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QUETTA: The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is spreading fast in the province of Balochistan but the main factors for the upsurge is yet to be scientifically established. Director AIDS Control Program Balochistan Dr Zulfiqar Ali…

ISLAMABAD: Defense Minister and PML-N stalwart Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Saturday ruled out the possibility of imposing a governor's rule in the province of Khyber Pakthunkhwa. Addressing a press conference today, the minister said that the…

ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist Matiullah Jan was on Saturday granted bail three days after he was picked up by unknown people and later shown arrested in a fake case. An Anti-Terrorism Court later gave him in the the custody of the police…

AMMAN (Reuters): Syrian authorities closed Aleppo airport as well as all roads leading into the city on Saturday, as rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said they had reached the heart of Aleppo. The opposition fighters, led by the…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a task force to identify those responsible for creating chaos in Islamabad in the name of a protest rally a few days ago. Chairing a meeting held to review law and order situation, the…

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has abandoned its pursuit of an ambitious defence treaty with Washington in return for normalising relations with Israel and is now pushing for a more modest military cooperation agreement, two Saudi and four Western…

ISLAMABAD: The European Commission and the European Air Safety Agency have lifted the ban on PIA flights to Europe, said Minister for Defense and Aviation Khawaja Muhammad on Friday. The minister said that the ban was lifted after the PIA…

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Friday suspended the physical remand of senior journalist Matiullah Jan. An Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi had on Thursday handed over Jan to police on a two days' physical remand. The police in…

ISLAMABAD: president Asif Ali Zardari has said that the international community should act now to save the people of Palestine from being exterminated by Israel. In his message on the Palestinian solidarity day the president said that the…

BEIJING (Reuters): A Beijing court sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu on Friday to seven years in prison for espionage, a family member told Reuters. Former Guangming Daily editor and journalist Dong Yuyu, 62, was…