Lashari kept away from Waar’s profits
ISLAMABAD: The record breaking revenue of one of the most popular Pakistani films in the recent times, Waar, has become a bone of contention between the investor and the director of the motion...
View ArticleView from the courtroom: Law not clear on IDPs, their rights
The large-scale displacement of people from different regions is a recurring phenomenon in Pakistan, especially in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Both natural and...
View ArticleLack of coordination hampering vaccination of NWA children
PESHAWAR: Lack of sufficient staff and proper coordination between the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department and administrations of southern districts are hampering immunisation of the displaced...
View ArticleLahore police mulls strategy to deal with Qadri
LAHORE: Lahore police high-ups remained busy in meetings with the district administration the whole day on Sunday to chalk out a strategy to handle the Pakistan Awami Tehreek’s anti-government rally...
View ArticlePunjab IG braces his men for ‘upcoming challenges’
LAHORE: The Punjab police chief had to finally intervene to raise the morale of his force that was under a cloud since the Model Town episode, asking them to carry out their duties whole-heartedly and...
View ArticleFour bodies recovered from Karachi's Baldia Town
KARACHI: Four bodies bearing torture marks were recovered from Karachi’s Baldia Town area on Monday, DawnNews reported. According to police, the bodies were recovered from Baldia Town’s Raees Goth...
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Thousands flee North Waziristan region on last day of evacuation
PESHAWAR/BANNU: Residents of North Waziristan have until the end of Monday to leave the remote mountainous North Waziristan tribal region ahead of a widely anticipated major ground offensive by the...
View ArticleIDPs vs Qadri: Pakistan 'caught in a TuQ'
As local news channels went all out in covering the grand event that was Dr Tahirul Qadri's dramatic arrival in Pakistan, Twitter users on Monday lamented that airtime consumed by the Pakistan Awami...
View ArticleSC suspends SHC decision to remove Musharraf's name from ECL
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistn on Monday suspended the Sindh High Court's earlier decision to strike off former military dictator Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf's name from the Exit Control List,...
View ArticleZarb-i-Azb: Air strikes, ground troops kill 25 militants in NWA
ISLAMABAD: At least 25 suspected militants were killed in air strikes and by ground troops of Pakistani armed forces in North Waziristan as the number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), fleeing...
View ArticleBalochistan MPAs call for action against ghost teachers, doctors
QUETTA: Taking part in a debate on the provincial budget for the next fiscal year on Monday, opposition and treasury benches in the Balochistan Assembly stressed the need for improving service delivery...
View ArticleYouth asked to shun extremism
QUETTA: Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik has asked the political leadership to influence the youth in order to shun extremism.During a meeting with a delegation of Kech district led by Rajab Ali Rind and...
View ArticleBalochistan govt evolves security plan in wake of military operation
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has evolved a security plan for a possible retaliation from terrorists in the wake of the Zarb-i-Azb operation launched by the army against them in North Waziristan.A...
View ArticleEmirates to seek damages over Qadri episode
LAHORE: The Emirates airline plans to file a suit over the damages caused to its reputation by the enforced diversion of its plane carrying Dr Tahirul Qadri on Monday.Official sources told Dawn that...
View ArticlePlane diversion was Rafiq’s idea
RAWALPINDI: Initially the government had two options to get Dr Tahirul Qadri to Lahore once he had arrived at Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) on Monday morning – either use a Fokker ATR27...
View ArticleSC seeks detailed report on targeted operations
KARACHI: While rejecting the police report on the city’s law and order, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday called for a comprehensive and detailed report on targeted operations against criminals...
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Zarb-i-Azb: 47 militants killed in NWA, Khyber blitz
PESHAWAR: At least 47 suspected militants were killed and 23 hideouts desroyed in air striked carried out on Tuesday by the military in North Waziristan and Khyber tribal region, according to statement...
View ArticleSC gives Sindh govt 6 months to vacate illegally occupied land
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the provincial government of Sindh six months to vacate land illegally occupied by government agencies and other mafias, DawnNews reported.The hearing of the...
View ArticlePakistan rejects Afghan allegations regarding Kunar attacks: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rejected baseless allegations by senior Afghan officials regarding Pakistani troops in civilian clothes conducting attacks in areas of Afghanistan’s Kunar province.A statement...
View ArticleBlast in Mohmand region kills Khasadar official
PESHAWAR: An official of the tribal Khasadar force was killed in a road side blast in Qayyumabad area of Mohmand tribal region's Safi tehsil, whereas 11 suspects were taken into custody by security...
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