More children dying in Afghan violence, says UN report
KABUL:The number of children killed and wounded in Afghanistan's war jumped by 34 per cent last year as the Taliban stepped up attacks across the country and continued to lay thousands of roadside...
View ArticleKhuzdar graves are of missing persons, concedes minister
ISLAMABAD: Expressing serious concern over the discovery of mass graves in Balochistan, provincial Health Minister Rahmat Saleh Baloch claimed on Saturday that all the decomposed and mutilated bodies...
View ArticleGovt’s committee waiting for Taliban’s response
ISLAMABAD: The government negotiators holding talks with the Taliban are anxiously waiting for a reply from the leadership of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan to the conditions set by them.“We...
View ArticleBomb defused in Peshwar
PESHAWAR: The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) on Sunday defused a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (IED) planted in Peshawar's Sirband area whereas at least three persons were killed in a clash...
View ArticleCurfew in India-held Kashmir amid separatist strike
SRINAGARL: Thousands of Indian troops fanned out across India-held Kashmir on Sunday, detaining about 200 separatist activists to prevent protests during a three-day strike to mark the execution...
View ArticleFour policemen suspended for allegedly torturing groom in Karachi
KARACHI: Four policemen were suspended on Sunday over the alleged custodial torture of a groom in Karachi, DawnNews report.The groom was shifted to a private hospital in Gulistan-i-Jauhar area of...
View ArticleContainer set alight in Sibi, two killed
QUETTA: Unknown persons attacked a Nato container-carrying truck, setting it alight, while killing two persons including the driver of the vehicle in Sibi area of Balochistan, DawnNews reported.The...
View ArticleGunmen kill nine in Balochistan violence
QUETTA: An official in Balochistan says gunmen have attacked the house of a pro-government tribal elder, killing him and eight members of his family. Provincial Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti says the...
View ArticleArmy chief should take notice of atrocities in Karachi: Altaf
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has urged the Army chief to take notice of what he terms 'injustice and harassment' that is taking place in Karachi, DawnNews...
View ArticleIran slams Pakistan over border guards abduction
TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday denounced what it called Pakistan's inability to secure its own borders after five Iranian soldiers were kidnapped and taken into its eastern neighbour by extremists.“We are...
View ArticlePakistan economy improving, reform on track: IMF
DUBAI: The International Monetary Fund said Sunday that Pakistan has met nearly all of its quantitative performance markers, that its economy is showing signs of improvement and that its reform program...
View ArticleFiring in Karachi leaves eight people dead
KARACHI: Gunmen on motorcycles Sunday shot dead eight people including an eight-year-old girl at a faith healer's house in the port city of Karachi, police and doctors said.At least 16 others were also...
View ArticleTTP finalises 15 point draft for talks: sources
PESHAWAR: The Taliban Shura has finalised a fifteen point draft for negotiations with the Pakistan government and the draft proposal is likely to be handed over to the peace facilitators and their...
View ArticleMan throws acid on estranged wife, in-laws
LAHORE: Four members of a family suffered acid burns when a man targeted his estranged wife and his in-laws in a locality of Ravi Road on Sunday.The suspect, who allegedly attacked his wife and in-laws...
View ArticleBoat capsizes in India; 11 drowned
NEW DELHI: A boat overcrowded with picnic guests capsized on a river in India's eastern Orissa state, and at least 11 people drowned, officials said. Police, firefighters and emergency workers rescued...
View ArticleRoadside bomb kills eight Afghan soldiers: official
KABUL: A roadside bomb ripped through an Afghan army vehicle in southwestern Afghanistan on Sunday and killed eight soldiers, officials said.The vehicle was hit in the Dilaram district of Farah...
View ArticleSufi poet’s shrine set on fire in Kohlu
QUETTA: The shrine of a popular Sufi poet of Balochistan, Mast Twakali, has been set on fire. The shrine, located in Mawand area of Kohlu district, is visited by thousands of devotees each day and...
View ArticleOver 500,000 children vaccinated in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government administered oral polio vaccine (OPV) to over 500,000 children in Peshawar on Sunday, officials said.A total of 12,000 health workers took part in the...
View ArticleMusharraf treason case: Special court resumes hearing
RAWALPINDI: The special court formed to try former president Pervez Musharraf for treason resumed the case's hearing on Monday, DawnNews reported.The three-member court headed by Justice Faisal Arab of...
View ArticleMost of Punjab to remain without gas for at least 48 hours: SNGPL
ISLAMABAD: Militants from Balochistan blew up three gas pipelines, cutting supplies to most of Punjab an official from a state-owned gas company said Monday adding that the outage may last for at least...
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