Saudi slams 'irresponsible' terror accusations by Iraq PM
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia slammed as “aggressive and irresponsible” on Monday accusations by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that the kingdom was supporting global terrorism.“The kingdom condemns the...
View ArticleASWJ leader gunned down in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Firing on the federal capital's express highway has left Muhammad Sohail Muavia, a leader of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) dead on Monday, DawnNews reported.Muavia was the secretary...
View ArticlePM announces Rs1 billion aid for drought-affected Thar
MIRPURKHAS: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday announced Rs one billion in aid for the affectees of the famine-hit Tharparkar region, DawnNews reported.Nawaz Sharif was given a briefing in Mithi...
View ArticlePTI agrees to join govt committee in TTP talks
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday agreed to partake in the dialogue being held between the government and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and has named Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MNA...
View ArticleTerrorists planning attack on Musharraf, warns Interior Ministry
ISLAMABAD: Taliban and al Qaeda terrorists have planned an assassination attempt on former president Pervez Musharraf, the Interior Ministry said in a letter Monday, prompting media speculation that...
View ArticleSartaj Aziz heads to London for Pak-UK dialogue: FO
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz left on a governmental tour to the United Kingdom Tuesday to review the Pak-UK dialogue, DawnNews quoted the...
View ArticleMQM worker's killing: SHC summons advocate general
KARACHI: A Sindh High Court bench on Tuesday summoned the province's advocate general over a petition filed by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) against the alleged abduction and killing of its worker...
View ArticleTwo killed, three injured in Turbat firing
QUETTA: Two people were killed and three others were injured in an ambush in Turbat on Tuesday.Levies sources said that unknown armed men targeted five people with sophisticated weapons in Pedrak area...
View ArticleDasti's evidence not credible, says govt committee
ISLAMABAD: The government's inquiry committee constituted to investigate independent Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Jamshed Dasti's allegations that a number of parliamentarians were involved in...
View Article16 dead in police, Maoist clashes: Indian security sources
RAIPUR: A gun battle between police and Maoist rebels in India's restive Chhattisgarh state left at least 16 people dead Tuesday, security sources and reports said.“Sixteen people have so far been...
View ArticleCrimea assembly declares independence from Ukraine
SIMFEROPOL: Pro-Moscow lawmakers in Crimea voted for independence from Ukraine on Tuesday in a precursor to a referendum this weekend for the region to become part of Russia.The local assembly approved...
View ArticleMusharraf treason case: Court adjourns hearing to March 14
ISLAMABAD: The special court formed to try former president of Pakistan Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf for treason while ordering for the former military ruler to appear before it on Friday said that the...
View ArticleSwedish journalist shot dead in Kabul, two suspects arrested
KABUL: The Swedish Embassy has confirmed that a Swedish journalist has been killed in Kabul, and Afghan police say two suspects have been arrested.Embassy counselor Christian Nilsson tells The...
View ArticleIsraeli drone crashes in Gaza; airstrike kills three
GAZA: An Israeli airstrike killed three Gaza militants on Tuesday near an area where an unmanned Israeli surveillance aircraft crashed earlier in the day, a Gaza official said.The Israeli military said...
View ArticleCops escorting polio team shot dead in D I Khan
PESHAWAR: Two policemen escorting a polio vaccination team for security were shot dead in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.The two cops were...
View ArticleQaim asks chief secretary to submit report on Thar situation
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah chaired a high-level meeting, on Tuesday to identify the reasons of delay in the distribution of aid to Thar, asked Sindh Chief Secretary, Chaudhry Mohammad...
View ArticlePakistan, a committed nuclear non-proliferation state: Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday said Pakistan is a committed nuclear non-proliferation state and all its nuclear power plants as well as research reactors are under International Atomic...
View ArticleRahul Gandhi compares BJP's Modi to Hitler
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, the heir to the dynasty that leads India's ruling party, on Tuesday compared opposition leader Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler - his sharpest attack yet on a rival who is...
View ArticleTaliban committee to remain intact, says Yousuf Shah
ISLAMABAD: Member of the Taliban's mediating committee, Maulana Yousuf Shah said on Tuesday that the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan had decided to maintain its existing team for the dialogue process with...
View ArticleKP govt ready to open TTP office in Peshawar: Khattak
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak told reporters on Tuesday that his provincial government is ready to provide an office to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan...
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