Pakistan reopens airspace months after closure
“Pakistan’s airspace is completely open for all kind of flights with immediate effect,” Civil Aviation Authority spokesman, Ahmer Azeem, said.
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Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy leaves Pakistan
A Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan has left for Canada to be reunited with her daughters, Pakistani officials and others involved ...
Pakistan executes serial paedophile, killer of eight children
Prison official, Muzaffar Awan, said Ali was hanged at a prison in the central city of Lahore in the presence of Amin Ansari, the father of one of his victims.
Dentist elected as Pakistan’s new president
According to unofficial results, Alvi secured 353 votes out of a possible 679.
Presidential elections kick off in Pakistan
Polling for presidential election kicked off Tuesday in Pakistan with three candidates competing for the slot of the 13th president of the country for the next five-year term.
Abdulsalami Abubakar’s Commonwealth Group says Pakistan’s election ‘credible’
The Commonwealth team said the election marked “important milestone” in the history of the country, following two consecutive democratically-elected civilian governments completing their full terms.
Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar leads Commonwealth election mission to Pakistan
The Commonwealth Secretariat, in a statement by its Media Division, said Secretary-General Patricia Scotland would deploy Abubakar to lead other eminent persons from across the Commonwealth regions.
Eight people injured as Mosque wall collapses in Pakistan – Police
Local Urdu TV channels reported on Friday that the victims were offering prayers in the mosque when the wall collapsed in the Model Town area of Lahore, the capital of ...
Buhari seeks national, regional collaboration on maritime security in Gulf of Guinea
Represented by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, in Lagos while declaring open a two-day conference organised by the Nigerian Navy to mark its 62nd anniversary, Buhari called for an appraisal of ...
Nobel winner Malala visits hometown in Pakistan for first time
Roads leading to the 20-year-old education activist’s childhood home in Mingora were blocked earlier in the day, and a helicopter was seen landing at a government guest house about 1 ...
Pakistani student shoots principal over blasphemy dispute
Sareer Ahmed, principal of the private Islamia College in the northern town of Charsadda, had an argument with one of his students for missing a number of classes.
Morocco beat Pakistan to win Armed Forces International Polo Tournament
The four-day event which took place at the 1212 Polo Club had teams from six countries participating, with Nigeria, the U.S., India, Morocco, Pakistan and Egypt as the countries.
Anger in Pakistan after eight-year-old girl is raped, killed
Police found the body in a trash dump in the city of Kasur in the province of Punjab on Tuesday, a week after she was kidnapped, local police chief Zulfikar ...
Baby born mid-air
A spokesman for Pakistan International Airline, Mashood Tajwar, said both the mother and baby were healthy, though it was a premature birth.
Nigeria, Pakistan volume of trade less than $1b – Envoy
Asim Khan, the Head of Chancery in the Pakistan High Commission, said this while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.
Pakistan surpasses Brazil to become fifth-most populous nation
In March, the South Asian nation conducted its first population census in two decades, which was possible thanks to improved security after years of violence linked to al-Qaeda and Taliban ...
Officials say suicide bomber kills 25
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which wrought carnage near the Lahore Technology Park in the center of the city.
Malala visits Osinbajo
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 20-year-old Malala, who was accompanied by her father, Yousafzai, and other members of the Malala Foundation, arrived at the Presidential Villa at ...
NAF takes delivery of first batch of super mushshak trainer aircraft
Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, the Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.
122 nations adopt, others boycott nuclear weapons treaty
The treaty obliges countries not to develop, test, produce or possess nuclear arms, or to acquire them by other means – “never under any circumstances”.
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