Hollwyood star Sean Penn is on a private visit to Pakistan to meet survivors of 2011 floods and to interact with civil society groups and NGOs involved in welfare activities.

After spending time wit

Pakistan had successfully conducted stress tests at its civil nuclear power plants immediately after the Fukushima reactor accident in Japan last year, a top Pakistani diplomat said on Saturday.

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Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani appointed his lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan as Leader of the House in the Senate and as a member of the parliamentary committee on judges appointment, officials said.

A suicide bomber targeted a mosque inside a base of a terror group in the Khyber tribal region of northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 13 people, a majority of them militants, and injuring several ot

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court not to be 'harsh' to an elected PM.

Mr Ahsan in his arguments in the Supreme Court said President

Pakistan’s economy seems to be ‘experiencing a near-death experience’, a daily said on Thursday, urging sensible planning instead of senseless borrowing.

The government says the economy is turning ar

A Pakistani legislator caused consternation among his colleagues when he suggested in the Sindh Assembly that alcohol should be as easily available as soft drinks in a country whose majority Muslim po

Over 900 Pakistani women were killed last year in the name of honour for allegedly shaming their families while nearly 4,500 others were the target of domestic violence, the country's top rights watch

A provincial minister in Pakistan owns a tract of land that equals a small town - 24,338 acres to be precise. Another wears diamond-studded Rolex watches while a lawmaker runs seven mines and owns 300

All eyes will be on Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday as the top court will decide the future of beleaguered Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani who could be convicted and disqualified for contempt