Interest rate kept unchanged
KARACHI: The State Bank has decided to maintain the interest rate at 10 per cent, meaning that no change was made during the entire second half of the current financial year. The bank stressed the need...
View ArticlePTI urges govt to resume talks with Taliban
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) called on the government on Saturday to break the deadlock in the talks with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), saying that there had been a...
View ArticleSindh backs PM’s plan for targeted operation
KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet which met here on Saturday with Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah in the chair fully supported the decisions taken at a recent meeting presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz...
View ArticleIED blast in Mohmand tribal region kills one, injures five others
PESHAWAR: At least one person was killed and five others were injured on Sunday in two remote-controlled blasts in Mohmand tribal region.The deceased was a Khassadar force personnel.Official sources...
View ArticleFIR registered in Geo show row
ISLAMABAD: An FIR was registered by the police on Saturday against Geo TV channel owner Mir Shakeelur Rehman, its morning programme host Shaista Lodhi, actress Veena Malik and her husband Asad Bashir...
View ArticleIndia pins hopes on Modi to revive economy
NEW DELHI: Indian shares have soared on hopes newly elected leader Narendra Modi can revive a slumping economy, but analysts warn impossible expectations are riding on the right-winger’s free-market...
View ArticleDar suspends order aimed at tax evaders
ISLAMABAD: Apparently succumbing to pressure from powerful lobbies, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has suspended the implementation of an order meant for recovery of tax from evaders.Last week, the Federal...
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Pakistani mango growers slice in to India market
RAJBAH CHAWAN: Pakistani mango growers are hoping to take a slice out of rival India's export market thanks to tough new European regulations.The sweet yellow fruit is a contentious matter regionally,...
View ArticleSyrian Air Defence chief killed in fighting
BEIRUT: The head of Syria's Air Defence forces has been killed in fighting east of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Sunday.It said General Hussein Ishaq died...
View ArticleShahbaz Sharif announces Rs5bn Ramzan package
LAHORE: Punjab Chief MInister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday announced a Rs5 billion Razmzan package to benefit the consumers of the province, DawnNews reported.Items of daily necessity would be sold to the...
View ArticleChild killed, 12 injured due to heavy rainfall in Quetta
QUETTA: A seven year old child was killed and another 12 people were injured in rain-related incidents in suburbs of Quetta on Sunday.Torrential rains played havoc in Zehri Town located in south-west...
View ArticleNajam Sethi to approach SC over PCB chairmanship issue
ISLAMABAD: Ousted chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Najam Sethi on Sunday announced that he would challenge the Islamabad High Court's decision of reinstating Zaka Ashraf as the PCB chairman, in the...
View ArticleIndia's election sees more lawmakers accused of crimes
NEW DELHI: India's next parliament will include a record number of lawmakers facing criminal charges despite campaign promises by prime minister-elect Narendra Modi to clean up government, research...
View ArticleFive suspects in custody over India cousins gang-rape
KATRA SHAHADATGUNJ, India: Five men have been arrested over the gang-rape and deaths of two girls found hanging from a mango tree in a northern Indian village, police said Saturday.The discovery of the...
View ArticleBajaur clash kills one soldier, 16 militants
PESHAWAR: At least 16 militants were killed on Saturday as security forces backed by gunship helicopters thwarted a cross border militant attack on a checkpost near the Pak-Afghan border in the Bajaur...
View ArticlePML-N MPA kidnapped
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Rana Jamil Hasan was abducted on Saturday from an area in the country's central Punjab province, DawnNews reported.Police said Hasan was kidnapped...
View ArticleFarzana Parveen’s family claims husband killed her
LAHORE: The family of a pregnant woman who was bludgeoned to death in broad daylight near the Lahore High Court accused her husband of killing her, in stark contrast to his version of a story that has...
View ArticlePM inaugurates Nandipur power project
GUJRANWALA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday inaugurated the first phase of the Rs 58 billion Nandipur power project and called upon certain opposition parties to shun their protesting agenda...
View ArticlePakistan protests against cross-border fire on military post
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday lodged strong protest with the Afghan chargé d'affaires against a cross-border attack from Afghanistan and the matter had also been taken up with the Afghan Foreign...
View ArticlePML-N lawmaker kidnapped
SHEIKHUPURA: Rana Jamil Hasan alias Gudo Khan, an MPA of the PML-N, was kidnapped near Sheikhupura on the motorway on Saturday.The member of the Punjab Assembly and his wife were going to Islamabad...
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