Armed 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 ArticlePM chairs meeting of high-powered Taliban talks committee
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday morning gave guidelines for holding negotiations to the four-member committee formed to facilitate talks with Taliban militants, DawnNews reported.The...
View ArticleTaliban attack checkpoints; one Afghan policeman killed
KANDAHAR: An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked three police checkpoints overnight in the southern province of Helmand. The police repelled the attacks but lost one officer. Police chief of...
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 ArticleIndia's top court stays execution of Delhi car bomber
NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of a Sikh militant convicted over a car bombing two decades ago, after his wife said he had developed mental illness while languishing on...
View ArticleSyrian troop shells kill 16 in Aleppo
BEIRUT: Activists say the latest Syrian government shelling has killed at least 16 people in a rebel-held area of the northern city of Aleppo. Rami Abdurrahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory...
View ArticleBriton appeals against blasphemy death sentence in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Lawyers for an elderly Briton sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy filed an appeal on Friday, saying the court had failed to consider “overwhelming” evidence of his mental...
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 ArticleIndian anti-corruption party targets ministers
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday named a string of high-ranking Indian politicians he described as corrupt and said his anti-graft Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would target them in an...
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 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 ArticleImran blasts ICC's 'colonial' revamp
KARACHI: Pakistan legend Imran Khan slammed controversial plans to reform cricket's governing body on Friday, saying they would take the game back to the days of colonialism.Moves to restructure the...
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...
View ArticleCourt 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 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 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 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 ArticleSyria talks end with accusations, next round uncertain
GENEVA: Syria's warring sides have traded barbs over the failure to achieve concrete results at peace talks in Geneva, amid doubts over the regime's participation in a planned new round in February.No...
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...
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