Journalists condemn ‘kidnapping’ of newsman
HYDERABAD: Office-bearers of the Hyderabad Press Club (HPC) demanded of the government to help recover senior journalist Farhan Affendi, who was picked up from his home by some armed men after breaking...
View ArticleDetailed judgment: Local bodies vital for democracy: SC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court issued on Friday a detailed judgment about extending the deadline for holding local government (LG) elections in the areas falling under the jurisdiction of cantonment...
View ArticleNawaz envoy meets Singh
NEW DELHI: Pakistani premier’s special envoy Shaharyar M. Khan met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Friday and conveyed Islamabad’s “sincere desire” to move forward on improving relations...
View ArticleFive billion dollars from lenders expected in six months
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is expecting to receive about $5 billion from multilateral lenders in six months following a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and from UAE’s Etisalat on account of...
View ArticleNo radical shift in new anti-terror strategy
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government’s yet to be unveiled counter-terrorism policy renews the commitment to fight terror, but contains no radical shift in the strategy for dealing with the problem other...
View ArticleSC to decide fate of GST charged from backdate
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court said on Friday it would determine at the next hearing whether general sales tax was recoverable on petroleum products from June 13 this year and on compressed natural gas...
View ArticleMortar shells fired from Afghanistan land in South Waziristan
PESHAWAR: More than 50 mortar shells fired from Afghanistan fell into Pakistani territory on Saturday.All the shells dropped in different areas of Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal region.According to...
View ArticleNawaz urges Chinese investment in power sector
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday held meetings with delegations of China’s top business executives and discussed with them energy, development and infrastructure projects in...
View ArticleTrain collides with rickshaw in Sheikhupura, kills 14
SHEIKHUPURA: At least 14 people, including two children, were killed on Saturday when a train collided with a packed motorcycle rickshaw at a railway crossing in Sheikupura district.“The accident...
View ArticleMilitants torch oil tanker in Mastung
QUETTA: Armed militants torched an oil tanker carrying fuel for Saindak Copper and Gold Project run by a Chinese company in Mastung district of Balochistan on Saturday.A senior police officer who...
View ArticleTwo TTP 'commanders' arrested in Charsadda
CHARSADDA: Two suspected key commanders of the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan were arrested by security forces during a search operation in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on...
View ArticleAbdul Rauf Chaudhry appointed as Federal Tax Ombudsmen
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice of the Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, appointed on Saturday Abdul Rauf Chaudhry as Federal Tax Ombudsman for a period of four years.The...
View ArticleNisar orders for weeding out of FIA's unscrupulous officials
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday to weed out its unscrupulous officers and to set up an Anti-Money Laundering Cell...
View ArticleLoad-shedding exemption during Sehri, Iftari and Tarawih: Pervez Rasheed
LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Pervez Rasheed said on Saturday that no electricity load-shedding would take place during Sehri, Iftar and Tarawih prayer timings in the month of Ramadan and...
View ArticleBlast in Lahore's old Anarkali area kills five, 50 injured
LAHORE: At least five people were killed and 50 others, including women, were injured when an explosion occurred at an eatery situated in Old Anarkali's food street area of Lahore on Saturday, DawnNews...
View ArticleSindh Governor and CM meet President Zardari
KARACHI: Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan and Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Bilwal House here on Saturday.Law & order in the province with special...
View ArticleReopening ghost schools a lucrative business in Thar
MITHI: The number of schools in the most-underdeveloped district in Sindh is roughly twice the number of total villages.According to education department records, there are 4,153 operational schools in...
View ArticleNawaz, Singh may meet in Sept
NEW DELHI: Indian Premier Manmohan Singh has confirmed his visit to the UN General Assembly in September, paving the way for a much-awaited meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.It is understood...
View ArticlePM briefed on high-speed train project
ABOARD BEIJING-SHANGHAI TRAIN: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his entourage travelled in a high-speed train from Beijing to Shanghai on Saturday.Chief Engineer and General Manager of the High-Speed...
View ArticleNew order for aviation causes uncertainty
ISLAMABAD: A sudden decision by the government to separate civil aviation from the defence ministry and create an independent division to administer its affairs has pushed the aviation sector into a...
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