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[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf leader, Dr Shireen Mazari, has confirmed that she will be approaching the special ombudsman for harassment of women at the workplace, and will file a petition against Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who verbally abused her in the National Assembly last week. Ruckus in NA as …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] ISLAMABAD: Islamic scholars from the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) on Sunday issued a fatwa declaring honour killing of women as ‘un-Islamic’ and an ‘unpardonable sin’. About 40 scholars belonging to the SIC issued the fatwa unanimously. According to the fatwa which was issued as a result of SUC …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: Heavy armed clashes broke out at the Torkham border on Sunday night after Afghan security forces resorted to unprovoked firing injuring two people, officials said. According to security officials and locals, workers were building a gate on the Pakistani side of the Torkham border when they came …

The Pakistani minister for petroleum and natural resources has reportedly said that a long-awaited gas pipeline project between Iran and Pakistan will complete by 2018. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, speaking at a media briefing about the government’s performance during the last three years, told reporters that the major project will finally …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has accepted for hearing a petition moved by a civil society activist challenging the validity of May 7, 2015 by-elections of PK-95 Lower Dir II (Khyber Pakhtun­khwa) which turned out to be a men-only show and sparked a nationwide controversy. A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed …

ISLAMABAD: A Hindu octogenarian has been beaten black and blue in a rural Sindh district for eating during the fasting month of Ramazan, police confirmed on Saturday. Gokal Das, a resident of Hayat Pitafi, a remote village of Ghotki district, was having Biryani given to him in charity on Friday …

ISLAMABAD: Rights campaigner Marvi Sirmed filed an application against Senator Hafiz Hamdullah on Saturday hours after he allegedly threatened her and attempted to thrash her during a television show. In her application Sirmed asked the police to book the JUI-F senator for intimidating her and subjecting her to verbal abuse. …

[/tie_full_img] [/tie_full_img] LONDON: Britain’s Prince Charles visited Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at his London residence on Saturday and inquired about his health, the premier’s daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif tweeted. According to Maryam Nawaz, Prince Charles also brought honey from the gardens of Clarence House for the premier saying “it will …

NEW DELHI: Once again Indian Defense Minister Monhar Parkartack has accused Pakistan of involvement in the Pathankot Airbase attack. Speaking at a reception in Ghaziabad, Parkartack once again presented an astonishing logic and different point of view on the incident. He said that Pakistan thinks that it can damage India. …