Dozens of troops, militants killed in Yemen
ADEN: Suspected Al Qaeda militants killed 18 Yemeni soldiers in separate ambushes on Tuesday as the army launched a ground offensive against their remaining strongholds in the south, medical and...
View Article5 more polio cases emerge in Fata, KP
PESHAWAR: Four new polio cases from North Waziristan and one from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa emerged on Tuesday, bringing total number of countrywide affected children to 58, this year.The Federally...
View ArticleNisar calls Modi’s statement ‘irresponsible, shameful’
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday said that statement of Narendra Modi – Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate for India's premiership – regarding attacking Pakistan to...
View ArticleGovt punishes itself for not paying power bills
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to clear outstanding dues of billions of rupees, the capital’s electricity company disconnected power supply to most major government departments on Tuesday to demonstrate its...
View ArticleFive bodies recovered from Karachi
KARACHI: Five bodies were recovered from two different areas of Karachi on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.Four trussed-up bodies were recovered from the city's Memon Goth area. According to the police,...
View ArticleBlast kills five including a key commander in South Waziristan
PESHAWAR: At least five militants including a key commander were killed and three others were injured on Wednesday in a remote controlled blast in the Shaktoi area of South Waziristan, officials...
View ArticleShah, Asif discuss tension between state institutions
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah met with Defence Minister Khawaja Asif today during which alleged tension between the country’s institutions and the...
View ArticleMaking preparations for talks between TTP shura, govt: Ibrahim
Member of the Taliban negotiating committee, Professor Ibrahim Khan, said on Wednesday that arrangements for holding peace talks between the government and Taliban mediators were underway.Speaking to...
View ArticleModi votes, snaps 'selfie' in latest election leg
AHMEDABAD: Frontrunner for prime minister Narendra Modi declared an end to India's “mother-son government” as he voted Wednesday in his party's heartland in the latest stage of the country's mammoth...
View ArticleEU pledges €30m to Balochistan govt for education sector
QUETTA: European Union has promised to provide 30 million Euros for development of education sector and ensuring enrollment of out of school children in Balochistan, Pakistan's least developed and...
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Pakistani journalists under siege: Amnesty International
Journalists in Pakistan are constantly living under death threats, harassment and other forms of violence being carried out by intelligence agencies, political parties and militants groups, said a...
View ArticleSharif in London as report by British lawmakers urge cut in aid
LONDON: British aid to Pakistan should be cut unless there is proof the funds help stop extremism, a report by lawmakers said Wednesday as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited London.Published just...
View ArticleSethi backs Misbah, rejects Moin's claims
KARACHI: Pakistan's cricket chief on Wednesday backed Misbah-ul-Haq as one-day captain, saying he would lead the side to next year's World Cup.Chief selector Moin Khan on Tuesday hinted at a possible...
View ArticleUN urges Afghanistan to prioritise ‘dignified’ return of refugees
ISLAMABAD: The head of the United Nations' refugee agency on Wednesday said he hopes Afghanistan will prioritise the “safe and dignified” return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan and other countries.UN...
View ArticlePakistan committed to eradicate terrorism, says Nawaz
LONDON: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday reiterated that Pakistan was fully committed to eliminate menace of terrorism from its soil and would never allow use of its territory against any...
View ArticleAfghan and foreign forces kill 60 near Pakistan border
KABUL: Afghan troops backed by Western air power killed at least 60 militants near the Pakistan border, Afghanistan's intelligence agency said on Wednesday, in one of the biggest single assaults...
View ArticleOur martyrs blood will not go in vain, says COAS
ISLAMABAD: In a ceremony held to mark Youm-e-Shuhada (Martyrs Day) and honour the armed forces personnel, Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif said that the sacrifices and blood of the martyrs...
View ArticleCourt accepts GHQ inquiry into missing person’s killing
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday disposed of a petition about a missing person’s death after accepting a confidential report of the General Headquarters inquiry, which stated the man...
View ArticleChina's Xi vows 'decisive actions' after Xinjiang attack
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered a crackdown after a stabbing spree and explosion at a railway station in the restive Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang left three people dead and 79...
View ArticleStrengthening of institutions key to preventing intervention: Asma
ISLAMABAD: Against the backdrop of perceived tensions between the civilian and the military leadership, rights activist and former SCBA chairperson Asma Jehangir suggested on Wednesday that national...
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