Mortar shell attack kills at least six in North Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH: At least six people were killed early on Wednesday when a mortar shell hit a house in the Shawal district of the North Waziristan region, DawnNews reported.Moreover, the dead in the incident...
View ArticlePresident defends govt for taking $1.5bn Saudi aid
ISLAMABAD: Amid controversy over $1.5 billion received by the Nawaz government from Saudi Arabia, President Mamnoon Hussain backed on Tuesday the government’s policy and expressed the hope that it...
View ArticleSenator says CII strengthening Taliban’s narrative
ISLAMABAD: Senator Farhatullah Babar addressed a round table conference titled ‘Media, Extremism and Islamic Narrative’, organised by a think-tank, Islamabad Debates, and an NGO, Insaf Network...
View ArticlePM announces commission for safety and security of journalists
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced on Wednesday the setting up of a media commission for safety and security of journalists in Pakistan."This commission will propose measures to be...
View ArticleMilitant kills self, family in North Waziristan bomb accident
MIRAMSHAH: A militant commander and five family members including a child were killed when a bomb he was tinkering with exploded at his home in northwest Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region,...
View ArticleSattar urges government to recover missing MQM workers
KARACHI: Senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar said on Wednesday that the government must fulfill its responsibility of recovering missing workers of the party, DawnNews...
View ArticleThai radar saw 'unknown aircraft' after MH370 vanished
BANGKOK: Thai radar picked up an “unknown aircraft”minutes after flight MH370 last transmitted its location but officials failed to report the findings earlier as the plane was not considered a threat,...
View ArticlePro-Moscow activists seize Ukraine navy HQ: official
SEVASTOPOL: Pro-Moscow activists overran the Ukrainian navy's headquarters in Sevastopol on Wednesday with no shots fired, Ukrainian navy spokesman Sergiy Bogdanov told AFP, whereas the activists...
View ArticleUS group highlights dangers for Pakistani journalists
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of the Committee to Protect Journalists called the conviction of six defendants accused of killing a Pakistani journalist a significant step toward ensuring reporters'...
View ArticleMissing persons: FIR to be registered against involved army-men
ISLAMABAD: The attorney general assured the Supreme Court on Wednesday that an FIR would be filed against military officers involved in the case of 35 internees missing from a Malakand internment...
View ArticlePTI leader tables resolution in PA against MQM chief's remarks
LAHORE: A Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader submitted a resolution in the Punjab Assembly secretariat on Wednesday against the statements made a day earlier by chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement...
View ArticleBalochistan seeks Islamabad’s approval for Iran ferry service
QUETTA: The government of Balochistan has formally requested Islamabad to launch ferry service for Shia pilgrims from Karachi to Iranian port Chah Bahar.A well-placed source in Balochistan Home and...
View ArticleBin Laden son-in-law tells US trial of 9/11 cave chat
NEW YORK: Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibility for masterminding 9/11 on the night of the attacks, his son-in-law said on Wednesday as he unexpectedly testified at his federal trial in New York on...
View ArticlePML-N ends boycott of Balochistan cabinet
QUETTA: After three days of tiresome negotiations, ruling Baloch nationalist group National Party (NP) persuaded its coalition partner Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to end the boycott of...
View ArticlePakistani officials reject claims of ISI handling bin Laden
ISLAMABAD: Top Pakistani intelligence officials on Wednesday rejected claims made by a British journalist that the ISI ran a special desk to handle former Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.The journalist,...
View ArticleBangladesh opposition chief to face corruption trial
DHAKA: Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia was ordered Wednesday to stand trial over charges that she and her associates embezzled more than $650,000 in a case that could see her jailed for...
View ArticlePolice refuse to register missing persons case
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have ignored a government directive to register a case about missing persons and referred it to the police station concerned in Mardan. They also intend to approach...
View ArticlePIA grounds five planes for lack of spare parts
ISLAMABAD: Five aircraft of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) fleet have been grounded because of the breakdown of supply chain of spare parts, according to inside sources.Of the five aircraft,...
View ArticlePunjab delimitation to be carried out by ECP
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has declared that the absence of local government bodies for the past nine years is against the constitution, and vested the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) with the...
View ArticleGovt finalises plan for direct talks with TTP
ISLAMABAD: The government has finalised a plan for holding direct talks with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.The new committee formed by the government to hold talks with the TTP Shura called...
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