Slain SP CID Chaudhry Aslam laid to rest
KARACHI: Slain police officer Chaudhry Aslam Khan and two police guards killed by a Taliban bombing were laid to rest in Karachi ON Friday in a funeral attended by relatives, politicians, high-ranking...
View ArticleGunmen kill two workers at Sufi shrine in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Police say gunmen have shot to death two workers at a small Sufi Muslim shrine in northwest Pakistan. Local police official Iqbal Khan says the bodies of the men were found on Friday at the...
View ArticlePeace in country linked with peace in Fata: Baloch
QUETTA: Mainstream political parties have demanded of the federal government to restore peace in the volatile tribal belt of Pakistan and empower the tribesmen to decide their political...
View ArticleMilitary parade on March 23 canceled for 6th time in a row
ISLAMABAD: The joint military parade in the federal capital due for March 23, 2014 has been cancelled on 6th consecutive year due to security reason, sources in the ministry of defence told...
View ArticlePakistan refutes Utah gun maker’s claim on rifles contract
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has refuted a claim made by a Utah gun maker, Desert Tech last week that the company had turned down a $15 million deal to sell precision rifles to Pakistan.In response to media...
View ArticleKarachi police identify suspect of Chaudhry Aslam killing
KARACHI: A police team, investigating the suicide bombing that killed the top anti-terror cop in Karachi, SP CID Chaudhry Aslam, reportedly identified a suspect through finger prints found at the crime...
View ArticleSC seeks reply from premier in missing persons’ case
ISLAMABAD: Apparently unhappy over government’s non-compliance of its Dec 10 order to produce 35 missing persons, the Supreme Court ordered Secretary to the Prime Minister Javed Aslam on Friday to...
View ArticlePlea to suspend Musharraf’s summons rejected
ISLAMABAD: An attempt by former president retired General Pervez Musharraf to avoid his possible indictment on Jan 16 came to naught on Friday when the special court seized with his treason trial...
View ArticleMinister decries court order to reopen CNG stations
ISLAMABAD: Pointing its fingers at the Islamabad High Court for the ongoing gas crisis in the country, particularly in Punjab, the government on Friday said it would challenge in the Supreme Court an...
View ArticleGas pipeline blown up in Balochistan
QUETTA: An 18-inch Sui gas pipeline was blown up on Saturday by unknown miscreants in the Dera Murad Jamali district of Balochistan, DawnNews reported. Police personnel stated that due to the gas...
View ArticlePM Sharif, UAE president discuss bilateral ties
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday discussed bilateral and regional matters, apart from ways to further expand Pakistan-UAE ties with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed...
View ArticleAFIC board to decide on Musharraf's release
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the medical board of the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) is underway to decide whether to discharge former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf who was...
View ArticleRawalpindi sectarian clash: 19 suspects sent on physical remand
RAWALPINDI: A Rawalpindi district and sessions judge on Saturday handed over to the police 19 suspects allegedly involved in the Nov 15 sectarian violence in the city's Raja Bazaar on a two-day-long...
View ArticleIG Sindh orders stern action against those behind attack on Aslam
KARACHI: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh, Shahid Nadeem Baloch, on Saturday visited the site of the suicide bomb attack that killed SP CID Chaudhy Aslam and two policemen.Shahid Nadeem was...
View ArticleChaudhry Aslam's killing: Case registered against TTP chief
KARACHI: Police in Karachi have nominated Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah in the FIR for the bombing that killed senior police officer SP CID Chaudhry Aslam Khan and his two guards...
View ArticleFed govt should ensure Taliban ceasefire before talks: Sharjeel
HYDERABAD: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon said Saturday that the federal government should ensure there is a ceasefire from the Taliban side if the government is to engage them in peace...
View ArticlePTI leader among five gunned down near Kasur toll plaza
LAHORE: A local politician belonging to Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), Maqsood Ahmed Bhatti along with his three personal guards and a passerby, was gunned down by unidentified miscreants near Kasur...
View ArticleLG polls schedule for Punjab, Sindh amended due to holidays
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday amended the schedule of local government (LG) polls in Sindh and Punjab by a few days due to upcoming public holidays in connection with...
View ArticleOpposition to support govt’s peace initiatives, vows Khursheed
KARACHI: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Saturday said that opposition parties will support the government's initiatives to bring peace in the countryHe said...
View ArticleCorruption cases in BISP to be probed
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to get investigated alleged cases of financial mismanagement and corruption committed in the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). Enver Baig, who heads the...
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