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Karachi/IBNS: The death toll due to the crash of a  Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-8303 from Lahore, with 91 passengers and eight crew members onboard, close to the Karachi Airport on Friday now stands at 97, media reports said. more
After Twitter halts in Pakistan for hours on Sunday, digital rights group demands answer from govt

Islamabad: Amid doubts of media censorship, the Media Matters for Democracy, a digital rights group, has asked the Pakistan government to issue a statement to clarify if micro-blogging si ...

China bracing for another COVID-19 wave: Authority put Shulan under Wuhan-like lockdown

Beijing: It seems that China is still struggling to cope up with the COVID-19 scenario as Wuhan like lockdown has been imposed in north-eastern city of Shulan where an outbreak of the dea ...

Pakistan: ANP condemns alleged threats to Pashtun leader

Peshawar: Pakistan's Awami National Party (ANP) has condemned the alleged death threats given to Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) central leader Dr Said Alam Mehsud.

COVID-19 in Pakistan: Clerics announce resumption of congregational prayers at mosques

Islamabad: With Pakistan still witnessing an increase of COVID-19 cases,  several prominent clerics and noted scholars on Monday announced the resumption of five-time congregational ...

Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme architect now kept as a 'prisoner'

Islamabad: Pakistan's former nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, who had earned international attention in 2004 after publicly confessing his role in global nuclear proliferation, ...

Afghan forces kill 15 militants in southern province

Qalat, Afghanistan/Xinhua :  Afghan forces, in series of operations have killed at least 15 Taliban militants in the southern Zabul province over the past 24 hours, provincial govern ...

American scholar criticises Zalmay Khalilzad's advice to India on Taliban

New York: United States' special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad's advice to India that it should talk to Taliban forces about its concerns on terrorism has earned criticisms from American ...

Agents of Pakistan's military killed Kashmir nationalist leader Arif Shahid 7 yrs ago: Sajjad Raja

London: Marking the seventh martyrdom anniversary of Arif Shahid, a Kashmiri nationalist leader who advocated independence of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan's rule,  Nation ...

Deadly gas leak in India, grim wake-up call for global chemical industry: UN rights expert

New York : Last week’s deadly toxic gas leak at a Korean-owned polymer plant in south-eastern India, is a grim wake up call for the chemical industry to acknowledge and fulfil its r ...