR: At least five members of a family were killed and two others sustained wounds after an explosion occurred in a hotel at Blial Town area of Peshawar in wee hours on Friday.

According to Geo News, bomb disposal squad (BDS) was called to ascertain the cause of the

PESHAWAR: Responding to the criticism, the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal on Thursday said that the bureau will continue to probe corruption cases by exercising  its assigned legal powers.

In

ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser Lt General (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua Thursday said Pakistan and India were nuclear powers and both needed to engage each other, resolve disputes and move forward as their tense relationship was having an effect on the whole

Layyah: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari warned that PTI was try to use South Punjab province as an election ploy.

“Did Imran Khan keep his previous promises Did he end terrorism in 90 days Did he fix the education and health systems in 90 days Did he

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Thursday chaired a meeting of parliamentary leaders and representatives of various political parties at PM''s Chamber in the National Assembly.

Matters relating to implementation of FATA reforms were discussed during

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has voiced its dismay at the failure of UN Sanctions Committee to approve Islamabad’s request to place Jamaat-e-ul-Ahrar terrorist Umer Khalid Khurasani on terror list.

“We are aware that the UN Al-Qaeda/ISIL Sanctions Committee did not approve P

ISLAMABAD: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad on Friday.

The temblor was felt in Islamabad, Malakand, Chitral, Peshawar, Swabi, Malakand Agency, Kohat and other parts of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced summer vacations for schools.

“Private and public schools will close for summer vacations from May 17,” Education Minister Rana Mashhood announced on Thursday.

The schools will reopen on August 10, he said.

The schedule of

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said India is fanning terrorism in Pakistan through the Afghan soil.

The minister was speaking to media here Thursday.

Dastgir said spreading fake news through media is also one of

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called on the government to launch a probe into an assassination attempt on Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal.

The interior minister was shot and injured in a gun attack during a

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday announced the cancellation of its Waziristan’s jalsa due to “some very highly important reasons.”

The opposition party was scheduled to hold a public meeting at Mir Ali Ground in South Waziristan on