PTI engaged in propaganda against MQM: Rizvi
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Haider Abbas Rizvi said that Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) is engaged in propaganda against his party. Speaking during a news conference in Karachi,...
View ArticleMamnoon strongest PML-N candidate
ISLAMABAD: With two days remaining for submission of nomination papers for the presidential election, the PML-N is reported to have narrowed down the list to three candidates.Senior PML-N leaders told...
View ArticleProvinces oppose bulk power purchase
ISLAMABAD: Three provinces have opposed the Supreme Court’s suggestion of supplying electricity in bulk directly to the provinces in accordance with their requirements and deducting the cost at source...
View ArticleSindh govt assured of centre’s help
KARACHI, July 22: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has assured the Sindh government that the federal government will provide it whatever resources it requires to restore peace and improve law...
View ArticleAbid named minister of state
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The Acting President and Senate Chairman Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari approved on Monday appointment of Abid Sher Ali as minister of state for water and power. Mr Ali is said to be a...
View ArticleSC wants legal work completed by Aug 15
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered the four provincial governments and the Islamabad administration on Monday to complete legal formalities, including delimitation of constituencies, by Aug 15 to...
View ArticlePTI finds fault with deal for LNG import from Qatar
ISLAMABAD: Another project initiated by the PML-N government in the energy sector has attracted criticism for its staggering price tag.In a detailed critique, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf challenged on...
View ArticlePolice asked to complete investigation in Bugti case
QUETTA: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court directed the crimes branch of police on Monday to complete investigation against former president retired General Pervez Musharraf in the Nawab...
View ArticleSecret govt document reveals scores of civilians killed in US drone strikes
A classified Pakistani government document has revealed that scores of civilians died in dozens of CIA-led drone strikes between 2006 and late 2009 in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas...
View ArticleMQM files Rs5bn defamation suit against Imran Khan
KARACHI:The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday filed a Rs 5 billion defamation suit against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan at the Sindh High Court for issuing statements...
View ArticleJhimpir projects yet to benefit local populace
JHIMPIR: “Nothing has changed. We figure nowhere on the world map,” says Asif Ali sarcastically when asked to comment on the development that his hometown has witnessed over the recent years during a...
View ArticleDengue toll in July up to three as youth dies
KARACHI: A 22-year-old man died of dengue in a private-sector hospital, officials confirmed on Tuesday, saying that the death toll caused by the deadly dengue fever rose to three this month and five...
View ArticlePPP expresses reservations against SC order over presidential poll
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's main opposition party the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Wednesday expressed reservations over the Supreme Court of Pakistan's order to hold the presidential poll on July 30,...
View ArticleCourt seeks policy to end enforced disappearances
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court sought on Tuesday a comprehensive policy from the federal government suggesting measures against enforced disappearances.The government is required to formulate the policy...
View ArticleMQM, PTI brace for court battle
KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, claiming damages of Rs5 billion for allegedly defaming and...
View ArticleCampaign launched by PPP for Rabbani
ISLAMABAD: The PPP launched its campaign for presidential candidate Raza Rabbani on Tuesday and succeeded in winning over the support of the Awami National Party (ANP) and the Balochistan National...
View ArticleGilani says ready for arrest
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he is ready to get arrested and sent to jail if he has done anything illegal.Talking to reporters outside the Parliament House on Tuesday,...
View ArticleEx-Ogra chief’s remand extended
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court extended on Tuesday the remand of former chairman of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Tauqir Sadiq till Aug 2 after investigators of the National Accountability...
View ArticleEvacuee trust lost Rs1.9bn in deal with DHA
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) discovered that the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) had failed to safeguard its interest by investing in a real estate business of the Defence...
View ArticleFirst child convicted in KP of pornography
PESHAWAR, July 23: In the first-ever conviction for child pornography in the province, a local child protection court on Tuesday sentenced a juvenile offender to four years imprisonment on two counts...
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