Beautification campaign in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: Parks and Horticultural Agency (PHA) has started work to beautify the city. The agency is collaborating with the students of National College of the Arts (NCA) and Fatima Jinnah Women...
View ArticleISI, MI training capital police in intelligence gathering
ISLAMABAD: Two premier spy agencies of the military are training the Islamabad police to strengthen its newly-established intelligence units in 18 police stations of the city.An official told Dawn on...
View ArticleTechnology to be used to check corruption
ISLAMABAD: After failing to control malpractices in one of its key departments, the civic body of Islamabad has decided to use technology to counter corruption in the one-window operation (OWO)...
View ArticlePolice unearth own private torture cell
SIALKOT: Police unearthed a private torture cell on Monday reportedly being run by the Daska City police and rescued three people illegally detained and tortured there.A team led by Additional...
View ArticleWaziristan residents settled in Peshawar eye aid
PESHAWAR: Many North Waziristan tribesmen settled in Peshawar for a long time are understood to be among those turning up at a local facility for registration as internally displaced persons to get...
View ArticlePTI accused of neglecting backward areas in budget
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party has accused Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led provincial government of ignoring the under-developed districts, including Peshawar, in the budget 2014-15, and also of dodging the...
View ArticlePTI urged to probe funds’ misuse by lawmakers
LAKKI MARWAT: A local PTI leader has asked the party leadership to hold a probe into the alleged misuse of uplift funds by the parliamentarians in Lakki Marwat district.Talking to reporters here on...
View ArticleKabul accused of harbouring anti-Pakistan elements
LANDI KOTAL: The elders of Kukikhel tribe have accused the government of Afghanistan of harbouring anti-Pakistan elements, who are involved in creating unrest and lawlessness in the tribal belt. A...
View ArticleSuspect arrested from plane at Lahore airport
LAHORE: A suspect was arrested from a private airline landing at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore on Tuesday, DawnNews reported. As soon as the Shaheen Airlines flight from Muscat...
View ArticleFour volunteers shot at, injured by addict
QUETTA: Four volunteers of a social welfare society working against drug abuse were injured on Tuesday when an addict opened fire at them at the bank of the main sewage drain of the city, which serves...
View ArticleBalochistan seeks centre’s help for agriculture sector
ISLAMABAD: Critical issues confronting the agriculture sector in Balochistan were discussed at the ministry of national food security and research here on Tuesday where the provincial agricultural...
View ArticleSteps being taken to restore peace in Balochistan: CM
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochis-tan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that the government is using all available resources for the improvement of law and order in the province.He stated this while talking...
View ArticleMosques attacked in Panjgur
QUETTA: Gunmen opened fire at two mosques in Panjgur district on Tuesday night.According to Levies officials, the attackers who had come on two motorcycles stopped outside the mosques in Khuda Abadan...
View ArticleKarachi: Plea for resumption of work on Clifton traffic project
KARACHI: Bahria Town, a real estate firm, told the Sindh High Court on Tuesday that if the construction work on a flyover and two underpasses in Clifton was not immediately started before the...
View ArticleTwo militants arrested in GB operation
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts and army launched a targeted operation against terrorists in Mosarpar area of Diamer district on Tuesday and arrested two militants, sources said. The operation was...
View ArticlePTI contacts Q to ‘drum up support’ for long march
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has made a first formal contact with PML-Q in connection with its long march preparations. PTI Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi called on PML-Q’s Chaudhry Shujaat...
View ArticleDisplaced persons, misplaced priorities
LAHORE: Amid fears that the displaced children of North Waziristan may cause countrywide spread of the poliovirus, a World Health Organization (WHO) report reveals 26,438 of the kids could not be...
View ArticleCity diary: Anti-beggary drive launched; Ord remains unimplemented
Non-implementation of the Punjab Vagrancy Ordinance-1958 by the departments concerned is a major hurdle to eliminating beggary, a common practice in the provincial metropolis and other cities which...
View ArticleCase against MPA’s sons for ‘violence’
NAROWAL: The police on Tuesday registered a case against two sons of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MPA Ghiasuddin for abusing Shakargarh Assistant Commissioner Umrah Khan.Muhammad Zaid, son of the MPA,...
View ArticleFive ‘rapists’ held
MUZAFFARGARH: Five men on Monday night allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl at Rampur village of Tehsil Jatoi, some 80-km away from city area.Police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested the suspects and...
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