Two injured in attack on Nato supply convoy in Khyber
PESHAWAR: At least two people were injured on Monday when unknown militants attacked a Nato supply convoy on the Pak-Afghan Highway in Jamrud Tehsil of Khyber tribal region.Meanwhile, some nearby...
View ArticleSC rejects contempt petition filed against Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court rejected an application Monday submitted by a petitioner against former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf pertaining to the removal of his name from the Exit...
View ArticleUncle kills two nephews, injures another in Murree
RAWALPINDI: A man killed two of his nephews and injured another critically, whom he had kidnapped from Abbottabad, by slitting their throats and dumped the bodies in an abandoned wooded area in Murree,...
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Afghan Taliban seek tribesmen’s help to stop TTP infighting
PESHAWAR: A pamphlet attributed to the Afghan Taliban and distributed in parts of North Waziristan Agency has confirmed serious differences among the Mehsud Taliban and the infighting which has left a...
View ArticleCan people survive on minimum wage, SC asks
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the federal and provincial governments for data to prove that they were doing enough to ensure that the citizens could survive on the minimum wage and had...
View ArticleGovt not ‘pressing for release of Gilani, Taseer’
ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Syed Khursheed Shah on Monday criticised the government for its apathy in securing the release of Shahbaz Taseer and Ali Haider Gilani, sons of former Punjab governor...
View ArticleMullah Omar for seeking guidance from Quran
MIRAMSHAH: Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has called for seeking guidance from Holy Quran to resolve differences between two rival factions of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan amid...
View ArticleGovt to seek national consensus on action against Taliban if talks fail
WASHINGTON: The government will seek a national consensus on what action to take against the Taliban if talks with the outlawed TTP failed, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said here on Monday.Talking about...
View ArticleSchedule for second phase of LG polls in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: A total of 7,169 directly elected members of local bodies in Balochistan will elect 4,561 members on reserved seats on May 29, according to the schedule for the second phase of LG polls in...
View ArticleFour killed for ‘honour’
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Two men and two women were shot dead in the name of honour in Bolan and Jaffarabad districts on Monday, police said.Kareem Bakhsh allegedly opened fire on his sister and her alleged...
View ArticleEx-PM Jamali chairs jirga to settle row over triple murder
SHIKARPUR: A jirga was held under the supervision of former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali at the Shaikh Farm on Monday to settle a dispute involving the murder of three women. Two of the...
View ArticlePolice manipulated probe into murder of philanthropist
ISLAMABAD: A judicial inquiry into the investigation of the murder of renowned philanthropist Parveen Rehman appears to have uncovered manipulation by police investigators and has recommended that the...
View ArticlePPP govt uses the same PPO in Sindh it opposes in senate
KARACHI: While law-enforcement agencies continued to pick up and detain suspects for up to 90 days in the city under the controversial Pakistan Protection Ordinance without even getting a slap on the...
View ArticleModi won't be hostile to Pakistan: Kasuri
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader and a former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri has said Narendra Modi will not adopt an aggressive policy against Pakistan if elected India's next...
View ArticleAuthority of 25 ministers, heads of institutions challenged
ISLAMABAD: A petitioner has challenged the authority of 25 federal ministers and heads of institutions to deal with subjects that come under the domain of the Council of Common Interest (CCI).After...
View ArticlePTI MPAs threaten besieging of Wapda House
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MPAs Mehmood Jan and Haji Fazl Ilahi on Monday warned that power consumers would besiege Wapda House if electric supply was suspended to their constituencies in...
View ArticleGas pipeline blown up in Khairpur
KHAIRPUR: Gas supply in several areas of Sindh was suspended on Tuesday after unidentified assailants blew up a 16-inch gas pipeline near Karundi town in Khairpur district, DawnNews reported.As a...
View ArticleATC sends suspected cannibals on seven-day physical remand
LAHORE: Two brothers Arif and Farman, who were arrested for their alleged involvement in cannibalism, were produced in an anti-terrorism court (ATC) Tuesday and were subsequently sent on a seven-day...
View ArticleBlast near security forces’ convoy in N Waziristan; one injured
PESHAWAR: An explosion took place near a security forces’ convoy in northwestern Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region, injuring one, sources said.The blast took place on the Ghulam Khan Road in...
View ArticleSpecial court adjourns hearing of treason case
ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted to try former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for high treason on Tuesday resumed hearing of the case in which the defence lawyer Farogh Nasim presented his...
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