Nawaz to visit Turkey for Afghanistan summit
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will leave for a three-day visit to Turkey from February 12 to 14 to attend the 8th trilateral summit being held in Ankara over issues related to Afghanistan.A...
View ArticleGovernment, TTP committees hold informal meeting
ISLAMABAD: The committees, formed by the government and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to broker a peace pact between the two sides, held an informal meeting at an undisclosed location in...
View ArticleObama ‘clarified things’ on spying issue, says Hollande
WASHINGTON: French President Francois Hollande said he and President Barack Obama “clarified things” about revelations of US spying in Europe and “mutual trust has been restored.” “That mutual trust...
View ArticleSC issues notice to AG in Imran Khan poll rigging case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday issued notice to Attorney General Suleman Aslam Butt in a case filed by Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan regarding alleged rigging in four...
View ArticleThree explosions hit Peshawar cinema; 13 killed
PESHAWAR: Three back-to-back explosions occurred inside Peshawar’s Shama Cinema on Tuesday, killing 13 people and leaving at least 19 others injured. According to DawnNews, multiple explosions occurred...
View ArticleFIR over drone strike: IHC refers case to lower court
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) referred to the district and sessions judge of Islamabad on Tuesday a case relating to registration of a first information report (FIR) against CIA station...
View ArticleWarnings of failure as Syria talks deadlocked
GENEVA: Syria peace talks showed no signs of movement on Tuesday, sparking warnings of failure, as the evacuation of civilians from besieged rebel-held areas of Syria’s third city Homs was...
View ArticleIndian minister to skip Lahore trade show
ISLAMABAD: Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma is unlikely to come to inaugurate an exhibition in Lahore on Friday because mistrust between the two countries over normalising bilateral trade has...
View ArticleUS releases $352m under CSF; urged to clear dues
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received $352 million from the United States under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) for the January-March quarter of 2013. During a meeting with US Ambassador Richard Olson here...
View ArticleUS can keep Guantanamo hunger strikers alive by force: court
WASHINGTON: A US appeals court declined on Tuesday to halt the forced feeding of hunger strikers in Guantanamo Bay but ruled that the prisoners have the right to sue over the procedure and other...
View ArticleKarzai will not sign security agreement: US spy chief
WASHINGTON: The US intelligence chief said Tuesday he does not expect Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a security agreement with the United States that would allow American troops to stay after...
View ArticleThai opposition loses bid to annul election
BANGKOK: Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a request by the country's main opposition party to annul a controversial election disrupted by anti-government protests.The court said in...
View ArticleLHC orders govt to produce anti-drone activist on Feb 20
ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered the government to produce an anti-drone activist — who was apparently detained by the country's intelligence agencies — at a hearing on Feb 20, his...
View ArticleMQM petition in SHC over worker’s killing
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has filed a petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) against what it called the abduction and murder of one of its workers Mohammad Salman, DawnNews...
View ArticleNine killed in Peshawar attack
PESHAWAR: At least nine people were killed on Wednesday after unidentified armed men attacked a house located on the outskirts of Peshawar, DawnNews reported. In the Budhbher area of the city, unknown...
View ArticleQaim vows to continue Karachi operation
KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday said the ongoing target operation in the city against terrorists and criminals will continue till elimination of the last criminal.The...
View ArticleSenate passes resolution to protect women rights in TTP talks
ISLAMABAD: The upper house of the Parliament Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the government to not compromise on the rights of women and minorities in the negotiations with...
View ArticleMQM to hold countrywide protests over missing workers
KARACHI: Following the lapse of a 24-hour ultimatum on Wednesday night, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) announced to hold countrywide strikes to protest against ‘missing party workers,’ starting the...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban threaten Kalash tribe, Ismailis in Chitral
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Taliban have announced an “armed struggle” against an indigenous tribe and Ismaili Muslims in the picturesque northern Chitral Valley, calling on Sunnis to support their cause...
View ArticleMinistry told to trace applicant seeking FIR against CIA official
ISLAMABAD: Justice Shahzad Ahmed Khan of the Lahore High Court directed the ministry of interior on Wednesday to trace Karim Khan who went missing on Feb 5 from Rawalpindi just days before he was due...
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