PM orders action as Taftan bombing death toll reaches 24
QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday ordered action against perpetrators behind the twin suicide attack which killed 24 Shia pilgrims in Taftan near the Pakistan-Iran border, officials...
View ArticleTarbela’s storage capacity decreases by two feet
ISLAMABAD: The country continues to lose its water storage capacity as accumulation of silt has decreased Tarbela Dam’s storage space by another two feet.An official of the ministry of water and power...
View ArticlePowerhouse tripping cuts generation by 550MW
LAHORE: The tripping of five of the 10 units of Mangla Dam Powerhouse on Sunday reduced hydel generation by about 550MW and served to lengthen durations of outages.Official sources said the problem...
View ArticleNo relief in sight from scorching heat
LAHORE: The plains, especially in Sindh and Punjab, continued to reel under a severe heatwave on Sunday with the Met department forecasting no immediate relief.Blazing sun has been spitting fire on the...
View ArticleCorruption of over Rs3.8bn unearthed in BISP
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency has claimed to have unearthed corruption of over Rs3.8 billion in the Benazir Income Support Programme launched by the PPP government in 2008 to provide...
View ArticleProvinces see magistracy synonymous with governance
LAHORE: All provinces are anxiously awaiting amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code by the federal government which would restore the defunct executive magistracy, allowing them to regain control...
View ArticleThree cops face ire over rape victim’s suicide
SARGODHA: Regional Police Officer Ahmad Ishaq Jahangir has suspended from service the station house officer, assistant sub-inspector and moharrar of Kirana police for showing negligence that resulted...
View ArticleAttack on Karachi airport: Reactions on social media
A brazen attack by militants on the international airport in Karachi left 18 people dead but authorities managed to regain control of the premises. The attack had started late Sunday when gunmen...
View ArticleNawaz to chair emergency security meeting this week
ISLAMABAD. In the aftermath of the deadly gun and bomb attack at Karachi airport on Sunday night, the government on Monday summoned an emergency meeting of the Cabinet Committee on National Security...
View ArticleKarachi airport handed over to CAA, open for operations
KARACHI: Karachi airport has been reopened for passengers and all flight operations, said Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asim Bajwa. Earlier on Sunday, a...
View ArticleRoadside bomb kills two FC soldiers in Awaran: officials
QUETTA: At least two paramilitary soldiers were killed and three others injured Monday when an explosion hit a paramilitary convoy in Awaran, about 350 kilometres away from the provincial capital...
View ArticleThree FC personnel, child killed in N Waziristan checkpost attack
PESHAWAR: At least three paramilitary soldiers and a child were killed and many others injured in a suicide attack near Boya checkpost on Datta Khel road in North Waziristan Agency, military officials...
View ArticlePTI condemns TTP over Karachi airport attack
KARACHI: The core committee of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday condemned the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) over the attack on Karachi’s Jinnah International airport, a statement issued...
View ArticleFO rejects Pakistan link to attack on Abdullah
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has firmly rejected allegations of its involvement in the attack on Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah and termed them as irresponsible."Pakistan is deeply disappointed...
View ArticlePoll rigging: PTI to approach SC against ex-Nadra chariman
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) will approach the Supreme Court against the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Tuesday over alleged rigging during last year’s general...
View ArticleKarachi attack: Former intl cricketers refuse to play Ramazan matches
KARACHI: Following the terrorist attack at the Jinnah International Airport, former cricketers have refused to come to Karachi to play the Ramazan Cricket Tournament, DawnNews reported.The attack on...
View ArticleIranian border forces fire rockets into Panjgur
QUETTA: Iranian border guards fired two dozen rockets into Balochistan province on Monday evening, however, no casualties were reported, an official said. Spokesman for the Frontier Corps (FC) Khan...
View ArticleHafiz Gul Bahadur group extends ceasefire to June 20
PESHAWAR: The North Wazristan Taliban Shura led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur has extended the ceasefire till June 20 and also assured the government to carry out probe into the Boya checkpost suicide blast...
View ArticleNisar sees foreign, local elements involved in terror attacks
KARACHI: Almost a day after an armed attack on Karachi airport killed at least 29 people including militants, Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday night said that foreign as well...
View ArticlePunjab has lifted wheat movement ban, SC told
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Monday that a ban imposed by the Punjab government on the movement of wheat to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been lifted.Additional Advocate General of Punjab...
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