Nadra in a fix over verification of thumb impressions
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has received the first case from Punjab which requires verification of thumb impressions taken during the polling on May 11....
View ArticlePPP won’t support any move against PTI government
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan People’s Party on Saturday decided not to support any no-confidence motion against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa feeling that the provincial...
View ArticlePTI’s campaign leaves KP officials in a fix
PESHAWAR, Nov 23: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has decided to stop Nato supplies at five points in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Sunday, but there’s considerable confusion among the provincial bureaucracy as...
View ArticleSharif, Khurshid had ‘positive meeting’
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had a forward-looking and positive meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid during the recent Commonwealth summit in Colombo, diplomatic sources said...
View ArticleOutlaw kills three cops near Hafizabad
GUJRANWALA: A station house officer and two constables were killed and five other policemen injured in an encounter with a notorious outlaw in Pindi Bhattian tehsil of Hafizabad district on Saturday....
View ArticleExplosions in N. Waziristan, Kurram kill five, injure six
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Two soldiers were killed and five others injured Sunday when a roadside bomb was detonated near a security forces' convoy in North Waziristan’s Mir Ali area, DawnNews reported....
View ArticlePTI activists search trucks for Nato supplies
PESHAWAR: Club-wielding activists from Imran Khan's political party forcibly searched trucks for Nato supplies in northwest Pakistan on Sunday in protest at deadly US drone strikes.Around 100 workers...
View ArticleReport holds police responsible for Rawalpindi violence
LAHORE: The fact-finding committee constituted to probe the Rawalpindi incident on Monday presented its report to Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif which held the police responsible for the tragedy,...
View ArticleKP police stop protesters from disrupting Nato supplies
PESHAWAR: Police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province prevented activists protesting US drone strikes from blocking trucks carrying Nato troop supplies to and from neighboring Afghanistan on Monday.The...
View ArticlePolice registers case against Mengal
QUETTA: Police has registered a case Monday against Balochistan National Party –Mengal (BNP-M) chief, Sardar Akhtar Mengal in Khuzdar Police Station.Abdul Qadir Sheikh, a police officer in Khuzdar told...
View ArticlePakistan introduces fleet of locally-developed drones
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistani military on Monday announced its first fleet of indigenously developed surveillance-capable drones at a ceremony attended by the Army chief. According to a press release, the...
View ArticlePTI wants to nominate US and CIA in drone strike FIR
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) has requested the Inspector General Police (IGP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to nominate the US and CIA in the Hangu drone strike FIR.According to a press...
View ArticleMinistry seeks funds for treason trial
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The Ministry of Law and Justice has sought Rs3.1 million from the finance division as initial expenses for the special court set up to try former president retired Gen Pervez...
View ArticleTough SC order to defence secretary
LAHORE, Nov 25: Hearing different cases of missing persons here on Monday, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry directed the defence secretary to produce Yasin Shah, a resident of Mardan, and...
View ArticleRocket ‘fired from Iran’ kills girl in border town
QUETTA, Nov 25: A girl was killed and six people were injured when a rocket fired by Iranian border forces hit three houses in Tump town of Kech district on Monday.Balochistan Home Secretary Asadur...
View ArticleMilitants free teachers after questioning
LANDI KOTAL, Nov 25: The Bara-based outlawed group Lashkar-i-Islam released on Monday all the abducted teachers of a private school after questioning them for four days regarding their involvement in...
View ArticleCourt adjourns Zardari's corruption cases until Dec 2
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court exempted former president Asif Ali Zardari from appearing in the hearing on Tuesday over corruption cases against him and adjourned the next hearing until December 9,...
View ArticleBugti case: ATC rejects Musharraf's appearance exemption request
QUETTA: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Quetta Tuesday rejected former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s request for exemption from attendance in a case pertaining to the murder of...
View ArticleAltaf says it’s time to demand shooting down of drones
KARACHI: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has said that political parties should continue their protests against drone attacks until the government decides and announces to...
View ArticleKarachi operation to continue until objectives met: Sharif
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said the Karachi operation will continue until the fulfillment of its objectives.“I stand by police and rangers and they should treat criminals as...
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