South Asia

RAWALPINDI:  COAS postpones visit to Sri Lanka due to North Waziristan operation. The Chief of Army Staff (ISPR) General Raheel Sharif has postponed his...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held a telephonic conversation with the Afghan President Hamid Karzai amid military operation ‘Zarb-e-Azb’ against the militants in North...

PATNA: A total of 92 children have died of suspected encephalitis in the Indian eastern state of Bihar, the Indian media citing official sources...

COLOMBO: The clashes broke out between Buddhists and Muslims in Aluthgama and Beruwela, two Muslim-majority towns on southern coast of Sri Lanka, that left...

RAWALPINDI: The additional troops have been deployed on the Pak-Afghan border to reinforce existing security arrangements, for peaceful conduct of presidential elections in Afghanistan,...

WASHINGTON: The US Secretary of State John Kerry has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to working with Pakistan in its efforts to counter terrorism, the...

KABUL: The polling was held in Afghanistan on Saturday in the second round of the election to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai.The country’s...

PESHAWAR: The Afghan army fired three mortar shells into Pakistani territory on Saturday; however, no casualty was reported in the incident.The sources said that...

KABUL: The Afghan presidential election front-runner Abdullah Abdullah has said that he wants ‘good neighborly relations’ with Pakistan as both Kabul and Islamabad are...

KABUL/ISLAMABAD: The Afghans will cast their votes on Saturday in a second-round election to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai.The country’s presidential run-off...