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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) operated 46 flights from the Islamabad Airport without any passengers in 2016-17, a media report said on Friday. (Photo: Instagram)

Pak International Airlines operates 46 flights without passengers in...

Grappling with a debt-ridden economy, Pakistan has secured bailouts (including that from the IMF) to stay afloat.

22 Sept 2019 10:32 AM IST

China to open visa office in Peshawar to further boost economic...

The centre provides people exposure to the Chinese culture, literature, art and history through exhibitions, movie...

20 Sept 2019 1:14 PM IST

Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Photo: ANI)

Sri Lanka Presidential front-runner will restore ties with China:...

The following year, the Sirisena government allowed Chinese projects to resume after demanding changes in some.

20 Sept 2019 10:46 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a seven-member committee in connection with the status of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)

Pak PM Imran Khan leaves for Saudi to discuss Kashmir, bilateral...

The FO said Prime Minister Khan has been in regular contact with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman on the...

19 Sept 2019 3:33 PM IST

The 48-year-old former Naval officer, Kulbhushan Jadhav, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism on April 11, 2017. (Photo: File)

Pak rules out swap of Jadhav with Col Habib

The spokesperson added that according to Habib's family, he had posted his CV on LinkedIn and UN website for a job.

19 Sept 2019 1:48 AM IST

Pakistan has nothing to do with 9/11. says Imran Khan (Photo: File)

No chance of talks with India on Kashmir until curfew is lifted: Imran...

However, India has maintained that there is no curfew in J&K, which became a Union Territory after the abrogation of...

18 Sept 2019 7:37 PM IST

Thailand premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha. (Photo: Twitter)

Thailand: Opposition MPs call for resignation of PM following oath...

Opposition lawmakers called for his resignation, saying the incomplete oath showed his "ignorance of the constitution".

18 Sept 2019 4:41 PM IST

Doctors on Monday held a protest against the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2019 here. (Photo: ANI)

Doctors in Sri Lanka go on srike over salary 'injustice'

The strike caused hardships to the patients who arrived at state-run hospitals, where doctors were providing only...

18 Sept 2019 3:33 PM IST

Addressing his first press conference after assuming the office in the Modi 2.0 government in May, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also hit out at Pakistan, saying India has a unique challenge from one neighbour and it would remain a challenge until that neighbour becomes a normal neighbour and acts against cross-border terrorism. (Photo: Instagram | PTI)

Pak urges international community to take serious cognizance of...

Pakistan's statement came hours after India said PoK is its part and one day it expects to have 'physical jurisdiction'...

18 Sept 2019 10:29 AM IST

A senior Chinese official said it should be left to PM Modi and Xi Jinping to discuss what they wish to. (Photo: File | AFP)

Kashmir may not be 'major topic' during PM Modi-Xi Jinping meeting:...

China, the all-weather ally of Pakistan, already tried to take the Kashmir issue to the UN Security Council last month.

18 Sept 2019 8:40 AM IST

The Rohingya believe the government is intentionally eviscerating the remnants of their culture to make it nearly impossible for them to return. (Representational Image)

Modi govt can't evade responsibility for economic slowdown, says...

Police inspector Ali Arshad said at least 40 Rohingya have been killed in Bangladesh since July last year.

17 Sept 2019 4:19 PM IST

The blast took place in Police District 3 (PD3) area in the city. (Photo: ANI)

8 killed, 10 injured in suicide attack in Afghanistan's Parwan

The Taliban movement, which has been fighting the government for years, has threatened to disrupt the process.

17 Sept 2019 3:44 PM IST