Pakistan

The prime minister has appointed Hussain Asghar as the head of the unit.

Speaker Punjab Assembly will perform the duties of the acting governor until a new governor is appointed.

Malala gears up to address the UN General Assembly on her birthday (today).

Plea filed by Haroon Rasheed over the murder of his father, grandmother during the operation.

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar briefs Nawaz on the newly proposed draft of national security policy.

Postgraduate College Haripur forced to take in school-level students despite lack of resources.

With constitutional deadline missed, Speaker says they will be notified after Ramazan.

Counsel argues army has a special status in the Constitution.

Bomber blew himself up when security forces stopped him from entering Pakistan.

Report highlights low budgeted amounts and even lower spending in 2011-12.

The team is expected to return by August 1.

The TTP fired Ehsan for inflammatory remarks about the Afghan Taliban.

Ajmal Baloch threw a book in the judge’s face during a case hearing.

Tribal jirgas typically ignore or discriminate against women’s rights.

Ministry official terms case ‘bogus’.

Surge in terror casualties disproves the notion that TTP is soft on PML-N and PTI.

The police have so far failed to trace the whereabouts of the missing man.

Participants to hold quarterly review meetings.

Asks law enforcers to ensure that girls are not exchanged to settle disputes.

Unsatisfied with their arguments, Supreme Court reserves verdict.

Last year successful pilot helped thousands to get their CNICs.

Urges stakeholders to ‘engage constructively’ to break the stalemate in talks.

HEC seeks explanation from the university.

The police moves as a local trader complains they had allegedly beat him up .

Apex court says as long as case continues, those involved in the project should remain in the country.

Artur Hajzer and his colleague had reached 7,600m before turning back due to strong winds.

Their needs unaddressed, visually impaired students across the nation forced to resort to archaic examination methods.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. A case has been registered and investigations are under way.

Minister says part of the profit so earned would be transferred to passengers in the form of a decrease in fares.

Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, was remembered on his 12th death anniversary on July 11.

The motive for the murder is yet to be ascertained.

Kumar said he conveyed the concerns of minorities to higher authorities and concrete steps will soon be taken.

The two were kidnapped along with their vehicle earlier in the day by unidentified armed men.

An official working at an intelligence agency said an Indian diplomat hit a car occupied by some youth and sped off.

Explosives were fitted to a motorbike, said DSP Mushtaq Hussain, adding that the blast occurred at 1:35pm on Thursday.

Ahead of the APC, the prime minister is scheduled to visit the interior ministry and the army GHQ.

British govt regularly updated Pakistan on probe against Altaf Hussain in several cases, says an official.

Emmad has walked the ramp for various international designers including Armani, Versace, Dior and Prada.

Sattar insists seizure of cash from party chief’s house should not be subjected to media trial.

The story by Owen Benett Jones will appear soon.

Syed Abrar Ali succeeds Shah Mehmood H Syed, who served the university for 10 years.

After obtaining arms from her cousin, Amira Nasir, allegedly shot dead her husband.

The ban also applies to Mazda trucks, oil tankers, water tankers, trucks used by LWMC, the WASA and the PHA.

The petitioners asked the court to stay the auction of 26 shops in the plaza.

Around 20 kilogrammes of explosives were used.

Research by the State Bank of Pakistan yields some surprising insights.

The rupee ended stronger at 101.2/101.45 against the dollar, compared to Wednesday’s close of 100.01/100.06.

The minister welcomed the Argentinean overtures and assured full support.

Reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fell to $5.546 billion from $ 6.009 billion a week earlier.

We need to change not only our attitudes but the way of thinking, say speakers.