Prosecution seeks commencement of treason trial
ISLAMABAD: The prosecution team in the high treason case filed an application before the Special Court on Wednesday for commencement of the trial against former president retired Gen Pervez...
View ArticleStrengthening of institutions key to preventing intervention: Asma
ISLAMABAD: Against the backdrop of perceived tensions between the civilian and the military leadership, rights activist and former SCBA chairperson Asma Jehangir suggested on Wednesday that national...
View ArticleGhost schools, teachers haunt Balochistan, says adviser
QUETTA: The menace of ghost schools and teachers has assumed alarming proportions in Balochistan, according to Chief Minister’s Adviser on Education Sardar Raza Mohammad Baraich.“Teachers use political...
View ArticleRs29bn shortfall in revenue collection
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) witnessed a shortfall of Rs29 billion in April 2014 as an amount of Rs167bn was collected against a target of Rs196.4bn.It was the highest-ever decline in...
View ArticlePower supply to 66 govt offices, depts disconnected in Lahore
LAHORE: In its drive to recover dues, the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) on Wednesday disconnected supplies to 66 government offices and departments for failing to clear their bills.According...
View Article73 UCs alerted amid polio threat
LAHORE: The Punjab Health Department declared on Wednesday 73 union councils in the provincial capital high-risk areas for wild poliovirus after a report issued by the National Institute of Health...
View ArticleEPI launches immunisation documentary
LAHORE: The Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Punjab in collaboration with the Save the Children Pakistan Programme launched the ‘Immunization Documentary’ on Wednesday as part of the World...
View ArticleIHC CJ’s daughters get preferential treatment at IIUI
*ISLAMABAD: It is not unusual for universities to award financial aid to deserving students who cannot afford the high fees demanded by seats of higher learning. But when a varsity awards an exemption...
View ArticleSeminaries playing courier for TTP in ‘fund-raising drive’
ISLAMABAD: Seminaries operating inside the capital are reportedly assisting Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) with the collection of extortion and ransom money by arranging deals between militants and...
View ArticleAnother missing person’s case turns up in IHC
ISLAMABAD: A petition seeking the recovery of Hafiz Iqrar Abbasi, who went missing on April 14 from the suburbs of the capital, was filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday.This is the...
View ArticleCourt accepts GHQ inquiry into missing person’s killing
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday disposed of a petition about a missing person’s death after accepting a confidential report of the General Headquarters inquiry, which stated the man...
View ArticleThree schools blown up in Northern Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Three primary schools were blown up on Thursday in the Mohmand Agency and Shabqadar areas of the Charsadda district.Police said militants had blown up a girls primary school in the Saro...
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Violence against women in politics rising in Pakistan, India: study
A recent study by the Centre for Social Research and UN Women shows that violence against women in politics is on the rise in three South Asian countries namely Pakistan, India and Nepal.Factors...
View ArticleTaliban will accept Pakistan Constitution: Taliban negotiating team
PESHAWAR: Member of the Taliban negotiating committee Professor Ibrahim said on Thursday that the Pakistan Army and the Taliban were the real parties to the peace talks, DawnNews reported.Ibrahim...
View ArticleMQM to observe day of mourning
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) would observe a day of mourning on Friday after four bodies recovered from Karachi's Memon Goth area off the Superhighway a day earlier were identified today...
View ArticleKP govt sacks minister industries, advisor to CM
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf govt in KP has sacked its Minister for Industries Shaukat Yousafzai and advisor to chief minister on transport Yasin Khalil.A statement issued by the Information...
View ArticleNawaz lauds UK's cooperation in counter-terrorism
LONDON: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday lauded the British government's ongoing cooperation and assistance to Pakistan in spheres of security and counter-terrorism.The prime minister, who is...
View ArticleWorkers speak out against privatisation
ISLAMABAD: Trade union leaders at a May Day gathering called upon the government to halt the privatisation of state entities and end unemployment, price hike, loadshedding and terrorism.They also...
View ArticleJirga wants ceasefire revived for success of peace talks
PESHAWAR: A tribal jirga has called for revival of ceasefire to remove hitches in the peace talks between the Taliban and the government.The jirga was organised by the Fata chapter of Jamaat-i-Islami...
View ArticlePro-govt tribal chieftain killed in attack
MIRAMSHAH: An influential pro-government tribal elder and his two guards were killed in an attack near Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency on Thursday.Malik Qader Khan was known as chief of Waziristan...
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