Pakistan cable car ordeal ends with all rescued

Rescuers in Pakistan pulled all seven children and one man to safety after their cable car became stranded high over a remote ravine yesterday, officials said, ending an ordeal lasting more than 15 hours.
22 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Pakistan cable car ordeal ends with all on board, mostly children, rescued

Pakistani rescuers pulled seven children and one man to safety after their cable car became stranded high over a remote ravine on Tuesday, ending an ordeal lasting more than 15 hours
22 August 2023, 07:16 AM

Bomb blast kills 11 labourers in Pakistan

Eleven labourers were killed in a bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, a local government official said yesterday.
20 August 2023, 18:00 PM

18 burn to death in Pakistan bus crash

At least 18 people burned to death yesterday when an overnight bus smashed into another vehicle carrying diesel in eastern Pakistan, officials said.
20 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Imran faces charges over state secrets

Pakistani authorities have opened a criminal investigation against jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, after naming him and three aides in a fresh case, a top security source said yesterday.
20 August 2023, 18:00 PM

11 labourers killed in bomb attack in Pakistan: official

Eleven labourers were killed in a bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, a local government official said Sunday
20 August 2023, 06:50 AM

18 burn to death in Pakistan bus crash

At least 18 people burned to death on Sunday when an overnight bus smashed into another vehicle carrying diesel in eastern Pakistan, officials said
20 August 2023, 06:31 AM

Pakistan appoints former state bank chief as finance minister

A former head of Pakistan's central bank has been appointed finance minister in the interim government leading the country to an election due in months
19 August 2023, 07:19 AM

Troops guard Pakistani Christians

Paramilitary troops have cordoned off a Christian settlement in eastern Pakistan where a Muslim mob vandalised and torched several churches and scores of houses after two men living there were accused of desecrating the holy Quran, police and witnesses said yesterday.
17 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Pakistan appoints new caretaker cabinet

Pakistan swore in a caretaker cabinet under interim Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar in Islamabad yesterday, with fresh elections due to be held in November or later.
17 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Taliban ‘ban’ political parties in Afghanistan

The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday said there was a complete ban on activities of political parties in Afghanistan
17 August 2023, 08:46 AM

Graft Charges: Pak court to hear Imran’s plea against conviction

A Pakistani high court will next week take up a plea from former prime minister Imran Khan for the suspension of a three-year prison sentence on corruption charges, his lawyer said yesterday.
16 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Afghanistan: 2 years of Taliban rule 'worse than feared'

As global interest in the war-torn country diminishes, many Afghans feel abandoned. In the two years since the Taliban retook control they have imposed draconian restrictions on society, especially women and girls
15 August 2023, 09:24 AM

Kakar sworn in as new Pakistan PM

Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, a little-known politician who is believed to be close to the military, was sworn in as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister today to oversee national elections as the country navigates political and economic crises
14 August 2023, 13:10 PM

Little-known senator Kakar to be sworn in as new Pakistan PM

Little-known senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar was set to be sworn in Monday as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister to see the country through to an election due in months
14 August 2023, 05:37 AM

Senior journalist shot dead in Pakistan

Jan Moha­mmad Mahar, a senior journalist associated with private Sindhi newspaper and its TV channel, was shot dead by armed men riding a motorcycle near St Saviour School on Queens Road in Pakistan's Sukkur district on late Sunday evening
14 August 2023, 04:41 AM

Convoy of Chinese engineers attacked in Pakistan, militants say

Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) militants on Sunday attacked a convoy carrying Chinese engineers to the Beijing-financed Gwadar Port in Pakistan's southwest, the group said
13 August 2023, 09:11 AM

Baloch senator picked as Pak caretaker PM

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and opposition leader Raja Riaz agreed yesterday to name Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar as caretaker premier to oversee elections, the Prime Minister’s Office said.
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Anwarul Haq Kakar named Pakistan’s caretaker PM

Anwarul Haq Kakar has been chosen as the interim prime minister of Pakistan, Outgoing Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Raja Riaz said on Saturday
12 August 2023, 10:24 AM

Toshakhana case against Imran Khan: Pakistan court summons record

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday sought the complete record of the Toshakhana case against PTI Chairman Imran Khan, who is currently incarcerated in Attock Jail after his conviction
12 August 2023, 08:24 AM