A recent Friday morning before dawn, a Volvo coach slipped out of New Delhi’s Ambedkar bus terminal under armed guard, the sirens of a police convoy wailing. Carrying a mix of Indian and Pakistani tourists, the bus, emblazoned with the flags of both countries and the phrase ‘Sada-e-Sarhad’ (Call of the Frontier), is one of the few remaining transport links between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

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Khalid Hameed, an English professor at the Government Sadiq Egerton College in Bahawalpur, was preparing for the farewell party when one of his students attacked him with a dagger, police said. read more

Even at the worst of times, sport has played the role of a healer despite the war metaphors that are freely attached to it read more

The government of Pakistan’s Punjab province on Thursday barred Jama’at-ud-Da’wah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed from leading Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid Qadsia at Chowburji Chowk in Lahore. read more

Saeed was never stopped from delivering Friday sermons even during the years when Masjid Qadsia’s control was under the Punjab government. read more

In a statement, the Punjab home department said that it had taken over the headquarters of the JuD and the FIF and that it had taken over the madrassas and facilities of the banned groups, adding that the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP)... read more

Pakistan Punjab’s information and culture minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan has been removed from his ministry for making derogatory remarks against the Hindu community. read more

Pakistan Punjab’s information and culture minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan has been removed from his ministry for making derogatory remarks against the Hindu community. read more

Utterly unfazed by the ongoing tension between India and his country Pakistan, he is liberally carrying out his business and moving around with élan on the Patna streets during free time. read more

People say they are returning home due to heightened tension between two neighbouring countries read more

The Samjhauta Express carrying some 150 passengers left Lahore railway station for India, Radio Pakistan reported. read more

Quoting unnamed sources close to the family of the JeM chief, a news channel said Masood Azhar is “alive”, without elaborating on his health condition. read more

While Pakistan had cancelled its services right after an air strike by the Indian Air Force, India cancelled the operations of the Samjhauta Express on February 28. read more

The heavily edited video had several jump cuts apparently to fit Pakistani propaganda. read more

A group of 28 Chinese tourists, a couple from Afghanistan, a family from Baramulla in Kashmir and a bunch of travellers from Delhi were among the scores of passengers stranded at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) Wednesday due to airspace... read more