New primary schools in KP to have six rooms, six teachers
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to triple the budget for construction of each new government primary school in the province from the next financial...
View ArticleUS urges Pakistan to probe lawyer's killing
WASHINGTON: The United States Friday called on Pakistan to investigate the killing of a lawyer shot dead for defending a university lecturer accused of blasphemy under strict laws against defaming...
View ArticleShakil Afridi’s counsel quits due to US pressure, threats from militants
PESHAWAR: Samiulllah Afiridi, the legal counsel of the alleged US spy, Dr Shakil Afridi who had led the Navy Seal to the compound of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, has quit citing...
View ArticleBlast in Peshawar injures four
PESHAWAR: At least four people were injured Saturday from an explosion in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.According to SP City Faisal Mukhtar, the improvised explosive...
View ArticleKarachi court asks police to charge FBI agent
KARACHI: A judge at a Karachi court has asked police to file formal charges against an FBI agent arrested from the airport after allegedly carrying ammunition and three knives onto an airplane.FBI...
View ArticleGunmen torch Nato container in Jamrud
PESHAWAR: Gunmen on Saturday intercepted three container trucks carrying Nato supplies en route to Afghanistan in the troubled Khyber tribal region and torched one of them, officials said.The incident...
View ArticleImran warns government not to sabotage May 11 rally
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan warned Saturday that the government would be held responsible for any agitation or anarchy if demonstrators are stopped from participating...
View ArticleSBP prize bonds worth Rs30m go missing from train
KARACHI: A box containing prize bonds of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) went missing from a Karachi Express train when it reached the metropolis from Lahore on Saturday.According to Railway sources, 10...
View ArticleIMF says Pakistan economy on track but inflation looms
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund said Saturday that Pakistan's economic reform programme remained broadly on track, but warned over rising inflation.Pakistan received a $6.7 billion IMF...
View ArticleFazlullah sacks top commander to stop tribal infighting
PESHAWAR: The head of the Pakistani Taliban is making a last-ditch bid to stamp his authority on the increasingly divided insurgency by ordering a top commander sacked, Taliban sources said...
View ArticleBalochistan govt to provide science, IT teachers to schools
QUETTA: Balochistan Government has decided to recruit science and information technology teachers for all high schools in the province.Balochistan Secretary Education Ghulam Ali Baloch told Dawn.com...
View ArticleIMF to release $550m by June 1
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded negotiations on Saturday for grant of the fourth tranche of $550 million under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF).Speaking at a...
View ArticleFootprints: Mumtaz Qadri mosque, memorials to our misdeeds
I am inside the mosque. I walk back to the doorway and look out.Awash with sunlight, there in the dusty lane a gang of labourers yell something like a work-song as they pass a bag of cement along a...
View ArticlePM embarks on trust-building visit to Iran today
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would on Sunday begin a two-day visit to Iran for trust building talks with the Iranian leadership.Prime Minister Sharif would meet Iranian Supreme Leader...
View ArticlePro-govt volunteers eliminate ‘spy’
LANDI KOTAL: A so-called pro-government peace committee here shot dead one of its opponents on Saturday over suspicions that he was a spy.According to sources, volunteers of the Tauheedul Islam (TI)...
View ArticleDHA shootout: application for counter FIR dismissed
KARACHI: A sessions court on Saturday dismissed an application seeking registration of a counter FIR of the May 8 DHA shootout.An 18-year-old boy and a police guard were killed while another teenager...
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An electric charge
KARACHI: “The Electronics Market in Saddar has four different phases or sections,” explains Mohammad Ali Arabi, chairman of Hassan Centre that houses electronic parts or components shops mostly.“The...
View ArticleTwin cities brace for day of protest
ISLAMABAD: Major anti-government protests by three political parties – the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), Awami Muslim League (AML) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) will kick off today amid much...
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Spotlight: Mum’s the word!
“I was thrilled to discover that I was going to be a mother!” said Meesha Shafi, the multi-talented powerhouse entertainer who has taken the country by storm. She felt ready to take on parenthood with...
View ArticleAttack on Levies checkpost kills two personnel in Khuzdar
KHUZDAR: Unknown gunmen opened fire at a Levies check post in Balochistan's Khuzdar district on Sunday killing two personnel, DawnNews reported.The militants reportedly fled from the scene taking away...
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