High court declares NTS unapproved body
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has declared National Testing Service an unapproved body under Higher Education Commission Ordinance 2002 and ruled that the recognised universities/institutions are not...
View ArticleMFN status for India postponed: Nawaz
HAGUE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that the granting of Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India had been postponed.Sharif also said that the government's committee to mediate with the...
View ArticleOnly Sindh govt carrying out relief work in Thar, claims Memon
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information, Archives and Local Government Sharjeel Inam Memon on Monday said only the PPP government was carrying out relief and rehabilitation operation in the drought-hit...
View ArticlePakistan for global efforts against nuclear terrorism
THE HAGUE: Pakistan assured world community that it is considering ratification of the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) and are actively conducting a...
View ArticleAl Qaeda linked group kills abducted Iranian border guard
TEHRAN: An Iranian official says an al Qaeda affiliated group has killed one of five Iranian border guards it recently kidnapped.Ali Asghar Mirshekari, a deputy provincial governor for security affairs...
View ArticlePolio vaccinator kidnapped, killed
PESHAWAR: A female polio vaccinator kidnapped from her house in Gulozai village in the suburbs of Peshawar on Sunday night had been killed. Her bullet-riddled and severely tortured body was found in a...
View ArticleUS role sought in Pak-India detente
THE HAGUE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked the US on Monday to play its role in normalising ties between Pakistan and India and said issues between the two neighbouring countries should be...
View ArticleNo way to block internet content, NA told
ISLAMABAD: The government has admitted that there is no technical way to block all objectionable content on the internet.In a written reply to a lawmaker’s query, the National Assembly was informed on...
View ArticleFurore in NA over US bar on MNA’s overflight
ISLAMABAD: In an apparent change of roles, an opposition anti-US outburst in the National Assembly on Monday provoked a government rebuff, which, in turn, led to an uproar before the house admitted for...
View ArticleBalochistan govt bans oil transportation through buses
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has imposed a ban on the transportation of diesel and other petroleum products through passenger buses and decided to take action against transporters found involved...
View ArticleMusharraf moves SC, seeks trial by military court
ISLAMABAD: Former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf filed in the Supreme Court on Monday a petition challenging the Special Court’s Feb 21 decision of going ahead with the high treason trial...
View ArticleGovt imposes 17pc sales tax on gas to CNG stations
ISLAMABAD: The government has levied a sales tax of 17 per cent on the supply of natural gas to CNG stations and distribution companies.An ordinance to this effect was promulgated by President Mamnoon...
View ArticleBoy kept in chains at seminary
LAHORE: Police took a teenage boy in protective custody on Monday after he fled a seminary with a heavy steel chain tied to his feet.Fifteen-year-old Umair Ramzan told police that he had been in chains...
View ArticleISI director general summoned in missing person case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday summoned the director general of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in a missing person case.Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan directed the ISI chief to...
View Article7pc growth rate target is overambitious
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s goal to achieve seven per cent growth rate or above within three years does not even seem to be a remote possibility due to its incapacity, according to...
View ArticlePeace talks deferred due to bad weather, says Ibrahim
ISLAMABAD: The government and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Shura will not meet today to pursue peace talks on account of bad weather conditions, DawnNews reported.Jamaat-i-Islami Khyber...
View ArticleAt least 13 arrested in Karachi raids
KARACHI: Rangers personnel conducted targeted raids in Karachi’s Mohammad Khan Colony and Ittehad Town on Tuesday and arrested 13 suspects and recovered weapons, DawnNews reported.The raids were...
View ArticleTribunal disqualifies MNA, orders re-election on NA-46
PESHAWAR: An election tribunal on Tuesday declared null and void the election of MNA Nasir Khan Afridi on the NA-46 seat (Tribal Area IX) of the National Assembly, and ordered a re-election in the...
View ArticleInterfering in others' conflicts unacceptable: Khursheed Shah
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah emphasised that interference in the conflicts of other countries was unacceptable for Pakistan, DawnNews reported.In an...
View ArticleGovt wants 2 military officers tried under army act, SC told
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that the federal government wanted two serving military officers tried under the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) 1952 for their alleged involvement in...
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