Kerry phones PM, discusses regional issues
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday and discussed key bilateral and regional issues with him, diplomatic sources told Dawn.The call comes ahead...
View ArticleMQM win a reply to propaganda, says Altaf
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain said on Friday that the victory of MQM candidates in Thursday’s by-elections in Karachi and Mirpurkhas had exposed “baseless propaganda against him...
View ArticleRabbani resigns from panel on judges appointment
ISLAMABAD: Senator Raza Rabbani on Friday resigned from the parliamentary committee on appointment of judges. He has been replaced by another opposition party member, Farooq Naek.Talking to Dawn, Mr...
View ArticleLanka invites Nawaz to C’wealth summit
ISLAMABAD: Sri Lankan Minister for External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris on Friday invited Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to the Commonwealth summit being held in Colombo in November.Mr Peiris is on a...
View ArticleJI calls for govt-Taliban contact before talks
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan has called for a contact between the government and Taliban before initiation of any formal dialogue.Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Mr...
View ArticleSC asks ministry to produce two missing brothers
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the defence ministry to ensure production of two brothers, Umer Hayat and Umer Bakht, before the court on Sept 28 after the District and Sessions Judge...
View ArticleOpposition in a fix over nominations for NAB post
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition Pakistan Peoples Party is finding it difficult to name new nominees for the position of chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after the opposition and the...
View ArticlePandemonium in Senate over expiry of jobs quota
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Friday witnessed some rowdy scenes over the controversy involving the time-bound provincial quota in federal services that expired on Aug 13.The issue was raised by PPP Senator...
View ArticleKESC accused of violating deals
ISLAMABAD: As the management of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), as well as its former and present buyers stayed away, a Senate panel noted on Friday serious violations of different...
View ArticlePemra restrained from taking action against TV channel
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court restrained the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday from taking any action against a private television channel which had aired footage...
View ArticleKarzai to visit Pakistan to seek more Taliban releases
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit Pakistan on Monday seeking the release of key Taliban prisoners as he tries to restart peace talks with the militants after they collapsed...
View Article60 former militants rehabilitated
MINGORA, Aug 23: The army has rehabilitated 60 more former militants after they renounced militancy and underwent a three months training in different trades at the ‘Mishal centre for...
View ArticlePunjab’s new LG law challenged in LHC
LAHORE: Punjab’s recently passed local government law was challenged in the Lahore High Court on Saturday, DawnNews reported.The petitioner challenging the new local government system for the province...
View ArticleNine reported killed in incidents of violence in Karachi
KARACHI: Nine people were killed in incidents of violence in Karachi overnight, DawnNews reported. Two people were killed during firing incidents at an Afghan refugees camp within the remit of the...
View ArticleCurfew imposed in Bhakkar following sectarian clash
LAHORE: A curfew was imposed in Punjab’s Bhakkar district for an indefinite period following Friday’s clash between members of two religious sects there left five people dead and eight others...
View ArticleBHC rejects Musharraf’s plea to transfer Bugti murder case
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court on Saturday dismissed a petition by former military dictator Pervez Musharraf for his trial over the death of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti to be transferred due to...
View ArticleTTP ‘expel’ Punjabi Taliban leader for welcoming govt talks offer
PESHAWAR: A spokesman for the main Taliban group in Pakistan claimed Saturday that the head of the Punjabi Taliban faction has been stripped of his leadership for welcoming the government’s peace talk...
View ArticleMilitants kill four, torch two Nato tankers in Balochistan
QUETTA: Armed militants killed four people including two police officials in Balochistan's volatile Kech and Sibi districts and torched two oil tankers carrying fuel for Nato forces in Khuzdar on...
View ArticleSindh govt, CJ urged to take notice of desecration of Sikh holy book
KARACHI: The Pakistan Sikh Council on Tuesday called on the government and the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take notice of growing incidents of desecration of their holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, in...
View ArticleMQM urges govt to invoke Article 245 in Karachi
ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a major opposition party in the National Assembly having an electoral mandate from Karachi, on Tuesday called upon the government to invoke Article 245 of the...
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