Taliban to name a senior leader to head formal talks with USISLAMABAD: Afghan Taliban are considering to nominate a senior leader to lead formal talks with the United States, Daily Times has learnt. The insurgent group has expressed interest in holding another...
Cancer likely to kill 10 million people in 2018 despite better preventionCancer will kill nearly 10 million people this year, experts said Wednesday, warning the disease's global burden continues to rise in spite of better prevention and earlier diagnosis. An estimated 18....
Govt urged to act on threats to ANP veteran Mian IftikharAwami National Party (ANP) leader and former provincial minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, who has been receiving threat alerts from the security agencies for the past few weeks, has urged the federal go...
Court postpones Al-Azizia hearing due to Begum Kulsoom’s deathAn accountability court resumed hearing of Al-Azizia corruption reference against Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday. Accountability Court II Judge Arshad Malik was presiding over the case. As the hearing went...
Yet another coalmine explosion claims lives of 9 minersA powerful gas explosion in a coalmine left nine coalminers dead and three others wounded in Darra Adam Khel, a town in FR Kohat area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Wednesday, locals and officials said...
Sharifs decline govt’s offer of help in repatriation of bodyThe Sharif family has politely refused to get any assistance from the Pakistan High Commission in London for the repatriation of the body of former first lady Kulsoom Nawaz to Pakistan. Pakistan's Hig...
NAB officials’ misconduct needs to be checkedThe conduct of officials of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) during investigations has now been questioned multiple times by the top court, raising serious questions over the (lack of) standar...
Palestinians weigh pushback over US penaltiesThe Palestinian leadership is weighing retaliatory measures against US penalties, including halting security cooperation, a senior Palestinian official said Wednesday. "It's among possible steps we ar...
UN says Gaza situation ‘catastrophic’ amid deepening aid cutsThe UN said Wednesday that the situation in Gaza was "catastrophic" after 11 years of "economic siege" and warned that Washington's decision to halt assistance to Palestinian refugees would create "mo...