Treason case: Court says Musharraf to be indicted Friday
ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted to try former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for high treason adjourned the matter until tomorrow saying the order issued for indicting him on...
View ArticleChallenges to be overcome through consultations: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said that the government was fully committed to resolve the challenges confronting the country through consultations while meeting a 10-member delegation...
View ArticleSartaj Aziz, senior UK ministers discuss bilateral cooperation
LONDON: Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who is on an official visit to UK for a review of the Enhanced Strategic Dialogue (ESD) between Pakistan and...
View ArticleMissing persons case: court inquires about video-link facility
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday resumed its hearing of the missing persons case during which Additional Attorney General Tariq Khokhar informed the court that a witness, Imran Munir, had...
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Police under attack in Karachi
KARACHI: From his home off a dirt road cluttered with trash in Pakistan's teeming city of Karachi, policeman Didar Ahmed's son shows the bloodstained jacket his father was wearing when gunmen cut him...
View ArticleGovt committed to observe obligations on women's status, UN told
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is committed to obey the international obligations on the status of women and has enacted many laws and brought in many reforms to empower the women in the country.Federal Secretary...
View ArticleNepra approves Rs2.24 increase in power tariff
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority approved on Thursday an increase of Rs2.24 per unit in power tariff for all companies of Wapda to be charged under monthly fuel...
View ArticleWoman, four kids injured in Jamrud blast
PESHAWAR: A woman and four children were wounded in a blast outside their house in Khyber tribal region on Thursday, officials said.According to Levies officials, the incident took place at Ghandi...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia loaned Pakistan $1.5bn to shore up economy
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia loaned $1.5 billion to Pakistan last month to help Islamabad shore up its foreign exchange reserves, meet debt-service obligations and undertake large energy and infrastructure...
View ArticleRape victim sets herself ablaze after accused freed on bail
MUZAFFARGARH: A first-year student was critically injured on Thursday when she attempted self-immolation in Bet Mir Hazar area, about 40km from here, in protest against a police report which helped her...
View ArticleActing CEC refuses to see Imran after missed appointment
ISLAMABAD: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Nasirul Mulk refused to see Imran Khan, the chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, on Thursday, a day after the latter had not turned up for a...
View ArticleCJ says nation’s morale linked to good governance
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has said that misgovernment rather than foreign invasion usually leads to collapse of nations.“The heavy responsibility of defending the country is...
View ArticleFO criticises EU diplomats’ ‘violation of diplomatic norms’
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office criticised on Thursday Islamabad-based European Union diplomats for unspecified violation of diplomatic norms.“We expect ambassadors of the EU as well as others to abide...
View ArticleLyari mourns Wednesday’s killings
KARACHI: After Wednesday’s bomb attack in Chakiwara’s Jhatpat Market, the shops remained closed and streets deserted for most part of the day on Thursday. It was a day of mourning in most households.In...
View ArticleTreason case: Court issues arrest warrant for Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted to try former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for high treason on Friday issued an arrest warrant for the former president, DawnNews reported.The...
View ArticleRape victim who set herself ablaze dies
MUZAFFARGARH: A girl, who set herself ablaze in in Bet Mir Hazar area in protest against a police report which helped her alleged rapist obtain bail, succumbed to her injuries today, DawnNews...
View ArticleSuicide blast in Peshawar: Death toll rises to 11
PESHAWAR: The death toll from a suicide bomb attack targeting police in Peshawar earlier on Friday has now risen to 11, hospital officials said.Jamil Shah, a spokesman for the Lady Reading Hospital in...
View ArticleTribunal disqualifies PML-N's Aijaz Chaudhry over fake degree
ISLAMABAD: An election tribunal on Friday disqualified Aijaz Chaudhry, an MNA from the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), for possessing a bogus academic degree, DawnNews reported.Chaudhry was...
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Blast kills 10, injures 35 in Quetta
QUETTA: A powerful explosion killed at least 10 people and injured 35 other on Friday evening in Quetta, the capital of restive Balochistan province, police said.Muhammad Jaffar, the Deputy Inspector...
View ArticleIslamabad court seeks list of policemen deployed for court security
ISLAMABAD: A district court in the federal capital while hearing a petition against the non-filing of an FIR against the IG police Islamabad, Bani Amin Khan and SSP Zafar Iqbal Awan, over the attack on...
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