Pakistan

Call for legislation to check dowry and other practices adversely affecting society.

Past failings of costing dept behind move, CDA member says contractor to work hand-in-hand with in-house team.

Say comfort zone for youth needs to be created so they share their health concerns with ease.

New DG assumes charge amid crippling academic, administrative issues facing teachers, students .

The rupee weakened at 101.3/101.5 against the dollar in the inter-bank market on Monday

The two institutes will work together for public financial management.

EPZ will get the joint venture agreement approved from the board

They added that they had informed the Naudero police about the disappearance

He said that road accidents had become the order of the day there

A FIR was registered against the two suspects under Sections 324, 394 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code

ATC-III judge sent Ghulam Mustafa and Muhammad Raheel to police custody on physical remand until November 30

Thar residents complain of diarrhoea, vomiting after drinking water from Rs20 million RO plants

Provincial government seeks early hearing of SC's suo motu proceedings into the case

Authorities at loggerheads as UP Muslim Waqf demands ownership of Shah Jahan’s monument

President Barack Obama has accepted Hagel's resignation

Farhatullah Babar says jewellery seized in connection with SGS case does not belong to Benazir's legal heirs

40-year-old resident of Chiniot returned to Pakistan on Nov 16 after working for the Togolese Republic in West Africa

Local government elections in K-P will be held in April next year, says Inayatullah.

Pakistan could produce as many as 200 nuclear devices by 2020, Council on Foreign Relations report notes

Malook, in his appeal, says blasphemy allegation concocted by Bibi's enemies to target her and had no basis in fact

Private media channels reporting Nawaz will address Imran Khan's allegations on Monday ahead of Nov 30 PTI rally

Swiss federal tribunal ruled that a valuable jewellery set belongs to legal heirs of late Benazir Bhutto

Deputy Attorney General Sohail Mahmood will appear on behalf of the AGP tomorrow

PML-N's Zafarul Haq says inter-faith committee should be set up in every district

Nawaz says provincial govts should take practical steps to ensure relief to public in lieu of decline in oil prices

O'Levels student Sulaiman Lashari was shot dead on May 8; allegedly targeted by a police officer's son

Paktika provincial spokesperson says death toll from blast had risen to 57 after 15 people succumbed to injuries

To get integrated database installed at airports to check human smuggling

Paperwork for the project starting by the year’s end

Takes exception to Imran Khan’s remarks against all media persons

Leaflets issued from Kunar province of Afghanistan, where TTP Chief Mullah Fazaullah is reportedly hiding

Cheif announces the beginning of his political struggle by fielding a candidate to contest by-polls

His writing gives hope, strength, a mode of catharsis and, if nothing else, then at least a good laugh to many

Up to 12,500 foreign troops to stay on next year to support Afghan forces

Polio worker and student of 10th grade injured when polio teams were fired at by unidentified men

Rizwan Akhtar, premier discuss matters related to internal and external security

Cites extended agreement with China as the main hurdle to the transfer

Ansar, Asad reportedly shot dead his brother Irfan due to an old enmity

Police official says vehicle veered off the road straight into Neelum River rapids

Basharat Masih, 40, dies on the spot while Arshad Danish, 35, suffers injuries

Police say Sajid Hussain was fixing an electric pole when he apparently suffered an electric shock near Rawat

PPP Secretary General says successive governments of his party took significant steps for welfare of minorities

Bodies found in gorge in village Tain, police confirm minors were tortured and killed

Police recover 10 liquor bottles from the house in Bahria Town

The drought has claimed nearly 300 lives this year alone

Captain says he is pretty pleased with bowling and batting

Party says it does not want to delay the process in K-P

SC to consider issuing notices to prime minister, National Assembly opposition leader over CEC's non-appointment

Health dept fails to release Rs137 million required for vaccination campaign

Officials rule out the possibility of Iranian forces firing mortars across the border