Thousands protest Mastung bloodbath
QUETTA: Despite freezing temperatures, thousands of members of the Hazara Shia community staged an ongoing sit-in in Quetta to protest against the killing of Shia pilgrims in a bombing in Balochistan's...
View ArticleFazl expresses concern over ‘innocents’ killed in airstrikes
KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday expressed concern over ‘innocents’ being killed during Pakistani security forces’ airstrikes in North Waziristan on...
View ArticleFour dead in Lyari grenade attack
KARACHI: Four people, including a woman and two children, were killed in a grenade attack during a clash between two groups of criminals in Lyari area on Wednesday.According to police the incident...
View ArticleZardari urges Sindh govt to consult political forces
KARACHI: PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has asked the Sindh government to consult political forces on measures being taken to improve the law and order situation and check incidents of terrorism in...
View ArticleBomb defused near flyover in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) on Thursday defused a five-kilogram bomb planted near an under-contrsuction flyover on Peshawar's Charsadda road, DawnNews reported.A police source said that the...
View ArticleBy-polls: PML-N wins NA-69 Khushab, PTI claims PK-50 Haripur
KHUSHAB/HARIPUR: According to unofficial results, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Uzair Muhammad Khan won NA-69 Khushab by-poll while Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf’s (PTI) Akbar Ayub succeeded...
View ArticleNawaz did not interfere in treason probe, says prosecutor
ISLAMABAD: The hearing of the treason case against former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf resumed on Thursday at the premises of the special court formed to try the former president, DawnNews...
View ArticleProtests across country over Mastung tragedy
QUETTA: Protesters, including women and children, were holding sit-ins across the country Thursday, including Karachi, Quetta, Lahore, Islamabad, Multan and Hyderabad to voice anguish at the deadly...
View ArticlePM chairs high-level meeting on national security
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting at the Prime Minister House on Thursday to review the prevailing security situation in the country. According to a press release,...
View ArticleNo chance of Shakil Afridi’s release over US pressure: FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday said there was no chance of Pakistan releasing Dr Shakil Afridi due to pressure from the United States, DawnNews reported.A bill recently signed by US...
View ArticleBlast in Peshawar kills six: police
PESHAWAR: At least six people were killed and eight injured Thursday when a bomb exploded in a vehicle at a car workshop on the outskirts of Peshawar, police officials said.According to SP Peshawar...
View ArticleKarachi raids: 93 suspects arrested
KARACHI: Police in Karachi and personnel from the Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested 93 suspects in the last 24 hours during raids conducted in different areas of the city. According to a...
View ArticleNever asked Sami to broker Taliban talks: govt
ISLAMABAD: A spokesman of the government said Thursday that Maulana Samiul Haq, the head of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, had not been given any “specific mission” regarding measures to...
View ArticleMastung bloodbath: Protesters agree to end sit-ins across Pakistan
QUETTA: The grieved Shia Hazara community decided to end the two-day long sit-in against the deadly Taliban bombing in Mastung following strong assurance given by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali...
View ArticleStringent terror detention law passed in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has passed a new law allowing its security forces to detain terror suspects for up to 90 days without disclosing their whereabouts or the allegations against them.The measures came...
View ArticleChild in Peshawar tests positive for polio virus
PESHAWAR: Polio virus has been detected in an 11-month old girl child in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa's provincial capital, the first polio case in the city for 2014. The EPI Programme KP in-charge Dr Janbaz...
View ArticleSC suggests fund for kin of missing persons
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has suggested setting up of a fund for assisting the needy whose near and dear ones have gone missing and they appear in courts regularly to pursue their cases. Realising...
View Article50 licences awarded for exploration of gas, oil
ISLAMABAD: After a rather long gap, the government on Thursday issued 50 provisional licences for exploration of oil and gas to eight local and two foreign firms having minimum investment commitment of...
View ArticleBlasphemy accused sentenced to death
ISLAMABAD: A court in Rawalpindi sentenced a self-proclaimed prophet to death on Thursday after convicting him of blasphemy.Additional district and sessions judge Naveed Iqbal also imposed a fine of...
View ArticleProtesters give PTI team a hard time
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders on Thursday faced embarrassment when the participants of the sit-in outside the Governor’s House did not allow them to join the protest for having “soft...
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