Govt mulls invoking Article 245 to summon army
ISLAMABAD: The government is mulling invoking Article 245 of the Constitution to summon the army in all major cities of the country, DawnNews reported late on Friday night.If the said article is...
View ArticleHamid Mir left for London
KARACHI: Senior journalist, analyst and anchorperson Hamid Mir has left for London, DawnNews reported on Friday.Mir, who was targeted by armed gunmen on April 19, 2014 in Karachi and received six...
View ArticleDespite gas shortage, ECC lifts ban on CNG kit imports
ISLAMABAD: Even as gas supply to CNG stations is down to just 18 hours a week, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Friday lifted a ban on the import of CNG kits and cylinders for...
View ArticleDemocracy can’t endure if laws not upheld: CJ
ISLAMABAD: Outgoing Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has a word of caution for democracy: he says it cannot endure if constitutional pledges and values fail to bring about a positive change in...
View ArticleNisar in Lahore, likely to meet Sharif today
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif finally succeeded in bringing an annoyed Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to the provincial metropolis from Islamabad in his plane on Friday evening for a...
View ArticleECP asks political parties to submit details of assets
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked all political parties to file with it details of their assets on or before Aug 29.The ECP said that under Article 13 of the Political...
View ArticleVeterinary clinics set up for displaced animals
ISLAMABAD: The military operation in North Waziristan has not only rendered half a million people displaced but also forced thousands of working animals to leave their abodes.According to official...
View ArticleGovt wants talks with PTI, PAT: Saad
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafiq has said that the government wants to initiate a dialogue process with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek...
View ArticleSindh, KP oppose formation of national curriculum council
ISLAMABAD: Though the Ministry of Education, Training and Standards in Higher Education (MET) has been working for the establishment of the National Curriculum Council (NCC), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and...
View ArticleSeven judges terminated
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court chief justice has terminated the services of seven civil judges-cum-judicial magistrates during their probationary period.The terminated judged are Nadeem Asghar Nadeem...
View ArticleWoman killed over love marriage
SIALKOT: A woman was killed for honour in Nangal Mirza, Pasrur on Thursday, police said.Mushtaq Butt’s daughter Madeeha Mushtaq, 23, eloped with Azam three months ago and contracted court marriage with...
View ArticleMan from Chakwal dies of Congo fever
RAWALPINDI: National Institute of Health (NIH) on Friday declared a patient as Congo Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) case after his death at Holy Family Hospital. Shoaib Ahmed, 32 years old and...
View ArticleBacteria found in water being supplied to 8 Pindi localities
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Environment Protection Agency (Punjab-EPA) has said that eight areas of the garrison city are receiving contaminated water and recommended laying new sewerage and water supply lines...
View ArticleCouple killed for marrying of their own free will
NOWSHERA: A couple was shot dead by relatives for marrying without their consent here on Friday.Police said that the couple was gunned down while fleeing in a car on the GT road in Kandar area. The...
View ArticleTerrorists in army uniform storm police station in Diamer
GILGIT: Over three dozen suspected terrorists wearing Pak army uniform stormed a police station in Diamer district on Friday morning, tied the policemen with ropes and took away weapons, uniform,...
View ArticlePML-N leader shot dead in Kalat firing
KALAT: A local Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) district leader was killed in the wee hours of Saturday morning when unknown gunmen opened fire on him in Balochistan's Kalat district, DawnNews...
View ArticlePM Nawaz, Nisar meet in Lahore to 'resolve differences'
LAHORE: A meeting of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan is under way in Lahore on Saturday, DawnNews reported.The meeting, which is being held at the premier's...
View ArticleZarb-i-Azb: Five suspected militants killed in NWA airstrikes
PESHAWAR/MIRAMSHAH: Five suspected militants were killed and five militant hideouts were destroyed early on Saturday as jet fighters pounded parts of the North Waziristan tribal region. According to...
View ArticleModel Town vandalism: Gullu Butt moves court for bail
LAHORE: Gullu Butt, the baton-wielding man seen damaging vehicles in Lahore, filed a bail petition in a local court on Saturday, DawnNews reported. The petition was filed in Judicial Magistrate Imran...
View ArticleATC indicts five suspects in Farzana murder case
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Saturday charged five suspects in connection with the murder of 25-year-old Farzana Iqbal who was stoned to death outside the Lahore High Court,...
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