Russian president vows to increase trade with his country’s eastern neighbour as sanctions war with west begins to bite. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – With the crisis in Ukraine hanging over his head, Russian President... Read more »
LTTE Accountability & UN failure : 3 decades of UN inaction in Sri Lanka The last phase of the war suddenly became a concern to the UN and its associated bodies and... Read more »
PM is expected to address joint session as opposition refuses to end protests calling for Nawaz Sharif’s resignation. A joint session of parliament is under way in Pakistan as Prime Minister Nawaz... Read more »
The political crisis in Pakistan remains at fever pitch as both the PML-N led government and the protesting Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehreek refuse to budge on their respective positions. Prime... Read more »
Counterfeit goods become serious problem, 65% consumer products sold in Pakistan are fake. Umar Ghauri, Chairman TCEP. (PRESS RELEASE) The growing menace of counterfeit products has become a serious problem for consumers... Read more »
The journalist was wearing a PRESS vest during the live report when a Police man, approached and violently shoved him sideways. The attacker was quickly pulled away from camera view by another... Read more »
QUETTA: Journalists marched on the roads of Quetta on Sunday evening to mourn the killing of colleagues. Journalists took out a rally from Quetta Press Club which turned into a protest demonstration... Read more »
At least three killed and 300 injured as anti-government protesters clash with police near PM’s residence in Islamabad. Islamabad – At least thirteen people have killed and more than 500 others have been... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: At least thirteen people were killed and more than five hundred people were wounded in firing and shelling by police at a point blank range during an anti-government protest led by PTI and... Read more »
LAHORE: A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court on Saturday seeking to disqualify Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from the all-important NA-120 seat for lying in his yesterday’s speech to the... Read more »
At least six people reported dead as fighters attack Jalalabad headquarters with huge car bomb and gun attack. A least six people have been reported killed in a Taliban attack on an... Read more »
Figures extrapolated from last census in 1983 estimated population at 60 million, but new count finds only 51.4 million. Myanmar has discovered it has only 51 million people – far less than... Read more »
Military to act as “guarantor” as politician Imran Khan and cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri continue to call for PM’s resignation. Islamabad, Pakistan – The military has intervened in Pakistan’s ongoing political crisis, playing the role... Read more »
LAHORE: A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against 21 persons, including the prime minister and Punjab chief minister, on Thursday on the the orders of the government. The Punjab police received... Read more »
Afghan presidential candidate accuses auditors of refusing to throw out fraudulent ballot papers and demands probe. Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah has pulled his observers from an audit of the country’s disputed election over... Read more »
Karachi, august 25: Over a thousand vehicles, including cars, buses, taxis and rickshaws, were held up for nearly two hours on several roads mainly Rashid Minhas Road, Shahrah e Faisal which led to the... Read more »
India’s lower castes suffer as tradition of clearing human waste continues despite parliament passing a law against it. New Delhi, India – Rajni was only 10 when her mother told her that she... Read more »
At least four civilians, two from each Asian nation, killed in new border clashes as tension rises between two rivals. India has accused Pakistani troops of firing guns and mortar rounds on... Read more »
Opposition leader says decision came after new Islamabad police chief appointed for an expected crackdown on protests. Pakistan opposition politician Imran Khan says he has suspended talks with the government after it appointed... Read more »
Intervention by army comes amid mass protests by top cricketer-turned-politician and a cleric urging PM Sharif to quit. Pakistan’s powerful military has called for talks to resolve a week-long political drama as... Read more »
By Syed Atiq ul Hassan Today, the People of Pakistan are on the crossroad and the world is watching them which way they proved themselves – A Divided People or a United... Read more »
Opposition PTI says it will withdraw its MPs, a day after leader Imran Khan called for civil disobedience campaign. The party of Pakistan’s opposition leader Imran Khan has quit the national assembly... Read more »
India on Monday called off foreign secretary-level bilateral talks with Pakistan following criticism of Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit meeting with Hurriyat leader Shabir Shah. Sources said the Indian Ministry of Foreign... Read more »
KARACHI: A young Pakistani scientist, Dr Saima Rasheed of the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, Karachi University, attended the 64th Nobel Laureate Meeting of Physiology and Medicine, held in Germany recently. An... Read more »