"Masood Azhar has been taken into protective custody by the Punjab police counter-terrorism department," Sanaullah told Dawn News. Earlier, the government chose not to confirm or deny the reports that Azhar has been taken into "protective custody" ....

Frontrunners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz attacked each other with ferocity unseen until now, ahead of the Iowa caucuses on February 1 with which the candidate selection process will formally begin. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump has increased his national lead over Mr. Cruz to 13 p ....

Addressing the Friday sermon at JuD headquarters , Saeed said that the Pakistan government is taking action against JeM to “please” India. “The arrests are regrettable as the Nawaz government is only doing so to please Modi sarkar (government). The ....

The State Department said on Friday that Mr. Kerry plans to leave early in the week for Switzerland, where he will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Zurich on Wednesday and then participate in the World Economic Forum in Davos. From there, department spo ....

Asked by a reporter Friday about the on-again, off-again interactions between the two South Asian neighbours, Mr. Ban’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, “Advice of the secretary general would always be for ‘on’ in order to support the talks.& ....

The Start Up India mission to be unveiled on Saturday envisages technology business incubators and research parks. The Human Resource Development Ministry and the Department of Science and Technology have agreed to partner in an initiative to set up over 75 such star ....

“The government, going by the price it is paying for international crude oil, should be selling petrol at Rs. 19.40 per litre instead of Rs. 59.03 per litre and diesel at Rs. 15.71 per litre instead of Rs. 44.18 per litre,” Congress Chief Spokesperson Randee ....

The NIA will move court next week to seek permission for the lie detector test. Officials said that for the test to be conducted, Mr. Singh has to give his concurrence first. The official did not explain whether Mr. Singh has agreed for the tests. The NIA has questio ....

In a series of tweets, Mr. Kejriwal revealed that sources in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) had told him of another December 15-like raid will be carried out at Deputy Chief Minister's and Home Minister's office. The AAP leader attributing it to the &ldquo ....

Accusing the Narendra Modi government for giving a “free leash to communal elements,” Ms. Mayawati said the BJP and its affiliates were trying to incite religious feelings of Hindus for political gain as the party realized that people would no longer come un ....