Baloch student ends 46-day hunger strike
KARACHI: Lateef Johar, a student leader of Baloch Students Organisation-Azad (BSO-A) late on Friday ended his 46-day long hunger strike staged outside the Karachi Press Club in protest against enforced...
View ArticleAltaf released on bail, addresses Karachi sit-in participants
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain was released on bail four days after he was arrested on the suspicion of money laundering by the London Metropolitan Police, DawnNews...
View ArticleOil struck near Jhelum
ISLAMABAD: A major oil reserve has been discovered near Jhelum in Punjab, opening up a new area for exploitation of hydrocarbon potential.With an estimated production of 5,500 barrels per day, the...
View ArticleHospital owners booked after 4 infants die
KARACHI: Two owners of a private hospital and its accountant were booked on a charge of unintentional murder on Friday after the death of four children in mysterious circumstances at the health...
View ArticleMamnoon to visit Nigeria next week
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain will pay a four-day visit to Nigeria from Monday. The visit was originally planned in April but postponed at the eleventh hour under unclear circumstances. The...
View ArticleOpposition rejects ‘pro-elite’ budget
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties in the Senate have termed the federal budget for 2014-15 pro-elite and presented recommendations for mitigating suffering of the common man. The opposition parties...
View ArticleGovt breaks legislative block, gets mild budget rap
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday found the National Assembly a much better place than in recent past as, in the presence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, it broke through a legislative blockage and...
View ArticleGovt bound to protect people, says Dr Malik
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said it is the constitutional obligation of the government to provide protection to people, adding that the role of police and other...
View ArticleBrother of ASWJ leader dies in attack
QUETTA: A man was killed and two others were injured in an armed attack in Mach town on Friday, police said.The man killed was identified as a brother of a local leader of the outlawed Ahle Sunnat Wal...
View Article‘Honour’ attack survivor fears for life
LAHORE: A woman who survived an attack by relatives who tried to kill her for marrying for love said on Friday that she feared for her life and appealed for protection.Saba Maqsood, 18, survived being...
View ArticleAt least five killed in Mansehra accident
MANSEHRA: At least five people, including two Pakistan army soldiers and a child, were killed and 30 others were critically injured when a speeding passenger bus fell into a ravine near Mansehra town...
View ArticleFC man killed in Bajaur explosion
PESHAWAR: One FC soldier was killed and another was injured in a roadside blast on Saturday in the Nawagai tehsil of northwestern Pakistan's Bajaur tribal region.According to political sources, the FC...
View ArticleLaal’s Facebook page now accessible to Pak-based internet users
KARACHI: Taimur Rahman, a political activist and member of Pakistani rock band Laal, has said that the band’s Facebook page is now accessible to internet users in Pakistan.Rahman wrote in a tweet: “Yes...
View ArticleThree killed in latest Karachi violence
KARACHI: Three people, including a policeman, were gunned down in the latest violence in Karachi, DawnNews reported on Saturday.Unknown gunmen shot and killed a policeman near Tiber centre on the...
View ArticleRumour has it: Rawalpindi Express set to tie the knot?
KARACHI: Rumours began circling on Saturday of Pakistan's former speedster and Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar having decided to tie the knot. Television reports said earlier today that Akhtar had...
View ArticlePemra member challenges chairman’s appointment at IHC
ISLAMABAD: The appointment of acting chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Pervaiz Rathore was challenged on Saturday in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), DawnNews reported.The...
View ArticleLHC honour killing: ATC grants 14 days remand to victim's father
LAHORE: An anti-terrorist court (ATC) on Saturday granted 14-day-long judicial remand to the father of Farzana Perveen, who was killed outside the Lahore High Cout (LHC), DawnNews reported.Mohammad...
View Article122 ‘missing persons’ traced in Balochistan in three years
QUETTA: A total of 122 ‘missing persons’ were traced and recovered in Balochistan during the last three years, an official of Home and Tribal Affairs Department said Saturday.Requesting anonymity as he...
View ArticleDefence ministry ‘not satisfied’ with Geo News penalty
ISLAMABAD: In its first ever reaction over Pemra’s decision to suspend Geo News for 15 days, the Ministry of Defence said Saturday that it is not satisfied with the penalty awarded after the private TV...
View ArticleImran claims 2013 polls ‘biggest fraud’ in Pakistan’s history
SIALKOT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday night claimed that the May 11 general elections last year were the biggest fraud in the country’s history, DawnNews...
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