Imran refuses to hold Taliban talks on his own
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Friday expressed his reluctance to hold peace talks with Taliban saying he lacks authority to do so.Speaking at a press conference, Khan...
View ArticleArmed attacks kill JUI-S leader, ExpressNews workers in Karachi
KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Samiul Haq (JUI-S) leader Mufti Usman Yar Khan along with his driver and a personal guard was gunned down by unknown miscreants on Karachi’s Sharae Faisal, while a...
View ArticleBrigadier-level talks held to stop LoC violations
ISLAMABAD: Military officials from Pakistan and India on Friday stressed the need for improving communication between field commanders to prevent ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC)....
View Article‘Civilian doctors should see Musharraf’
ISLAMABAD: Mohammad Akram Sheikh, head of the prosecution team in treason trial of retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, objected on Friday to the composition of a medical board ordered to be set up by the...
View ArticleShort-circuit causes fire in Peshawar’s Sarafa market
PESHAWAR: More than a hundred shops caught fire due to a short-circuit on Saturday in the Auqaf Plaza in Peshawar’s Sarafa (gold) market, DawnNews reported. The Sarafa market consisted of gold shops...
View ArticleBenazir murder case: ATC summons 10 witnesses
RAWALPINDI: The special anti-terrorist court in Rawalpindi on Saturday issued summons to 10 witnesses in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, DawnNews reported.The case was heard by special ATC judge...
View ArticleZardari moves court for acquittal in NAB references
ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari moved an application Saturday in an accountability court in the federal capital seeking acquittal in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) references...
View ArticleNisar says Pakistan more perilous now, intl community apathetic
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday said Pakistan’s security situation had become more perilous, adding that while the country was in a state of war, the international...
View ArticleBoy killed in mortar explosion near LoC
KOTLI: A boy was killed and another injured when a mortar shell exploded in Dantoot village in the Nakyal sector along the Line of Control (LoC).Deputy Commissioner Kotli Chaudhry Mukhtar Hussain told...
View ArticleTwo dead, six injured in Karachi violence
KARACHI: Two people, including a woman, were killed and six others were injured in incidents of violence in Karachi, DawnNews reported on SaturdayIn the city's Liaquatabad area, a woman was killed in...
View ArticleGunmen torch Nato container in Mastung
QUETTA: Armed militants in Balochistan’s troubled Mastung district torched a container carrying equipment for Nato troops on Saturday, Levies officials said.Levies sources told Dawn.com that gunmen...
View ArticleNawaz constitutes committee amid security threats to media
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday constituted a two-member committee to immediately contact media houses and assess security threats faced by them.The decision has come following a...
View ArticleDar hopes for early recovery of coalition support fund
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance, Senator Ishaq Dar Saturday expressed hope that the United States would fast track process of clearing outstanding amount on account of Coalition Support Fund...
View ArticleArmy seeks review of SC verdict in missing persons’ case
ISLAMABAD: Objecting to the Dec 10 verdict of Supreme Court in the case of 35 missing persons, the ministry of defence has pleaded that holding the Pakistan Army responsible for enforced disappearances...
View ArticleLearning levels in rural areas tumbling
LAHORE: Learning levels of students across rural Pakistan are tumbling despite rhetoric and massive investment and interventions in school education system by respective provincial governments as...
View ArticleMinistries wrangle over violations of procedure
ISLAMABAD: Allocated during the Musharraf era as an international goodwill gesture, financial assistance worth $300 million for reconstruction in Afghanistan has become the subject of intensive...
View ArticleBlast in Bannu kills eight security personnel
PESHAWAR: An explosion, targeting a security forces checkpost, killed eight security personnel and injured 15 others near Amandi gate in Cantt area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district on...
View ArticleRoad to nowhere
WITH Balochistan being used as a conduit to smuggle narcotics from Afghanistan, growing numbers of people are falling victim to drugs such as heroin, crystal meth and hashish. One such person is...
View ArticleExplosion kills 20 in Bannu; TTP claims attack
PESHAWAR: A bombing, targeting a security forces convoy, killed 20 people and injured 30 others near Razmak gate in Cantt area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district on Sunday. The Pakistani Taliban...
View ArticlePM cancels visit to Switzerland
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has decided to cancel his visit to Davos, Switzerland in the wake of recent spike in terror incidents and the attack in Bannu.“Our nation is united against...
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