MADRID: UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon urged North Korea to calm tensions Thursday, describing the situation in Pyongyang as "really alarming" and warning any miscalculation in its nuclear threats could lead to a grave outcome. Ban told a news conf...
KARACHI: CID Police Wednesday arrested two alleged terrorists belonging to banned outfit Lashkar e Jhangvi (LeJ) and recovered arms and explosive materials from their possession. Speaking to media during a press conference here, SSP CID Fayaz Khan sa...
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Police have arrested 20 lawbreakers including four gamblers and seized 2785 grams charras, 175 grams heroin, six bottles of liquor, two pistols 30 bore with 13 rounds, one carbean 12 bore with three rounds and two stolen mobile...
QUETTA: Supreme Court lawyer and former advocate general Mir Salahuddin Mengal was kidnapped outside his residence on Wednesday, police said. The police said that five unidentified armed men traveling in a vehicle intercepted his vehicle near his hou...
ISLAMABAD: Margalla Police Islamabad on Wednesday arrested a kidnapper who was allegedly involved in kidnapping and killing of a four-year old child and demanding ransom amount Rs. 7,00,000 from his parents, a police spokesman said. According to deta...
KARACHI: Five persons including a political party worker were injured when miscreants open fire on a shop in Ranchor Line area of Karachi Thursday afternoon, media reported. According to rescue sources, unknown gunmen on three motorcycles ambushed a ...
LAHORE: A dead body of kidnapped engineer of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) was found from Nullah in Lahore while police have arrested a woman among three accused, media reported on Thursday. District Superintendent of Police (DSP) A...
NABLUS: Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian teenagers in a clash in the West Bank, medics said Thursday, hiking tensions ahead of the burial of a Palestinian prisoner who died in jail. The clashes late on Wednesday in the northern town of Tulkar...
GHAZNI: A NATO air strike killed four Afghan police and two civilians on Thursday, Afghan officials said, as the international military coalition said it was investigating the reports. "The NATO planes went there to assist the police, but the post wa...
KARACHI: Rejecting the report of the Sindh Police and Rangers, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed that no-go areas in the city should be eliminated within seven days. A five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan headed by Chief...
An Afghan National Army commander said Tuesday that insurgents are planning to execute more of their attacks in Afghanistan's capital city over the next few months, suggesting that as many as 85 percent of its plans are focused on Kabul. "85 percen...
WASHINGTON: The United States is to deploy a THAAD missile defense battery to defend its bases on the Pacific island of Guam, the Pentagon said Wednesday following threats from North Korea. The news that the ground-based system would be in place in t...
SEOUL: The North Korean army said Thursday it had final approval to launch "merciless" military strikes on the United States, involving the possible use of "cutting-edge" nuclear weapons. In a statement published by the official KCNA news agency, the...
KURRAM AGENCY: Two security men were injured when Afghan Taliban attacked a check post in Kurram Agency Thursday, media reported. According to sources, Afghan Taliban attacked a security check post in Lower Kurram early Thursday morning and injured t...
KARACHI: Police have arrested inspector Yousuf Baloch in connection with Lyari gangster Arshad Pappu murder case, media reported. Investigation officials said they have collected key information during initial investigation from inspector Yousuf. The...
KARACHI: Unidentified miscreants hurled cracker outside the house of former UC Nazim in Pirabad area, however, no loss of life has been reported in the attack,media reported. SSP Orangi Chaudhry Asad has confirmed the attack and said no loss of has b...
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Thursday launched search operation in Ittehad Town, a slum area in the suburb of the metropolis. According to reports, over 1000 paramilitary troops including female officials entered the area and started raidin...
KARACHI: A five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed Karachi unrest case hearing at the Karachi Registry of the apex court, media reported Thursday. The bench would review mat...
QUETTA: The lawyers fraternity is boycotting court proceedings in Balochistan in protest against kidnapping of Supreme Court lawyer and former advocate general Salahuddin Mengal, media reported on Thursday. The Balochistan Bar Association, High Court...
PESHAWAR: The security for caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tariq Pervaiz has been increased due to threats, media reported Thursday. According to police sources, the security has been beefed up around the caretaker CM of KP Tariq Perva...
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