KP Assembly stuck with a watchman’s appointment
PESHAWAR: As if it had nothing better to do, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Thursday got stuck with a matter as trivial as a watchman’s appointment to a tubewell in Bannu district.The matter was...
View ArticlePHC tells forces: Intern the illegally detained or free them
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the security forces to either shift all those kept in the illegal detention centres to the notified internment centres or free them, observing...
View Article14 Karachi suspects held in Murree
MURREE: Police and secret agency personnel arrested here on Wednesday at least 14 suspected target killers and extortionists from Karachi. The leader of a gang said to be involved in over 100 cases of...
View ArticlePeshawar police foil terror plan
PESHAWAR: Police in Peshawar foiled a terror plan on Thursday when they diffused a 5kg bomb near the Sulemankhel Chawki in Peshawar's Budh bher area, DawnNews reported. According to the police, the...
View ArticleMinor's assault sparks protests in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: A four-year-old boy was allegedly molested by his school principal within the remit of the Gulberg Police Station in Faisalabad, DawnNews reported. The four-year-old boy, studying in a...
View ArticleDengue emergency declared in KP's Swat district
ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley have declared a health emergency after nearly 5,000 cases of dengue fever were reported in a month.The mosquito-borne virus has killed 12...
View ArticleGrenade attack wounds seven in Quetta
QUETTA: Seven people were wounded Thursday in a blast on Sariab Road in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province. According to television reports, unknown suspects threw hand grenades near the...
View ArticleBaloch lawmaker wails to a wanting house
ISLAMABAD: A Baloch nationalist lawmaker painted a dismal picture of his troubled province in the National Assembly on Friday as the house finished a wanting first week of its present session. But the...
View ArticleMPAs told not to ask questions in English
KARACHI: Sindh Assembly deputy speaker Shehla Raza directed the provincial lawmakers on Friday not to ask questions in English. Her advice was meant to save from embarrassment her colleagues who did...
View ArticleHospital accused of hushing up rape
LAHORE: Family of a five-year-old rape victim belonging to Kasur has alleged the Children’s Hospital administration not only tried to hush up the matter but also discharged the minor girl in haste...
View ArticlePolice claim breakthrough in rape case
LAHORE: Police claimed on Friday to have a ‘major breakthrough’ in the case pertaining to rape of a five-year-old girl in Lahore.A police team arrested the ‘prime suspect’ in a raid on a rented house...
View ArticlePakistan frees top Afghan Taliban commander Mullah Baradar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday released its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee Abdul Ghani Baradar, a senior official told AFP, in a move welcomed by Kabul who hope it will encourage peace talks with...
View ArticleNawaz nominates retired Justice Ejaz Chaudhry for NAB chairman
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has proposed the name of Justice retired Ejaz Chaudhry for the slot of Chairman National Accountability Bureau. He proposed the name in a meeting with Opposition...
View ArticleNawaz unveils Rs 20bln youth uplift package
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday announced a development package worth Rs20 billion for the country's youth comprising six projects, aimed at providing them assistance mainly through...
View ArticleThree Balochistan doctors released by Taliban
QUETTA: The Taliban militants have set free three doctors kidnapped in Balochistan's Killa Saifullah district more than three months back, family sources said on Saturday.Armed gunmen had picked up...
View ArticlePolice bust Facebook kidnap gang in Gujranwala
LAHORE: Pakistani Police on Saturday busted a gang using a female member to lure youngsters through Facebook and telephone calls and then kidnapping them for ransom, police said.The gang, which...
View ArticleANP's peace committee member gunned down in Buner
PESHAWAR: A local Awami National Party (ANP) leader was gunned down by unknown gunmen in Balu Khan village's Peer Baba area in Buner district on Sunday.Anwar Khan was also a member of a local peace...
View ArticleArmy to continue its role in Swat, says Kayani
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Saturday visited Swat valley and reiterated that Army would continue to play its role in rebuilding the area and assisting civil...
View ArticleNadra confirms rigging reports in NA-258
KARACHI: The election to a National Assembly seat (NA-258) in Karachi was massively rigged in the May 11 general elections, it emerged in a report filed in an election tribunal by the National Database...
View ArticleImran warns of fallout if talks not held with Taliban
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that another all-party conference should be convened if the government wants to launch an operation in tribal areas. At a meeting...
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