Iqbal Mehmood appointed IG Sindh
KARACHI: Additional Inspector General of Crime Investigation Department (CID) Iqbal Mehmood was appointed as the new Inspector General (IG) of the Sindh Police on Monday.Prime Minister Mian Muhammad...
View ArticlePakistan Protection Bill passed as Opposition stage walkout
ISLAMABAD: Amidst much uproar and protests, the Protection of Pakistan Bill was approved on late Monday evening in the National Assembly, DawnNews reported.Meanwhile, the government refused all...
View ArticleGovt urged to seek release of ANP leader from Taliban
QUETTA: Political and religious leaders have urged the committees representing the government and the Taliban in peace talks to include the name of ANP leader Arbab Zahir Kasi in the list of people the...
View ArticleGovt’s failure to provide basic necessities to people angers Supreme Court
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court expressed annoyance on Monday over the state’s failure to provide basic necessities to its citizens, although billions of rupees were being spent on extravagance.“When...
View ArticleLG polls in Punjab and Sindh unlikely this year
ISLAMABAD: Local government elections in Punjab and Sindh are unlikely to be held in 2014, sources in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) told Dawn.An ECP official said the Supreme Court in its...
View ArticlePPP for keeping military on board
ISLAMABAD: The PPP expressed concern on Monday over release of Taliban prisoners under what it called undisclosed assurances and urged the government to keep the army on board during talks with the...
View ArticleTalks on MFN after Indian polls: minister
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastagir Khan said on Monday that talks with India on the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status have been postponed till the completion of general elections...
View ArticleIntelligence sees TTP lurking behind new terrorism threats
ISLAMABAD: Secret agencies have alerted the police that militants opposed to the government-Tehrik-i-Taliban peace talks are planning terrorist activities in Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta, according...
View ArticleKP to issue licences for exploration of natural resources
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to award licences through bidding for exploration of natural resources.The winning bidders would be awarded licences for 30 years at a proposed...
View ArticleKP minister transfers discretionary funds to personal account
PESHAWAR: Setting new benchmark of ‘fiscal mismanagement’ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a provincial minister has transferred a hefty amount of money from discretionary fund to his personal account for...
View ArticleKP Governor Engineer Shaukatullah tenders resignation
PESHAWAR: Engineer Shaukatullah Khan resigned from the post of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.According to the state-owned channel PTV, Khan sent his resignation to the...
View ArticleArmy trainer jet crashes near Gujranwala killing pilots
GUJRANWALA: An Mushak trainer jet belonging to the Army Aviation crashed near Gujranwala killing both the occupants of the aircraft on Tuesday.The two-seater plane crashed due to a technical fault...
View ArticleJustice Alam sworn in as new PHC CJ
PESHAWAR: Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.KP Governor Engineer Shaukatullah, who is also reported to...
View ArticleBaby taken into hiding after attempted murder charge
LAHORE: Relatives of a nine-month old baby charged with attempted murder have taken him into hiding, one said on Tuesday, in a case that has thrown a spotlight on Pakistan's dysfunctional criminal...
View ArticleClash between TTP groups claims 10 more lives in S. Waziristan
PESHAWAR: The clash between two groups of the Taliban in Shaktoi area of South Waziristan continued on Tuesday claiming the lives of ten more militants and wounding three others.Both the warring sides...
View ArticleUse of force to be last option in Balochistan: Mamnoon
QUETTA: President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday underlined the need for negotiated settlement of issues relating to Balochistan.Addressing members of Balochistan Cabinet, the president stated...
View ArticleGrenade blast at Karachi’s Zamzama; no casualties
KARACHI: Fear was spread among the local residents and business owners when unidentified miscreants fled away after hurling a hand grenade near shops at Zamzama – Karachi’s upscale commercial area,...
View ArticleThree blasts in Hyderabad, no group claims responsibility
HYDERABAD: No group has claimed responsibility for blasts that were reported at three different locations in Hyderabad and its outskirts on Tuesday.Reports suggest that banned Jeay Sindh Muttahida...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban accuse govt of violating ceasefire
PESHAWAR: As the deadline of Taliban offered ceasefire ends on April 10, the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has accused the government of violating the truce and said the latter has also...
View ArticleCourt declares AGPR’s suspension illegal
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has declared the suspension of outgoing Accountant General of Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) Tahir Mehmood illegal and held that the proceedings of an inquiry...
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