Levies man among four gunned down in Khuzdar
QUETTA: Gunmen killed four people, including a Levies constable, in the Khuzdar district of Balochistan on Thursday.Muhammad Ali, a Levies official, told Dawn.com that militants, who had already taken...
View ArticleNo trust motion: Khurshid Shah assures AJK premier of party's backing
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah on Thursday met with Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed and assured the latter of the party's backing in the...
View ArticlePak-born daughter of Alla Rakha faces hard times
LAHORE: Pakistan-born daughter of Indian tabla maestro Alla Rakha has fallen on hard times, grappling with psychological problems and living in solitude since her only son was murdered eight years...
View ArticlePakistan wants positive engagement with Afghanistan: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has exercised maximum restraint towards Afghan allegations on different occasions, Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said on Thursday.Addressing the weekly news briefing...
View ArticleSC disqualifies PML-Q MPA Samina Khawar over fake degree
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday disqualified Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid’s member Punjab Assembly Samina Khawar Hayat in a fake degree case.Earlier on July 10, a three-member bench of the...
View ArticleAfghan refugees allowed to stay until 2015
ISLAMABAD: The federal government's cabinet on Thursday decided to extend the stay of Afghan refugees in Pakistan until 2015 and also extended for ten years the quota of provinces in federal services,...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban's Jundullah group claims responsibility for Sukkur attack
PESHAWAR: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Jundullah group on Thursday claimed responsibility for the attack on the compound of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in Sukkur.Spokesperson for the...
View ArticleBDS defuse bomb recovered from Karachi's Jamia Binoria seminary
KARACHI: The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) on Thursday defused a remote-controlled bomb recovered from the Jamia Binoria seminary in Karachi's Site area, DawnNews reported.A chit of the Tehrik-i-Taliban...
View ArticleAchakzai favours talks with Baloch nationalist leaders
QUETTA: Governor Balochistan Mohammad Khan Achakzai has favored talks with alienated Baloch nationalist leaders to sort out a political solution to issues relating to the troubled province.Speaking to...
View ArticleUndeterred by Taliban, climbers scale Pakistan's Killer Mountain
ISLAMABAD: When Taliban gunmen mowed down a group of foreign climbers last month, Romanian mountaineer Zsolt Torok was perched on an icy flank of Pakistan's second-highest peak oblivious to the mayhem...
View ArticleDisplaced tribesmen return to Dera Bugti after eight years
QUETTA: Displaced Bugti tribesmen returned to their hometown of Dera Bugti on Thursday after about eight years.Fifty vehicles carrying the tribesmen led by Nawabzada Gohram Bugti, a grandson of Akbar...
View ArticlePML-N leader gunned down in Khuzdar
QUETTA: A PML-N leader was shot dead in Khuzdar on Wednesday night, Levies sources said.Mir Abdul Qadir Zarakzai was on his way when unidentified attackers opened fire at him in Zehri area of Khuzdar...
View ArticleSwiss case against Zardari: Ex-official blamed for ‘lost’ record
ISLAMABAD: An inquiry committee has held former law secretary Yasmin Abbasey responsible for the missing record relating to revival of $60 million graft cases by Swiss authorities against President...
View ArticleOne child killed; five injured as mortar shell explodes in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: At least one child was killed and five others injured Thursday night when a mortar shell appearing to be a toy exploded in Peshawar's Bajaur Agency when the children were playing with it,...
View ArticleYouTube ban may be lifted after Eidul Fitr: report
ISLAMABAD: A ban imposed on video-sharing website YouTube may be lifted after Eidul Fitr, a report published on a local news website said. The report quoted Federal Minister for Science and Technology...
View ArticleECP okays nominations of Mamnoon, Wajihuddin
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday approved the nominations of Mamnoon Hussain, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra and Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed for the coming presidential...
View ArticleUS drastically scales back drone strikes in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The United States has drastically scaled back the number of drone attacks against militants in Pakistan and has limited strikes to high-value targets in response to growing criticism of the...
View ArticlePPP announces boycott of presidential election
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday announced its decision to boycott the upcoming presidential election, DawnNews reported.PPP's former Law Minister of Sindh, Ayaz Soomro, informed...
View ArticlePakistan wants ties with US based on mutual, improved cooperation: PM
ISLAMABAD: In a meeting with US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said Pakistan was determined to have ties with the United States based on mutual and improved...
View ArticleMQM pledges 'unconditional support' for PML-N presidential nominee
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Friday officially announced its "unconditional support" for ruling party Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) candidate in the upcoming presidential...
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