Explosion in Rawalpindi injures one
RAWALPINDI: A person was injured as a result of a bomb device exploding near a school in Rawalpindi’s Ratta Amral area on Wednesday, DawnNews reported. According to DawnNews sources, the bomb device...
View ArticleRPP case: Court grants Ashraf permanent exemption from appearance
ISLAMABAD: The federal capital’s accountability court on Wednesday granted former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf permanent exemption from appearance before it in the rental power case, DawnNews...
View ArticleSami contacts TTP shura, conveys committee's requests
PESHAWAR: Maulana Samiul Haq, coordinator of the Pakistani Taliban’s committee for peace talks with the government, contacted the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) shura on Wednesday to convey some...
View ArticleNisar unveils national security policy in NA
ISLAMABAD: In order to deal with the menace of terrorism, the government has decided on a major policy shift under which attacks from militants would be met with an appropriate military response,...
View ArticleHyderabad policemen suspended over alleged extortion activities
HYDERABAD: DIG police Hyderabad Dr Sanaullah Abbasi suspended on Wednesday scores of police officials in Hyderabad range, working within jurisdictions of various station house officers (SHOs) and...
View ArticleThree militants arrested in Swabi
SWABI: Three militants, including a key commander, were arrested in Swabi district Wednesday who were attempting to target security forces’ personnel. Official sources said three armed militants were...
View ArticleKidnapped polio worker, Levies men released in Awaran
QUETTA: A polio worker and three Levies personnel who were kidnapped from Awaran were set free late Tuesday night, police said.Armed men had kidnapped the polio immunisation worker and three Levies...
View ArticleSC annoyed at failure in retrieving encroached state land
KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday expressed extreme annoyance over the failure of the Sindh Board of Revenue (SBR) and anti-encroachment force in retrieving encroached state land.The...
View ArticleArmy chief reiterates all threats to Pakistan will be defeated
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday reiterated the resolve of the armed forces of protecting integrity and sovereignty of the country and vowed to accomplish their...
View ArticleIranian mortar shells fired into Pakistani territory
QUETTA: Iranian border guards again fired mortar shells into Pakistani territory on Wednesday, a security official said.The official who requested not to be named, told Dawn.com that Iranian border...
View ArticleArmy chief reiterates all threats to country will be defeated
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday reiterated the resolve of the armed forces of protecting integrity and sovereignty of the country and vowed to accomplish their...
View ArticleProtection of minority rights urged in Balochistan
QUETTA: Kidnapping, targeting and torturing of minorities is contrary to the teachings of Islam and strong norms and values of the tribal society in Balochistan, speakers at a seminar here said on...
View ArticleBarelvi groups form alliance against Taliban
LAHORE: Forming a sort of anti-Taliban alliance, at least 50 Barelvi school of thought groups have demanded the government declare extremists as well as their supporters, whether political or...
View ArticleMilitary operation in North Waziristan imminent: US paper
WASHINGTON: The Pakistani government is on the verge of launching a major military offensive in North Waziristan, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.The Post noted that recent brutal Taliban...
View ArticleSC rejects plea for MI officer’s trial under army act
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court turned down on Wednesday a defence ministry’s request to allow prosecution under the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) 1952 of a serving military officer accused of having been...
View ArticleSC empowered to intervene in public matters, says CJ
KARACHI: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani said on Wednesday that the Supreme Court was given power in the Constitution to take up any matter of public importance and “to issue any directive or...
View ArticlePunjab yet to respond to Sindh request for transfer of trials
LAHORE: Authorities in Punjab are pondering over a request from the Sindh government for transfer of some trials of serial target killers to their province. According to sources, the request was made...
View ArticleKP divided into 3,493 councils as delimitation completes
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has completed the delimitation process by dividing the province into 3,493 village and neighbourhood councils as the government intends to hold local...
View ArticleArrest warrant issued for Umar Akmal
LAHORE: A local sessions court on Thursday issued the arrest warrant for Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal for violating traffic rules and scuffling with a traffic warden, DawnNews reported. Also today,...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban not serious about peace talks: Sartaj Aziz
ISLAMABAD: Speaking to media representatives in Islamabad, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz on Thursday said the targeted action in Waziristan was beneficial in the...
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