Japan lodges protest against China ship seizure
TOKYO: Tokyo said Tuesday it has lodged a formal protest against China's seizure of a Japanese ship over unpaid bills dating back to the 1930s, in the latest row to underscore the bitter enmity between...
View ArticleJI plans Fata peace jirga in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The Jamaat-i-Islami Fata has decided to hold a peace jirga for the region at Nishtar Hall in the provincial capital on May 1.According to JI Fata chief Sahibzada Haroonur Rasheed, people from...
View ArticleHEC chairman’s appointment challenged in IHC
ISLAMABAD: The appointment of Dr Mukhtar Ahmed as the chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) was challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday.On April 15 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif...
View ArticlePunjab claims it’s coming down hard on militants
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has detained and prosecuted about 700 militants involved in sectarian violence over the last six months. In 2013, law-enforcement agencies in the province registered...
View ArticleDevelopment fund cut to meet IMF terms
ISLAMABAD: The public sector spending on federal development projects meant for improvement of the standard of living of the people lagged significantly behind targets in the first 10 months of the...
View ArticleMilitants kill three in India-held Kashmir before voting
SRINAGAR: Militants have killed two local officials and another man in India-held-Kashmir in attacks aimed at intimidating Kashmiris planning to vote in the country's election this week, police said...
View ArticlePakistan successfully test-fires Hatf III
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday conducted a successful test-fire of Short Range Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile Hatf III (Ghazanavi) which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of...
View ArticleSenators call upon ISI to cooperate with probe
ISLAMABAD: Senators called upon the country’s top intelligence agency on Monday to clear its name in cases of attacks on journalists and the matter of enforced disappearances.The role of the...
View ArticleSC suspends ECP’s Ludhianvi notification for NA-89
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday suspended Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) notification that declared Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) chief Ahmed Ludhianvi to be the winner...
View ArticlePoliceman killed during robbery attempt in Karachi
KARACHI: Two people, including a policeman, were killed and one person was reported injured in Karachi, DawnNews reported.The incident took place in the city's Garden Town near the Karachi zoo during a...
View ArticleNine suspected militants arrested from Peshawar hospital
PESHAWAR: Nine suspected militants including three injured with gunshot wounds were arrested from the Lady Reading hospital on Tuesday as they were brought to the hospital for treatment.The official...
View ArticlePTA to sue Reuters for ‘fabricated’ report on 3G auction
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top telecommunication authority has decided to take legal action against foreign news agency Reuters for trying to "sabotage" the much-awaited auction of next-generation cellphone...
View ArticleArmy chief visits ISI headquarters
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif was briefed at the headquarters of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) by the agency's top brass on the functioning of its various operations...
View ArticleNisar condemns accusations against defence institutions
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has expressed grave concern over allegations against national defence institutions following an attack on senior journalist Hamid Mir in...
View ArticleThree killed, 30 injured in Charsadda blast
PESHAWAR: At least three people were killed and several others wounded on Tuesday in an explosion near a police vehicle in Farooq Azam chowk of Tehsil Bazaar in Charsadda.According to district...
View ArticleChaman blast injures seven people
QUETTA: At least seven people were injured after a blast in Chaman near the Pak-Afghan border on Tuesday, police said.Ashraf Kakar, a police officer in Chaman told Dawn.com that militants had planted a...
View ArticleMQM to join Sindh govt today
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has decided to join the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led government in Sindh today, DawnNews reported.Two leaders belonging to the MQM, which is Karachi’s largest...
View ArticleLesco chief’s poor performance; ministry warns of ‘direct action’
LAHORE: The Water and Power Ministry has warned Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) Chief Executive Arshad Rafique that he should either “improve situation at the company, or the ministry will take...
View ArticleNAB about to finalise four more references in RPP scam
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is about to finalise four more references related to Rs82 billion Rental Power Projects (RPP) scam, according to inside sources.“Final touches are...
View ArticleFewer than 10,000 US troops to remain in Afghanistan after ’14
WASHINGTON: The number of US troops in Afghanistan may drop well below 10,000 — the minimum demanded by the US military to train Afghan forces — as the longest war in American history winds down, Obama...
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