ECP de-notifies PML-N lawmaker from Shikarpur
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) de-notified on Friday PML-N lawmaker from Shikarpur Dr Mohammad Ibrahim Jatoi and is likely to announce next week schedule for re-voting at 21...
View ArticleCouple caught trying to steal newborn baby
RAWALPINDI: A couple, allegedly caught red-handed while trying to steal a newborn baby from the gynaecology ward of the Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) on Thursday night was sent to jail by a local court...
View ArticleNepra approves KE project
KARACHI: The K-Electric has announced that the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved the ‘Licensee Proposed Modification’ (LPM) sent by the KE regarding its coal conversion...
View ArticleCouple sentenced to death for blasphemy
TOBA TEK SINGH: A local court sentenced on Friday a Christian couple to death for blasphemy and fined them Rs100,000 each.Shafqat Maseeh, watchman of Gojra’s Saint Cathedral School, and his wife...
View ArticleFamily arrested for setting maid ablaze
LAHORE: Millat Park police claim to have arrested a man and his four family members on Friday who allegedly set their 14-year-old maid on fire after subjecting her to severe torture three days ago.The...
View ArticleNext steps for process of dialogue with Taliban discussed
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met his national security team on Friday to discuss steps to be taken for the dialogue process with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).Interior...
View ArticleMove to raise tariff for coal-fired power plants
ISLAMABAD: Amid the government’s rush for coal-fired power plants, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) is under pressure to increase upfront tariff for such plants by 30 per cent...
View ArticleImran defuses crisis within party
ISLAMABAD: Months-long infighting in the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa witnessed a drop scene on Friday. An estranged 13-member group of PTI’s provincial lawmakers met party chairman...
View ArticleLIVE: Polling underway in historic Afghan elections
Millions of Afghans are expected to brave Taliban threats Saturday to vote for a successor to President Hamid Karzai in a landmark election held as US-led forces wind down their long intervention in...
View ArticleGovt claim of TTP prisoners release holds no truth: Yousuf Shah
PESHAWAR: Coordinator of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) committee Maulana Yousuf Shah on Saturday said the news of the release of 19 non-combatant Taliban from the government side held no truth...
View ArticleCleric murder: Musharraf's plea for permanent exemption rejected
ISLAMABAD: Hearing the Ghazi Rasheed murder case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, an additional district and sessions’ judge in Islamabad rejected the retired general's application...
View ArticleBlast injures four in Jaffarabad
JAFFARABAD: At least four people were injured when militants hurled a hand grenade at a shop in Balochistan's Jaffarabad district on Saturday, police said.Muhammad Ayub, a police official, told...
View ArticleTurkey keeps YouTube ban after court backtrack
ISTANBUL: YouTube will remain blocked in Turkey, despite the end to a similar controversial ban on Twitter, after a court backtracked on an earlier ruling to grant access to the video-sharing site.The...
View ArticleMengal slams govt over Taliban talks, Baloch alienation
ISLAMABAD: Criticising Islamabad’s dialogue process with Taliban militants, former chief minister and Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) chief, Sardar Akhtar Mengal on Saturday lamented that the...
View ArticleMamnoon visits army rehabilitation institute
RAWALPINDI: President Mamnoon Hussain has welcomed the initiative aimed at expanding the scope of the Armed Forced Institute of Rehabilitation Medicines (AFIRM) to accommodate more civilian cases.Mr...
View ArticlePolitical interference continues in KP education dept
PESHAWAR: Political interference in the affairs of education department has not stopped yet despite claims by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led provincial government to the contrary, according to...
View ArticleIsraeli negotiator says peace talks are in crisis
JERUSALEM: Israel's chief negotiator in peace talks with the Palestinians says the talks are in “crisis” but must continue. Tzipi Livni spoke to Channel 2 TV on Saturday after a week that saw the...
View ArticleAfghans hail peaceful election, high turnout
KABUL: Afghans celebrated a largely peaceful election on Saturday, as turnout exceeded predictions despite Taliban threats to disrupt the vote to choose President Hamid Karzai's successor.Long queues...
View ArticleChinese, Iranian indicted in US over exports ‘linked to N-arms’
WASHINGTON: A Chinese man, an Iranian and two Iranian firms were charged in the United States with conspiring to export devices to Iran that can serve to enrich uranium, an indictment unsealed on...
View ArticlePensioners, women lose millions to illegal mudarba firms
ATTOCK: The dream (or greed) to become rich overnight often leaves people even deprived of their lifetime savings.Khan Badshah of the Attock district faced a similar situation. The 53-year-old has been...
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