UNSC authorises thousands more peacekeepers to South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council Tuesday approved a recommendation to almost double the UN peacekeeping forces in conflict-torn South Sudan to better protect civilians from the ongoing deadly...
View ArticleNo change in Irsa membership without parliament’s approval
ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) said on Tuesday its composition or procedure for selection of its members could not be changed without approval by parliament. It confirmed reports...
View ArticleNAB board fails to approve Ogra reference
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Accountability Bureau’s executive board failed on Monday to approve a much-awaited reference about Rs82 billion Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) scam. It has...
View ArticleBDS disarm eight kilogram bomb in Quetta
QUETTA: The Bomb Disposal Squad defused a bomb, weighing eight kilograms, in Quetta's Saeed Ahmed Khan road on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.Police sources said that two mortar bombs were found, wired...
View ArticleMilitants kidnap eight coal miners in Balochistan’s Harnai
QUETTA: Armed men kidnapped eight coal miners from Balochistan's resource-rich Harnai district on Wednesday, a security official said.A security official who requested anonymity told Dawn.com that...
View ArticleUS drone kills four suspected militants in North Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH: At least four suspected militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles at a compound near Miramshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal agency of Pakistan bordering...
View ArticleWorking boundary tensions to be reduced
LAHORE: The bi-annual meeting between senior officials of Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) and India’s Border Security Force continued for a second day at the Rangers Headquarters here on Wednesday.Sources...
View ArticleUp to 33pc increase in gas tariff sought
ISLAMABAD: Having missed the legal and regulatory deadlines, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has started deliberations and public hearings on petitions of Sui Southern Gas Company Limited...
View ArticleMinister urges uniform curriculum
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to set up a National Curriculum Commission (NCC) to ensure that the provinces follow a uniform course of study in schools and colleges.The Minister of State for...
View ArticleMajor anti-polio drive in Peshawar next month
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will launch a massive immunisation campaign next month to provide oral polio vaccine to about 700,000 children in Peshawar district, officials say. The...
View ArticleMusharraf to file intra-court appeal with IHC
ISLAMABAD: Though the special court constituted for the ‘high treason’ trial of former president Pervez Musharraf has fixed January 1 for his indictment, the former military ruler is still seeking...
View ArticleZaman Chaudhry reinstated as NAB chairman
ISLAMABAD: After getting a clean chit from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from an inquiry into the Rs6 billion National Insurance Company (NICL) scam case for his alleged involvement, Qamar...
View ArticleTwo killed in Karachi; 15 suspects arrested
KARACHI: At least, two people were gunned down in separate incidents of firing in Karachi Thursday whereas three suspected target killers were arrested by the police, DawnNews reported. Pakistan Muslim...
View ArticleLyari MNA charged with Arshad Pappu's murder
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi charged on Thursday Shahjehan Baloch, a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Member of National Assembly (MNA) elected from Lyari, and others for their alleged...
View ArticleBilawal Bhutto Zardari poised to make parliamentary debut
KARACHI: Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, was set to make his maiden appearance in the parliament, after media channels reported on Thursday that PPP Member National...
View ArticleEldery American held in Pakistan calls on Obama to help
ISLAMABAD: An elderly American development worker kidnapped in Pakistan has appeared in a new video, appealing to President Obama to negotiate his release after more than two years in captivity. In the...
View ArticleIHC rejects appeals in Musharraf treason trial; verdict announced
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday announced the detailed verdict over the intra-court appeal filed by former president of Pakistan Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf against the formation of a...
View ArticleSC withdraws contempt notice against IG FC Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday withdrew the contempt notice issued to the Inspector General of Frontier Corps Maj Gen Ijaz Shahid after he appeared before the bench and said that...
View ArticleHindu burial in 'Muslim graveyard' sparks protests in Badin
BADIN: The situation in Tando Bago town of Badin district became tense following the burial of a 75-year-old Hindu man, in a local graveyard of Bachal Shah.Late on Wednesday night, a few people of the...
View ArticleImran vows to continue anti-drone campaign
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tahrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Thursday defended his party’s stance against the US drone strikes in Pakistan and reaffirmed his resolve to continue struggle till these were...
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