Conflict takes a heavy toll on N Waziristan education sector
PESHAWAR: The North Waziristan conflict, which has left over 955,900 tribesmen homeless, has put the future of 86,323 students from the government schools of the troubled tribal agency at stake.The...
View ArticleThree new polio cases detected in Khyber
LANDI KOTAL: The unvaccinated children in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) continued to thwart global efforts to eradicate polio as National Institute of Health, Islamabad confirmed three new...
View ArticleAuthor of ‘The Wandering Falcon’ passes away
ISLAMABAD: Quietly he bowed out. It was an end befitting the quiet and unassuming bureaucrat-turned-writer, Jamil Ahmed, who found literary success just a few years ago.Author of the ‘The Wandering...
View ArticleMan charged with looting in exchange for ‘jobs’
SAHIWAL: Regional office of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) booked and arrested a man under sections 5-2/47 of the PCA and 161 of the PPC for allegedly defrauding dozens of people and looting...
View ArticleMegawatt deficiency ‘turns acute’
LAHORE: Contrary to government claims, the actual power shortfall in the country has swelled up to over 10,000MW these days, forcing the power distribution companies (Discos) to go for 10 to 12 hours...
View ArticleIHC suspends Pemra's acting chairman
**ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday suspended the notification for the appointment of Pervez Rathore as acting chief of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra).Justice...
View ArticleUmar Akmal files a suit against Lahore's traffic warden
LAHORE: Pakistan's cricket star Umar Akmal has filed a suit on Tuesday against a traffic warden of Lahore, Zeeshan, DawnNews reported.The wicket keeper claimed that police by using their influence had...
View ArticleFive killed during operation in Karachi's Landhi area
KARACHI: Five suspected militants were killed during an operation in Gulshan-i-Buner area of Karachi's Landhi area.Security sources said that a police team conducted the raid after receiving a tip-off...
View ArticleArmy vows to 'completely eliminate' terrorist sanctuaries in N Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: Chief military spokesman Major General Asim Bajwa said on Tuesday that the Pakistan army will "completely eliminate" terrorists sanctuaries and hideouts from North Waziristan.Speaking to...
View ArticleRs6.5bn being given to police for latest weapons: CM
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the provincial government has released Rs6.5 billion to the police for the purchase of the latest weapons and equipment, and with the...
View ArticleOver 13,000 votes cast in NA-200 found defective by tribunal
KARACHI: Over 13,000 votes in NA-200 — a National Assembly constituency in Ghotki won by the Pakistan Peoples Party — are reported to have been found defective in a manual verification of counterfoils...
View ArticleZarb-i-Azb: Karachi operation sees tactical swing
KARACHI: In an apparent alignment with the military offensive in North Waziristan, the Rangers-led operation launched in the city to alleviate the fears of the business community has shifted its focus...
View Article‘PPP is against mid-term polls’
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party parliamentary party leader in Sindh Assembly and Senior Education Minister Nisar Ahmad Khuhro has said the PPP will not back any call for mid-term elections in the...
View ArticleThree SHOs among 10 found involved in PML-F man’s murder
DADU: Two station house officers (SHOs) and two private persons were arrested after registration of a murder case against 10 persons, including eight police officials, at the rukkan police station on...
View ArticleModel Town killings: three constables held
LAHORE: Three police constables attached with two police officers were arrested on Tuesday after they appeared before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) for recording their statements here at the...
View ArticleFarzana case: ATC restrained from concluding trial
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Tuesday temporarily restrained an anti-terrorism court from concluding trial of the accused in Farzana murder case. The prime suspect, Muhammad Azeem,...
View ArticleWoman confesses to killing husband
CHAKWAL: A man, who was shot dead in Bhagwal village on July 7, was murdered by his own wife, a police official told Dawn on Tuesday.Kashif Mehmood, 26, was found dead in his room; and his wife told...
View ArticleSenate body against appointing judges on regulatory posts
ISLAMABAD: Senators belonging to both mainstream political parties – the PPP and PML-N – unanimously agreed that retired judges should not be appointed to key regulatory posts. The Senate Standing...
View Article‘I’m not an anthropologist’
Published at 79, Jamil Ahmad began the book that became ‘The Wandering Falcon’ some 40 years ago after receiving some sage advice from his wife, to whom the book is dedicated. “Your poetry is rubbish,”...
View ArticleNo respite from dengue as cases rise to 19 in Mingora
MINGORA: Another dengue case was detected on Tuesday at Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital, Swat, bringing the number of dengue patients during this season to 19 in Mingora city. Owing to fear about the...
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