Lawyers boycott courts across Balochistan over judge's killing
QUETTA: Members of the legal fraternity marched on the roads of Quetta to mourn the killing of Environmental Protection Tribunal judge Sakhi Sultan on Tuesday.Also read: Environmental tribunal judge...
View ArticleGovt to tackle individuals like Qadri strictly: Pervaiz Rashid
RAWALPINDI: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said the government would take strict measures to tackle individuals like Tahirul Qadri to foil their efforts of spreading anarchy in the country, said a...
View ArticleIHC cancels appointment of PTV MD
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday cancelled the appointment of Managing Director Pakistan Television (PTV) network Mohammad Malick.Also read: New PTV chiefIn his decision, Justice Shaukat...
View ArticleSanaullah confident in facing Lahore commission
LAHORE: Former Punjab law minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday expressed his full confidence that he will be cleared by a judicial commission which will be questioning him, DawnNews reported.Speaking to...
View ArticleIDPs protest food shortage in Bannu
BANNU: Police and troops fired warning shots Tuesday to break up a protest over food shortages by people who have fled a military operation against the Taliban.The offensive has seen the northwestern...
View ArticleCJ seeks report over Karachi airport attack within two weeks
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani on Tuesday directed the federal interior secretary and the chairman of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to a submit report within the next two weeks...
View ArticlePolio may spread in wake of North Waziristan operation: UN
GENEVA: About 50,000 Pakistanis have crossed into eastern Afghanistan to escape air strikes over the past 10 days and 435,000 have fled within their homeland, which could fuel the spread of polio as...
View ArticleBalochistan govt ready to host IDPs, says Dr Malik
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Malik Baloch has clarified that his government was committed to support the internally displaced persons (IDP) from North Waziristan.Speaking during the session of...
View ArticleAltaf urges govt to avoid using ‘state machinery’ against Qadri
LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Tuesday urged the federal government to avoid using ‘state machinery’ against Canada-based cleric Dr Tahirul Qadri and his party Pakistan...
View ArticleFiring on plane kills woman, wounds two at Peshawar airport
PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen late on Tuesday night opened fire on a passenger plane landing at Peshawar’s Bacha Khan airport, killing a woman and injuring two flight stewards on board, DawnNews...
View ArticlePM wants to engage Qadri through governor
LAHORE: Although an influential lobby in the ruling PML-N is favouring use of strong-arm tactics against Dr Tahirul Qadri, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has explored the option of engaging the Pakistan...
View ArticleNepra cuts power tariff by 82 paisas
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday cut consumer tariff by 82 paisas per unit for all distribution companies of the Water and Power Development Authority...
View ArticleGwadar: Police exhume body of African national
GWADAR: Police exhu-med a body of an African national on Tuesday from a grave in Thalafi area of Gwadar city, sources revealed.Police and Levies personnel received information about the burial of an...
View ArticlePolio drive in Lehri stopped after threats
QUETTA: Polio vaccinators have discontinued their drive in Brahmani area of Lehri tehsil, Sibi distirct after receiving death threats.District Health Officer Sibi, Dr Mian Manzoor Ahmed told the media...
View ArticleIDPs reaching Hangu cause worry
KOHAT: More and more internally displaced persons are reaching Hangu from North Waziristan Agency through the Spin Thall route without registration triggering fears militants will go to the adjoining...
View ArticlePindi admin targets displaced children in new anti-polio drive
RAWALPINDI: The district health department has launched a five-day anti-polio drive in two tehsils, Rawalpindi and Taxila, from Tuesday. The campaign will target children, specifically those displaced...
View ArticleKarachi road accident leaves one dead, 51 injured
KARACHI: At least one person was killed and 51 others were injured in the early hours of Wednesday morning when a passenger bus overturned in Karachi’s Karsaz area, DawnNews reported.The inter-city bus...
View ArticleSix of a family killed in Nowshera gun attack
PESHAWAR: Six of a family were shot dead on Wednesday in a gun attack in the Isakhel area of Nowshera.According to police, a 20-year-old suspect named Muhammad Ali opened fire on family members which...
View ArticleKarachi violence claims six lives
KARACHI: At least six people were killed in different incidents of violence in Karachi, DawnNews reported on Wednesday. One person was killed in a firing incident near Sindh Muslim Law College whereas...
View ArticleSHC rejects Musharraf's review petition
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf seeking a review of the court’s earlier decision to remove Musharraf's name...
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