US, Russia fail to bridge differences ahead of Crimea vote
LONDON: The United States and Russia failed on Friday to resolve a Cold-War-style crisis sparked by Moscow's military intervention in Crimea and the Ukrainian peninsula's weekend referendum on joining...
View ArticleOperation to continue till restoration of peace in Karachi: Nawaz
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday said the targeted operation against terrorists and criminals will continue indiscriminately till the restoration of peace and security in the city.Addressing...
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Blast kills 10, injures 35 in Quetta
QUETTA: A powerful explosion killed at least 10 people and injured 35 other on Friday evening in Quetta, the capital of restive Balochistan province, police said.Muhammad Jaffar, the Deputy Inspector...
View ArticleSuicide blast in Peshawar: Death toll rises to 11
PESHAWAR: The death toll from a suicide bomb attack targeting police in Peshawar earlier on Friday has now risen to 11, hospital officials said.Jamil Shah, a spokesman for the Lady Reading Hospital in...
View Article‘Taliban ready for direct talks, condemn Friday’s terror acts’
PESHAWAR: Taliban negotiators on Friday said the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leadership was ready to hold direct talks with the Pakistan government and condemned today’s terrorist incidents in...
View ArticleGas pipeline blown up in Pirkoh
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A part of the 16-inch diameter pipeline was blown up in Pirkoh gas field area of Dera Bugti district on Friday.The explosive device was placed under the pipeline which went off with...
View ArticleStrike observed in parts of Balochistan
QUETTA: Businesses in several district headquarters of the province remained closed on Friday in response to a call of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) to protest against the murder of a...
View ArticleOver 30 injured in kite-flying incidents
RAWALPINDI: More than 30 people, including women and children, were brought to different hospitals with bullet injuries, fractures, wounds and cuts they received during kite flying-related incidents on...
View ArticleOpposition seeks debate in Senate on $1.5 billion bailout
ISLAMABAD: The opposition moved an adjournment motion in the Senate on Friday according to which the government had received $1.5 billion from a Muslim country to stabilise rupee against US dollar at...
View ArticlePakistan, UK to enhance strategic ties
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United Kingdom agreed on Friday to enhance bilateral strategic relations.A joint statement issued after a meeting in London between Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign...
View ArticleAfghan council says it hasn't met Taliban released in Pakistan
KABUL: Afghanistan's High Peace Council, set up to oversee peace talks with the Taliban, has had no formal meetings with any of the 46 Taliban prisoners released in neighbouring Pakistan, an official...
View ArticleGovt employees refusing polio duty to lose job
LAKKI MARWAT: Deputy commissioner Syed Zafar Ali Shah has warned that the government employees refusing to work with polio teams would lose their jobs and be sent behind bars.Chairing a joint meeting...
View ArticleAnother missing man traced, Supreme Court told
ISLAMABAD: After suffering for more than a year the pain and agony of struggling to trace the whereabouts of her husband, Abida Malik was delighted on Friday to learn that her spouse had finally been...
View ArticleGirl was not raped, Sana tells PA
LAHORE: Law Minister Rana Sanaullah says the Muzaffargarh girl was not raped but some accused had attempted to rape her.One of the accused she had identified was a brother-in-law of her sister and both...
View ArticleDisappearance of Malaysian jet appears 'deliberate': PM
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's leader Saturday said communications aboard a missing jet were switched off and its course deliberately changed by someone on board before the aircraft disappeared a week ago,...
View ArticleShakil Afridi case: Commissioner FCR reduces sentence by 10 years
PESHAWAR: The Commissioner of Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) Captain retd Munir Azam, while announcing judgment in the Dr Shakil Afridi detention case on Saturday, reduced his conviction by 10 years...
View ArticleState Bank keeps key discount rate unchanged at 10pc
ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan kept its key discount rate unchanged at 10 per cent on Saturday, a spokesman said, following a drop in consumer prices and a rally by the rupee currency.The rupee...
View ArticleRival Lyari groups endorse peace deal: Palijo
HYDERABAD: Leaders of rival groups in Lyari, Uzair Jan Baloch and Baba Ladla, have endorsed a peace declaration to restore peace in the violence-hit area of Karachi, Qaumi Awami Tehreek (QAT) president...
View ArticleAt least 18 tribesmen abducted from Peshawar outskirts
PESHAWAR: At least 18 tribesmen were kidnapped by armed gunmen from Badhber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.The incident took place on Saturday at...
View ArticleBaloch urges politicians, civil society to join hands against terror
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has urged upon political forces and members of civil society to join their hands to eradicate the curse of terrorism and extremism from...
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