Pakistan
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Pakistan, China ink deals to boost CPEC phase 2
Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Monday signed six key documents to help undertake the second phase of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects under a new model, further cementing…
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Pak ex-PM Imran moves SC against IHC for not granting stay in Toshakhana case
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan approached the Supreme Court on Monday against the Islamabad High Court’s decision to reject his plea seeking a halt on the criminal proceedings against him…
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Pakistan and China ink six agreements to expedite cooperation under CPEC
Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Monday signed six important documents to expand and expedite cooperation under the ambitious multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, further cementing the all-weather strategic relations between…
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MP Police to examine Indian woman who visited Pak for ‘international conspiracy’
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Monday said the state police will examine the “international conspiracy” angle in the episode involving a 34-year-old Indian mother of two children who travelled…
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ISIS behind suicide blast at political convention that killed 46 in Pakistan: Police
Peshawar: Police in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said on Monday that an initial probe has suggested that the banned terrorist group ISIS is behind the suicide attack on a political convention…
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Nawaz Sharif will face law upon returning to country: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif will face the law upon returning to the country, Geo News reported. Geo News is a…
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Death toll in Pakistan blast rises to 44
Islamabad: The death toll due to an alleged suicide blast at a Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) workers’ convention in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has increased to 44, officials said. The incident…
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Imran Khan mastermind of May 9 violence aimed at toppling military leadership: Pak PM
Islamabad: Imran Khan was the mastermind of the unprecedented anti-government protests across Pakistan on May 9 and it was aimed at toppling the military leadership, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said. Pakistan…
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Pak Senate drops bill to prevent violent extremism following opposition from lawmakers
Islamabad: Pakistan Senate’s Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Sunday “dropped” a bill aimed at curbing violent extremism in the country following fierce opposition from lawmakers, including those from the ruling coalition. The Chairman…
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Pakistan suicide blast: Death toll rises to 35, over 150 injured
Peshawar: At least 35 people were killed and over 150 others injured on Sunday when a suicide bomber triggered a powerful blast at a hardline Islamic political party’s meeting in a restive tribal…
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Pakistan: 20 dead, 50 injured in blast at political party’s meet
Peshawar: At least 20 people were killed and 50 others injured in a blast at an Islamic political party’s meeting in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, according to a media report. The…
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Five killed, 20 injured as bus turns turtle in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least five people were killed and 20 others injured when a bus overturned in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Sunday. The accident occurred as the driver of the bus dozed off and…
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Minor girl reaches Jaipur airport to go to Pakistan, handed over to police
Jaipur: A minor girl who wanted to go to Pakistan to meet her Instagram friend was handed over to police by Jaipur airport authorities on Friday, officials said. Airport Station Officer Digpal…
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Imran Khan alleges police forced driver to confess that he supplied him drugs
Lahore: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday alleged that police forced a driver to confess that he supplied him drugs. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief said that the federal government…
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Chinese woman marries Pakistani man she met online
Peshawar: In yet another cross-border love story, a Chinese woman has travelled to Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to marry the man whom she befriended and fell in love with on social media,…
