TTP-linked terrorists hiding in Diamer, says GB police chief
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Inspector General of Police Mohammad Saleem Bhatti said on Friday that police had information that a group of terrorists linked to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan was...
View ArticleTwo women die under ‘mysterious circumstances’
RAWALPINDI: Two women died under mysterious circumstances at Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) on Friday, police said. In the first incident, a woman was brought to BBH on Thursday after her condition...
View ArticleOutages peak amid high power demand
LAHORE: A combination of record high demand due to scorching heat, stagnant generation and mismanagement turned Friday into nightmare as urban areas suffered up to 16 hours of loadshedding.The sectoral...
View ArticlePPP to re-launch drive for Punjab division
LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party has decided to revive the ‘dead issue’ of Punjab’s division. PPP patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has reportedly asked party’s provincial leadership,...
View ArticlePTI sees no chance of long march cancellation
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf says its plan of long march on Islamabad on Aug 14 is intact and there is no chance of its cancellation or postponement.“The long march will be held as per plan as...
View ArticlePakistan, China formulate ‘timeline matrix’ for ‘corridor’ projects
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday reviewed progress on projects included in the Pak-China Economic Corridor (PCEC) and called for their timely completion. A meeting presided over by the...
View ArticleThree killed in militant attack on Bajaur checkpost: sources
PESHAWAR: Militants attacked a security checkpost along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Bajaur tribal agency early on Saturday, killing three security personnel including a captain, officials...
View ArticleThree FWO vehicles set ablaze in Khyber
PESHAWAR: Militants set ablaze three vehicles of the Frontier Works Organisation in the Shagaye area of the Khyber tribal region's Jamrud tehsil late Friday night. Official sources said the vehicles...
View ArticleGas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti
QUETTA: Militants blown up a gas pipeline Saturday morning in Balochistan's Dera Bugti district, a security official said.The official who denied to be named told Dawn by telephone that militants had...
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PPP at odds with Gilani over Musharraf’s trial
ISLAMABAD: The PPP distanced itself from former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s opposition to a trial of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, declaring it was in favour of his trial under...
View ArticlePakistan protests to Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has lodged a protest with Afghanistan over the killing of three security personnel in Bajaur in a cross-border attack. In a statement, the Foreign Office reiterated that Afghanistan...
View ArticleSC moved over labourers’ deaths in Gujranwala
ISLAMABAD: An application calling attention to the death of 18 stone-crushing labourers in Gujranwala has been submitted to the Supreme Court. The workers died of a terminal disease known as Silicosis...
View ArticleShahi Bagh to be developed into theme park
ISLAMABAD: The historic Shahi Bagh in Lahore, which includes sites such as the tomb of Mughal emperor Jahangir and his wife Noor Jehan, is to be developed into major theme park.According to a Planning...
View ArticlePPP had asked PML-N to give ‘safe passage’ to Musharraf: minister
LAHORE: While the colleagues of Yousuf Raza Gilani have been contradicting him over his statement about giving an ‘honourable exit’ to former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, a close aide to...
View ArticleGas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti
QUETTA: A gas pipeline was blown up in Dera Bugti area on Saturday, Levies officials said.Unidentified men attached explosives to the 16-inch diameter pipeline feeding a purification plant the Pirkoh...
View ArticleAnother death in zoo — this time it’s a crocodile
KARACHI: The Karachi zoo was hit by more bad news on Saturday morning when the staff found a large marsh crocodile lying dead in its enclosure, sources told Dawn. The zoo is now left with 11...
View ArticleModel Town incident: JIT ‘tightening noose’ around five cops
LAHORE: The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) has made considerable progress so far in the Model Town incident probe paving way for criminal proceedings against a deputy inspector general and four...
View ArticleVehari: Teenaged girl raped
VEHARI: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two youths at Ahmedpur village in the Karampur police area of Mailsi, some 30km from here, on Saturday. The girl, the daughter of a blind man, was...
View Article‘Long march’ will overcome all hurdles: PTI
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry said the party’s Aug 14 ‘long march’ will overcome all hurdles allegedly being created by the PML-N government.Speaking at a...
View ArticleBattling addiction: Hope finds the lost cause
LAHORE: Pakistan, once largely poppy free, has now become one of the main drug transit states in the world. A Technical Summary Report on Drug Use in Pakistan conducted by the UNODC in 2013 stated:...
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