Apprehension can’t justify travel bar for Musharraf: counsel
KARACHI: The counsel for retired Gen Pervez Musharraf has contended that the government’s contention that the former president would flee the country due to entailment of death penalty in the ‘high...
View ArticlePML-Q, PAT to launch anti-govt movement next month
LAHORE: The PML-Q and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek decided on Saturday to launch a movement against the government next month. The decision was made by the two parties at a meeting in London which set a...
View ArticleZardari warns govt against political victimisation
ISLAMABAD: Former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has warned the government against the alleged victimisation of PPP members.In a statement on Saturday, Mr Zardari said he was “shocked”...
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No hike in petroleum prices, orders PM
ISLAMABAD: The federal government, after getting approval from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has rejected the suggested increase in the prices of petroleum products.The decision was taken Saturday after...
View ArticleSeven FBR officials promoted despite not filing tax returns
LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue has set a bad precedent by recommending promotion of seven of its senior officials from Grade 19 to 20 instead of punishing them for not filing their tax returns...
View ArticleUS soldier released in exchange for five Taliban prisoners
WASHINGTON: An American army soldier, held for nearly five years by the Taliban after being captured in Afghanistan, has been released and is now in US custody, US President Barack Obama said on...
View ArticlePolio booths opened at Balochistan airports
QUETTA: Polio booths have been set up at three airports in Balochistan, including the Quetta International Airport, to administer drops to passengers travelling abroad.Zhob and Gwadar are the other...
View ArticleGovt to work for uplift of all provinces, says Sharif
GUJRANWALA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that equal development in all provinces is the priority of his government because he is working for progress of the nation.Addressing the inaugural...
View ArticleTwo more children killed due to anti-measles vaccine
CHARSADDA: In yet another incident of getting anti-measles vaccine two more children were killed on Sunday in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, DawnNews reported.The total number of...
View ArticleDar set to unveil tax-heavy budget
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is all set to present the second budget by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government in the National Assembly on Tuesday.The finance bill, which will be tabled...
View ArticleMan killed in grenade attack near Tariq Road
KARACHI: At least one person was killed and two injured Sunday in a hand grenade attack near Tariq Road area in Karachi.According to police, three people Asif, 35, son of Razaque; Khadim Hussain, 40,...
View ArticleTaliban leader Mullah Omar says prisoner swap “big victory”
KABUL: Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar on Sunday hailed the release of five senior insurgents in exchange for US soldier Bowe Bergdahl as a “big victory”.“I extend my heartfelt...
View ArticleMWM protests against targeted killings in Karachi
KARACHI: The Majlis-i-Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) on Sunday staged a rally near Shaheen Complex in protest of targeted killings in Karachi after police restricted demonstrators from marching towards the...
View ArticleCOAS leaves for China
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Monday left for China on an official visit.“General Raheel Sharif is visiting China at the invitation of Chinese defence authorities,” a...
View ArticleRussia lifts arms embargo to Pakistan: report
MOSCOW: Russia has lifted its embargo on arms supplies to Pakistan and is holding talks on supplying Islamabad with combat helicopters, the head of state-owned Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, said Monday, the...
View ArticleSuspected thieves claim police chopped off hands in Bahawalpur
BAHAWALPUR: Pakistani police chopped off the left hands of two men accused of theft after they refused to confess to stealing electrical wire and mobile phones, the victims told Reuters on Monday.The...
View Article4.14pc GDP growth recorded, highest since 2008-09
ISLAMABAD: Admitting failure towards achieving the economic targets set for the outgoing fiscal year 2013-14, Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Monday released the Pakistan Economic Survey, a...
View ArticleNew budget: govt pins hopes on slashing subsidies, reducing tax exemptions
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will be presenting the PML-N government’s second budget in the National Assembly on Tuesday. The finance bill for the fiscal year 2014-15 includes fiscal...
View Article‘Bring back our girls’ protests banned in Nigeria’s capital
ABUJA: Protests by supporters of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been banned in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, police said on Monday, as activists vowed to challenge the “illegal...
View ArticleEconomic Survey: more targets missed than achieved
ISLAMABAD: Launching the Pakistan Economic Survey for 2013-14, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar played down the government’s missed targets, saying that it had “achieved 90 per cent” of the targets it set...
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