SC suspends IHC’s decision to halt Lucman from hosting programmes
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision to restrict the TV anchorman Mubashir Lucman from conducting any programme.A three-member bench headed by...
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Gen Raheel meets Chief of Air Staff
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif visited Air Headquarters in Islamabad on Thursday and called on Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, according to a statement...
View ArticleSindh Assembly: Opposition irked over govt's focus on Lahore incident
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed with a comfortable majority a resolution condemning the Lahore tragedy which had claimed more than seven lives.The Muslim league-N (PML-N) and Functional...
View ArticleBalochistan govt unveils Rs215bn budget for 2014-15
QUETTA: With an aim to improve key social indicators, the Balochistan government claims to have given top priority to the education and health sectors in the financial budget for the year...
View ArticleGullu Butt sent on 14-day judicial remand
LAHORE: Gullu Butt, the baton-wielding man seen damaging vehicles in Lahore, was presented in a court for the second time on Thursday and was sent on a 14-day judicial remand.Butt appeared in court for...
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Operation Zarb-i-Azb requires national unity: PM Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Under the supervision of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the leadership of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) met on Thursday to discuss the ongoing military operation 'Zarb-i-Azb' and the...
View ArticleSC orders formation of national council for minorities' rights
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Thursday ordered for the constitution of a national council of minorities' rights. The function of the said council should be to monitor the practical...
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Zarb-i-Azb operation: 23 militants killed in fresh strikes
ISLAMABAD: At least 23 more suspected militants were killed in the ongoing Zarb-i-Azb operation launched by the Pakistan Army in North Waziristan tribal region, according to a statement issued by the...
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No link between military operation and drone attacks: FO
ISLAMABAD. Pakistan on Thursday condemned recent drone strikes that took place near Miramshah in North Waziristan, and said there was no connection between the strikes and ongoing military...
View ArticleTargeted operation to be launched by Rangers, police in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to carry out a ‘targeted operation’ in the capital to eliminate terrorist elements, DawnNews reported. To wipe out sleeper cells of terrorists following the...
View ArticlePersecuted Ahmadis seek shelter in China
Beijing: Fleeing discrimination and violence, members of the Ahmadiyya community have abandoned their homes in Pakistan to find an unlikely refuge in China.“Every day I heard the sound of guns,” said a...
View ArticleOpposition demands withdrawal of case against Qadri's son, supporters
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties in the National Assembly on Thursday demanded the government to withdraw the FIRs registered against Dr Hussain Mohiuddin, the son of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT)...
View ArticlePolice asked to nominate Nawaz, Shahbaz in Lahore killings case
LAHORE: The Tehreek-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) of Dr Tahirul Qadri on Thursday submitted a First Information Report (FIR) application seeking nomination of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister...
View ArticleSuicide attack on peace lashkar chief’s house kills 2 in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: A suicide attack on the residence of a peace lashkar chief in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa capital killed at least two people and wounded five others, DawnNews reported on Thursday night.The attack...
View ArticleMQM MNA Tahira Asif passes away in Lahore hospital
LAHORE: Member of National Assembly belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Tahira Asif passed away late Thursday night from injuries she sustained after being shot in Lahore a day earlier,...
View ArticleInjured Muttahida MNA dies
LAHORE: Muttahida Qaumi Movement MNA Tahira Asif who was critically injured in a gun attack here on Wednesday died at Jinnah Hospital late on Thursday night.Head of Anaesthesia department and incharge...
View ArticleK-Electric bosses ordered over-billing, says Nepra
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has revealed that the management of K-Electric, including a former managing director and all its regional heads, have been involved...
View ArticleKarzai assures Nawaz of help in fighting Taliban
ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Hamid Karzai telephoned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday and vowed to enhance security cooperation between the two countries.“Prime Minister received a call from...
View ArticleBalochistan to spend Rs51bn on development in 2014-15
QUETTA: Balochistan has allocated Rs50.7 billion for next fiscal year’s Annual Development Programme (ADP), an increase of 13 per cent from the last year’s Rs43.91bn.The development budget includes...
View ArticleAs IDPs arrive, twin cities gear up to tackle poliovirus
ISLAMABAD: As some of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) from North Waziristan arrived in the twin cities, the local administration of Rawalpindi announced three anti-polio campaigns during the...
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