KP Assembly adopts resolution to create Hazara province
PESHAWAR: A resolution moved by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for creating a new Hazara province was adopted with majority vote by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly, DawnNews reported on...
View ArticleNTDC blamed for transmission line delay
LAHORE: Holding the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) responsible for the inordinate delay in construction of the transmission line of the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project between 2007...
View ArticlePPP eases pressure on govt over $1.5bn Saudi grant
ISLAMABAD: The PPP came to the rescue of the government on Friday amid strong criticism and allegations of a compromise on the foreign policy after obtaining a $1.5 billion aid, apparently to send...
View ArticleAGP in trouble over ‘unauthorised’ salary increase
ISLAMABAD: Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) Buland Akhtar Rana is finding it difficult to justify increase in his salary and privileges before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National...
View ArticleGovt, Taliban committees meet today
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has convened a meeting of the committees representing the government and Taliban on Saturday (today).The meeting, according to official sources, is...
View ArticleSC orders arrests in ‘honour’ killing case
KARACHI: The Supreme Court directed the police on Friday to arrest all those involved in the “honour” killing of two girls in Shikarpur.A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain...
View ArticleUN blames health, nutrition issues for Tharparkar deaths
ISLAMABAD: The main cause of recent deaths in Tharparkar district is a surge in morbidity and mortality rates among children and adults rather than drought in the area, according to UN Resident and...
View ArticleMQM worker not tortured in custody, SHC told
KARACHI: A medical board constituted for the medical examination of a worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ruled out the allegation of torture as alleged by the party. MQM worker Fahad Aziz was...
View ArticleAccident on RCD Highway kills at least 35 in Hub
HUB/BALOCHISTAN: At least 35 people were killed and several feared injured injured on Saturday when a truck collided with two buses on RCD Highway in Balochistan’s Hub area, DawnNews reported.The...
View Article11pc children out of school in Lahore: report
LAHORE: Almost 11 per cent 6-16 years of age children in Lahore are out-of-school despite Punjab government’s massive enrollment drives aimed at bringing all out-of-school children to schools.There are...
View ArticleGirl’s nose chopped off; LHC takes notice
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court complaint cell on Friday took notice of a press report which said that influential landlords allegedly chopped off the nose of a labourer’s daughter over a matrimonial...
View ArticleUlema demand rape cases be heard at anti-terror courts
ISLAMABAD: Ulema on Friday offered help to foil ‘every conspiracy aimed at promoting sectarian violence in the country’.Chaired by Hafiz Mohammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, the speakers at...
View ArticleRoad accident kills 35 in Hub
HUB/BALOCHISTAN: A collision between two passenger buses and a petrol tanker killed 35 people in southwest Pakistan on Saturday, officials said, with many of the victims being burned to death.The...
View ArticleFive militants killed in Turbat: official
QUETTA: At least five militants were killed and eight arrested during a search operation by security forces in Balochistan's Kech district on Saturday morning, a security official claimed.The official,...
View ArticlePPP, MQM power-sharing talks in decisive phase
KARACHI: Talks between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) over a power-sharing formula in Sindh appear to have reached a decisive phase.The chiefs of the two...
View ArticleCommittees agree on venue for direct talks with TTP
ISLAMABAD: Committees representing the government and Taliban met here on Saturday for a two-hour long session to finalise the date and venue for the next phase of peace talks.Member of the Taliban...
View ArticleNAB officer shot dead in Karachi
KARACHI: An investigation officer of the National Accountability Bureau, Sindh, and a boy were gunned down in Sharfabad area on Saturday night, police said.New Town SHO Inam Husain Junejo said DSP Agha...
View ArticleSC lays down format for shorter verdict on bail pleas
LAHORE: The Supreme Court on Friday took notice of an unnecessarily lengthy order passed by a Lahore High Court judge in a bail matter and laid down a shorter format to decide an application for bail...
View ArticleN. Waziristan attack leaves two dead
MIRAMSHAH: Two people were killed and two others injured in an attack in Lowara Mandi area in Dattakhel tehsil of North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday.Sources said that four men were going from...
View ArticleSome madressahs spread disinformation about security policy, says Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that with a view to gaining ‘political advantages’ some madressahs are spreading false information about the National Security...
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