Sharif for upgrading ties with Thailand
BANGKOK, Nov 18: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said here on Monday that Pakistan desired to comprehensively upgrade its cordial relations with Thailand in different areas.Addressing a news conference...
View ArticleJalozai IDPs decline to vaccinate children
NOWSHERA/MARDAN, Nov 18: Internally displaced persons at Jalozai camp on Monday declined vaccination of their children against polio until acceptance of their demands, including restoration of electric...
View ArticlePTI ministers, advisers face corruption probe
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has begun investigation against some ministers and advisers in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for their alleged corruption.According to sources in the ruling...
View ArticleFive injured in grenade attack on shop in Gwadar
QUETTA: At least five people, including two women and a child, were injured Tuesday in a hand-grenade attack on a shop in Jannat Bazaar, in restive Balochistan province’s Gwadar district, DawnNews...
View ArticlePolice arrest five suspects over Kohat violence
PESHAWAR: At least five suspects were arrested on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in Monday's violence in Kohat a day earlier which claimed three lives, including those of two cops, and caused...
View ArticleECP announces new LG polls schedule for Sindh, Punjab
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced Tuesday that local government (LG) elections in the province of Sindh would be held on Jan 18 and on Jan 30 in Punjab.Earlier, the ECP had...
View ArticleGunmen kill senior Gujrat university official
LAHORE: Unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle on Tuesday killed a senior director of a university along with his driver in Gujrat, a city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, officials said.Syed Shabir...
View ArticlePM holds talks with Afghan peace council delegates
ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Peace Council delegation led by Salahuddin Rabbani met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad on Thursday to discuss the peace process in the neighbouring war-torn country....
View ArticleImran lambasts Nawaz govt, US after Hangu drone strike
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Thursday lambasted the government as a drone attack claimed six lives in the Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa earlier today....
View ArticleECC approves framework to regulate NGOs
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet on Thursday approved a policy framework for regulation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) receiving foreign contributions to...
View ArticleBalochistan needs help, CM tells UN team
QUETTA, Nov 21: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch told a United Nations delegation on Thursday that his government needed assistance and cooperation in the fields of fisheries,...
View ArticleECP finds alternative to magnetised ink
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Election Commission has decided not to use magnetised ink in the local government elections, after discovering that credible post-election biometric verification was possible...
View ArticleSindh, federal govts to start work on KCR project: Qaim
KARACHI, Nov 21: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that Sindh and federal governments have agreed to start work on the Karachi Circular Railway Project to provide modern, rapid and low-cost...
View ArticleCourt work halted over attack on prosecutor
KARACHI, Nov 21: A public prosecutor who is pleading several high-profile cases before anti-terrorism courts, including the journalist Wali Babar murder case before it was transferred to Shikarpur, was...
View ArticleElectricity tariff increased by 73 paisa per unit
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) increased on Thursday electricity tariff by 73 paisa per unit for distribution companies of Wapda to be paid by consumers...
View ArticleUS-Afghan deal excludes joint action against Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: A bilateral security agreement between the United States and Afghanistan does not endorse the Afghan demand for joint actions against military aggression by other nations,...
View ArticleDr Shakeel booked in murder case
LANDI KOTAL, Nov 21: The administration of Khyber Agency registered on Thursday a murder case against Dr Shakeel Afridi on a public complaint, charging him of operating on a patient that resulted in...
View ArticleNICL ruling: SC orders proceedings against NAB chief, Amin Fahim
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered the registration of a case against National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry in its verdict issued Friday on the multi-billion-rupee...
View ArticleLHC stops PAF from action against accused in Kamra base attack
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench on Friday stopped the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) from taking action against the accused in Kamra airbase attack case of Aug 2012, DawnNews reported.The...
View ArticleArmy rendered 'unmatched' sacrifices against terrorism: COAS
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday made a farewell visit to the tribal areas of Pakistan and said that Pakistan's armed forces had rendered unparalleled sacrifices in...
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