Rs20.5m released to govt lawyers in high treason case, NA told
ISLAMABAD: Though thick clouds continue to shroud the final destiny of former President retired General Pervez Musharraf facing the ‘high treason’ trial, lawyers representing the government in the case...
View ArticleNine pre-qualify for Islamabad portion of metro bus project
RAWALPINDI: Five construction companies and four joint ventures have pre-qualified for the construction of the 14.6 kilometre long Islamabad portion of the Metro Bus Project.The Rawalpindi Development...
View ArticleGovt to oppose handover of BB jewellery
ISLAMABAD: A letter written by PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari to the Swiss authorities to seek return of confiscated jewellery of his late wife Benazir Bhutto is set to spark a legal battle in Switzerland...
View ArticleEgypt's Sisi announces run for presidency
CAIRO: Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday he had quit the military to run for president and vowed to rid the country of “terrorism” almost nine months after he toppled its elected...
View ArticleTribunal orders thumbprints verification for NA-40
PESHAWAR: An election tribunal ordered on Thursday the thumbprint verification of votes in twelve polling stations of NA-40, DawnNews reported.The election tribunal in Peshawar heard the case relating...
View ArticleAttack on polio team kills policeman in Balochistan
QUETTA: At least one police man was killed on Thursday when suspected militants attacked a polio team in Balochistan's Loralai district, police said.Shah Muhammad, a police official told Dawn.com that...
View ArticleGovt team briefs Nisar over meeting with Taliban Shura
ISLAMABAD: The government's committee to mediate talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday met with Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and briefed him over yesterday's...
View ArticleSyria forces in heavy counterattack on rebels in Latakia
AL BASSIT: Syrian government forces intensified their shelling Wednesday of positions seized by rebels in the coastal province of Latakia, focusing on the Kasab border crossing into Turkey, an army...
View ArticleNo intel shared by US on militants moving to Syria: FO
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam on Thursday said the United States had not provided any intelligence to the government which could establish that militants were travelling from...
View ArticleMusharraf case: Justice Arab hasn’t recused; arrest order stands
ISLAMABAD: Justice Faisal Arab of the Sindh High Court on Thursday excused himself from today's hearing of the treason case against former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf but later had to issue...
View ArticleIMF agrees to $14-18bn bailout deal for Ukraine, US hails support
ROME: The White House on Thursday hailed the promise of an International Monetary Fund bailout for Ukraine, saying it was a key part of a package of aid to help political and economic transition in the...
View ArticleTaliban demand release of 300-400 prisoners: Sami
NOWSHERA: Member of the Taliban nominated negotiating committee Maulana Samiul Haq said Thursday that the militant group has demanded the release of up to 400 prisoners, DawnNews reported. Speaking to...
View ArticleTTP does not want to enforce Shariah at gunpoint, says Imran
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan said Thursday that Taliban did not want to enforce Shariah in the country at gunpoint but wanted to liberate it from the US war, DawnNews...
View ArticleFive killed, 15 injured as bus overturns in central Punjab
TOBA TEK SINGH: At least five people were killed and 15 other sustained injuries when a passenger bus overturned on a main thoroughfare in Kamalia district of central Punjab, officials said...
View ArticleMamnoon reaffirms complete support for stable Afghanistan
KABUL: Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday reaffirmed his country’s full support for stable Afghanistan and expressed solidarity with the Afghan people in their pursuit of peace and...
View ArticlePFF invites Maradona to develop football in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's football chiefs Thursday invited Diego Maradona to visit the country after the Argentina legend disparagingly compared his own association to the South Asian nation's.The...
View ArticleTurkey bans YouTube after Syria security talk leaked
ANKARA: Turkey banned YouTube on Thursday after the video-sharing website was used to spread damaging leaked audio files from a state security meeting that discussed possible military action in...
View ArticleUN rejects Russian annexation of Crimea
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a Western-backed resolution declaring Crimea's breakaway referendum illegitimate and refusing to recognise Russia's annexation of the...
View ArticleBlasphemy: Christian sentenced to death in Joseph Colony case
LAHORE: A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for blasphemy Thursday, his lawyer said, over an incident that triggered a riot in the country's second-largest city.Sawan Masih was...
View ArticleShahbaz takes notice of LeJ threat to Bilawal
KARACHI: Taking notice of a tweet by PPP Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in which he said that he received a threatening letter from banned Lashkar-e-Jahngvi (LeJ), Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz...
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