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About 2,000 activists of Tehreek-i-Khatm-i-Nabuwwat, Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR) and the Sunni Tehreek Pakistan (ST) for more than two weeks have been blocking the Islamabad Expressway and Murree Road that connect Islamabad with its only airport and the garrison city of Rawalpindi.

Pak police crackdown injures over 70, TV channels forbidden to air

The suspension of TV channels was ordered for violating media regulations showing live coverage of a security operation.

25 Nov 2017 4:37 PM IST

India

Sushma Swaraj declines Pak invite for Kartarpur Corridor, 2 ministers...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the groundbreaking ceremony of the facilities at on the Pakistan side...

25 Nov 2018 8:11 AM IST

The FAA estimates that 2.3 million drones will be bought for recreational use this year, and the number is expected to rise in coming years. (Photo: Pixabay)

World

Amid tension, US drone strike kills three in Pakistan tribal region

Security officials said two missiles hit a house in Spin Tal, a bordering area of North Waziristan and Orakzai Agencies.

25 Jan 2018 1:13 AM IST

Pakistan has strict notions of masculinity where men are often expected to be austere and flamboyant styling is to be avoided. (Photo: Pixabay)

Life

Pakistani men assert their right to be groomed as male beauty booms

There is this whole lot of clever marketing of male beauty products which is spurring demand

22 Feb 2018 10:27 AM IST

The ban was introduced by Islamabad High Court last year after a petition that said the holiday was a cultural import from the West. (Photo: Pixabay)

Life

Love is in the air, but not on airwaves as Pakistan bans Valentine's...

Young people are not too afraid of the ban.

10 Feb 2018 5:22 PM IST

Police sources said the additional sandbag bunkers and pillboxes have been set up in Srinagar and other towns mainly to contain public protests and stone-pelting by local youths.

World

Pak summons Indian Deputy High Commissioner over LoC firing

The number of ceasefire violations by Pakistan has gone up significantly this year as compared to 2018.

16 Oct 2019 7:53 PM IST

He (Arvind) had an altercation with his son during which a shot was fired. The son died on the spot. Perpetrator was apprehended, his licensed weapon has been seized, Circle Officer Sumit Shukla said. (Photo: File | Representational)

World

Female Pakistan journalist shot dead by husband for not quitting job

The couple got married seven months ago but then the relations turned sour soon, according to an FIR.

27 Nov 2019 3:05 PM IST

It said that in consistent with its commitment to cooperate, Pakistan on Wednesday shared preliminary findings of its investigations with India along with a set of questions. (Photo: PTI)

World

Pulwama attack: No terror camps exist on 22 locations shared by India,...

'While 54 detained individuals are being investigated, no details linking them to Pulwama have been found so far,' it...

28 March 2019 11:47 AM IST

World

Afghan President on his official visit to Pakistan

He was received by Pakistan's Adviser on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood and other officials after which Ghani was given a...

27 Jun 2019 1:52 PM IST

Adviser to PM on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood and Qatari Finance Minister Ali Shareef Al Emadi signed the MoU for establishment of Pakistan-Qatar joint working group on trade and investment. (Photo: AP)

World

Pakistan's highest civil honour conferred to Emir of Qatar

Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad was conferred with 'Nishan-e-Pakistan' by President Arif Alvi at a ceremony in Islamabad.

23 Jun 2019 3:58 PM IST

$\I have not yet forgotten what they (Sharifs) have done to Benazir Bhutto (his wife) and me. We forgave them and signed Charter of Democracy, but still Mian sahib (Nawaz) betrayed me and went to court in memogate in order to label me a traitor,\ Asif Ali Zardari said. (Photo: AFP)$ World

Zardari produced before court, anti-graft body seeks physical remand

Zardari and his sister are two main accused of money laundering which used fake accounts to channel illegally gained...

11 Jun 2019 1:07 PM IST

Musharraf ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008. He is wanted in Pakistan in several criminal cases including in the killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. (Photo: File)

World

No lawyer willing to represent Musharraf, treason hearing deferred:...

Court had also barred Musharraf's lawyer Salman Safdar from arguing on his behalf and directed ministry to appoint...

24 July 2019 12:55 PM IST