DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least 15 security personnel were martyred in militant attacks across Khyber Pakh­tun­khwa over the past couple of days, officials and sources confirmed.

However, Iranian state TV, citing officials of the Tehran province air defence, reported: “The loud blasts heard around Tehran were related to the activation of the air defence system against the ...

Friday granted bail to Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan against surety bonds of Rs20,000 each. The siblings were arrested on October 4 in a case registered by Kohsar Police Station. They were detained for ...

GAZA: Save the Children’s Alexandra Saieh, head of humanitarian policy and advocacy, said that the situation for children in Gaza is now “absolutely catastrophic”.

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as shares surged more than 1,100 points to a new high in intraday trade on Friday. The benchmark KSE-100 index climbed 1141.43, or 1.25 per cent to stand at ...

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday rejected observations made by the UN Human Rights chief regarding judicial independence, urging him to focus on his mandate instead of making uninformed ...

BAJAUR: A high-value target was among nine militants killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on ...

LAHORE: PTI workers in Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Quetta, Rawalpindi and other cities held demonstrations for the release of their party’s leader, Imran Khan, and against the proposed constitutional ...

LAKKI MARWAT: Five militants wearing burqa and suicide vests were killed as four police officials embraced martyrdom in an attempt to foil a gun and bomb attack on Iqbal Shaheed Police Lines in Bannu, ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is currently chairing the 23rd summit of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shan­ghai Cooperation Organi­sation (SCO). The SCO comprises China ...

BEIRUT: Israel has said it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was killed last month in an Israeli attack targeting the Lebanese group, ...

ISLAMABAD: Justice Yahya Afridi, who was nominated by a Special Parliamentary Committee (SPC) last night, is set to take oath as the next chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) on Saturday.