Four assets of EOBI’s ex-chief seized, court told
ISLAMABAD: During an ongoing investigation into the Rs40 billion Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI) scam, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has unearthed and seized four properties in...
View ArticleNew COAS: critical decision coming up for PM
ISLAMABAD: Before Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s proverbial honeymoon period is over he will be faced with critical decisions like succession in the army command and rotating the ceremonial chair of...
View ArticleArticles 62, 63 to come into force
ISLAMABAD: In a significant development, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday decided to make disqualification clause of the constitution applicable to presidential candidates. The ECP...
View ArticleHeavy rain floods cities, villages in Punjab
LAHORE: A spell of torrential rain began in the upper parts of the country and northeast Punjab on Saturday, causing urban flooding, inundating villages and swelling major rivers and nullahs in the...
View ArticleNext president likely to be from Sindh
ISLAMABAD: With the departure of President Asif Ali Zardari now just a matter of time, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will have to choose the man (or woman) who will now occupy the presidency. With its...
View ArticleEx-Ogra chief files appeal against conviction
ISLAMABAD: Tauqeer Sadiq, a former chairman of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) and prime accused in a Rs82 billion corruption scam, filed an appeal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on...
View ArticleSarwar may be named Punjab governor
LAHORE: Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar — a British citizen who is tipped to be appointed as the governor of Punjab — arrived from the United Kingdom here on Saturday. A senior PML-N leader told Dawn that Mr...
View ArticleSC warns Punjab police chief on bonded labour
ISLAMABAD, July 20: The Supreme Court has cautioned Punjab’s Inspector General of Police that the district police officer (DPO) concerned will be held responsible if it receives a complaint about...
View ArticlePolice arrest 28 suspects in Quetta search operation
QUETTA: The Frontier Corps (FC) and police personnel arrested twenty eight suspects during a security operation conducted in the Geo area of Quetta on Saturday night.Fayyaz Sumbal, the Deputy Inspector...
View Article5.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Chitral, adjoining areas
CHITRAL: A moderate earthquake measuring a 5.2 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted Northern Khyber Pakthunkhwa on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.A source told Dawn.com that...
View ArticleGovt officials serving on firms’ boards violate rules, says TIP
ISLAMABAD: The Transparency International Pakistan has said that civil servants nominated by the government to the boards of public sector enterprises and private companies are drawing huge...
View ArticleGroundbreaking of 147MW hydel plant likely on Aug 15
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to perform the groundbreaking of 147MW Patrind hydropower project in Azad Kashmir on Aug 15.The Korea Water Resources Corporation of South Korea is...
View ArticleLondon-bound PIA plane develops fault, lands in Moscow
KARACHI: A London-bound PIA aircraft with at least 128 passengers on board had to make an emergency landing at Moscow airport on Sunday after one of its engines ceased to function, according to...
View ArticleRelaxed approach not to work for Karachi law and order, says Nisar
KARACHI: During his first visit to the provincial capital of Sindh after taking oath as Interior Minister at the centre, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday said Karachi’s law and order situation could...
View ArticleSix ministers resign from AJK cabinet
MUZZAFARABAD: Six ministers from the cabinet of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed resigned on Monday following the submission of a no-confidence motion against the region’s...
View ArticleECP refuses to reschedule presidential election
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has refused to alter the date of the coming presidential election with Secretary ECP Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan saying polling to elect the country's new...
View ArticleSeven killed in Balochistan violence
QUETTA: At least seven people were killed and nine others injured in three different acts of violence in Balochistan on Monday.Fayyaz Sumbal, the Deputy Inspector General Police Quetta told Dawn.com...
View ArticleSC reserves ruling in discretionary funds case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its ruling in the case relating to the doling out of billions of rupees by former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf for development projects in various...
View ArticleJalazoi Camp IDPs protest violently
NOWSHERA: Scores of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Jalazoi Camp protested violently on Chiraat Road after they did not receive Ramazan food packages.The protesters went on a rampage,...
View ArticleNegotiations should not be at the cost of national honour: Saeed
HYDERABAD: Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed has opposed back door diplomacy, composite dialogue sans Kashmir and electricity trade between Pakistan and India and added that US wanted to pressurise...
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