TTP Shura meets to discuss ceasefire extension
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A meeting of the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) Shura is underway at an undisclosed location in North Waziristan on Monday, DawnNews reported.The meeting is expected to make a formal...
View ArticleTwo killed, seven injured as passenger train attacked in Bolan
QUETTA: Two people were killed and seven others were injured when assailants attacked a passenger train in Balochistan's troubled Bolan district on Monday evening, an official said.Khan Wasey, the...
View ArticleBlast damages wall of Karachi madrassah
KARACHI: A high intensity blast shock the outer wall of a seminary located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal near Main University Road on Monday evening but no loss of life was reported.DawnNews reported that police...
View ArticleSpeculation rife on Musharraf’s possible exit from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Speculations are rife that former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf is likely to leave the country after a special aircraft of a Gulf country was spotted at the Noor Khan Airbase in...
View ArticlePTI warns against influencing thumb verification in NA-118
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has warned the government that its workers will take to streets and demand fresh elections if it smelled partiality in the process of verification of thumb...
View ArticleSC refuses to tread beyond its jurisdiction
ISLAMABAD: The Chairperson of Defence of Human Rights, Amina Masood Janjua, was left depressed and disheartened when the Supreme Court observed on Monday that it should not be pushed to tread beyond...
View ArticleAnother mutilated body found in Khuzdar
QUETTA: Another mutilated body was found in the Totak area of Khuzdar district on Monday, officials said. A team headed by the assistant commissioner of Khuzdar continued its search in Totak amid tight...
View ArticleOpposition rejects CM’s claim on law, order
QUETTA: The Balochistan government’s claim that law and order situation had improved during nine months of its rule was rejected by the opposition which said that the situation had rather...
View ArticleGirl and her mother put selves in cage
LAYYAH: A 13-year-old girl along with her mother put herself in a cage on Monday outside the district press club in protest against what she said release of her ‘rapists’.Reports said Hasina Bibi of...
View ArticleHuT activists resurface in capital city
ISLAMABAD: The outlawed Hizbut Tahrir (HuT) has once again started its activities in the capital city with its activists distributing pamphlets among the citizens asking them to support the outfit for...
View ArticleTrainee nurse raped, burnt to death
KARACHI: A trainee nurse was kidnapped, raped, tortured and burnt to death in Surjani Town on Monday evening, police said.They added that the body was spotted in Khuda Ki Basti along the Lyari...
View ArticleFata sees modest increase in literacy
PESHAWAR: The government has claimed a modest increase in the boys and girls’ literacy rate in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).“Literacy rate for girls stands at a modest 10.5 per cent...
View ArticleGangsters turn out to be former Rangers personnel
KASUR: The gunmen who had injured three officials and taken away Rs5.7 million and weapons from the Bank of Punjab in Kot Radha Kishan on Jan 6 turned out to be former Rangers’ officials.District...
View ArticleAhmedi man held for ‘desecrating’ Quran amid rampage
HYDERABAD: A number of residents of various localities of Tando Allahyar city and activists of religious parties took to the streets against alleged desecration of the Holy Quran and attacked the...
View ArticlePoliceman jailed for firing at protesters
PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court on Monday convicted a police constable and sentenced him to life imprisonment with fine of Rs100,000 in a case of firing at a procession, last year, which had left...
View ArticleTreasury benches oppose resolution to remove YouTube ban
ISLAMABAD: The treasury bench of the National Assembly on Tuesday opposed a resolution demanding to lift the ban on YouTube while another resolution seeking improvements in the curriculum and the...
View ArticleSeminary student gunned down in Karachi, another wounded
KARACHI: At least one person was killed and another was wounded in a gun attack in Karachi's Gulshan-i-Iqbal area on Tuesday whereas two bodies were recovered from Ghagar Phatak near Dhabeji on the...
View ArticleKSE-100 index reaches all-time high
KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) rose 405 points or 1.49 per cent on Tuesday with the benchmark 100-index closing the day at an all-time high of 27,565 points.Trading kicked off at 27159.91...
View ArticleSawan Masih appeals blasphemy death sentence
LAHORE: Sawan Masih, the man recently sentenced to death for blasphemy, appealed against his conviction Tuesday, saying the charges were trumped up to speed the eviction of Christians from the...
View ArticleNumber of bodies recovered from Balochistan mass grave reaches 17
QUETTA: The number of dead bodies found from a mass grave in Balochistan's troubled Khuzdar district has reached 17 on Tuesday, an official said.Asad ur Rehman Gailani, the Home Secretary Balochistan...
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