SC upset by lack of food subsidies in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court bench was flabbergasted on Tuesday when it was told that no subsidy on food items has ever been extended to the neediest segments of Balochistan since the year 2009.This is...
View ArticleDeportees with forged papers to be arrested
LAHORE: Not all the deported persons will enjoy the status of ‘victim’ under a new classification of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).The people deported for forged documents (DFD) will face...
View ArticleWhereabouts of abducted judicial magistrate still unknown
QUETTA: The whereabouts of Judicial Magistrate of Ziarat Jam Sakaa, who was kidnapped in Kawas area on Monday’s night, is still unknown.According to Deputy Commissioner of Ziarat Yasir Khan, Jam Sakaa...
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Most Pakistanis fear extremism, dislike Taliban: survey
WASHINGTON: In Pakistan 66 per cent people see religious extremism as a serious threat to their country, says a new survey released by a US think-tank.The survey, by the Pew Research Centre,...
View ArticleJI opposes call for KP assembly dissolution
ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Siraj ul Haq has termed PTI chief Imran Khan’s call for dissolution of the KP assembly his `personal views’ and not the stand of his party Pakistan...
View ArticleShahbaz visits Chaudhry Nisar
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday held a meeting with Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan at his Faizabad residence, it has been learnt.The chief minister remained with...
View ArticleSC frames questions in Musharraf trial
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has formulated a set of questions to determine whether former president retired General Pervez Musharraf, can be allowed to leave the country without modifying an earlier...
View ArticleSenate committee on jobs quota fails to do its job
ISLAMABAD: A special committee of the Senate, formed during the tenure of the previous PPP government to review recruitment policy and ensure implementation of constitutionally guaranteed job quotas...
View ArticlePakistan will ask India to inform before releasing dam water
ISLAMABAD: The government will seek prior information from India on releases of dam water to prepare itself for staving off the sudden gush which plays havoc in Pakistan.Chairman National Disaster...
View ArticlePunjab govt to establish correctional facility for militants
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday decided to establish a correctional facility for suspects belonging to proscribed organisations.Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif approved a Rs240million...
View ArticleAfghan military delegation to arrive in Islamabad tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: An Afghan military delegation would visit Pakistan on Thursday to discuss security-related issues including Paki-Afghan border with Pakistan military officials."The Afghan military...
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Newborns at IDP camp named 'Mutasareena', 'Azb Khan'
BANNU: A baby girl who was recently born into a family of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from North Waziristan tribal region at a IDP camp set up in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district has been...
View ArticleKayani feared religious right’s backlash against him: Athar Abbas
A former spokesman for the Pakistan Army says that as army chief, retired General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani baulked at launching a military operation in North Waziristan in 2010 for fear of a backlash from...
View ArticleNisar cautions ex-officials to be careful in issuing statements
ISLAMABAD: In an apparent reaction to a former Army spokesperson’s remarks, regarding Gen (retd) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s reluctance in launching a military offensive in North Waziristan in 2010, Federal...
View ArticleUS envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan steps down
WASHINGTON: The US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan is stepping down, Secretary of State John Kerry announced Wednesday in a move which comes at a key juncture in troubled US-Afghan...
View ArticlePPP slams US spying, says violators owe an apology
ISLAMABAD: The revelation of spying on a major political party of Pakistan is a grave, unwarranted and totally unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign country and is condemned,...
View ArticleLawyers boycott courts to protest judicial magistrate’s abduction
QUETTA: Members of legal fraternity on Wednesday boycott courts in Balochistan to protest against the kidnapping of Judicial Magistrate Ziarat.Balochistan High Court Bar Association and Balochistan Bar...
View ArticleZarb-i-Azb: More IED factories, explosives recovered in NWA
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army claims on Wednesday that three more IED making factories with large quantity of explosives, anti-tank mines, a suicide bomber training center, a media facility and a rocket...
View ArticleUNDP contradicts Imran’s rigging allegations
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Director Marc-Andre Franche has contradicted the allegations of PTI chief Imran Khan regarding the interruption in its election...
View ArticleBalochistan's ruling party to review Arsalan Iftikhar appointment
QUETTA: The ruling National Party (NP) in Balochistan has termed the provincial government’s decision to appoint Arsalan Iftikhar as the Vice Chairman Balochistan Investment Board as incorrect and...
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