Pakistan makes fresh bid to revive US-Iran talks
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi (pic) landed in Tehran on a previously unannounced two-day visit, which diplomatic sources said was linked to Pakistan's continuing efforts to revive the stalled Iran-US peace process after President Donald Trump rejected Tehran's latest response to American proposals.
Online shift helps women doctors
With her four-year-old nestled nearby, doctor Saniya Jafri consults from home in Karachi with a patient on the other side of the country via her laptop.
Pakistan government orders inquiry into Cambridge exam leaks
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry on Thursday (May 14) directed the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) to investigate, in coordination with Cambridge International Education (CIE), the leaking of the latter's exam papers.
Militant attack on security compound kills nine in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Militants attacked a security compound in north-west Pakistan with an explosives-laden truck and gunfire, killing at least nine paramilitary officers, officials said Friday (May 15).
Protest lodged with Kabul after deadly border attack
THE nation summoned a senior Afghan diplomat to lodge a formal complaint over a suicide attack in the country's northwest, bordering Afghanistan, that killed 15 police officers.
Pakistan’s budget may include income tax relief amid salary, pension freeze
ISLAMABAD: The government is considering reducing the income tax burden on salaried individuals while refraining from increasing salaries and pensions in the upcoming budget, aiming to provide equitable fiscal relief to both public and private sector employees.
Bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan bazaar, killing nine and wounding over two dozen others
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar in north-west Pakistan on Tuesday (May 12), killing at least nine people and wounding more than two dozen others, police said, in the latest sign of escalating violence in the region bordering Afghanistan.
Pakistan sends Iran’s response on US peace proposal for Iran conflict
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received Iran's response to the United States' proposal on the Iran conflict and the response has been sent to the US, a Pakistani government official involved in the talks said on Sunday (May 10).
At least 14 cops killed in twin attack
A car bombing at a police post in the country's northwestern region followed by an ambush on police personnel rushing to the scene has killed at least 14 officers, police said.
'Brutal killing' - 15 policemen killed in gun-and-bomb attack in northwestern Pakistan
At least 15 policemen were killed in a gun-and-bomb attack, one of the worst in recent months, in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday night.
