Monitoring of generation, loadshedding begins
ISLAMABAD: The government has set up a computerised control room for real-time monitoring of power generation, supply and loadshedding across the country to address allegations of discrimination in...
View ArticleSharif to visit Iran on 11th
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will travel to Iran on Sunday in a visit seen as an attempt to improve relations frayed by the kidnapping of Iranian border guards.The conflict in Syria will also...
View ArticleKarachi has highest flour prices in country
KARACHI: Consumers in Karachi are paying the highest price of flour due to a sharp difference in wheat prices in Sindh, mainly Karachi, and Punjab.According to flour millers, the price of 100kg wheat...
View ArticleNation will reject PTI’s protest call, says Sana
FAISALABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan first betrayed his voters by representing the Taliban and now he will do the same again by joining hands with Tahirul Qadri who does not believe in...
View ArticleMany Peshawarites quit PTI, block GT Road over sackings
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf office-bearers in 10 union councils of the provincial capital on Monday announced resignation from their offices to protest the recent sacking of Yaseen Khalil as...
View ArticlePIA accused of using untrained crew
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is operating an Airbus-320, obtained from a Czech company on wet lease, on regular and scheduled routes allegedly with untrained cabin crew, creating...
View ArticleSix wounded in knife attack at Chinese train station: police
BEIJING: Six people were wounded in a knife attack at a Chinese train station Tuesday, police said, after a string of violent episodes at transport hubs authorities blame on “terrorists” from the...
View ArticleWHO puts shackles on Pakistan over polio
ISLAMABAD: The inevitable has finally happened. To prevent the possible spread of the polio virus from Pakistan to other countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) decided on Monday to impose...
View ArticleNorth Waziristan blast claims two lives
PESHAWAR: At least two people were killed and one person injured on Tuesday in a blast which occurred in the Miramshah bazaar of North Waziristan.According to sources, explosive material had been...
View ArticleBusinessman held for alleged links with TTP extortionists
RAWALPINDI: A businessman has been arrested on the charge of helping a group of outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) extort money from traders and other wealthy people in the city.Regional Police...
View ArticlePakistan to maintain policy of non-interference in ME, says PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday categorically stated that Pakistan desired peace and tranquility in the Middle East and would maintain the policy of non-interference in the internal...
View ArticleNA unanimously approves resolution for lifting YouTube ban
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution to lift the ban on video-sharing website YouTube, DawnNews reported.During today's National Assembly session, chaired by...
View ArticlePakistan to set up polio vaccination points at airports
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will set up mandatory polio immunisation points at its international airports in response to recommendations by the World Health Organisation, the health ministry said Tuesday.The...
View ArticleEx-CJ rubbishes Imran's 'absurd' rigging allegations
ISLAMABAD: Former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday rejected the rigging accusations made against him by Pakistan Tehreeak-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, terming them as...
View ArticleNisar denies kidnapped Iranian guards ever on Pakistani soil
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tuesday strongly denied that kidnapped Iranian border guards were ever on its soil, amid fresh efforts to improve fractured ties before Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit to...
View ArticleTravelers to Punjab to show polio vaccination certificates
LAHORE: People traveling to Punjab from other provinces of Pakistan will now have to present polio vaccination certificates.Health Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister Khwaja Salman Rafique told DawnNews...
View ArticleBHC CJ, speakers urge fair coverage of Balochistan in media
QUETTA: Chief Justice Balochistan High Court, Qazi Faez Isa has urged upon the media to become voice of the victims instead of promoting “the propaganda of outlawed militant organisations.”“Law does...
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Actual power shortfall at least 7000MW, official records reveal
ISLAMABAD: The actual shortfall in power generation in the country is much greater than the 3,100 MW claimed by the government, computerised records of the National Power Control Center (NPCC)...
View Article150 hospitals, EDOs to issue vaccination certificate
LAHORE: The Punjab government has authorised 150 hospitals and the executive district officers (health) all over the province for the issuance of ‘international certificate of vaccination’ to those...
View ArticlePolice prepare to counter May 11 rally
ISLAMABAD: The capital territory administration and the police are flexing their muscles to ‘counter’ the protest rally called by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT)...
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