NAB asks petroleum ministry to follow PPRA rules
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has directed the petroleum ministry to follow rules of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) in award of contract for the Nashpa gas...
View ArticlePPP waiting for final reply from MQM: CM
DADU: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that talks between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Pakistan People’s Party on the MQM’s joining the government are under way but the PPP has...
View ArticleCAA bends rules to appoint ‘influential’ person
KARACHI, June 30: Compromising the air safety rules, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has lowered qualifications for selection of flight inspectors so that an ‘influential’ person could qualify and...
View ArticleDeath and destruction descends on Peshawar again
PESHAWAR: Death and destruction again descended on the provincial capital, leaving 18 innocent people killed including three teenage brothers.It was gruesome to see charred and mutilated bodies and...
View ArticleOver 6,000 Kurram families return home
SADDA, June 30: More than 10,000 displaced families from Parachamkani area in Kurram Agency have started returning to their homes with the help of Fata Disaster Management Authority.The ancestral area...
View ArticlePromotion in ISI a tough job for civilian officials
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Recent litigation related to the service matter of a number of civilian officials of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) indicated that it is difficult for them to reach even BPS-21...
View ArticlePolice names three TTP suspects in Peshawar attack
PESHAWAR: Three commanders of the banned Tehrik-Taliban Pakistan were on Monday named responsible for yesterday’s car bomb attack on a convoy of the Frontier Corps in Badhber on Peshawar’s outskirts....
View ArticleEOBI case: Report says property worth Rs 34 billion purchased by ex-chairman
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Ministry of Human Resource Development Abdul Khaliq on Monday presented a preliminary report in the Supreme Court stating that the chairman of the Employees Old Age Benefits...
View ArticleQuetta Hazara town bombing: Victims buried under strict security
QUETTA: All 30 victims of a deadly suicide bombing in Quetta’s Hazara town were laid to rest on Monday amid tight security from police and paramilitary troops.A large number of people were present at...
View ArticleNRO case: Petition calls for contempt proceedings on 'secret' communication
ISLAMABAD: A contempt of court petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday over the writing of a letter to a law firm by the government of former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf. The existence of the...
View ArticleMore research in diet and nutrition urged at symposium
KARACHI: Eminent nutrition and diet experts stressed for more research on nutrition based issues in Pakistan during the ‘Nutrition Research Symposium’ held on June 29 in Karachi. Young researchers and...
View ArticleThree labourers killed in Nasirabad ambush
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Unknown armed men shot and killed three labourers and injured four others in Tehsil Tambo of Balochistan’s Nasirabad district early Monday.Station House Officer PS Khan Kot Abid Ali...
View ArticleTwo policemen killed in Peshawar attack
PESHAWAR: Two policemen were killed in a militant attack on a security check post on the main Ring Road on Peshawar’s outskirts.The police control confirmed to Dawn.com that unknown motorcyclists...
View ArticleClimate change: Pakistan's anti-climactic response
At a time when developing and developed countries across the globe are investing heavily in adaptation to and countering climate change, Pakistan has not only dissolved it’s climate change ministry but...
View ArticleLyari protesters breach red-zone; hold sit-in outside Karachi Rangers HQ
KARACHI: Scores of protesters from Karachi’s Lyari town on Monday breached barricades and entered the city’s 'red zone', demonstrating against a targeted operation by the Rangers force in the troubled...
View ArticlePakistani girl injured with Malala gets British visa
LONDON: A Pakistani schoolgirl injured in the Taliban attack against Malala Yousafzai last year has been granted a British student visa after receiving death threats in her home country, it emerged on...
View ArticleKP minister ‘rationalises’ militant attacks
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf openly came forward to justify acts of terrorism in provincial assembly on Monday when one of its ministers instead of condemning the suicide attack by militants...
View ArticleGovt urged to include women in talks with militants
PESHAWAR: The government should include women in the process of holding talks with militants as role of women was vital in global as well as regional peace building, said a participant of a conference...
View ArticleFO defends Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: After having been accused by Afghanistan of pushing a power-sharing formula involving the Taliban, the Foreign Office on Monday defended Pakistan’s role in the war-torn country and said it...
View ArticleFazl’s advice to PML-N government: Tackle terrorism to revive economy
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said the government needs to take up the issue of terrorism on a priority basis considering it a national emergency if it wants to...
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