Nepra approves KE project
KARACHI: The K-Electric has announced that the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved the ‘Licensee Proposed Modification’ (LPM) sent by the KE regarding its coal conversion...
View Article300 PIA employees sacked for fake degrees
LAHORE: The PIA has terminated around 300 employees, including pilots, engineers and airhostesses, for having fake degrees during the last six months.PIA spokesman Mashhood Tajwar told Dawn on Friday...
View ArticleFamily arrested for setting maid ablaze
LAHORE: Millat Park police claim to have arrested a man and his four family members on Friday who allegedly set their 14-year-old maid on fire after subjecting her to severe torture three days ago.The...
View ArticleOpposition adopts wait and see policy on PTI split
PESHAWAR: As the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) faces a split in the province, the opposition in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly says it has adopted the wait and see policy on it.Awami National...
View ArticleGovt claim of TTP prisoners release holds no truth: Yousuf Shah
PESHAWAR: Coordinator of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) committee Maulana Yousuf Shah on Saturday said the news of the release of 19 non-combatant Taliban from the government side held no truth...
View ArticleCleric murder: Musharraf's plea for permanent exemption rejected
ISLAMABAD: Hearing the Ghazi Rasheed murder case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, an additional district and sessions’ judge in Islamabad rejected the retired general's application...
View ArticleBlast injures four in Jaffarabad
JAFFARABAD: At least four people were injured when militants hurled a hand grenade at a shop in Balochistan's Jaffarabad district on Saturday, police said.Muhammad Ayub, a police official, told...
View ArticleMengal slams govt over Taliban talks, Baloch alienation
ISLAMABAD: Criticising Islamabad’s dialogue process with Taliban militants, former chief minister and Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) chief, Sardar Akhtar Mengal on Saturday lamented that the...
View ArticlePakistan to free 13 more Taliban prisoners: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to bring an end to the ongoing insurgency in Pakistan, the government has decided to free 13 more Taliban prisoners as a confidence building measure to carry forward its peace...
View ArticleSC verdict on school fee relief awaited
ISLAMABAD: The private educational institutions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the provincial government are awaiting the announcement of the Supreme Court’s verdict on their dispute about giving fee...
View ArticlePensioners, women lose millions to illegal mudarba firms
ATTOCK: The dream (or greed) to become rich overnight often leaves people even deprived of their lifetime savings.Khan Badshah of the Attock district faced a similar situation. The 53-year-old has been...
View ArticleTehreek-i-Taliban launches website
PESHAWAR: The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan on Saturday launched its website hosting videos, a magazine, and its leaders’ interviews and statements.A news release issued by the information and...
View ArticlePeace process on track, says Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that the peace process is moving in the right direction.Speaking at a press conference after presiding over a meeting of the committees...
View ArticleFootprints: Female wardens back on bikes
IT was peak midday rush hour and the day had warmed up to about 24°C in Lahore. A female traffic warden on a 250cc motorbike zoomed through a busy intersection on Mall Road. Ignoring several gaping...
View ArticleProfile: Major Amir’s nine lives
THE PPP has survived two dictators and the PML-N one, but how many democratic set-ups will a retired army man with a penchant for publicity outlive?This is a question that many in Islamabad are asking...
View ArticleMamnoon visits army rehabilitation institute
RAWALPINDI: President Mamnoon Hussain has welcomed the initiative aimed at expanding the scope of the Armed Forced Institute of Rehabilitation Medicines (AFIRM) to accommodate more civilian cases.Mr...
View ArticleBengal tiger at zoo drifting to death
KARACHI: A young Bengal tiger imported only two years ago faces the threat of death as vets at the Karachi Zoological Gardens have so far failed to help recover the animal whose condition is said to be...
View ArticleGovernment might cut HEC funding by Rs5 billion
ISLAMABAD: Higher education can have high value in Pakistan but not funds, it seems.Dawn has learned that in the new financial year, beginning in July, the recurring budget of the Higher Education...
View ArticleBeing Baloch in Islamabad
Siraj, Adil, Jamil and Dastagir are second year students from Balochistan who are studying at a private college in Islamabad. They are young from Balochistan who have moved to Islamabad for better...
View ArticlePolitical interference continues in KP education dept
PESHAWAR: Political interference in the affairs of education department has not stopped yet despite claims by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led provincial government to the contrary, according to...
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