Pakistan News

A perigee moon, also known as a supermoon, rises over a crescent of a minaret of grand Faisal mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, July 12, 2014.

A Pakistani army soldier stands guard in Miran Shah bazaar after driving out militants from Pakistan's tribal region of North Waziristan along the Afghanistan border, July 9. On Saturday, militants crossing the border from Afghanistan attacked a vehicle carrying security forces, killing three members of the Pakistani military.

Rebel fighters killed at least three Pakistani soldiers and injured two others in an attack on a border post in the restive northwestern tribal belt, officials said.

For news details visit : http://www.nation.com.pk/sp-health/12-Jul-2014/pakistan-and-afghanistan-agree-on-joint-anti-polio-strategy For news details Read on : Pakistan and Afghanistan to fight polio together Quetta- Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed on a mechanism to improve coordination in the joint efforts to eradicate polio.

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked the animal husbandry department to prepare a conservation plan to introduce the high-yielding Sahiwal breed of milch cattle on a mass scale in the state.

A Sudanese court in May sentences a Christian woman married to an American to be hanged, after first being lashed 100 times, after she refuses to renounce her Christian faith.

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday signed the Protection of Pakistan Bill, 2014, into a law, empowering law-enforcement agencies to effectively counter activities of terrorists across the country.

KARACHI: Hours after the end of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Karachi visit, at least six people including a policeman were killed during last 24 hours in different violence and firing incidents in the metropolis.

Security sources last month claimed that the Uzbek national Abu Abdul Rehman al Maani was killed in an airstrike during the all-out offensive against militants.

The retirement of Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani will see him remembered for his meritorious service in upholding the rule of law and dispensation of justice.

Lahore High Court Bar Association President Shafqat Mehmood Chohan has demanded the government to raise the issue of Israeli terrorism on Palestinian citizens at International forums.

The Afghan Taliban have urged Muslims to avoid extremism and remain united, a message apparently aimed at the Islamic State , which recently declared an Islamic caliphate in territory it controls in Iraq and Syria.

For news details visit : http://www.nation.com.pk/national/11-Jul-2014/uk-is-a-major-trade-partner-of-pakistan-shahbaz For news details Read on : UK is a major trade partner of Pakistan: Shahbaz Lahore- Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said UK is a major trade partner of Pakistan and its cooperation in education, health and other social ... (more)

A bomb attack targets security personnel in Pakistan's Bannu district, Serbian activists demand recognition of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre as genocide, Afghan civic organizations call for an investigation of election fraud allegations, and Tatarstan's Muslims join in a mass Iftar.

In a meeting, which was chaired by him, on law and order, Sindh chief secretary and DG Rangers gave a detailed briefing to the prime minister about the overall law and order situation in Karachi.

ISLAMABAD: Since the Capital Development Authority's Working Development Committee has approved the plan for the construction of a new slaughterhouse in the capital on Thursday, it has become a bone of contention between the butchers and the authority concerned.

Shi'ite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant , march during training in Baghdad, July 9. Islamist militants claimed responsibility for suicide bombings in Baghdad, and there were signs the deadlock paralyzing Iraq's parliament might ... (more)

The streets of the one-time militant haven of Miran Shah were all but deserted, with only a few donkeys wandering around and soldiers standing guard in the alleys and roads.

ISLAMABAD Pakistan on Thursday said that there is no ban on fasting in China and reports published in a section of press in this regard are just rumours and baseless.

ISLAMABAD Pakistan on Thursday said that the Jammu Kashmir was a disputed territory under the United Nations Security Council resolution and it will remain in such position until and unless the UN resolution were implemented.