TTP Shura meets to discuss ceasefire extension
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A meeting of the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) Shura is underway at an undisclosed location in North Waziristan on Monday, DawnNews reported.The meeting is expected to make a formal...
View ArticleClimate change boosts conflict risk, floods, hunger: UN
YOKOHAMA: Soaring carbon emissions will amplify the risk of conflict, hunger, floods and mass migration this century, the UN's expert panel said Monday in a landmark report on the impact of climate...
View ArticleSindh Assembly demands end to CII
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly Monday demanded the disbandment of the Council of Islamic Ideology while passing a resolution to stop implementation on the CII's earlier decisions, DawnNews reported.The...
View ArticleBlast damages wall of Karachi madrassah
KARACHI: A high intensity blast shock the outer wall of a seminary located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal near Main University Road on Monday evening but no loss of life was reported.DawnNews reported that police...
View ArticlePakistan to get leftover Afghan war equipment: Defence Secretary
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Defence Asif Yasin Malik on Monday said Pakistan would be receiving the United States’ leftover military hardware after the completion of withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan...
View ArticleMusharraf indicted for treason; pleads not guilty to all charges
ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted to try former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for high treason indicted him on Monday and put the ball in the government's court in relation to the request put...
View ArticleSri Lanka pull off stunning win to enter World T20 semis
Sri Lanka breezed into the World Twenty20 semi-finals after left-arm spinner Rangana Herath bowled them to a 59-run victory over New Zealand in a decisive match in Chittagong on Monday. Playing his...
View ArticleAnother mutilated body found in Khuzdar
QUETTA: Another mutilated body was found in the Totak area of Khuzdar district on Monday, officials said. A team headed by the assistant commissioner of Khuzdar continued its search in Totak amid tight...
View ArticlePrices of petrol, other products reduced
ISLAMABAD: As a result of improvement in the value of rupee, the government on Monday announced reduction in the prices of all petroleum products with immediate effect.The prices were reduced on the...
View ArticleSC refuses to tread beyond its jurisdiction
ISLAMABAD: The Chairperson of Defence of Human Rights, Amina Masood Janjua, was left depressed and disheartened when the Supreme Court observed on Monday that it should not be pushed to tread beyond...
View ArticleHuT activists resurface in capital city
ISLAMABAD: The outlawed Hizbut Tahrir (HuT) has once again started its activities in the capital city with its activists distributing pamphlets among the citizens asking them to support the outfit for...
View ArticleRussian PM’s Crimea visit angers Ukraine
SIMFEROPOL (Crimea): Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev flaunted Russia’s grip on Crimea by flying to the region and holding a government meeting there on Monday, angering Ukraine and defying Western...
View ArticleUS ambassador Powell quits India job
NEW DELHI: US ambassador to India Nancy Powell resigned from her job on Monday amid local media speculation she was being eased out for Washington to start afresh on ties with New Delhi where a new...
View ArticlePTI warns against influencing thumb verification in NA-118
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has warned the government that its workers will take to streets and demand fresh elections if it smelled partiality in the process of verification of thumb...
View ArticleSpeculation rife on Musharraf’s possible exit from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Speculations are rife that former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf is likely to leave the country after a special aircraft of a Gulf country was spotted at the Noor Khan Airbase in...
View ArticleGangsters turn out to be former Rangers personnel
KASUR: The gunmen who had injured three officials and taken away Rs5.7 million and weapons from the Bank of Punjab in Kot Radha Kishan on Jan 6 turned out to be former Rangers’ officials.District...
View ArticleTorture didn't lead to Osama bin Laden: Senate report
WASHINGTON: A US Senate investigation concludes waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods provided no key evidence in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, according to congressional aides and...
View ArticleExplosives cache seized before Afghan elections: officials
KABUL: Afghan police seized 22 tonnes of explosives destined for use in suicide and roadside bombs, officials said Tuesday, four days before elections that Taliban insurgents have vowed to attack.The...
View ArticleMalaysia releases MH370 transcript, says nothing 'abnormal'
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities on Tuesday released the full transcript of communications between the pilots of missing Flight MH370 and air traffic controllers, saying the exchanges showed nothing...
View ArticleSeminary student gunned down in Karachi, another wounded
KARACHI: At least one person was killed and another was wounded in a gun attack in Karachi's Gulshan-i-Iqbal area on Tuesday whereas two bodies were recovered from Ghagar Phatak near Dhabeji on the...
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