Sindh’s senior official removed
KARACHI: The government of Sindh made several administrative changes on Tuesday night in the wake of reports of death of over 100 children in drought-hit Thar and criticism of the government’s...
View ArticleConsensus on new CEC breaks down in Senate
ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic development, political consensus on a bill paving way for the possible appointment of retired Justice Rana Bhagwandas as the new chief election commissioner (CEC) broke down in...
View ArticleJoint NA-Senate committees proposed to expedite legislation
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Nayyar Hussain Bokhari proposed on Tuesday that standing committees of the National Assembly and the upper house should be merged to form joint parliamentary bodies in order...
View ArticleTwo, including FC man, killed in Bannu firing
BANNU: Two people, including a Frontier Corps (FC) man were killed Wednesday as a result of firing by unknown motorcyclists in Bannu, DawnNews reported.According to police, the two persons, who were...
View ArticleTreason case: Court summons head of govt dept on security alert
ISLAMABAD: During Wednesday's hearing of the treason case against former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, the special court summoned the head of the government department that issued the...
View ArticlePanchayat rape order: Accused acquitted, complainant booked
KOT ADDU: An additional sessions court in Kot Addu, which was hearing the case relating to the gang-rape order issued by a panchayat in Muzaffargarh district, has acquitted the nine nominated persons...
View ArticleGang leader’s brother killed in Lyari
KARACHI: At least 12 people, including four women and two children, were killed and 39 others including two policemen wounded in a violent clash between rival gangs in Karachi's Lyari area that...
View ArticleAvalanches, heavy snow kill 14 across Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Unusually heavy snowfall has unleashed avalanches and collapsed homes in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing at least 14 people on both sides of the de-facto border between India and...
View ArticleImran wants govt committee to address polio in talks with TTP
PESHAWAR: Appealing that the government committee should hold talks with the Taliban regarding the polio issue, chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Imran Khan said on Wednesday that the matter had become...
View ArticleOperation underway despite ceasefire: Shahidullah Shahid
ISLAMABAD: Security forces continue operations, arrests and torture of Taliban members despite the announcement of a ceasefire, Shahidullah Shahid, the spokespersons of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan,...
View ArticleTop military brass reaffirms resolve to fight terror
ISLAMABAD: Top leadership of all three armed forces of Pakistan Wednesday reaffirmed their resolve to fight the menace of terrorism under a comprehensive strategy within the policy parameters set by...
View ArticleImran assures complete support for Sharif’s peace initiative
ISLAMABAD: After months of disagreement, the federal government has finally managed to get the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership on board with its strategy of tackling the bloody seven year-old...
View ArticleGunmen kill four in Miramshah
PESHAWAR: Gunmen shot dead four people, including three militants, in a restive Pakistani tribal district near the Afghan border on Wednesday, officials said.The attack took place in Miramshah, the...
View ArticleTaliban committee to facilitate direct talks with TTP
ISLAMABAD: Taliban committee will visit North Waziristan on Thursday to pave the way for timing and venue of direct dialogue between the new government committee and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan...
View ArticleFunding for military operation no issue: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Funding will not be an issue if the government decides to go for a military operation because terrorism has to be eradicated from the country, regardless of the cost, says Finance Minister...
View ArticleTaliban incursion to threaten Kalash people impossible, SC told
ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government informed the Supreme Court that any Taliban incursion into Pakistani territory from the Afghan province of Nooristan to force the Kalash in Chitral to...
View ArticleSetback for efforts to bring Aafia home
ISLAMABAD: The government’s efforts to secure early repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui from the US suffered a setback after the Council of Europe rejected its request for accession to the Convention on...
View ArticleOm Puri bids adieu to anti-Pakistan films
LAHORE: Veteran Indian film artiste Om Puri has demanded a ban on films produced by India or Pakistan which carry venom against each other.Mr Puri was addressing a crowded press conference with Indian...
View ArticleComplaint registered against Dasti
ISLAMABAD: A complaint was registered against MNA Jamshed Dasti after a lawyer approached the Secretariat police station on Wednesday.The lawyer complained that Dasti was guilty of defaming the country...
View ArticleTTP negotiators in North Waziristan to meet Taliban shura
ISLAMABAD: Members from the negotiating committee representing the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in talks with the federal government on Thursday reached North Waziristan via special helicopter to...
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