Afghan Taliban deny Omar's link to pamphlet on TTP rift
PESHAWAR: Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid on Tuesday denied that any pamphlets had been distributed by the group in the name of their leader Mullah Mohammad Omar that had called for seeking...
View ArticleRuckus leads to adjournment of Sindh Assembly session
KARACHI: Chaotic scenes were witnessed in the Sindh Assembly after an adjournment motion tabled by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was declared as against rules by a member from the treasury benches,...
View ArticlePPO to be softened, PM assures Zardari
ISLAMABAD: With an important Senate session under way, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met former president Asif Ali Zardari here on Wednesday and agreed to review the controversial Protection of Pakistan...
View ArticleMQM protests in Senate against ‘victimisation’
ISLAMABAD: Members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) staged a walkout from the Senate on Wednesday in protest against the alleged victimisation of party workers by law-enforcement agencies in...
View ArticleMain accused will be court-martialled, govt tells SC
ISLAMABAD: The case of 35 persons, who went missing from an army detention facility in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reared its head again in the Supreme Court on Wednesday when the federal government submitted...
View ArticleInjustice in the name of religion denounced
KARACHI: An Ulema and Mashaikh convention organised by the Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) on Wednesday denounced all forms of terrorism and violence against Muslims and non-Muslims in the name of...
View Article16 MoUs signed at business meeting
ISLAMABAD: Sixteen Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed at the end of a three-day Central Asian Business Opportunities Conference here on Wednesday with participants making a commitment to...
View ArticleBalochistan situation has deteriorated, says BNP-M
QUETTA: The chairman of the organising committee of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), Dr Jehanzeb Jamaldini, has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has failed to honour his commitment...
View ArticleThe face of impunity in Balochistan – I
TURBAT: Along a quiet stretch of Pasni Road, a few kilometres out of Turbat, the tortured body of 19-year-old Naseem Jan Mohammad was discovered a few days ago. “He had been missing for four days,”...
View ArticleMedia reports won’t deter bidders, hopes SC
ISLAMABAD: A controversy surrounding bidders’ response in the sale of next-generation telecommunication spectrum surfaced on Wednesday in the Supreme Court which expressed confidence that media...
View ArticleCrime control centre to be set up at KCCI
KARACHI: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Citizen-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) will establish a command and control centre at the KCCI within to facilitate the business...
View ArticleNGO members held for human smuggling
LAHORE: The FIA's immigration wing has arrested four members of an NGO on the charges of human smuggling.Officials told Dawn that FIA's Lahore Director Dr Usman Anwar received a complaint from Dr...
View ArticleGovt plans to enrol 4m children this year
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday launched Students Enrolment Campaign 2014 with a commitment to enrol some four million out-of-school children this year and optimum enrolment by May...
View ArticleCurbing hate mongers the official way
LAHORE: Some senior government officials gathered in an office on Wednesday and revealed to themselves that they need not burn the midnight oil to curb the menace of hate speeches or material which can...
View ArticlePTI dissidents form pressure group in KP Assembly
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Wednesday split into two groups in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly after 14 dissident MPAs of the ruling party formed what they called a pressure group.When...
View ArticleAt least six children injured in Khanpur road accident
KHANPUR: At least six children were injured on Thursday when a school bus they were travelling in plunged into a trench in Khanpur, DawnNews reported.The school van was carrying over 20 children when...
View ArticlePeace talks to gradually continue despite end of TTP ceasefire
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on National Security (CCNS) at the Prime Minister House on Thursday during it was decided that the peace talks process...
View ArticleFour mobile operators qualify for 3G, 4G auction
ISLAMABAD: The bids of four mobile operators of Pakistan qualified for the auction of 3G and 4G licenses, Chairman of Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, Ismail Shah, told Dawn on Thursday.Shah said...
View ArticleNegotiators will try to convince TTP to extend ceasefire: Ibrahim
ISLAMABAD: Negotiator for the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Jamaat-i-Islami leader Professor Ibrahim on Thursday said that the TTP negotiating committee would continue to work for the cause of...
View ArticleNaval commandos in action: Preparing for pirates
Imagine yourself on a luxury cruise liner. Imagine also some others wanting to be on that ship. And what if they are pirates?“You can expect pirate trouble South of Yemen, near Somalia waters and just...
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