KARACHI: A man was killed and four others injured in a blast outside a mosque near Katti Pahari area of Karachi. According to rescue sources, the blast occurred outside Mustafa mosque. The injured have been rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital … read more
ISLAMABAD: The government has appointed Pervez Rathor as acting chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA). He will serve till the government appoints permanent head of the PEMRA. Rathor has been working as member of the media watchdog. read more
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI/LONDON: The British government has allowed the Pakistani High Commission in London access to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain. Imran Mirza, the Pakistani high commissioner to the UK, is on his way to meet Hussain at the hospital … read more
GHAZNI: An explosion killed four Afghan police including a district chief on Thursday as they attempted to defuse a roadside bomb in the restive south, officials said. Afghanistan has seen a flare-up in violence ahead of the second-round presidential election … read more
KARACHI: Commercial centres are being closed down in Karachi, hours after normalcy returned to the city following a shut down in the wake of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s detention by British authorities. Shops were being reportedly shut … read more