KP police push for arrest of TTP commander behind Peshawar plane attack
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have asked the political authorities of Khyber Agency to arrest Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants involved in the attack on a Pakistan International...
View ArticleArmy, Rangers to secure Pakistan's major airports
ISLAMABAD. The security arrangements of the country’s major airports in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Peshawar have been given to the army and Rangers, who will assist Airport Security Forces (ASF) to...
View ArticleRamzan moon not sighted, fasting to begin from Monday
KARACHI: The moon, marking the beginning of the Islamic month of Ramzan, was not sighted on Saturday and the first day of the holy month will now fall on Monday (June 30).The announcement was made by...
View ArticleTerror bid foiled by police in Chaman
CHAMAN: Police successfully foiled a terrorism bid early Saturday afternoon by defusing a bomb in Chaman, officials said.Saeed Ahmed, a police official told Dawn.com that unknown militants had planted...
View ArticleNorth Waziristan IDPs await registration in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Majority of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) arriving in Peshawar from North Waziristan are still awaiting formal registration. Scores of tribesmen residing in areas of Hayatabad...
View ArticleMalik justifies Arsalan Iftikhar's appointment in Balochistan Assembly
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch admitted to have appointed Arsalan Iftikhar, the son of former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, to a prominent position in the...
View ArticleTaliban's Miramshah commander killed in raid: ISPR
ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Saturday said that the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander of Miramshah, Umer was killed by security forces on the outskirts of Miramshah...
View ArticlePM delivered victory speech on my advice: Rasheed
ISLAMABAD: Answering all four questions posed by Imran Khan a day earlier, Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday said that he advised Prime...
View ArticleBaloch vows to fight terrorists closing schools in Panjgoor
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has vowed to battle against the extremists and terrorists forcibly closing educational institutions in Panjgoor district of the troubled...
View ArticleArmy chief reiterates resolve to fight entire spectrum of threat
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s Army Chief, General Raheel Sharif on Saturday reiterated that the Pakistan Army is a battle hardened force and is fully prepared to fight the entire spectrum of...
View ArticlePeople told to leave NWA as land assault looms
PESHAWAR: The army gave a final call on Saturday to all tribal people stranded in North Waziristan to leave the area as air force planes carried out bombings and artillery shelled hideouts, leaving 19...
View ArticleRamazan begins tomorrow barring in parts of KP
KARACHI/PESHAWAR: Ramazan will begin in most parts of the country on Monday as, according to the central Ruet-i-Hilal committee, the moon was not sighted anywhere in Pakistan on Saturday.Mufti Munibur...
View ArticleFour polio cases detected
ISLAMABAD: Four new polio cases — three from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) — have been recorded in the country.According to the Prime Minister’s Polio...
View ArticleBalochistan chief minister announces Rs50m grant for IDPs
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has announced a grant of Rs50 million for people displaced from North Waziristan.Speaking during a session of Balochistan Assembly on Saturday,...
View ArticleIntolerance poses threat to democracy, says chief justice
LAHORE: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani said on Saturday that the country faced a great threat from non-state actors who did not believe in the rule of law.Speaking at a reception organised by...
View ArticlePTI hints at quitting assemblies
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has asked its legislators to remain ‘mentally’ prepared to quit assemblies.The Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, told Dawn...
View Article12 rescued victims of human trafficking return from Somalia
KARACHI: “The prospect of a regular livelihood that pays well, too, attracted us to the newspaper advertisement calling fishermen to work in Saudi Arabia. Being able to perform Umrah now and then was...
View ArticleSpecial security plan finalised
ISLAMABAD: Around 2,500 personnel, including policemen and volunteers, will perform security duty in the capital city during Ramazan.Keeping in view the prevailing situation, the capital police have...
View ArticleHarassment should be treated as a crime: HRCP
ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) director I.A. Rehman said harassment should be dealt like a crime.He was speaking at a consultation on ‘Sexual harassment law and its...
View ArticleSix of family die in roof collapse
SIALKOT: Six members of a family died and two others were injured seriously in a roof collapse incident in Gujjar Town on Saturday.The family of Muhammad Iqbal was asleep when the roof of the room...
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