Rafique decries attacks on trains, pledges security for all travellers
LAHORE: Federal Railway Minister Khawaja Syed Rafique on Saturday said the government’s attempts to establish peace should not be mistaken for weakness, DawnNews reported. Speaking to media...
View ArticleRemain committed even if I am arrested in London, Altaf urges workers
KARACHI: Facing police investigation in London regarding among other charges, money laundering and incitement to violence, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain Saturday urged the party...
View ArticleTrain attack: Armed clashes leave two more militants dead in Bolan
QUETTA: Armed clashes between militants and security forces continued for second consecutive day on Saturday in Balochistan's mountainous troubled district of Bolan in the aftermath of a terrorist...
View ArticleImran, Fazl exchange barbs, vow to sweep by-polls in KP
LAKKI MARWAT: Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday, not for the first time, accused each other for being a...
View ArticleFive Balochistan jails declared sensitive
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has declared five prisons sensitive after receiving information from federal interior ministry regarding threat of attacks on Saturday.The jails were declared...
View ArticleWoman among three shot dead for honour
NOWSHERA: Two men and a woman were shot dead for ‘honour’ here on Saturday. A police official said Zeenat Khan and her father-in-law Wali Mohammad were shot dead by the woman’s brother Javed Khan with...
View ArticleMonsoon system weakening: Flood in three rivers damages crops, houses
LAHORE: The weather system generating widespread rain in the country for the past four days weakened on Saturday but the floods it triggered in the Indus, two eastern rivers and their tributaries in...
View ArticlePTI to unveil white paper on 21st
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan said on Saturday his party would unveil on Aug 21 what he called a “white paper on the rigging during general elections”. “Our party has prepared a...
View ArticleNawaz approves draft of Punjab local body law
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved a draft of law for the proposed local government system for Punjab. However, the opposition strongly reacted to the move and said any approval was the...
View ArticleFour injured by Indian firing at LoC
MUZAFFARABAD: A soldier was among four people injured by the firing of Indian troops in Nakial sector of the southern Kotli district across the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday.Officials said the...
View ArticleIndia told to clarify missing inmates issue
ISLAMABAD: The government has sought a clarification from India over a discrepancy in a list of inmates in the neighbouring country in which there is no trace of 99 Pakistani prisoners.In a written...
View ArticleArrangements for by-elections to be reviewed tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jilani has convened a meeting on Monday to review arrangements for the by-elections to be held across the country on Thursday.The...
View ArticleNawaz to address nation tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to make a formal speech to the nation on Monday, Dawn has learnt. A senior official at the Prime Minister House told Dawn that arrangements for Mr...
View ArticleCourt orders suspect in ephedrine case to surrender
ISLAMABAD: A special court for the control of narcotic substances on Saturday dismissed an application of Khushnood Akhtar Lashari, the former principal secretary to prime minister, against ex parte...
View ArticleFallen trees fail to draw CDA’s attention
ISLAMABAD: A number of trees have fallen in the capital following the monsoon rains which have caused damage throughout the country, but the Capital Development Authority (CDA), which is responsible...
View ArticlePakistan orders temporary stay of executions
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday ordered a temporary stay of executions following objections from the president and rights groups, days before they were due to resume after a five-year moratorium.The new...
View ArticlePakistan floods affect 300,000: officials
ISLAMABAD: Heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods affecting more than 300,000 people across Pakistan in the last two weeks and killed 108 others, disaster management officials said Sunday.“The rains...
View ArticleNew Pakistan will begin from KP: Imran
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said a new Pakistan will begin in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and that within a month the people will feel the change brought about by a new...
View ArticleTwo FC personnel among three dead in Quetta violence
QUETTA: Armed militants killed two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and injured another one in Sariab road area of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan on Sunday evening, police said.Shabeer Ahmed, a police...
View ArticleSindh Assembly passes Local Government Act 2013
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly passed a new bill proposing changes in the local body government today amid chants of “shame, shame” made by the opposition. Opposition leader Sardar Ahmed of the Muttahida...
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