Stepson of ex-governor held for murder
KARACHI: A man said to be a stepson of Zulfiqar Magsi, former governor of Balochistan, was arrested on Friday on charges of killing a security guard during a scuffle at a cinema in the Defence Housing...
View ArticleNadra chief brushes aside Nisar’s allegations
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Chairman Tariq Malik sent on Friday a letter to the interior secretary brushing aside allegations levelled against him by...
View ArticleTwo-year degree programme on the way out
PESHAWAR: The Higher Education Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has planned to introduce the four-year Bachelor of Studies (BS) programme in all government colleges and universities of the province by...
View ArticleFC recovers huge cache of arms near Quetta
QUETTA: Frontier Corps on Saturday claimed to have seized a huge quantity of arms, ammunition, explosives and suicide jackets during a search operation in the outskirt of Quetta, the capital of...
View ArticlePolio worker killed, two others injured in Peshawar firing
PESHAWAR: A polio worker was killed and two others injured Saturday when unknown gunmen attacked Peshawar’s Matni Hospital. According to the police, unknown gunmen opened indiscriminate fire on...
View ArticleMissile 'from Afghanistan' kills man in Bajaur region
PESHAWAR: At least one person was reportedly killed in a missile strike in Hashim village area of Bajaur tribal region on Saturday, according to a local administration official.An official belonging to...
View ArticleNeither drone nor retaliatory suicide attacks justifiable: Sami
LAHORE: The chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and chairman of the Pakistan Defence Council, Maulana Samiul Haq said on Saturday that there was no justification for either drone strikes...
View ArticleBalochistan politicians to protest against unrest, kidnappings
QUETTA: Opposition and ruling political parties in Balochistan have put their heads together to bring an end to rise in incidents of kidnapping for ransom in Quetta and other troubled parts of the...
View ArticleAttack on Shia leader kills two in Karachi
KARACHI: At least two people were killed and another one injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at the vehicle of a Shia leader in an apparent sectarian attack in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar...
View ArticleFive found dead at Noori Jam Tamachi gravesite
HYDERABAD: Bodies of five men are found under mysterious circumstances around historic gravesite of Noori Jam Tamachi in Keenjhar Lake, Thattta Saturday evening. Police are probing the incident and...
View ArticleCorps commanders satisfied over operational preparedness
RAWALPINDI: The corps commanders met at General Headquarter in Rawalpindi on Thursday, expressing satisfaction over the military’s operational preparedness to deal with any probable threat, DawnNews...
View ArticleNepra approves 27 paisa hike in power tariff
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority approved on Thursday an increase of 27 paisa per unit in power tariff for all companies of Wapda under monthly fuel adjustment.The Central...
View ArticleTransport, CNG stations strike
KARACHI: CNG dealers and transporters on Thursday announced to keep their businesses closed from next week for an indefinite period to protest against the frequent suspension of gas supply under the...
View ArticleMuzaffargarh, Ahmadpur East selected for new N-power plants
CHASHMA: Muzaffargarh and Ahmadpur East have been selected as sites for new nuclear power plants, according to PAEC Chairman Dr Ansar Parvez. He was speaking at the ‘dome-laying ceremony’ of the fourth...
View ArticleToddler’s name expunged from FIR
MULTAN: An additional district and sessions judge on Thursday expunged the name of an infant from a police case. An FIR (No 254/13) was lodged with the Daulat Gate police under section 452/382,...
View ArticleCache of explosives recovered during raid in Chaman
CHAMAN: Security forces conducted an operation on Friday and recovered a huge quantity of explosives, weapons and other documentation maps from Balochistan’s Chaman district near the Pak-Afghan border,...
View ArticlePetition filed against Musharraf's possible exit from country
ISLAMABAD: A petition to restrain Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf from travelling abroad to receive medical treatment was submitted on Friday in the Islamabad High Court, DawnNews reported.The petitioner,...
View ArticleRemand of KP's ex-IGP extended again
PESHAWAR: The Accountability Court No 3 on Friday extended for seven days the NAB remand of former Inspector General Police Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Malik Naveed, in the weapons scam case.The Court of Judge...
View ArticleIHC orders for bullet proof vehicle to Iftikhar Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court on Friday directed the cabinet division to provide a bullet proof vehicle within three days to former Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.Justice Shoukat Aziz...
View ArticleFarhatullah Babar’s microphone turned off for questioning ISPR
ISLAMABAD: During a session of the Senate on Friday, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Farhatullah Babar’s microphone was switched off after he said the Inter-Service Public Relations’ silence over...
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