PM’s “Clean & Green Pakistan” campaign gets a boost from NBP

News Desk | Prime Minister Imran Khan's campaign of "Clean and Green Pakistan" is increasingly been getting support from key national institutions - like National...

Iran embassy in Ankara receives ‘suicide bomb threat’

AFP | An individual who claimed to have links to the Islamic State extremist group threatened to attack the Iranian embassy in Ankara, Tehran's envoy...

Maldives court rejects Yameen’s secret witnesses

AFP | The Maldives' top court rejected on Tuesday three "secret" witnesses offered by President Abdulla Yameen in his petition to have his September election...

‘Price of democracy’: Afghans risking their lives to vote

AFP | From a university student to a middle-aged housewife, Afghans planning to vote in the October 20 parliamentary election say they are willing to...

Pompeo holds crisis talks in Riyadh on missing journalist

AFP | US top diplomat Mike Pompeo held talks with Saudi King Salman on Tuesday seeking answers about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, amid...

Article 209 and judicial accountability – Saad Rasool

Saad Rasool | The removal of Justice Shaukat Siddiqui, of the honorable Islamabad High Court, under Article 209 of the Constitution, does not come as...

14 Iran security personnel seized on Pakistan border

AFP | Fourteen Iranian security personnel, including Revolutionary Guards intelligence officers, were abducted on the volatile southeastern border with Pakistan on Tuesday, state media reported. The...

Maldives leader blames defeat on ‘disappearing ink’

AFP | Outgoing Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has told the Supreme Court that disappearing ink and specially treated ballot papers were to blame for his...

US defence chief Mattis says Trump is ‘100 percent’ with him

AFP | US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said President Donald Trump has assured him of his full support, one day after Trump appeared to cast...

Australia target first Asia series win since 2011 – Paine

AFP | Australian skipper Tim Paine vowed his team would do its utmost to win the second Test against Pakistan starting in Abu Dhabi from...

Police on high alert ahead of Indian temple opening to women

AFP | India deployed hundreds of police Tuesday in southern Kerala state where protesters have threatened to stop women from entering a Hindu temple, despite...

Tensions rise over women’s entry to Indian temple

AFP | Thousands of devotees joined street marches in southern India on Monday as tensions mounted over a recent Supreme Court verdict revoking a ban...