Army to take over security of polio teams in KP
ISLAMABAD: In a major development, the Pakistan army was asked to assist the civilian government by taking over security of polio eradiction teams in militancy-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.A meeting...
View ArticleTeen in 'Jihad Jane' case sentenced to five years in prison
PHILADELPHIA: A Pakistani immigrant who is the youngest person ever convicted of US terror charges was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to taking part in a plan to...
View ArticleFO rejects UK criticism on rights
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office sharply reacted on Thursday to Britain’s ‘Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report’ that marked Pakistan as a country of concern and rejected the criticism as...
View ArticleSC takes up issue of deserted children’s adoption
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has enlisted the assistance of keen legal minds as it seeks to answer key questions about the rights and modalities of adoption for parentless or deserted children in...
View ArticleUS settlement reached to sell Iran-owned skyscraper in New York
NEW YORK: US prosecutors unveiled plans Thursday to sell an Iran-owned Manhattan skyscraper in the largest terror-related seizure ever, and distribute proceeds to families affected by attacks linked to...
View ArticleMilitancy brings the curtain down on 13 Peshawar schools, PA told
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday admitted in the provincial assembly that 13 primary and middle schools for boys and girls had been shut down on the outskirts of Peshawar due to...
View Article14 dead, 10 injured in road crash
DERA GHAZI KHAN: A bus ran over 24 people standing by Indus Highway at Notak Adda on Thursday. Of them 14 died at the crash scene while 10 sustained injuries, Kot Chhutta police said.The people who...
View ArticleAt least 58 killed in attack on UN base in South Sudan: UN
JUBA: At least 58 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded in Thursday's attack on a UN base in South Sudan sheltering thousands of displaced civilians, a UN official said.“Forty-eight...
View ArticleLHC quashes contempt of court plea against PM
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday dismissed a contempt of court petition against the prime minister on grounds of immunity under Article 248 of the Constitution.A citizen named Syed Iqtidar...
View ArticleJUI-F warns govt over ‘move to ban’ seminaries
KARACHI: Leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Thursday staged a rally to protest against what they called a move to ban madressahs in Sindh and said they would establish seminaries at...
View ArticleIndia's election commission lifts ban on top Modi aide
NEW DELHI: India's election commission has lifted a ban on a top aide of Hindu nationalist opposition leader Narendra Modi that had threatened to hobble his efforts to win votes in the country's most...
View ArticleAvalanche on Everest kills 12, three missing
KATMANDU: An avalanche swept down a climbing route on Mount Everest early Friday, killing at least 12 Nepalese guides and leaving three missing in the deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak.The...
View ArticleTaliban inmates break out of Afghan prison
KABUL: An official says three Taliban insurgents escaped from a prison in northern Afghanistan using weapons smuggled into the facility in a jailbreak that killed three police guards.A spokesman for...
View ArticleFederal cabinet meeting approves import of electricity, LNG
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet held a meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday with the premier taking the ministers into confidence of decisions taken during yesterday’s...
View ArticleMQM holds protests as two more bodies recovered
KARACHI: Two trussed-up bodies of missing Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers were recovered near Korangi Creek in Karachi's Qayyumabad area on Friday, DawnNews reported.The workers, identified as...
View ArticleBoat capsizes in Indonesia; seven dead, 30 rescued
KUPANG: Police say a boat loaded with people in a Good Friday procession has capsized in eastern Indonesia, and at least seven people have died. Rescuers and fishermen saved 30 injured people and were...
View ArticleOne security man killed, two injured in attack near Peshawar
PESHAWAR: A security man was killed and two others were injured Friday as militants attacked a security forces’ vehicle on Frontier road on the outskirts of Peshawar.The Deputy Superintendent of Police...
View ArticleBombers’ trail leads to arrests from guava farm in south Punjab
ISLAMABAD: Investigators have picked up the trail of the guava crates that housed the explosives used in the Sabzi Mandi bombing and traced them back to the south Punjab town of Qabola.According to...
View ArticleGovt moves PPO in Senate amid protests
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday moved the Protection of Pakistan Bill, 2014 before the Senate accompanied with strong protests from the joint opposition in the Upper House.Minister for...
View ArticleCourt rejects Musharraf's petition against prosecutor's appointment
ISLAMABAD: The special court, which was hearing the treason case against former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, rejected his application Friday in which he had challenged the appointment of...
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