Authorities told to be on alert amid flood fears
LAHORE: A strong westerly wave in league with a monsoon low pressure over India began to give widespread heavy to very heavy rain in the country on Tuesday, generating fears of high floods in the...
View ArticlePPP to challenge non-party move
LAHORE, Aug 13: PPP Information Secretary Qamar Zaman Kaira has urged the PML-N government not to go for local body elections on a non-party basis in Punjab because it is incompatible with the Charter...
View ArticleSHC chief rejects police report on law, order
KARACHI, Aug 13: Sindh High Court Chief Justice Mushir Alam turned down on Tuesday a police report and expressed grave concern over the poor law and order situation across the city.Presiding over a...
View ArticlePM vows to defeat terror, turn Pakistan into cradle of peace
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday vowed to defeat terrorist forces and turn Pakistan into a cradle of peace with the support and unity of the people and cooperation from the army and...
View ArticleIndependence day celebratory gunfire kills one, wounds over 30 in Karachi
KARACHI: At least one person was killed and more than 30 wounded in Karachi on Wednesday as hundreds of people fired guns in the air to celebrate Pakistan's Independence Day.An AFP reporter in the city...
View ArticleWith 93 dead, Met Office warns of more rains, flash floods
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: The Met Office predicted widespread rains and flash floods in the country on Thursday, with Islamabad, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Eastern Balochistan and Pakistan-Administered...
View ArticleIndia’s two houses reject NA resolution
NEW DELHI: The Indian parliament on Wednesday “rejected” a resolution passed by Pakistan’s National Assembly, saying it levelled “absolutely baseless and unfounded” allegations against India. It...
View ArticleRains paralyse life in Punjab cities
LAHORE: Devastating rains in different cities of Punjab and other parts of the country killed a number of people and caused river and urban flooding on Wednesday.Swelling of river tributaries in the...
View ArticleNawaz calls for de-escalation of tension on LoC
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday called for de-escalation of tension on the Line of Control (LoC) and sought United Nations help for resolving the Kashmir dispute. Pakistan “hopes...
View ArticleHR group mounts legal challenge over US drones
THE export of British-manufactured parts for American drones used in clandestine CIA strikes inside Pakistan is facing a legal challenge from the campaign group Reprieve. The London-based human rights...
View ArticleBalochistan lawyers to boycott court proceedings
QUETTA: Leaders of different lawyer organisations have announced their decision to boycott proceedings of the Supreme Court and subordinate courts in Balochistan from Aug 15 in protest against...
View ArticleTwo activists killed in ‘encounter’ with FC
QUETTA, Aug 14: Two activists of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) and Baloch Students Organisation (BSO-Azad) were killed in an encounter with security forces in Turbat on Wednesday, according to a...
View ArticleHafiz Saeed challenges India to prove he is a terrorist
LAHORE: Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed called on Wednesday for setting up an independent judicial commission to investigate if he was a terrorist or not. “You (India) are continuously calling...
View ArticleAll polling stations for Sindh by-polls declared ‘sensitive’
ISLAMABAD: Almost half the polling stations to be established for coming by-elections in 42 national and provincial assembly constituencies have been declared as ‘sensitive’, data released by the...
View ArticleSindh failed to spend Rs167bn in 2011-12
KARACHI, Aug 14: Highlighting flaws in the Sindh government’s response to financial management, a report of the Auditor General of Pakistan about the financial year 2011-12 revealed that the provincial...
View ArticlePakistan must prevent use of its territory against India: Singh
NEW DELHI: Indian premier Manmohan Singh warned Pakistan Thursday against using its soil for “anti-India activity”, following a fresh escalation of tensions between the neighbours over a deadly attack...
View ArticleDSP among three killed in Karachi encounter
KARACHI: Three police officials, including DSP Qasim Ghauri, were killed during an encounter with armed men near Karachi's Safari Park on Thursday, local media reports said. The encounter took place in...
View ArticleBalochistan unrest case: Substantial evidence available against FC, says CJ
ISLAMABAD: During Thursday’s hearing of the Balochistan unrest case, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said the court’s order for recovery of missing persons was not being followed whereas there...
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Rain, flood continues havoc in KP, Punjab
Relief activities were initiated after the ongoing heavy rains and resulting floods caused loss of at least a hundred lives and widespread destruction across the country.According to National Disaster...
View ArticleRimsha case: Cleric acquitted for want of evidence
ISLAMABAD: A lawyer says a Pakistani court has dismissed charges against the cleric who had accused a young Christian girl of blasphemy and had been arrested for allegedly forging evidence against her....
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