CAIRO: Al Qaeda’s elusive leader Ayman al-Zawahri on Wednesday dismissed Islamic State (IS) and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as illegitimate, but offered a rare olive branch for his followers join their fight against the Western-led coalition in Iraq and … read more
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday honoured its commitment to political parties as the National Assembly acting speaker constituted a bicameral parliamentary committee to oversee the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The decision to constitute the committee was taken during an … read more
ISLAMABAD: A mild tremor was felt in Peshawar, Chitral, Shangla, Lower Dir and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baldistan late on Wednesday night. The quake created panic among the residents who came out of their homes, however, no loss … read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is set to chair an important meeting in the federal capital on Thursday, in which key decisions regarding the National Action Plan (NAP) and national security are likely to be made. The meeting will be … read more
Hong Kong: A mixed reading on Chinese inflation Thursday kept Asian equities traders on edge in fresh volatility Thursday as markets retreated from a two-day rally, while fears of a US interest rate hike saw safe assets advance. Early selling … read more