ISLAMABAD: Justice Yahya was sworn in as the 30th Chief Justice of Pakistan on Saturday. President Asif Ali Zardari administered him oath of his office at a ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. The ...

TEHRAN: An American researcher said an Israeli airstrike on Saturday hit a building that was part of Iran’s defunct nuclear weapons development program, and he and another researcher said facilities ...

NORTH WAZIRISTAN: At least eight people, including four policemen and two security officials, embraced martyrdom and several others were injured in a suicide bomb blast at a joint police and security ...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least 15 security personnel were martyred in militant attacks across Khyber Pakh­tun­khwa over the past couple of days, officials and sources confirmed.

However, Iranian state TV, citing officials of the Tehran province air defence, reported: “The loud blasts heard around Tehran were related to the activation of the air defence system against the ...

Friday granted bail to Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan against surety bonds of Rs20,000 each. The siblings were arrested on October 4 in a case registered by Kohsar Police Station. They were detained for ...

LAHORE: The air quality in Lahore dropped to "hazardous" level due to high levels of toxins in the atmosphere, making the Punjab capital the most polluted city in the world, IQAir data released on ...

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank will fund Pakistan’s pandemic preparedness programme to bolster the country’s prevention, readiness and response capacity to deal with future disease outbreaks. The programme ...

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as shares surged more than 1,100 points to a new high in intraday trade on Friday. The benchmark KSE-100 index climbed 1141.43, or 1.25 per cent to stand at ...

GAZA: Save the Children’s Alexandra Saieh, head of humanitarian policy and advocacy, said that the situation for children in Gaza is now “absolutely catastrophic”.

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday rejected observations made by the UN Human Rights chief regarding judicial independence, urging him to focus on his mandate instead of making uninformed ...

ISLAMABAD: The 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill, also known as the Constitutional Package, became law following approval from both houses of parliament. The bill, which was initially greenlit by the ...