Imran’s ‘tsunami dream’ very much alive
LAHORE: Content with nothing less than “tsunami”, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has said the party workers will gather in Islamabad on Sunday not to topple the government but to...
View Article150 hospitals, EDOs to issue vaccination certificate
LAHORE: The Punjab government has authorised 150 hospitals and the executive district officers (health) all over the province for the issuance of ‘international certificate of vaccination’ to those...
View ArticleGovt school running in a graveyard
GUJRANWALA: In this age of information technology, the Government Primary School Mesian, Emanabad is functioning without a building on the land of a graveyard, Dawn learnt here on Tuesday.Mesian...
View ArticleKarakoram Express derails in Nawabshah; three killed
KARACHI: Several coaches of the Karakoram Express derailed in early hours of Wednesday killing three people and injuring 11 other people near Nawabshah’s Bandhi area, DawnNews reported.The engine and...
View ArticleBomb recovered in Keamari, disabled by controlled explosion
KARACHI: A magnetic bomb was defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) on Wednesday at the Keamari Oil terminal of Karachi, DawnNews reported.The BDS was called in, after locals found the bound attached...
View ArticleUkraine expects Pakistan's help, says ambassador
ISLAMABAD: Ukraine's ambassador to Pakistan, H.E. Volodymyr Lakomov, said on Wednesday that his country expected moral support from Pakistan while also terming the Russian 'aggression' as a challenge...
View ArticlePakistan's embassy in New Delhi receives threat letter
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has asked India to increase the security at its embassy in New Delhi following the receiving of a letter with threats to Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, and...
View ArticleImran adamant on rigging stance, LHC hearing marred by ruckus
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court's (LHC) hearing of a writ petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan challenging an order of the Election Commission of Pakistan on an appeal for...
View ArticlePTI not in favour of mid-term elections, says Hashmi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi on Wednesday assured the National Assembly that his party was not in favor of midterm elections.Commenting on the law and order...
View ArticlePakistan will continue to help in Bahrain’s security, says Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday said Pakistan and Bahrain enjoy similarity of views on bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest and vowed to continue...
View ArticlePTA says it does not conduct surveillance
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has responded to non-profit organisation Bolo Bhi’s request for information regarding surveillance equipment and list of blocked websites.Responding to...
View ArticlePPP says no to PTI’s call of May 11 protests
ISLAMABAD: Terming the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) protest call an attempt to spread anarchy, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has categorically said no to politics of agitation which they say may be...
View ArticleWorsening power situation angers Sharif
ISLAMABAD: Power shortfall is turning out to be political albatross for the PML-N government. Perhaps realising this, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif went into a huddle again on Wednesday to look for ways...
View ArticleNon-custodial parents allowed to meet children outside guardian courts
LAHORE: The Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Umer Ata Bandial, ordered on Monday that non-custodial parents should be allowed to meet their children outside the guardian courts.Dozens of...
View ArticleFive killed in fresh Taliban infighting
MIRAMSHAH: Five militants were killed and three injured as clashes between two factions of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) continued in North Waziristan Agency on Wednesday, sources...
View ArticlePTI yet to get NOC for May 11 rally
ISLAMABAD: Before issuing the NOC (no objection certificate) for holding protest rally at Jinnah Avenue on May 11, the district administration has asked the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) to first...
View ArticleKP acutely short of polio vaccine
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa faces acute shortage of oral polio vaccine and thus, struggling to implement the World Health Organisation recommendation for vaccination of all those traveling abroad from...
View ArticleFactory Roof collapses in Gujranwala; several injured
NOWSHERA: Several people were injured on Thursday when a factory roof collapsed and fell down on them in the Gujranwala.According to earlier reports, the incident occurred in Gujranwala’s Nowshera...
View ArticleCourt orders provision of FIA report to Musharraf's lawyers
ISLAMABAD: The special court on Thursday while accepting the application related to provision of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) report to the defence lawyers ordered that the report should be...
View ArticleIED blast kills 12 security personnel in N.Waziristan
PESHAWAR: A remote-controlled bomb exploded on Thursday killing at least 12 Frontier Corps personnel and injuring several others in Ghulam Khan Tehsil of North Waziristan tribal region.However, a...
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