Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday launched the first phase of an ambitious welfare scheme to provide free medical treatment to nearly 80 million people in the underprivileged strata of the society.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan launches free medicare project for the poor

Nawaz Sharif has multiple health issues such as high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney and cardiac problems, but his treatment can be done in Pakistan, head of a medical board that examined the ousted prime minister said Tuesday amid reports that the veteran politician wanted to go to London.

Nawaz Sharif's treatment can be done in Pakistan, says head of medical board

Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri on Tuesday compared skipper Virat Kohli to iconic former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan. "The closest I have seen to the great man.

Virat Kohli 'reminds me of Imran Khan', says India coach Ravi Shastri

China will provide $2.5 billion in loans to Pakistan to boost the foreign exchange reserves of its "all-weather ally", a media report said Saturday. Pakistan is nearly broke with the drying up of foreign cash reserves and mounting external debt.

China to provide $2.5 billion loan to Pakistan to boost foreign cash reserves

India has come strongly on Islamabad a day after Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood was summoned after Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi spoke with separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who heads All Parties Hurriyat Conference in the Valley.

India expresses displeasure to UK over Pak foreign minister Qureshi's upcoming anti-India conference

China on Friday skirted direct response if it would provide a bailout loan to its all-weather ally Pakistan to tide over the present balance of payment of crisis.

After Saudi Arabia and UAE, China finalises support package to Pakistan: Finance Minister Asad Umar

Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday signed a $3 billion bailout package, as part of Abu Dhabi's support to boost the cash-strapped country's dwindling dollar reserves.

Pakistan, UAE sign $3 billion bailout package

Prime Minister Imran Khan met Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad on Tuesday and the two leaders discussed the entire spectrum of bilateral ties and regional and international matters of mutual interest.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan meets Qatari Emir; discusses bilateral ties

Missile strikes against Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force: Israel Israel struck what it said were Iranian targets in Syria early Monday in response to missile fire it blamed on Iran, sparking concerns of an escalation after a monitor reported 11 fighters killed.

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Leading US Senator Lindsey Graham vowed Sunday to urge President Donald Trump to meet Imran Khan to boost Washington's Afghanistan peace efforts, calling the Pakistani prime minister an "agent of change".

US Senator Lindsey Graham urges meeting between Trump and Pak PM Imran Khan

The killing of four people, including a man, his wife and their teenage daughter, in what Pakistan's Punjab police called a shootout with "terrorists" has triggered a public outcry and the victims' family held a protest against the "staged" encounter.

Outcry in Pakistan as couple, teenage daughter killed in police 'encounter'

The Pakistan Army has said that the country's parliament would decide about another extension in the tenure of the controversial military courts. The military courts were first set up in January 2015 for two years for speedy trial of militants after the 2014 Peshawar school attack that killed nearly 150 schoolchildren.

Parliament to decide on extension to military courts: Pakistan Army

Pakistan will host the next round of talks between the US and Afghan Taliban in Islamabad, it was decided on Friday during a meeting between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, according to a media report.

Pakistan to host next round of peace talks between US and Afghan Taliban in Islamabad: Report

Former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government will not be able to last the full term of five years. Dubbing Khan as a selected prime minister, Zardari once again said that nobody accepted the results of the general elections and that the cricketer-turned-politician will not be able to complete the stipulated tenure, Geo News reported.

Imran Khan won't be able to complete 5-year term: Asif Ali Zardari

Shahzad Alam has proposed marriage to several women and been rejected each time for the same reason, he says their discovery that he is not the Pakistani shoe shop owner they thought he was, but an Afghan refugee.

Unwanted Afghan refugees pin hopes on Pakistan's Imran Khan

Political leaders come in all shapes and sizes. United States President Donald Trump was a real estate developer. Former British prime minister David Cameron was a public relations executive.

Calling Imran Khan’s bluff: India needs to realign its Pakistan policy

A Russian state-run firm has offered to invest $2 billion in cash-strapped Pakistan's water and power sectors on a government-to-government basis, a media report said Thursday.

Russian firm offers to invest $2 billion in Pakistan's water, power sectors

Pakistan's Supreme Court Thursday ordered the government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan to lift the travel ban imposed on opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and the Sindh Chief Minister, and asked the country's anti-corruption body to probe their involvement in Rs 35 billion 'fake accounts case'.

Pakistan SC asks Imran Khan government to lift travel ban on opposition leaders

A jail spokesman, however, said jail doctors examined Sharif thoroughly and his health is fine. 'Nawaz Sharif is in good health,' he said.

Former Pak PM Sharif's health deteriorates; daughter claims jail authorities not letting cardiologists examine him

The Pakistan government has decided to continue the travel ban on former president Asif Ali Zardari, his son Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah among other Pakistan Peoples Party leaders, a top minister said.

Foreign travel ban on ex-president Zardari, PPP leaders to continue: Pakistan

India has hit out at Pakistan on its continued support to terror and said Islamabad is "trying to deflect the attention of the financial crisis by mainstreaming terrorists.

Pakistan trying to deflect attention from financial crisis by mainstreaming terrorists: MEA

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday congratulated Indian skipper Virat Kohli and his team for their historic test series win in Australia. Imran, who is also the World Cup winning captain for Pakistan, took to his Twitter handle to extend his wishes to the Indian team and cricket fans.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan congratulates Virat Kohli and team India for 'first ever win' in Test series in Australia

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, during his two-day official visit to Turkey last week, appeared in an interview with a Turkish news channel. In the almost 30 minute-long interview to TRT World, Khan spoke on a range of topics including ties with India, China, the United States along with the Kashmir issue.

There's solution to Kashmir issue and it isn't with violence: Pak PM Imran Khan

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has accused Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan of begging for financial support from multiple countries across the globe. Shah, while addressing a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) rally in Matli on Sunday, had said, "Imran Khan is going from country to country to beg [for financial aid]" Samaa TV reported.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan begging for funds worldwide: Sindh CM

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