Water release cut hits power generation
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: With hydroelectric power generation declining further by up to 600 megawatts, the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) is under pressure to bail out power companies as electricity...
View ArticleIbrahim says mistrust major hurdle in govt-Taliban talks
MINGORA: Jamaat-i-Islami provincial chief and member of Taliban negotiation committee Prof Mohammad Ibrahim said here on Sunday that there were a lot of hurdles in holding direct dialogue between the...
View ArticleKey official’s arrest may leave govt red-faced
ISLAMABAD: In what seems like a move tailored to embarrass the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has picked up the head of a government-run power board...
View ArticleGovt plans Rs550bn fiscal adjustment
ISLAMABAD: The government is expected to propose in the next budget fiscal adjustment of about Rs550 billion for the financial year 2014-15 through a combination of revenue enhancement measures and...
View ArticleOver Rs6 billion gas stolen by commercial, industrial consumers last year
ISLAMABAD: A total of 7,231 cases involving theft of gas worth Rs6,357 million by commercial and industrial consumers were detected by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern...
View Article‘Rules followed in laptop purchase’
ISLAMABAD: The Transparency International-Pakistan has praised the prime minister for following the public procurement rules in the procurement of 100,000 laptops and expressed the hope that the...
View ArticleImporters flood country with illegal arms
RAWALPINDI: Non-implementation of the changes approved by the PPP government in the arms and ammunitions import policy a year ago has flooded the country with contraband arms, Dawn has learnt.A senior...
View Article‘TTP’ extortionists threaten another businessman
RAWALPINDI: Another businessman in the city has received threatening calls from extortionists asking him to pay Rs40 million, police said on Sunday.Rashid Wasim, a resident of Mohanpura, who owns a...
View ArticleHEC faces turbulence yet again
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), which has been at the centre of different for nearly an year now, is in the limelight again for appointing two new members on deputation, without...
View ArticleCivil society demands joint team to probe Parveen Rehman’s murder
ISLAMABAD: Human rights activists demanded the federal government and the Supreme Court set up a joint investigation team to probe the murder of Director Orangi Pilot Project Parveen Rehman.Ms Rehman...
View ArticleNato container attacked in Jamrud
PESHAWAR: At least two people were killed and three other were injured on Monday when unidentified militants attacked a Nato convoy of trucks carrying military vehicles in the Jamrud tehsil of Khyber...
View ArticleMilitants blow up 500 kv transmission line in Badbher
PESHAWAR: Unknown suspected militants on Monday blew up a 500 kv Tarbela Sheikh Mohammadi transmission line in the Badbher area situated on the outskirts of Peshawar.In charge Inqalab checkpost, Fazle...
View ArticleWarid needs to amend licence to offer 4G LTE: PTA
ISLAMABAD: Raising objections on a request submitted by Warid Telecom, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has now sought a fresh application from the mobile network operator, declaring that...
View ArticleWHO puts shackles on Pakistan over polio
ISLAMABAD: The inevitable has finally happened. To prevent the possible spread of the polio virus from Pakistan to other countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) decided on Monday to impose...
View ArticleKarachi has highest flour prices in country
KARACHI: Consumers in Karachi are paying the highest price of flour due to a sharp difference in wheat prices in Sindh, mainly Karachi, and Punjab.According to flour millers, the price of 100kg wheat...
View ArticleYoung male puma still kept in small zoo cage
KARACHI: A puma is still living in the small enclosure where it was born about 10 months ago in the Karachi Zoological Gardens.The young male cat, Jewry, shares the cage having a concrete floor with...
View ArticleSaudis to halt PIA Umrah flights if delays persist
LAHORE: The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation has warned the Pakistan International Airlines of suspending its Umrah flights to Jeddah if it fails to overcome delay.The Saudi aviation has also...
View ArticleNation will reject PTI’s protest call, says Sana
FAISALABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan first betrayed his voters by representing the Taliban and now he will do the same again by joining hands with Tahirul Qadri who does not believe in...
View ArticleMany Peshawarites quit PTI, block GT Road over sackings
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf office-bearers in 10 union councils of the provincial capital on Monday announced resignation from their offices to protest the recent sacking of Yaseen Khalil as...
View ArticleBusinessman held for alleged links with TTP extortionists
RAWALPINDI: A businessman has been arrested on the charge of helping a group of outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) extort money from traders and other wealthy people in the city.Regional Police...
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