KP local govt polls in three phases proposed
ISLAMABAD: After getting an order last month to delay the local government elections in Punjab and Sindh, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) again approached the Supreme Court on Friday,...
View ArticlePPP questions legitimacy of talks
ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and PPP Senator Rehman Malik has questioned the legal and constitutional status of peace talks with Taliban and asked the government to clarify its position on...
View ArticleBus, truck collide in Argentina, killing 18 people
BUENOS AIRES: A truck driving on the wrong side of a highway crashed head-on into a passenger bus, killing at least 18 people and injuring 12, authorities in Argentina said.Matias Roby, health minister...
View ArticleUN nuclear experts back in Iran to tackle tougher issues
TEHRAN: The United Nations atomic agency resumes talks in Tehran Saturday to tackle allegations of past Iranian weapons work and discuss more practical steps to increase the transparency of the...
View ArticleAziz likely to continue in negotiating role: Yousuf Shah
ISLAMABAD: Maulana Yousuf Shah, who acts as contact person for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), on Saturday told DawnNews that chief negotiator for the outlawed group, Maulana Samiul Haq, had...
View ArticleShutdown in Karachi on MQM’s call
KARACHI: A shutdown was being observed in Karachi on Saturday on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement's 'appeal' to observe a day of mourning across Sindh against extra-judicial killings of party members,...
View ArticlePakistan, Sri Lanka abstain as ICC board approves major changes
SINGAPORE: The International Cricket Council board Saturday approved wide-ranging structural and governance reforms despite complaints that they place too much power in the hands of the “Big Three” of...
View ArticleFirst Syrian civilians evacuated from besieged Homs, UN reports
UNITED NATIONS: The first of 2,500 Syrians trapped by war in the Old City of Homs without aid for nearly two years were evacuated Friday under a three-day accord allowing people out and aid in, the...
View ArticleComplete shutdown in Karachi on MQM’s call
KARACHI: A complete shutdown of the city was observed on Saturday due to a call for observing a ‘day of mourning’ across Sindh by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) against extra-judicial killings of...
View ArticleBlaze kills 12, injures 130 pilgrims in Medina hotel
RIYADH: A fire killed 12 people and injured 130 others in a pilgrim hotel in the Saudi holy city of Medina Saturday, the state-run SPA news agency reported.Officials did not identify the victims but...
View ArticleIran says warships headed close to US borders
TEHRAN: Iranian warships dispatched to the Atlantic Ocean will travel close to US maritime borders for the first time, a senior Iranian naval commander said Saturday.The commander of Iran's Northern...
View ArticleNegotiators to meet TTP leadership in North Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: Members of a team of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTTP) nominated negotiators are meeting with the militant group’s top leadership in North Waziristan on Saturday to update them on the...
View ArticleIran rebels claim seizure of 5 border guards
TEHRAN: An Iranian rebel group on Saturday posted photos on twitter of five men it claims are border guards it seized near Pakistan. Jaish al-Adl is a little known organisation that operates in Iran's...
View ArticleNawaz warns against using national issues for political mileage
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday stressed that Pakistan's grave issues of terrorism, law and order and economy must not be used for political mileage.He was addressing the 37th FPCCI...
View ArticlePakistan, Sri Lanka abstain as ICC approves controversial revamp
SINGAPORE: Cricket's world body passed a wide-ranging and controversial shake-up of its governance and structure despite strident protests that it gives too much power to the "Big Three" of India,...
View ArticlePolio drive hit by MQM ‘strike’
KARACHI: The unpublicised polio campaigns in some neighbourhoods of the city planned for Saturday could not be undertaken by the authorities because of the ‘strike’ called by the Muttahida Qaumi...
View ArticleNew No 2 US commander takes reins in Afghanistan
KABUL: The incoming No 2 American commander in Afghanistan said Saturday that his immediate focus is on supporting upcoming Afghan elections, not on the possibility of US troops remaining after the...
View ArticleDemand for Sharia should worry no one: JI chief
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan has said that nobody should be worried about the demand for enforcement of Sharia in the country because the 1973 Constitution already declares the holy...
View ArticleResidents in Delhi protest against rape of 14-year-old
NEW DELHI: An angry crowd gathered outside a Delhi police station on Saturday to protest poor policing and racist treatment of people from India's northeast after a 14-year-old girl from that part of...
View ArticleECC takes politically tough decisions
ISLAMABAD: An unannounced decision of the economic coordination committee (ECC) of the federal cabinet to end all subsidies for electricity consumers has paved the way for a successful end to the talks...
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