PA speaker is ‘de facto’ KP chief executive
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar has apparently assumed the role of de facto chief executive of the province as he often summons administrative secretaries and heads of the...
View ArticleFormer chairman of NAB withdraws petition
ISLAMABAD: A former chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), retired Admiral Fasih Bokhari withdrew on Tuesday the review petition he had filed in the Supreme Court challenging his removal...
View ArticlePakistan wants arms supply to Syrian sides stopped
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan strongly criticised on Tuesday the continued infusion of arms in Syria and asked the Security Council and the big powers to take steps to halt arms supplies to all sides in the...
View ArticleSC orders presidential election on July 30
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered for the presidential election to be held on July 30, following the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that it would not give a new...
View ArticleJustice Baqar attack: LJ man admits involvement, sent on judicial remand
KARACHI: Masoom Billa, alias Abu Bakar, who was arrested in relation to the bomb blast in Karachi targeting Sindh High Court's Justice Maqbool Baqar has admitted to his involvement in the planning of...
View ArticleHerald exclusive: Centre of controversy
When Saira Afzal Tarar took oath as state minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination early last month, she had the twin distinctions of being one of the only two female members...
View ArticleMysterious air crash near Nowshera
PESHAWAR: A mysterious air crash occured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Nowshera area on Wednesday.DPO Nowshera was earlier reported as saying that a Mushak trainer jet, which was on a routine training...
View ArticleSindh govt constitutes committee of seven to work on LG laws
KARACHI: The Sindh government has constituted a seven member committee delegated to work on amendments relating to local government laws in the province. The government has also requested the Muttahida...
View ArticleMultiple blasts rock Sukkur, kill at least one
KARACHI: A series of back to back blasts and gunfire rocked an upscale neighbourhood in the southern town of Sukkur Wednesday evening, killing at least one person and injuring at least 15 others....
View ArticleStorm delays search for missing Spanish climbers
MADRID: Relatives of three Spanish mountaineers missing for days high in the mountains of northern Pakistan said on Wednesday they were counting on better weather so rescuers could resume...
View ArticleDar wants shorter processing period for privatisation
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to vigorously pursue its privatisation programme. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar ordered the Privatisation Commission on Wednesday to cut the processing time by...
View ArticlePakistan stocks end higher, rupee steady, o/n rate fall
KARACHI: Pakistan's main stock exchange closed higher on Wednesday, led by banking and cement stocks.The benchmark 100-share index of the Karachi Stock Exchange rose 0.39 per cent or 92.95 points to...
View ArticleKP document warns of US withdrawal fallout
PESHAWAR: An official strategy document on counter-terrorism by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has warned that victory by the Afghan Taliban will further boost the morale of the Pakistani Taliban and it is...
View ArticleSindh ready to hold LG polls as per SC time frame: info minister
KARACHI: Provincial Information Minister Sharjeel Memon on Wednesday said that Sindh government is ready to hold local government elections in the province as per the time frame given by the Supreme...
View ArticleCleric among 14 sent to jail in swara case
MINGORA, July 24: The court of additional district and sessions judge in Bahrain here on Wednesday sent 14 persons including a local cleric to jail for holding a jirga to give two girls in swara to the...
View ArticleSC summons PM’s adviser to justify appointment
ISLAMABAD: The federal government conceded on Wednesday before the Supreme Court that Adviser to the Prime Minister on Aviation Shujaat Azeem was a holder of dual nationality and was court-martialled...
View ArticlePakistanis summit Chinese peak for the first time
ISLAMABAD: Team leader Rehmat Ullah and Dr Naveed Iqbal, who are part of the Pak-China Friendship Expedition 2013 Climbs, became the first Pakistanis to summit the Muztagh Ata peak in Xinjiang...
View ArticleKP to fight terrorism by creating more jobs, industrialisation
PESHAWAR, July 24: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday said it would defeat terrorism by providing the local youths with jobs and reasonable wages, and reviving sick industrial units in the...
View ArticleSenior Frontier Reserve Police official injured in Peshawar attack
PESHAWAR: Deputy Commandant of Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) Gul Wali was injured while his gunman and driver were killed as four motorcylce-riding attackers ambushed their vehicle in Gulbahar area of...
View ArticleMeet Pakistan's Burka Avenger
View full image galleryISLAMABAD: Wonder Woman and Supergirl now have a Pakistani counterpart in the pantheon of female superheroes — one who shows a lot less skin.Meet Burka Avenger: a mild-mannered...
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