Van falls into ravine near Muzaffarabad killing eight persons
MUZAFFARABAD: At least eight people were killed and 15 others were wounded when a passenger van fell into a ravine on Pir Chinasi road in Muzaffarabad area on Thursday, DawnNews reported.Witnesses said...
View ArticleAjmal Kasab is alive, teacher tells court in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: The head master of the school, where Ajmal Kasab had allegedly studied, appeared before an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi where he presented educational records and stated that the...
View ArticleECP given 15 days to respond to PTI’s poll rigging case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has given the Election Commission 15 days to submit a response to a petition filed by the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) over alleged electoral rigging in the May 2013...
View ArticleLawyers strike to mourn HRCP lawyer
MULTAN: Lawyers in Pakistan went on strike Thursday to mourn a colleague shot dead for defending a university lecturer accused of blasphemy, the latest killing linked to the controversial law.Gunmen...
View ArticleCourt grants bail to FBI agent arrested from Karachi airport
KARACHI: A court in Karachi on Thursday granted bail to a US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent arrested for trying to board a domestic civilian flight with bullets and a knife in his...
View ArticleGovt rejects PTI's poll rigging allegations in National Assembly
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N)-led-government on Thursday challenged the allegations of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in the National Assembly regarding the rigging in the...
View ArticleBlast in Quetta kills at least two
QUETTA: A powerful blast on Thursday killed two persons and injured over a dozen others in Quetta, the capital of volatile Balochistan province, police said.Superintendent of Police Imran Qureshi said...
View ArticleAbducted Nigerian girls are my sisters, says Malala
WASHINGTON: Pakistani education campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban, said Wednesday she sees the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants in...
View ArticlePakistan conducts training launch of short-range missile
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan conducted the successful training launch of short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf-III (Ghaznavi), capable of delivering nuclear and conventional warheads up to a...
View ArticleNisar gives conditional nod to PTI’s May 11 rally
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to conditionally allow the May 11 rally announced by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to protest against alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections,...
View ArticleMQM holds protest, rejects Amnesty report
KARACHI: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) staged a protest demonstration in front of Karachi Press Club on Thursday to condemn a report of Amnesty International which cited the party as a threat to...
View ArticleArmy chief briefs PM about security situation
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the PM House on Thursday and briefed him about the security situation in Karachi, Balochistan, Khyber...
View ArticleEarthquake in Nawabshah kills two, injures 50
KARACHI: At least two people were killed and 50 others were wounded in the early hours of Friday after an earthquake struck different parts of the Nawabshah district, DawnNews reported.The earthquake...
View ArticleWHO says it is satisfied with steps taken by Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is quite satisfied with the initial steps taken by the government of Pakistan to stop the spread of the wild poliovirus outside its borders, its polio...
View ArticleSharif, Raheel discuss security issues
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met on Thursday Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif as part of ongoing consultations over security in tribal areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Security situation in Karachi...
View Article4,500MW power units unutilised due to minor faults, fuel shortage
ISLAMABAD: More than 4,500MW of electricity generation capacity remained unutilised on Thursday because of various technical, financial and fuel-related problems, with the total computed power shortage...
View ArticleFBI agent doesn’t enjoy diplomatic immunity: FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that the FBI agent arrested in Karachi on Monday did not enjoy diplomatic immunity.“He was not a diplomat and, therefore, had no immunity,” FO...
View ArticleCommittee set up to remove ambiguities in media code
ISLAMABAD: Irfan Siddiqui, special assistant to the prime minister, has got another job in his hand. This time the columnist will spearhead a special committee which will work on “removing ambiguities...
View ArticleHaj fare slashed by Rs23,000
ISLAMABAD: The government has reduced Haj fares by Rs23,000 and a person intending to go on pilgrimage this year will now be charged Rs272,000.Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony...
View ArticleS. Arabia trying to get N-technology: expert
ISLAMABAD: Mark Fitzpatrick, an expert on nuclear proliferation, renewed on Thursday fears of Saudi Arabia trying to get nuclear technology from Pakistan, saying retired Pakistani nuclear scientists...
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