Hamid Mir blames ‘ISI within ISI’ for attack
KARACHI: Senior journalist Hamid Mir, who is currently being treated after escaping an attack on his life in Karachi last week, blamed the ‘ISI within ISI’ for orchestrating the attack in an interview...
View ArticleBalloon blast victim dies
LAHORE: A 15-year-old boy, who suffered critical burns along with 40 others when gas-filled balloons exploded on April 21, died at Mayo Hospital late on Friday.Three children who had suffered three to...
View ArticleParties wary of PTI protest call
ISLAMABAD: A plan by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to launch a street campaign from May 11 is being viewed with suspicion by most of the major political parties, and even its coalition partner in...
View ArticleTTP mastermind of Dera Ismail Khan prison break killed: Police
PESHAWAR: A key commander of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was killed during a gun battle, police sources claim.The Station House officer (SHO) of Kulachi Police Station, Haroon Khan...
View ArticlePML-N yet to outlaw any terror group
ISLAMABAD: Despite the recent emergence of previously unheard of militant organisations which have claimed credit for terrorist attacks, the PML-N government has not banned a single one since coming to...
View ArticlePope Francis declares John Paul II, John XXIII saints
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed John Paul II and John XXIII the Catholic Church's newest saints at a festive ceremony joined by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims for two pontiffs who...
View ArticlePAF inducts first batch of F-16 fighter jets from Jordan
SARGODHA: Pakistan received on Sunday its first batch of F-16 fighter jets delivered from Jordan, DawnNews reported.Sources said that the Pakistan had signed a contract with Jordan for the supply of 13...
View ArticleLashkar-i-Islam threat forces tribal families to leave Bara
PESHAWAR: After threats from the Bara-based outlawed Lashkar-i-Islam, scores of Afghan and Zakakhel tribesmen from Khyber tribal region’s Bara area on Sunday have started shifting to safer...
View ArticleGovt, TTP should focus on talks and not ceasefire, says Sami
NOWSHERA: Member of the Taliban nominated negotiating committee, Maulana Samiul Haq, said on Sunday that the government and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) should focus on the peace talks rather than...
View ArticleIED blast kills three security personnel including Army officer
PESHAWAR: An improvised explosive device (IED) blast near the North and Waziristan border on Sunday killed three security personnel including an Army officer, DawnNews reported.Security sources said...
View ArticleUN urged to curb sexual violence in conflict zones
ISLAMABAD: More human and financial resources should be invested in the security sector reforms and disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration efforts to erect barriers against sexual violence in...
View ArticleFAO expresses satisfaction over increase in grain production
ISLAMABAD: With the country anticipating record production of 25.4 million tonnes of wheat this year, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has expressed satisfaction over rising cereal...
View Article1,300 Muslims leave Central African Republic capital
BANGUI: Heavily armed African and French peacekeepers escorted some of the last remaining Muslims out of Central African Republic’s volatile capital on Sunday, trucking more than 1,300 people who for...
View ArticleFormal talks yet to start, says Ibrahim
PESHAWAR: Member of the Taliban’s negotiating committee Prof Mohammad Ibrahim has said that formal talks between the government and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have yet to kick off.Talking to...
View ArticleGilani says kidnappers of his son don’t want ransom
LAHORE: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that he has been in contact with the kidnappers of his son Ali Haider over the past year but they have never demanded ransom because they are...
View ArticlePTA ordered to curtail use of Afghan SIMs
ISLAMABAD: The government has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to curtail the operations of Afghan cellular phones in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and parts of...
View ArticleIMF asks govt to raise age of retirement
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund has advised the government to increase the retirement age and contain pensions bill as part of a reform programme.Pakistan’s federal expenditure on salaries...
View ArticleSC seeks plan for extradition of two fugitives from UAE
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court asked the interior ministry on Tuesday to dispatch a senior official not below the status of a joint secretary to apprise it about government’s plan for the extradition of...
View ArticleProvincial govts defaulter of Rs86.5 billion
LAHORE: The power sector’s receivables increased by a staggering Rs92.24 billion to Rs503.257bn from Rs411.013bn during the first nine months of the current fiscal year. The amount works out to be...
View ArticlePolice detain over 500 in Kashmir before voting
SRINAGAR: Police in India-held Kashmir have detained more than 500 residents as well as leaders before the latest round of voting in the disputed region, officers and Kashmiri groups said on...
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