Toy bomb kills two children in Khyber
PESHAWAR: Two children were killed Thursday when a toy bomb exploded in Landi kotal Tehsil of Khyber Agency. Political administration officials said a toy-like bomb was found at the roadside by...
View ArticleApex court discards Musharraf’s review petition
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Thursday disposed of the review petition filed by former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf against the July 31, 2009, verdict denouncing the Nov 3, 2007,...
View ArticleSindh govt gives jobs to three transgenders
KARACHI: The Sindh government has given government jobs to three transgenders in Karachi, issuing them appointment letters on Thursday.The three include Riffy Khan, who holds a masters degree, whereas...
View ArticleBomb kills one in Nasirabad
QUETTA: A bomb destroyed a pickup truck at a petrol pump in Nasirabad district on Thursday, killing one person and wounding 12 others, police said.The explosion took place in the Nasirabad district of...
View ArticleHigh-powered peace committee meets in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Members of a high-powered committee formed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to initiate peace talks with the Taliban arrived in Islamabad on Thursday for consultations prior to their meeting...
View ArticleSC seeks report over Balochistan unrest
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the ministries of defence and interior to submit a comprehensive report over prevailing law and order situation in the troubled Balochistan province.A...
View ArticleWeb of conspiracy being woven around me, says Altaf
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said Thursday that a “new web of conspiracies” was being hatched to implicate him in various cases. “I want to tell my sympathisers that a...
View ArticlePM, army chief in Balochistan; joint anti-terror strategy sought
QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday urged the civil and military leadership to devise a joint strategy for ensuring durable peace in Balochistan.He arrived in the provincial capital on a...
View ArticleTTP wants enforcement of Sharia: spokesman
MIRAMSHAH: The objective of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is enforcement of Sharia in the country, according to its spokesman Shahidullah Shahid.Talking to Dawn from an unspecified location on...
View ArticlePanchayat returns, orders ‘gang-rape’
MUZAFFARGARH: The beasts nurtured in the name of prompt justice were seen to be on the loose again after the surfacing on Thursday of an incident in which a panchayat was accused of ordering gang-rape...
View ArticleArmed forces to maintain anti-terrorism ‘high alert’, NA told
ISLAMABAD: The government told the National Assembly on Thursday that Pakistan’s armed forces would not lower their guard against terrorism and would continue their “high alert” despite a new move for...
View ArticleNawaz orders dialogue with angry Baloch
QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed the authorities to form a committee for initiating a reconciliation process and negotiations with disgruntled Baloch nationalists.Presiding over a...
View ArticleMan sentenced to death, five jailed for life for killing three brothers
MANSEHRA: A court in Kohistan sentenced a man to death, jailed five others for life and fined them Rs200,000 each for their involvement in the murder of three brothers who had been seen dancing in a...
View ArticleMQM rejects BBC report on Imran Farooq’s murder
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said on Thursday it had no links with the two persons identified in a BBC programme as suspects in the murder of Dr Imran Farooq, a senior leader of the...
View ArticlePM chairs meeting with committee on Taliban talks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday morning, chaired a meeting with the four-member-committee formed to facilitate talks with Taliban militants, during which he gave the members guidelines...
View ArticlePM directs committee to initiate peace talks immediately
ISLAMABAD: A four-member committee tasked to hold peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban and end years of bloodshed says it has been given an open mandate and complete authority to initiate the...
View ArticleBomb kills three security personnel in Awaran: officials
QUETTA: A bomb blast on Friday killed at least three paramilitary soldiers and wounded four others in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said.The roadside bomb hit a...
View ArticleGovt withdraws appeal against Zaka Ashraf's reinstatement
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday withdrew its appeal filed against the Islamabad High Court's (IHC) decision to reinstate Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf as the chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB),...
View ArticleThree injured in Karachi grenade attacks
KARACHI: At least three people were injured, including a policeman, during three separate hand-grenade attacks in Karachi on Friday, DawnNews reported.A hand-grenade attack was foiled on its own near...
View ArticleNawaz, Zardari launch Thar coal power project
THAR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari Friday jointly performed ground-breaking of the US 1.6 billion dollar Thar coal power project to help the country meet its energy...
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