Private schools in Panjgur closed after threats
QUETTA: Due to threats and intimidation, all private educational institutions have remained closed for the past eight days in Balochistan’s southern district of Panjgur.The private schools were shut...
View ArticleBombing outside restaurant in Rawalpindi wounds fifteen
ISLAMABAD: Police say a bomb attached to a motorcycle has exploded outside a restaurant near the capital, Islamabad, wounding at least 15 people.Police officer Abdul Majeed says the bomb exploded late...
View ArticleUS releases 10 Pakistanis from Bagram prison
ISLAMABAD: US authorities have quietly released 10 Pakistani detainees from Bagram prison in Afghanistan, lawyers said on Thursday, after the men had spent years in prison without trial.One had been...
View ArticlePolio drops mandatory for movement of FATA citizens
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday decided to involve the Pakistan Army to ensure security on all FATA borders points and to regulate ingress of people from FATA to settled areas only...
View ArticleDemand for mid-term elections not justified, says Fazl
RAWALPINDI: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that a democratically and constitutionally elected government is in place and there is no justification for demanding...
View ArticleOne-third of missing person complaints disposed of
PESHAWAR: The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has so far disposed of 657 of a total of 1,948 complaints about missing persons, the Peshawar High Court was told on Thursday.Additional...
View ArticleKhar’s son held in court attack case
MUZAFFARGARH: Former MPA Malik Bilal Mustafa Khar was arrested by Kot Addu police on Thursday in the court attack case.DSP Kot Addu Ashiq Husain Khosa said a case was registered against Bilal Mustafa...
View ArticleKP to vaccinate over 9 million children against measles
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will launch a two-week campaign to vaccinate 9.6 million children against measles in the province.Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Provincial...
View ArticleElectricity tariff higher in Pakistan, minister admits
ISLAMABAD: In a rare admission on the floor of the house, the government said on Thursday that electricity charges in the country were higher than what consumers paid in India, Sri Lanka and...
View ArticleNew case surfaces in Jacobabad village
SUKKUR: A new case of poliovirus surfaced in Sardar Ahmed Shar village in Jacobabad district on Thursday when a five-year-old boy with a limp in one leg was diagnosed with having contracted the...
View ArticleGovt eyes 7.2pc growth rate by 2016-17
ISLAMABAD: After missing the economic growth target in its first year because of a poor show by agriculture and services sectors, the PML-N government has set an ambitious target to expand the economy...
View ArticleModerate 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits Balochistan
QUETTA: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Pakistan on Friday, but officials said there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.The epicentre was close to the city of Sibi, in...
View ArticleGeo morning show draws sharp reaction, Pemra notice
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has served a show-cause notice on Geo Entertainment network for airing objectionable content in its morning show `Utho Jago...
View ArticleSami says govt-Taliban talks suspended for time being
KARAK: Chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and head of Taliban negotiation committee Maulana Samiul Haq has said that the negotiation process between the govern-ment and tehreek-i-Taliban...
View ArticlePakistani student attacked in Pondicherry leaves for home
KARACHI: Ali Hasan Raza, a Pakistani student attacked at Pondicherry University, left for Pakistan on Thursday evening after the Indian authorities gave him permission to travel back home, according to...
View ArticlePakistani PM congratulates Modi on election victory
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif telephoned Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi leader on Friday and congratulated him over his and his party's victory in the Indian...
View ArticlePTI protestors baton-charged in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf activists protesting against rigging in May 2013 elections, were baton-charged by police near Nadra Chowk in the federal capital city on Friday, DawnNews reported.A...
View ArticleModi eyes top team as BJP sweeps to victory
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party's landslide election victory will usher in a new government expected to steer India sharply to the right after 10 years of rule by the leftist Congress...
View ArticleFive Pakistani cricketers fined $5,000 each
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board fined five of its cricketers $5,000 each Friday for participating in an unauthorised Twenty20 tournament in the United States.The PCB said fast bowler Wahab Riaz,...
View ArticlePakistani national killed by Iranian border guards
QUETTA: Iranian border guards killed one Pakistani national and injured another near the Pak-Iran border on Friday, an official said.The incident happened in Balochistan's Panjgur district.Fateh...
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