PML-N yet to outlaw any terror group
ISLAMABAD: Despite the recent emergence of previously unheard of militant organisations which have claimed credit for terrorist attacks, the PML-N government has not banned a single one since coming to...
View ArticlePML-N gives new lease of life to tax exemptions
ISLAMABAD: Like previous governments, the PML-N government has promoted the culture of tax exemptions and issued over 80 orders to reportedly benefit influential people in the first nine months (July...
View ArticleBalochistan PA wants motorway extended to Quetta
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly adopted a resolution on Saturday, demanding extension of the under-construction Lahore-Multan motorway to Quetta via Dera Ghazi Khan to promote the province’s trade...
View ArticleCM concedes corruption in canal project
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has disclosed that embezzlement of funds in the Pat Feeder Canal expansion project in Nasirabad district has been unearthed and legal...
View ArticleMamnoon sees Pakistan at region’s forefront in five years
LAHORE: President Mamnoon Hussain on Saturday said Pakistan was going to become an important country in the region in the next five years, and this status would benefit all its neighbours too.He was...
View ArticleBalloon blast victim dies
LAHORE: A 15-year-old boy, who suffered critical burns along with 40 others when gas-filled balloons exploded on April 21, died at Mayo Hospital late on Friday.Three children who had suffered three to...
View ArticleNo place for Pakhtun leaders in KP syllabus anymore
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elementary and secondary education department is understood to have decided to remove chapters on Pakhtun leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and his poet son, Ghani Khan,...
View ArticleFour killed on spot in road accident in Punjab
KHANEWAL: Four people were killed on spot on Sunday morning when a trailer collided with a car in Punjab’s Khanewal district, DawnNews reported.Two others were injured in the accident, which took place...
View ArticleTTP mastermind of Dera Ismail Khan prison break killed: Police
PESHAWAR: A key commander of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was killed during a gun battle, police sources claim.The Station House officer (SHO) of Kulachi Police Station, Haroon Khan...
View ArticleLashkar-i-Islam threat forces tribal families to leave Bara
PESHAWAR: After threats from the Bara-based outlawed Lashkar-i-Islam, scores of Afghan and Zakakhel tribesmen from Khyber tribal region’s Bara area on Sunday have started shifting to safer...
View ArticlePAF inducts first batch of F-16 fighter jets from Jordan
SARGODHA: Pakistan received on Sunday its first batch of F-16 fighter jets delivered from Jordan, DawnNews reported.Sources said that the Pakistan had signed a contract with Jordan for the supply of 13...
View ArticleGovt, TTP should focus on talks and not ceasefire, says Sami
NOWSHERA: Member of the Taliban nominated negotiating committee, Maulana Samiul Haq, said on Sunday that the government and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) should focus on the peace talks rather than...
View ArticleIED blast kills three security personnel including Army officer
PESHAWAR: An improvised explosive device (IED) blast near the North and Waziristan border on Sunday killed three security personnel including an Army officer, DawnNews reported.Security sources said...
View ArticleIMF asks govt to raise age of retirement
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund has advised the government to increase the retirement age and contain pensions bill as part of a reform programme.Pakistan’s federal expenditure on salaries...
View ArticleGilani says kidnappers of his son don’t want ransom
LAHORE: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that he has been in contact with the kidnappers of his son Ali Haider over the past year but they have never demanded ransom because they are...
View ArticlePTA ordered to curtail use of Afghan SIMs
ISLAMABAD: The government has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to curtail the operations of Afghan cellular phones in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and parts of...
View ArticleFAO expresses satisfaction over increase in grain production
ISLAMABAD: With the country anticipating record production of 25.4 million tonnes of wheat this year, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has expressed satisfaction over rising cereal...
View ArticleUN urged to curb sexual violence in conflict zones
ISLAMABAD: More human and financial resources should be invested in the security sector reforms and disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration efforts to erect barriers against sexual violence in...
View ArticleFormal talks yet to start, says Ibrahim
PESHAWAR: Member of the Taliban’s negotiating committee Prof Mohammad Ibrahim has said that formal talks between the government and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have yet to kick off.Talking to...
View ArticleECP draws up plan to achieve complete autonomy
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has drawn up a second five-year plan (2014-2018), with complete autonomy as one of the 13 objectives to achieve.According to the plan, the ECP will...
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