Militancy-hit Farman along with his family MINGORA: Although normalcy has returned to the scenic valley of Swat, yet scores of people, affected by the militancy, are still facing hardships. Hundreds of widows and orphans have to struggle to get onetime food while there are many more who suffer from the injuries they received during militancy in the region. Like most ...

LAHORE: At least 63 people were killed and over 300 others injured in a deadly suicide explosion near the city’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park on Sunday, rescue and security officials said. The suspected suicide attacker blew himself up in the parking space of the recreational park. A large number of people including women and children were present at the park due to ...

Supporters of Mumtaz Qadri retreat from smoke after tear gas shelling by authorities during an anti-government protest in Islamabad on March 27, 2016. ISLAMABAD: Around 10,000 people protesting the execution of Mumtaz Qadri – a former Punjab police commando hanged last month for assassinating Punjab governor Salman Taseer – breached Islamabad’s Red Zone Sunday evening. The government has called in ...

KARACHI: The Foreign Office has stated that 84 Pakistani nationals who are being held at Moscow airport since early morning are likely to be deported by Thursday evening. “The Foreign office is in touch with Russian embassy in Islamabad on the matter,” he said. Russia deported 48 Pakistanis yesterday, who were part of a group that was held after landing ...

BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur advises Afridi to stay away from politics. — Reuters/File NEW DELHI: Indian cricket’s secretary Anurag Thakur on Wednesday warned Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi to avoid giving political statements, the Press Trust of India reported. Thakur, who is secretary Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), took note of Afridi’s statement during the toss of ...

The social media have been rife recently with reports and pictures regarding the harmful effects of mobile phones, however a terrifying footage has gone viral recently which purportedly shows the mobile phone setting a man on fire, reportedly in Pakistan. The footage which has gone viral mainly in Facebook social media website shows the shocking moment a man becomes engulfed ...

ISLAMABAD: Mobile Services in Islamabad and Rawalpindi will be suspended partially from Monday to Wednesday, between 5 am to 3 pm or around. Mobile phone companies has confirmed that services will be blocked in selected areas of Islamabad and Rawalpindi due to 23rd March rehearsal parade by the armed forces of Pakistan. They said that PTA has issued orders for service closure. ...

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) Chief Sima Samar has warned Pakistan will be hit by problems it causes in Afghanistan. Samar is in India to participate in an international conference on child and youth. “I believe that our neighbour (Pakistan) should realise that problems that it is causing in Afghanistan is not going to stay within our boundaries. ...

A Pakistani television actress has promised to strip naked if her country’s national team defeats India in ICC World Twenty20. The actress, Qandeel Baloch, made the commitment in an online video message posted on her Facebook page, it has been reported. “If Pakistan beats India in the match scheduled on March 18, I’ll strip dance for the country and will ...

ISLAMABAD: Condemning a bomb blast in a bus carrying provincial government employees in Peshawar on Wednesday, Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has alleged that the PTI-led government has handed over the province to terrorists. “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has become a safe haven for terrorists under the present government,” he said in a statement. The ANP president said had a ...