Nawaz, Maryam granted exemption as Kh Haris returns as lead counselFormer prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were on Tuesday granted a week-long exemption from appearing for hearings of accountability references for four days. The former premie...
Pak-Afghan détente: beware of spoilersBeset with so many political and social problems, Afghanistan currently needs collective unity and statesmanship. Unfortunately, unnecessary brinkmanship by a few keeps adding to an already volatile c...
The continuing fall of rupeeThis month witnessed sharp volatility in the value of Pakistani currency which weakened by almost 5 percent and traded at PKR 121 to a US dollar. This happened at a time when just days before the outg...
Pakistan, Tajikistan agree to strengthen bilateral tiesPresident Mamnoon Hussain held a meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on Tuesday, Radio Pakistan reported. The meeting took place on the sidelines of a water conference in Dushanbe. The two pre...
Marriage is (literally) good for the heart: studyEven if marriage is sometimes more a bed of nails than roses, living into old age with a partner may help ward off heart disease and stroke, researchers said Tuesday. A sweeping survey of research con...
Six Pakistanis imprisoned in India repatriatedSix Pakistani prisoners repatriated by India returned home through the Wagha border on Tuesday. They were handed to Pakistani authorities in the presence of officials from the Pakistan High Commission...
Nadra dismisses data breach allegationsThe National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Tuesday denied that there was any breach in voters' data from its systems. The denial came a day after the Election Commission of Pakistan (...
Abraaj secures court-supervised restructuring planThe Grand Court of Cayman Islands has allowed appointment of Simon Conway of PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance and Recovery (Cayman) Limited and Michael Jervis and Mohammed Farzadi of Pricewate...
IHK CM Mufti resigns after BJP quits ruling allianceIndia's governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) quit the ruling coalition in Held Kashmir on Tuesday where violence had worsened in recent months, the party announced. The Hindu nationalist BJP entered...
PM Mulk, Punjab CM submit assets details to ECPCaretaker Prime Minister Justice (R) Nasirul Mulk, Punjab Chief Minister Hassan Askari among other members of the interim set-up Tuesday submitted their assets details to the Election Commission of Pa...