JI wants permanent TTP ceasefire
RAWALPINDI: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has called for the announcement of a permanent ceasefire by the Taliban and urged the government to make every effort to continue peace talks.“We want permanent...
View ArticleMusharraf likely to skip court hearings
ISLAMABAD: Former president retired General Pervez Musharraf will stay in Karachi for an indefinite period during which he will not attend court hearings of any case against him.“He will not attend...
View ArticleDoctors see Musharraf at his daughter’s home
KARACHI: A team of doctors from the PNS Shifa hospital conducted a preliminary medical check-up of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf at his daughter’s home in Karachi, where he is staying,...
View ArticleIMF not satisfied with bill on ‘SBP autonomy’
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is said to have reservations over a government bill seeking greater autonomy for the State Bank.Informed sources told Dawn that the IMF was of the...
View ArticleHamid Mir ‘stable’ after surgery
KARACHI: Senior journalist and GeoNews anchorperson Hamid Mir was stable on Sunday after doctors at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) took out three of the six bullets after a successful surgery...
View ArticleSelf-immolation case: SC orders inquiry by sessions judge
LAHORE: Hearing a suo motu case related to the self-immolation of an alleged rape victim in Muzaffargarh in the Supreme Court’s Lahore Registry Monday, Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani rejected...
View ArticleThree people gunned down in Quetta
QUETTA: Armed motorcyclists killed three people on Quetta’s Munir Mengal Road on Monday, the police said.Superintendent of Police (SP) Sariab road area Imran Qureshi told Dawn.com that armed...
View ArticleSHC seeks reply from govt, FIA over Musharraf's ECL plea
ISLAMABAD: The Sindh High Court has issued notices to the government and Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) over former president Musharraf’s application seeking removal of his name from the Exit...
View ArticleSyria presidential vote on June 3: parliament speaker
DAMASCUS: Syria will hold presidential elections that are expected to return President Bashar al-Assad to office on June 3, the country's parliamentary speaker said Monday.As lawmakers met to hear the...
View ArticleFive killed, one injured in Karachi violence
**KARACHI: Five people were killed and one injured in different incidents of violence in Karachi, DawnNews reported.Four bodies were recovered near Dhabeji area of Karachi’s National Highway. The...
View ArticleCountry cannot afford dictatorship: Khursheed
LAHORE: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah has said the country cannot afford a dictatorship and that the judiciary will not endorse any ‘misadventure’.“The current...
View ArticleGuddu Power Plant: PM launches commissioning of additional units
GUDDU: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday inaugurated commissioning of additional power units at the Guddu Thermal Power Plant, which will add another 747 MW to the national grid at a cost of Rs 60...
View ArticleBlast injures three in Chaman
QUETTA: Three people, including two women, were injured on Monday in a blast in Chaman, the southwestern Pakistani town sharing the border with Afghanistan, police said.Unknown militants had planted a...
View ArticleWomen desks to be set up at all 500 KP police stations: CM
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has announced that women police desks would be established at all 500 police stations of the province to facilitate the province's female...
View ArticleSenate committee resolution seeks to lift Youtube ban
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s standing committee on Human Rights on Monday approved a resolution that seeks to unblock the popular video-sharing website Youtube in Pakistan.The video-sharing website has been...
View ArticleTreat the disease, not the diseased, says PM on Karachi situation
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting on Karachi's law and order situation at the Jinnah International Airport on Monday during which he directed authorities to treat the disease and...
View ArticleThree SC judges named for commission to probe attack on Hamid Mir
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani on Monday approved three names of Supreme Court judges for the judicial commission to probe the attack on senior journalist and...
View ArticlePTI failed to bring change in KP: Khurshid
MINGORA: Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah said here on Monday that Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf failed to bring changes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...
View ArticleGwadar to be functional in five years: Fatemi
KARACHI: The Nawaz Sharif government envisages not only a motorway from Gwadar to Karachi, but also an airport, a hospital, a university and a technical institute, with the objective of turning Gwadar...
View ArticleMalik urges govt not to free convicted Taliban
ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister Rehman Malik has urged the government not to release those Taliban who have been convicted in different cases.Talking to reporters after a meeting of the PPP’s...
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