Nawaz clear about Pak interests: US official
WASHINGTON: The Nawaz Sharif government is going to be “very clear” about Pakistan’s interests when it has differences with the United States, says the White House. At a briefing in Washington, Ben...
View ArticleMQM concerned at Gabol’s name in murder case
ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement expressed serious concern on Saturday over the nomination of party MNA Nabil Gabol in the murder case of Peoples Amn Committee leader Zafar Baloch and alleged...
View ArticleKarachi operation: Rangers arrest 42 suspects
KARACHI: Rangers’ forces on Saturday arrested 42 suspects via a targeted operation in different parts of the city, while hand grenades confiscated earlier were also destroyed, DawnNews reported. Under...
View ArticleTwin church blasts claim 78 lives in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Twin explosions at All Saint's Church in Peshawar's Kohati gate area killed 78 people and wounded 130 others on Sunday.The victims of the blast included children and women who were shifted to...
View ArticleNawaz leaves for UN assembly in New York
CHAKLALA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif left for New York on Sunday to attend the United Nations (UN) General Assembly meeting, DawnNews reported. According to sources, the PM intends to stay overnight...
View ArticlePeshawar blasts: a timeline
Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhthunkhwa, has faced and increase in suicide and bomb attacks over the past nine months. Sept. 22– Twin bomb attacks at All Saints Church in Peshawar killed 56 people...
View ArticleSix killed in US drone strike in North Waziristan
MIRANSHAH: At least six people were killed in a US drone strike on a militant compound in a northwestern Pakistani tribal area on Sunday, officials said.The attack took place in Shawal, about 55...
View ArticleCM not happy with Imran’s interference in govt affairs
MANSEHRA: The sacked provincial minister of Qaumi Watan Party, Ibrar Hussain Tanoli, claimed on Sunday that Chief Minister Pervez Khattak was annoyed with his party over the unjustified interference of...
View ArticleSC reissues notices to all parties in EOBI case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s bench hearing the Employees Old-age Benefit Institution (EOBI) scam case, on Monday, again issued notices to all the respondents in the case, DawnNews...
View ArticleThree killed in Kohat violence; curfew in place
PESHAWAR: Army took control of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kohat and Hangu cities and a curfew was imposed following a clash on Monday near Imambargah Said Habib in the Zargaran bazaar area of Kohat district....
View ArticleUS Secretary Navy meets Pakistani leaders
ISLAMABAD: The United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus left Pakistan on Monday after a series of meetings with senior Pakistani leaders.The US Secretary of the Navy leads the US Navy and Marine...
View ArticleCivilian, military govts damaged Pakistan Railways: Rafique
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Monday said that both civilian and military governments were responsible for the damage caused to Pakistan Railways. Speaking during a...
View ArticleMilitants kill four, torch Nato tanker in Balochistan
QUETTA: Armed militants torched a tanker carrying fuel for US and Nato troops and killed its driver in Balochistan's militancy-hit Naseerabad district on Monday, police said. Police also found three...
View ArticleJudicial commission into Rawalpindi tragedy goes underway
ISLAMABAD: A judicial commission headed by Lahore High Court’s Justice Mamoon Rashid Shaikh has begun a probe into the Rawalpindi tragedy in which nine people were killed and 44 others were injured...
View ArticleSupreme Court agrees to try Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday accepted a government request to set up a special tribunal to try former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf for high treason, an offence punishable by death...
View ArticleDrug industry wants 18pc price hike
ISLAMABAD: The pharmaceutical industry plans to increase the prices of all registered drugs by up to 18 per cent.In the absence of a national drug pricing policy, the manufacturers claim the increase...
View ArticleNAB gets time to file reference against Sadiq
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has obtained 10 more days from an accountability court for filing a reference against Tauqeer Sadiq, the former chairman of Oil and Gas Regulatory...
View ArticleIslamabad’s worship places, ulema being watched
ISLAMABAD: Around 63 worship places and 33 ulema in the federal capital are being monitored by the police and its special branch to maintain peace in the wake of the Ashura violence in...
View ArticleFIA to investigate 1990 poll funding
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The government, in compliance with the Supreme Court’s order of last year, constituted on Monday a four-member FIA committee to investigate distribution of money among politicians by...
View ArticleSC rejects defence secretary’s appeal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The Supreme Court rejected on Monday an intra-court appeal of Defence Secretary retired Lt Gen Asif Yasin against his trial for contempt of court.“We would not like to make any...
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