Abducted Afghan diplomat reaches home in Quetta
QUETTA: The kidnapped official of the Afghan Consulate Quetta has reached his home on Saturday.Afghan Consul General Quetta, Ghullam Muhammad Bahadur told reporters that Muhammad Hashim Ibrat, the...
View ArticleQWP leader Razaullah gunned down in Lakki Marwat
PESHAWAR: Unknown gunmen killed Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) leader Razaullah and injured his driver in Lakki Marwat district of the troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday evening, said police...
View ArticleKarachi operation: Govt to take all parties on board, says Rashid
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Saturday said the government would take all political parties on board over peace strategy for Karachi.The...
View ArticleFive dead in attacks on clinics in Karachi
KARACHI: A homoeopath and four other people were killed when gunmen attacked two clinics in Landhi area of the city on Saturday night. Four people were injured. In the first incident, at least four...
View ArticlePOL prices move up
ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday raised the prices of petroleum products by up to Rs4.71 per litre, citing the rising trend in the international market.However, following directives of Prime...
View ArticleCross-examination in Mumbai case: Pakistani team to visit India next week
ISLAMABAD: An eight-member panel of Pakistani prosecution and defence lawyers will visit India next week to cross-examine four Indian witnesses in the Mumbai attack case, a Federal Investigation Agency...
View ArticleGrenades hurled at Mengal’s house
QUETTA: The house of Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the president of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), was attacked with grenades here on Saturday night. Police sources said that armed men riding a...
View ArticleMQM leader denies role in disappearance of containers
KARACHI: Senior leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and former minister for ports and shipping Babar Ghori has denied involvement in the alleged disappearance of 19,000 containers carrying arms...
View ArticleAppointment of judges: PBC criticises role of parliamentary body
ISLAMABAD: In an emergency meeting, the executive committee of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Saturday assailed what it called ineffective role being played in the appointment of superior court...
View ArticleANP changes stance, hails talks with militants
CHARSADDA: In an apparent change in his party’s stance over peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban, Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has welcomed reports about the government’s...
View ArticleMay 11 poll defeat: ANP dissolves countrywide organisations
CHARSADDA: Awami National Party leader Asfandyar Wali Khan on Saturday dissolved all party organisations, including central, provincial and district cabinets, in the country over the May 11 election...
View Article‘Terror bid’ foiled in capital
ISLAMABAD: The capital police on Saturday claimed to have tracked down an explosive-laden car which they were hunting after Eidul Fitr.Although the police claimed that they thwarted a plot to carry out...
View ArticlePM expected to approve joint grand targeted operation in Karachi
KARACHI: Sources at the Prime MInister's secratariat said that Premier Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif woud give approval of a joint grand targeted operation during Tuesday's meeting of the federal cabinet...
View ArticleIED blast in N Waziristan kills nine FC personnel
PESHAWAR: At least nine paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and 20 others wounded in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in North Waziristan tribal region's Boya area on...
View ArticleTalks with Taliban prerogative of federal govt: Khattak
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said that talks with the Taliban is the prerogative of the federal government.The chief minister said militants must accept the...
View ArticleNisar terms Taliban dialogue media reports as speculative
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday said that no formal negotiations were being held with the Taliban yet and most of the media reports on the issue were speculative...
View ArticleCM vows to act against extortion at checkposts
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has warned that he would not allow security checkposts to be used for collecting extortion money in the province.Speaking at a meeting in Gwadar...
View ArticleASF official shot dead
QUETTA: An official of the Airport Security Force (ASF) was gunned down in Dalbandin area of Chaghai district on Sunday, police said.They said that Bashir Bhatti, a head constable in the ASF posted on...
View ArticleAttack on Mengal’s house: case registered
QUETTA: Police on Sunday registered a case against unidentified people for attacking Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal’s house in the Railway Housing Society.On Saturday night, two hand-grenades were hurled...
View ArticlePTI demonstrates against hike in petrol, diesel prices
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers held a demonstration here on Sunday in protest against the fresh increase in petrol prices.Led by PTI’s provincial president Ejaz Chaudhry, general secretary Dr...
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