One prisoner killed as another opens fire inside temporary lock up. LAHORE: Two prisoners were killed and another was injured in a firing incident and standoff with the police at the Sessions Court in Lahore on Saturday. A prisoner identified as Azam had shot Shafqat inside the temporary lockup of the Sessions Court. A standoff between Azam and the police lasted for an hour before he was also shot inside th ...

Five kalashnikovs, three hand grenades and hundreds of ammunition rounds were seized. KARACHI: At least 13 people, including three important gang war operatives, were arrested in a target operation by rangers in Lyari. During an operation near the Mama Hotel, three important gang war operatives identified as Sajid Dada, Hafiz Dada and Kamran Baloch were arrested. Another 10 suspects wanted by police in seve ...

UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan (C) speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the opening of a meeting on Syria in Geneva, June 30, 2012. The foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and four other Middle Eastern states have gathered in Geneva to hold talks on the current situation in Syria. The representatives o ...

An image grab taken from Egypt's Nile TV shows Mohamed Morsi taking the oath of office at the Constitutional Court in Cairo on June 30, 2012. Mohamed Morsi has officially been sworn in as Egypt’s first freely-elected president more than one year after the country’s revolution toppled former dictator Hosni Mubarak. Morsi took the oath and became Egypt’s first civilian president in an inauguration ceremony at ...

Raja Pervez Ashraf takes oath as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan. On Saturday, Ashraf defended Zardari's immunity in Swiss cases. LAHORE: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf defended President Asif Ali Zardari’s immunity on Satuday, saying it would end the day after he leaves office. His comments came after the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the new prime minister two weeks to indicate whether he would w ...

Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar The success and achievements discernible in all parts of the country have resulted in the enemy feeling envious and frightened and [therefore] confronting the establishment of the Islamic Republic and showing animosity towards it.”   Iran’s Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar Iran’s Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar says the assassination o ...

Raja Pervez Ashraf takes oath as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan. On Saturday, Ashraf defended Zardari's immunity in Swiss cases. LAHORE: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf defended President Asif Ali Zardari’s immunity on Satuday, saying it would end the day after he leaves office. His comments came after the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the new prime minister two weeks to indicate whether he would w ...

The UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, reads out the final declaration of the Geneva meeting on the current situation in the country. The declaration underlines Syrian people’s right to determine fate of their country noting that transition should be implemented in climate of safety. The meeting's participants also said Syrian crisis must be resolved through peaceful means and dialogue with all invo ...