Several killed in latest Waziristan militant infighting
PESHAWAR: Several are being reported killed in infighting between two distraught Tehreek-i-Taliban factions between whom fighting intensified on Friday in Waziristan.The clash started between the two...
View ArticleSeveral TTP militants killed in latest Waziristan infighting
PESHAWAR: Several are being reported killed in infighting between two distraught Tehreek-i-Taliban factions between whom fighting intensified on Friday in Waziristan.Both factions are part of the...
View ArticleJUI-F announces withdrawal from government
ISLAMABAD: A spokesperson of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Jan Muhammad Khan Achakzai, announced on Friday the party's decision to withdraw from the federal government saying that they had...
View Article'ICC president in 2015 will be from Pakistan'
LAHORE: Pakistan cricket chief Najam Sethi said on Friday his country will get eight years of series, including with archrivals India, earning $300 million, after agreeing to the revamp of the game's...
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Army chief sees multidimensional security threats to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Friday said that multidimensional security threats faced by the country require a high state of preparedness at all times.General Sharif was...
View ArticleMyanmar dailies in protest against sentencing of journalists
YANGON: Several private newspapers in Myanmar printed black front pages on Friday in protest against the recent arrests and sentencing of journalists, in the latest sign the country’s media climate is...
View ArticleUS refuses visa for Iran’s UN envoy
WASHINGTON: The United States, in a rare diplomatic rebuke, will not grant a visa to Tehran's pick for envoy to the United Nations, the Obama administration said on Friday.The move could complicate...
View ArticleNo gas: Punjab textile units on verge of closure
LAHORE: Battered by gas shortages, rising exchange rate and high cost of electricity, Punjab’s textile industry is verging on closure. A good number of factories, small and large, are claimed to have...
View ArticleMinistry’s take on power crisis
ISLAMABAD: Responding to a report on power crisis, a Ministry of Water and Power spokesman said on Friday total generation on Thursday remained 9600 to 10,100 MW during the peak hours, whereas the...
View ArticleArmed men seize police department in east Ukraine: minister
KIEV: Armed men have seized a police department in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Saturday, the latest public building to be taken over in the east as...
View ArticleIFC to help Pakistan offset effects of Disney ban
WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has discussed with the International Finance Corporation a programme that could help offset Walt Disney's decision to discontinue outsourcing to Pakistan, says a...
View ArticleOpposition formulates plan to block PPO in Senate
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties finalised on Friday their plan to block the Pakistan Protection Ordinance (PPO) in the Senate which would take up the controversial law during its session commencing on...
View ArticleKarachi raids: 310 suspects arrested
KARACHI: At least 310 suspects were arrested by Rangers’ personnel and police during separate targeted raids in different parts of Karachi on Saturday, DawnNews reported.Rangers' personnel conducted...
View ArticleRupee makes fresh gains against dollar
KARACHI: The dollar’s slide against the rupee continued on Friday as the US currency traded as low as Rs96.10 in the inter-bank and Rs98.20 in the open market.Currency dealers in the inter-bank market...
View ArticleBomb-proof wall under construction outside Musharraf's farmhouse
ISLAMABAD: In view of security threats to former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s Chak Shehzad farmhouse, a bomb-proof security wall is being constructed, DawnNews reported.Earlier today,...
View ArticleRebels kill 12 in anti-election campaign in India
PATNA: Police say Indian Maoist rebels killed 12 people in two separate attacks in the central state of Chhattisgarh as they continue a campaign of violence aimed at disrupting a five-week national...
View ArticleSix killed in Sheikhupura road accident: reports
KARACHI: At least six people were killed on Saturday when a van overturned in Sheikhupura, television reports said.Rescue efforts were launched soon after the accident.At least eight people were also...
View ArticleMusharraf’s treason trial not linked to army: Ahsan Iqbal
LAHORE: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said Saturday that former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf had remained a politician after relinquishing his position in the army and...
View ArticleCase against nine-month-old quashed
LAHORE: The lawyer of nine-month-old baby Mohammad Musa charged with attempted murder withdrew the plea for bail on Saturday after police struck off the baby's name from the first information report...
View ArticleTTP meeting discusses ceasefire amid drone flights
MIRAMSHAH: A crucial meeting of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)’s shura was held at an undisclosed place in North Waziristan on Friday to decide about extending or ending the ceasefire as...
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