ISLAMABAD: While refuting rumours regarding the health condition of renowned philanthropist and Edhi Foundation Chairman Abdul Sattar Edhi, his son Faisal Edhi said on Saturday that his father is feeling better now. While talking to a private news channel, Faisal Edhi said that Abdul Sattar Edhi was taken to hospital for routine dialysis. The situation had turned awkward earlier in ...

ISLAMABAD: Prominent lawyer and television host Naeem Bokhari announced his decision to join Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) after a meeting with party chief Imran Khan in Islamabad on Saturday. Naeem Bokhari is a senior advocate of Supreme Court and a television host. His television appearances include a talkshows and entertainment shows on DawnNews and PTV. Back in 2007, Bokhari wrote an ...

MITHI: A jirga forcibly remarried an already-married Hindu girl to a 56-year-old man in Katayari village in Tharparkar. Wadia Bai Meghwar and her cousin Suresh had contracted a marriage of their free will in a Karachi court on May 4, 2016. A few days later, however, a notable from Thar’s Arbab family took Wadia from their home, promising to marry ...

Muqaddas Bibi, a resident of Butranwali near Gujranwala, married Taufiq Ahmed three years ago in defiance of her family, who considered a marriage for love ─ rather than an arranged marriage ─ shameful, police investigator Mohammad Arshad told AFP. Bibi’s ties with her family were severed after the marriage, Arshad said, but her mother and brother allegedly approached her at ...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan was summoned in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (MoFA) over a clash between the Afghan and Pakistani forces in Torkham. MoFA said a strong protest was lodged with the Pakistani Ambassador Syed Abrar Hussain regarding the latest clash. The deputy foreign minister for administrative affairs Dr. Nasir Ahmad Andisha reminded the Pakistani ...

The Pakistani Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has said the Haqqani Network was not a simple issue and could have caused a blowback. Sartaj was speaking a joint sitting of the Senate committees on defence and foreign affairs which mainly focused on the issue of the cancellation of F-16s sale by US to Pakistan. The US congress refused to to ...

A senior Pakistani army officer has died of his wounds after he was injured during a clash with the Afghan forces in Torkham. (Dawn News Photo) According to the local media reports, the senior army officer, Major Ali jawad Changezi, died at the Combined military Hospital in Peshawar today. This is the first official confirmation of a Pakistani army officer ...

A Pakistani senator has voiced concerns regarding the presence of the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, claiming that the continued presence of the US forces is a serious threat to regional stability. Senator Sirjul Haq, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami, has said the move by President Barack Obama was condemnable to grant broader role for the US forces in Afghanistan. He was ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has said the United States is a ‘selfish friend’, claiming that the country is favoring Pakistan whenever its self-interest matters. Aziz made the remarks as he was speaking at a press conference at the Foreign Office of Pakistan on Thursday, according to the local media reports. He also touched on the issue of ...

KABUL: An influential Pakistani religious scholar who was once labeled as the ‘Father of Taliban’ has endorsed the war skills of the newly-appointed Taliban chief. The Afghan defense officials dismissed the skills endorsement by Sami-ul-Haq and said the Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is neither a religious cleric nor he has skills in military. A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Dawlat ...