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The popular shrines white floor was still smeared with blood, with scattered debris including shoes, shawls, and baby bottles. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan detains dozens after 75 killed at Shiite shrine

A suicide bomber walked into the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sehwan and detonated his explosives among a crowd of...

17 Feb 2017 9:48 AM IST

Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain. (Photo: PTI)

Pakistan President gets licence to drive in Islamabad

Hussain was issued a token, 0441, and went through the routine procedures required for getting a driving licence.

16 Feb 2017 9:00 PM IST

The Dawn quoted Musharafs interview to Samaa TV, where he said that Pakistan does not have a clear perspective in regard to terrorism, which had affected Hafiz Saeed and the JuD. (Photo: ANI)

Musharraf demands Hafiz Saeed's release, says Pak govt bending to...

Asserting that Hafiz Saeed should definitely be freed, Musharraf further stated that the JuD was not a terrorist...

16 Feb 2017 8:40 PM IST

Pakistani investigators work at the site of a deadly bomb blast on Monday, in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo: ANI)

100 dead in ISIS suicide attack on Sufi shrine in Pakistan

Faisal Edhi of the Edhi foundation confirmed they have shifted 60 bodies to hospitals in Hyderabad and Jamshoro.

16 Feb 2017 8:35 PM IST

China said CPEC is an important part of Chinas One-Belt and One-Road (OBOR) also known as new Silk Road project. (Photo: Representational Image)

Pakistan accuses India of trying to sabotage CPEC

Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria said that India was openly opposing the CPEC that links China's Xinjiang with...

16 Feb 2017 8:07 PM IST

India-China trade and investments relations which made progress in the last two decades often regarded as a buffer to deal with complex issues like border and strategic competition between the two. (Photo: AP)

India, China should rejig diplomatic strategy to improve ties: state...

India-China bilateral trade progressed to over USD 70 billion while Chinese investments in India was USD 1.06 billion...

16 Feb 2017 8:01 PM IST

The JF-17 Thunder is the backbone of PAF and already more than 70 fighters of the category are part of it. (Photo: AFP/ Representational)

Pakistan inducts 16 new JF-17 Thunder jets to air force

The new home-made jets, inducted into 14-Squadron of Pakistan Air Force, have been manufactured jointly by China and...

16 Feb 2017 5:48 PM IST

Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mohammed Nafees Zakaria. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Pakistan accuses India of endangering regional peace

Zakaria also alleged that Indian atrocities against Kashmiris are continuing unabated.

16 Feb 2017 5:35 PM IST

The raid comes on heels of a series of suicide bombings this week by a Pakistani Talibans breakaway faction. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Pakistan police raid Taliban-linked militant hideout, kill 6

The raid was based on intelligence that the militants were planning an attack.

16 Feb 2017 12:36 PM IST

Many women, particularly widows, have struggled in the wars aftermath to obtain identity papers and birth certificates which are essential to obtain government handouts and other aid. (Photo: Representational Image)

Lankan war widows face sexual exploitation in own community: official

At least 100,000 Sri Lankans lost their lives during the conflict that saw horrific abuses by both sides.

16 Feb 2017 11:34 AM IST

The report also found detainees were pressured to fire their own lawyers and accept government-supplied attorneys. (Photo: Representational Image)

Human rights lawyers in China beaten, arrested: report

The network identified six times last year that lawyers were beaten by plaintiffs and police officers.

16 Feb 2017 11:14 AM IST

Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed. (Photo: AP)

Hafiz Saeed asks Pak govt to remove his name from exit control list

Saeed and four leaders of JuD have been put under house arrest for 90 days for engaging in activities prejudicial to...

16 Feb 2017 10:29 AM IST