Ghazal Maestro Mehdi Hassan dead
Mehdi Hassan, the India-born ‘Emperor of Ghazals’ who captivated millions of fans in the subcontinent with hits like ‘patta, patta, boota boota’ and ‘ab ke hum bichhade’ in a More...
Plane crash near Islamabad kills all 127 passengers
A civilian aircraft crashed near Islamabad’s International airport on Friday due to bad weather killing all 127 passengers on board. The plane was a Boeing 737 and belonged to Bhoja Airline. The flight BHO-213 More...
Zardari resumes public engagements
President Asif Ali Zardari resumed his public engagements on Monday after returning to Pakistan following a nearly fortnight-long stay in Dubai which had triggered speculation that he might step down under pressure More...
Militants set 10 NATO tankers on fire in Pakistan
Militant’s torched 10 tankers carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan in southern Pakistan, injuring five persons including the vehicles’ drivers, police and witnesses said. Three drivers were among More...
Pak navy inducts first squadron of indigenously made UAVs
The Pakistan Navy has inducted its first squadron of indigenously made unmanned aerial vehicles that will be used for maritime interdiction operations in coastal areas. The UAVs were inducted into the naval fleet More...
10 killed as violence grips Sindh after PPP leader’s remarks
Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, including its capital Karachi, plunged into fresh violence leaving at least 10 people dead, after senior provincial minister Zulfikar Mirza of PPP made disparaging remarks More...
Taliban commander arrested in connection with Karachi violence
A key Taliban commander has been arrested in connection with the violence in this Pakistani port city that has been hit by gang warfare since the last two years. Ali Imran, a key commander of the Tehrik-e-Taliban More...
Death toll hits 100 in Karachi; forces rescue trapped people
Hundreds of people stranded by five days of violence in this Pakistani port city were today rescued by paramilitary forces as continued ethnic clashes claimed 100 lives. Thousands of people have been stuck in the More...
Karachi Violence: Shoot-At-Sight Orders Issued
Pakistani authorities issued shoot-at-sight orders and ordered deployment of 1,000 additional paramilitary troops in Karachi as vicious violence continued to paralyse the country’s financial capital, leaving More...
Some Karachi-based Indians willing to work with LeT
Some Indians living in Karachi were willing to work with Lashkar-e-Taiba to carry out terror attacks in India, David Headley has said, apparently referring to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who is based in the port More...