Gas reserves sufficient only for 16 years, NA told
ISLAMABAD: The present reserves of natural gas in the country are sufficient for only 16 years.This information was placed before the National Assembly by Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural...
View ArticleSC seeks explanation for denial of rights to the disabled
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court sought from the federal and provincial governments on Wednesday replies to questions raised in a joint petition moved to highlight denial of constitutional rights to people...
View ArticlePolice to rely on sketches to identify court attackers
ISLAMABAD: Due to absence of video or photographic evidence, the capital police have resorted to sketches, drawn with the help of eye-witnesses, to identify the culprits of the attacks on the district...
View ArticleTaliban asked to identify renegade groups
ISLAMABAD: The chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council, Hafiz Mohammad Tahir Ashrafi, has asked the Taliban leadership to identify the renegade groups.Addressing a press conference at the National Press...
View ArticleGovt to enter into direct talks with Taliban next week
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday announced the government was setting up a state committee to hold direct talks with the Taliban next week in a bid to...
View ArticleMusharraf's lawyer files appeal against military court decision
ISLAMABAD: A counsel for former military dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, Anwar Mansoor, on Thursday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the decision of the special court...
View ArticleBomb attack injures political agent, two others in Hangu
HANGU: A remote-controlled explosion struck the convoy of a political administration officer in Hangu Thursday, leaving him and two others injured, DawnNews reported.Farid Khan, the SHO at Thal police...
View ArticleUmar Akmal's traffic fiasco comes to an end
LAHORE: The tiff between Pakistan's cricket star Umar Akmal and Lahore's traffic police came to an end on Thursday after the wicket-keeper/batsman's father tendered a written apology to the traffic...
View ArticleArmy top brass to discuss halting of strikes against TTP: sources
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army’s Corps Commanders are meeting on Friday to discuss internal security of the country with particular reference to halting of its surgical strikes against Taliban hideouts in...
View ArticleIslamabad judge was killed by own guard, Nisar tells NA
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has revealed that late additional district and sessions judge Rafaqat Ahmed Khan Awan was inadvertently killed by his own guard and not by the...
View ArticleFamine-like situation in Thar after severe drought
KARACHI / MITHI: Most areas of Sindh’s Tharparkar district are facing a famine-like situation and at least 32 malnourished children are reported to have died. About 175,000 families are reported to...
View ArticleSenators oppose idea of making army part of govt-TTP talks
ISLAMABAD: The opposition in Senate continued its protest on Thursday over non-presentation of the national security policy in the house and opposed a reported government plan of including the army in...
View ArticlePakistan sheds light on defence talks with China, S. Arabia
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan shed on Thursday rare light on its ongoing discussions with China and Saudi Arabia on defence cooperation.The government has been pursuing plans for a “new era in strategic...
View ArticleKhurshid wants to be party in case involving PTI chief
ISLAMABAD: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Khurshid Ahmed Shah has filed in the Supreme Court an application seeking to be a party in a case in which PTI chief Imran Khan alleged that...
View ArticlePML-N and PPP agree to appoint Bhagwandas as CEC
ISLAMABAD: The government plans to introduce in the National Assembly on Friday a bill apparently aimed at removing a legal hitch in the proposed appointment of retired Justice Rana Bhagwandas as new...
View ArticleTerrorism, power issue keep Nawaz perplexed
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said commitment is required to overcome challenges like terrorism and energy crisis which are hampering the economic growth.“It’s hard to decide whether to...
View ArticleCorps commanders say airstrikes may continue: sources
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the corps commanders, chaired by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, on Friday decided that airstrikes on militant hideouts would continue in the event of future...
View ArticleBomb defused in Karachi's Orangi Town
KARACHI: A bomb was defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) early on Friday in the Orangi Town area of Karachi, DawnNews reported.According to BDS, a call was received from the MPR Colony on the...
View ArticleThree killed, 10 injured in coach-oil tanker collision in Kohat
KOHAT: At least three people, including two women, were killed and 10 others were injured Friday in a passenger coach-oil tanker collision on Pindi Road in Kohat, DawnNews reported.The collision took...
View ArticleArmy to be blamed if talks fail, says Shah
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Friday said the military would be blamed if the government's talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)...
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