A helicopter with five Malaysian passengers landed on the premises of Kashimpur Central Jail yesterday morning. The passengers were initially arrested.…

Taking a common vitamin supplement could significantly reduce the number of miscarriages and birth defects worldwide, Australian scientists said Thursday, in what they described as a major breakthrough in pregnancy research, reports AFP from Sydney. The study, published in the New England Journal of…

Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's procession entered its second day on the streets, with the PML-N leader resuming a long road trip back to his hometown, Lahore, via the Grand Trunk (GT) Road yesterday after an overnight stay in Rawalpindi, reports the Dawn. Senior PML-N leader Pervaiz Rashid…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has undergone a successful eye surgery at a London hospital. “Madam (Khaleda) has undergone a successful eye surgery. Doctors of Moorfields Eye Hospital conducted the surgery on her right eye at 6:30pm on Tuesday. She was now well and recuperating,” said BNP Senior…

A parliamentary watchdog yesterday recommended that the Environment and Forest Ministry should not allow any permanent structure on the government land leased for social afforestation, reports BSS. It also asked the ministry to take steps for renewing the lease agreement of the land and collecting the…

A Russian court jailed an investigative journalist for three and a half years after convicting him of extremism yesterday, in a case denounced by media rights activists, reports AFP from Moscow. Alexander Sokolov worked at the RBK news agency when he was arrested in June 2015 on suspicion of participating…