Head constable killed on Karachi's M A Jinnah Road
KARACHI: Unknown men gunned down a head constable of police deployed on court duty on Wednesday on Karachi's Mohammad Ali Jinnah Road.The officer was shot near Tibet Centre on M A Jinnah Road while he...
View ArticleMusharraf's name on ECL: SC fixes June 23 to hear govt challenge
ISLAMABAD: A five judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, is scheduled to hear on June 23 the government’s plea challenging the Sindh High Court's ruling which ordered the...
View ArticleGen Raheel meets Afghan ambassador at GHQ
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan Janan Mosazai, held a meeting with Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif at General Headquarters, on Wednesday."During the meeting,...
View ArticleTwitter restores access to 'blasphemous' content in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Twitter has restored access inside Pakistan to dozens of tweets and accounts, after blocking them last month following official complaints about “blasphemous” content, in a move hailed by...
View ArticleNorth Waziristan IDPs take shelter in Bannu
Some 62,000 people are believed to have fled North Waziristan ahead of the military operation Zarb-i-Azb, government figures said. Although many consider the actual figure to be much greater. The...
View ArticleShujaat calls on Fazl, invites to join alliance
ISLAMABAD: President of the Pakistan Muslim League - Quaid (PML-Q) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain met Maulana Fazlur Rehman at the residence of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief on Wednesday and...
View ArticleDeepak Perwani nominated for Bulgarian Fashion Awards
KARACHI: Pakistani fashion designer Deepak Perwani has been nominated for first round of the Bulgarian Fashion Awards for the year 2014. "It is a matter of prestige for us. If we win this, it will be...
View ArticleMQM female MNA shot, injured in Lahore
LAHORE: A Member of National Assembly belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Tahira Asif, was shot and injured on Wednesday in Lahore, DawnNews reported.The lawmaker was rushed to Shaikh...
View ArticleUK envoy assures support to Pakistan in countering extremism
ISLAMABAD: The British High Commissioner to Pakistan Philip Barton assured Britain’s full cooperation in countering extremism and terrorism from Pakistan during a meeting with Information Minister...
View ArticleShahbaz takes notice of reports alleging 'police tampering'
LAHORE. Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif took notice of media reports alleging that police officials are trying to exert pressure on medical officers responsible for compiling reports of those...
View ArticleOpposition stages walkout from NA over attack on MQM lawmaker
ISLAMBAD: Members of opposition parties on Wednesday staged a walkout from the National Assembly against the firing incident in Lahore during which Tahira Asif a Member of National Assembly belonging...
View ArticleTahirul Qadri rejects judicial commission on Lahore tragedy
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Wednesday refused to appear before a judicial commission formed to probe into the killing of at least eight PAT supporters after they...
View ArticleAt least 41 devotees die at Sehwan Urs during past four days
DADU: At least 41 devotees died at various places of Sehwan Sharif due to heat stroke and other reasons during the past four days while many others also fell unconscious in the extreme weather.The...
View ArticleBilateral ties with India on the basis of mutual trust: Sartaj
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said that Pakistan looks forward to opening a new chapter in its bilateral relations with India based upon...
View ArticleNA approves Rs 14bn for foreign affairs division
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday approved the demand for grants worth Rs 14.039 billion for Foreign Affairs Division to meet the expenditures during the financial year 2014-15.Minister for...
View ArticleName of Tahirul Qadri's son removed from FIR
LAHORE: The name of Hussain Mohyuddin, a son of Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Tahirul Qadri, was taken down on Thursday from the First Information Report (FIR) registered in the wake of the deaths in...
View ArticleWanted Lyari gang leader killed in police encounter
KARACHI: A wanted Lyari gang leader was killed late on Wednesday in an alleged police encounter, according to the Press and Information Department (PID).Sohail alias Dadda belonged to the Uzair Baloch...
View ArticlePTI lawmakers accused of not filling doctors’ posts
KARAK: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf local lawmakers have miserably failed to keep their word to get filled the 80 vacant posts of doctors in the district hospitals.This was alleged by leaders of local...
View ArticleAitchison College abolishes kinship
LAHORE: The Aitchison College Board of Governors has abolished the provision of kinship for admission to the college in a bid to ensure admissions on merit.The decision was taken in the Aitchison...
View ArticleFazl, Achakzai call on PM to discuss Lahore clash, N Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) president Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Thursday made separate calls on Prime Minister...
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