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Islamabad, Aug.7 : Expressing concern over excluding proposed jihad verses from the school curriculum, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), top religious advisory body, has demanded the Pakistan Government to include the said verses.The concerns were…

Islamabad, Aug. 7 : As Pakistan prepares to sign a key international document against child abduction this year, the country’s top Islamic advisory body has declared that some of its clauses are in conflict with the Constitution of Pakistan and Islam.P…

Islamabad, Aug. 7 : The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has dismissed media reports claiming that Army Chief General Raheel Sharif’s son-in-law is among the seven crew members taken hostage by Taliban militants after a Punjab Government’s Mi-17 …

Islamabad, Aug. 7 : Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party (PJDC) chief Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that his party has filed a reference against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif seeking his disqualification as he is not sadiq (truthful) and ameen (tr…

Islamabad, Aug. 7 : Pakistan and Iran have agreed to cooperate in countering threats posed by an extremist Middle Eastern terrorist outfit, which has set up a self-styled caliphate across large swathes of land in Syria and Iraq.The decision to collabor…

London, Aug. 7 : The former husband, father and cousin of Bradford resident Samia Shahid, who was allegedly the victim of an “honour” killing in Pakistan, have failed to appear at a scheduled court.Days after forensic tests by the Pakistan Police indic…

Lahore, Aug 7 : Blacklisted and deported from the U.S in 2011 on charges of espionage, an American citizen was arrested at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport hours after his arrival.According to Dawn, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ord…

Lahore, Aug 7 : Days after Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the SAARC meeting in Islamabad called to stop the glorifying terrorists as ‘martyrs’, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif described the Kashmir situation as an “ongoing humanitarian crisis” and…

Hiroshima (Japan), Aug. 6 : Hiroshima on Saturday observed the 71st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing during the Second World War in 1945, with the mayor calling for a nuclear-weapon-free-world at a function held at the Peace Memorial Park.”A nucl…

New York, Aug. 6 : The United States has assigned more than 1,000 spies to the Olympic security as part of a highly classified effort to protect the Rio 2016 Summer Games and American athletes and staff.Hundreds of analysts, law enforcement and special…