MQM confirms alliance talks under way: PPP gains of likely coalition shrouded...
KARACHI: Amid speculation and media reports, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Wednesday confirmed its contact with the Pakistan Peoples Party for forging a coalition in Sindh but the two parties did not...
View ArticleAnother whale shark caught, sold and chopped
KARACHI: A five-metre-long whale shark weighing between three and four tonnes was caught in Balochistan and brought to Karachi Fish Harbour where it was auctioned on Wednesday before being chopped and...
View ArticleParamedics get service structure at long last
LAHORE: The Punjab government has notified a four-tier service structure for the paramedics and upgraded all the posts from BPS-5 to 20.The service structure was the long-standing demand of the allied...
View ArticleAsia Bibi’s plea against death sentence adjourned
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Wednesday adjourned hearing of an appeal moved by a Christian woman, Asia Bibi, against her death sentence on blasphemy charges. The bench postponed...
View ArticleHeads roll in capital police at last
ISLAMABAD: Three weeks after the terrorist bomb and gun attack on the district courts, two top officers of the Islamabad police were shown the door on Wednesday.Inspector General of Police (IGP)...
View ArticleSecurity policy draws more fire from experts and opposition
ISLAMABAD: A month after the PML-N government announced it and debated it in the parliament; the National Internal Security Policy (NISP) continues to draw fire from the opposition political parties...
View ArticleNine pre-qualify for Islamabad portion of metro bus project
RAWALPINDI: Five construction companies and four joint ventures have pre-qualified for the construction of the 14.6 kilometre long Islamabad portion of the Metro Bus Project.The Rawalpindi Development...
View ArticlePolice dept blacklists arms supply firm
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Department has blacklisted an arms supply firm for its involvement in a major scam concerning supply of substandard weapons, ammunition and other gadgets to the...
View ArticlePolitically motivated postings, transfers continue in KP
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led provincial government has opted to follow its predecessors’ footsteps as the politically motivated postings and transfers of senior grade officers continues...
View ArticleMusharraf case: Justice Arab hasn’t recused; arrest order stands
ISLAMABAD: Justice Faisal Arab of the Sindh High Court on Thursday excused himself from today's hearing of the treason case against former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf but later had to issue...
View ArticleTTP does not want to enforce Shariah at gunpoint, says Imran
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan said Thursday that Taliban did not want to enforce Shariah in the country at gunpoint but wanted to liberate it from the US war, DawnNews...
View ArticleAttack on polio team kills policeman in Balochistan
QUETTA: At least one police man was killed on Thursday when suspected militants attacked a polio team in Balochistan's Loralai district, police said.Shah Muhammad, a police official told Dawn.com that...
View ArticleTribunal orders thumbprints verification for NA-40
PESHAWAR: An election tribunal ordered on Thursday the thumbprint verification of votes in twelve polling stations of NA-40, DawnNews reported.The election tribunal in Peshawar heard the case relating...
View ArticleNo intel shared by US on militants moving to Syria: FO
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam on Thursday said the United States had not provided any intelligence to the government which could establish that militants were travelling from...
View ArticleGovt team briefs Nisar over meeting with Taliban Shura
ISLAMABAD: The government's committee to mediate talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday met with Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and briefed him over yesterday's...
View ArticleTaliban demand release of 300-400 prisoners: Sami
NOWSHERA: Member of the Taliban nominated negotiating committee Maulana Samiul Haq said Thursday that the militant group has demanded the release of up to 400 prisoners, DawnNews reported. Speaking to...
View Article'Coalition once MQM retracts on Sindh's breakup, martial law'
KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday said the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was "keen to join" the government in Sindh, but added the caveat that the party...
View ArticleFive killed, 15 injured as bus overturns in central Punjab
TOBA TEK SINGH: At least five people were killed and 15 other sustained injuries when a passenger bus overturned on a main thoroughfare in Kamalia district of central Punjab, officials said...
View ArticleBlasphemy: Christian sentenced to death in Joseph Colony case
LAHORE: A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for blasphemy Thursday, his lawyer said, over an incident that triggered a riot in the country's second-largest city.Sawan Masih was...
View ArticleShahbaz takes notice of LeJ threat to Bilawal
KARACHI: Taking notice of a tweet by PPP Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in which he said that he received a threatening letter from banned Lashkar-e-Jahngvi (LeJ), Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz...
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