Militants torch Nato tankers in Balochistan
QUETTA: Armed militants torched two tankers carrying fuel for US and Nato troops in Balochistan's insurgency-hit Bolan district on Sunday evening, officials said.Muhammad Ayub, a levies official said...
View ArticleNisar wants poll rigging issue resolved
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan invited on Sunday parliamentary leaders of all political parties in the National Assembly to a meeting for resolving the controversy over...
View ArticleGovt to press five charges against Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: In the ‘high treason’ case against former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, the government plans to charge him with abrogating, subverting, suspending, holding in abeyance and...
View ArticleImran asks Pakistan, India to cooperate in civil N-tech
LAHORE, Dec 8: Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan came up on Sunday with an unusual suggestion for improving Pakistan-India relations and said that as a confidence-building measure the neighbours...
View ArticleMinistry sends gas load management plan to PM
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has sent to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for approval a summary which envisages suspension of supply of natural gas to all users, except...
View ArticleTwo shot dead in strife-hit Lyari
KARACHI, Dec 8: Two more young men were kidnapped and killed, while two passersby sustained bullet wounds in a gunfight between two gangs in strife-torn Lyari which began on Saturday night, said police...
View ArticleSherpao for holding LB polls in Fata
PESHAWAR, Dec 8: Expressing concern over the problems faced by the tribal people, Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) has urged the government to hold local bodies’ elections in Federally Administered Tribal Areas...
View ArticleChuck Hagel meets Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Pakistan Monday and held a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the federal capital city.Sharif was accompanied by Foreign Secretary Jalil...
View ArticleMissing persons case: SC resumes hearing
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Monday resumed the hearing of a case relating to the enforced disappearance of Yasin Shah and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and Attorney General Munir A. Malik appeared...
View ArticleCourt summons Zardari, witnesses in NAB cases
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad issued summons to the witnesses in three of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) references filed against former president Asif Ali Zardari, DawnNews...
View ArticleNo one can take on the judiciary anymore, says CJ Iftikhar
HYDERABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said the judiciary had worked hard to ensure enforcement of Articles of the Constitution without any fear or favour. He said no one would dare take...
View ArticleSharif seeks better ties with Europe
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that Pakistan was looking forward to enhancing its cooperation with its European partners in important areas, including trade, investment,...
View ArticleDefence ministry may seek SC verdict review
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that it might seek a review of the Supreme Court verdict in the case of 35 missing persons. “We are waiting for the detailed judgment of the...
View ArticleNato blockade ‘hurting’ army’s interests too
PESHAWAR, Dec 10: The ongoing suspension of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (Nato) supplies by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is against Pakistan military’s interest and therefore,...
View ArticleIG FC responsible for production of missing persons, says SC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday recorded its verdict over the Balochistan missing persons case and ordered for the production of missing persons in front of the Director General...
View ArticleKarachi violence kills at least three, 110 suspects arrested
KARACHI: A suspected robber on Wednesday mysteriously died in Gulistan-i-Jauhar police station while a targeted operation by the Rangers was carried out in different areas of the city, DawnNews...
View ArticleCM Sindh moves SHC over tribunal's vote verification orders
KARACHI: Sindh's Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday, moved the Sindh High Court against the decision of an election tribunal to conduct voter's thumb verification process in NA-215 and...
View ArticleDr Shakil Afridi’s lawyer flees after threats
PESHAWAR: The lawyer for Dr Shakil Afridi, who helped the United States track down Osama bin Laden, has fled Pakistan after receiving threats from militants, relatives said on Wednesday.Lawyer...
View ArticleOne dead, four injured in Balochistan violence
QUETTA: At least one person was killed and four others injured on Wednesday in a firing incident in Liaquat Bazaar area of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.Police said the incident forced shopkeepers...
View ArticleIftikhar Chaudhry bids farewell, expresses confidence in Jillani
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry marked the end of his term on Wednesday with a speech at the Supreme Court and expressed his confidence in the leadership of CJ-designate Tassaduq...
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