EPI warns of polio outbreak in Fata
ISLAMABAD, July 17: As 12 polio cases have so far been reported from Fata this year, Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) has sent a note of caution to the federal government.In an in-camera...
View ArticleMilitant, peace volunteers killed in Fata, Tank
KHAR/TANK/LANDI KOTAL: Four members of different local peace committees were killed in separate incidents in Bajaur and Khyber agencies and Tank district on Wednesday while a member of a banned...
View ArticleNawaz meets British FM; Pakistan’s role against terror lauded
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with British Foreign Minister William Hague in Islamabad on Thursday and discussed bilateral relations and regional situation, DawnNews reported.Nawaz Sharif...
View ArticleSC takes notice of taxi driver killing by Rangers
KARACHI: Pakistan’s top judge on Thursday took suo motu notice of the shooting of an unarmed taxi driver by Rangers paramilitary soldiers in Karachi. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court will hear...
View ArticleSC orders provinces to submit date for LG polls
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday ordered all provincial advocates general to submit by July 22 the date for holding local government elections in their respective provinces,...
View ArticleSenior policeman sacked for stopping minister’s guards at Balochistan Assembly
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Abdul Malik Baloch suspended a senior police official on Thursday after policemen tried to stop private security guards of senior minister Sanaullah Zehri from...
View ArticlePakistan’s first sect-free mosque calls for end to discrimination
ISLAMABAD: Darul Iman Jamia Masjid Qurtuba’s story is as dramatic as the sectarian history of Pakistan. The newly-built mosque in Islamabad’s Margalla foothills is calling upon its followers to stop...
View ArticleJordanian student kidnapped in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: A Jordanian student of Palestinian origin was kidnapped on Wednesday night by three occupants of a car in the jurisdiction of Nasim Nagar police station. No FIR has so far been...
View ArticlePML-N, PkMAP candidates win Senate by-poll in Balochistan
QUETTA: Two candidates of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) were elected senators in by-elections held at the Balochistan Assembly here on...
View ArticleImran calls for closed-door meeting with Kayani
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Thursday urged the government to hold a closed-door meeting with Army chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani prior to holding an all parties conference...
View ArticleNAB starts inquiry into huge tax exemptions
ISLAMABAD: A multi-billion rupee public sector scam appears to be brewing as the National Accountability Bureau has initiated a case study into the affairs of some officials of the Federal Board of...
View ArticleDeath in law-enforcers’ custody: Case lodged against Rangers men
KARACHI: A case was registered against Rangers personnel in Karachi's Sachal police station on Saturday over the death of a man under controversial circumstances in the custody of law-enforcers.The FIR...
View ArticleAltaf, other MQM leaders under no governmental restrictions: Wasay Jalil
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Wasay Jalil has said that party chief Altaf Hussain is not under any governmental restrictions in the United Kingdom, adding that an international...
View ArticleGovt-opposition consultation begins on nomination for presidential election
ISLAMABAD: Consultations have started between the government and the opposition on the candidature for presidential polls and Khawaja Asif, a federal minister and a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League...
View ArticleGovt committed to discharge its fiscal duties towards Fata: Ishaq Dar
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar said on Saturday that despite the financial crunch, the federal government would duly discharge its fiscal duties towards the Federally Administered...
View ArticleFifteen militants, four soldiers killed in Khyber operation
KHYBER: Fifteen militants were killed and scores of others were injured in Operation Khyber - II which commenced on July 19 and completed on the 20th as security forces cleared key militant transit...
View ArticlePakistan to work for Afghan peace, supports no one group: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said Pakistan was not affiliated with any particular group when it came to Afghanistan, adding that the country would hold talks with any group when...
View ArticleBlasts kill four, injure several in Karachi
KARACHI: At least four people were killed and several others, including a senior government official, were injured when two separate blasts shook Karachi Saturday evening.The first explosion took place...
View ArticleGovt to convene APC after Imran's return to Pakistan
LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Senator Pervaiz Rasheed said Saturday that an All Parties Conference (APC) on national security would be convened after Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran...
View ArticleFive-year plan to be launched in December: Transformation of economy envisioned
ISLAMABAD: The government announced its development strategy on Saturday, including a five-year plan for 2013-18 and a ‘Perspective Plan 2025’ with the ultimate goal of making Pakistan a ‘developed...
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