Sharif invites India to resolve Kashmir dispute through dialogue
MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif extended an invitation to the Indian leadership on Wednesday to resolve the Kashmir issue through dialogue on Kashmir Solidarity Day, DawnNews reported....
View ArticleBRA claims train attack
QUETTA: The banned Baloch Republican Army (BRA) has claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s bomb explosion at the main railway track near Karachi. One girl was killed and at least 23 people were injured...
View ArticlePPP wants debate in parliament on Karachi N-reactors
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) wants the government to take parliament and the nation into confidence on the issue of building of two nuclear reactors in Karachi reportedly with untested...
View ArticleECP wants LG polls under existing laws
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has suggested holding of local government polls in Sindh and Punjab under the existing laws, rules and delimitation to meet a constitutional...
View ArticleObama wants US out of Afghanistan by 2017: Senators
WASHINGTON: The United States is considering a proposal to withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by 2017, say two Republicans as official sources confirm that “the zero-option” was also discussed at...
View ArticleBus crash in Nepal kills 14
KATMANDU: A bus veered off a mountain highway in Nepal and plunged into a river, killing 14 people and injuring seven others. Government administrator Shiva Raj Joshi says the bus skidded off the...
View ArticleTaliban commander, three guards gunned down in Waziristan
PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a vehicle on MIramshah-Mirali road in Pir Kallay area of North Waziristan tribal region killing all its occupants, who were later identified as a local...
View ArticleEgypt's Sisi to run for president, says Kuwaiti newspaper
CAIRO: Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said he will run for president, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Thursday.Al Seyassah quoted Sisi as saying that he had no alternative...
View ArticleGovt to seek extension of anti-terror ordinances
ISLAMABAD: After failing to get the controversial anti-terrorism ordinances, including Protection of Pakistan Ordinance, 2013, approved by parliament within the required time-limit, the government has...
View Article‘TTP Peshawar chief’ owns up to Tuesday’s sectarian attack
MIRAMSHAH: A TTP militant claiming to be the Peshawar district chief of the banned group has accepted responsibility for Tuesday evening’s suicide attack on a hotel that left nine people dead.Although...
View ArticleIndia eases visa rules to boost tourist numbers
NEW DELHI: Tourists travelling to India from 180 countries will no longer have to queue at their local consulates to obtain visas after New Delhi announced a “very significant” overhaul of its border...
View ArticleOver 1,100 migrants rescued off Italy
ROME: The Italian navy has rescued more than 1,100 migrants from nine large rafts in the waters south of Sicily, the latest arrivals from North Africa.Patrol helicopters identified the overcrowded...
View ArticleIHC voids govt’s decision to shut gas supply in Potohar region
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday declared the three-month closure of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations in the Potohar region as void and while announcing its verdict directed...
View ArticleTalks with TTP Pakistan's internal matter: FO
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam on Thursday said holding talks with the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was Pakistan's internal matter.Speaking at the weekly media briefing...
View ArticleCJ takes notice of Pakistanis in Saudi deportation centre
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top judge on Thursday took notice of the miserable condition of about 3,000 Pakistanis in detention in Saudi Arabia, ordering officials to submit a report within a week.Chief...
View ArticleUS adds Malik Ishaq's name to most wanted global terrorist list
ISLAMABAD: The United States on Thursday designated Malik Ishaq, the chief of proscribed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) militant group of Pakistan, in its list of most wanted international terrorists.“The...
View ArticleN-power plants being built in Karachi safe: govt
ISLAMABAD: The government declared on Thursday that the two nuclear power plants being built in Karachi were completely safe.However, certain remarks by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs...
View ArticleNA approves 120 days extension of three anti-terror ordinances
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday extended three ordinances for further 120 days amid heated debate and protest of the opposition parties.Minister for Science and Technology Zahid Hamid...
View ArticleTalks with India on opening of bank branches
KARACHI: Indian High Commissioner TCA Raghavan said here on Thursday that talks between the central banks of India and Pakistan are in an advanced stage for opening of scheduled bank branches in...
View ArticleSC says none of its judges holds dual nationality
ISLAMABAD: Judges of the Supreme Court informally discussed on Thursday the Senate proceedings regarding dual nationality of superior court judges and came out with an announcement that none of them...
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