PML-N wins in Lahore’s PP-150 recount; PTI rejects unofficial result
LAHORE: Mian Marghoob Ahmad of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday emerged victorious after unofficial results of recounting at Lahore’s PP-150 seat, DawnNews reported.Recounting was...
View ArticleExecution moratorium cannot be linked to Taliban talks: Zardari
ISLAMABAD: The outgoing president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday emphasised that maintaining moratorium on death penalties is the European Union’s condition for granting preferential market...
View ArticleMQM to support ‘positive steps’ in bringing peace to Karachi
KARACHI: Welcoming the views expressed in the federal cabinet meeting about restoration of long-lasting peace in Karachi, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Wednesday vowed to support every positive step...
View ArticleTalks with Taliban not to affect operations in tribal areas
ISLAMABAD: Army’s counter-militancy operations in restive tribal areas would remain unaffected by the talk of government’s impending dialogue with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and its affiliated...
View ArticleSC dismisses plea about drone attacks
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court held on Wednesday that since matters of defence, security of the country and foreign policy did not fall within the judicial domain, interference by the high courts was not...
View ArticleNawaz presides over Command Authority meeting today
ISLAMABAD: The National Command Authority (NCA) meets on Thursday to reassure the world that its nuclear weapons are safe and the country remained committed to non-proliferation goals.The meeting,...
View ArticleSindh to have 7 judges in SC
ISLAMABAD: Sindh will have seven judges among the Supreme Court’s total 17 judges after the elevation of Sindh High Court Chief Justice Mushir Aalam to the apex court.Justice Alam’s name was...
View ArticleConfusion over PTI’s eligibility to contest by-polls
ISLAMABAD: Confusion prevails over the eligibility of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to contest the Oct 7 by-elections for three provincial assembly seats as it has failed to submit the consolidated...
View ArticleKP hospitals to offer free emergency service
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday said his party’s government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was according top priority to the development of health sector for better patient...
View ArticleAnti-terrorism strategy for KP on back burner
PESHAWAR: The present Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has put its predecessor’s counter-terrorism strategy in the restive province on the back burner.‘Checkmating terrorism, a counter-terrorism strategy...
View ArticleAsma calls for probe into murder plot
LAHORE, Sept 4: Former Supreme Court Bar Association president and human rights activist Asma Jahangir has called for a probe into her assassination plot reported by The Washington Post. In a statement...
View ArticleMilitants, police clash in Karachi’s Mauripur; three killed
KARACHI: Three suspected militants were killed on Thursday during an exchange of fire with personnel from the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Karachi’s Mauripur area, DawnNews reported....
View ArticleSuspected militant killed in Bannu during clash with residents
BANNU: One suspected militant was killed whereas another was handed over to the police during an overnight clash with residents in Bannu, DawnNews reported. According to the police, residents of...
View ArticlePakistan welcomes IMF $6.7 bn lifeline
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday welcomed a $6.7 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund but economists warn it can only be a stop-gap unless Islamabad enacts uncomfortable economic...
View ArticleTerror bid foiled as police detains two, seizes arms during Islamabad raid
ISLAMABAD: The capital police on Saturday foiled a possible terror plot when it detained two suspects and seized a huge quantity of arms and ammunitions from a house during a search operation in...
View ArticlePakistan releases seven Afghan Taliban prisoners
ISLAMABAD/KABUL: Pakistan freed a group of Afghan Taliban on Saturday in an attempt to improve its troubled ties with its South Asian neighbour, but risked angering Afghanistan further by not handing...
View ArticleNawaz reviews strategy for peace in Karachi
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Saturday chaired a high-level meeting here as part of continuing consultations on a strategy and modalities for a foolproof mechanism to rid the country, especially...
View ArticleECC approves Rs2.9 billion bailout package for PSM
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet Saturday approved a three-month bailout package of Rs2.9 billion for the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM).Rs1.5 billion will be released in...
View ArticleJudicial Commission meeting fails to take decision
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: A special meeting of the Judicial Commission (JC) held here on Saturday to consider amendments suggested by the lawyers’ body in the Judicial Commission Rules 2010 remained...
View ArticleGilani seeks Sami’s help for son’s recovery
NOWSHERA, Sept 7: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has sought help of Maulana Samiul Haq, chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, for release of his son Ali Haider Gilani from...
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