PPP leader wants final decision about dealing with Taliban
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) says that the time has come for the government to take the final decision about acting against the outlawed Taliban because there is no use...
View ArticleTwo killed in gas pipeline explosion in Ghotki
GHOTKI: Two people were killed in a pipeline explosion caused by leakage of gas in the wee hours of Wednesday in the Mir Kosh village of Ghotki, DawnNews reported. A 36-inch gas pipeline caught fire...
View ArticleSlow investigation into Kohistan video case resented
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) has expressed serious concern over the slow pace of investigation into unearthing whether or not the girls shown in a...
View ArticleBomb attack foiled in Karachi’s SITE area
KARACHI: A bomb was defused on Wednesday by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) in the SITE area of Karachi, DawnNews reported. Area residents contacted the police regarding a suspicious bag near Naurus...
View ArticleUS seeks Pakistan's help in tracing captive soldier
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has assured the US military of every possible cooperation in tracing American soldier Bowe Bergdahl who is allegedly being held captive by the Afghan Taliban in the North Waziristan...
View ArticleSC seeks AG's reply over appointment of CEC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday sought a reply from Attorney General Suleman Aslam Butt (AG) by Mar 4 over the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), DawnNews...
View ArticlePak, Iran for joint efforts against terrorism
QUETTA: Pakistani and Iranian officials held a meeting on Wednesday underlining the need to make coordinated efforts to curb the menace of terrorism. High level officials, from both sides, met to...
View ArticleNabeel Gabol demands imposition of emergency in country
ISLAMABAD: MNA Nabeel Gabol, belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), brought forward the demand for the imposition of emergency in the country and termed those who talked of negotiating with...
View ArticleTTP announce conditions for ceasefire
PESHAWAR: The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Wednesday put forth their conditions for ceasefire, days after the militant group killed 23 Pakistan army soldiers in revenge for the killing of their...
View ArticleMinister questions Taliban’s Sharia
ISLAMABAD: Lashing out at Pakistani Taliban for slaughtering 23 paramilitary personnel, Information Minister Pervez Rashid on Wednesday questioned whether the militants’ action was in accordance with...
View ArticleEight drown in Lyari river in Karachi road accident
KARACHI: At least eight women and children drowned Wednesday in Lyrai river, a sewage ravine after they were thrown from a speeding truck in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said.At...
View ArticleTerror threat stalks country
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry warned on Wednesday that the threat of terror attacks was looming large over the country and said that infiltration of terrorists and supply of arms from across eastern...
View ArticleMissing man returns home quietly
ISLAMABAD: A man who had been missing for over 19 months has quietly returned home under unexplained circumstances. Intelligence agencies had not acknowledged that Attique-ur-Rehman was in their...
View ArticleSecurity assistance will continue: US
ISLAMABAD: The United States said on Wednesday it would continue its security assistance to Pakistan in order to keep bilateral relations on “solid footing”. The commitment was conveyed by US Central...
View ArticleEconomic cooperation deals signed with China
BEIJING: Pakistan and China signed here on Wednesday five agreements for building a new airport and upgrading the Karakoram Highway as part of efforts to develop an economic corridor through rugged...
View ArticlePlea to book Musharraf in drone case rejected
ISLAMABAD: A court rejected on Wednesday a petition seeking orders for registration of an FIR against former president retired General Prevez Musharraf for allowing the United States to carry out drone...
View ArticleJets target N. Waziristan hideouts; 35 suspected militants killed
PESHAWAR: At least 35 militants were killed Thursday as fighter jets targeted suspected insurgent hideouts in three different tehsils of the North Waziristan tribal region.The bombardment comes a day...
View ArticleTwelve foreign women arrested in Islamabad crackdown
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) personnel carried out an operation in the federal capital on Thursday and arrested 12 foreign women and two men, DawnNews reported. In a bid to arrest...
View ArticleFour killed in Karachi violence
KARACHI: At least four people were killed in different incidents of violence in Karachi on Thursday, DawnNews reported. One person was shot dead near Makkah chowk area.Two bodies were found in...
View ArticleCJ takes notice of Taliban threat to Ismailis, Kalash tribe
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani took suo motu notice of the Pakistani Taliban’s threat to Ismailis and the Kalash tribe in the picturesque Chitral Valley in northern Pakistan on...
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