Three militants killed in Balochistan violence
QUETTA: Frontier Corps (FC) claimed to have killed three militants in Balochistan's troubled Panjgoor district on Saturday evening, an official said.Khan Wasey, the Spokesman for FC, said miscreants...
View ArticleRoad accident kills 41 in Sukkur
SUKKUR: At least 41 people were killed and several others were injured Sunday morning in a bus-trailer collision on the National Highway in Sindh's Sukkur district, DawnNews reported.The accident took...
View ArticlePunjab govt accused of being soft on militants
ISLAMABAD: Although the law-enforcement agencies in Lahore busted a sectarian group this week, it is still not clear if this indicates a change of strategy on the part of Punjab government, which until...
View ArticleMeeting with TTP committee cancelled
ISLAMABAD: Mystery surrounded the last-minute cancellation of a meeting between Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Taliban negotiators on Saturday.The interior ministry had announced the...
View ArticleSindh millers raise flour prices
KARACHI: The reduction in flour prices by Sindh millers in the first week of this month proved to be temporary relief as the rate of flour (no.2.5) has been raised to Rs38 per kg from Rs37 per kg, and...
View ArticleMalik not satisfied with anti-insurgency organisation
TURBAT: An organisation which was set up to counter the insurgency in Balochistan has become the reason for increasing disorder in the province, Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch said in an...
View ArticleZardari for revisiting blasphemy law
ISLAMABAD: Expressing concern over growing misuse of blasphemy law in the country, former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari has called for revisiting the Zia-era legislation.In a message...
View Article‘ECB annoyance made PCB give Rashid cold shoulder’
LAHORE: Strong pressure from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to keep banned Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria out of the game, is one of the reasons behind the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) not...
View ArticleKP still unwilling to allow launch of Malala’s book
PESHAWAR: The Taliban militants’ fear continues to hinder the launch of girls education campaigner Malala Yousafzai’s book in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The government had stopped the launch of ‘I am Malala’...
View ArticleCorruption probe underway against six ministers: CM
KOHAT: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has denied the existence of a forward bloc in Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and said that some members of his party have demanded removal of corrupt ministers.He said...
View ArticleFeature: We were soldiers
“It’s not about money or glamour; there isn’t any. Nor can these ever be as strong a reason to join the army as the patriotism we feel. We do not look at the army service as a job or career. To us,...
View ArticlePM summons meeting after attack on Hamid Mir
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has summoned a meeting of political and government aides on Sunday to discuss the situation that has arisen after the attack on senior journalist Hamid Mir that...
View ArticleSlain ANP leader’s house attacked; Police foil terror bid
PESHAWAR: Unknown gunmen attacked a hujra in the Badbher area on the outskirts of Peshawar and abducted three people.The hujra situated in the Mashokhel area of Badbher belongs to the slain Awami...
View ArticlePakistan plans huge desert solar park to fight energy crisis
BADAIWANI WALA: For years Pakistanis have sweated and cursed through summer power cuts, but now the government plans to harness the sun's ferocious heat to help tackle the country's chronic energy...
View ArticleDoctors advise angiography for Musharraf
KARACHI: A three-member team of doctors studied the medical reports of the former president and advised him to undergo an angiography soon, DawnNews reported.Special arrangements, including the setting...
View ArticleGas balloons explode burning 17 people in Lahore
LAHORE: Gas balloons released during Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's inauguration of an overhead bridge near Walton Road exploded after landing in the area near Kamaha road on Sunday, resulting...
View ArticlePakistan, China begin joint military exercise
RAWALPINDI: Two week long Pak-China Joint military exercise "Peace Angel 2014" commenced on Sunday near the garrison city of Rawalpindi."Peace Angel 2014" would certainly pave the way for further...
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PM orders judicial probe into attack on Hamid Mir
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday decided to constitute a three-member judicial commission to probe into the murder attempt on leading journalist Hamid Mir.A formal request in this...
View ArticleUN officials confirm staff members go missing in Pakistan
KARACHI: Two local employees working for the United Nations Children's Fund Unicef have gone missing in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi and police said Sunday they are thought to have been...
View ArticleWHO kicks off ‘Good Governance for Medicine Programme’
LAHORE: The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a global scheme -- Good Governance for Medicine (GGM) Programme -- in Pakistan with an objective to prevent corruption by promoting good...
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