Congressional panel approves cut in aid for Pakistan
WASHINGTON: A key Congressional committee has passed a legislation, which deducts a small amount from its aid to Pakistan and gives it to Ukraine.The $10 million deducted from the $1.5 billion...
View ArticleOpposition walks out of NA over $1.5bn Saudi ‘gift’
ISLAMABAD: Unsatisfied with a government assurance that a $1.5 billion ‘gift’ received most probably from Saudi Arabia was without strings, almost the entire opposition walked out of the National...
View ArticleSC allows PPP to become party in NAB chief appointment case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court allowed the Pakistan People’s Party on Thursday to become party in a case relating to the appointment of Qamar Zaman Chaudhry as chairman of the National Accountability...
View ArticleCivil awards conferred
RAWALPINDI: On behalf of the President of Pakistan, General Rashad Mahmood, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, conferred civil awards on eminent scientists and engineers working in the Pakistan...
View ArticleRelatives of missing persons take to street again
ISLAMABAD: After around one month, the relatives of missing persons held a protest rally in the city but were stopped from proceeding towards Parliament House on Thursday.It was perhaps for the first...
View Article1,000 teaching posts lying vacant in Pindi colleges
RAWALPINDI: Government colleges in Rawalpindi division are running short of regular teaching staff as currently around 1,000 posts are lying vacant, Dawn has learnt.However, as a stopgap arrangement,...
View ArticleNothing for families of victims of terrorism in the talks
PESHAWAR: As the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and the federal government walk the treacherous path to discuss peaceful coexistence, the bereaved families of thousands of people fallen victims to...
View ArticleBus accident kills three, injures 10 near Pind Dadan Khan
PIND DADAN KHAN: At least three passengers were killed and 10 others injured on Friday when a bus fell into a deep ravine near Pind Dadan Khan, DawnNews reported.The accident occurred to the bus coming...
View ArticleKP govt approves reshuffle in provincial cabinet
PESHAWAR: The leadership of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has approved major changes in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.The decisions were taken after the approval of party chief Imran Khan...
View ArticleResolutions moved against threats to Bilawal
KARACHI: Resolutions condemning the threatening letter received by chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from banned Lashkar-i-Jahngvi (LJ) and demanding action against those responsible were moved in...
View ArticlePA secretary suspended after sons thrash traffic warden
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly secretary Rai Nawaz was sent on a one-month leave after his sons thrashed a traffic warden for issuing them a ticket for road violation.Rai Nawaz was initially removed from his...
View ArticlePakistan tightens rules on Islamic banking windows
KARACHI: Pakistan's central bank has issued new rules for the operation of Islamic banking windows, aiming to strengthen their role in the world's second-most populous Muslim nation.The new...
View ArticleOgra recommends up to Rs5.61 cut in POL prices: sources
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority has recommended that the government decrease prices of petroleum products by up to Rs 5.61 per litre at the start of next month.Well informed sources...
View ArticleNato oil tanker torched, driver killed in Balochistan
QUETTA: Armed militants torched a Nato oil tanker and killed its driver in Balochistan's Dhadar area on Friday, levies official said.A levies official, who requested anonymity since he was not...
View ArticleBalochistan government suspends 260 teachers
QUETTA: The Balochistan Education Department has suspended 260 teachers for not performing their duties in different districts of the province.Secretary Education Balochistan, Ghullam Ali Baloch told...
View ArticleColumnist, anchor Raza Rumi attacked, driver loses life
LAHORE: An attack on noted columnist and TV anchor Raza Rumi led to the unfortunate death of his driver Mustafa on Friday evening.Raza Ahmed, popularly known as Raza Rumi, was injured in an attack...
View ArticleGilani, Ashraf exempted from appearance in accountability court
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court here on Friday exempted two former prime ministers – Yousuf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervez Ashraf – from appearing before it in Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra)...
View ArticleOpposition cries foul at blasphemy sentence
ISLAMABAD: Two main opposition parties in the National Assembly protested on Friday against a death sentence passed on Thursday by a Lahore court against a Christian man before the uproar was cut short...
View ArticleSBP warns of increase in fiscal deficit
KARACHI: The State Bank warned on Friday that despite some positive economic indicators fiscal deficit could be in the range of 6 to 7 per cent of GDP for the current financial year, even if the...
View ArticlePhase I of Dasu power project approved
ISLAMABAD: The government cleared on Friday the Rs486 billion first phase of the Dasu Hydropower Project to pave the way for approval of a $700 million loan by the board of directors of the World...
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