Govt accused of removing PPP banners
LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party has accused the Punjab government of removing flexes and banners displayed on city roads in connection with the death anniversary of its founder, Zulfiqar Ali...
View ArticleAd hoc filling of senior Wapda slots ‘suits some’
LAHORE: Adhocism continues to rule the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) as most of the senior level posts have been placed under “acting charge, additional charge and look after”...
View ArticleTerror warning hits two hotels
LAHORE: A US warning of a terrorist strike reportedly kept away diplomats of various countries from two hotels of the provincial metropolis on Wednesday.A diplomat of a Far East country told Dawn that...
View ArticleTraders not satisfied with government’s compensation
RAWALPINDI: The traders of Rawalpindi have asked the government to pay monetary compensation for affecting their businesses, during the ongoing construction work of the metro bus project.“Despite the...
View ArticlePeace moot wants truce extended, non-combatants freed
PESHAWAR: A Jamaat-i-Islami-sponsored ‘peace conference’ in the provincial capital on Thursday urged both the government and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan to immediately extend ceasefire, which...
View ArticleNo vaccination in Fata puts KP’s anti-polio efforts in jeopardy
PESHAWAR: Non-vaccination of children in the militancy-stricken Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) could spoil the major anti-polio initiative in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The massive immunisation of...
View ArticleShahid Afridi to open hospital in Kohat
KOHAT: Construction of a hospital in Tangi Banda here has been completed with a cost of Rs16 million provided by cricket star Shahid Afridi, who will inaugurate it soon.Sahibzada Fazle Khaliq, uncle of...
View ArticleTTP extends ceasefire until April 10
PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has extended the ceasefire until April 10, the group's spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said in a statement, adding that the Taliban shura would be...
View ArticleMusharraf ordered to appear in court for judges' detention hearing
ISLAMABAD: The anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, which was hearing the judges’ detention case against former military dictator Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, ordered him to appear in person at its next...
View ArticlePak-Afghan border closed in Chaman
QUETTA: The Pak-Afghan border at Friendship gate in Chaman was closed Friday morning, a day before the Afghan presidential elections are scheduled to take place, an official said.An official of the...
View ArticleMilitant group claims freeing captured Iranian guards
TEHRAN: Iranian soldiers captured by a militant group Jaish al-Adl near the Pakistani border in February have been freed, the rebel group and an Iranian official announced Friday.However, there was no...
View ArticlePoliceman suspended for accusing baby of attempted murder
LAHORE: A policeman has been suspended for bringing a case of attempted murder against a nine-month old boy and forcing the crying infant to appear in court, officials said Friday.Baby Mohammad Musa,...
View ArticleMusharraf not asked to apologise, says Saad Rafique
LAHORE: Federal Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Friday that no one had demanded an apology from former military dictator General (r) Pervez Musharraf and neither did the government have...
View ArticleBilawal assails govt for pushing nation into dark ages
KARACHI: Reaffirming his determination to fight Taliban militancy in Pakistan, Patron-in-Chief of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Friday assailed the PML-N government for pushing...
View ArticlePIA fires 300 employees for having fake degrees
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has taken action against the fake degree holders according to the corporation’s rules and regulations and terminated services of 300 employees in this...
View ArticleMove to raise tariff for coal-fired power plants
ISLAMABAD: Amid the government’s rush for coal-fired power plants, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) is under pressure to increase upfront tariff for such plants by 30 per cent...
View ArticleNext steps for process of dialogue with Taliban discussed
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met his national security team on Friday to discuss steps to be taken for the dialogue process with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).Interior...
View ArticleImran defuses crisis within party
ISLAMABAD: Months-long infighting in the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa witnessed a drop scene on Friday. An estranged 13-member group of PTI’s provincial lawmakers met party chairman...
View ArticleCouple sentenced to death for blasphemy
TOBA TEK SINGH: A local court sentenced on Friday a Christian couple to death for blasphemy and fined them Rs100,000 each.Shafqat Maseeh, watchman of Gojra’s Saint Cathedral School, and his wife...
View ArticleRefugees allowed to vote in Afghan town
QUETTA: The government of Afghanistan has allowed Afghan refugees living in Chaman and adjacent border areas to cast votes in the presidential election being held on Saturday (today).The Election...
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