South Asia

Islamabad: The 10-day folk festival of Pakistan, popularly known as “Lok Mela” is in full swing here at Shakarparian. The Dispatch News Desk (DND)...

Baghdad: Iraq put 21 men to death on Tuesday, a senior justice ministry official told AFP, the latest in a series of mass executions...

Washington: America's troubled ties with Pakistan is back on track, a senior Obama Administration official has said, while cautioning that the Pakistanis can be...

Jalandhar: Terming Punjab as the most 'corrupt' state in the country, People's Party of Punjab leader Manpreet Badal accused the state finance minister of...

London: The schools attended by the two young Indian-origin girls found dead with their lab technician mother in a suspected chemical poisoning incident in...

Khuzdar: Four persons were killed and about 30 injured when PML-N leader Sanaullah Zehri’s motorcade was targeted with a bomb in Khuzdar on Tuesday,...

North Wazirstan: At least three soldiers were killed and four more injured in a suicide attack on a check post in the lawless North...

Kabul: Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi has accused Pakistan of violating “international norms” by installing a border gate and checkpoint along a disputed...

Peshawar:  Quashing his political ambitions, election tribunal today barred former military dictator Pervez Musharraf from running for parliament in the only constituency where his...