‘Pakistan must break alleged links with Afghan insurgents’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan must break alleged links with any Afghan insurgents if it is to adhere to Article 40 of the Constitution, said an opposition lawmaker in the Senate on Friday.Opposition lawmakers...
View ArticleNawaz vows to spend $1.6bn on Balochistan development
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that US $1.6 billion will be spent on different development projects in Balochistan, with Gawadar being developed as a model city.Addressing the...
View ArticlePolice arrest six suspected LJ militants
ISLAMABAD: Police said on Friday they have arrested six men suspected of being behind a string of high-profile killings and assassination attempts linked to a banned sectarian group.The arrests are a...
View ArticleSC declares appointment of NAB chief legal
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Friday declared the appointment of Qamar Zaman Chaudhry as Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as legal.A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice...
View ArticleKhawaja Asif takes U-turn, calls Pakistan Army an asset
ISLAMABAD: Calling his past statements on the Pakistan Army a mistake, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif in a statement said that a strong and respected army is a national asset.“In the last couple of...
View ArticleGovt to hold fresh talks with TTP negotiators
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government is planning a fresh round of talks with Taliban negotiators at the weekend, officials said Friday, despite the militants' refusal to extend a ceasefire called to...
View ArticleDiamer-Bhasha will be top priority: new Wapda chief
LAHORE: Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) chairman-designate Zafar Mehmood has briefly explained his working agenda, putting launch and completion of the 4,500MW Diamer-Bhasha Dam project...
View ArticleEcnec okays Rs62bn projects
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Friday approved Rs62 billion worth development projects.Finance Minister Ishaq Dar chaired the meeting which approved a...
View ArticleKP industries to get cheap, uninterrupted electricity: CM
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will announce a package of incentives to boost local industries and strengthen the province’s economy. The package will include provision of cheap and...
View ArticleRussia warns US against further sanctions as Ukraine deal stalls
DONETSK: Russia said its military is massed on Ukraine's doorstep and warned against further US sanctions as a deal struck with Washington appeared to stall because of intransigence by Moscow-backed...
View ArticleNo harm in accepting Taliban demands: JI
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq says the government should give serious consideration to the Taliban demands if it does not want more bloodshed in the country.During a press conference here on...
View ArticleModi prefers defeat to communalism
NEW DELHI: In yet another sign that all may not be well with his high visibility campaign to become India’s full blown right wing prime minister, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi appeared to take a...
View ArticleSC has learnt to bolster democracy, says chief justice
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani said on Friday that the Supreme Court had learned in the post-2007 era how to exert its constitutional authority to bolster and sustain democracy.This...
View ArticleDrone kills 15 'Qaeda', three civilians in Yemen: security
SANAA: A drone strike Saturday killed 15 Al Qaeda suspects and three civilians in Yemen's central Baida province, a stronghold of the extremist group, a security official said.The jihadists were...
View ArticlePolice say two UN workers ‘likely’ abducted in Karachi
KARACHI: Police officials on Friday said two local workers of the United Nations have gone missing from Gulshan-i-Maymar neigbourhood of the port city fearing they might have been abducted, DawnNews...
View ArticleArmy to help govt eradicate polio virus in conflict zone
PESHAWAR: The recurring polio cases in North Waziristan and no vaccination there since 2012 has prompted the Pakistan Army to extend a helping hand to the government in eradication of the deadly...
View ArticleBoko Haram claims bomb attack in Nigeria's capital
MAIDUGURI: Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the deadliest attack ever in Nigeria's capital in a video obtained Saturday, as the search continued for 85 schoolgirls still missing after a mass...
View ArticleQuetta violence claims at least four lives
QUETTA: At least four people, including a police officer and a 14-year-old girl, were killed Saturday in separate incidents of violence in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.In the first reported...
View ArticleNation standing firm beside armed forces: PM
KAKUL: Addressing the passing out parade of the 129th Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Long Course on Saturday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the nation was standing firm beside the armed forces,...
View ArticleMusharraf expected to arrive in Karachi today
ISLAMABAD: Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf is expected to travel to Karachi today from Islamabad amid high security arrangements.The former president has left his farmhouse in Islamabad...
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