Sindh can’t afford more IDPs: CM
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said Sindh cannot afford a further influx of internally displaced persons (IDPs) due to the ongoing military operation against militants in North...
View ArticleK-Electric rejects Nepra’s allegations
ISLAMABAD: The management of K-Electric has accused the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) of acting in bad faith, committing contempt of court and having evil designs in holding it...
View ArticleOpposition parties, govt agree to set up poll reforms committee
ISLAMABAD: The government and the joint opposition agreed on Friday to form a 33-member special parliamentary committee to prepare recommendations for electoral reforms. A meeting of parliamentary...
View Article30 militants killed in Khyber Agency, N Waziristan air blitz
PESHAWAR: About 30 suspected terrorists were killed in targeted strikes by jet aircraft in Khyber Agency and North Waziristan early Saturday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press...
View ArticlePTA discontinues roaming facilities on Afghan SIMs
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has discontinued roaming facilities on Afghan Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) in Pakistan, in an effort to block anti-state and criminal...
View ArticleBilawal appeals for 'political ceasefire'
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday appealed to all political segments to hold a ‘ceasefire’.In a statement issued on the 61st birth anniversary of slain...
View ArticleMQM will offer 'strong resistance' if Qadri arrested: Gabol
KARACHI/LAHORE: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Nabil Gabol said Saturday that the party would put up strong resistance if Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri was arrested,...
View ArticleLoadshedding to end within four years: Ishaq Dar
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Saturday said that loadshedding would come to an end within three to four years with the addition 11,000 megawatts (MW) in the national grid.In...
View ArticleOn her 61st birth anniversary: Remembering Benazir Bhutto
On what would have been her 61st birthday, Benazir Bhutto's family, friends and well-wishers posted to Twitter in memory of the slain former prime minister,.Separately in the National Assembly, a...
View ArticleBench to play due role if judiciary is threatened: CJP
MULTAN: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Tassadiq Hussain Jillani said on Saturday that judiciary would play its due role if judicial freedom is threatened.He said this at this at Justice Nazeer Shaheed...
View ArticleNisar directs security agencies to secure twin cities
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan directed police and security agencies to gear up their resources to fully secure twin cities Rawalpindi-Islamabad and its residents in wake of the...
View ArticleTahirul Qadri alleges govt planning to send his plane back
LONDON: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief and leader of Minhaj-ul-Quran Dr Tahirul Qadri alleged on Saturday that the government is conspiring to send his plane back, DawnNews reported.On his way to...
View ArticleNA passes budget, eulogises Benazir
ISLAMABAD: The government pushed its second budget through the National Assembly with ease on Saturday amid some gestures to PPP ahead of threatened anti-government protests.The final vote on the...
View ArticleIndecision on Nacta affects operation
ISLAMABAD: The indecisiveness in activating the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta), along with delays plaguing the establishment of the Directorate of Intelligence Security (DIS) is taking a...
View ArticleParliamentary body ‘overrules’ JCP’s recommendations
ISLAMABAD: Though it has yet to regain the powers it lost more than three years ago, the Parliamentary Committee (PC) on appointment of superior court judges has started flexing its muscles and has...
View ArticleCase of 35 missing prisoners: larger SC bench to consider questions
ISLAMABAD: A special five-judge Supreme Court bench will consider on Tuesday a set of questions a different bench had framed while hearing the case of 35 prisoners who went missing from a military...
View ArticlePakistan granted Cern’s associate membership
ISLAMABAD: The European Council for Nuclear Research (Cern) has decided to grant Pakistan the status of an associate member.Pakistan is the first Asian country and third after Turkey and Serbia to have...
View ArticleHow to handle Qadri; Punjab govt in a fix
LAHORE: The Punjab government is still indecisive about the way to handle Dr Tahirul Qadri’s Gujrat and Lahore rallies on June 23 and 24.“We have not made a final decision whether to give a free hand...
View ArticleInvestigators exploring multiple angles in shrine blast
ISLAMABAD: Officers investigating Friday night’s bombing at a shrine in the outskirts of Islamabad are considering multiple angles, including terrorism and rivalries, Dawn has learnt from the officials...
View ArticleQadri’s reception plan rejected
RAWALPINDI: The local administration has rejected the plan submitted by Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) for receiving its leader Dr Tahirul Qadri on his arrival at Benazir Bhutto Airport on...
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