Pakistan
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Faisalabad men force girl to lick shoes, chop her hair over refusal to marry friend’s father
Faisalabad: In a ghastly incident in Pakistan’s Faisalabad, a teenager was tortured, humiliated and sexually harassed for refusing to marry an older man, who is the father of her friend, media reports…
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Pakistan: Two police constables killed on polio vaccination duty
Islamabad: At least two police officers were shot dead in Pakistan’s Khyber Paktunkhwa province who were deployed to guard medics administering polio vaccines. The attack took place in Tank district’s Kacha Gara area…
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Shehbaz Sharif says Pakistan can mediate to bring together US, China
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has offered Pakistan’s services as a mediator to bring together the US and China as it did decades ago, media report said. In an interview with…
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20 dead, 6 injured in Pakistan bus-oil tanker collision
Lahore: At least 20 people were killed and six others injured on Tuesday after a passenger bus collided head-on with an oil tanker in Pakistan’s Punjab province, local media reports said According…
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Pakistan PM, Saudi Crown Prince discuss bilateral ties, cooperation
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a telephonic conversation with Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday and agreed to enhance cooperation in the fields of energy, investment and trade. The…
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Imran Khan praises India’s foreign policy, plays Jaishankar’s clip at Lahore rally
Islamabad: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again commended India for its independent foreign policy as he slammed the West for being critical of India for buying Russian oil. Addressing…
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Pakistan: 13 killed, 5 injured as truck falls over bus
Islamabad: At least 13 people were killed and five others injured after a truck fell over a passenger bus in Rahim Yar Khan city of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, local media reported. A…
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Pak to attend counter-terror drills in India for 1st time
Islamabad: Pakistan has confirmed that it will attend the international counter-terrorism exercises in India later this year despite simmering tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. The counter-terrorism exercises are scheduled to be…
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Decision to not arrest ex-BJP spokesperson shows India’s hatred towards Islam: Bilawal Bhutto
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday condemned India’s Supreme Court’s decision to provide former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma protection from getting arrested in the Prophet Muhammad case,…
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Pakistan, Turkiye sign trade preferential agreement to further bolster bilateral ties
Islamabad: Pakistan and its close ally Turkiye on Friday inked a preferential trade agreement aimed at opening up market access worth USD 7.5 billion for Pakistani goods, a deal hailed by Islamabad…
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Pakistan: Man from minority Ahmadi community stabbed to death
Lahore: A 62-year-old man belonging to the Ahmadi community was stabbed to death by a religious fanatic for refusing to praise a controversial cleric in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday, the latest…
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Imran’s arrest may trigger ‘bloody politics’, says ex-minister
Islamabad: Reacting to the Pakistan governments move to file references against the PTI chairman in prohibited funding and Toshakhana cases, former Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has warned that attempts to arrest Imran…
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Imran Khan’s top aide arrested for making ‘seditious’ remarks
Islamabad: A close aide of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was on Tuesday arrested after pulling a private TV channel off air for airing his interview considered as seditious and threatening…
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Pakistani news channel pulled off air for anti-military segment
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have suspended transmission of a leading television news channel after a segment was aired about the armed forces that were deemed a threat to national security. ARY News, which…
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Hindu family attacked in Pak for trying to overtake influential person’s vehicle
New Delhi: A Hindu family from Sanghar in Sindh province of Pakistan was attacked on Sunday evening by almost a dozen men within the remits of Mirpur Mathelo police station over a…
