842 submit papers for by-polls
ISLAMABAD: A total of 842 candidates have submitted nomination papers to contest the Aug 22 by-elections on 42 seats of national and four provincial assemblies, says a spokesman for the Election...
View ArticleKESC refutes allegations
KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company has categorically refuted all allegations made at a meeting of the sub-committee of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Water and Power held on Tuesday.The...
View ArticleDual offices: Imran’s stance challenged
ISLAMABAD: A tug of war has erupted among the leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) with the party’s Chief Election Commissioner Hamid Khan challenging a ruling of Chairman Imran Khan about...
View ArticleMalala to have little interaction with media
UNITED NATIONS: Concerns over Malala Yousufzai’s safety have inhibited her interaction with world media at the United Nations and her media advisers and the entourage have kept a tight control over her...
View ArticleMissing people’s case: SC raises query about immunity for UN staff
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court asked the federal government on Wednesday to find out the legal provision which allows employees or workers of the United Nations (UN) to claim immunity by declining to...
View ArticleElections better organised than in 2008: EU
ISLAMABAD: The European Union Observer Mission ruled out on Wednesday suspicion about rigging in the elections and involvement of intelligence agencies in the process. It described this year’s...
View ArticleKaira assails critics of army, secret agencies
LAHORE: PPP’s information secretary Qamar Zaman Kaira hit out at the critics of the armed forces on Wednesday and said it was unfair to expect from the army and intelligence agencies to detect the US...
View ArticleNawaz meets Fata MNAs, discusses steps for peace
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held a meeting here on Wednesday with lawmakers from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and asked the governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to contact the...
View ArticleShah voices concern over APC delay
ISLAMABAD: The Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, expressed concern on Wednesday over the government’s decision to delay the proposed All Parties Conference on...
View ArticleHaqqani rejects OBL commission’s findings
WASHINGTON: Former Pakistan ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani has rejected the Abbottabad Commission’s suggestion that as ambassador he issued visas without authorisation or was...
View ArticleArmy men can be booked in criminal cases: AG
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General (AG) Muneer A. Malik said in the Supreme Court on Friday that in his independent opinion neither the Pakistan Army Act 1952 nor Pakistan Penal Code/Criminal Procedure Code...
View ArticlePresidential election likely next month
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari may continue to hold his office till the expiry of his term on Sept 8, but his successor is likely to be elected in the first week of next month, a senior official...
View ArticleSC seeks govt’s point of view on news report
ISLAMABAD: The recent appointment of Shujaat Azeem as Adviser to Prime Minister on Aviation drew the attention of the Supreme Court hearing a case relating to the delay in construction of the New...
View ArticleRs7bn given to keep PIA afloat
ISLAMABAD: Having decided in principle to divest up to 30 per cent stakes and transfer its management, the government on Friday injected another Rs7 billion into the Pakistan International Airlines...
View Article615 schools closed in Balochistan
QUETTA: Over 600 schools set up in Balochistan under a presidential ordinance have been closed and services of 684 teachers terminated.Under the ordinance, a National Commission for Human Development...
View ArticleZardari felicitates Malala on UN event
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday felicitated Malala Yousufzai on her 16th birthday and the international community for celebrating the event by inviting her to a special programme...
View ArticlePTI lashes out at PML-N, PPP for blaming Imran
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf hit back at the ruling PML-N and the opposition PPP on Friday for blaming PTI chief Imran Khan for postponement of an all parties conference (APC) planned by the...
View ArticleCountry heading for a bloody revolution
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan on Friday observed that the country was heading for a bloody revolution as the poor people felt suffocated.“We’re heading for a bloody...
View ArticleKhyber records eighth polio case this year
PESHAWAR, July 12: Ongoing militancy and the resultant lack of social mobilisation campaigns continue to affect polio eradication campaign in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas as the latest...
View ArticleEphedrine case: Court orders seizure of properties of Lashari, three others
RAWALPINDI: During Saturday’s hearing of the ephedrine quota case, the Control of Narcotics Substances (CNS) court ordered the seizure of assets belonging to former principal secretary to the prime...
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