Musharraf may need by-pass; treatment abroad option being weighed
ISLAMABAD: Three vessels in Pervez Musharraf's heart are blocked and he would either require an angioplasty or a heart by-pass, DawnNews quoted sources in the medical board as saying. The possibility...
View ArticleSaudi FM’s visit part of routine interaction: FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Friday said Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal’s two-day visit to Islamabad starting Monday was part of a routine interaction between the two countries. The...
View ArticleASWJ's Islamabad general secretary shot dead in capital
ISLAMABAD: General Secretary of Ahl-i-Sunnat Wal Jamaat's (ASWJ) Islamabad chapter, Mufti Muneer Muawiya, and an office-bearer of the Sunni Muslim group, Qari Asad Mahmood, were shot dead in...
View ArticleAltaf threatens separate province for Urdu speaking Sindhis
KARACHI: In a no holds barred attack on his party’s former coalition partners, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Friday evening said if their demands are unacceptable to the ruling...
View ArticleIG FC reveals 50 insurgent camps operating in Balochistan
QUETTA: Inspector General Frontier Corps Balochistan Major General Ejaz Shahid on Friday revealed that more than 50 militant camps of Baloch insurgents are operating in the province.He said the...
View ArticleNawaz assures transparency in Youth Loan Scheme
HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday assured that disbursements under Youth Business Loan Scheme would be made transparently and the violators of merit would be dealt strictly.“Neither me...
View ArticleMusharraf trial an internal matter, says Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Friday that former president Pervez Musharraf’s trial on treason charges was an internal matter that would not concern the international community.“It is a...
View ArticleJillani for stable ties with neighbours
WASHINGTON: Pakistan believes that there can be no economic development without a peaceful neighbourhood, says the country’s new ambassador to the United States.The Pakistani government also believed...
View ArticleParliamentarians’ role in appointment of judges to be strengthened
ISLAMABAD: A perception that they are becoming virtually redundant in the process of appointment of superior court judges has led parliamentarians to put their heads together and suggest what they call...
View ArticleSBP autonomy to be strengthened
ISLAMABAD: The government has given an undertaking to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to give complete independence to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) by amending the relevant laws and also to...
View ArticleAltaf for 'Sindh One' and 'Sindh Two'
KARACHI: In a charged address to his supporters on Sunday evening, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said that ‘Sindh should remain Sindh’ and then went on to suggest the province must...
View ArticleFour more Local Bodies candidates killed in Karachi
KARACHI: Eight people including four Local Bodies (LB) candidates and two policemen were killed in the city on Sunday, DawnNews reported.As the nomination process for LB elections closed, seven...
View ArticleMulti-sect peace convention wants action against TTP
ISLAMABAD: A National Peace Convention held here on Sunday to promote sectarian harmony lashed out at the government for trying to hold peace talks with the Taliban and called for dealing firmly with...
View ArticleNadra chief rejects FIA’s allegations
ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority chairman Tariq Malik wrote a letter to the Federal Investigation Agency on Sunday in response to allegations levelled by the FIA against him,...
View ArticleQaim declares Sindh indivisible, inseparable
LARKANA: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that Sindh is inseparable part of the country and an indivisible entity. No one could dare to divide Sindh, he declared while speaking to the media...
View ArticleSuicide blast at school kills student in Hangu
PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a government school in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing a teenage student and injuring two others whereas two cops were killed and another...
View ArticleTreason case: Musharraf granted exemption from appearance
ISLAMABAD: The special court, hearing the treason trial against Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf, granted exemption to the former military ruler from attending today's hearing of the case while adjourning the...
View ArticleIHC rejects petition to restrain Musharraf's exit from country
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday rejected a petition seeking to restrain former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf from travelling abroad to receive medical treatment,...
View ArticleBlast in Khyber kills nine, including three children
PESHAWAR: At least nine people, including three children, were killed and several others wounded Monday when a blast rocked the house of a tribal elder in the northwestern Khyber tribal...
View ArticlePoliceman injured in grenade attack on Quetta police station
QUETTA: A policeman was injured Monday when assailants launched a grenade attack on a police station in Quetta. According to the police, unknown gunmen attacked Satellite Town police station with a...
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