Pakistan

Pakistani lawyers boycott courts to protest Quetta carnage

Aug 09, 2016 04:44

Senior Pakistani lawyers have staged a strike in much of the country to protest a terrorist bomb attack that killed dozens of people, including many of their colleagues, during a gathering in Baluchistan.
Pakistan to attend military drills alongside Israel

Aug 09, 2016 03:52

The news of Pakistan's participation in the United States Air Force’s military exercise alongside Israel has sent shock-waves among the public who has in many occasions displayed their disgust at Tel Aviv's occupational policies. As our correspondent Javed Rana reports, while officials are still refusing to speak to the media, speculations have started whether Islamabad is turning its back on the plight of Palestinians.
Iran condemns terror attack in Pakistan’s Quetta

Aug 08, 2016 11:18

Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has denounced a terrorist attack at a hospital in the restive city of Quetta in southwestern Pakistan.
No hitch to developing Iran-Pakistan banking relations: Zarif

Aug 06, 2016 13:16

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says there is no obstacle in the way of the expansion of banking relations between Iran and Pakistan.
Pakistanis, Indians stuck in Saudi camps

Aug 05, 2016 10:03

Concerns are rising in Indian and Pakistan over the fate of hundreds of the two countries’ nationals who have been stranded in camps in Saudi Arabia after companies slashed their foreign workforce due to economic problems caused by low oil prices.
Pakistani chopper crash-lands in eastern Afghanistan, occupants feared captured by Taliban

Aug 04, 2016 16:08

A Pakistani helicopter has crash-landed in Taliban-controlled territory in eastern Afghanistan, with all passengers and crew feared captured by the militant group.
Gunmen kill two Hazara Shia Muslims in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan

Aug 01, 2016 11:33

Unidentified gunmen have killed two members of Pakistan’s Hazara Shia community in an attack in the country's troubled southwest.
Seven militants killed in shootout with Punjab police

Jul 31, 2016 14:47

At least seven militants have been killed during a shootout with Pakistani police in the province of Punjab.
Arms trade, burgeoning in Pakistani tribal regions

Jul 31, 2016 04:19

The purchase and sales of arms is common in the tribal regions of Northeast Pakistan. The price of a weapon in this region is at times less than the price of a smartphone.
Pakistanis protest killings in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Jul 28, 2016 04:14

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Pakistan Wednesday to protest against the ongoing violence in the Indian-administered Kashmir, where days of clashes between residents and Indian forces have claimed the lives of 45 people.