Power shortage leads to 12-18 hours of loadshedding
LAHORE: With mercury inching towards 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of the country and water discharge from two major dams reduced because of low irrigation requirements, electricity shortage shot to...
View ArticleS. Arabia has no hidden agenda, says ambassador
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador Ali Saeed Asseri, who remained Saudi Arabia’s envoy to Pakistan for nine years, is returning to Islamabad for a second stint.Mr Asseri will succeed Abdul Aziz Al-Ghadeer who would...
View ArticleRetired official speaks his mind against KP govt
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf may pride itself on achieving the seemingly unthinkable – bringing good governance to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and putting an end to political interference. But a...
View ArticlePakistan-Iran ties in good shape, says FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that Pak-Iran relations were in good shape despite the now resolved issue of kidnapping of Iranian border guards.“Pakistan-Iran relations, as I said in...
View ArticleTTP shura may decide fate of truce today
KARACHI: The ceasefire announced by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on March 1 for a month and later extended by 10 days ended on Thursday with no word whether it would hold any further. TV...
View ArticleUS, Pakistan review plan to expand trade, investment
WASHINGTON: The United States and Pakistan have held initial discussions on a joint plan to expand trade and investment flows over the next five years, says a statement issued on Thursday.“With the...
View ArticlePolio alert in eight districts
LAHORE: The Health Department on Thursday declared eight districts, including Lahore, of Punjab highly sensitive for polio.It also directed the executive district officers (health) of the identified...
View ArticleSeveral killed in latest Waziristan militant infighting
PESHAWAR: Several are being reported killed in infighting between two distraught Tehreek-i-Taliban factions between whom fighting intensified on Friday in Waziristan.The clash started between the two...
View ArticleRawalpindi district court attack kills at least two
RAWALPINDI: At least two people were killed and several injured on Friday in an incident of indiscriminate firing on a local district court in the garrison city, DawnNews reported.According to police...
View ArticleSeveral TTP militants killed in latest Waziristan infighting
PESHAWAR: Several are being reported killed in infighting between two distraught Tehreek-i-Taliban factions between whom fighting intensified on Friday in Waziristan.Both factions are part of the...
View ArticleJUI-F announces withdrawal from government
ISLAMABAD: A spokesperson of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Jan Muhammad Khan Achakzai, announced on Friday the party's decision to withdraw from the federal government saying that they had...
View ArticleNo rift between govt, army: minister
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed on Friday said there was no rift between the government and the army, adding that the military had not demanded resignations of any cabinet members,...
View ArticleSafeguarding democracy is responsibility of every institution: CJ
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani said Friday that safeguarding democracy was the responsibility of the government and all other institutions, DawnNews reported.Addressing a full court...
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Army chief sees multidimensional security threats to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Friday said that multidimensional security threats faced by the country require a high state of preparedness at all times.General Sharif was...
View ArticleTTP meeting discusses ceasefire amid drone flights
MIRAMSHAH: A crucial meeting of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)’s shura was held at an undisclosed place in North Waziristan on Friday to decide about extending or ending the ceasefire as...
View ArticleRupee makes fresh gains against dollar
KARACHI: The dollar’s slide against the rupee continued on Friday as the US currency traded as low as Rs96.10 in the inter-bank and Rs98.20 in the open market.Currency dealers in the inter-bank market...
View ArticleOpposition formulates plan to block PPO in Senate
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties finalised on Friday their plan to block the Pakistan Protection Ordinance (PPO) in the Senate which would take up the controversial law during its session commencing on...
View ArticleKhuhro admits fake appointments in education during last PPP govt
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Education Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has admitted that "a large number of fake appointments were made in the education department during the previous tenure of the PPP government"...
View ArticleAnother lawyer, trader killed in ‘sectarian’ attacks
KARACHI: A lawyer and a shopkeeper were shot dead in suspected sectarian attacks in the city on Friday in apparent resurgence of violence during the last three days, when over a dozen people, including...
View ArticleSHC allows Bahria Town to resume work
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday allowed the Bahria Town management to resume construction work on a flyover and two underpasses in Clifton, suspending the interim order of an SHC single bench...
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