NEW DELHI – In another incident of state-led extremism, a Muslim school teacher, who was earlier expelled from her job, has been arrested after she ‘celebrated’ Pakistan's victory against India in the T20 World Cup match. Reports in Indian media said Nafeesa Attari was apprehended and was ...

NEW DELHI – A woman teacher of a private school in the Indian state of Rajasthan was terminated from service after she cheered for Pakistan during Sunday's match against India in the T20 World Cup. The Kashmir Media Service said quoting sources that action was taken after teacher Nafisa Attari ...

ISLAMABAD-Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz has said while Karachi was inundated with water of heavy rain, Niro was celebrating his birthday. In a tweet, he said the Pakistan Peoples Party leaders said democracy is the best revenge and they are taking revenge from those ...

LAHORE: Punjab government has ordered imposition of complete ban on celebrating Basant festival. The Chief Secretary of Punjab has issued an order to this effect. A government meeting discussed the issue of celebrating Basant in February, according to sources. The chief secretary in the ...

*LAHORE: **Pakistani Hindu Community celebrating Diwali with full religious freedom across the country.* Hindu community is celebrating the annual religious festival of Diwali. The religious festivities are expected to take place in Shawala Teja Singh Temple, located in Sialkot, after 72 ...

The nation is celebrating Pakistan Day today with a commitment to ensure progress, prosperity and a strong defense of the country. The day is being observed to commemorate the passage of Lahore Resolution on this day in 1940, under which the Muslims of the sub-continent set the agenda of a separate ...

ISLAMABAD - A popular Tajik pop star has been fined for celebrating her birthday, which is a breach of her country’s law on celebrations. Firuza Khafizova was fined 5,000 somoni ($530) by a court in the capital of Dushanbe after she posted videos of her party on her Instagram link account, ...

Christians all over the world, including Pakistan, are celebrating Christmas on Tuesday.     Special services will be held in Churches across the world to celebrate the festival. In their separate messages, President Dr. Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan have extended warmest ...

North Korea is celebrating its 70th founding anniversary today with focus on peace and economic development. In this connection, a military parade was held in Pyongyang with a huge show of military strength. However, unlike previous years, there were no inter-continental missiles on display in the ...

OSLO - Norway’s rightwing Fisheries Minister Per Sandberg quit on Monday after breaching security protocol when he went on holiday to Iran with an Iranian-born former beauty queen, in a major media scandal. The deputy head of the anti-immigration Progress Party - which is part of the ruling ...