By-polls to be held as scheduled: secretary ECP
ISLAMABAD:The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided on Monday to hold the upcoming by-polls on August 22 as per schedule setting aside concerns over terrorism and the flood-hit areas, DawnNews...
View ArticleMen behind ‘Nanga Parbat massacre’ arrested
GILGIT: The Diamer Police on Monday claimed a major breakthrough in the investigation of the Nanga Parbat massacre by arresting over 20 attackers following a targeted operation.The Nanga Parbat...
View ArticleAsfandyar vows to defeat PTI in KP by-polls
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan on Monday said since PTI chief Imran Khan has been keeping his silence over the deteriorating law and order situation, therefore he will...
View ArticleNawaz vows to eradicate terrorism, improve economy
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday expressed resolve of the government to eliminate terrorism, improve economy, address power crisis and pursue good neighbourly relations with all...
View ArticleFazl warns of protest against potential delay in D I Khan/Tank by-poll
D I KHAN: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Monday said that by-elections on NA-25 D I Khan/Tank would not be allowed to be postponed on the pretext of security reasons...
View ArticleNisar hints involvement of foreign handlers in Islamabad standoff
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday hinted at some foreign handlers of Muhammad Sikandar, main character of the Islamabad standoff, as he revealed complexity of the drama...
View ArticleSingh keen to meet Nawaz, US officials told
WASHINGTON: India would like substantive discussions with Pakistan on the recent Kashmir tensions at an expected summit meeting in New York next month, diplomatic sources told Dawn.The sources said...
View ArticleAmbitious reform agenda on cards
ISLAMABAD: The government has started working on the ‘Vision 2025’ plan to upgrade and modernise almost all major sectors of national economy amid questions from some experts if such an ambitious...
View ArticleAltaf urges Nawaz to give justice to MQM, its voters
KARACHI: Blasting Peoples Party for what he called creating a divide between Sindhis and non-Sindhis in the province by getting passed the new local government bill from the provincial assembly on...
View ArticleOpposition accuses govt of planning to rig by-elections
QUETTA: Members of opposition in the Balochistan Assembly staged a walkout on Monday after accusing the government of planning to rig by-election in the NA-262 Chaman-Qila Abdullah constituency...
View ArticleSenators condemn Indian aggression, Egypt massacre
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday unanimously passed two resolutions to condemn Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC) and the “massacre” of civilians in Egypt by the country’s military...
View ArticleChinese team visits Gwadar port
QUETTA: A high-level delegation of the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) headed by its chairman visited Gwadar on Monday to review arrangements for making the port fully functional.The...
View ArticleMore rains forecast amid flood havoc
LAHORE: With most of the rivers playing havoc downstream, the Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) has forecast fairly widespread thunderstorm/rain, with isolated heavy showers over upper catchments of...
View ArticleOver 80pc water samples found unsafe
ISLAMABAD: The government informed the National Assembly on Monday that over 80 per cent of water samples collected across the country were found unsafe for drinking and asked provincial governments to...
View ArticleMusharraf charged with Benazir's murder
RAWALPINDI: Former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was indicted on three counts Tuesday in Rawalpindi's anti-terrorism court (ATC) over the 2007 murder of ex-prime minister Benazir...
View ArticleKarachi violence: Two killed, five bodies recovered
KARACHI: Two people were shot dead and five bodies were recovered from different parts of Karachi, DawnNews reported. Bodies of two kidnapped individuals were found on Tuesday near the city’s Northern...
View ArticleCM links KP uplift to Afghan peace
PESHAWAR, Aug 19: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Monday said the province could not make progress in true sense until there was peace and stability in Afghanistan.He said this...
View ArticleElection campaign for by-polls to end at midnight: ECP
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday gave all the political parties until midnight 12 am to end their respective election campaigns for the by-polls scheduled for August 22,...
View ArticleMan, nephew shot dead in ‘sectarian’ attack
KARACHI, Aug 19: A man and his nephew were gunned down in an attack apparently on sectarian grounds in the Buffer Zone area on Monday morning, police said.They said that Nasim Rafi and his nephew...
View ArticleSix killed in Khairpur road mishap
KHAIRPUR: Six people were killed and 13 others injured in a road accident near the Sui Gas bus stop within the jurisdiction of Thari Mirwah police station in Sindh’s Khairpur district on Tuesday...
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