Qadri says he won’t be deterred even by army
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri says his movement for change of the governance system will not drift away from its agenda even if the rulers call in the army to check...
View ArticleTwo more witnesses questioned in treason case
ISLAMABAD: The counsel for Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday concluded cross-examination of two witnesses in the high treason case. The special court, headed by Justice Faisal Arab of Sindh High Court...
View ArticleHEC denies charges of ‘biased policies’
Apropos a news report appeared in Metro section of Dawn under the headline: “After KP, Sindh teachers rise up against HEC” on July 7, spokesperson for HEC Ayesha Ikram has claimed that the Sindh...
View ArticleRCCI asked to help collect funds for IDPs
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government on Tuesday requested the business community of the garrison city to come forward and play its role in collecting donations for internally displaced persons (IDPs) from...
View ArticlePML-N lawmakers threaten protest against power outages
MANSEHRA/MINGORA: The lawmakers of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in Mansehra have threatened to launch protest against prolonged and unscheduled power loadshedding in the district.Addressing...
View ArticleRelease of cash to IDPs by SIMs begins
PESHAWAR: Provincial Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan on Tuesday launched a scheme to give cash to the internally displaced persons of North Waziristan Agency by cellphone SIM cards.The launching...
View ArticleBajaur govt schools’ poor performance upsets political administration
KHAR: Bajaur Agency political agent Abdul Jabbar Shah on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of government educational institutions in the recent matriculation examination of the...
View ArticleSix killed over land dispute in Kurram
PESHAWAR: At least six people were killed and 13 others were injured when two groups clashed during a jirga in Upper Kurram on Wednesday, DawnNews reported. A jirga was under way to settle a land...
View ArticleNorth Waziristan jet strikes kill 11 suspected militants
MIRAMSHAH: Jet fighters carried out airstrikes on suspected militant hideouts destroying three of them while 11 suspected militants were also killed on Wednesday during the Zarb-i-Azb operation in the...
View ArticleFIA restrained from arresting Fahim in TDAP scam case
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday restrained the Federal Investigation Agency from arresting Makhdoom Amin Fahim, a former commerce minister and central leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party,...
View ArticleKarachi: A new rendezvous for writers pops up in city
KARACHI: Distinguished literary personalities gathered on Wednesday evening for the inauguration of the newly constructed Gosha-i-Kutub, Gosha-i-Musannifeen and Chaikhana at the Anjuman-i-Taraqqi Urdu...
View ArticleSindh declines to give water for Islamabad from its share
KARACHI: The Sindh government has expressed its unwillingness for allocation of water to Islamabad/Rawalpindi from its share under the Water Accord 1991 partly because the province has already been...
View ArticleGovt decides to disburse Zakat through ATM
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to disburse the Zakat fund among its 85,000 beneficiaries through ATM cards without deduction of any service charges.In this connection an agreement has been...
View ArticleWater crisis forces fisher families to migrate to towns
THATTA: More than 200 fisher families have migrated from 195 villages of union councils Kar Malik, Kothi and Gul Mohammad Baran in Jati taluka towards urban areas and wetlands because of acute shortage...
View ArticleChina supports military operation
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday.Regional situation besides ongoing development projects being implemented in Pakistan with Chinese...
View ArticleModel Town inquiry: Tribunal asks for cell phone record
LAHORE: The judicial tribunal on Wednesday directed the Joint Investigation Team to provide record of communication and telephonic data of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, former law minister Rana...
View ArticleGirl shot dead, two women injured over marriage row
BAHAWALPUR: A 12-year-old girl died and two women were injured seriously when a man opened fire over rejection of his marriage proposal at Nawabpura village near Jhangiwala on Wednesday.According to...
View ArticleMillions paid for iron pipes never delivered
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary watchdog committee on Wednesday discovered that the Gilgit-Baltistan administration is yet to get a ductile iron supply that the federal government had paid the contractor...
View ArticleKP govt releases Rs2.3bn for Swat Expressway
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has released Rs2.3 billion for starting construction work of the Swat Expressway. In this regard, Chief Minister Pervez Khattak chaired a meeting at the CM...
View ArticleKhasadars donate for fallen comrades
LANDI KOTAL: The khasadar personnel on Wednesday donated Rs1 million from their salaries to compensate the families of six of their colleagues who were killed in two incidents of terrorism, last month....
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