KARACHI – Ismat Siddiqui, the mother of Dr Aafia Siddiqui who is serving a jail sentence in an American prison, passed away in the country’s seaside metropolis Karachi on Saturday. Her death was confirmed by Pasban e Pakistan President Altaf Shakoor. The 80-year-old was suffering from ...

PESHAWAR – At least two policemen of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police succumbed to their injuries after being shot at by unidentified gunmen in Lakki Marwat on Tuesday. Reports in local media said motorbike-borne assailants opened fire on law enforcers near the Ghazni Khel area. The attackers ...

RAWALPINDI - Pakistan Tuesday conducted a successful test flight of indigenously developed Fatah-1 (Guided Multi Launch Rocket System), capable of delivering a conventional Warhead. A statement issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the Weapon System will give the Pakistan ...

Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, spokesperson for Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO), said on Saturday that Dr Aafia Siddiqui "received some minor injuries" after an assault by a fellow inmate in a Texas prison. "Our consul general in Houston visited Dr Siddiqui immediately to ascertain her wellbeing. She ...

Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist who is serving an 86-year sentence at a prison in Texas for allegedly opening fire on US soldiers in Afghanistan, has sought public support after an inmate threw a mug of scalding hot liquid in her face. As a result of the attack, the Pakistani ...