Attorney general quits
ISLAMABAD: Just after seven months in the job, Attorney General (AG) Muneer A. Malik has decided to quit the office, an informed source close to the AG told Dawn on Wednesday. The AG, who was always...
View ArticleZardari in capital for court appearance today
ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari landed in the federal capital on Wednesday to appear before an accountability court on Thursday to face, after a decade, five references filed during Prime...
View ArticleImport of petroleum coke allowed by road from India
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet allowed on Wednesday import of petroleum coke (pet coke) from India for cement industry by road and took a notice of an increase in...
View ArticleTime for US to end drone strikes: Sartaj
ISLAMABAD: Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has observed that drone strikes inside Pakistan must end because the “high-value targets” have largely been taken care of.Talking...
View ArticleZardari corruption references hearing adjourned until Jan 18
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad adjourned the hearing of the corruption references filed against former president Asif Ali Zardari until Jan 18 after he made a brief appearance before...
View ArticleAmbassador Jilani, Senator Feinstein discuss bilateral ties
WASHINGTON: Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani met with Senator Dianne Feinstein, a top Democrat from California, who chairs the Select Committee on Intelligence, and...
View ArticleTreason case: Court orders Musharraf's production on Jan 16
ISLAMABAD: A special court set up in the federal capital to try former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for treason charges issued an order for his appearance at its next hearing which...
View ArticlePakistan and US to review progress on strategic dialogue: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States have agreed to review their strategic dialogue process, said Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam at the weekly media briefing on Thursday. The Foreign...
View ArticleTaliban bombing kills senior police officer Chaudhry Aslam
KARACHI: A powerful explosion targeted a convoy of police vehicles in Karachi on Thursday killing senior police official Chaudhry Aslam Khan.Chaudhry Aslam, who had survived numerous assassination...
View ArticleRegional languages to be included in Balochistan curriculum
QUETTA: Balochistan cabinet on Thursday approved the inclusion of regional languages in educational curriculum of the province as a first step towards promotion of indigenous languages. Chief Minister...
View ArticleImran favours Taliban talks despite Chaudhry Aslam killing
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan Thursday reiterated his stance of negotiating with banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) following the killing of SP CID Chaudhry Aslam in...
View ArticleGovt to sell its shares in OGDCL & PPL
ISLAMABAD: Winding up its two-day meeting, board of the Privatisation Commission approved on Thursday the sale of government shares in the Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL), Pakistan...
View ArticleSC seeks final date of elections
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected — with a stern “no” — a request by the federal government to let 43 cantonment boards, which are without any public representation for the past 15...
View ArticlePHC seeks documents on YouTube ban
PESHAWAR: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to produce all documents and details provided to the Lahore High Court in a...
View ArticleFake degree costs PML-N lawmaker seat
PESHAWAR: An election tribunal on Thursday disqualified Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MPA Qaimos Khan for holding a fake degree and ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan to conduct re-election in...
View ArticleSenate passes resolution to pay tributes to Aslam, Hussain
ISLAMABAD: During Friday's session of the Senate, a unanimous resolution was passed to pay tributes to Chaudhry Aslam and Aitezaz Hussain who were both killed in separate militant attacks, DawnNews...
View ArticleNAB remand of KP’s ex-IGP extended for five days
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Friday extended physical remand for five days of the former Inspector General (IG) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police Malik Naveed to the National Accountability Bureau...
View ArticleNadra chairman Tariq Malik resigns
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Tariq Malik sent his resignation to the Interior Ministry on Friday, DawnNews reported. Malik said his resignation was...
View ArticleThree TTP militants killed in Karachi
KARACHI: Three militants, including Amanullah Mehsud who operated as chief of the Tehrik-i-Taliban in Karachi's Quaidabad area, were killed in a police encounter in the city's Musharraf Colony on...
View ArticleEight mine workers abducted from Balochistan's Harnai released
QUETTA: Kidnappers freed eight coal miners, who had been abducted from Balochistan's resource-rich Harnai district last month, on Friday morning.Sajjad Gul Kakar, a levies official, told Dawn.com that...
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