Islamabad/Karachi: Forty people were killed and dozens injured when a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, with officials saying casualties could increase near the

Islamabad: India-born Mamnoon Hussain, a close aide of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was on Monday sworn in as the President of Pakistan, marking the culmination of the country’s first democratic tran

Islamabad: An armed lunatic brought Islamabad to a standstill for six hours after he started firing near parliament, demanding that Shariah be implemented in Pakistan.
The man, along with his wife an

Islamabad: An Afghan diplomat was injured when an unidentified gunmen opened fire at him in the Pakistani capital, officials said on Friday.
Naqeebullah Ibrahimkhel, a third secretary in the Afghan E

Islamabad: Pakistan's former military dictator Pervez Musharraf's legal woes continued as an anti-terrorism court on Tuesday rejected his application for bail in a case over the killing of Baloch nat

New Delhi: After the mysterious death of Indian prisoner Chambail Singh in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, India has decided to send a judicial committee to Pakistan to review the condition of Indian pris

A young, mentally-challenged Christian girl accused of blasphemy has been moved from the police headquarters in the Pakistani capital to an undisclosed location for security reasons, days after she wa

Pakistani authorities are still probing a multi-billion rupee scam involving private power projects and could summon Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, who held the power portfolio when some of the pr

Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday asked his son Ali Musa, who has been linked to alleged irregularities in the import of a large amount of the chemical Ephedrine, to cut short his honeymoon abro

At least 14 people, including a leader of Pashtoon group Awami National Party (ANP) have been shot dead in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, officials said on Saturday. At least 75 suspects have bee