Army assails ‘provocative act’
ISLAMABAD: The army denounced on Monday the killing of 23 Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers by the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as a “highly provocative act”.The Mohmand agency chapter of the...
View ArticleTTP tries to justify ruthless killing of 23 FC soldiers
NOWSHERA/MIRAMSHAH: As the killing of 23 detained paramilitary soldiers cast a pall over peace talks between the government and Taliban, a spokesman for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) said...
View ArticleSpy agencies warned over missing persons
ISLAMABAD: Impelled by oft-repeated allegations of spy agencies’ role in enforced disappearances, the government has finally warned them to rectify the situation or face severe consequences. “I have...
View ArticlePrivilege motion in Senate over Imran’s remarks
ISLAMABAD: The senators preferred their personal and petty matters over national issues on Monday and consumed most of the session’s time discussing the condition of their Parliament Lodges and alleged...
View ArticleBasit made HC to India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s High Commissioner-designate to India Abdul Basit would reach Delhi in the first week of March to assume the charge of his new assignment.The Foreign Office notified on Monday Mr...
View ArticleNew gas connections made costly for Punjab, KP people
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has allowed Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) to charge eight times higher connection fee – Rs25,000 instead of existing Rs3,000 – for...
View ArticleMusharraf appears in court for treason case; not indicted
ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted in the federal capital to try former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Mushharaf for treason charges adjourned its hearing until Feb 21, after the former...
View ArticleCheckpost attack kills one security man in South Waziristan
PESHAWAR: A soldier was killed in an attack by unknown militants on a security forces checkpost in South Waziristan tribal region, military sources told DawnNews on Tuesday.Unidentified militants...
View ArticleTwo former PMs appear before court in Ogra case
ISLAMABAD: Two former prime ministers of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led government, Yousuf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervez Ashraf, appeared on Tuesday before an accountability court in Islamabad for...
View ArticleGovt committee expresses inability to carry forward peace talks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting of the government's committee formed to hold talks with negotiators representing the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), during which the...
View ArticleArmy major killed in militant attack near Peshawar
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: A senior army officer was killed on Tuesday in an exchange of fire with militants, the military said, after peace negotiations between the government and Pakistani Taliban...
View ArticleEight of a family killed in Lahore
LAHORE: Unknown assailants entered a house in Block E of Lahore's Johar town area and killed eight members of a family including women and children, DawnNews reported.The attackers managed to escape...
View ArticleFrench aid agency staffer wounded in firing in Kohat
PESHAWAR: Gunman on a motorcycle fired on a vehicle being used by French aid organisation ACTED on Tuesday near Kohat, wounding the driver, police said.The attack took place at Jarma, a low-income...
View ArticleFiring incidents kill nine in Karachi: police
KARACHI: At least nine people were killed Tuesday in separate incidents of firing across Karachi as police and Rangers personnel continued targeted operations in different areas of the...
View ArticleFO voices "concern” as Pakistan, Iran brawl over border guards
ISLAMABAD: Diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Iran hit a new low Tuesday as Islamabad voiced “serious concern” over a warning by Tehran that it may send troops across the border to secure the...
View Article‘Sami empowered by TTP to take decisions in peace talks’
NOWSHERA: Coordinator Taliban negotiating committee and JUI-S provincial chief in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Maulana Yousuf Shah on Tuesday said that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has fully empowered...
View ArticleTTP claims it is serious about talks
MIRAMSHAH: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has claimed that it is serious about peace talks with the government.Talking to journalists on phone from an unspecified location, TTP spokesman...
View ArticleKashmir trade to be resumed through another point
MUZAFFARABAD: In an air of distrust, officials from both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) decided to resume intra-Kashmir trade from Chakothi-Uri crossing point from Thursday as police used batons...
View ArticleSC seeks excerpts from Musharraf’s book in missing person case
ISLAMABAD: At the time when former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf was entering the premises of the Special Court on Tuesday a few yards away a book written by him reverberated in the Supreme...
View ArticleAccords signed for power supply from C. Asia
WASHINGTON: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan signed a series of agreements with the World Bank on Tuesday to facilitate the transfer of surplus electricity from Central to South...
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