‘Pakistan must break alleged links with Afghan insurgents’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan must break alleged links with any Afghan insurgents if it is to adhere to Article 40 of the Constitution, said an opposition lawmaker in the Senate on Friday.Opposition lawmakers...
View ArticleGovt to hold fresh talks with TTP negotiators
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government is planning a fresh round of talks with Taliban negotiators at the weekend, officials said Friday, despite the militants' refusal to extend a ceasefire called to...
View ArticleSC declares appointment of NAB chief legal
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Friday declared the appointment of Qamar Zaman Chaudhry as Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as legal.A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice...
View ArticleKhawaja Asif takes U-turn, calls Pakistan Army an asset
ISLAMABAD: Calling his past statements on the Pakistan Army a mistake, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif in a statement said that a strong and respected army is a national asset.“In the last couple of...
View ArticleNawaz vows to spend $1.6bn on Balochistan development
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that US $1.6 billion will be spent on different development projects in Balochistan, with Gawadar being developed as a model city.Addressing the...
View ArticlePolice arrest six suspected LJ militants
ISLAMABAD: Police said on Friday they have arrested six men suspected of being behind a string of high-profile killings and assassination attempts linked to a banned sectarian group.The arrests are a...
View ArticlePolice say two UN workers ‘likely’ abducted in Karachi
KARACHI: Police officials on Friday said two local workers of the United Nations have gone missing from Gulshan-i-Maymar neigbourhood of the port city fearing they might have been abducted, DawnNews...
View ArticleSC has learnt to bolster democracy, says chief justice
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani said on Friday that the Supreme Court had learned in the post-2007 era how to exert its constitutional authority to bolster and sustain democracy.This...
View ArticleArmy to help govt eradicate polio virus in conflict zone
PESHAWAR: The recurring polio cases in North Waziristan and no vaccination there since 2012 has prompted the Pakistan Army to extend a helping hand to the government in eradication of the deadly...
View ArticleDiamer-Bhasha will be top priority: new Wapda chief
LAHORE: Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) chairman-designate Zafar Mehmood has briefly explained his working agenda, putting launch and completion of the 4,500MW Diamer-Bhasha Dam project...
View ArticleNo harm in accepting Taliban demands: JI
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq says the government should give serious consideration to the Taliban demands if it does not want more bloodshed in the country.During a press conference here on...
View ArticleOICCI seeks integrated tax collection
KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has asked the Sindh government to integrate all revenue collections under one roof and also raise tax from agriculture sector so...
View ArticlePID ‘declares’ China an Islamic Republic
ISLAMABAD: While issuing a routine media statement, the Press and Information Department (PID) may have inadvertently declared China an Islamic Republic.Buried within the 1,500 words of Press Release...
View ArticleKP lawmakers demand blue passports for themselves
PESHAWAR: Treasury and opposition members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday asked the federal government to issue them blue passports like members of the National Assembly and federal...
View ArticleKP govt asks PM to rein in minister
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has demanded of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to take notice of the decisions of State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali regarding disconnection of...
View ArticleKP industries to get cheap, uninterrupted electricity: CM
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will announce a package of incentives to boost local industries and strengthen the province’s economy. The package will include provision of cheap and...
View ArticleNation standing firm beside armed forces: PM
KAKUL: Addressing the passing out parade of the 129th Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Long Course on Saturday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the nation was standing firm beside the armed forces,...
View ArticleQuetta violence claims at least four lives
QUETTA: At least four people, including a police officer and a 14-year-old girl, were killed Saturday in separate incidents of violence in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.In the first reported...
View ArticleMusharraf's plane departs Islamabad for Karachi
ISLAMABAD: Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf's charted plane has departed from the federal capital and is expected to arrive in Karachi today amid high security arrangements.Earlier on, the...
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Journalist Hamid Mir injured in gun attack in Karachi
KARACHI: Unknown gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Hamid Mir in Karachi on Saturday, injuring the senior reporter and television anchorperson.The incident took place on Sharae Faisal near Natha Khan...
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