Names of 41 ‘corrupt’ officials put on ECL
GUJRANWALA: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has decided to put names of 41 government officials on the exit control list (ECL) who are involved in corruption cases and have been declared...
View ArticleNew primary schools in KP to have six rooms, six teachers
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to triple the budget for construction of each new government primary school in the province from the next financial...
View Article64 politicians issued notices over foreign assets
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday issued a notice to the federal government and at least 64 politicians on a petition seeking directions for the politicians to bring their foreign assets back to...
View ArticlePTI allowed to hold rally tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: After getting the green signal from the government, the capital administration on Friday issued no-objection certificate (NOC) to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to hold a protest rally...
View ArticleGovt seeks one month to implement WHO recommendation
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services requested the World Health Organisation on Friday to give the government one month’s grace period, instead of 15 days sought earlier, to implement...
View ArticleGunmen torch Nato container in Jamrud
PESHAWAR: Gunmen on Saturday intercepted three container trucks carrying Nato supplies en route to Afghanistan in the troubled Khyber tribal region and torched one of them, officials said.The incident...
View ArticleEdhi is alive and well
KARACHI: Internationally renowned social worker and philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi on Saturday rejected reports of his illness as baseless and said that the motive behind propagation of such false...
View ArticleBlast in Peshawar injures four
PESHAWAR: At least four people were injured Saturday from an explosion in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.According to SP City Faisal Mukhtar, the improvised explosive...
View ArticleUS urges Pakistan to probe lawyer's killing
WASHINGTON: The United States Friday called on Pakistan to investigate the killing of a lawyer shot dead for defending a university lecturer accused of blasphemy under strict laws against defaming...
View ArticleKarachi court asks police to charge FBI agent
KARACHI: A judge at a Karachi court has asked police to file formal charges against an FBI agent arrested from the airport after allegedly carrying ammunition and three knives onto an airplane.FBI...
View ArticlePrize bonds worth Rs30m go missing from train
KARACHI: A box containing prize bonds of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) went missing from a Karachi Express train when it reached the metropolis from Lahore on Saturday.According to Railway sources, 10...
View ArticleIMF says Pakistan economy on track but inflation looms
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund said Saturday that Pakistan's economic reform programme remained broadly on track, but warned over rising inflation.Pakistan received a $6.7 billion IMF...
View ArticleShakil Afridi’s counsel quits due to US pressure, threats from militants
PESHAWAR: Samiulllah Afiridi, the legal counsel of the alleged US spy, Dr Shakil Afridi who had led the Navy Seal to the compound of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, has quit citing...
View ArticleImran warns government not to sabotage May 11 rally
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan warned Saturday that the government would be held responsible for any agitation or anarchy if demonstrators are stopped from participating...
View ArticleFazlullah sacks top commander to stop tribal infighting
PESHAWAR: The head of the Pakistani Taliban is making a last-ditch bid to stamp his authority on the increasingly divided insurgency by ordering a top commander sacked, Taliban sources said...
View ArticleSBP prize bonds worth Rs30m go missing from train
KARACHI: A box containing prize bonds of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) went missing from a Karachi Express train when it reached the metropolis from Lahore on Saturday.According to Railway sources, 10...
View ArticleWall collapse in China kills 18, injures three
BEIJING: A wall collapse triggered by heavy rains at a recycling plant killed 18 people and injured three others early Sunday in the eastern city of Qingdao, state media reported. According to Qingdao...
View ArticlePM embarks on trust-building visit to Iran today
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would on Sunday begin a two-day visit to Iran for trust building talks with the Iranian leadership.Prime Minister Sharif would meet Iranian Supreme Leader...
View ArticleIED blast in N Waziristan wounds four security personnel
PESHAWAR: At least four security personnel were injured in a remote controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack on a security forces vehicle near Khajuri checkpost on Mir Ali Road in North...
View ArticleAttack on Levies checkpost kills two personnel in Khuzdar
KHUZDAR: Unknown gunmen opened fire at a Levies check post in Balochistan's Khuzdar district on Sunday killing two personnel, DawnNews reported.The militants reportedly fled from the scene taking away...
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