Father, daughter arrested for NA official’s murder
ISLAMABAD: A father and daughter were arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a National Assembly (NA) official who had been missing since February this year.The NA official disappeared...
View ArticleKP Assembly okays Rs9.4bn for seven departments
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Saturday began the exercise to pass the budget for financial year 2014-15 after four days long discussion.The Rs9.4 billion demands for grant for seven...
View ArticleThree brothers, cousin die of suffocation in Dir well
TIMERGARA: Three brothers and their cousin died of suffocation in a well at Sher Khani village of Maidan in Lower Dir on Saturday.According to the residents, a farmer, Nasir Khan, 28, went down a well...
View ArticleWill head to PM house if supporters harmed: Dr Qadri
LONDON/RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Sunday said that if his supporters are harmed upon his arrival in Pakistan, then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would be held...
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Search operation: 118 suspects arrested in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: With the Zarb-i-Azb operation underway in North Waziristan Agency, the Peshawar Police launched a massive search operation on Sunday, arresting more than 118 illegal residents, including a...
View ArticleTwo militants killed in Karachi: police
KARACHI: At least two suspected militants belonging to a banned militant organisation were killed in an encounter with police during a search operation conducted Sunday in Afghan Basti of Karachi's...
View ArticleFree-will couple, son killed by relatives in Quetta
QUETTA: A free-will couple along with their four-year-old child were killed by relatives in Almas Road area of Quetta, police said.Mehmood Notezai, the Superintendent of Police told Dawn that family...
View ArticleTemporarily suspend N Waziristan operation in civilian areas: Imran
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said the military should temporarily halt bombardments in areas of North Waziristan where the civilian population has not...
View Article‘Model Town incident a conspiracy against govt’
ISLAMABAD: Chief Coordinator of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Siddiq al-Farooq on Sunday said that last week’s incident in Lahore’s Model Town, in which 12 ‘innocent’ persons were killed, was a...
View ArticleNisar warns against any attempts to march on Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: With hours left in the expected arrival of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri in the country, Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday night warned against...
View ArticleGen Mahmood discusses defence cooperation with US
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Rashad Mahmood Sunday discussed matters related to defence cooperation and regional security situation with the civil-military...
View ArticleConfrontational politics to harm national interests: Shahbaz
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday said that politics of protest and confrontation hinders and undermines the national ideals of progress and development.Speaking to a delegation of...
View ArticleGovernment overreacts in panic, seals capital
ISLAMABAD: The full force of the government seemed to be at work on Sunday as law-enforcement agencies and the district administration put the twin cities into lockdown ahead of Dr Tahirul Qadri’s...
View ArticleOver 400,000 registered, says FDMA
PESHAWAR/BANNU: With families continuously streaming out of North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan expressed disappointment on Sunday over the Sindh and Balochistan...
View ArticlePakistan needs to make hard choices now: Hillary
WASHINGTON: Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said that Pakistan’s policy of seeking strategic depth in Afghanistan has been proven wrong and the country now needs to focus all its...
View ArticleFatwa declares Zarb-i-Azb a jihad
ISLAMABAD: Over 100 ulema from various schools of thought declared on Sunday Zarb-i-Azb, the military operation being carried out against terrorists and militants in North Waziristan Agency, as...
View ArticleAllocations reduced for law-enforcement agencies
ISLAMABAD: Though the country is facing serious internal threats, the federal government has reduced operational budget of all law-enforcement agencies, including the Islamabad police, Rangers and...
View ArticleCongress rejects move to stop US funding for Pakistan
WASHINGTON: An amendment to stop US funding to Pakistan has been defeated in the House of Representatives, which accepted the Obama administration’s argument that doing so would hurt key US interests....
View ArticleReduction sought in power tariff
ISLAMABAD: Government-run power distribution companies have sought 81 paisa per unit reduction in tariff on account of lower purchase cost of electricity and better energy mix as part of monthly fuel...
View ArticleDelayed security nods affect polio drives in city
KARACHI: Authorities in the provincial health department find it hard to go with their plans to administer polio booster, especially to the children who had potentially missed out earlier campaigns...
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