TEHRAN, Iran: Iran successfully launched a new small satellite into orbit early Friday, state media reported, the latest in the country’s ambitious space program that has raised concerns in the West because of its possible military applications. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called in to the launch site, saying he was ”hopeful this act will send a [...]

Muslims across the world celebrated Eid Miladun Nabi, the birth of Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) on 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal, a month of the Muslim calendar. Muslims mark the birth anniversary with religious processions, ceremonies and distributing free meals among the poor.

KABUL: An American soldier shot and killed an Afghan guard at a base in the country’s north, apparently because the American thought the guard was about to attack him, Afghan police said on Sunday. There have been a growing number of attacks by Afghan soldiers against international forces in Afghanistan in recent years, some the [...]

MELBOURNE:India won the toss and chose to field against Australia in the opening tri one-day series international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade and all-rounder Dan Christian will make their one-day international debuts while Peter Forrest was named 12th man. India made one change to Friday’s eight-wicket Twenty20 win over Australia, [...]

LAHORE, Feb 4: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan has said that both Zardari and Nawaz together will face defeat at the hands of his party.

LAHORE, Feb 4: The present assemblies have the similar protection under the 18th Amendment, which the judges enjoy under the 17th and therefore Senate election cannot be invalidated, says former law minister

QUETTA, Feb 4: Two people were killed and four others, including a cameraman of a private television channel, injured in Balochistan’s Bakhtiarabad town on Saturday when security forces opened fire on people protesting against the killing of wife, daughter and driver of MPA Bakhtiar Domki in Karachi earlier

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 4: Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a UN Security Council resolution which backed an Arab League plan for a political transition in Syria as the violence continued unabated in the country.

KARACHI, Feb 4: A policeman was killed in a shoot-out with bandits and a teenage girl caught in crossfire died in the Shershah area on Saturday, police said.

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said on Saturday that Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar would visit Russia next week for holding talks on bilateral relations and the regional situation.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: An intra-court appeal requesting the Supreme Court to suspend its decision of framing contempt charges against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is expected to be filed in a couple of days.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: With Doha getting ready to host a political office of the Taliban, Afghan reconciliation will be a major theme during Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s visit to Qatar next week for signing energy and investment agreements.

A THOMAS Reuters Foundation poll of gender specialists reported that Afghanistan in 2011 was the world’s most dangerous country in which to be a woman, due to poverty, poor healthcare and harmful cultural

SO it seems that the old conspiracy theory is being trotted out again. Talking to reporters in Lahore on Friday, Prime Minister Gilani claimed, “Six months ago, I had pointed out that conspiracies were being

DESPITE the fact that madressah reforms have been on the national agenda for a number of years, it is clear that on the state level these are going nowhere. As reported in this newspaper, the federal interior minister