US does not want peace in Pakistan: Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan, chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, said on Monday that some elements, including the United States, were against peace in the country and an operation in Waziristan region was...
View ArticlePM chairs high-level security meeting with military officials
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was heading a high-level meeting with military officials on Monday to review the prevailing security situation in the country, DawnNews reported.The meeting was...
View ArticleList of Taliban prisoners received, says Sami
ISLAMABAD: Chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-S), Maulana Samiul Haq, who also head the Taliban negotiating committee said on Monday that the list of prisoners whom the Taliban...
View ArticleNisar vows to track down terrorists amid criticism in NA
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Monday vowed to track down the perpetrators of terrorist attack in Islamabad's district courts and bring them to justice.At least 11 people,...
View ArticleIndo-Pak Joint Working Group on LoC trade to meet tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of Pakistan-India Joint Working Group on Cross-LoC Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) will be held in New Delhi on March 4 to streamline trade across the Line of...
View ArticleObama warns Russia against military actions in Ukraine
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama says Russia is “on the wrong side of history” by mobilising forces within Ukraine after the country's pro-Russian president was ousted in a popular revolt.Obama...
View ArticleJudge, 10 others killed in Islamabad blasts, firing
ISLAMABAD: At least 11 people, including additional sessions judge Rafaqat Awan, were killed and 29 others wounded on Monday during a gun and bomb attack in a court in the capital city’s F-8 area,...
View ArticleHRCP aghast at denial of permission to visit ‘mass graves’
QUETTA: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed concern over government’s refusal to allow right activists and media personnel to visit Balochistan’s Totak area where human bodies were...
View ArticleEmirati among three police killed in Bahrain bomb
DUBAI: A bomb explosion in Bahrain killed three police, including an Emirati, during confrontations with “rioters” near Manama, in the bloodiest attack on the security forces since they crushed the...
View ArticleSC seeks Punjab’s stance on appellate jurisdiction
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court asked the Punjab government on Monday to respond to a suggestion that appellate jurisdiction be vested in the district and sessions judge to decide objections raised...
View ArticleJI complains PTI ended Nato blockade unilaterally
PESHAWAR: The Jamaat-i-Islami on Monday complained the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf had unilaterally ended the Nato blockade in the province.In a statement issued here, JI provincial spokesman Israrullah...
View ArticleGovt slammed for not presenting security policy in Senate
ISLAMABAD: The opposition as well as members of the ruling coalition criticised the government on Monday for not presenting the national security policy before the Senate, which was placed before the...
View Article‘39 militant outfits operating in KP’
PESHAWAR: Parliamentary party leaders of the treasury and opposition benches in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly put their heads together in a closed-door meeting here Monday and discussed prevailing...
View ArticleSenior US official heads to India to revive strained ties
NEW DELHI: A senior US official headed to India on Tuesday, admitting that the two countries had “real challenges” to overcome as they try to move on from an ugly diplomatic dispute earlier this...
View ArticleUS suspends military cooperation with Russia: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: The United States has suspended defence cooperation with Russia because of Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine, the Pentagon said Monday, urging Moscow to “de-escalate the crisis.””We...
View ArticleQuestion mark over capital security after attack: Khursheed Shah
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah said Tuesday that Monday's attack in Islamabad had put a question mark on the capital city’s security, DawnNews...
View ArticleUS puts Sri Lanka on notice over alleged war crimes
COLOMBO: A US-led resolution calling for an international probe into allegations that 40,000 civilians were killed at the end of Sri Lanka's separatist war has been filed with the UN's top rights...
View ArticleTreason case adjourned after lawyers' boycott
ISLAMABAD: The hearing of a case relating to treason charges against former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf was adjourned Tuesday until tomorrow as special court judges could not reach court...
View ArticleTwo killed as gunmen attack Nato trucks in Jamrud
PESHAWAR: Gunmen attacked four vehicles carrying NATO supplies for Afghanistan in northwestern Khyber tribal agency on Tuesday, killing two people, officials said.The vehicles came under fire in the...
View ArticleGovt soon to present new defence, foreign policies in NA: Aziz
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign policy chief, Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday said that the government is preparing foreign and defence policies which will soon be presented in the National Assembly.“We are...
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