Khurshid Shah criticises PM over army chief appointment delay
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over what he said was a delay in appointing the new army chief with...
View ArticleNAB decides to proceed against own chief: sources
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to proceed against its own chief Qamar Zaman Chaudhry in the light of the Supreme Court’s recent verdict on the National Insurance...
View ArticleTribal feud claims five lives in Dasht
MASTUNG: Five people were killed while three others were injured severely following a clash between two rival tribes in Dasht, DawnNews reported.According to details, two men were killed in a sniper...
View ArticleIran and Pakistan to fast track gas pipeline
TEHRAN: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said that Iran and Pakistan have decided to fast track discussions on IP Gas Pipeline Project in order to formulate a road map and a more realistic...
View ArticleGunmen kill four policemen in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Gunmen struck at two separate places in Latifabad and City areas, killing four policemen and injuring two others in targeted killings on Tuesday night.The four deceased policemen, of...
View ArticlePakistan releases three senior Taliban prisoners
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government released three senior Taliban prisoners Tuesday in an attempt to jumpstart stuttering peace talks with the Afghan government, the latest in a wave of detainees freed...
View ArticleClash outside SC leaves several injured
ISLAMABAD: Several people were injured as lawyers clashed with police after being stopped from entering the Supreme Court building on Tuesday.According to a police source, many lawyers, nine policemen...
View ArticleKhattak seeks immediate meeting with Sharif
PESHAWAR, Nov 26: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has sought an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss the growing concern and anger among the people of the...
View ArticlePM launches major N-power project
KARACHI, Nov 26: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif performed on Tuesday the groundbreaking of the country’s largest nuclear power plant and announced that six similar projects were in the pipeline which...
View ArticleZardari to be indicted in four cases on Dec 9
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: An accountability court here fixed Dec 9 as the date for indicting former president Asif Ali Zardari in four corruption references. But the judge, Mohammad Bashir, directed the...
View ArticleTaliban attacks feared in Nowshera, Bara
NOWSHERA, Nov 26: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is likely to target government installations and public places in Nowshera district and Khyber Agency to avenge killing of its chief...
View ArticleLawyers attack Supreme Court
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Exactly after 16 years, violence revisited the Supreme Court when a group of disgruntled lawyers attacked the hallowed building, smashing doors and windows on Tuesday afternoon. A...
View ArticleMilitary officials fall under Army Act, MI tells SC
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The Military Intelligence (MI), one of the premier intelligence agencies of the country, reiterated its stand before the Supreme Court on Tuesday in the Tasif Ali missing person case...
View ArticleKhurshid gets PPP approval for PAC post
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah is set to become chairman of the powerful Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the legislature after getting the nod...
View ArticleLt Gen Raheel Sharif chosen as new army chief
ISLAMABAD: After weeks of intense speculation in the media, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has finally made the selection of two senior army officers as Chief of Army Staff and Chairman Joint Chief of...
View ArticleLitigants suffer as lawyers observe country-wide strike
ISLAMABAD: A country-wide strike was being observed by the legal fraternity Wednesday on the call of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) to register their protest over alleged violence against lawyers at...
View ArticlePakistan urges end to drone strikes in UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan called for the immediate cessation of “illegal” US drone strikes on its territory, after a UN committee unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday that underscores the need for...
View ArticleKhawaja Asif given additional charge of defence ministry
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif was given the additional charge of the ministry of defence, said a notification issued by the government on Wednesday.Meanwhile, Minister...
View ArticleJustice Tassaduq Jillani approved as Pakistan's new chief justice
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday approved the appointment of Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani as the next chief Justice of Pakistan. The appointment was approved by the president after...
View ArticleCIA chief accused of murder over Hangu drone strike
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday named the CIA's director and a man it said was the agency's chief in Pakistan as murder suspects over a drone strike.The PTI has written to police...
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