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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Graft cases: Nawaz Sharif, kin appear in court

Maryam Nawaz also submitted plea seeking to change exemption dates from December 5 to January 5, 2018.

23 Nov 2017 6:15 AM IST

Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed (Photo: AP)

Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed set to walk free after court...

Saeed, and his four aides, were put under house arrest under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1977, on January 31 this...

23 Nov 2017 5:56 AM IST

Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed (Photo: AP)

Pak court orders release of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed

The US had announced a $10 million bounty on Saeed in 2012 for his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed...

23 Nov 2017 4:57 AM IST

Jammat-ud-Dawah chief and Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed. (Photo: AFP)

Pak court orders release of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed

Rejecting the government's plea to extend his detention for another three months, the board ordered Saeed's release.

22 Nov 2017 4:27 PM IST

Japan Air Self-Defense Forces F-15 fighter jets fly over US Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during a Japan-US joint training in the Sea of Japan. (Photo: AP)

US Navy plane with 11 aboard crashes into Pacific; 8 found

The Navy's Japan-based 7th Fleet said in a statement that a search and rescue operation was launched from the carrier.

22 Nov 2017 2:51 PM IST

Kids who grab gun during research were seen more prone to using it (Photo: Pixabay)

3 people were shot dead, 6 others injured in rare shooting incident:...

Officers were deployed after receiving reports that people were hit by apparent gun fire during a fight on Tuesday night...

22 Nov 2017 2:02 PM IST

It is very rare for the Norths troops to defect at Panmunjom, a major tourist attraction and the only part of the border where forces from the two sides come face-to-face. (Photo: AFP)

Shocking video of N Korean soldier's defection shows racing across...

The defector, who ran across the border at the Panmunjom truce village on November 13, has been recovering in a South...

22 Nov 2017 11:13 AM IST

Kausar Parveen comforts her child who was allegedly raped by a religious cleric in Kehror Pakka, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Sexual abuse pervasive in Pak Islamic schools

The teacher had already confessed, according to police, and the police report said he was found with the boy. Yet he...

22 Nov 2017 6:21 AM IST

Kausar Parveen sits with her son who was allegedly raped by a mullah or religious cleric, in Kehror Pakka, Pakistan on May 4. (Photo: AP)

Sexual abuse pervasive in Islamic schools in Pakistan

In a culture where clerics are powerful and sexual abuse is a taboo subject, it is seldom discussed or even acknowledged...

21 Nov 2017 6:31 PM IST

Pakistan priority in neighbourhood diplomacy: China

Officials said that China is reported to have committed to invest USD 50 billion in the ambitious China-Pakistan...

21 Nov 2017 5:56 PM IST

Chinese flag (Photo: AP/ File

Pak reaches out to China for help to build army as internal unrest...

The development came after a meeting between the top generals of the two countries where China has explained willingness...

21 Nov 2017 4:55 PM IST

Head of the Pakistani Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah radical religious party, Khadim Hussain Rizvi, gestures during a sit-in protest near Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan govt gets three days to end sit-in

The IHC criticised the federal government for not evicting protesters from Islamabad despite court orders.

21 Nov 2017 6:35 AM IST