DG Rangers reveals facts behind Karachi weapons smuggling
KARACHI: The Director General of the Sindh Rangers Maj-Gen Rizwan Akhtar on Friday informed the Supreme Court that around 19,000 shipping containers containing weapons and vehicles had gone missing...
View ArticleGovt to withdraw report on 'Muhajir Republican Army': Nisar
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to withdraw a statement mentioning the existence of a previously unknown militant outfit, the 'Muhajir Republican Army', from the report submitted to the...
View ArticleSC issues notice to federation in petition against Zardari
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the federation during the hearing of a petition against President Asif Ali Zardari, barring him to leave the country after completion of his...
View ArticleNawaz for early completion of Karachi-Lahore motorway
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday said the significant Karachi-Lahore Motorway must be constructed within minimum possible time to benefit the huge population.He said this while meeting...
View ArticleAltaf urges CJ to probe ‘Muhajir Republican Army hoax’
KARACHI: Criticising the federal interior ministry for inciting hatred and bias, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain Friday appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan to order a probe...
View ArticlePolice say stray bullet hit Sheikh Rashid’s car
ISLAMABAD: Member of the National Assembly, Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmad's car was hit by a falling stray bullet late on Thursday night, said the police rejecting the MNA’s claim...
View ArticleGovt in secret contact with Taliban: minister
ISLAMABAD: Backchannel talks between the ruling PML-N and Taliban are under way to work out a peace formula and end violence which has claimed thousands of lives in the country since the US-led...
View ArticleNA briefed on ties with neighbours, US
ISLAMABAD: Making an opposition-sought appearance, the prime minister’s foreign affairs and national security adviser told the National Assembly on Friday of what he called new ‘warmth’ with Kabul...
View ArticleDNA test verified Osama’s identity, says report
WASHINGTON / NEW YORK: The US commando raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad was guided from space by a fleet of satellites, The Washington Post and Time magazine reported on Friday.The...
View ArticleAccord to diversify ties with Russia
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia wrapped up their first strategic dialogue with a commitment to remaining engaged and maintaining the momentum in the relationship. “Both sides noted with satisfaction the...
View ArticleGen Qazi to be brought to book: Saad Rafique
ISLAMABAD: If a federal minister is to be believed he intends to send a retired army general and former railways minister behind bars for causing a severe haemorrhage of the institution.Painting a...
View ArticleImran against military operation in Karachi
ISLAMABAD: Taking part in a discussion on the Right to Information Act, which will be introduced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said the law will make the...
View ArticleBalochistan PA approves amendment
QUETTA: The Balochistan assembly has adopted an amendment to the local government bill paving the way for holding of local body elections on party basis in the province.Minister Abdur Rahim Ziaratwal...
View ArticlePPP warns against attempts to derail democracy
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party on Friday warned against ‘systematic’ efforts being made to derail democracy in the country and called for unity among political parties to foil such...
View ArticleFormer MNA bailed, acquitted of torture charge
LAHORE: Former Federal Minister, Liaquat Abbas Bhatti, was aquitted on Saturday of a torture charge, on a bail of Rs 50,000, DawnNews reported. The District Court of Model Town approved the bail after...
View ArticleCM Punjab approves Quaid-e-Azam Park development plan
LAHORE: Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif while chairing a high level meeting of the Punjab Energy Council in Lahore on Saturday, approved the master plan for the development of the Quaid-e-Azam Solar...
View ArticleUS drone kills four ‘foreign militants’ in North Waziristan
PESHAWAR/MIRANSHAH: A US drone targeted a vehicle in North Waziristan tribal agency on Saturday, killing four suspected militants said to be of Turkmen origin. According to local security officials and...
View ArticleTen militants killed in Turbat clashes: officials
QUETTA: Frontier Constabulary (FC) claim to have killed ten armed militants in Balochistan's volatile Kech (Turbat) district on Saturday morning. Security forces launched a search operation in the...
View ArticleEight newly appointed SHC judges take oath
KARACHI: Eight newly appointed additional judges of Sindh High Court (SHC) took oath on Saturday. The oath taking ceremony was administered by Chief Justice of SHC, Justice Mushir Alam. Justice Shaukat...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban deny secret peace talks with govt
MIRANSHAH: A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban on Saturday denied media reports that the government was holding peace talks with the insurgent group.Shahidullah Shahid, main spokesman for the...
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