Efforts to sell small arms and jets to S. Arabia underway: Aziz
Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said in an interview with the BBC that Pakistan was making efforts to sell small arms and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia...
View ArticleCivil-military leadership on same page over internal security: Asif
ISLAMABAD: Federal Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Wednesday that both political and armed forces’ leadership was on the same page over all matters including the internal security...
View ArticleGovt rejects Musharraf's petition to strike name off ECL
ISLAMABAD: The government has rejected former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s application seeking removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL), DawnNews reported.The Interior...
View ArticleTaliban leadership divided on extending ceasefire
PESHAWAR: Due to prevailing difference of opinion among their ranks, the Pakistani Taliban have not extended a month-long ceasefire but are still open to pursuing peace talks with the government, a...
View ArticleSpy agency DG fails to appear in court
ISLAMABAD: Citing security reason, director general of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) did not appear before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday in a missing person case.The IHC, however,...
View ArticleFour dead, including gunman, at Fort Head: officials
FORT HOOD: A gunman opened fire Wednesday at the US Army’s Fort Hood in an attack that left four dead, including the shooter, law enforcement officials said.One of the officials, citing official...
View ArticlePTI ready to hold LG polls in KP on 30th
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, the ruling party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, announced here on Wednesday that it was ready to hold local government elections in the province on April 30, putting the...
View ArticleGovt may rely on majority for controversial bill
ISLAMABAD: A much awaited standing committee report on a controversial bill seeking to tighten terrorism prosecution came to the National Assembly on Wednesday, indicating the government will press its...
View ArticlePower tariff raised for Karachi
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved up to 70 per cent increase in electricity tariff for Karachi-Electric consumers.Through a series of tariff...
View ArticleMusharraf’s convoy escapes blast in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: A powerful explosion on Thursday hit Faizabad bridge just after the convoy of the former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf passed from it, DawnNews reported.Musharraf was being shifted...
View ArticleTwitter still blocked in Turkey despite court order
ANKARA: Turkey's government faced growing pressure Thursday to quickly implement a top court order to unblock Twitter, which it had banned after damaging leaks had spread on the social media site.Prime...
View ArticleMusharraf moves SC to strike name off ECL
ISLAMABAD: A petition was submitted in the Supreme Court Thursday seeking removal of ex-army strongman Pervez Musharraf’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL), DawnNews reported.Advocate Shah Khawar...
View ArticleWe must learn to accept defeat, Hafeez tells emotional fans
Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez called on his compatriots not to be bad losers and accept victory and defeat in the same manner after his team crashed out of the World Twenty20 tournament in...
View ArticleIraq forces kill dozens of militants near Baghdad: ministry
BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces killed more than 40 militants on Thursday in clashes in a town southwest of Baghdad, the interior ministry said in a statement.The firefight in the town of Yusifiyah also...
View ArticleAnalysis: Trouble brewing within PTI in KP
Eleven months in power, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is already in trouble.The number of PTI dissident members in the provincial assembly has now risen to 20 — with more...
View ArticleUS secretly built 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest
WASHINGTON: The US government masterminded the creation of a ''Cuban Twitter'', a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba, built with secret shell companies and...
View ArticlePakistan to tighten border for Afghan elections
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will increase security along its border with Afghanistan, the foreign ministry announced Thursday, as its neighbour heads into presidential elections this weekend that Taliban...
View ArticleNisar hopeful of progress in talks with Taliban
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday expressed optimism about progress in talks with the Pakistani Taliban and said a meeting would be held soon to...
View ArticlePM house denies govt release of Taliban prisoners
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government on Thursday denied reports that it has released prisoners of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a bid to revive peace talks with the militant group.“The reports...
View ArticleIran says all five abducted border guards alive
DUBAI: Iran has said five border guards kidnapped by militants are in good health, disputing a report that one of them had been killed.The guards were seized while patrolling the lawless frontier with...
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