Formal dialogue with Taliban yet to be initiated
ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Sunday that it would consult all parties in parliament before initiating formal talks with the Taliban.“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wants to take the heads of all...
View ArticleChange is visible in KP: Khattak
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that the change promised by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) during the general election campaign is taking place in the stipulated...
View ArticleIndia agrees to provide Quaid's August 1947 speech recordings
ISLAMABAD: India has agreed to hand over copies of the two important speech-recordings of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah to Pakistan.The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation had requested for the...
View ArticleGovt unwilling to bail out PSM, but to pay workers’ salary
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The government appears to be in no mood to revive or privatise the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) as a going concern in the short-term but has decided to clear three months’ outstanding...
View ArticleMan held in gang-rape case
UMERKOT, Sept 1: Police arrested on Sunday brother of the main accused in the gang-rape case of a minority woman who was sexually assaulted by three persons in front of her family in Athoo Mail Hiral...
View ArticleLal Masjid cleric's murder case registered against Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: Police on Monday registered a case against former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf over the alleged murder of cleric Ghazi Abdul Rasheed and his wife during the Lal Masjid military...
View ArticleSpecial Cabinet session: Nisar briefs PM over Karachi situation
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan met with the prime minister on Monday and submitted a report detailing the law and order situation in Karachi, two days prior to a special cabinet...
View ArticleNational security top most priority of govt: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that national security is the top most priority of the present government and all resources would be utilised to ensure it.He was chairing a high...
View ArticleSC orders 3G auction to be finalised within two months
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the federation to complete the process of appointing Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and its members within ten days and present the...
View ArticleCurrent rulers helpless before establishment: Mengal
QUETTA: Chief of Balochistan National Party, Sardar Akhtar Mengal has said that present rulers were helpless before the establishment. He said that they were unable to stop the recovery of mutilated...
View ArticlePM arrives in Karachi
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Karachi on Tuesday (today), a day before he is scheduled to preside over a federal cabinet meeting on the city’s deteriorating law and order...
View ArticleAdditional judges of BHC sworn in
QUETTA: Shakeel Ahmed Baloch, Kamran Khan Mulakhel and Ejaz Swati were sworn in as additional judges of the Balochistan High Court on Monday. BHC Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa administered the oath.The...
View ArticleElevation of Justices Alam and Baqar recommended
ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission recommended on Monday elevation of Sindh High Court Chief Justice Mushir Alam to the Supreme Court.A meeting of the commission presided over by Chief Justice of...
View ArticlePTI chief criticises US move to use force against Syria
ISLAMABAD: Calling for a UN-sanctioned prescription to resolve the Syrian crisis, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has opposed America’s one-sided move to attack the country.Condemning...
View ArticleWard delimitation in cantonments begins
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: In the first step towards introducing democracy in 43 cantonments across the country, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started delimitation process of wards in these...
View ArticleShelling near Kotli
MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 2: Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire in some areas of Nakial sector in the Kotli district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. However, no casualties were reported.Official...
View ArticleTransparency asks govt to take action against officials
KARACHI, Sept 2: The Transparency International Pakistan has alleged violation of Public Procurement Rules (PPR) 2004 in the Golen Gol hydropower project and has urged the federal government to follow...
View ArticleKP police officers told to declare assets
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Accountability Commission on Monday directed all police officers to submit details of their assets within 15 days as part of the government’s policy to reform...
View ArticleWoman held for committing ‘blasphemy’
LAHORE, Sept 2: Nishtar Colony police on Monday arrested a woman allegedly for proclaiming herself ‘prophet’ and booked her under blasphemy charges.Model Town SP (Operations) Tariq Aziz said Salma...
View ArticleIndian HC, Sartaj Aziz discuss Nawaz, Singh meeting
ISLAMABAD: Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, T.C.A. Raghavan, met with Adviser to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Foreign Affairs and National Security, Sartaj Aziz, at the Foreign Office on...
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