ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's minority Hindu community leaders have asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to accept their demand for a public holiday on Diwali and announce...
ISLAMABAD: In the wilderness for a long time, former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf has made an anti-India rant by saying Pakistan needs to...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said India should not misunderstand his desire for peace, asking it to immediately halt firing across the borders.
Sharif...
AHMEDABAD: In the second such incident within a week, the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) has apprehended 55 fishermen from Gujarat in the Indian...
KABUL: Ashraf Ghani, a one-time US-based academic, was sworn in as new president of Afghanistan today and used his inaugural speech to call for...
ISLAMABAD: Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar, considered a close confidante of army chief Gen Raheel Sharif, was today appointed as new head of Pakistan's powerful...
DHAKA: Bangladesh's main opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia went on trial today accused of embezzling about USD 680,000 in two corruption...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and China today clinched defense and maritime security cooperation deal with Colombo pledging to support silk trade route, a pet project...
COLOMBO: Describing Sri Lanka as an "all-weather" friend, China today put bilateral ties on a firm footing with President Xi Jinping launching the construction...
DHAKA: In a surprise verdict, Bangladesh Supreme Court today commuted the death sentence of Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a key 1971 war criminal and fundamentalist...