PAC chief comes under criticism over hasty decisions
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly, Syed Khursheed Shah of the PPP, ‘settled’ rather hastily two audit objections on Tuesday about a power project,...
View ArticleDeaths of Thar children not due to drought: CM
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah brushed aside on Tuesday the allegations of slackness, negligence and incompetence of his government in meeting the challenge of the Tharparkar drought...
View ArticleMH370 relatives stage Beijing march against Malaysia
BEIJING: Emotional relatives of Chinese passengers on crashed Flight MH370 scuffled with guards outside Malaysia's embassy on Tuesday and abused the ambassador, demanding answers about the plane's...
View ArticleWomen MPAs design gender responsive plans
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly women lawmakers have developed programmes for political and economic empowerment of their gender for inclusion in the 2014-15 Annual Development Programme.They...
View ArticleOver 22,500 Thar families still without relief supplies, SHC told
KARACHI: Expressing extreme annoyance over the provincial government failure to supply food and relief to the people in drought-hit parts of Tharparkar, the Sindh High Court on Monday directed the...
View ArticleGovt wants 2 military officers tried under army act, SC told
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that the federal government wanted two serving military officers tried under the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) 1952 for their alleged involvement in...
View ArticleMinister appeases hardliners on child marriage bill
ISLAMABAD: The religious affairs minister on Tuesday seemed appeasing mullahs who failed to stop the introduction of a private bill in the National Assembly that seeks to make child marriage a...
View ArticleTribunal terms elections in PP-136 illegal, orders re-poll
LAHORE: An election tribunal on Wednesday ordered re-election on the Punjab Assembly seat of PP-136 (Narowal) after declaring illegal the result of the May 2013 polls held in the constituency, DawnNews...
View ArticleTreason case a matter of eight to 10 days, says prosecutor
ISLAMABAD: The special court formed to try former president Pervez Musharraf for treason resumed its hearing on Wednesday during which chief prosecutor, Akram Shaikh, said that in light of the...
View ArticleBangladesh flag ban against spirit of cricket: Younis
KARACHI: Former Pakistani players Wednesday hit out after Bangladesh banned their own fans from waving non-Bangladeshi flags at the ongoing World Twenty20 tournament.Hosts Bangladesh issued the order...
View ArticleOpposition lawmakers demand briefing on foreign policy shift
ISLAMABAD: Legislators belonging to opposition parties on Wednesday criticized the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government's foreign policy in the National Assembly seeking a categorical...
View ArticleAnother candidate withdraws from Afghan presidential race
KABUL: The grandson of Afghanistan’s last king pulled out of the country’s presidential race on Wednesday and backed a candidate increasingly seen as the choice of outgoing President Hamid Karzai.The...
View ArticleKhuzdar graves: AG Punjab summoned for delay in DNA report
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that a four-month time period was not acceptable for carrying out DNA tests, of samples taken from the bodies recovered from a mass grave in Khuzdar and...
View ArticleFirst round of direct talks between govt, TTP concludes
PESHAWAR: The first round of direct peace talks between the government and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leadership concluded on Wednesday, with both the sides reportedly reaching an agreement...
View ArticlePakistan desires best relations with India: Shahbaz
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif Wednesday said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif desires the best relationship with the neighbouring...
View ArticleModi launches anti-Pakistan assault on AAP
Indian prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a direct attack on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal, calling him one of the three 'AKs' popular in Pakistan.The BJP...
View ArticleNo conditions attached to $1.5 billion grant, says finance minister
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday categorically stated that the grant of $1.5 billion from a ‘friendly country’ was without any conditions attached to it.Making a policy statement in...
View ArticleMamnoon to visit Kabul as tensions simmer after hotel attack
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain will visit Kabul on Thursday to participate in the Nowruz festival, his first visit to Afghanistan since taking office in September, Pakistan's Foreign...
View ArticleAl Qaeda militants moving from Pakistan to set up in Syria: NYT
A New York Times report has claimed that Al Qaeda militants and planners travelled from Pakistan to Syria where they are seeking to establish a base in order to carry out strikes against the United...
View ArticleIran warns Pakistan after abducted border guard feared killed
TEHRAN: Tehran on Wednesday issued a warning to Islamabad after reports emerged that an Iranian soldier abducted and taken across the border into Pakistan by the militants had been executed.President...
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