Rangers join hands in relief operation for the drought-hit
BAHAWALPUR: The Desert Rangers Force has joined the civil administration in relief operation and provided drinking water to the drought-hit people of Cholistan.This was stated by Sector Commander of...
View ArticleIndian police arrest key terror suspect
NEW DELHI: Indian police Sunday said they had arrested a key terror suspect of the home-grown Islamist militant group the Indian Mujahideen, blamed for a string of deadly attacks across the country in...
View Article683 water plants to be installed across Thar, says Bilawal
KARACHI: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Peoples Party, has said the Sindh government is installing 683 solar-powered reverse osmosis plants in drought-hit areas of Thar and...
View ArticleSuccess of talks with Taliban to restore peace: PM
RAWALPINDI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is optimistic about talks with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and says its success will restore peace in the country.Speaking at the ground-breaking...
View ArticleCredibility issues hang over NA
ISLAMABAD: Both the government and opposition could face embarrassing questions of credibility about their recent conduct during the National Assembly session opening on Monday, a day after even a...
View ArticleUS landslide death toll doubles to eight
ARLINGTON: Searchers found five more bodies Sunday in the tangled sludge of a massive landslide in the northwestern state of Washington, bringing the death toll to at least eight from the wall of...
View ArticleBlast in Khyber Agency injures three
KHYBER AGENCY: At least three people were injured in a blast in the Landi Kotal Bazaar of the Khyber Agency.According to Khasadar officials, the injured in the attack were the members of a religious...
View ArticleChinese MH370 search plane finds 'suspicious objects': Xinhua
BEIJING: Chinese aircrew have spotted “suspicious objects” in the southern Indian Ocean in the search for vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the official Xinhua news agency said Monday.The “white...
View ArticleRPP case: Accountability court summons all nominated persons
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court issued its summons on Monday to all nominated persons in the next hearing of the rental power projects case, DawnNews reported.Accountability court Judge Muhammad...
View ArticleIndian Toyota workers down tools despite end to lockout
BANGALORE: Employees at Toyota's auto assembly plants in southern India failed to return to work Monday at the end of a week-long lockout after refusing to sign codes of conduct, their union...
View ArticleKP seeks Rs50bn from centre for security needs
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has sought Rs50 billion from the federal government, making a case for extra financial help to meet its security cost and police department’s needs,...
View ArticleDollar drops to Rs97
KARACHI: The US dollar plummeted to Rs97-level on Monday, continuing its depreciation from the previous week.According to forex.pk, the greenback was being bought at Rs97.70 and sold at Rs97.90 in the...
View ArticleGovt-TTP talks to discuss recovery of Shahbaz Taseer, Haider Gilani
ISLAMABAD: Rustam Shah, one of the state-committee’s members for peace talks with Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), said Monday that the government had completed its homework for pursuing talks with...
View ArticleEgypt sentences 529 Morsi supporters to death
CAIRO: A court in southern Egyptian has convicted 529 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, sentencing them to death on charges of murdering a policeman and attacking police, convicting them...
View ArticleOnly Sindh govt carrying out relief work in Thar, claims Memon
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information, Archives and Local Government Sharjeel Inam Memon on Monday said only the PPP government was carrying out relief and rehabilitation operation in the drought-hit...
View ArticleMFN status for India postponed: Nawaz
HAGUE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that the granting of Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India had been postponed.Sharif also said that the government's committee to mediate with the...
View ArticleMissing MH370 came down in Indian Ocean: Malaysian PM
KUALA LUMPUR: A new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday.The news...
View ArticleIMF releases $555.6 million third tranche to Pakistan
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved Monday a fresh aid disbursement to Pakistan after the country passed the second review of its ongoing $6.8 billion support program.The IMF...
View ArticleAl Qaeda linked group kills abducted Iranian border guard
TEHRAN: An Iranian official says an al Qaeda affiliated group has killed one of five Iranian border guards it recently kidnapped.Ali Asghar Mirshekari, a deputy provincial governor for security affairs...
View ArticlePakistan for global efforts against nuclear terrorism
THE HAGUE: Pakistan assured world community that it is considering ratification of the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) and are actively conducting a...
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