Punjab PA condemns ‘Indian aggression’
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly adopted a unanimous resolution on Monday, condemning the ongoing ‘Indian aggression’ along the Line of Control.Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah presented the resolution on...
View ArticleFinancial scam in PR unearthed
ISLAMABAD: A financial scandal involving billions of rupees has been unearthed in an attached department of the Ministry of Railways, according to sources.The sources said that federal Minister for...
View ArticlePML-N shelves issue of new provinces
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government has decided to shelve the issue of creating new provinces in the country for at least two years, it is learnt.But the opposition PPP, which had got the bill for creation...
View ArticleCommando training for jail warders
LAHORE: Punjab jail authorities are considering an offer of the Pakistan Rangers for commando training of warders as a counter-terrorism measure in the wake of militant attacks on jails across the...
View ArticleJamaat for meaningful talks with Taliban
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hassan has said that government should take the offer of peace talks by Taliban seriously and hold meaningful dialogue with the militants. Addressing an...
View ArticleSpecial force to be set up for protection of foreigners: Shahbaz
LAHORE: During a meeting in Lahore to review the law and order situation of Punjab, provincial chief minister Shahbaz Sharif said Monday that a special force would be constituted to protect...
View ArticleAnti-drone resolution submitted in Punjab Assembly secretariat
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) on Wednesday submitted a resolution against drone attacks in the Punjab Assembly secretariat. The resolution, submitted by MPA Mian Aslam Iqbal, stressed that...
View ArticleFarce of accusations over border skirmishes continues
SRINAGAR: India and Pakistan have again accused each other of firing across the Line of Control (LoC), the latest development in a series of allegations of cross-border attacks made by both sides.An...
View ArticleConcerted efforts needed to fight terrorism: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said terrorism was not a problem restricted to particular regions of the country, adding that concerted efforts were required to combat the menace. The...
View ArticleSC gives defence ministry 10 days to act against MI man
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered immediate action against Major Haider of the Military Intelligence (MI) for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of one Tasif Ali alias Danish....
View ArticleDrones should be subject to international law, urges UN chief
ISLAMABAD: UN chief Ban Ki-moon waded into the controversy surrounding US drone strikes during a visit to Pakistan Tuesday, insisting they must operate within international law.The CIA has carried out...
View ArticlePM approves Balochistan govt dialogue with armed groups
QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has given the green signal to the coalition government in Balochistan to initiate meaningful negotiations with all armed groups in the province which has been...
View ArticleUpon consensus govt to enter war against militancy vigorously: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday said the government will enter the war against militants wholeheartedly only if the consensus is reached in the APC, announced to take...
View ArticleBan Ki-Moon discusses LoC tension with Sartaj Aziz
ISLAMABAD: Secretary General United Nations Ban Ki-Moon and Advisor to the prime minister on national security and foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz Tuesday reviewed developmental projects of the world body,...
View ArticleHand grenade attacks kill two Ismailis, wound 28 in Karachi
KARACHI: Twin hand grenade attacks killed at least two people and wounded 28 others belonging to Ismaili Muslim community, a faction of Shia Islam, in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Tuesday,...
View ArticleSecurity forces kill six militants during operation in Bolan
QUETTA: Pakistani security forces claimed to have killed six militants in Balochistan's troubled Bolan district during an operation on Tuesday night.An official of the Frontier Corps, who did not wish...
View ArticleNA adopts unanimous resolution to denounce Indian aggression
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday adopted a unanimous resolution condemning the Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC).The resolution was moved by Minister for Science and...
View ArticleGovt ignores TTP threat, to execute three militants
ISLAMABAD: Despite threats by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the government has decided to carry out the execution of condemned prisoners and the death penalty for the first batch of...
View ArticleUS envoys trying to defuse tensions
WASHINGTON: US envoys were “very engaged” with both Pakistani and Indian governments, encouraging them to continue their dialogue for defusing a potentially explosive situation, the State Department...
View ArticleMagisterial powers
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The Election Commission of Pakistan has authorised officers of the armed forces to be deputed at polling stations to exercise the powers of first class magistrate on Aug 22 when...
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