ISLAMABAD: Justice Yahya was sworn in as the 30th Chief Justice of Pakistan on Saturday. President Asif Ali Zardari administered him oath of his office at a ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. The ...

TEHRAN: An American researcher said an Israeli airstrike on Saturday hit a building that was part of Iran’s defunct nuclear weapons development program, and he and another researcher said facilities ...

NORTH WAZIRISTAN: At least eight people, including four policemen and two security officials, embraced martyrdom and several others were injured in a suicide bomb blast at a joint police and security ...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least 15 security personnel were martyred in militant attacks across Khyber Pakh­tun­khwa over the past couple of days, officials and sources confirmed.

However, Iranian state TV, citing officials of the Tehran province air defence, reported: “The loud blasts heard around Tehran were related to the activation of the air defence system against the ...

Friday granted bail to Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan against surety bonds of Rs20,000 each. The siblings were arrested on October 4 in a case registered by Kohsar Police Station. They were detained for ...

LAHORE: The air quality in Lahore dropped to "hazardous" level due to high levels of toxins in the atmosphere, making the Punjab capital the most polluted city in the world, IQAir data released on ...

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank will fund Pakistan’s pandemic preparedness programme to bolster the country’s prevention, readiness and response capacity to deal with future disease outbreaks. The programme ...

ISLAMABAD: Maulana Fazlur Rehman overturned the government’s best-laid plans when he threatened to walk out of negotiations if the rulers continued using heavy-handed methods to muster the two-thirds ...

LAHORE: The Punjab government has banned all public gatherings and closed educational institutions across the province. The PTI has called for nationwide protests on Friday (today) against the ...

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Pakistan to invest one per cent of its GDP annually — equivalent to over Rs1.24 trillion based on current estimates — in climate resilience ...

GAZA: Save the Children’s Alexandra Saieh, head of humanitarian policy and advocacy, said that the situation for children in Gaza is now “absolutely catastrophic”.