Ban on mobile phone services, pillion-riding for 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal
KARACHI: In a bid to thwart any untoward terrorist incident on the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi, mobile phone services will remain suspended in most parts of Pakistan on Tuesday, DawnNews...
View ArticleRabbani, others lash out at PTI in Senate
ISLAMABAD: Assailing the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) for not being able to fulfill promises it made before coming into power regarding elimination of terrorism,...
View ArticleIHC order about CNG creates confusion
ISLAMABAD: Two divergent decisions on gas supply to CNG stations by the Lahore and Islamabad high courts have put the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) and its domestic consumers in a tight spot. The...
View ArticleDefiant official sent on forced leave
ISLAMABAD: After ‘sorting out’ two top bureaucrats, the government sent Accountant General of Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) Tahir Mahmood on forced leave and replaced him with Ghuzanfar Ali Jilani, a...
View ArticleNA committee approves draft of anti-terrorism law
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control approved on Monday a draft of the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance (ATO) 2013, with some members expressing...
View ArticleSeparate explosions in KP kill one policeman, injure three
PESHAWAR: Two separate explosions occurred in different parts of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, leaving one policeman dead and three others injured.According to the police, security...
View ArticleKarachi raids: 29 suspects arrested
KARACHI: At least 29 people were arrested Tuesday during a targeted operation conducted by Rangers’ personnel in different parts of Karachi, DawnNews reported. According to a Rangers’ spokesman, one of...
View ArticleRangers want continuity of present police setup in Karachi
KARACHI: The Director General Rangers Major General Rizwan Akhter on Tuesday expressed concern over the news circulating in the media regarding high-level postings in the police department, and said...
View ArticleFire breaks out at AFIC
ISLAMABAD: A fire broke out early Wednesday at the Pakistani hospital where former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was admitted for a heart condition, officials said.“There was a small fire incident at...
View ArticleKP’s ex-IGP agrees to return Rs 80m under plea bargain
PESHAWAR: Former inspector general of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police Malik Naveed has agreed to pay Rs80 million as a plea bargain to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to get away with the millions...
View ArticleZaka Ashraf reinstated as PCB chairman
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday reinstated Zaka Ashraf to the post of chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), DawnNews reported.A two-member bench of the IHC comprising...
View ArticleTwo PTV MDs relieved of their duties
ISLAMABAD: Managing Director of Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC) Yousaf Baig Mirza and acting MD PTVC Qazi Mustafa have been relieved of their duties in pursuance of the judgment of the Islamabad...
View ArticleTwo Amn Committee volunteers killed in Khyber explosion
KHYBER: A roadside remote-controlled bomb blast in Khyber Wednesday killed two volunteers of the Amn Committee, DawnNews reported. Unknown militants installed a remote-controlled bomb at a roadside in...
View ArticleStudents among 21 killed in school bus-truck collision in Nawabshah
NAWABSHAH: A collision between a private school van and a heavy truck in Nawabshah Wednesday killed twenty one people, including 18 students and three teachers.The van collided with the loaded...
View ArticleFour militants killed during operation in Balochistan's Khuzdar
KHUZDAR: At least four militants were killed Wednesday during an operation conducted by security personnel in Balochistan's troubled Khuzdar district, police said.Ali Ahmed Kurd, a levies official,...
View ArticlePakistan sets up military base in Swat Valley
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday announced the setting up of a permanent military base in the troubled Swat Valley where Taliban insurgents shot schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai in the...
View ArticleTrade issues discussed with India
NEW DELHI: Indian and Pakistani commerce secretaries met here on Wednesday to iron out trade-related issues ahead of a meeting of their commerce ministers.The secretary-level talks, between Commerce...
View ArticleNadra board appoints acting chairman
ISLAMABAD: Imtiaz Tajwar, an additional secretary at the interior ministry, was appointed acting chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority by Nadra’s board on Wednesday. However,...
View ArticleEx-police chief sent to jail in arms purchase case
PESHAWAR: Former provincial police officer (PPO) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Malik Naveed, arrested on charges of receiving kickbacks in procurement of weapons and vehicles for the police department, was...
View ArticleMusharraf may not appear in court
ISLAMABAD: If preparations are any indication, former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf is unlikely to appear on Thursday (today) before the special court set up for his high treason trial, Dawn...
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