Army to take over security of polio teams in KP
ISLAMABAD: In a major development, the Pakistan army was asked to assist the civilian government by taking over security of polio eradiction teams in militancy-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.A meeting...
View ArticleFaisal Raza Abidi resigns from Senate
ISLAMABAD: Senator of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Faisal Raza Abidi on Thursday announced his resignation from the upper house after almost five years.Commenting on a point of order, Abidi said that...
View ArticleMQM stages protest against extra-judicial killing of workers
KARACHI: Activists and supporters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday protested in Karachi against the ‘enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings of its party workers.Members of...
View ArticleCannibalism: LHC issues notices on plea for strict legislation
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Thursday issued notices to the ministries of interior and law and others on a petition seeking directions for strict legislation for cannibalism in the...
View ArticlePresident sacks Pemra chairman
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has dismissed Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) chairman Chaudhry Rashid Ahmed while Wapda chief Syed Raghib Abbas Shah was replaced with Zafar...
View ArticleSC takes up issue of deserted children’s adoption
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has enlisted the assistance of keen legal minds as it seeks to answer key questions about the rights and modalities of adoption for parentless or deserted children in...
View ArticleBombers’ trail leads to arrests from guava farm in south Punjab
ISLAMABAD: Investigators have picked up the trail of the guava crates that housed the explosives used in the Sabzi Mandi bombing and traced them back to the south Punjab town of Qabola.According to...
View ArticleOne security man killed, two injured in attack near Peshawar
PESHAWAR: A security man was killed and two others were injured Friday as militants attacked a security forces’ vehicle on Frontier road on the outskirts of Peshawar.The Deputy Superintendent of Police...
View ArticleFO rejects UK criticism on rights
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office sharply reacted on Thursday to Britain’s ‘Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report’ that marked Pakistan as a country of concern and rejected the criticism as...
View ArticleGovt urges S. Arabia to hike Pakistani job quota
ISLAMABAD: The government has formally requested the Saudi government to enhance the quota of Pakistani workers in the ongoing projects in the kingdom.The request was made during the 10th session of...
View ArticleJUI-F warns govt over ‘move to ban’ seminaries
KARACHI: Leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Thursday staged a rally to protest against what they called a move to ban madressahs in Sindh and said they would establish seminaries at...
View ArticleRs11bn for Thatta, Sujawal districts
THATTA: The Sindh government has allocated Rs11 billion for rehabilitation and uplift of health, education and road communication infrastructure as well as new development schemes in Thatta and Sujawal...
View Article14 dead, 10 injured in road crash
DERA GHAZI KHAN: A bus ran over 24 people standing by Indus Highway at Notak Adda on Thursday. Of them 14 died at the crash scene while 10 sustained injuries, Kot Chhutta police said.The people who...
View ArticleGoogle Maps to be used for joint patrolling by police
ISLAMABAD: In efforts to strengthen the security mechanism in the twin cities, on Wednesday, the police officials from both the cities have agreed to use Google Maps to define the patrolling points and...
View ArticleMilitancy brings the curtain down on 13 Peshawar schools, PA told
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday admitted in the provincial assembly that 13 primary and middle schools for boys and girls had been shut down on the outskirts of Peshawar due to...
View ArticleLHC quashes contempt of court plea against PM
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday dismissed a contempt of court petition against the prime minister on grounds of immunity under Article 248 of the Constitution.A citizen named Syed Iqtidar...
View ArticleFederal cabinet meeting approves import of electricity, LNG
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet held a meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday with the premier taking the ministers into confidence of decisions taken during yesterday’s...
View ArticleCourt rejects Musharraf's petition against prosecutor's appointment
ISLAMABAD: The special court, which was hearing the treason case against former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, rejected his application Friday in which he had challenged the appointment of...
View ArticleMQM holds protests as two more bodies recovered
KARACHI: Two trussed-up bodies of missing Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers were recovered near Korangi Creek in Karachi's Qayyumabad area on Friday, DawnNews reported.The workers, identified as...
View ArticleGovt moves PPO in Senate amid protests
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday moved the Protection of Pakistan Bill, 2014 before the Senate accompanied with strong protests from the joint opposition in the Upper House.Minister for...
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