A man chained his wife and his niece to prevent them from leaving their home in Lahore city. The women were unshackled by the police that was left confused when the niece accused her aunt of putting h

Pakistan's powerful military establishment is under rare scrutiny from the country's top court, which after a gap of 16 years has opened an investigation into allegations the army funneled money to po

Pakistani forces have killed at least 17 suspected Taliban militants in Upper Orakzai tribal region in the northwest of the country, officials said on Wednesday.

A security official said that 12 oth

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told a top Pakistani cleric with ties to militants that key Afghan Taliban leaders are either killed or arrested whenever they show willingness to negotiate with his

Stepping up a campaign against militants holed up in Pakistan's tribal areas, a US drone on Thursday fired two missiles on a house in North Waziristan, killing six suspected insurgents, officials said

The plane was full but the toilet wasn't. So, throwing all rules and caution to the wind, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) captain blithely decided to accommodate two passengers in the toilet o

Two brothers in a Pakistani village shot dead their wives, who were sisters, police said.

The brothers - Imran and Ismael - shot dead their wives, Samina and Zarmina, and their mother-in-law in Damre

At least 13 people were killed on Wednesday in a US drone attack in Pakistan's northwest, a media report said.

The drone carried out three strikes in Orakzai region in Federally Administered Tribal A

Temporary aerial surveillance has been ordered over the already heavily-protected Pakistani capital in view of fresh terror threats, the police said on Tuesday.

The aerial surveillance by helicopters

No one should be permitted to speak against Pakistan in programmes that are aired by private television channels, a National Assembly panel has recommended.

The National Assembly's Standing Committee