LAHORE  - Police raided more than 48 religious schools located in different parts of the provincial metropolis and cleared 2026 students after proper checking, officials claimed on Wednesday. They revealed that 11 religious leaders wanted to the police in the 4th Schedule were found missing ...

RAWALPINDI – Former Director General (DG) Haj Rao Shakeel Ahmed has also been found allegedly involved in hiding his original age to get appointed as DG Haj.Registering a separate case against Rao Shakeel, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) sought his physical custody from a court to ...

The Haqqani network, one of the most feared insurgent groups in Afghanistan, would take part in peace talks with the Kabul government and the United States only if the Taliban did, its leader Sirajuddin Haqqani told Reuters on Saturday. Sirajuddin said the group had rejected several peace gestures ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pakistan, under renewed US pressure since the death of Osama bin Laden, is stepping up its efforts to battle extremists and help stabilise Afghanistan, senior US Senator John Kerry said Tuesday. Some of them are important things that are very important to us strategically, but ...

Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, has said that his country would take strict action against anybody in the government, military or intelligence, if found involved with the hiding of Osama bin Laden in the country. "Osama bin Laden''s presence in Pakistan was not to ...

Capturing or killing al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden is still a priority for the United States, David Petraeus, the general who commands all U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was quoted as saying Sunday. Talking to NBC's "Meet the Press," Petraeus said bin Laden "remains an iconic figure and I think ...

TEHRAN (AFP) - Irans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out at the United States on Tuesday, saying Tehran will reject any talks backed by its arch-foe as Washington is not to be trusted. Khameneis anti-US salvo raised the possibility that a Washington-backed nuclear fuel deal for a ...

GUJRANWALA" Chairman FBR Ahmad Waqar has said concealment of assets abroad is a cognisable crime but no action can be taken without documentary evidence while FBR has the authority to send such criminals behind the bar in accordance with the law. Federal government is willing to formulate ...

RUMOURS are rife that American actress Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt may have already welcomed their much-anticipated twins. According to reports by "Entertainment Tonight", Jolie is said to have given birth last month, but her reps are fast denying it. But even with the denials some still ...

The UN atomic watchdog has expressed serious concern that Iran is still hiding information about alleged studies into making nuclear warheads and defying UN demands to suspend uranium enrichment. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a report released late Monday that Iran must ...