Pakistan's first female war correspondent and host of various popular TV talk shows Asma Shirazi, was named the 2014 Winner of the prestiigious Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism. Shirazi has...

August 12: Two shot dead in Karachi sectarian attacks Two men, including a doctor, were gunned down in separate incidents of sectarian target killings. The first victim, Dr Amir Mehdi,...

When World Cup’s Chinese supplier Adidas failed to keep up with the demand of soccer balls in Rio de Janeiro, a Sialkot ball manufacturing company then stepped in and got...

August 5: Two Shias killed in Karachi  Two men were shot dead in a sectarian attack in Liaquatabad on Tuesday night. Ashraf, 50, and Hameed, 30, were sitting at a hair-dresser's...

July 28: Woman and two girls killed in Gujranwala blasphemy row A mob torched an Ahmadi neighbourhood in Gujranwala, killing a woman and two girls in a row over blasphemy....

10 things to do beyond North Waziristan As Pakistan’s military runs through its ground offensive in the federally-administered North Waziristan tribal agency in the punishing July heat of Ramzan, the...

July 23: Senior Lawyer killed in Karachi sectarian attack A senior lawyer was gunned down in a sectarian attack in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal area. Syed Mubarak Raza Kazmi, 60, was attacked by...

July 14: Man sentenced to death over blasphemy charges A man in Lahore was sentenced to death by a sessions court after being found guilty of writing blasphemous remarks against...

July 8: Two mosques attacked in Panjgur Gunmen opened fire at two mosques in Panjgur district. According to Levies officials, the motorcycle-bound attackers showed up outside the mosques and started shooting...

July 2: ASWJ man gunned down in Karachi A 27-year-old man was shot dead in Malir City by unidentified target killers. Habibullah was an activist for the banned extremist group Ahle...