Gilani, Ashraf exempted from appearance in accountability court
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court here on Friday exempted two former prime ministers – Yousuf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervez Ashraf – from appearing before it in Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra)...
View ArticleEarth Hour to be observed this evening
ISLAMABAD: Lights will go off in about 7,000 cities around the world, including in Pakistan, for Saturday’s Earth Hour event, according to its organisers.The event would be observed in more than 150...
View ArticlePhase I of Dasu power project approved
ISLAMABAD: The government cleared on Friday the Rs486 billion first phase of the Dasu Hydropower Project to pave the way for approval of a $700 million loan by the board of directors of the World...
View ArticleGovt-TTP peace negotiators meet today
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has convened a meeting of the committees representing the government and the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) here on Saturday...
View ArticleObama meets Saudi woman activist after reassuring king on ties
RIYADH: US President Barack Obama met a Saudi women’s rights activist on Saturday, the same day women have pledged to defy a driving ban, as he wrapped up a reassurance visit to the longtime ally.In...
View ArticleMQM elements involved in extortion, killings, alleges Shahzad
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s senior leader Saleem Shahzad dropped a bombshell on Friday soon after his membership had been suspended and said that several elements within the party were involved...
View Article4pc for education in GDP by 2018: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Saturday unveiled his government’s plan to launch a countrywide literacy movement to ensure enrolment of every child in the school, by...
View ArticleShahzaib Bajwa's family sues Minnesota hospital, doctor
MINNEAPOLIS: The family of a Pakistani student who made headlines earlier this year because he faced possible deportation while receiving medical care after a serious car accident is now suing a...
View ArticleSix mortar shells fired from Afghanistan land into N. Waziristan
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Six mortar shells fired from Afghanistan fell into North Waziristan’s Ghulam Khan Tehsil area on Saturday, DawnNews reported.According to security sources, six mortar shells fired...
View Article‘CNG outlets to remain open seven days a week in Punjab’
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to salvage world’s biggest Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) industry and mitigate sufferings of the masses, the federal government on Saturday announced to supply uninterrupted CNG for...
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Militants attack Afghan election headquarters in Kabul
KABUL: Insurgents wearing burqas unleashed rockets and gunfire on the Afghan election commission’s headquarters in Kabul on Saturday, in the latest major assault on the city one week before polling...
View ArticlePeshawar to vaccinate 750,000 children against polio
PESHAWAR: Health teams will Sunday launch a drive to vaccinate some 750,000 children in the troubled northwest, with thousands of police guarding against attacks by militants who claim the polio...
View ArticleMilitant attack at Pasni radar-post kills one in Balochistan
QUETTA: An armed militant attack at Pasni Radar-Post in Balochistan's volatile Mekran belt near Pakistan's port city of Gwadar left one personnel dead, a senior official said on Saturday.The militants...
View ArticleMinor girl killed, 15 injured in Quetta explosion
QUETTA: A minor girl was killed and 15 others injured Saturday in a powerful explosion on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of restive Balochistan province, police said.Imran Qureshi, the...
View ArticleEphedrine-likescam unearthed, probe ordered
ISLAMABAD: The government has unearthed an ephedrine-like scam involving misuse of quotas for import of restricted substances by about two dozen industrial firms and tax machinery that may have...
View ArticleBenazir Bhutto murder trial lingers on
ISLAMABAD: Threats to the prosecutors, police officers and the judge, have further delayed the conclusion of the six year old pending trial of the assassination of the former prime minister, Benazir...
View ArticleECL in focus as Musharraf’s mother hospitalised
ISLAMABAD: After 95-year-old Zarin Musharraf, mother of the former military ruler, was admitted to the W.W. Wilson Hospital in Sharjah on Saturday, his sympathisers here speeded up efforts for removal...
View ArticleGovt, TTP agree to extend truce
ISLAMABAD: The committees representing the government and the Taliban agreed on Saturday to extend the ceasefire and take measures to speed up the dialogue process.At a joint meeting, presided over by...
View ArticleUS won’t give leftover military hardware to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The United States has said it will not give Pakistan its leftover military hardware after the completion of withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan later this year.“United States...
View ArticleErdogan implores voters to ‘Ottoman slap’ his foes
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out on Saturday at his political enemies over a spate of damning online leaks, in passionate speeches on the eve of crucial local...
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