Centre to help Punjab set up six coal-fired power plants
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to make special logistic and infrastructure arrangements to help Punjab set up 7,800MW of coal-fired power plants.On Tuesday, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar...
View ArticlePPP, ANP and PML-Q agree on joint strategy in NA
ISLAMABAD: Three opposition parties agreed on Tuesday to have a joint strategy on national issues during the ongoing session of the National Assembly.A meeting of parliamentary groups of the PPP, ANP...
View ArticleJI chief stresses need for revisiting foreign policy
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan has stressed the need for revisiting the country’s foreign policy and said that the success of talks between the government and the leadership of...
View ArticleRs 7m spent on artistes’ welfare: Malik
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has spent Rs 7million for the welfare of renowned artistes in acknowledgment of their services during the past month.Addressing an Artistes Day programme held in...
View ArticleOver 22,500 Thar families still without relief supplies, SHC told
KARACHI: Expressing extreme annoyance over the provincial government failure to supply food and relief to the people in drought-hit parts of Tharparkar, the Sindh High Court on Monday directed the...
View ArticleDeaths of Thar children not due to drought: CM
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah brushed aside on Tuesday the allegations of slackness, negligence and incompetence of his government in meeting the challenge of the Tharparkar drought...
View ArticleMQM man, six others booked in murder case
NAWABSHAH: Police on Tuesday booked seven suspects, including a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) zonal committee, for killing a Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) activist, Manzoor Channa.Qurban...
View Article‘Political intervention’ takes steam out of anti-encroachment drive
Why the City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) is reluctant to launch the second and third phases of the ongoing anti-encroachment operation is a question on endeavours to make Lahore...
View ArticleWomen MPAs design gender responsive plans
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly women lawmakers have developed programmes for political and economic empowerment of their gender for inclusion in the 2014-15 Annual Development Programme.They...
View ArticleKP to accept foreign assistance based on principles, says CM
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that unlike its predecessors the sitting provincial government will accept foreign assistance from its international development partners on principles,...
View ArticlePTI volunteers to carry out vaccination drive in Charsadda
CHARSADDA: Hundreds of volunteers and health workers will participate in the first round of vaccination drive starting in Charsadda district from April 7 under the provincial government’s Sehat Ka...
View ArticleFirst round of direct talks between govt, TTP concludes
PESHAWAR: The first round of direct peace talks between the government and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leadership concluded on Wednesday, with both the sides reportedly reaching an agreement...
View ArticleTribunal terms elections in PP-136 illegal, orders re-poll
LAHORE: An election tribunal on Wednesday ordered re-election on the Punjab Assembly seat of PP-136 (Narowal) after declaring illegal the result of the May 2013 polls held in the constituency, DawnNews...
View ArticleDHA takeover of Carlton Hotel
KARACHI: Early morning on Feb 23, armed personnel of the vigilance branch of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA)over 100 of them, according to an area resident raided the Carlton Hotel located in Phase...
View ArticleTreason case a matter of eight to 10 days, says prosecutor
ISLAMABAD: The special court formed to try former president Pervez Musharraf for treason resumed its hearing on Wednesday during which chief prosecutor, Akram Shaikh, said that in light of the...
View ArticleAl Qaeda militants moving from Pakistan to set up in Syria: NYT
A New York Times report has claimed that Al Qaeda militants and planners travelled from Pakistan to Syria where they are seeking to establish a base in order to carry out strikes against the United...
View ArticleKhuzdar graves: AG Punjab summoned for delay in DNA report
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that a four-month time period was not acceptable for carrying out DNA tests, of samples taken from the bodies recovered from a mass grave in Khuzdar and...
View ArticleNo conditions attached to $1.5 billion grant, says finance minister
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday categorically stated that the grant of $1.5 billion from a ‘friendly country’ was without any conditions attached to it.Making a policy statement in...
View ArticleOpposition lawmakers demand briefing on foreign policy shift
ISLAMABAD: Legislators belonging to opposition parties on Wednesday criticized the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government's foreign policy in the National Assembly seeking a categorical...
View ArticlePakistan desires best relations with India: Shahbaz
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif Wednesday said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif desires the best relationship with the neighbouring...
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