MQM delegation visits JI Karachi office
KARACHI: A delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) visited the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Karachi office, Idara Noor-i-Haq, on Saturday.The MQM delegation, comprising Ameenul Haq, Abdul Haseeb and...
View ArticleArsalan was appointed to recognise services of his father: CM
ISLAMABAD/QUETTA: Defending appointment of Arsalan Iftikhar as vice chairman Board of Investment (BOI), Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch on Saturday said the former was appointed to...
View ArticleSpecial bench to decide about servicemen’s trial
ISLAMABAD: A special five-judge bench of the Supreme Court will be considering a set of questions regarding the prosecution of serving military officers, while hearing the case of 35 prisoners who went...
View ArticleBerlin urges Kabul to support Zarb-i-Azb
ISLAMABAD: Germany’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Michael Koch has said that Kabul should extend support to Islamabad in its efforts to eliminate terrorism.Talking to a six-member...
View ArticlePPP pledges to resist moves against democracy
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party leaders have reiterated their pledge to uphold the banner of democracy for which their leaders Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto and hundreds of their workers laid...
View ArticleADB approves $197m for Balochistan road project
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of $197 million for the national highway development project of Balochistan.Under the project the two-lane highways of Zhob-Mughalkot and Qila...
View ArticleCase against four cops for torturing youth
SIALKOT: The Daska City police registered a case on Saturday against their colleagues — constables Iftikhar Sandhu, Muhammad Nawaz, Rana Zulfiqar and Zahid Nagra — for torturing Zaheer Ahmad in the...
View ArticlePims’ mobile hospitals for IDPs
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has sent two mobile hospitals along with a team of 36 doctors and staff to Bannu to provide medical facilities to the internally displaced...
View ArticleIDPs’ registration: 13,000 cases rejected for duplication
PESHAWAR: As the internally displaced persons from North Waziristan Agency line up at registration points in Bannu and Peshawar, the National Database and Registration Authority has detected 13,000...
View ArticleAltaf 'salutes' army as MQM holds rally supporting armed forces
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday evening supported the Zarb-i-Azb operation and said that he "salutes" the endeavors of the Pakistan army, DawnNews reported.The...
View ArticleTwo policemen among four killed in Quetta
QUETTA: Four people including two policemen were killed in two different incidents of firing in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan on Sunday, police said.Imran Qureshi, the Superintendent of Police...
View ArticleOver half a million IDPs registered
ISLAMABAD: Over half a million people displaced by the military operation in North Waziristan have been registered so far.A freshly consolidated report, submitted to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on...
View ArticleArmy urged to let foreign NGOs help refugees
BANNU: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan urged Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Sunday to allow foreign NGOs to take part in relief work and help internally displaced persons...
View ArticleAfghanistan hints at lowering power transit fee
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan has hinted that it may reduce the transit fee it wants to levy on electricity imported from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan through the proposed 1000-megawatt Central Asia-South Asia...
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3 policemen shot dead in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Three policemen were killed when a police party was attacked by gunmen here on Sunday night.Another policeman and a pedestrian suffered bullet injuries in the attack in Latifabad No 7.The...
View ArticleNo timeframe for completion of Zarb-i-Azb: Asif
SIALKOT: Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif has ruled out any timeframe for early completion of the ongoing military operation in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) and said it will continue till...
View ArticlePPP lodges protest with US over spying revelations
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party has formally written to the United States government in protest over revelations that the National Security Agency (NSA) had been spying on the party when it was...
View ArticleTwo militants killed in ‘encounter’
KARACHI: Two suspected militants were killed in an alleged encounter with police here on Sunday night.Police said they had received information about the presence of militants at a roundabout in Baldia...
View ArticleLevies post stormed, weapons looted
GWADAR: A group of men attacked a Levies post in Gwargo area of Panjgur district on Saturday and took away weapons and wireless equipment.According to sources, at least six men on motorcycles and a car...
View ArticleAffected families begin returning to Abbas Town
KARACHI: There is an active buzz surrounding the newly reconstructed apartments on both sides of Abbas Town as shopkeepers and residents were seen moving about on Sunday to get settled. A few steps...
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