LAHORE: In the intensive-care ward of Lahore's Mayo hospital, pale, spotty children cry in the intense heat of the Pakistani summer -- victims of a devastating measles outbreak. Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province of which Lahore is the capital, has borne the brunt of the epidemic. It ...

WASHINGTON : Four Americans were killed Tuesday in an attack on Bagram air base by insurgents in Afghanistan, a US defense official said. The deaths were caused by insurgent “indirect fire,” either mortars or rockets, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Taliban on Wednesday ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday discussed the macroeconomic framework and budget 2013-2014 on the first day of Post Programme Monitoring (PPM) talks in Islamabad. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar headed the Pakistani delegation while Frank Jeffery was leading the ...

KABUL - Afghanistan’s president has disrupted plans for peace talks between America and the Taliban by threatening a boycott. Hamid Karzai said he will not meet the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations and the militant group stops its violent attacks on the ...

ISLAMABAD - As the federal government plans devising the first ever national security policy of the country, the political and military leadership have expressed their firm determination to deal with the menace of terrorism with national consensus. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday night chaired ...