Currently, there are 27 crimes in the country that are punishable by death. Updated Oct 20, 2017 07:48am

IT is, indeed, welcome news that the militant Islamic State group has been successively losing territory it once... Updated Oct 20, 2017 01:32pm

THE country has in recent months been held hostage to a swirling cloud of allegations of corruption involving some ... Published Oct 20, 2017 01:15am

THE anger-inducing reality of Balochistan is that nothing seems to change in the province other than regular... Published Oct 19, 2017 06:59am

THE imposition of regulatory duties on nonessential imports is a sound idea in principle and shows that the... Updated Oct 19, 2017 10:05am

WHEN the medical staff at a public hospital denies emergency assistance to a pregnant woman, their callousness and... Published Oct 19, 2017 06:59am

THE revival of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group and a near-simultaneous flurry of drone strikes along the... Updated Oct 18, 2017 10:46am

THE revival of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group and a near-simultaneous flurry of drone strikes along the... Updated Oct 18, 2017 10:46am

ON a fine Sunday morning, Oct 15, Capt Husnain was in the FC Wing Headquarters, Kurram Agency. He was making a video... Published Oct 20, 2017 06:58am

US President Donald Trump has made a unilateral decision to decertify the Iran nuclear deal, a major diplomatic... Published Oct 20, 2017 06:58am

THIS refers to the news story ‘Number of Balochi-speaking people in Balochistan falls’ (Sept 11). The headline ... Published Oct 20, 2017 06:58am

IT was really a shameful act that the additional advocate-general of Punjab slapped a policeman at an accountability... Published Oct 20, 2017 06:58am

THIS is in response to news report “SCBA asks ASF to stop ‘illegal’ construction, follow rules” (Sept 10).... Published Oct 20, 2017 06:58am

THIS is apropos your editorial ‘Trackers in motorbikes’ (Oct 16). I fully endorse the view that installing... Published Oct 20, 2017 06:58am

THE government has taken a bold step regarding the merger of Federally Administrated Tribal Areas with Khyber... Published Oct 20, 2017 06:58am

PARIS: Pakistan’s new trade links with the European Economic Community discussed by President Ayub Khan and... Published Oct 20, 2017 06:58am

MOSCOW: A Soviet spacecraft made a soft-landing on Venus today [Oct 18] and radioed back across 5.3 crore miles that... Published Oct 19, 2017 06:59am

PARIS: President Ayub Khan has disclosed that he would discuss with President de Gaulle the question of increased... Published Oct 18, 2017 07:12am

NILPHAMARI (Rangpur): The Governor of East Pakistan, Mr Abdul Monem Khan, yesterday [Oct 14] underlined the need for... Published Oct 17, 2017 06:52am

...[T]HE government tends to have the federal budget approved hurriedly while playing up its ‘successes’ in... Published Jun 07, 2014 01:41am

AFGHANISTAN has announced that the second phase of its presidential election [will take place on] June 14. ... Dr... Published Jun 06, 2014 01:03am

DEFENCE Minister Kim Kwan-jin’s hawkish stance against North Korea has made him No. 1 target of Pyongyang’s... Published Jun 05, 2014 01:27am

MOST people woke to the news of floods, giving an inauspicious start to the week. Torrential rains continued to lash... Published Jun 04, 2014 06:47am