Gwadar to be functional in five years: Fatemi
KARACHI: The Nawaz Sharif government envisages not only a motorway from Gwadar to Karachi, but also an airport, a hospital, a university and a technical institute, with the objective of turning Gwadar...
View ArticleDevelopment fund cut to meet IMF terms
ISLAMABAD: The public sector spending on federal development projects meant for improvement of the standard of living of the people lagged significantly behind targets in the first 10 months of the...
View ArticlePunjab claims it’s coming down hard on militants
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has detained and prosecuted about 700 militants involved in sectarian violence over the last six months. In 2013, law-enforcement agencies in the province registered...
View ArticleGuarantors told to ensure Musharraf’s appearance in ATC
QUETTA: Former president retired General Pervez Musharraf did not appear on Monday before the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) hearing the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case and the court directed the two...
View ArticleMalik urges govt not to free convicted Taliban
ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister Rehman Malik has urged the government not to release those Taliban who have been convicted in different cases.Talking to reporters after a meeting of the PPP’s...
View ArticleMedia coverage of Puri visit hurts wife
LAHORE: Indian film actor Om Puri’s visit to Lahore last month has led to a controversy, involving Mr Puri, his wife Nandita, ex-wife Seema Kapoor and the Pakistani media.Ms Nandita Puri’s lawyers...
View ArticleHEC chairman’s appointment challenged in IHC
ISLAMABAD: The appointment of Dr Mukhtar Ahmed as the chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) was challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday.On April 15 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif...
View ArticleJI plans Fata peace jirga in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The Jamaat-i-Islami Fata has decided to hold a peace jirga for the region at Nishtar Hall in the provincial capital on May 1.According to JI Fata chief Sahibzada Haroonur Rasheed, people from...
View ArticlePTI failed to bring change in KP: Khurshid
MINGORA: Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah said here on Monday that Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf failed to bring changes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...
View ArticleThree killed, 30 injured in Charsadda blast
PESHAWAR: At least three people were killed and several others wounded on Tuesday in an explosion near a police vehicle in Farooq Azam chowk of Tehsil Bazaar in Charsadda.According to district...
View ArticleSC suspends ECP’s Ludhianvi notification for NA-89
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday suspended Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) notification that declared Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) chief Ahmed Ludhianvi to be the winner...
View ArticlePakistan successfully test-fires Hatf III
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday conducted a successful test-fire of Short Range Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile Hatf III (Ghazanavi) which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of...
View ArticleNine suspected militants arrested from Peshawar hospital
PESHAWAR: Nine suspected militants including three injured with gunshot wounds were arrested from the Lady Reading hospital on Tuesday as they were brought to the hospital for treatment.The official...
View ArticlePoliceman killed during robbery attempt in Karachi
KARACHI: Two people, including a policeman, were killed and one person was reported injured in Karachi, DawnNews reported.The incident took place in the city's Garden Town near the Karachi zoo during a...
View ArticleArmy chief visits ISI headquarters
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif was briefed at the headquarters of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) by the agency's top brass on the functioning of its various operations...
View ArticleMQM joins Sindh govt, two ministers take oath
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led government in Sindh today, DawnNews reported.Two leaders belonging to the MQM, Rauf Siddiqui and Dr Saghir Ahmed,...
View ArticlePTA to sue Reuters for ‘fabricated’ report on 3G auction
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top telecommunication authority has decided to take legal action against foreign news agency Reuters for trying to "sabotage" the much-awaited auction of next-generation cellphone...
View ArticleChaman blast injures seven people
QUETTA: At least seven people were injured after a blast in Chaman near the Pak-Afghan border on Tuesday, police said.Ashraf Kakar, a police officer in Chaman told Dawn.com that militants had planted a...
View ArticleNisar condemns accusations against defence institutions
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has expressed grave concern over allegations against national defence institutions following an attack on senior journalist Hamid Mir in...
View ArticleVeteran journalist Burney passes away
KARACHI: Izharul Hasan Burney, a journalist with more than five decades of experience, died peacefully on Tuesday at his home after remaining in coma for about four months. He was 83.He is survived by...
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