PESHAWAR: The Afghan consulate in Peshawar city of Pakistan has reportedly been closed by Afghanistan in protest over the harassment by Pakistani security forces. According to reports, the consulate was closed after consul general’s vehicle was searched at a check post in the Cantt area of the city. It is believed that the consulate will remain closed for an indefinite ...

LAHORE: A property dealer who had been pursuing litigation in the Lahore High Court against a religious organisation’s self-styled ‘Shariat Court’ was briefly kidnapped, intoxicated and threatened by two unidentified men on his way to the court on Tuesday. “I was heading to the high court on my motorcycle when two bearded men intercepted me near Samanabad’s first roundabout. One ...

BERLIN: German police have arrested three Pakistani suspects as 18 women have reported becoming victims of sexual assaults at a music festival, authorities said Tuesday. The mostly young women said they were encircled and groped by groups of men on Saturday night in ways that recalled a spate of mob attacks at chaotic New Year’s festivities in Cologne. Police said ...

The Pakistani police has filed a case against the US for a drone strike that targeted the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor late last month. According to the local media reports, the case was registered on the complaint of brother of a taxi driver who was driving Mullah Mansoor. The taxi driver was perished in the missile attack along ...

AFGHANISTAN: A 14-year-old boy was detained before he manages to carry out a suicide attack on senior government officials in southern Kandahar province. According to the local government officials, the boy was encouraged to target the district police chief of Maiwand or the administrative chief of the district. Provincial police spokesman Ahmad Zia Durani said the boy was arrested by ...

MURREE: A 19-year-old school teacher was tortured and set on fire after refusing a marriage proposal on Tuesday. The victim’s uncle, Nasir Abbassi, stated the family had gone to a social gathering and the victim was alone at home when the incident occurred. “A group of five men forcibly entered the house, locked her in a room and beat her ...

QUETTA: The court has rejected bail applications of Government Girls Degree College Muslim Bagh’s principal and clerk in Killa Saifullah district on Tuesday, in the case of a Saqiba Kakar, a female student who committed suicide earlier in February. Principal Abida Ghous and clerk Mehmood’s bail applications were rejected by the District and Sessions Judge Syed Haroon Agha. The principal ...

After the death of Taliban leaders, Pakistanis have to hear such statements. ‘The slain leader is a martyr’. ‘Even if a dog, fighting against USA, is killed will be considered martyr’. ‘This operation was conducted after Pakistan’s approval’. ‘USA should respect sovereignty of Pakistan’. ‘After DNA report we can assert anything’. ‘Taliban chose their new leader’. Following are the few ...

PAKISTAN: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday arrested former assistant director National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Ghulam Muhammad Bugti for suspected involvement in the issuance of identification papers to former Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Mansour. Officials recovered a Pakistani identity card and passport under the alias Wali Muhammad from the site of the American drone strike which killed ...

PESHAWAR: Senior diplomats from Pakistan and Afghanistan met on Monday on prospects of the peace process after the killing of the Taliban leader in last week’s US drone strike. AfghanAmbassador Dr. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in Islamabad to discuss the moribund peace drive. Issues of bilateral interest, including the ...