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Islamabad suicide bomber an Afghan national: Pak minister

Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday said that the suicide bomber involved in the deadly Islamabad bombing was an Afghan national. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been......

Imran Khan 'mentally tortured' in jail, alleges sister after meeting him

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan is alive but subjected to "mental torture in solitary confinement", his sister Dr Uzma Khan said on Tuesday after meeting him at Rawalpindi's Adiala......

'Ridiculous': India trashes Pak's airspace denial claim on Sri Lanka aid

India on Tuesday trashed as "ridiculous" Pakistan's claim that its request for using Indian airspace to send humanitarian aid to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka was denied by New Delhi. IMAGE: India has......

UAE stops giving visas to Pakistani nationals

The United Arab Emirates is not issuing visas to Pakistanis, a senior interior ministry official told a parliamentary panel on Thursday, revealing that the country narrowly escaped a passport ban......

12 killed, 27 injured in suicide attack outside court in Pak

A suicide bomber on Tuesday detonated his explosives near a police vehicle outside a court in Pakistan's capital, killing at least 12 people and wounding 27 others, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi......

The Family Man 3 Review: Srikant Meets His Match

Season 3 belongs to Jaideep Ahlawat who, despite the not so well-etched character, owns Rukma and gives the confrontation with Srikant Tiwari the missing edge of the earlier two seasons, observes......

Asalanka likely to lose SL captaincy after Pakistan episode

Asalanka wanted the tour abandoned and allegedly encouraged some of his teammates to withdraw from the tournament and return home following a suicide bomb explosion in Islamabad, which killed nine......

Pak army called in to protect Sri Lankan cricketers

The cricket stadium and the hotel where the Sri Lanka team is staying are both less than 10 km from the site of the bombing. IMAGE: A police officer stands outside a court building in Islamabad......

Security beefed up for Sri Lanka team in Pakistan

IMAGE: Sources said that Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the Federal Minister for Interior affairs, had earlier also met officials of the Sri Lankan team and assured them......

How Pak Army Chief convinced Lankan players to stay back

'Our field marshal spoke to their defence minister and secretary and convinced them and assured them fully of (providing) security.' IMAGE: The visiting Sri Lankan team is scheduled to play a......

Terror attack forces PCB to change tri-series plans

IMAGE: Lahore was scheduled to host five games of the event, including the final on November 29 but the three boards have agreed to hold the proceedings exclusively in Rawalpindi now. Photograph:......

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