Former PM Ashraf's fund distribution ruled illegal by SC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Thursday announced its verdict in the case pertaining to the distribution of development funds among parliamentarians by former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, declaring...
View ArticlePM, CJCSC discuss national security
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Gen Rashad Mahmood met with the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday, DawnNews reported.The meeting was held at the PM House in Islamabad...
View ArticleMissing persons case: IG FC issued contempt of court notice
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday served a contempt of court notice to the inspector general of the Frontier Corps (FC) for not complying with its order in a case relating to the 'missing...
View ArticleGovt assures action against threatening letters to senators
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday assured that it would take serious action on threatening letters received by some senators allegedly for raising their voice in favor of high treason...
View ArticleBlast in Balochistan leaves one dead, several injured
QUETTA: A powerful explosion has killed a child and injured 17 others in Balochistan's Chaman town on Thursday evening, police said.Abdul Wahab, a police official said militants had planted a bomb on a...
View ArticlePTI, JI lawmakers protest against US drone strikes
ISLAMABAD: More than 100 national and provincial legislators staged a protest on Thursday in Islamabad against US drone strikes on suspected militants in Pakistan’s tribal belt.“We will continue our...
View ArticleSix people killed in Balochistan clash
QUETTA: At least five militants and a security personnel were killed in an armed clash in Balochistan's volatile Naseerabad district on Thursday evening, an official said.Khan Wasey, the Spokesman for...
View ArticleSana vows strict action against Rawalpindi perpetrators
LAHORE: Terming the Rawalpindi incident as an administrative failure, negligence and an act of terrorism, the Punjab government announced Thursday to punish those responsible according to the law.“In...
View ArticleNadra chief accused of insubordination
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The National Assembly made a hot start to its winter session on Thursday, with opposition parties taking the government on frontally over its sacking of the Nadra chief. They said the...
View ArticleChief justice has been inconsistent, says ICJ
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The chief justice of Pakistan has strengthened human rights but his inconsistent choice of cases has left the Supreme Court vulnerable to accusations of partisan intervention, a...
View ArticleMassive deployment for poll security
QUETTA, Dec 5: Over 50,000 security personnel have been deployed in Balochistan to maintain peace during local government elections in the province scheduled for Saturday. Briefing media personnel here...
View ArticleJI wants to end Nato blockade
PESHAWAR, Dec 5: After the US announcement to suspend Nato shipments to and from Afghanistan via Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Jamaat-i-Islami’s Peshawar district chapter on Thursday recommended to the party’s...
View ArticlePTI, JI lawmakers protest against US drone strikes
ISLAMABAD: More than 100 national and provincial legislators staged a protest on Thursday in Islamabad against US drone strikes on suspected militants in Pakistan’s tribal belt.“We will continue our...
View ArticleSix people killed in Balochistan clash
QUETTA: At least five militants and a security personnel were killed in an armed clash in Balochistan's volatile Naseerabad district on Thursday evening, an official said.Khan Wasey, the Spokesman for...
View ArticleSana vows strict action against Rawalpindi perpetrators
LAHORE: Terming the Rawalpindi incident as an administrative failure, negligence and an act of terrorism, the Punjab government announced Thursday to punish those responsible according to the law.“In...
View ArticleNadra chief accused of insubordination
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The National Assembly made a hot start to its winter session on Thursday, with opposition parties taking the government on frontally over its sacking of the Nadra chief. They said the...
View ArticleChief justice has been inconsistent, says ICJ
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The chief justice of Pakistan has strengthened human rights but his inconsistent choice of cases has left the Supreme Court vulnerable to accusations of partisan intervention, a...
View ArticleMassive deployment for poll security
QUETTA, Dec 5: Over 50,000 security personnel have been deployed in Balochistan to maintain peace during local government elections in the province scheduled for Saturday. Briefing media personnel here...
View ArticleJI wants to end Nato blockade
PESHAWAR, Dec 5: After the US announcement to suspend Nato shipments to and from Afghanistan via Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Jamaat-i-Islami’s Peshawar district chapter on Thursday recommended to the party’s...
View ArticleSC issues verdict in Hajj corruption case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Friday gave its verdict in the Haj corruption scam of 2010 and asked the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take action against politicians and the government officials...
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