Two killed, dozens wounded in twin Nairobi bus bombings
NAIROBI: At least two people were killed and dozens more wounded when bombs exploded in two buses on a busy highway in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, officials said.The bombings came just a day after twin...
View ArticlePolice kill two suspects, arrest eight involved in India violence
GAUHATI: Police said Sunday they killed two suspected rebels and arrested eight forest guards for alleged involvement in the killings of Muslims in the worst ethnic violence in India's remote northeast...
View ArticleNAB arrests top energy tycoons
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Sunday arrested three top energy tycoons for indulging in corrupt practices, a NAB spokesman said.N. A. Zuberi, Managing Director, Private Power...
View ArticleGrowth rate to remain over 4pc this year: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday expressed hope that the national economy would grow by over 4 per cent during the current fiscal year (2013-14).Inflation would remain in a single digit...
View ArticleForty suicide jackets seized at Torkham border
PESHAWAR: Security forces on Sunday seized 40 suicide vests at the Torkham border which were being smuggled into Pakistan from Afghanistan.Official sources said the suicide jackets did not contain any...
View ArticleCivil society demands joint team to probe Parveen Rehman’s murder
ISLAMABAD: Human rights activists demanded the federal government and the Supreme Court set up a joint investigation team to probe the murder of Director Orangi Pilot Project Parveen Rehman.Ms Rehman...
View ArticleWater release cut hits power generation
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: With hydroelectric power generation declining further by up to 600 megawatts, the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) is under pressure to bail out power companies as electricity...
View ArticleCargo ship sinks, 12 missing near Hong Kong: officials
HONG KONG: Twelve crew members from a Chinese cargo ship are missing after it collided with a container vessel and sank just outside Hong Kong waters on Monday, authorities said.“There are 12 people...
View ArticleIbrahim says mistrust major hurdle in govt-Taliban talks
MINGORA: Jamaat-i-Islami provincial chief and member of Taliban negotiation committee Prof Mohammad Ibrahim said here on Sunday that there were a lot of hurdles in holding direct dialogue between the...
View ArticleNato container attacked in Jamrud
PESHAWAR: At least two people were killed and three other were injured on Monday when unidentified militants attacked a Nato convoy of trucks carrying military vehicles in the Jamrud tehsil of Khyber...
View ArticleGovt plans Rs550bn fiscal adjustment
ISLAMABAD: The government is expected to propose in the next budget fiscal adjustment of about Rs550 billion for the financial year 2014-15 through a combination of revenue enhancement measures and...
View Article‘Rules followed in laptop purchase’
ISLAMABAD: The Transparency International-Pakistan has praised the prime minister for following the public procurement rules in the procurement of 100,000 laptops and expressed the hope that the...
View ArticleMilitants blow up 500 kv transmission line in Badbher
PESHAWAR: Unknown suspected militants on Monday blew up a 500 kv Tarbela Sheikh Mohammadi transmission line in the Badbher area situated on the outskirts of Peshawar.In charge Inqalab checkpost, Fazle...
View Article‘TTP’ extortionists threaten another businessman
RAWALPINDI: Another businessman in the city has received threatening calls from extortionists asking him to pay Rs40 million, police said on Sunday.Rashid Wasim, a resident of Mohanpura, who owns a...
View ArticleImporters flood country with illegal arms
RAWALPINDI: Non-implementation of the changes approved by the PPP government in the arms and ammunitions import policy a year ago has flooded the country with contraband arms, Dawn has learnt.A senior...
View ArticleKashmiri students forced to raise anti-Pakistan slogans in Indian hostel
Three Kashmiri students from a private university in India's Greater Noida city of Uttar Pradesh were allegedly beaten up and forced to shout pro-Indian and anti-Pakistani statements at the common...
View ArticleMilitary has no intention of derailing democratic system, NA told
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday assured parliamentarians that the military does not have any intention to derail the democratic system while the govt itself will not put any kind of ban on freedom...
View ArticlePM Sharif hopeful about Taliban peace talks being successful
LONDON: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that he was hopeful peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban would be successful, despite the militant group ending their call for ceasefire.Speaking in...
View ArticlePolio cases: WHO recommends travel restrictions on Pakistan
KARACHI: The World Health Organisation on Monday recommended strict travel restrictions on Pakistan due to the rising number of polio cases in the country.The WHO said the spread of polio is an...
View Article27 missing persons traced
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court-appointed commission on enforced disappearances claimed on Monday that it had resolved 27 missing person cases last month, saying that most of these persons were found...
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