Landmine explosion kills child in Dera Bugti
QUETTA: A landmine blast killed a child and injured two others in Koh area of Blaochistan's Dera Bugti district on Sunday whereas another explosion on a bridge situated near Mach area on...
View ArticleBNP local leader killed in Khuzdar, two persons killed in Quetta
QUETTA/KHUZDAR: A local leader of the Balochistan National Party, who was also the chief of the traders community, Attaullah Muhammadzai, and his bodyguard were gunned down in Balochistan's Khuzdar...
View ArticleViolence in Karachi kills three, wounds two others
KARACHI: At least three persons were killed and two others were wounded in separate incidents of gunfire in Karachi on Sunday whereas law enforcers claimed the arrest of 81 suspects during targeted...
View ArticleCountry must unite against terrorism: Altaf
LAHORE: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday said that the entire country has to unite on a common front to fight terrorism, DawnNews reported.Speaking via telephone to the...
View ArticlePM to visit Thar on Monday: Rashid
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Sunday said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had cancelled important engagements and would visit Tharparkar on Monday...
View ArticleMalik said to be in contact with ‘angry Baloch leaders’
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch is in contact with some of the ‘angry Baloch leaders’ for initiating a process of dialogue to resolve issues faced by the province, says...
View ArticleThar situation fully under control: PPP
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party has accused the media of blowing out of proportion the issue of drought and famine in Sindh’s Tharparkar district which it says is not something unusual for the...
View ArticleImran urged to let KP chief minister join govt committee
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N is reported to have started back-channel contacts to persuade the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to agree to the inclusion of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak in...
View ArticleRallies planned to ‘save madressahs’
ISLAMABAD: Worried over perceived threat posed by the national security policy to seminaries, the secretary general of Wifaq-ul-Madaris Al-Arabia, Maulana Hanif Jalandhari, has said no compromise will...
View ArticleBodies of two girls recovered in Karachi
KARACHI: Bodies of two girls bearing torture marks were recovered from Karachi’s Super Highway and Garden areas, DawnNews reported on Monday.The bodies were found near Super Highway’s Sabzi Mandi and...
View ArticlePM announces Rs1 billion aid for drought-affected Thar
MIRPURKHAS: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday announced Rs one billion in aid for the affectees of the famine-hit Tharparkar region, DawnNews reported.Nawaz Sharif was given a briefing in Mithi...
View ArticlePolio immunisation campaign starts in five Balochistan districts
QUETTA: A three-day anti-polio campaign began in five districts of Balochistan on Monday.Officials in the Health Department said medical teams had reached five districts of the province, including...
View ArticleGovt given four days to produce 'Hizbul Mujahideen activist'
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday gave the federal government until March 14 to present Tasif Ali, DawnNews reported.A two-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, heard the...
View ArticleTalks not moving ahead, operation to prove disastrous: Aziz
ISLAMABAD: Talks between the government and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) do not seem to be moving ahead, Lal Masjid Khateeb Maulana Abdul Aziz said, adding that only ordinary people would...
View ArticleSC orders inquiry committee to continue Islamabad attack probe
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered an inquiry committee to continue its probe into a gun and suicide bomb attack on a court complex in Islamabad which killed 11 people.A three-judge bench...
View ArticlePTI agrees to join govt committee in TTP talks
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday agreed to partake in the dialogue being held between the government and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and has named Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MNA...
View ArticleQuetta: Two cops gunned down in 24 hours
QUETTA: After month of an uneasy calm, two police officials were gunned down during the last 24 hours in Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan province.Superintendent of Police Imran Qureshi...
View ArticleSC demands answers over harassment of female PIA pilot
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the government and national airline to explain why they have failed to take action over the sexual harassment of a senior female pilot.Captain Rifat Haye,...
View ArticleTerrorists planning attack on Musharraf, warns Interior Ministry
ISLAMABAD: Taliban and al Qaeda terrorists have planned an assassination attempt on former president Pervez Musharraf, the Interior Ministry said in a letter Monday, prompting media speculation that...
View ArticleASWJ leader gunned down in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Firing on the federal capital's express highway has left Muhammad Sohail Muavia, a leader of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) dead on Monday, DawnNews reported.Muavia was the secretary...
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