Iran repelled a drone attack on a military site in central Isfahan province, the defence ministry said early Sunday acording to the IRNA news agency. "An unsuccessful attack was carried out using (drones) ... on one of the workshop complexes of the ministry of defence," it said, adding that ...

Severe earthquake tremors were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi on Sunday, the meteorological department said. Reports in local media suggest that the magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded at 6.3, with the epicenter of the earthquake recorded in neighboring Tajikistan at a depth of 150 ...

ISLAMABAD – The cash-strapped country sought Washington's support in reviving the crucial International Monetary Fund programme. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of the Treasury for Asia Robert Kaproth called on Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Wednesday and Pakistan’s ...

ISLAMABAD – The International Monetary Fund has placed Pakistan at the 180th spot out of 190 countries in terms of the ratio of fiscal revenue to GDP. The South Asian country, which is facing economic woes due to depleting foreign exchange reserves, has fiscal revenue to GDP ratio at 12.1 ...

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has so far paid 20 foreign visits after becoming foreign minister. Bilawal paid three tours of the United States and the United Arab Emirates, and two of Saudi Arabia, China, and Uzbekistan. Foreign Minister Bhutto took charge as Foreign Minister on April ...

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has said that his country could export natural gas to the markets of Pakistan and Afghanistan. He stated this while giving a wide-ranging interview to the TASS agency, parts of which have been published throughout the weekend. Novak said that in the ...

Pakistan has expressed serious concerns over the rise of extremist nationalism in India and its expansionist designs for the South Asia region, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch at a weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday said “We still await ...

GENEVA – Despite Tehran's opposition, the UN on Tuesday named a panel of three women to lead a rights investigation into Iran’s violent crackdown on women-led protests, which have rocked the Islamic republic for more than three months now. Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Sara Hossain, ...

A soldier and two civilians Monday were martyred in a suicide blast that occurred in the general area of Miran Shah, North Waziristan District, said a statement issued by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR). According to the military’s media wing, a suicide blast occurred in the general area ...

PESHAWAR – Two people were killed and four others wounded in a suicide attack targeting a vehicle of security forces in a Miranshah area of North Waziristan on Monday. Police said the suicide bomber was riding a rickshaw, which he rammed into the government vehicle and blew himself up. The ...