India jails former diplomat on charges of spying for PakistanNEW DELHI: An Indian diplomat convicted of passing state secrets to Pakistan's intelligence services has been jailed for three years, her lawyer said on Sunday. Madhuri Gupta was found guilty in a New...
IS begins quitting last pocket of Syria’s capitalIslamic State group fighters began evacuating their final stronghold in southern Damascus on Sunday, a monitor said, bringing Syria's government closer than ever to flushing out the last threat to the...
ECP asked to remove ‘book’ from list of poll symbolsTwo lawyers belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI)'s Insaf Lawyer's Wing have urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to remove 'book' as a symbol for the upcoming general polls to...
Balochistan CM’s aide Ruqayya Hashmi resignsAdviser to Balochistan Chief Minister on Finance Dr Ruqayya Saeed Hashmi Sunday said that she had resigned from the post against what she described as use of abusive language against her by one of her...
Plea to restrain SECP from taking action against ‘fake CPNE’ dismissedJustice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed a petition filed to restrain the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) from taking action against what...
Afghan govt under pressure as Taliban threaten new districtTaliban fighters closed in on another district in Afghanistan on Sunday as officials sought to reassure an increasingly angry public that security would improve. On Sunday, the insurgents were besiegi...
Palestinian leader Abbas hospitalised – Palestinian officialsPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been hospitalised in the West Bank due to complications after minor surgery last week, a Palestinian official said on Sunday. It was the third time Abbas, 82, h...