Attacks near MQM-H chief's house kill six policemen in Karachi
KARACHI: At least six policemen were killed and several people injured when police vehicles came under attack near the residence of Muhajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) chief Afaq Ahmed in Karachi’s...
View ArticleMFN status for India on the cards
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government sprung a surprise at the recent trade talks with India by offering New Delhi the most-favoured nation (MFN) status from next month — with a condition. Pakistan sought...
View ArticleOgra case: nine barred from leaving country
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry has placed the names of nine people on the exit control list (ECL) on a request by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The nine have been named in the reference...
View ArticleSC develops guidelines about bail matters
ISLAMABAD: Taking exception to the way a sitting high court judge entertained a bail application of an accused and describing the same as “colourable exercise” of jurisdiction, the Supreme Court was...
View ArticleSindh says local govt polls not possible soon
KARACHI: While the Supreme Court is due to start hearing on Monday a petition of Sindh government challenging a Sindh High Court (SHC) judgement that annulled the delimitation exercise carried out for...
View ArticleMissing person dies in ‘custody’
ISLAMABAD: A missing person has died allegedly in the custody of an intelligence agency, according to sources.Kaleemullah, 22, was coming out of a mosque in Kalar Syedan near Rawalpindi in June last...
View ArticleAnti-polio drive fails to kick off in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The anti-polio vaccination campaign, which was set to begin in Peshawar today, failed to commence due to 'unknown reasons'.Dr Imtiaz Ali Shah, focal person for polio eradication in Khyber...
View ArticleGunmen kill Hindu temple guard in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Two gunmen in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar shot dead a policeman standing guard outside a Hindu temple on Sunday, officials said, later fleeing the scene on a motorcycle.The...
View ArticleSindh govt imposes one-month pillion riding ban in Karachi
KARACHI: Sindh's provincial government on Sunday decided to impose a one-month ban on pillion riding in Karachi citing the recent worsening of law and order situation in the city, DawnNews reported.The...
View ArticleExplosion kills six children in Hangu
HANGU: At least six children of a family have been killed Sunday evening and one other injured after an explosion at a house in Babar Mela area of Hangu district, officials said. District Police...
View ArticleTaliban reiterate talks offer
PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan reiterated its offer of talks with the government on Sunday, but did not specify whether it had dropped its condition that the government must withdraw...
View ArticleFazl to govt: stop use of ‘force’
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has called upon the government to stop using force against militants and hold negotiations for restoring peace in the country....
View ArticleBelated NA session faces urgent business
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly begins its first session of the new year on Monday rather late and will confront some urgent business amid an unusual legislative deadlock it has faced in eight months...
View ArticleBanned group holds rally in Muzaffarabad
MUZAFFARABAD: Thousands of people attended a rally organised here on Sunday by an outlawed militant group, the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM). Apparently held as launching ceremony for a book authored by...
View ArticleGovt in a fix after attacks on polio teams in ‘safer’ areas
KARACHI: Persistent problems with law and order in the city have made it extremely difficult for the police to assign more than half of its personnel to safeguard highly-vulnerable polio workers during...
View ArticleGovt confused about talks with Taliban, says Asfandyar
CHARSADDA: Awami National Party’s central leader Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that the federal government is in a state of confusion about peace talks with Taliban and called for convening an in-camera...
View ArticleMilitants blow up gas pipeline in Dera Bugti
DERA BUGTI: A pipeline, carrying natural gas, was blown up in Balochistan's Dera Bugti district late on Sunday disrupting the gas-supply to the Sui plant from well number 15 in Pir Koh gas field,...
View ArticleJudges’ case: Musharraf wins exemption today on medical grounds
ISLAMABAD: The special anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday granted exemption to the former military leader Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf on medical grounds from appearing before the court in today’s...
View ArticleGunship helicopters pound militant hideouts in Waziristan
PESHAWAR: At least two persons were killed in a blitz carried out by Pakistan's military in Mirali area of North Waziristan tribal region whereas three men, reportedly associated with the Awami...
View ArticleIED attack kills policeman in Tank; injures four others
TANK: A policeman was killed and four others injured Monday when an explosion targeted a police vehicle in the Gomal area of Tank district, officials confirmed. Tank Police Control said the police...
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