Pakistan to hold 3G, 4G auctions in April: finance minister
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will hold long-awaited auctions for 3G and 4G telecoms licences this April, the finance minister said on Friday, a step that could help boost the cash-strapped country’s foreign...
View ArticleTTP wants talks, calls on govt to lead on ceasefire
PESHAWAR: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Shahidullah Shahid on Friday said the Taliban were ready for talks despite the fact that the recent bombardment in North Waziristan was proof of the...
View ArticleArmy chief says military fully capable to counter threats
ISLAMABAD: Brushing aside the impression about capability of Pakistan’s armed forces in countering terrorism and militancy, Army Chief General Raheel Sharif Friday said the military was fully capable...
View ArticlePPP to raise Syria policy shift in Senate
ISLAMABAD: A calling attention notice has been submitted in the Senate asking the Advisor to PM on Foreign Affairs to explain the government’s position over shift in its policy on ongoing civil war in...
View ArticleSethi sends notice to Imran over poll fraud allegation
ISLAMABAD: Former caretaker chief minister of Punjab Najam Sethi has decided to take Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan to court over the allegation that the former had committed election...
View ArticleAAG to seek details of bounty prisoners, SC told
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Friday that the information used by former president Pervez Musharraf in his book ‘In the Line of Fire’ about handing over some Al Qaeda members to the US...
View ArticleRaja faces two more RPP scam references
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) approved on Friday two more references against former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in the rental power projects (RPP) corruption case. Mr Ashraf...
View ArticleRajmohan Gandhi joins AAP
NEW DELHI: India’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) got a shot in the arm when Pakistan-friendly Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, joined it on Friday, reports said.“The party is vehemently opposed to...
View ArticleTTP threat panics Kalash people
CHITRAL: The Tehreek-i-Taliban threat of attacks has frightened the Kalash tribe living in three segregated valleys of southern Chitral.Luke Rahmat, a Kalash tribesman holding a master’s degree, told...
View ArticleJoint panel formed to recover Iranian guards
QUETTA: The Pakistan-Iran joint border commission has stressed the need for coordinated efforts against cross-border terrorism and formed a committee to prepare a strategy for the recovery of kidnapped...
View ArticleSharif stresses allegiance to Constitution
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has made it clear the government is ready to hold dialogue only with those who have respect for the Constitution and integrity of the country.“We are ready for talks...
View ArticleMQM to hold anti-terror rally tomorrow
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will stage a rally in the port city of Karachi tomorrow to show its solidarity with the Pakistan Army, Rangers and other law enforcement personnel fighting...
View ArticleQWP leader among three killed in Buner explosion
BUNER: Three people, including local Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) leader Adalat Khan, were killed in a remote-controlled explosion in Buner on Saturday, DawnNews reported. According to the police, Khan was...
View ArticleHelicopter shelling kills six militants in Hangu
HANGU: Six militants were killed on Saturday after gunship helicopters pounded their hideouts in Hangu’s Tal tehsil, DawnNews reported. According to sources, gunship helicopters shelled suspected...
View Article‘Chinese security depends on Afghan stability’
KABUL: China urged its neighbor Afghanistan on Saturday to embrace an inclusive political solution to its long-running conflict during a rare visit by a top Chinese official, who said the very security...
View ArticleJoint political alliance on education urged in Balochistan
QUETTA: Political parties have underlined the need for a joint political alliance to promote education in Balochistan, Pakistan's least developed and resource-rich province.Baloch and Pashtoon...
View ArticleArmy denies TTP allegation, says no women and children in custody
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army has categorically rejected allegations levelled by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) that women and children from their families were in the custody of security forces'...
View ArticleNisar directs FIA to set up cell for overseas Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Saturday directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to set up a special cell for addressing problems being faced by the overseas Pakistanis...
View ArticlePakistan demands release of its prisoners from India
ISLAMABAD: Following the death of a Pakistani prisoner in a prison in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has demanded of India to release on humanitarian grounds all such prisoners who have completed...
View ArticleKarzai, Dar for working together to face common enemies
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Friday agreed that the both neighbouring countries faced common challenges and enemies, and there was a need to work...
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