An extensive list of proposals by the media commission
KARACHI: The launch of the media commission’s report at a local hotel here on Tuesday assumed considerable significance particularly due to the current debate over the stand-off between a media group...
View ArticlePML-N, PTI to back PML-F’s Mahar as opposition leader
KARACHI: Two opposition parties — the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf — on Tuesday agreed to support Shaharyar Khan Mahar, an MPA belonging to another opposition party...
View ArticleProlonged outages termed discrimination against Sindh
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has termed prolonged outages an act of high-handedness against the people and government of Sindh and requested Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to order the...
View ArticleLahore to be watched over by 1,800 CCTV cameras
LAHORE: The capital city police have selected 1,800 points for the installation of CCTV cameras in a second citywide project. The project which is the second one after Karachi aims at preventing...
View Article5 more polio cases emerge in Fata, KP
PESHAWAR: Four new polio cases from North Waziristan and one from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa emerged on Tuesday, bringing total number of countrywide affected children to 58, this year.The Federally...
View ArticleBadin road accident injures over 30
KARACHI: At least 30 people were injured in the early hours of Wednesday when a passenger bus overturned near Sindh's Badin district, DawnNews reported.The incident occurred when a bus going from...
View ArticleBlast kills five including a key commander in South Waziristan
PESHAWAR: At least five militants including a key commander were killed and three others were injured on Wednesday in a remote controlled blast in the Shaktoi area of South Waziristan, officials...
View ArticleFemale “warden” caught off guard
LAHORE: Nasreen alias Sonia was performing traffic duties at Thokar Niaz Baig area of Lahore. Problem was, she was neither a traffic warden nor was her uniform real.Nasreen didn't realise that the City...
View ArticleFive bodies recovered from Karachi
KARACHI: Five bodies were recovered from two different areas of Karachi on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.Four trussed-up bodies were recovered from the city's Memon Goth area. According to the police,...
View Article'Matured' Veena Malik returns to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Famous actor Veena Malik returned to Pakistan for the first time after her marriage, complete with conservative garb and claims of having "matured", DawnNews reported.Upon her arrival at the...
View ArticleMaking preparations for talks between TTP shura, govt: Ibrahim
Member of the Taliban negotiating committee, Professor Ibrahim Khan, said on Wednesday that arrangements for holding peace talks between the government and Taliban mediators were underway.Speaking to...
View ArticleShah, Asif discuss tension between state institutions
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah met with Defence Minister Khawaja Asif today during which alleged tension between the country’s institutions and the...
View ArticleSharif in London as report by British lawmakers urge cut in aid
LONDON: British aid to Pakistan should be cut unless there is proof the funds help stop extremism, a report by lawmakers said Wednesday as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited London.Published just...
View Article#MartyredPakHeroes: top Twitter trend honours fallen soldiers
Pakistan on Wednesday observed Youm-i-Shuhada (Martyrs’ Day) to pay homage to the sacrifices rendered by personnel serving in the country's armed forces. The day saw several ceremonies held in parts of...
View ArticleEU pledges €30m to Balochistan govt for education sector
QUETTA: European Union has promised to provide 30 million Euros for development of education sector and ensuring enrollment of out of school children in Balochistan, Pakistan's least developed and...
View ArticlePakistan's quadriplegic athlete Sarmad Tariq passes away
ISLAMABAD: Motivational speaker, story teller and Pakistan's first ever quadriplegic athlete, Sarmad Tariq, passed away late on Tuesday.After entering into a diving accident in his teen years, Sarmad...
View ArticlePakistan committed to eradicate terrorism, says Nawaz
LONDON: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday reiterated that Pakistan was fully committed to eliminate menace of terrorism from its soil and would never allow use of its territory against any...
View ArticleUS panel urges action on Pakistan religious freedom
WASHINGTON: An expert panel on Wednesday urged the United States to add Pakistan to a blacklist of violators of religious freedom, saying that the Ahmadi minority suffers “apartheid-like”...
View ArticleOur martyrs blood will not go in vain, says COAS
ISLAMABAD: In a ceremony held to mark Youm-e-Shuhada (Martyrs Day) and honour the armed forces personnel, Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif said that the sacrifices and blood of the martyrs...
View ArticlePakistan, UK vow to expand defence, economic ties
LONDON: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his British counterpart David Cameron reaffirmed on Wednesday strong bonds of friendship and partnership between the two countries and vowed to expand...
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