KARACHI: Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-H), Chairman Afaq Ahmed Sunday demanded that the ‘tacit agreement’ reached between Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan be brought to light. Addressing a press conference here, Afaq … read more
PESHAWAR: At least 21 militants have been killed in airstrikes and a gunfight in restive northwestern tribal areas, officials said Sunday. The air attacks were carried out on five insurgent hideouts in the Shawal area of North Waziristan overnight, a … read more
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed on Sunday welcomed the release of Faizullah Khan, a broadcast journalist, from a jail in Afghanistan. The minister in a statement said, “The government believes in freedom of expression and will continue to facilitate media … read more
UNITED NATIONS: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi while speaking at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Saturday expressed his country’s willingness to hold bilateral talks with Pakistan, but “without a shadow of terrorism.” Speaking to the UN General Assembly … read more
GENEVA: The death toll in the world´s worst-ever Ebola epidemic has now soared past 3,000, with the virus killing almost half of the more than 6,500 people it has infected, according to World Health Organization figures released Saturday. In its … read more