Haj fare slashed by Rs23,000
ISLAMABAD: The government has reduced Haj fares by Rs23,000 and a person intending to go on pilgrimage this year will now be charged Rs272,000.Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony...
View Article4,500MW power units unutilised due to minor faults, fuel shortage
ISLAMABAD: More than 4,500MW of electricity generation capacity remained unutilised on Thursday because of various technical, financial and fuel-related problems, with the total computed power shortage...
View ArticleCommittee set up to remove ambiguities in media code
ISLAMABAD: Irfan Siddiqui, special assistant to the prime minister, has got another job in his hand. This time the columnist will spearhead a special committee which will work on “removing ambiguities...
View ArticleEarthquake in Nawabshah kills two, injures 50
KARACHI: At least two people were killed and 50 others were wounded in the early hours of Friday after an earthquake struck different parts of the Nawabshah district, DawnNews reported.The earthquake...
View ArticleWHO says it is satisfied with steps taken by Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is quite satisfied with the initial steps taken by the government of Pakistan to stop the spread of the wild poliovirus outside its borders, its polio...
View ArticleSyria rebels in final retreat from heart of Homs
HOMS: The last rebels were leaving the centre of the battleground city of Homs on Thursday, handing a symbolic victory to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ahead of a controversial election.Rebels hit...
View ArticleS. Arabia trying to get N-technology: expert
ISLAMABAD: Mark Fitzpatrick, an expert on nuclear proliferation, renewed on Thursday fears of Saudi Arabia trying to get nuclear technology from Pakistan, saying retired Pakistani nuclear scientists...
View ArticleMusharraf ordered to appear for next judges' detention hearing
ISLAMABAD: The anti-terrorism court in the federal capital which has been hearing the judges' detention case granted exemption to former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf for appearing during...
View ArticleFBI agent doesn’t enjoy diplomatic immunity: FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that the FBI agent arrested in Karachi on Monday did not enjoy diplomatic immunity.“He was not a diplomat and, therefore, had no immunity,” FO...
View ArticleLooking for chinks in Imran Khan’s May 11 show
While listening to rival party leaders speak in the National Assembly on Thursday, fears that the protest rally called by Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for May 11 in the square in front...
View ArticleHajis from past five years not to attend pilgrimage this year
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Religious Affairs Sikander Ismail informed the Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs on Friday that those persons who had gone for Haj during the past five years would not...
View ArticlePM launches solar power plant in Bahawalpur
BAHAWALPUR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday laid the foundation stone of the country's first solar power project in Bahawalpur, DawnNews reported.During the ceremony, the premier said that...
View ArticleFour police guards charged with murder of teenage boy
KARACHI: The four police personnel involved in the shootout in Defence were presented in court on Friday and charged with murder, DIG South Abdul Khalid Shaikh confirmed to Dawn.com.The incident on...
View ArticleDestroy N Waziristan terror sanctuaries, Burns tells COAS
ISLAMABAD: US Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns during his visit to Pakistan held meetings with Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, special assistant to the prime...
View ArticlePakistan to hold Swiss talks to recover embezzled money
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is to hold talks with Switzerland on a new tax treaty in the hope of retrieving state assets illegally stashed in the European country's secretive banking system.Finance Minister...
View ArticleGovt diverts gas to power stations
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday diverted more than 105 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) of natural gas from fertiliser plants and compressed natural gas (CNG) stations in an effort to help power...
View ArticleCentre asked to supply polio vaccine for international travellers
KARACHI: The federal government has been asked to provide at least 150,000 vials of polio vaccine to the provincial authorities for inoculating international passengers for the next six months as per...
View ArticleIraq forces launch assault near Fallujah, 11 killed
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces launched an operation Friday to retake areas near the militant-held city of Fallujah in preparation for an eventual assault, a senior officer said, as violence killed 11...
View ArticleTwo Indian journalists asked to leave: report
NEW YORK: Pakistan has declined to renew the visas of the two Indian journalists based in Islamabad and has asked them to leave the country, Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a Pakistani...
View ArticlePolice officer may face ‘misconduct’ inquiry over guards’ involvement in DHA...
KARACHI: The police officer whose guards were involved in the DHA shootout, which left a teenager and one of the guards dead and another teenager and a private guard wounded, could face an inquiry over...
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