Container set alight in Sibi, two killed
QUETTA: Unknown persons attacked a Nato container-carrying truck, setting it alight, while killing two persons including the driver of the vehicle in Sibi area of Balochistan, DawnNews reported.The...
View ArticleTTP finalises 15 point draft for talks: sources
PESHAWAR: The Taliban Shura has finalised a fifteen point draft for negotiations with the Pakistan government and the draft proposal is likely to be handed over to the peace facilitators and their...
View ArticleGunmen kill nine in Balochistan violence
QUETTA: An official in Balochistan says gunmen have attacked the house of a pro-government tribal elder, killing him and eight members of his family. Provincial Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti says the...
View ArticleFiring in Karachi leaves eight people dead
KARACHI: Gunmen on motorcycles Sunday shot dead eight people including an eight-year-old girl at a faith healer's house in the port city of Karachi, police and doctors said.At least 16 others were also...
View ArticleArmy chief should take notice of atrocities in Karachi: Altaf
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has urged the Army chief to take notice of what he terms 'injustice and harassment' that is taking place in Karachi, DawnNews...
View ArticlePakistan economy improving, reform on track: IMF
DUBAI: The International Monetary Fund said Sunday that Pakistan has met nearly all of its quantitative performance markers, that its economy is showing signs of improvement and that its reform program...
View ArticleIran slams Pakistan over border guards abduction
TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday denounced what it called Pakistan's inability to secure its own borders after five Iranian soldiers were kidnapped and taken into its eastern neighbour by extremists.“We are...
View ArticleSufi poet’s shrine set on fire in Kohlu
QUETTA: The shrine of a popular Sufi poet of Balochistan, Mast Twakali, has been set on fire. The shrine, located in Mawand area of Kohlu district, is visited by thousands of devotees each day and...
View ArticleMan throws acid on estranged wife, in-laws
LAHORE: Four members of a family suffered acid burns when a man targeted his estranged wife and his in-laws in a locality of Ravi Road on Sunday.The suspect, who allegedly attacked his wife and in-laws...
View ArticleRs4m taken away from Sharifs’ mills
TOBA TEK SINGH: A cash of Rs4 million was allegedly stolen on Saturday night from Chaudhry Sugar Mills situated at Gojra-Faisalabad Road. The mills is owned by the Nawaz Sharif family. Reports said the...
View ArticleOver 500,000 children vaccinated in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government administered oral polio vaccine (OPV) to over 500,000 children in Peshawar on Sunday, officials said.A total of 12,000 health workers took part in the...
View ArticleMusharraf treason case: Special court resumes hearing
RAWALPINDI: The special court formed to try former president Pervez Musharraf for treason resumed the case's hearing on Monday, DawnNews reported.The three-member court headed by Justice Faisal Arab of...
View ArticleMost of Punjab to remain without gas for at least 48 hours: SNGPL
ISLAMABAD: Militants from Balochistan blew up three gas pipelines, cutting supplies to most of Punjab an official from a state-owned gas company said Monday adding that the outage may last for at least...
View ArticleSuicide blast kills four women in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: A suicide blast near a house in Peshawar's Essa Khel Garhi area on Monday killed four women and wounded three others, police said.SSP Najeeb, who oversees police operations in Peshawar, said...
View ArticleCorps commanders meet
RAWALPINDI: The 169th Corps Commanders' Conference was held at General Headquarters on Monday. The conference undertook a comprehensive review of the prevalent security situation in the country.Chief...
View ArticleFormer US consulate employee shot dead in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Unknown gunmen on Monday shot dead a former US consulate employee in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, police said.Two gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at Faisal Saeed, outside his...
View ArticlePM seeks provinces’ support for privatisation
ISLAMABAD: The government received on Monday approval from the four chief ministers to go ahead with privatisation of the power sector. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired the 25th meeting of the...
View ArticleSindh opposes sale of distribution companies
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah opposed privatisation of electricity distribution companies in a meeting of the Council of Common Interests held in Islamabad on Monday.According to...
View ArticleGovt team briefs PM on TTP talks
ISLAMABAD: Government negotiators briefed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday on their meeting with the Taliban committee held last Thursday and about their upcoming interaction between the two...
View ArticleSeven troops injured in N. Waziristan attacks
MIRAMSHAH: Six soldiers and one officer were wounded in two acts of terrorism in Dathakhel area of North Waziristan Agency on Monday, officials said.They said an improvised explosive device exploded...
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