Pakistan

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.

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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,

Pakistani authorities have opened a criminal investigation into leaders of jailed ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s political party under an anti-terrorism law, 10 days before a hotly contested general election, according to a police report.

The case relates

JHANG: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan Sunday said his party would introduce an effective and better local bodies (LB) system in the country after coming into power.

Addressing a public gathering here at Mai Heer Stadium, he said public

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will file its reply in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on July 17 regarding convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.

India had gone to the ICJ to halt the execution of Jadhav in Pakistan.

Commander Jadhav — an on-duty Indian navy

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday sent a condolence message to his Pakistani counterpart, Mamnoon Hussain, over Friday''s terror attack in southwestern Pakistan that killed 128 people and injured 200 others.

In his message,

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Justice (retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk Sunday directed the authorities concerned and stakeholders to exercise utmost precaution and take all possible measures to ensure security of the candidates and the public participating in political rallies

QUETTA: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif condoled with family of Siraj Raisani who was killed in a deadly terrorist attack in Mastung on Friday.

The former chief minister flew to Quetta and met with bereaved families of the Mastung tragedy.

At least 130

MALAKAND: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that election should be held  as per schedule as any delay will be detrimental to the interest of the country.

He said that his party was being subjected to discriminatory treatment ahead

QUETTA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has called on civilian government, army, police and security agencies to bring security institutions on one page to deal with the scourge of terrorism.

“Terrorists are gaining momentum due to lacks in i

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar after initiating a fund for the creation of two major dams in the country recently urged  citizens to contribute in foreign or local currencies to reach the required goal

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Sunday arrived in  Quetta to express solidarity with the families of Mastung blast .

A suicide bomber struck Nawab Siraj Raisani's election meeting on Friday where a total

Reham Khan  has said she will sell more books if her former husband Imran Khan becomes next prime minister of Pakistan, referring to her recently released autobiography.  

She said this on Saturday while replying to a tweet on her Twitter account

HYDERABAD: Three people were wounded Saturday night in a brawl that broke out in a corner meeting of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Dr Mustansir Billa.

According to details, the corner meeting was underway when two groups argued over a roadside

QUETTA: Prime Minister justice retired Nasir-ul-Mulk Sunday arrived Sarawan House and condoled with the bereaved family of shaheed Siraj Raisani on Sunday.

According to a press release issued by  the PM office media wing, the prime

KARACHI: The caretaker government of Sindh has imposed ban on carrying and exhibiting arms in the province with effect from midnight today till July 26.

The government has issued notification in this regard. The ban has been imposed to maintain law and order during election