Explosion in North Waziristan injures two soldiers
MIRAMSHAH: Two security officials were critically wounded on Sunday after a remote controlled explosion took place in North Waziristan, DawnNews reported. According to security sources, a remote...
View ArticleZardari ends tenure, treated to honour guard
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, one of the most powerful civilian presidents the country has ever had, stepped down on Sunday, leaving his official residence after a record five years in...
View ArticleFour dead, 11 injured in Balochistan violence
QUETTA: Four people were killed on Sunday, including two policemen, in two seperate incidents of violence in Balochistan, officials said.In one incident, at least two people were killed and another ten...
View ArticleMamnoon Hussain takes oath today
ISLAMABAD: President-elect Mamnoon Hussain will take oath of office on Monday as the 12th head of state. The oath will be administered by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at a ceremony to be...
View ArticleNP to initiate dialogue for resolving Balochistan issue
QUETTA: The National Party (NP) has decided to initiate dialogue with all stakeholders for resolving the Balochistan issue and take political parties into confidence for creating an atmosphere...
View ArticleJudicial system facing new challenges, says CJ
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the judiciary is facing new challenges due to technological advancements and the resulting changes in people’s behaviour. Presiding over a...
View ArticleSSGC board to reconsider LNG project on 19th
ISLAMABAD: Amid a raging controversy, a meeting of the board of directors of Sui Southern Gas Company has been reconvened on Sept 19, to reconsider the decision it took last month with majority,...
View ArticleKP reluctant to enact law on free education
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led provincial government is reluctant, at least for the time being, to enact a law for providing free and compulsory secondary education to children in Khyber...
View ArticlePTI govt to reach its logical end soon: Fazl
CHARSADDA: The government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would reach its logical end soon, said Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman here on Sunday.He, however, ruled out...
View ArticleRangers arrest four extortionists
KARACHI: Rangers arrested four members of an extortion gang on Monday, while conducting an operation in Safoora Goth and Lashari Goth, DawnNews reported. The rangers confiscated uniforms of the police...
View ArticleNawaz urges leaders to shun politicking on terrorism
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday urged all political forces in Pakistan to shun politicking on issues of national importance such as terrorism and the energy crisis, and to join hands...
View ArticleMilitant attack in Kohat kills two policemen, injures several
KOHAT: At least two policemen were killed and several persons injured during an attack at the District Police Officer's (DPO) office in Kohat on Monday, DawnNews reported.Security sources told Dawn.com...
View ArticlePetition filed against Aitzaz Ahsan
KARACHI: Aitzaz Ahsan, leader of Pakistan People's Party (PPP), has been declared ineligible for the post of senator in a petition filed against him in Supreme Court (SC) on Monday, DawnNews reported....
View ArticleShahzeb Khan's killers pardoned by family
KARACHI: The family of Shahzeb Khan on Monday decided to pardon the culprits responsible for their son's death, DawnNews reported. The victim’s father, DSP Aurangzeb Khan and his mother Ambreen...
View ArticleRecitation of Quranic verse: SC moved to disqualify Aitzaz
ISLAMABAD: A petitioner has requested the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan to disqualify Senator Aitzaz Ahsan for incorrectly reciting a Surah (verse) from the Holy Quran. Television footage aired on...
View ArticleMamnoon sworn in as 12th President of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: President-elect Mamnoon Hussain took oath of office on Monday as the 12th head of state. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at a ceremony held at the...
View ArticleTTP welcomes APC’s peace talks decision
PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has welcomed the All Parties Conference’s (APC) decision of holding peace talks with the terrorists.TTP spokesman Shahidaullah Shahid said that a...
View ArticleAPC backs govt push for peace talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top political leaders, who had huddled together in Islamabad on Monday for an All Parties Conference (APC) on how to tackle growing terrorism, agreed on initiating peace talks...
View ArticleThirteen killed after road collision in Chiniot
CHINIOT: Thirteen people were killed while three others received injuries when a passenger van collided with a truck at Tahirabad, Lahore-Chiniot Road on Monday night.According to District Police...
View ArticleKashmiri man from across LoC held; cache of arms seized
ISLAMABAD: In a major development that has gone almost unnoticed, police arrested a relative of senior Kashmiri leader Aasiya Andarabi from Indian-held part of the Valley on terrorism-related charges...
View Article