Disgraced Butt admits to fixing, apologises to nation
LAHORE: Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt has for the first time publicly admitted to and apologised for spot-fixing, two years after he was found guilty of the offence.Butt, along with fast...
View ArticlePakistan extends refugee status for Afghans
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations says Pakistan has extended refugee status for over a million Afghans living in the country. It was set to expire June 30.The UN’s refugee agency said Friday Pakistan...
View ArticleHome a distant memory for Jalozai IDPs
In the heat of the summer, seven-year-old Naima Khan tries to construct a mud house for her doll outside her tattered tent in Jalozai Camp. It’s been her goal since her school teacher told her that mud...
View ArticlePakistani journalists protest BBC layoffs, stage walkout in NA
ISLAMABAD: Journalists staged a token walkout of the National Assembly’s press gallery on Friday in protest of the sacking of nine reporters by BBC Pakistan earlier this year.The Pakistan Federal Union...
View ArticleSC to hear treason case against Musharraf on day-to-day basis
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the ambiguity by stating that the judgment in high treason case against former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf case was not reserved as carried out...
View ArticlePakistani stocks lower, rupee weakens, o/n rise
KARACHI: The benchmark 100-share index of Pakistan's Karachi Stock Exchange closed 0.05 per cent lower on Friday. The index fell 9.65 points to 21,005.69. Activity was slow on the last trading day of...
View ArticleNawaz finalises new national energy policy
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday said that the new energy policy would turn out to be “panacea of Pakistan's energy ills.”“People and economy have suffered badly at the hands of crippling...
View ArticleSC summons former PM Ashraf in discretionary funds case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday summoned former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf for July 16 in connection with the distribution of over Rs42 billion discretionary funds for development.A...
View ArticleBNP-M agrees to take part in parliamentary affairs
QUETTA: After thorough consultation, the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) decided to take part in parliamentary politics in the country. Agha Hassan Baloch, the Central Secretary Information...
View ArticleSecretary Establishment directed to look into promotions by last govt
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Secretary Establishment to look into promotions and postings in the Pakistan Administration Service group during the previous regime.In case of...
View ArticleCM asks Altaf to review strike calls policy
KARACHI, June 28: In remarks made with totally unexpected though studied candour, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Friday made an impassioned plea to Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf...
View ArticlePakistan — no country for foreign journalists
After having lived in Islamabad for five and a half years, Rezaul Hasan Lashkar had to pack up and leave in just a little over two weeks.His sin – he was an Indian and a journalist reporting on...
View ArticleChinese mountaineer narrates dramatic escape
ISLAMABAD: It was his four years in the military that helped Zhang Jingchuan survive the terrorist attacks on mountaineers at the Nanga Parbat base camp that left 10 of his colleagues dead last...
View ArticleThree dead bodies recovered in Quetta
QUETTA: Police recovered three dead bodies in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan on Saturday morning.Police sources told Dawn.com that dead bodies were found in Satellite Town graveyard area of Quetta....
View ArticleFormer AGP Ashtar Ausaf vehicle attacked
LAHORE: Gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of the former advocate general of Punjab, Ashtar Ausaf on Saturday, DawnNews reported.The incident, which targeted Ausaf’s squad, occurred in Lahore’s Garden...
View ArticleAttack on SHC judge planned from inside Karachi Central Jail
KARACHI: A heavy contingent of Rangers carried out a major search operation at the Karachi Central Jail on Saturday, three days after a deadly attack on a senior judge in the city.Prison officials told...
View ArticleBomb attack on police van in Swabi injures three cops
SWABI: Three policemen including a station chief were injured Saturday when a bomb exploded close to their vehicle in Swabi district of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The police mobile van in...
View ArticleKP government eyes troop withdrawal from Swat
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI)-led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is seriously working towards a plan for the army’s withdrawal from Swat – but unfortunately, security imperatives make...
View ArticleSindh budget approved amid opposition boycott
KARACHI: Despite immense resistance from the opposition benches, the Pakistan People's Party-dominated Sindh Assembly on Saturday approved the finance bill and provincial budget for the year 2013-14...
View ArticleImran Farooq murder: British police await access to suspects in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: British authorities have made a fresh demand to access key suspects in Dr Imran Farooq murder case. The suspects are in custody of Pakistani authorities.Sources privy to the development told...
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