Mumbai attacks case: ATC seeks schedule of panel’s expected visit to India
ISLAMABAD: During Tuesday’s hearing of the Mumbai attack case, the Islamabad anti-terrorist court (ATC) ordered the government of Pakistan to inform it of details relating to the departure of a panel...
View ArticleECP postpones Tank by-poll amidst security concerns
PESHAWAR: Citing security concerns in Tank district of the troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday postponed the by-election for NA-25 constituency, a...
View ArticleSecurity forces seize more than 100 tons explosives in Quetta
QUETTA: The Frontier Corps (FC) claimed to have foiled a major terror bid by seizing more than 100 tons explosives from Quetta, the capital of troubled Balochistan province on Tuesday night.Commandant...
View ArticlePakistan, Thailand vow to double trade, enhance economic partnership
ISLAMABAD: The prime minister's of Pakistan and Thailand on Tuesday expressed their desire to build a strong economic partnership, double their trade figures to $2 billion in the next five years and...
View ArticlePeshawar madrassa rejects US sanctions
PESHAWAR: Reacting to the ban imposed by the United States, the administration of Madrassa Taleemul Quran Ganj Tuesday night said they feel the sanctions are “unjustified and uncalled for.”An...
View ArticleKayani doubted Taliban killed Benazir, recounts UN investigator
ISLAMABAD: Heraldo Munoz, the lead United Nations (UN) investigator in a probe into former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, doubts the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)...
View ArticleGovt decision to privatise power plant irks SC
ISLAMABAD: A government decision to opt for the sale of an inefficient power plant has irked the Supreme Court bench seized with a dispute over the grant of 20-year lease of the 150MW coal-fired Lakhra...
View ArticleOpposition senators assail interior minister
ISLAMABAD: The opposition senators on Tuesday assailed the government for “having no clear agenda” to deal with terrorism alleging that its “confused approach” to the menace was only demoralising the...
View Article‘Al Qaeda-linked’ exchange in Lahore unearthed
LAHORE: An illegal gateway exchange allegedly being operated by Al Qaeda network has been busted and six suspects, including four women, have been taken into custody, according to sources in an...
View ArticleElectricity tariff cut by 30 paisa per unit
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) approved on Tuesday a reduction of 30 paisa per unit in tariff for all distribution companies of Wapda under monthly fuel adjustment....
View ArticleRains claim 118 lives in a week
LAHORE: At least 118 people have died across the country and 812 others suffered injuries over the past one week as widespread rain and flood in rivers or their tributaries affected life, property and...
View ArticlePakistanis among hundreds of migrants land in Italy
ROME: More than 600 migrants from Eritrea, Pakistan, Syria and other countries landed on Italian shores on three boats, coast guards said on Tuesday.The coast guard rescued 336 people aboard a boat...
View ArticleWB has agreed to finance Diamer-Bhasha dam: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has claimed to have convinced the World Bank to finance the $14 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam. The willingness of a previously reluctant multilateral agency — the...
View ArticleKP to establish two modern mega cities
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is going to establish two mega cities, including one along Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway near Colonel Sher Khan...
View ArticleKarachi violence: Two people killed and four bodies recovered
KARACHI: Two people were killed and four bodies were recovered from different parts of Karachi on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.Two men were shot dead in Korangi Industrial Area and Gulshan-e-Maymar...
View ArticleTwo missing Baloch men found dead in Karachi
KARACHI: Police recovered bodies of two Baloch men from the Surjani Town area in Karachi on Wednesday, DawnNews reported. The area police said 35-year-old Haji Razzak and 40-year-old Pathan were...
View ArticleLoC firing: Pakistan Army captain killed
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani army officer was killed and a soldier wounded after an exchange of fire across the de facto border with India, the Pakistani military said.According to the military sources, a...
View ArticleBlast near railway station in Chaman kills two, injures 10
CHAMAN: A blast occurred near the railway station in Balochistan's Chaman town situated near the Pak-Afghan border on Wednesday killing at least two persons and injuring ten others, DawnNews...
View ArticleAccountability seekers must justify own performance first: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: During a heated debate in Senate, the upper house of parliament on Wednesday, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan assailed the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senators for seeking...
View ArticleFormer PPP nazim arrested in link to Quetta bomb factory
QUETTA: Security forces Wednesday night detained former Nazim Quetta, Mir Maqbool Ahmed Lehri of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in connection with seizure of more than 100 tons of explosives from a...
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