Security policy to focus on agencies coordination: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday said Joint Intelligence Directorate will be set up for coordination and intelligence sharing among 26 intelligence agencies in the...
View ArticleBalochistan by-polls held in 12 districts
QUTTEA: By-elections for 98 seats of local bodies in 12 districts of Balochistan were held in a peaceful atmosphere on Sunday.However, voting could not take place for another 331 seats in several...
View ArticleAnti-polio drive for 7.6m Sindh children begins today
KARACHI: Provincial health authorities are all set to inoculate some 7.6 million children of Sindh with polio vaccine from Monday as part of a nationwide drive that will continue till Thursday,...
View ArticleCentre feels let down by two provinces in gas theft drive
LAHORE: The federal government is not happy with Sindh and Balochistan governments over their lack of cooperation in proceeding against gas thieves which, it considers, are stealing the natural...
View ArticleBlast kills eight, injures 20 in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: At least eight people were killed and many feared injured in a bomb blast near the RA Bazaar in Rawalpindi on Monday, DawnNews reported.The site of the 10 kg bomb explosion also lies near...
View ArticleFour killed, three injured in Karachi violence
KARACHI: Four people were killed whereas three others were injured in different incidents of violence in Karachi on Monday, DawnNews reported. Three trussed-up bodies were discovered near Wilayat Shah...
View ArticleGovt has decided to make tough calls for peace, PM tells army chief
ISLAMABAD: Speaking to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday expressed his grief over today’s bomb blast near the General Head Quarters (GHQ), adding that...
View ArticleTwo killed in Dera Ismail Khan explosion
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least two people were killed Monday when a roadside remote-controlled explosion occurred in Dera Ismail Khan, DawnNews reported. According to DawnNews, the explosion occurred in...
View ArticleGas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti
DERA BUGTI: Unidentified persons blew up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline in the Dera Bugti area of Balochistan on Monday, DawnNews reported. According to the police, the incident occurred in Dera...
View ArticleExtraordinary situation entails extraordinary steps, says PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said extraordinary circumstances entail extraordinary steps during a meeting of the federal cabinet on Monday, DawnNews reported. Under the leadership of the...
View ArticleShia scholar gunned down in Peshawar: police
PESHAWAR: Gunmen killed a Shia Muslim scholar in the restive northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, police and hospital officials said.Allama Alim Al-Musvi was shot while walking to the...
View ArticleDemands of disbanding Islamic council rejected in Senate
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the House in Senate, Raja Zafarul Haq Monday rejected all the arguments made by members of the upper house of parliament for disbanding the Council of Islamic Ideology...
View ArticlePakistan annoyed at US bill linking aid to Dr Afridi’s release
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday expressed disappointment on a bill signed by US President Barack Obama proposed to withhold $33 million from assistance on account of Dr Shakil Afridi's detention.The...
View ArticleCommittee fails to reach consensus on judges’ appointment
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Judges’ Appointment in the Superior Courts on Monday night failed to reach consensus to ratify the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP)...
View ArticleSC warns govt of contempt proceedings
ISLAMABAD: Taking serious notice of non-compliance of its orders in a missing person case, the Supreme Court warned on Monday of initiating contempt proceedings against the government for what it...
View ArticleMove to get police bulletproof vehicles, IOs & prosecutors
KARACHI: The Sindh government decided on Monday to arm the police with the latest defence gadgets and raise a special commando-like fighting force to take on criminals.At a meeting held at the Chief...
View ArticleBullet-proof car provided to ex-CJ under IHC orders
ISLAMABAD: Former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry initially planned to retain his official bullet-proof car after his retirement under the government’s monetisation policy. Eventually he...
View ArticleOpposition wants army action against Taliban
ISLAMABAD: A clear divide between the liberal and conservative elements was witnessed in the Senate on Monday during a debate on two major attacks on security forces by the Taliban over the past two...
View ArticleJets pound suspected militant hideouts in North Waziristan
PESHAWAR: Pakistan military's fighter jets pounded several suspected militant hideouts in Mir Ali area of the North Waziristan tribal region, killing at least 24 people and wounding 15 others, DawnNews...
View ArticleSarfaraz Shah case: SHC retains ATC death penalty for Rangers man
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday rejected the appeals filed by accused Rangers personnel against their respective convictions in the Sarfaraz Shah murder case by an anti-terrorist court,...
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