HRCP team to visit Balochistan
LAHORE, June 18: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is sending a high level fact-finding mission to Balochistan in the wake of Saturday’s terrorist attacks in Quetta and Ziarat. The mission...
View Article‘Mardan attack reaction to drone strikes’
LAHORE, June 18: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry and Secretary-General Dr Yasmin Rashid have condemned the suicide attack on a funeral gathering in Shergarh, Mardan, on...
View ArticleCurrency dealer shot dead
LAHORE, June 18: Robbers shot dead a currency dealer and injured his fellow during a robbery on Bund Road in Nawankot police limits and plundered cash and valuables worth millions in two major strikes...
View ArticleDawn’s Education UK Road Show today
LAHORE, June 18: The Dawn Media Group in collaboration with the UK Trade & Investment Pakistan and the British Council is organising the first-ever “Education UK Road Show’ at Pearl Continental...
View ArticleRs2 billion through property: Revenue name of the game
LAHORE, June 18: The levy proposed on property and real estate in the 2013-14 budget will not only fetch additional Rs2 billion revenue but also encourage the construction sector in Punjab.“More...
View ArticleN’s ‘abhorrence’ of local polls persists
LAHORE, June 18: The Punjab government is going to further defer local elections under the existing Local Government Ordinance 2001 for another 180 days, indicating its lack of interest in empowering...
View ArticleSmuggling going up on Indo-Pak border
LAHORE, June 18: Incidents of smuggling between India and Pakistan have witnessed an increase in the first four months of 2013 as compared to the corresponding period of last year.Against the 14...
View ArticleAs per PA resolution: PPP to back two new provinces in the south
LAHORE, June 18: The Pakistan People’s Party has offered its ‘full support’ to the Muslim League-Nawaz if the party goes ahead with creation of two new provinces in Punjab as it had earlier...
View ArticleImran takes oath as MNA, urges action against US drones
ISLAMABAD: Formally taking oath as a member of the National Assembly, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Wednesday urged the government and military leaders to build a strategy to halt...
View ArticleSen Raza Rabbani calls for FC to be subservient to Balochistan govt
QUETTA: Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) senior leader, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani said on Wednesday that Frontier Corps must be subservient to Balochistan government in order to ensure peace in the...
View ArticleSC orders amendment in declaration over increase in POL prices
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered on Wednesday for amendments to be made in the declaration made by the Finance Ministry for increase of sales tax on POL products. A three-member bench...
View ArticlePast comes back to haunt Gilani loyalists
ISLAMABAD: Several National Assembly officers, whose induction cost former Prime Minister and then Speaker Yousuf Raza Gilani a six-year jail term, face legal notices for their allegedly “illegal and...
View ArticlePakistani girl killed in Kashmir border firing: officials
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani girl was killed Wednesday when Indian troops opened fire across the de facto border that divides disputed Kashmir, Pakistani officials said.The incident took place in Rawlakot...
View ArticlePML-N suspends female MPA over bus hostess row
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday suspended the party membership of a female provincial lawmaker over a recent altercation with the hostess of a local bus service.A...
View ArticleThree Balochistan ministers sworn in
QUETTA: After detailed negotiations among the coalition partners, three members of Balochistan Assembly took oath as provincial ministers on Wednesday evening.Governor Balochistan Muhammad Khan...
View ArticleNawaz for early completion of Neelam-Jehlum Project
MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the concerned authorities to expedite construction work on Rs274.882 billion Neelam-Jehlum Hydro-power Project and make it functional...
View ArticleHere comes the king of fruits
HYDERABAD: Season of mangoes, the king of fruits, is now in full swing as the fruit has made it to the market in big quantity.The season of the delicious fruit will last until the end of July. There...
View ArticleHEC submits fresh list of MNAs having suspicious degrees
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Wednesday submitted to the Supreme Court of Pakistan a fresh list of newly-elected National Assembly members whose educational degrees are...
View ArticleGST not applicable on edible, medicines, SC told
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General of Pakistan Munir A. Malik on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that 70 edible items including cooking oil, peppers, seeds, sugarcane, eggs, fish, fruits and medicines...
View ArticleAttack on military convoy kills at least six in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: At least six security personnel were killed and three injured when a military convoy was ambushed by militants in Sara Khwaara area on Kohat Road in the outskirts of Peshawar late on...
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