Khursheed Shah seeks briefing on ‘Syria policy shift’
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Monday objected to reportedly likely sale of arms to Syria and demanded a briefing by the government on foreign...
View ArticleGovernment weighing options on Taliban issue
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz said on Monday that government was consulting other stakeholders on dealing with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban...
View ArticleIran gas project off the table: minister
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi informed the National Assembly on Monday that the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project was now off the table.“In the absence...
View ArticleRs61bn Balochistan Education Sector Plan prepared: Dr Malik
QUETTA: Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that the Balochistan Education Sector Plan has been prepared at a cost of Rs61.35 billion as an instrument to manage prioritisation, planning,...
View ArticlePolio worker, three Levies men kidnapped in Awaran
QUETTA: After an armed attack on the convoy of the deputy commissioner of Awaran, militants kidnapped a polio worker and three Levies personnel on Monday.Deputy Commissioner Rasheed Baloch was...
View ArticleScam of billions of rupees under probe in KP
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will investigate a scam of billions of rupees in a scheme for Clean Drinking Water for All and register an FIR against the contractor, according to a set of...
View ArticleTeenager confesses to cinema explosions
PESHAWAR: A teenager confessed to bombing Peshawar’s Shama Cinema before a local judicial magistrate on Monday and said he and his accomplice had hid hand grenades used in the terrorist activity under...
View ArticleJets pound militant hideouts in Waziristan; 30 killed
PESHAWAR: The Army targeted militant hideouts in the border area of South and North Waziristan tribal regions Tuesday in the fourth wave of recent airstrikes that killed at least 30 people.“The...
View ArticlePrison break threat in Peshawar triggers red alert
PESHAWAR: Officials sources on Tuesday disclosed that a major attack on Central Jail Peshawar was planned to free key Taliban prisoners kept there. Sources have confirmed that a group of five suicide...
View ArticlePM says govt writ to be affirmed as cabinet okays security policy
ISLAMABAD: After the cabinet endorsed the country’s internal national security policy on Tuesday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addressing the session said that in order to ensure the safety and security...
View ArticleRawalpindi raids: Over 100 suspects arrested
RAWALPINDI: Police conducted overnight raids in several areas of Rawalpindi and arrested more than 100 suspects, including 17 Afghan nationals, DawnNews reported on Tuesday.The raids were carried out...
View ArticleWar has begun from both sides, says Ibrahim
PESHAWAR: Member of the Taliban mediating committee, Professor Ibrahim Khan, said on Tuesday that talks were still favourable despite the war that had erupted from the government and Taliban's side,...
View ArticleAt least six killed in Karachi violence
KARACHI: At least six people were killed in separate incidents of violence in Karachi, DawnNews reported on Tuesday. A body of a 22-year-old male bearing torture marks was discovered from Alam pride...
View ArticleBalochistan govt to set up 2,000 girls school with Unicef help
QUETTA: Balochistan government has decided to establish 2,000 girls schools across the province with the technical and financial support of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund...
View ArticlePHC declares PTI protests blocking KP's Nato supply route illegal
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday declared illegal Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) protests during which party activists blocked the Nato supply route in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and...
View ArticleSartaj dispels impression of ‘Syria policy shift’
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday dispelled the impression of a change in government’s policy on Syria, saying restoration of...
View ArticleProduction of seven missing persons in court ordered
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday to produce before the court on March 4 seven of 35 missing persons in the same manner in which an equal number of...
View ArticleHizbul Mujahideen says Mast Gul no more its member
MUZAFFARABAD: Upset by media reports linking a ‘militant commander’ from a tribal area with it, the largest fighter group in India-held Kashmir, Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), on Tuesday deplored what it...
View ArticleTTP rejects govt’s call for unconditional ceasefire
MIRAMSHAH: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has rejected the government’s call for an unconditional ceasefire. “If this is what we have to do, we would have done it 10 years ago,” TTP’s...
View ArticleMotion submitted against minister’s statement on Taliban
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Tuesday submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly Secretariat against the statement of the interior minister and a calling attention...
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