Rs5bn Japanese loan for energy sector reforms
ISLAMABAD: The Japanese government on Wednesday formally agreed to grant a concessional loan of Rs5 billion to Pakistan for supporting the energy sector reforms.This loan is provided as part of a joint...
View ArticleLittle headway in Rashid Rehman case probe
MULTAN: Multan police were finding it tough to further their probe into the assassination of senior lawyer and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s special task force coordinator Rashid Rehman Khan...
View Article11-year-old girl ‘raped’ by teacher
FAISALABAD: An 11-year-old girl has been raped twice in 10 days allegedly by her teacher at a private school.Samundri City police registered a case against two suspects under Section 376 of the...
View ArticleParts of Karachi shutting down again
KARACHI: Commercial centres are being closed down in Karachi, hours after normalcy returned to the city following a shut down in the wake of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain's...
View ArticleAbbottabad by-election: Fight breaks out, polling halted
ABBOTTABAD: Polling in the PK-45 constituency, Abbottabad-II, was suspended on Thursday after a fight broke out between the workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League –...
View ArticleFata secretariat worker, one other killed in Peshawar firing
PESHAWAR: A man employed with the Fata Secretariat was killed on Thursday in Peshawar’s Dir Colony when unknown armed men opened fire on a vehicle he was travelling in, DawnNews reported.The area of...
View ArticleUK gives Pakistan access to Altaf Hussain
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI/LONDON: The British government has allowed the Pakistani High Commission in London access to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain, DawnNews reported.Imran Mirza, the...
View ArticlePakistan maintains 6th position in ICC ODI rankings
KARACHI: Pakistan has maintained its sixth position with 100 points in the recently released ODI rankings by the International Cricket Council (ICC).According to the ICC rankings, Australia remained on...
View ArticleKey TTP commander gunned down in Mir Ali
PESHAWAR: Ashiqullah Mehsud, a key commander of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and a so-called expert of suicide bombings, was killed in a firing incident in North Waziristan tribal region,...
View ArticleUS troops were ready to enter Pakistan to secure Bergdahl's release
American troops were fully prepared to enter Pakistani territory in order to secure the release of US Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl but restrained themselves due to the absence of actionable intelligence, BBC...
View ArticleFirst film on Indian army to release in Pakistan
Holiday, the first film on Indian army, set to release in Pakistan on June 6, reported Hindustan Times.Directed by A.R. Murugadoss, the film stars Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha and is based on an...
View ArticleIHC orders registration of FIR against former CIA station chief
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued an order to register a First Information Report (FIR) against Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) former station chief Jonathan Banks over deaths...
View ArticleDetailed report of Lahore honour killing presented in LHC
LAHORE: The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore Shafeeq Ahmed Gujjar on Thursday submitted a detailed report on the Farzana Parveen murder case before Lahore High Court (LHC), DawnNews...
View ArticlePeople can't be forced to convert, says Religious Affairs Minister
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammad Yousuf said Thursday that no one could be forced to convert their religion, DawnNews reported.Addressing a conference on interfaith...
View ArticleGovt increases taxes without passing of budget
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday increased the General Sales Tax (GST) without the passing of the federal budget in the Parliament, DawnNews reported.In this regard, the Federal Board of Revenue...
View ArticleGrowers block highways in Balochistan
QUETTA: Incensed growers on Thursday blocked all national highways in Balochistan in protest against unannounced lengthy power outages and a significant cut in subsidy on power tariff.Balochistan...
View ArticleDera Bugti operation: 30 alleged militants killed
QUETTA: Security forces’ personnel killed at least 30 alleged militants during a search operation on Thursday in Balochistan’s Dera Bugti district.During a press conference, Provincial Home Minister...
View ArticleLHC honour killing: ATC hands over accused on seven day remand
LAHORE: In another development in the Farzana Perveen murder case, the anti-terrorist court (ATC) in Lahore on Thursday handed over the ex-husband of the victim and two of her relatives to the police...
View ArticleExplosion in Orangi Town leaves one person dead
KARACHI: A bomb carried on a rickshaw killed one person and wounded four others in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi on Thursday, police said.The bomb exploded near a mosque in a densely populated...
View ArticleNA committee calls for foolproof security of Parliament House
By Mateen HaiderISLAMABAD: The National Assembly has directed the Ministry of Interior to ensure foolproof security for Parliament House.Legislators observed that Islamabad police had failed to stop...
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