Corps commanders’ meeting underway at GHQ
RAWALPINDI: The army top brass was meeting on Friday under the leadership of Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif at General Headquarter Rawalpindi, DawnNews reported.The meeting was discussing...
View ArticleMysterious disease claims lives of 14 women in Bajaur
KHAR: At least 14 women have died during the past one week and several others suffering with infection after a mysterious disease broke out in Warah Mamond area of Bajaur Agency.Local people told Dawn...
View ArticleBJP slams Nisar’s comment on Modi
NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed the opinion apparently expressed by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan that Hindutva hardliner Narendra Modi’s feared...
View ArticleKarachi returns to normalcy after MQM's mourning
KARACHI: The country’s financial capital returned to normalcy after a shut down call was given by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for observing a ‘day of mourning’ against killings of its party...
View ArticleAnother polio case surfaces in N. Waziristan
PESHAWAR: A 14-month old child was diagnosed with the polio virus in Miramshah area of North Waziristan tribal region, DawnNews reported.The detection of the latest case was confirmed according to a...
View ArticleMilitants planning to use Indus River for movement between provinces
ISLAMABAD: Security agencies have started surveillance of the Indus River on the basis of an intelligence report that outlawed militant groups were planning to use the waterway for transporting arms...
View ArticleGovt one of the biggest electricity defaulters, says Khawaja Asif
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water and Power Khwaja Muhammad Asif on Friday declared the federal government as one of the biggest defaulters of electricity bills and warned consumers of having to...
View ArticleWaqar Younis offered two-year contract: Sethi
LAHORE: Former captain and fast bowler Waqar Younis has been offered a two-year contract by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), according to chairman Najam Sethi.While it remains unclear whether Younis...
View ArticleMQM demands arrest of those involved in workers' killings
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar demanded on Friday the arrest within 72 hours of those persons involved in the killing of four of its workers whose bodies were recovered on...
View ArticlePakistan protests Indian refusal of issuing visas to pilgrims
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan lodged strong protest with India on Friday over refusal of visas to 500 Pakistan pilgrims who wanted to go for the Urs of Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti, to be held at the Sufi...
View ArticleAlleged rigging: PTI boycotting Geo and Jang, says Imran
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Friday announced that he and his party would boycott Geo and Jang over what he called "the group's role in rigging” during the national...
View ArticleAt least 350 dead as landslide hits Afghan villages
MAZAR-I-SHARIF: A landslide in northern Afghanistan killed at least 350 people on Friday, officials said, with hundreds also feared missing as a major rescue operation was launched to find survivors in...
View ArticleWB approves $12 billion loan for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved a $12 billion loan for cash-strapped Pakistan to be given out in a period of five years, the country's finance ministry said on Friday.The finance ministry said...
View ArticlePeace talks cannot move forward amid ‘needless rhetoric,’ says Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday lashed out at all those involved in criticising the government’s peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban, saying the dialogue process...
View ArticleTen die of suffocation due to chemical waste in D.I. Khan canal
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least 10 people died of suffocation and eight others fell unconscious on Friday while passing through a water channel which carries chemical waste from industries mainly from...
View ArticleYousuf Shah dispels ‘impression’ of rift among TTP ranks
HYDERABAD: A member of Taliban negotiating committee, Maulana Yousuf Shah has said there is no grouping in the Pakistani Taliban as all militant groups support the dialogue process being taking place...
View ArticleEgypt court jails 102 Morsi supporters for 10 years: TV
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced 102 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to 10 years in prison Saturday over protest violence, state television reported.The army-installed...
View ArticleMore than 2,100 confirmed dead in Afghan landslide
KABUL: Afghan officials gave up hope on Saturday of finding any survivors from a landslide in the remote northeast, putting the death toll at more than 2,100, as the aid effort focused on the more than...
View ArticleNawaz to leave for Iran on May 11
ISLAMABAD: Amid rapid geo-political developments taking place in the region, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has decided to embark on a visit to Iran."Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will pay a two-day...
View ArticleFormer warlord joins Abdullah in Afghan election
KABUL: A former Afghan warlord nicknamed “the bulldozer” joined front-runner Abdullah Abdullah's presidential campaign on Saturday, as deal-making hots up before the decisive run-off vote next...
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