IG Sindh orders improved security around Hindu temples
KARACHI: The Inspector General of Sindh Police, Iqbal Mahmood, on Monday directed DIGs, AIGs and SPs of different zones to beef-up security arrangements at areas inhabited by members of the Hindu...
View ArticleTTP claims minister ignorant of facts about Taliban prisoners
PESHAWAR: Central spokesman of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Shahidullah Shahid on Monday said that Federal Defence Minister Khawaja Asif was unaware of the persons held in detention by...
View ArticleTTP wants ‘free peace zone’ for talks
AKORA KHATTAK: The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has asked the government to earmark a “free peace zone” where militant leaders could come without any fear for holding peace talks with the...
View ArticleDr Malik tries to save crisis-hit coalition
QUETTA: In an effort to defuse a crisis threatening his coalition government, Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch held a meeting with the PML-N’s parliamentary party leader in the...
View ArticleInquiry says four to five terrorists attacked courts
ISLAMABAD: An inquiry into the March 3 attack on the District Courts has showed that the number of terrorists was four to five, including two suicide bombers who blew themselves up.The inquiry was...
View ArticleTwo arrested for screening ‘pro-Taliban’ film
SIALKOT: Bambanwala police have registered a case against two brothers under 16 MPO for arranging screening of an alleged pro-Taliban documentary in Mitranwali village, Daska tehsil, on...
View ArticleSC quizzes Sindh govt about steps taken after FAO Thar alert
ISLAMABAD: Sindh government’s perceived apathy to take timely action despite an advance FAO warning about food scarcity and drought alarmed the Supreme Court on Monday.A three-judge Supreme Court bench...
View ArticlePakistan may grant India MFN status on Friday
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will grant on Friday Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India with a condition of receiving a substantial concessions in trade from New Delhi.The decision is expected to be...
View ArticleNurses end strike ‘amid assurances, warnings’
LAHORE: Nurses called off their protest on Monday ‘amid assurance and warning’ from the government.A group of ad hoc nurses who had earlier rejected the agreement of their colleagues with the...
View ArticleProgress of anti-polio drive satisfactory: PTI
ISLAMABAD: The core committee of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday expressed its satisfaction over the progress of ‘Sehat Ka Insaf Programme’ which the party is running in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to...
View ArticleEnglish as medium of instruction at primary schools welcomed
SWABI: Many people have expressed the intention to get their children enrolled in the public sector primary schools following the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government’s decision to change the...
View ArticleTortured bodies of two people recovered from Dera Bugti
DERA BUGTI: Two bodies bearing torture marks were recovered from Dera Bugti’s Pirkoh area on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.According to Levies personnel, the bodies were recovered from two different...
View ArticleSharif approves formation of internal security directorate
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday issued directions to immediately establish a National Intelligence Directorate under National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta) in a bid to...
View ArticleAt least four killed, seven wounded in Karachi traffic accidents
KARACHI: At least four people were and seven others wounded in separate traffic accidents on Tuesday in Karachi's Native Jetty bridge, Defence Housing Authority Phase V and Baldia town areas, DawnNews...
View ArticleCourt issues arrest warrant for Meera
LAHORE: A sessions court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for film actor Meera for her failure to appear in court despite summons issued over a plea seeking registration of a criminal case on...
View ArticleSC gives govt another day to produce 35 missing persons
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday gave the government one more day to produce 35 missing persons in court, but fell short of summoning Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Khyber...
View ArticleBodies recovered near Karachi identified as those of MQM workers
KARACHI: Three mutilated bodies which were recovered from Nooriabad 20 days ago have been identified as those of workers from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), DawnNews reported.The bodies were found...
View ArticleAnother PML-N lawmaker disqualified over fake degree
ISLAMABAD: MPA Sardar Muhammad Khan Jatoi of the ruling Pakistan Muslim - Nawaz (PML-N), who belongs to Muzaffargarh's PP-259 constituency, was disqualified on Tuesday for possessing a fake degree,...
View ArticleBritish woman jailed in Pakistan for drug-smuggling
RAWALPINDI: A court in Rawalpindi on Tuesday jailed a British mother-of-three for life for attempting to smuggle 63 kilograms of heroin out of the country.Khadija Shah, who is from Birmingham and of...
View ArticleMalaysian PM seeks Pakistan’s cooperation in tracing missing jet
ISLAMABAD: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Tuesday called his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the phone and sought his help in tracing Malaysian airline’s missing Boeing 777.“Prime...
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