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ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said Islamabad has invited Saudi Arabia to invest in the Beijing-funded, multi-billion dollar infrastructure corridor being constructed in Pakistan. The China Pakistan Economic Corridor…

One of the veteran politicians of Pakistan, Sheikh Rasheed has been into electoral politics since 1985. He has been elected as a member of the National Assembly six times in a row from 1985 to 2002. He is often rebuked by opponents for…

ISLAMABAD: As official results of general elections start trickling in, various political contenders have expressed reservations on the election outcomes and pleaded to the Returning Officers (ROs) for recounting of votes. Usman Dar,…

Asfandyar Wali Khan, the son of a prominent Pakhtun nationalist and politician, Khan Abdul Wali Khan, was born in Shahibagh in Charsadda town of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on February 19, 1949.  He got his early education from the…

Amir Khan is a senior leader of MQM-Pakistan’s Bahadurabad faction formed after the February disagreement between him and then party chief Farooq Sattar. Amir and his likeminded leaders formed the new faction, a second blow to the party…

Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and widower of the late former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was born on July 25, 1955 in Karachi to a family from Nawabshah, Sindh. His father, Hakim Ali Zardari was a…

KARACHI: China's biggest and well known Alibaba Group, has finally made its way into the Pakistani e-commerce Market, acquiring Daraz Group. In a press release, Daraz official said "With the acquisition, Daraz will be able to leverage…

KABUL: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a voter registration center in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, killing at least 31 people and wounding more than 50, most of them waiting in line to receive identity cards, officials said.…

KANDY, Sri Lanka: Police and politicians backed by the country’s former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa joined anti-Muslim riots that rocked Sri Lanka’s Kandy district this month, according to witnesses, officials and CCTV footage…