Court rejects Musharraf's application for treatment abroad
ISLAMABAD: A special court constituted to try former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for high treason charges has rejected his application seeking permission for medical treatment...
View ArticleKP weapons scam: only Rs297m of Rs1.82bn recovered so far
PESHAWAR: Out of total Rs1.82 billion siphoned off allegedly by police officers, government officials and politicians in the weapons purchase scam for the KP police, the National Accountability Bureau...
View ArticleOver 3,600 employees to be absorbed in Sindh after devolution
KARACHI: The Council of Common Interest (CCI) is all set to take up the issue of thousands of employees of 17 federal ministries and departments that had been devolved to the provinces after the 18th...
View ArticleUproar in NA over resignation of SBP chief
ISLAMABAD: The government came under opposition fire in the National Assembly on Friday over the allegedly forced resignation of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) governor, Yaseen Anwar, but had no...
View ArticleThreat from tribal areas has reduced: US lawmaker
WASHINGTON: As the Pakistani delegation was visiting Capitol Hill earlier this week, a senior lawmaker told a Senate panel that the threat emanating from Pakistan’s tribal areas had diminished. This...
View ArticleFazl moves to tone down expectations before talks
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman appears to be pessimistic about the success of a dialogue process which the government wants to initiate with the banned...
View ArticleMQM postpones protest
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has postponed a protest demonstration in the city scheduled for Saturday against a BBC report, which it termed ‘controversial and prejudiced’ towards the MQM, for...
View ArticleImran Farooq murder: MQM formally objects to BBC report
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Barrister Farogh A. Nasim sent a letter to Owen Bennett-Jones citing his objections over the recent report run by the BBC in relation to his party and the...
View ArticleFour killed, 50 rounded up in Swabi raid
PESHAWAR: Four suspected militants were killed and 50 others were rounded up in a targeted raid in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swabi district. The operation, being carried out by police and security...
View ArticleCJ summons IG Balochistan over Khuzdar mass graves
QUETTA/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top judge has taken suo motu notice on reports of the discovery of mass graves in Khuzdar district of insurgency-hit Balochistan.At least thirteen bodies were recovered...
View ArticleThree killed, four injured in Karachi violence
KARACHI: At least three people were killed and four others were injured, including two policemen, in separate incidents of violence in Karachi on Friday, DawnNews reported. Two policemen were injured...
View ArticleCJ takes suo motu notice of panchayat's gang-rape order
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Tassadduq Hussain Jillani took notice Friday of an incident in which a panchayat ordered the gang-rape of a woman in Ihsanpur’s Basti Radiwala, DawnNews reported. Chief Justice...
View ArticleSindh cultural festival kicks off at Moenjodaro
MOHENJODARO: An inaugural festival, aimed at commemorating the cultural heritage of Sindh, has started at the ancient city of Moenjodaro on Saturday.Earlier on, hundreds of people arrived at the...
View Article100 people return to Dera Bugti after nine years
QUETTA: A convoy of 100 Bugti tribesmen returned to Dera Bugti on Saturday night after being displaced from their homes about nine years ago. Shahzain Bugti led the convoy. His mother and other family...
View ArticleImran distances himself from Taliban
ISLAMABAD: Commenting on reports that the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has nominated him for negotiations, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said the militant group...
View ArticleSindh seeks return of Moenjodaro’s Dancing Girl from India
KARACHI: As Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s Sindh Festival has turned people’s attention towards the culture and civilisation of Sindh, the provincial government is sending a request to Islamabad for asking...
View ArticleAnti-polio campaign begins in Peshawar, security on high alert
PESHAWAR: Mobile phone services were suspended in Peshawar and a ban on pillion-riding was imposed by the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as part of security arrangements for the anti-polio...
View ArticleLand routes to be opened for transit trade
ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a major policy shift, Pakistan has decided to open its land routes for transit trade under an international agreement. Signed in December in the Indonesian city of Bali...
View ArticleSecurity forces detain two; attack foiled in Mardan
PESHAWAR: Security forces in Mardan claimed that two terrorists were captured in a raid on Sunday during which suicide jackets and explosives were also recovered. The officials said the raid was...
View ArticleFive killed as roof of mosque collapses in Mian Channu
KHANEWAL: Five people were killed and over 50 others sustained serious injuries when a roof of a mosque caved in at Rehmat Colony, Mian Channu on Sunday.According to Rescue 1122 sources, Qul Khawani of...
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