Doctors receiving extortion emails: PMA
KARACHI: At least 40 medical practitioners of Karachi have received threatening emails from certain extortion mafias demanding hefty protection money, claimed a senior official of the Pakistan Medical...
View ArticleAll but one of 76 stranded truck drivers freed
MUZAFFARABAD: All but one of the 76 truck drivers who had been stuck on opposite sides of the Line of Control (LoC) since Jan 17 following a row over alleged drug trafficking from Azad Kashmir returned...
View ArticleArmed activities are against Sharia: Fazl
ISLAMABAD: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Wednesday that the key to negotiations with the Taliban was with the army headquarters. Talking in a TV programme, he said armed anti-sate...
View ArticleFour IHC officers suspended for leaking damaging report
ISLAMABAD: The administration of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suspended its four officers for insubordination and leaking an audit report to the media that said, “not a single appointment (in the...
View ArticleTwo US troops killed, four wounded in Afghan 'insider' attack
WASHINGTON: Two US soldiers were killed and four wounded in an attack Wednesday by gunmen wearing Afghan security force uniforms in eastern Afghanistan, US defense officials said. The officials spoke...
View ArticleMissing person: police report points finger at ISI
ISLAMABAD: Punjab police investigating the whereabouts of Khawar Mehmood have pointed finger at the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for the enforced disappearance. A report submitted to the Supreme...
View ArticleDeadly ice storm freezes winter-weary US
WASHINGTON: A deadly ice storm stranded scores of people on slick roads and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of US homes Wednesday as winter-weary Americans dug in against Mother Nature's...
View ArticleMCB to take 55 per cent stake in Burj Bank
KARACHI: Pakistan's MCB Bank will take a 55 per cent stake in Islamic lender Burj Bank, alongside an additional investment by the private sector arm of Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank, according...
View ArticleUS opposes independent Balochistan
WASHINGTON: The United States has made it clear that it does not support the idea of an independent Balochistan and respects Pakistan’s territorial integrity.The question of the alleged US involvement...
View ArticleEgypt's Sisi negotiates arms deal in Russia
MOSCOW: Egyptian army chief and likely new president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets top Russian officials on Thursday to negotiate a $2-billion arms deal that is meant to replace subsiding assistance from...
View ArticleUS ends boycott of India's Modi as envoy holds talks
AHMEDABAD: The United States ended a decade-long boycott Thursday of Indian opposition leader Narendra Modi over deadly religious riots as a top diplomat held talks with the man tipped to be the next...
View ArticleMusharraf’s attorney offers himself for punishment
ISLAMABAD: The proceedings of treason trial took a dramatic turn on Wednesday when an attorney of retired Gen Pervez Musharraf offered himself for punishment in place of the former president even...
View ArticleAfghanistan releases 65 Taliban prisoners despite US protests
KABUL: Afghanistan released 65 alleged Taliban fighters from jail on Thursday despite fierce condemnation from the United States, which says the men pose a threat to Nato and Afghan forces.“The 65...
View ArticleBlast targets police bus in Karachi, 13 killed
KARACHI: At least 13 persons were killed and 47 others, including civilians, were wounded Thursday morning in an explosion targeting a police bus near Razzaqabad police training college in Karachi's...
View ArticleThai PM faces charges as clashes leave three dead
BANGKOK: Thailand's embattled premier will be charged with neglect of duty, anti-graft officials said Tuesday, as clashes between police and opposition protesters left three dead and dozens wounded in...
View ArticleArmy assails ‘provocative act’
ISLAMABAD: The army denounced on Monday the killing of 23 Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers by the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as a “highly provocative act”.The Mohmand agency chapter of the...
View ArticleRoadside bombing kills six Afghan army soldiers
KABUL: Officials say two roadside bomb attacks have killed six Afghan soldiers and three civilians in the eastern part of the country. Afghan army spokesman Noman Atefi said Tuesday that a blast...
View ArticleIndian police kill seven Maoist rebels
MUMBAI: Indian police killed seven Maoists Tuesday during an operation hailed as a victory for security forces in a rebel stronghold known as the “Red Corridor”.Police came under attack in a jungle...
View ArticleUS to seek soldier's freedom via Taliban prisoner swap: report
WASHINGTON: Washington will attempt to resume talks with the Taliban on exchanging a US soldier held captive by insurgents since 2009 for Guantanamo Bay prisoners, The Washington Post reported late...
View ArticleIndian editor claims innocence over rape charge
PANAJI: A leading Indian editor charged with raping a colleague insisted on Tuesday he was innocent, after a court deferred his plea for bail in the case which has dominated local media.Tarun Tejpal,...
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