By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis staged nationwide protests on Friday against the burning of the Quran in Sweden, demanding the expulsion of the Swedish envoy and a boycott of Swedish goods, as the government declared a day of reverence for the Muslim holy book.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: An international court ruled on Thursday that it could hear a dispute between India and Pakistan over two hydropower projects in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, rejecting India’s objections to its competence.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) wants to invest in Pakistan’s renewable energy sector and is also interested in its conventional energy sources, a senior UAE official said on Thursday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A army major was killed, and two soldiers wounded in a clash with militants near the Afghan border, the military said on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on security forces in the restive region.
By Staff Writer
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has arrested five men who worked as car washers and helpers in Israel for four years, violating a ban on travel to the Jewish state, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Wednesday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: At least nine people were killed and six injured in central Punjab province on Wednesday as heavy rain lashed the region, officials said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber killed three soldiers and wounded three civilians near a security checkpoint in North Waziristan, a former militant stronghold on the Afghan border, the army said on Wednesday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A lawyer and retired army colonel filed a petition in Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, seeking to annul the military trials, convictions, and sentences of 29 civilians during the tenure of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called for nationwide protests on Friday to denounce the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran by a man in Sweden and said he would summon a joint session of parliament to condemn the incident.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi traded jibes on cross-border militancy and rights of minorities on Tuesday as they met virtually at a regional summit.
