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LAHORE: While former Test captain Rashid Latif sprang a major surprise for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday, declining to accept the post of chief selector, the position the former...
View ArticlePML-N Lawyer shot dead in Karachi
KARACHI: A lawyer was shot dead on Thursday when unidentified armed men opened fire on his car in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal area, DawnNews reported.The deceased, identified as Advocate Waqar Shah, was...
View ArticleInterior ministry rules out UBA hand
ISLAMABAD: Hours after the banned United Baloch Army accepted the responsibility for the terror attack in the busy fruit and vegetable market of the federal capital, the interior ministry surprised...
View ArticleFirst major voting in India as anti-graft party faces test
NEW DELHI: Voters went to the polls in New Delhi Thursday on the first major day of India's marathon national election, with the capital a key battleground for an anti-corruption party which shot to...
View ArticlePeace in region linked to resolution of Indo-Pak disputes: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reiterated that durable peace in the region is linked to resolution of all issues and disputes between Pakistan and India.Responding to questions at the weekly news briefing in...
View ArticleIsrael, Palestinians in ‘intensive’ talks to end deadlock
JERUSALEM: Israeli and Palestinian negotiators held a fresh round of US-mediated talks Thursday to try to revive crisis-hit peace talks, officials said.“The gaps are narrowing, but any speculations...
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Even PM may become victim of PPO, warns Bilawal
Pakistan People’s Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari warned Thursday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may himself one day become a victim of the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance if it is passed in...
View ArticlePakistan attaches 'highest priority' to relations with China: PM
BOAO: Describing Pakistan's friendship with China as an exemplary inter-state relationship, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday stressed that Pakistan attaches the highest priority to its relations...
View ArticlePCB announces 'conditional' support for 'Big Three'
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced its conditional support to the International Cricket Council (ICC) revamp which rests power in the hands of India, Australia and England in the...
View ArticlePakistan-Iran ties in good shape, says FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that Pak-Iran relations were in good shape despite the now resolved issue of kidnapping of Iranian border guards.“Pakistan-Iran relations, as I said in...
View ArticleDelhi records high turnout in elections
NEW DELHI: The third leg of India’s nine-stage polls registered a high voter turnout in Delhi on Thursday while the southern state of Kerala, a comfort zone for mainstream communists, and some...
View ArticlePower shortage leads to 12-18 hours of loadshedding
LAHORE: With mercury inching towards 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of the country and water discharge from two major dams reduced because of low irrigation requirements, electricity shortage shot to...
View ArticleUS, Pakistan review plan to expand trade, investment
WASHINGTON: The United States and Pakistan have held initial discussions on a joint plan to expand trade and investment flows over the next five years, says a statement issued on Thursday.“With the...
View Article3G, 4G licences auction hits snags
ISLAMABAD: The auction of 3G and 4G licences has hit snags just two weeks before going under the hammer.To the shock of the Ministry of Information Technology, the Senate Standing Committee on Thursday...
View ArticleInvestigators collecting information to verify UBA claim
ISLAMABAD: Investigators are collecting details to verify the United Baloch Army’s claim that it carried out Wednesday’s explosion in Islamabad’s fruit and vegetable market in which 24 people were...
View ArticleIraq scrambles to fight polio surge amid conflict
BAGHDAD: Across parts of Iraq, medical teams in white coats and gloves again roam the streets giving children polio vaccines and marking the walls of their homes, fighting a resurgent virus once more...
View ArticleS. Arabia has no hidden agenda, says ambassador
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador Ali Saeed Asseri, who remained Saudi Arabia’s envoy to Pakistan for nine years, is returning to Islamabad for a second stint.Mr Asseri will succeed Abdul Aziz Al-Ghadeer who would...
View ArticleIndian party leader sparks backlash over rape remarks
NEW DELHI: The mother of a student who was fatally gang-raped on a bus led the outrage Friday against an Indian political leader who described three convicted multiple rapists as “poor fellows” who had...
View ArticleTTP shura may decide fate of truce today
KARACHI: The ceasefire announced by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on March 1 for a month and later extended by 10 days ended on Thursday with no word whether it would hold any further. TV...
View ArticleRawalpindi district court attack kills at least two
RAWALPINDI: At least two people were killed and several injured on Friday in an incident of indiscriminate firing on a local district court in the garrison city, DawnNews reported.According to police...
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