Hyderabad policemen suspended over alleged extortion activities
HYDERABAD: DIG police Hyderabad Dr Sanaullah Abbasi suspended on Wednesday scores of police officials in Hyderabad range, working within jurisdictions of various station house officers (SHOs) and...
View ArticleHong Kong editor stabbed at centre of protests
HONG KONG: The former editor of a liberal Hong Kong newspaper, whose sidelining triggered protests over media freedom and Beijing's influence in the territory, is in a critical condition after being...
View ArticleRPP case: Court grants Ashraf permanent exemption from appearance
ISLAMABAD: The federal capital’s accountability court on Wednesday granted former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf permanent exemption from appearance before it in the rental power case, DawnNews...
View ArticleKidnapped polio worker, Levies men released in Awaran
QUETTA: A polio worker and three Levies personnel who were kidnapped from Awaran were set free late Tuesday night, police said.Armed men had kidnapped the polio immunisation worker and three Levies...
View ArticleIndia court orders arrest of Sahara group boss
NEW DELHI: India's top court Wednesday ordered the arrest of the head of the giant Sahara business group for failing to appear in a case involving repayment of billions of dollars illegally collected...
View ArticleTwo detained in Philippines in online child abuse raid: officials
MANILA: Four minors have been rescued and two suspects detained in the Philippines following a raid on an apartment where children were made to disrobe for Internet cameras, the judicial officials said...
View ArticleSC annoyed at failure in retrieving encroached state land
KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday expressed extreme annoyance over the failure of the Sindh Board of Revenue (SBR) and anti-encroachment force in retrieving encroached state land.The...
View ArticleThree militants arrested in Swabi
SWABI: Three militants, including a key commander, were arrested in Swabi district Wednesday who were attempting to target security forces’ personnel. Official sources said three armed militants were...
View ArticleSami contacts TTP shura, conveys committee's requests
PESHAWAR: Maulana Samiul Haq, coordinator of the Pakistani Taliban’s committee for peace talks with the government, contacted the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) shura on Wednesday to convey some...
View ArticleIranian mortar shells fired into Pakistani territory
QUETTA: Iranian border guards again fired mortar shells into Pakistani territory on Wednesday, a security official said.The official who requested not to be named, told Dawn.com that Iranian border...
View ArticleIran urges Pakistan to honour gas pipeline commitment
TEHRAN: Iran's oil ministry said Wednesday that Pakistan is contractually obliged to complete a major pipeline project which would allow Tehran to export gas to its southeastern neighbour.The warning...
View ArticleArmy chief reiterates all threats to Pakistan will be defeated
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday reiterated the resolve of the armed forces of protecting integrity and sovereignty of the country and vowed to accomplish their...
View ArticleNisar unveils national security policy in NA
ISLAMABAD: In order to deal with the menace of terrorism, the government has decided on a major policy shift under which attacks from militants would be met with an appropriate military response,...
View ArticleIn Mexico, 2,000 protest for drug lord's release
CULIACAN: Some 2,000 people demonstrated in support of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in his northwestern home state Wednesday, chanting “release him” following his weekend...
View ArticleBarelvi groups form alliance against Taliban
LAHORE: Forming a sort of anti-Taliban alliance, at least 50 Barelvi school of thought groups have demanded the government declare extremists as well as their supporters, whether political or...
View ArticleArmed men seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine: Armed men have seized the regional government headquarters and parliament on Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, Interfax news agency said on Thursday. It was not immediately clear who was...
View ArticleTruck blast in South Africa kills four cops
JOHANNESBURG: South African authorities say four police officers were killed and three were seriously injured when a truck carrying blasting cartridges exploded. Government officials say a truck driver...
View ArticleMilitary operation in North Waziristan imminent: US paper
WASHINGTON: The Pakistani government is on the verge of launching a major military offensive in North Waziristan, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.The Post noted that recent brutal Taliban...
View ArticleNext Afghan leader will sign security pact: Kerry
WASHINGTON: The next president of Afghanistan will sign a security pact with the United States despite the refusal of outgoing leader Hamid Karzai, Secretary of State John Kerry confidently predicted...
View ArticleTwo found dead after Indian submarine accident: ministry
MUMBAI: Two Indian naval officers who went missing after a submarine accident off the coast of Mumbai have been found dead, the defence ministry said Thursday.Wednesay's incident on board the...
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