Govt mulls scrapping procurement rules
ISLAMABAD: The government looks set to withdraw certain powers of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) in order to bypass competitive bidding for procurement of goods, services and...
View ArticleLarger SC bench sought for missing persons’ cases
ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court bench requested the chief justice on Thursday to consider constituting a larger bench to find answers to questions it framed on May 15 while hearing the case of 35 prisoners...
View ArticleNadra has no record of ‘suicide bomber’ who killed two army colonels: police
RAWALPINDI: A police team investigating Wednesday’s suicide attack could not get any help from the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) regarding the identity of the attacker.The...
View ArticleSindh seeks biometric machines for LG polls
ISLAMABAD: In a move which may delay the electoral exercise beyond 2014, the Sindh government has conveyed to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that it wants use of biometric machines in the...
View ArticleWarrants issued in ‘blasphemous’ programme case
QUETTA: An anti-terrorism court issued on Thursday arrest warrants for Mir Shakeelur Rehman, the owner of Geo TV, anchor Dr Shaista Lodhi, Zahida Malik alias Veena Malik and her husband Asad Bashir...
View ArticleGirl burnt alive by family for love marriage
GUJRAT: A girl who married the man of her choice was burnt to death allegedly by her parents and a brother in Phalia, Mandi Bahauddin district, on Thursday.Nadia had married Dilawar Hussain of...
View ArticleParliament Watch: Friendly opposition by PPP seen as ‘making room’ for PTI
First it looked out of character of our traditional politics when the PPP MNAs sat attentive and disciplined through President Mamnoon Hussain’s address to the joint session of the parliament, even...
View ArticleMuzaffargarh road accident kills four
MULTAN: At least four people were killed and 25 others injured on Friday when a trailer and a passenger bus collided in Muzaffargarh, DawnNews reported.The accident occurred apparently due to...
View ArticleNA passes anti-terrorism amendment bill
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday passed three bills unanimously including the Anti-terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2014, to amend the Anti-terrorism Act 1997.The Anti-terrorism (Amendment) Bill...
View ArticleWoman survives murder attempt by relatives
LAHORE: An 18-year-old girl has survived being shot and thrown into a canal by her family for marrying the man she loved, police said, weeks after the “honour killing” of another woman drew worldwide...
View ArticleForeign assets case: LHC issues notices to 63 politicians
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday issued notices to 63 politicians, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on a petition seeking directions for the politicians to bring their foreign assets back...
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Altaf discharged from hospital, shifted to police station
LONDON/ISLAMABAD: The London Metropolitan Police shifted Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain to the police station on Friday after he was discharged from the hospital, DawnNews...
View ArticlePemra suspends Geo News license for 15 days
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) on Friday suspended the license issued to Geo News for a period of 15 days, DawnNews reported. Apart from the suspension, effective...
View ArticleGeo News to sue ISI for defamation
ISLAMABAD: Geo News is suing the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for defamation over accusations of being anti-state, it said on Friday.Geo News, part of the privately-owned Jang Group, has also...
View ArticleLHC orders Punjab govt to legislate against electricity theft
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered the Punjab government to enact laws for preventing widespread electricity pilferage and wastage.Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Atta Bandial...
View ArticleSeven militants die in fresh Miramshah infighting: officials
MIRAMSHAH: Fresh clashes between the Pakistani Taliban and a breakaway faction killed at least seven militants in the country's northwest on Friday, officials said.The fighting erupted in the Wacha...
View ArticleThree bodies recovered from parts of Balochistan
QUETTA: Three bodies were recovered from different parts of Balochistan on Friday, DawnNews reported.According to Levies sources, a two-day-old tortured body of Master Maqbool was recovered from...
View ArticleAlleged negligence claims lives of five children at Karachi hospital
KARACHI: Five minor children passed away at a Karachi hospital due to alleged negligence by staffers, DawnNews reported.Casualties occurred on account of extreme negligence of hospital staffers,...
View ArticlePTA denies blocking rock band Laal's Facebook page
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) on Friday denied that it had blocked the popular Facebook page for a liberal Pakistani rock band ‘Laal’, days after the page became inaccessible for...
View ArticleN Waziristan tribes agree to oust foreign fighters in 15 days
PESHAWAR: A representative jirga (tribal elders) of North Waziristan Agency on Friday agreed to oust foreign fighters from the area in 15 days as they assured Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Mehtab...
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