Issue of FIR in missing persons’ case yet to be resolved
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was about to close the 35 missing persons’ case on Thursday, but Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s disclosure that a formal FIR was yet to be filed in the province on the defence...
View ArticleCPJ says Pakistan’s media can be a role model in region
ISLAMABAD: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said Pakistan can be a role model in the region and among the Muslim countries with reference to the media but the government needed to...
View ArticleSenate committee seeks action against interior secretary
ISLAMABAD: A day after a Senate panel took exception to failure of the interior secretary to appear before it for a briefing on the national security policy, the chairman of the committee called for...
View ArticleNeed stressed to address water threats
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal accused India on Thursday of causing water and air pollution and reduced river flows in Pakistan.Addressing participants of a...
View ArticlePakistan not to take sides in disputes between Muslim countries, says FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that Pakistan would not take sides in bilateral disputes between Muslim countries.“We do not interfere in bilateral disputes or differences. Our effort,...
View ArticleEU wants stronger ties with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: EU Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark said on Thursday that relations with Pakistan should have stronger political and security dimension.“EU-Pakistan ties should not be just about trade and...
View ArticleBalochistan Assembly adopts four resolutions
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly adopted four resolutions on Thursday, with its members discussing issues like job quota for locals in private companies. Deputy Speaker Mir Qaddus Bizenjo chaired the...
View ArticleFour new polio cases detected in North Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH: Four new polio cases were confirmed in the militancy-riddled North Waziristan Agency by the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, on Thursday, according to health officials.They said that...
View ArticleDr Shakil Afridi now to be probed for foreign links
PESHAWAR: In a new twist to the Dr Shakil Afridi’s controversy, an appellate forum under the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) has directed the political agent of Khyber Agency to prepare a case against...
View ArticleTreason case: Musharraf's counsel submits apology
ISLAMABAD: The special court on Friday resumed its hearing of the treason case against former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, DawnNews reported.The three-judge court, headed by Justice...
View ArticleMalakand missing persons: SC orders report within 30 days
ISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, directed relevant authorities to submit a report within 30 days on the Malakand missing persons’ case which...
View ArticlePPP-MQM talks: Rehman Malik says ‘good news’ to come soon
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Rehman Malik on Friday said talks with leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) had been held in a pleasant and agreeable atmosphere and the nation...
View ArticleSenior bureaucrat Dr Amjad Shahid Afridi feared kidnapped
PESHAWAR: Senior bureaucrat Dr Amjad Shahid Afridi was feared to have been kidnapped after his car was found abandoned at the Chach interchange on the motorway on Thursday, DawnNews reported.Police...
View ArticlePartial strike in Sindh after death of ex-JSQM chief's brother
NAUSHERO FEROZE: A brother of former Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) chief Basheer Khan Qureshi and an associate were killed under mysterious circumstances in Sindh's Naushero Feroze district following...
View ArticleMQM to join Sindh govt soon: Wassan
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Mines and Minerals Manzoor Hussain Wassan claimed here on Friday that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) would be joining the Sindh government in a few days, DawnNews...
View ArticleNisar bars Nadra employees from contacting foreigners
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior MInister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday barred all employees of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) from making any contact with foreign nationals,...
View ArticleKSE-100 falls 383 points, rupee strengthens
KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) closed lower on Friday, with the benchmark 100-share index of the Karachi Stock Exchange falling 1.41 per cent, or 383.03 points to 26,765.49.Market plunged by...
View ArticleConspiracy to make Pakistan a secular country: JI
LAHORE: Secretary General, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Liaquat Baloch on Friday said that the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance and the security policy were a conspiracy to turn Pakistan into a secular...
View ArticleLet Army decide course of peace talks with TTP: Maj Amir
ISLAMABAD: One of the members of the government’s first committee formed to negotiate peace with the Pakistani Taliban, Major (retd) Amir on Friday said that armed forces are the real stakeholders on...
View ArticleMusharraf's lawyers call for suspension of trial
LONDON: Lawyers for former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf called on Friday for his treason trial to be suspended because they claim the government is colluding with elements of the judiciary to...
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