Pakistan

Seventeen condemned prisoners were executed in various jails in Pakistan on Tuesday, which marks the higgest number of executions in the country since the moratorium on capital punishment was lifted. In Central Jail in Gujranwala, three…

More than 232 kgs of heroin worth Rs 600 crore and six cell phones and satellite phones have been seized in a joint operation by the Indian Navy and Coastguard off the coast of Porbandar in Gujarat yesterday. The Pakistani Boat was taken…

Pakistan and China on Monday signed 51 agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for cooperation in diverse fields with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping scheduled to unveil a $45-billion investment plan that can help Pakistan…

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday left for a state visit to Pakistan, at the invitation of Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. President Xi will also visit Indonesdia where he will attend the…

Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency (MSA) has arrested 48 Indian fishermen and captured eight boats for illegal entry in Pakistani waters, media reported on Saturday. The fishermen were arrested from Kajjar Creek while fishing beyond the…

The Jammu & Kashmir government finally acted under pressure from the Union Home Ministry and arrested separatist leader Masarat Alam, who had raised anti-India and pro-Pakistan slogans besides inciting the mob to wave Pakistani flags at…

Asia Cup 2016 is set to undergo a radical change and will be a Twenty20 competition instead of the 50-over game, outgoing Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chief executive Syed Ashraful Haq revealed on Thursday. Ashraful said that not only would…

About a month after being controversially released from a jail, separatist leader Masrat Alam was here on Wednesday booked for unlawful activities. But he was not arrested. Alam was part of a procession that gathered in uptown Hyderpora…

At least 13 militants were killed on Monday in a raid by security forces in Pakistan's Balochistan province. Frontier Corps personnel and intelligence agencies forces carried out the raid against militants near Turbat area in Kech district,…

Three Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were injured in cross border firing in Amritsar sector of Punjab by smugglers from the Pakistani side, BSF officials said on Saturday. The injured troopers were rushed to hospital, officials said.…