Balakot people plan sit-in outside Imran’s residence
MANSEHRA: The residents of earthquake red zone in Balakot have decided to organise a sit-in in front of the house of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan in Islamabad and seek his help for...
View ArticleFiring incident kills two, injures three in Tank
TANK: At least two people were killed and three others wounded on Sunday in an incident of firing by unknown gunmen in the Gomal Zaman area of Tank district, DawnNews reported.Meanwhile, a powerful...
View ArticleSuspected suicide bomber killed in Bannu
BANNU: Police foiled a possible terrorist attack by killing a suspected militant and recovered a suicide jacket, hand grenade and a pistol from his possession here on Sunday.DSP Headquarters, Sanaullah...
View ArticleSirajul Haq elected as new JI chief
LAHORE: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Senior Minister and leader of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Sirajul Haq, was elected on Sunday as the new ameer of the party replacing outgoing chief Syed Munawar Hassan,...
View ArticleThree bodies recovered from mass grave in Balochistan
QUETTA: Three more dead bodies were recovered from a mass grave in Balochistan's Khuzdar district on Sunday, a levies official said.A levies official, who requested anonymity because he was not...
View ArticleBlasts in KP leave nineteen injured
PESHAWAR: Nineteen people were injured on Sunday after two blasts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Sixteen people were injured in a blast near Bara Qadeem area of Sarband near the border of Khyber Agency.Two of...
View ArticleMusharraf’s lawyers hint at court boycott
ISLAMABAD: Former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf is not likely to appear before the special court on Monday to face indictment in high treason case because of his ‘worsening health’ in the wake...
View ArticleTaliban hint at releasing ‘high-profile people’: Ibrahim
BANNU: A Jamaat-i-Islami leader and member of the TTP’s negotiating committee, Prof Mohammad Ibrahim, said on Sunday that the Taliban had expressed willingness to release some high-profile people as a...
View ArticleGovt to raise Rs235bn from power, gas tariff hike
ISLAMABAD: The government plans to raise additional revenues of Rs235 billion through increases in electricity and gas tariff in the next budget in accordance with an understanding with the...
View ArticleNew bids to be invited for Neelum-Jhelum transmission line project
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has decided to invite fresh bids for the Neelum-Jehlum transmission line project and also take it back to the National Transmission and Dispatch Company from the...
View ArticleAshrafi says Taliban want judicial commission on prisoners
ISLAMABAD: Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council, claimed on Sunday that the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan had suggested to the government to set up a judicial commission...
View ArticleFrom hand-stitched to mechanised soccer ball
SIALKOT: The dream to equip the soccer ball industry in Sialkot with advanced technology of production has finally come true after a long wait of decades.The federal government has recently established...
View ArticleMusharraf indicted for high treason
ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted to try former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for high treason indicted him on the charge on Monday, DawnNews reported.Musharraf has pleaded not guilty to the...
View ArticlePM takes notice of increase in drug prices
ISLAMABAD: The prime minister (PM) of Pakistan, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, has taken a notice of the complaints regarding the prices of the registered allopathic drugs, which have been increased by as...
View ArticleRare vultures die after eating poisoned stray dogs
CHITRAL: About seven rare bearded vultures, two Tibetan wolves and several foxes have perished after consuming the carcasses of stray dogs poisoned to death by the workers of municipal committee,...
View ArticleMusharraf indicted for treason; pleads not guilty to all charges
ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted to try former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for high treason indicted him on Monday and put the ball in the government's court in relation to the request put...
View ArticleModi will get tougher with China, Pakistan, say aides
NEW DELHI: India will get tougher on territorial disputes with China and in its old rivalry with Pakistan if opposition leader Narendra Modi becomes the prime minister in May after a general election,...
View ArticleTribunal rescinds PP-107 election
LAHORE: An election tribunal Monday annulled result of PP-107, Hafizabad, after it was established that rigging took place, and ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan to conduct repolling in the...
View ArticleSindh Assembly demands end to CII
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly Monday demanded the disbandment of the Council of Islamic Ideology while passing a resolution to stop implementation on the CII's earlier decisions, DawnNews reported.The...
View ArticlePakistan to get leftover Afghan war equipment: Defence Secretary
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Defence Asif Yasin Malik on Monday said Pakistan would be receiving the United States’ leftover military hardware after the completion of withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan...
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