Taliban say still focussed on Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Pakistani Taliban commanders on Tuesday rejected suggestions they were sending fighters to Syria, saying some have gone there independently but the movement’s focus remained on Pakistan.They...
View ArticleNo discussion with Pakistan on civilian N-tech: US
WASHINGTON: There has been “no discussion of civilian nuclear technology” between the United States and Pakistan, the US State Department said on Tuesday.Earlier in the day, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar...
View ArticlePakistan to get additional UN funds
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan is among 12 countries which will receive additional emergency funds as part of a United Nations programme to assist people in neglected crises, the office of UN Humanitarian...
View ArticleMastermind of bomb attack on SHC judge arrested: police
KARACHI: Police in Karachi say they have arrested the mastermind behind a deadly bombing which killed nine people and injured senior Sindh High Court (SHC) judge Justice Maqbool Baqar.In an operation...
View ArticleIslamabad police arrests 39 suspects in search operation
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police arrested 39 suspects during a search operation in different areas of the city and also recovered weapons and drugs from their possession, DawnNews reported on...
View ArticleFive including two security personnel killed in Balochistan
QUETTA: At least five people, including two policemen, were killed in two separate operations against dacoits in Killa Abdullah and Naseerabad districts of Balochistan on Wednesday.Alam Faraz, the...
View ArticleBlasts in Peshawar; explosives recovered during raid
PESHAWAR: An explosion took place in a bus in Paharipura area of Peshawar near the Motorway exchange on Wednesday.The blast occurred inside an inter-city bus travelling between Abbottabad and...
View ArticlePakistan says Iran wheat deal to be finalised within weeks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will finalise a long-delayed deal to export $9 million worth of wheat to Iran within weeks, a finance ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. Pakistan is negotiating to send 100,000...
View ArticleKarachi unrest case: Lyari issue is non-political, SC told
KARACHI: The law and order situation of Lyari was brought up during today's Supreme Court hearing over Karachi unrest case, which was termed as a clash between rival gangs rather than a political...
View ArticleBalochistan unrest case: Situation has worsened, says CJP
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday expressed its dissatisfaction over three reports submitted by the Blaochistan government over the law and order situation in the province, DawnNews...
View ArticleUS needs a new drone deal with Pakistan: report
WASHINGTON: The United States needs to hammer out a new drone deal with Pakistan as the Nawaz Sharif government is unlikely to continue the current policy of plausible deniability, says a US think-tank...
View ArticleLaw and order situation improving, claims Malik
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch told the provincial assembly on Wednesday that law and order was an important issue and his government was giving top priority to the matter....
View ArticlePresidential poll forms being issued
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started issuing nomination forms for the presidential election.An official of the ECP said on Wednesday that the forms could be obtained from...
View ArticleCommittee set up to restore Ziarat residency
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has constituted a committee to undertake work on the restoration of the historic Quaid-i-Azam Residency in Ziarat.A spokesman for the provincial government has said...
View ArticleBalochistan MPAs to elect two senators today
QUETTA: Five candidates, including one each from the PML-N, PkMAP and JUI-F, are in the run for two vacant seats of the Senate from Balochistan whose election will be held in the provincial assembly on...
View ArticleNo more plots for secretaries
ISLAMABAD, July 17: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday annulled the decade-old policy introduced by former premier Shaukat Aziz which made BPS-22 officers of the federal government eligible for...
View ArticleDHA asked to deposit Rs22bn by tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, July 17: The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave two days to Defence Housing Authority (DHA) to deposit the Rs22 billion it had received to develop 321 kanals for the Employees Old Age Benefit...
View ArticleTrader’s arrest protested
ISLAMABAD, July 17: Traders in the federal capital have decided to use all options, including shutter down strike, for the release of their leader, Ajmal Baloch, who is in police custody for the last...
View ArticleIHC to decide Nadra tender case after Eid
ISLAMABAD, July 17: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Wednesday requested the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to decide “at the earliest” the petition filed by a bidder challenging...
View Article3 killed as tree falls on wagon
RAWALPINDI, July 17: Three people, including a three-year-old boy, were killed and six others were injured when two trees fell on a passenger wagon near Kahuta on Wednesday.The accident occurred when...
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