A senior assistant editor and head of magazines at Dawn was murdered in the early hours this morning in Karachi, police said.

Murtaza Razvi's body was found in an office apartment in the Defence Hou

Doctors in Pakistan are fighting to save the life of a baby boy born with six legs because of a rare genetic condition, hospital officials said Monday.

The infant was born to the wife of an X-ray tec

Delighted Pakistani cricket fans, players and politicians on Monday welcomed Bangladesh's decision to tour the troubled country and end its three-year exile from hosting international matches.

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Bangladesh on Sunday agreed to tour Pakistan for a short one 50-over match and one Twenty20 international later this month, reviving international cricket suspended in the country three years ago.

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A suicide bomber on Thursday targeted the motorcade of a senior police officer in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, killing four persons and injuring 14 others, officials said.

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Twenty-three Indian fishermen were arrested and four of their boats seized for fishing 'illegally' in Pakistani territorial waters, an official said.

Pakistan's flamboyant and popular cricketer Shahid Afridi attacked a fan at the airport here soon after his arrival from Dhaka after winning the Asia Cup title.

Geo News and other channels flashed f

Former Pakistan captains have urged their players to avoid confrontations on the field when they take on India in a much-awaited match of the Asia Cup cricket tournament in Mirpur on Sunday.

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Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has ruled out 'pressure factor' ahead of his team's crucial Asia Cup match against arch-rivals India on March 18.

"We are not looking at the match as one where we want

Pakistan's banned pacer, Mohammad Aamir is head-over-heels in love with his lawyer Sajida Malik and both plan to get married soon, according to a report in a leading newspaper here.

The report in the