Shafqat Hussain, whose case sparked international outcry, was executed in Karachi Central Prison in the wee hours.
For the first time since the Pak-India Dosti bus service was launched between New Delhi and Lahore, Pakistan has restricted its entry in Lahore and Nankana Sahib cities, citing increased "terror threats".
India crushed Pakistan by an innings and 240 runs in the second and final 'Test' to sweep the under-19 series 2-0.
Pakistan Air Force closed the Lahore-Pakistan motorway on Thursday to let it practice landing jets on the road, in what it said was routine training not related to heightened tension with India after a deadly attack in the disputed Kashmir region.
The Trump Administration called on the Pakistani government to deny sanctuaries to 'dangerous' individuals and organisations.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday conferred Padma Vibhushan on veteran actor Dilip Kumar at latter's residence in Mumbai.
A keen contest is in the offing in Wednesday's second match of the National Bank football series between India and Pakistan.
Rajneesh Gupta has some interesting numbers from the fourth day's play in the final Test between India and South Africa at Ferozshah Kotla in New Delhi.
India strongly condemned the 'barbaric' terror attack by the Taliban on a school in Pakistan that killed 141 people, mostly children, as United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council called for perpetrators of the blood-curdling attack to be brought to justice.
A device hidden in a plastic bag exploded in the hall last night when people were watching a film at Mingora city, some 150 northeast of Peshawar.
The UCBSA decided to go ahead with the tour after meeting with the SA players' association.
A recent statement by a "foreign country's defence minister" was enough to prove who is harbouring terrorism in Pakistan, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Thursday.
A powerful car bomb exploded outside a Shiite imambargah at a busy market.
The amalgam has deferred its meeting to discuss the Centre's invitation so that its members can watch the Peshawar match.
Dilip Tirkey's side will be looking for another good showing when it meets Pakistan in the third Test of the four-Test series.
The unassuming Indian prime minister surprised reporters saying he doesn't remember or celebrate his birthday. Dr Manmohan Singh's birthday falls on September 26.
At least 22 security personnel were killed and 38 others injured when the Pakistani Taliban attacked a military convoy in the country's restive northwest on Sunday.
# Smith's unbeaten 178 is the third highest by an Australian captain in Tests in Asia -- the top two being 334 not out by Mark Taylor vs Pakistan at Peshawar in October 1998 and 235 by Greg Chappell vs Pakistan at Faisalabad in March 1980.
"The JuD and the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation are the other wings of Lashkar-e-Taiba," the PEMRA notification said.
Islamic clerics on Friday barred women who are not accompanied by a close male relative from entering markets of Karak area in Pakistan's restive northwest.
'We are the first government that has started disarming militant groups. This is the first time it's happening. We've taken over their institutes, their seminaries. We have administrators there'
The Jamatul Ahrar, a splinter group of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that it was carried out to avenge the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri, killer of Taseer.
The inexperienced Indian team meet Pakistan in the last match of the four-Test series on Friday.
The Pakistan selectors announced a 15-member squad only for the third ODI against India in Peshawar on Friday.
Taliban and swine flu are among the evils Mumbai wants to ward off as it preps to light the Holi bonfire.
Pakistani authorities have arrested the main facilitator of the gruesome attack on Bacha Khan University that killed 21 people, mostly students, while he was trying to slip across the border to Afghanistan, a media report said on Wednesday.
Bomb blasts rocked four major Pakistani cities on Thursday, killing 10 people, including three terrorists, and injuring more than 60 others.
According to Bajwa, the main facilitator -- "terrorist A" -- who received and made arrangements for the attackers at Torkhum border checkpost is still at large.
South Africa's cricketers are to be consulted over the next 24 hours before a final decision is taken on whether they will tour Pakistan.
Saquib was killed in Anantnag following a tip-off.
The Taliban and Al Qaeda have joined hands with Gulbuddin Hekmatyars Hezb-i-Islami and reactivated cells, Naseer Ahmad Rohi, who served at the Afghan embassy in UAE, said.
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