Blast in Pakistani city of Lahore kills at least four, official says
Lahore: A suicide bomber killed at least four people and wounded 18 when he blew himself up near an army vehicle in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, a police official said.The blast...
View ArticlePakistan blame Bangladesh for refusal to reciprocate tour, postpone scheduled...
Karachi: Pakistan's cricket chief said on Thursday that a scheduled visit to Bangladesh this summer has been postponed for at least a year after the Bangladeshis refused to reciprocate the tour because...
View ArticlePakistan hospital forces non-Muslim staffers to recite Quran verses
Lahore: The administration of a government-run hospital here forces its non-Muslim staffers to either recite verses from the Holy Quran at morning assembly or be marked absent for the day, a Pakistan...
View ArticlePIA to stop flying on Karachi-Mumbai route from today – Here's the reason
Lahore: Amid a strain in Indo-Pak ties following the beheading of two Indian soldiers by the Pakistani military in Jammu and Kashmir, the Pakistan International Airlines will suspend its flights...
View ArticleHORRIFIC! Woman chops off boy's hand in Pakistan for asking salary
Lahore: In an another gruesome case of atrocities on children, a 13-year-old's hand was chopped off in Pakistan after he allegedly demanded his salary from his employer. According to media reports, the...
View ArticlePIA dismisses reports of detention of crew members at Heathrow Airport
Islamabad: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has dismissed reports about its crew members being detained at the Heathrow Airport, saying they had finished their duty hours after flying from...
View ArticleSchool girl pushed down from building by teachers in Pakistan
Lahore: A 14-year-old Pakistani girl was allegedly pushed by two of her teachers from the rooftop of a school building in the Punjab province for refusing to "clean the classroom", a media report...
View ArticleSushma Swaraj's noble gesture leads Pakistani father to say 'Jai Hind'
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is known for reaching out to people in distress via microblogging website Twitter.On Wednesday, she assured a Pakistani man of a medical visa so that...
View ArticlePakistan says India 'prevented' Sikh pilgrims from visiting country
Lahore: Pakistan has alleged that India has prevented some Sikh pilgrims from travelling to the country for the annual 'Jor Mela' as only 14 devotees have arrived so far.The Pakistan High Commission in...
View ArticleMan sentenced to death in Pakistan for committing blasphemy on social media
Lahore : An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has for the first time sentenced a man to death for allegedly sharing blasphemous content about Sunni religious leaders and the Prophet Mohammed's wives on...
View ArticlePakistan's tableau in China shows Red Fort in Lahore
Beijing: The historic Red Fort in Delhi was shown as Lahore's Shalimar Garden at a banquet event of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Wednesday. A Pakistani official admitted that it was a...
View ArticlePakistan marks grim Eid after oil tanker inferno kills 153
Islamabad: Pakistan began Eid in mourning on Monday as the death toll in an oil tanker explosion rose to 153, with scores injured after they were caught in a fireball while scooping up spilled...
View ArticlePakistani boy kills sister over his ''poor handwriting''
Lahore: Police have arrested an 11-year-old boy in Pakistan`s Lahore city for killing his minor sister for teasing him over his "poor handwriting", the media reported on Tuesday.Nine-year-old Eman...
View ArticlePakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's daughter forged documents with Calibri font: JIT
Islamabad: The Panamagate Joint Investigation Team (JIT) has accused Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam of presenting fake documents on two 2006 declarations to the probe team using the...
View ArticleSikh militants who hijacked plane to Lahore in 1981 granted bail
New Delhi: A court here on Thursday granted bail to two Sikh militants, accused of hijacking an Air India plane in 1981 to Lahore, Pakistan.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jyoti Kler granted...
View ArticlePunjab CM Amarinder Singh extends legal help to two 1981 hijackers
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday directed the state's legal aid team to extend help to two Sikhs facing possibilities of 'double jeopardy' in the hijacking of an Indian...
View ArticlePakistan treats US as a limitless ATM: Raymond Davis
Washington: Pakistan treats America like a "limitless ATM" and most of the US aid to the country goes to the military's kitty, a private US defence contractor has said."For Pakistan, no amount of money...
View ArticleBanners favouring Sharif's brother as PM appear in Lahore
Islamabad: Banners in favour of Punjab Chief Minister and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's brother Shahbaz Sharif have appeared in Lahore asking Sharif to let his younger brother become premier...
View ArticleSuicide bomber in Lahore kills 25, mostly cops; Pakistani Taliban claims...
Lahore: A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people, many of them police, in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, officials said, an attack which shattered a period of relative calm in...
View ArticleFormer Pak PM Nawaz Sharif to hold massive road show for political mileage
Lahore: The PML-N has planned to hold a major two-day road show when former prime minister Nawaz Sharif returns to his hometown Lahore on Wednesday, to get the much-needed political mileage in the face...
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