Drone kills ten suspected militants on Pak-Afghan border
PESHAWAR: At least ten suspected militants were reportedly killed and 14 others were injured on Wednesday during a US drone strike at the Pak-Afghan border, official sources claimed.According to...
View ArticleResolution passed in NA to extend PPO for 120 days
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday passed a resolution in the National Assembly to extend the Pakistan Protection Ordinance (PPO) for further 120 days whereas opposition party members and members...
View ArticlePTI, PML-Q join hands for 'electoral reforms'
LAHORE: During a meeting between the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) delegation and members of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) on Wednesday, the two sides agreed on a joint course of action for...
View ArticleMilitary, political leadership to supervise Karachi operation: PM
KARACHI: Pakistan's top military and civilian leadership huddled together on Wednesday to review the law and order situation in Karachi at a meeting at the Governor House chaired by Prime Minister...
View ArticleMinister denies army opposing grant of MFN status to India
WASHINGTON: Giving India status of the most favoured nation (MFN) is not necessary, says Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan, dismissing speculation that Pakistan is ready to make the offer after a...
View ArticlePDWP approves Rs5.9bn development projects
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved 21 development projects with an estimated cost of Rs5.93 billion in the province, with a major of chunk of Rs2 billion to be spent on...
View ArticleProvinces told to buy polio drops; army turns to govt
LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: The government is scrambling to meet the rising demand for polio vaccine and immunisation certificates in the country in the wake of travel restrictions imposed by the World Health...
View ArticleChronicle of a departure foretold
ISLAMABAD: After juggling work and the External Publicity (EP) wing for more than two months, the only two Indian journalists stationed in Islamabad (and the entire Pakistan) have been told to pack up...
View ArticleThree killed in Andhra Pradesh communal riots
HYDERABAD: Police killed three people after opening fire to break up religious clashes in southern India on Wednesday, officers and media reports said.The violence broke out in the old quarter of...
View ArticleAfghan election results confirm Abdullah-Ghani run-off
KABUL: Afghanistan's presidential election will go to a second-round vote on June 14 between former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani, final results showed...
View Article‘Underage’ marriage: Medical test ordered to assess girl’s age
KARACHI: The court of a judicial magistrate on Wednesday asked police to get a girl medically examined to determine her age following a complaint about her underage marriage. Areeba, said to be 13...
View ArticlePolio workers administer vaccines under army protection in Bara
KHYBER AGENCY: Polio workers continued to administer polio drops on Thursday under the protection of the army in the Bara tehsil of Khyber tribal region during the fourth phase of polio vaccination...
View ArticleSudanese woman sentenced to death for converting to Christianity
KHARTOUM: A Sudanese court has sentenced a 27-year-old woman to death for converting to Christianity, judicial sources said.Mariam Yahya Ibrahim had been ordered to abandon her newly adopted Christian...
View ArticleBangladesh ferry capsizes with 200 passengers aboard
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi ferry with around 200 passengers on board capsized in a river near the capital Dhaka on Thursday, with police reporting that at least six bodies had been recovered with a rescue...
View ArticleSC reinstates PTI's Qaisar Jamal Khan as MNA
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf candidate Qaisar Jamal Khan as Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from NA-47, days after an election tribunal had...
View ArticleFIR can be lodged against armymen, AG says
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General Aslam Butt informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that a First Information Report (FIR) could be filed against a currently serving army official according to Pakistan Army...
View ArticleIndian police clueless after attack on Pakistani student
Indian police are interrogating students and security personnel in relation to a violent attack on Ali Hasan Raza — a Pakistani student at Pondicherry University, according to Indian media.Cases have...
View ArticleForeign exchange reserves to cross $15bn in July, NA told
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar told the National Assembly on Thursday that Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves will cross $15 billion in July, while GDP growth rate is expected to touch 4 per...
View ArticleGrant Flower appointed Pakistan batting coach
LAHORE: Pakistan appointed former Zimbabwe opener Grant Flower as their batting coach Thursday in a comprehensive overhaul of the national team's management in their bid to win next year's World...
View ArticleRawalpindi police website hacked
ISLAMABAD: Hackers attacked the website of police in Rawalpindi late on Thursday but no sensitive data has been compromised, an official said.The website of police in the garrison city, which...
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