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A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.4 terrified the climbers as boulders tumbled down the slopes of the volcano. (Photo: AP)

Nearly 700 trek down from volcanic mount after Indonesia earthquake...

Hundreds of trekkers in crater couldn't come down, because paths were covered by debris from landslides, feared...

30 July 2018 5:26 PM IST

Hafiz Saeed, center, head of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-ud-Dawa, affixes his thumb impression before casting a vote in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 25, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Hafiz Saeed-backed party fails to win a single seat in Pak polls:...

According to EC of Pak, not a single candidate of Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek party, supported by banned Jamaat-ud Dawa chief,...

28 July 2018 7:07 PM IST

Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician and head of the party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan greets supporters during a political campaign rally in Multan. Pakistan will hold the general election on July 25, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Imran's Tehreek-e-Insaf emerges as largest party with 116 seats:...

The PTI is on the top with 16,857,035 votes, followed by the PML-N with 12,894,225 and the PPP with 6,894,296 votes.

28 July 2018 4:54 PM IST

Pakistans cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad. (Photo: File photograph)

Imran Khan begins preparations to form next govt in Pakistan

Khan has still about three weeks to prepare for government before the mandatory session of the National Assembly is...

28 July 2018 3:49 PM IST

Maulana Fazlur Rehman, center, head of Pakistani religious parties alliance surrounds by Pakistani politicians addresses a news conference after the All Parties Conference (APC) in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 27, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Pak's All Parties Conference announces protests demanding fresh...

All Parties Conference, which includes outgoing ruling party, PML-N has rejected the results of the Pakistan general...

28 July 2018 1:33 PM IST

Supporters hold Imran Khans picture in Karachi. (Photo: AP)

Imran Khan to captain Pakistan

The provincial results show that the PML-N was leading on 129 seats in Punjab followed by PTI with 121 in the provincial...

27 July 2018 1:45 AM IST

Addressing the press conference, Imran Khan said: I came into politics 22 years ago because I believed that the potential of our country was not being realised. The Pakistan that I saw growing up deteriorated in front of my very eyes. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

If India takes one step, we'll take two to resolve Kashmir issue:...

'The main issue between India and Pakistan is Kashmir but blame game can't continue forever,' Imran Khan said.

26 July 2018 5:48 PM IST

Imran Khans ex-British wife Jemima Khan on Thursday congratulated him by declaring the cricketer-turned-politician as Pakistans next prime minister even before the announcement of the official results.(Photo: AFP)

My sons' father is next PM: Imran's ex-wife Jemima congratulates ahead...

Jemima, 44, who earlier prayed for his success praised Khan in series of tweets, saying father of her two sons will be...

26 July 2018 3:52 PM IST

(From left) Nawaz Sharifs Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Imran Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Bilawal Bhutto Zardaris Pakistan Peoples Party are major political parties in Pakistans general election. (Photo: PTI)

Pak's dirtiest election': Counting begins after polling marred by...

Gallup Pakistan estimated turnout at between 50 to 55 per cent in an electorate of nearly 106 million, similar to...

25 July 2018 8:32 PM IST

Imran Khan claimed that people will be given the party tickets on the basis of merit and popularity in their respective constituencies. (Photo: File)

Imran Khan takes on Sharifs, says not seen such acting even in films

Ahead of Pakistan polls, Imran Khan said that the Sharif family looted billions of money from the country and took them...

24 July 2018 3:27 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves the premises of the JIT with son Hussain Nawaz in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

In audio message, Nawaz Sharif urges people to vote for PML-N in Pak...

Sharif showed unhappiness that he and his daughter were imprisoned for leading a campaign of respecting the mandate.

24 July 2018 8:41 AM IST

CPEC is the crown jewel of Chinas One Belt One Road endeavour, which has routinely impeded by frequent terrorist activities. (Photo: AFP)

CPEC projects in Pakistan stuck due to financial crisis: report

The CPEC is the flagship project of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and includes a maze of roads and...

23 July 2018 8:02 PM IST