Missing Spanish climbers pronounced dead
MADRID: Three Spanish climbers who went missing in the mountains of northern Pakistan earlier this week were pronounced dead on Friday, their colleagues on the expedition said.“After losing contact...
View ArticlePetroleum consumers being charged illegally, reveals secret document
ISLAMABAD: Consumers of petroleum products are being charged an ‘illegal’ additional margin of Rs0.86 per litre for the past two months ostensibly owing to a decision of Federal Cabinet’s Economic...
View ArticlePakistan forex reserves fall to $10.202 bn
KARACHI: Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves dropped to $10.202 billion in the week ending July 19, from $10.502 billion the previous week, the central bank said.Remittances from Pakistanis abroad...
View ArticlePakistan calls for Morsi’s release, urges return to democracy in Egypt
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday called for the immediate release of deposed Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi and urged the restoration of democratic institutions in Egypt.“Pakistan urges all sides in...
View ArticleResignations of five MLAs: AJK high court suspends legislative assembly’s orders
MUZAFFARABAD, July 26: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court has suspended two separate orders of Legislative Assembly Speaker Sardar Ghulam Sadiq whereby he had accepted ‘resignations’ of five...
View Article12 suspects arrested in Quetta operation
QUETTA, July 26: Twelve suspects were picked up during a search operation carried out by law-enforcement personnel in Satellite Town on Friday, sources said.The Anti-Terrorist Force and Quetta Police...
View Article$60m Swiss cases against President Zardari: Ex-secretary of law asks PM to...
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Former law secretary Yasmin Abbasey has requested Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to order a ‘de novo’ (fresh) inquiry into the missing record and documents relating to revival of $60...
View Article‘Q’ rejects draft of local govt system
LAHORE, July 26: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has rejected the draft of the local government system and described it as anti-constitutional as well as anti-people.“The draft is aimed at...
View ArticleDengue claims another life this week
KARACHI, July 26: As the death toll caused by dengue fever in the city climbed to six this year with the death of an elderly man in a private hospital publicly confirmed on Friday, officials warned of...
View ArticleTwin blasts in Parachinar kill 45
PARACHINAR: Twin blasts ripped through a congested market and a taxi stand in Parachinar town on Friday, leaving 45 people dead and around 75 injured, officials and residents said.Political Agent Riaz...
View ArticleFake degree: PTI candidate for Mianwali ‘home seat’ faces by-poll ban
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan's choice for NA-71 faces a certain by-election ban after the Election Commission and the Rawalpindi Education Board raised doubts over her high...
View ArticleFresh attack in Hangu injures five FC soldiers
HANGU: A fresh attack on the Frontier Constabulary (FC) troops in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu district on Saturday afternoon left five security personnel injured.In the latest incident, a truck carrying...
View ArticleHazara Town residents shoot down suspected suicide bomber
QUETTA: An alleged suicide bomber was killed by residents of Hazara Town in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan on Saturday.Capital City Police Officer Quetta, Mir Zubair Mehmood told Dawn.com that a...
View ArticleAbbas Town blast victims struggle to get back on their feet
KARACHI: Among the shops shutting down for prayers, it is not difficult to recognise the ones destroyed by the March blast a few steps from Abbas Town. While there is construction work going on in...
View ArticleLNG permit of three firms revoked
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has cancelled the permit of three companies because of their failure to take steps for import and sale of 1,400mmcfd of liquefied natural gas...
View ArticlePPP calls for resignation of chief election commissioner
ISLAMABAD: Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, has called for resignation of the chief election commissioner and all four members of the Election Commission of...
View ArticleECP moves to protect secrecy of presidential vote
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalised arrangements for holding the presidential election on July 30. Mamnoon Hussain, the PML-N candidate, and retired justice Wajihuddin...
View ArticleSC sets aside LHC order, allows woman to live with father
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has expressed disappointment over what it has called a ‘subjective sense of morality’ shown by a Lahore High Court (LHC) judge through an order which overshadowed his...
View ArticleProceedings against chief justice in SJC sought
ISLAMABAD: A self-styled pro bono publico activist, Shahid Orakzai, has written a letter to the acting president and sought initiation of proceedings against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in...
View ArticleRabbani asks govt to cut petroleum prices
ISLAMABAD: PPP Senator Raza Rabbani has asked the government to reduce the prices of petroleum products to provide relief to people during Ramazan.In a statement on Saturday, Mr Rabbani said oil...
View Article