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Haqqani network also target of N Waziristan operation: ISPR
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan army for the first time announced that the Haqqani network in North Waziristan is also a target of the current military operation."For the military, there will be no...
View ArticleFO instructs diplomats to restrict movement in Karachi
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office sent a memo on Thursday to Karachi-based foreign diplomats from various countries and advised them to be vigilant and cautious in view of the security situation in the...
View ArticleAfghan national security advisor arrives in Pakistan
**ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan's national security adviser Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta arrived in Islamabad on Thursday and held meetings with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif and...
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North Waziristan offensive exodus triggers polio spread fears
BANNU: Health officials are rushing to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children against polio amid fears that a civilian exodus from a tribal area where the virus is rampant could spread the disease...
View ArticlePakistan now part of cricket's 'Big Four': PCB
KARACHI: Pakistan now have the opportunity to have a major say in the affairs of international cricket after securing considerable concessions from the 'Big Three' India, Australia and England in the...
View ArticlePM launches interest-free loan scheme
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday launched an interest-free loan scheme and said that the government would serve the nation without any discrimination, DawnNews reported.Premier Sharif...
View ArticlePakistan urges Afghanistan to stop terrorists fleeing NWA: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday asked Afghanistan to take necessary measures on its side of the border to stop the fleeing terrorists from North Waziristan who seek sanctuary on Afghan soil.Foreign...
View ArticleImran directs Khattak to visit IDP camps on Nawaz’s invitation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Thursday declined Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s invitation to visit camps of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from North Waziristan,...
View ArticleBalochistan serves as transit route for drug smugglers: Baloch
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has directed all law enforcement agencies to curb the menace of narcotics in order to save future generations.Addressing a “narcotics burning”...
View ArticleZarb-i-Azb: USAID announces $8 mln for IDPs food needs
ISLAMABAD: The United States has contributed an additional $8 million to help Pakistani government meet food and nutritional needs of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Federally...
View ArticleNine bags of polled votes in NA-192 found empty
BAHAWALPUR: Recount of votes in NA-192 (Liquatpur tehsil of Rahim Yar Khan district) surprised the commission head and the staff members when nine bags of the polled votes were found empty on...
View ArticleOpportunism, fears turn stability into instability
Everyone had expected a period of political stability when the PML-N returned to rule the country for the third time, and with absolute majority, following the 2013 general election. What people see...
View ArticlePTI government under fire over displaced persons’ misery
MINGORA: Awami National Party provincial president and former chief minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti on Thursday criticised the PTI-led provincial government for failing to provide relief and shelter to...
View ArticleFIA likely to investigate assets of Qadri
ISLAMABAD: In what seems to be a tit-for-tat response, the government is trying to tighten the noose around Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri, who has vowed to launch a movement to...
View ArticleKarachi violence claims eight lives
KARACHI: At least eight people were killed on Friday in separate incidents of violence in Karachi, DawnNews reported.One person was gunned down in Sohrab Goth’s Janjal Goth area.Another was killed in...
View ArticleChildren to get polio drops in Khyber, under army watch
PESHAWAR: More than 20,000 children will get polio drops under the Pakistan Army's protection in a campaign starting from Friday in parts of Bara Tehsil of Khyber Agency, the second most polio affected...
View Article24 bullet shells recovered Peshawar airport
PESHAWAR: Police have found an important lead in the Peshawar airport attack case and have recovered at least 24 types of different bullet shells from Sulemankhel area situated on the outskirts of...
View ArticleNawaz visits IDPs: 'Govt, army will work together for rehabilitation'
BANNU: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday visited the camps of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Bannu, and said that the government will work with the military and will not hesitate to spend...
View ArticleKarachi's latest polio victim was vaccinated three times
KARACHI: One-year-old Murad is the latest addition to Pakistan's polio count that now stands at 88 reported cases this year, according to official sources.Murad, son of Nisar Ahmed Khan, was taken to...
View ArticleChina explores security cooperation with Pakistan, India: report
Beijing is exploring a trilateral security cooperation with its neighbouring countries India and Pakistan, said a report published on NDTV on Friday. Journalists representing the Global Times, an...
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