While a police official said that over 15,000 people were present inside the sprawling ground in the garrison city, private estimate put the number of those attending the funeral nearly 1,00,000.
Pakistan will tighten its noose around members of banned outfits, under observation militants and human traffickers by canceling their travel documents, blocking their identity cards and withdrawing facilities like bank accounts, the Interior Minister said.
The Pakistani team investigating the Pathankot terror attack will complete its probe this week, a top official said on Monday, days after three suspects in the high-profile case were remanded to police custody.
Pakistani authorities have lodged a first information report into the Pathankot terror attack case, officials said on Friday.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is under fire for spending a whopping Rs 638 million on his foreign trips and living at least every fifth day of his tenure out of the cash-strapped country.
Hussain said that a blind following of western traditions will lead to a degradation of "our values
Former interior minister Rehman Malik has termed Pakistani-American terrorist's testimony in the 2008 Mumbai attack case as "a pack of lies".
Law-enforcement agencies have registered 2,337 cases for hate speeches and material and arrested 2,195 people.
The move has now been stalled as lawmakers raised questions about the end use of the combat aircraft.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered formation of a high-profile joint investigation team to investigate the links of the Pathankot air base attackers with Pakistan, a media report said on Monday.
He directed officials to speed up work on the leads given by India, sources said.
General Sharif will meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other civil as well as military leaders during the day-long trip.
The measure was taken to let the peace process move forward after being set in motion this month.
About 124 pilgrims on a two day visit arrived at the sacred Katas Raj temples in Chakwal district near capital Islamabad on Friday and were overwhelmed by the official reception.
Pakistan on Friday successfully test-fired the medium-range Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can carry nuclear warheads within a range of 2,750 kms, the military said.
The workers of the airline have been also up in arms, protesting against the decision by the government.
A militant commander said five people were killed in the firefight and several were injured "including Mullah Mansoor."
The four militants -- Maulvi Abdus Salam, Hazrat Ali, Mujeebur Rehman and Sabeel alias Yahya -- were executed in a civil jail in Kohat near Peshawar.
Pakistan has said that it needs access to users' data to maintain its security.
Pakistan's former president Asif Ali Zardari was on Tuesday acquitted in a corruption case dating back to the 1990s when his slain wife Benazir Bhutto was prime minister.
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