CJ takes notice of Taliban threat to Ismailis, Kalash tribe
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani took suo motu notice of the Pakistani Taliban’s threat to Ismailis and the Kalash tribe in the picturesque Chitral Valley in northern Pakistan on...
View ArticleEU agrees Ukraine sanctions, ban on anti-riot gear
BRUSSELS: The European Union on Thursday agreed to impose a travel ban and asset freeze on Ukrainians with “blood on their hands”, said Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino.An EU diplomat said the...
View ArticlePakistan protests FC soldiers’ killing in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Thursday conveyed its strong protest and serious concern to the Afghanistan government on what the country claimed brutal murder of its 23 paramilitary personnel inside the Afghan...
View ArticleJets target N. Waziristan hideouts; 35 suspected militants killed
PESHAWAR: At least 35 militants were killed Thursday as fighter jets targeted suspected insurgent hideouts in three different tehsils of the North Waziristan tribal region.The bombardment comes a day...
View ArticlePM gave ‘go ahead’ for N. Waziristan, Khyber airstrikes: sources
ISLAMABAD: After being convinced by the top military leadership of Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gave a go ahead for the airstrikes in North Waziristan and Khyber agencies that killed at least...
View ArticleContinuing with talks would be injustice to terror victims: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Thursday said that carrying on with peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban amid terrorist attacks throughout the country would be...
View ArticleOpposition paints bleak picture of governance in KP
PESHAWAR: For the first time during the last eight months, the opposition in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly took Chief Minister Pervez Khattak to the task and held him responsible for the growing...
View ArticleJI chief asks govt to resume talks with Taliban
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan has urged the government to make a formal announcement if it has decided to launch a military operation in North Waziristan.Addressing a press...
View ArticleChina vows to stand behind Pakistan’s efforts to uphold sovereignty
BEIJING: China said on Thursday it would continue to stand firmly behind Pakistan’s efforts to uphold its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. In a joint statement titled “Deepening...
View ArticleSaudi at Guantanamo pleads guilty over tanker attack
FORT MEADE: A Saudi detainee at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay pleaded guilty Thursday to terror charges in connection with the 2002 suicide bombing of a French oil tanker off Yemen.Ahmed Mohammed...
View ArticleKarachi raids: 67 suspects arrested
KARACHI: At least 67 suspects, including foreigners, were arrested by the police during a targeted operation in different areas of Karachi in the early hours of Friday morning, DawnNews reported....
View ArticleUkraine violence 'must stop': Kerry
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry hit out at Ukrainian security forces on Thursday, demanding that violence meted out against demonstrators “must stop” amid scenes of “senseless death” in...
View ArticleAnother missing man back home, Supreme Court informed
ISLAMABAD: Another missing person has reached home while three others have been found detained in different internment centres, the apex court has been informed. The total number of people whose...
View ArticleIbrahim says air strikes to complicate situation
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief and member of the Taliban talks committee Prof Mohammad Ibrahim has condemned the shelling in Khyber Agency and North Waziristan and described it as...
View Article38 male Homs evacuees freed in Syria: governor
DAMASCUS: A group of 38 male evacuees from besieged parts of the Syrian city of Homs were released Friday after investigation, leaving almost 200 others still being held, the provincial governor...
View ArticleFahad Aziz case: Add private doctors to medical board, orders SHC
KARACHI: In the light of objections raised by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on the constitution of the eight-member medical board constituted to conduct a thorough medical examination of party...
View ArticleKerry peace proposals 'unacceptable': Palestinian source
RAMALLAH: Ideas proposed by US Secretary of State John Kerry to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas cannot “serve as the basis for a framework accord” with Israel, a Palestinian official said...
View ArticleTreason case: Musharraf not to be tried in military court
ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted to try former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf ruled on Friday that the treason trial of the former president would not take place in a military court...
View ArticlePakistan assures Ismailis, Kalash tribe against Taliban threat
CHITRAL: In the wake of recent threats to Ismaili community and Kalash tribe by Taliban, a grand peace jirga (conference) was held at Bumborat in Kalash Valley on Friday to address concerns of the...
View ArticlePakistan, Iran agree to curb cross-border terrorism
QUETTA: Pakistan and Iran on Friday agreed to take joint steps to fight militant groups and curb the menace of cross-border terrorism. Pakistan assured the Iranians that it would make all possible...
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