Sword fight at India's Golden Temple on raid anniversary
AMRITSAR: Clashes broke out between sword-wielding Sikhs on Friday at the Golden Temple in northern India on the 30th anniversary of a notorious army raid in which hundreds of people were killed. At...
View ArticleNA passes anti-terrorism amendment bill
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday passed three bills unanimously including the Anti-terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2014, to amend the Anti-terrorism Act 1997.The Anti-terrorism (Amendment) Bill...
View ArticleMQM workers, supporters observe Youm-i-Dua for Altaf's recovery
KARACHI: Workers and supporters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) were holding a Youm-i-Dua on Friday to pray for the early recovery of party chief Altaf Hussain who underwent an angiography in...
View ArticleTaliban say captured US soldier was treated well
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban said Friday that US Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was treated well during the five years they held him captive and was even allowed to play soccer with the men holding him.The spokesman,...
View ArticleForeign assets case: LHC issues notices to 63 politicians
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday issued notices to 63 politicians, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on a petition seeking directions for the politicians to bring their foreign assets back...
View ArticlePemra suspends Geo News license for 15 days
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) on Friday suspended the license issued to Geo News for a period of 15 days, DawnNews reported. Apart from the suspension, effective...
View ArticleAfghan election front-runner Abdullah escapes assassination attempt
KABUL: Afghan presidential election front-runner Abdullah Abdullah said he had escaped an assassination attempt Friday when an explosion hit his campaign motorcade in Kabul, just days ahead of a...
View ArticleSeven militants die in fresh Miramshah infighting: officials
MIRAMSHAH: Fresh clashes between the Pakistani Taliban and a breakaway faction killed at least seven militants in the country's northwest on Friday, officials said.The fighting erupted in the Wacha...
View ArticleGeo News to sue ISI for defamation
ISLAMABAD: Geo News is suing the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for defamation over accusations of being anti-state, it said on Friday.Geo News, part of the privately-owned Jang Group, has also...
View ArticleAlleged negligence claims lives of five children at Karachi hospital
KARACHI: Five minor children passed away at a Karachi hospital due to alleged negligence by staffers, DawnNews reported.Casualties occurred on account of extreme negligence of hospital staffers,...
View ArticlePTA denies blocking rock band Laal's Facebook page
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) on Friday denied that it had blocked the popular Facebook page for a liberal Pakistani rock band ‘Laal’, days after the page became inaccessible for...
View ArticleN Waziristan tribes agree to oust foreign fighters in 15 days
PESHAWAR: A representative jirga (tribal elders) of North Waziristan Agency on Friday agreed to oust foreign fighters from the area in 15 days as they assured Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Mehtab...
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Altaf discharged from hospital, shifted to police station
LONDON/ISLAMABAD: The London Metropolitan Police shifted Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain to the police station on Friday after he was discharged from the hospital, DawnNews...
View ArticleBaloch student ends 46-day hunger strike
KARACHI: Lateef Johar, a student leader of Baloch Students Organisation-Azad (BSO-A) late on Friday ended his 46-day long hunger strike staged outside the Karachi Press Club in protest against enforced...
View ArticleMamnoon to visit Nigeria next week
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain will pay a four-day visit to Nigeria from Monday. The visit was originally planned in April but postponed at the eleventh hour under unclear circumstances. The...
View Article‘Honour’ attack survivor fears for life
LAHORE: A woman who survived an attack by relatives who tried to kill her for marrying for love said on Friday that she feared for her life and appealed for protection.Saba Maqsood, 18, survived being...
View ArticleGovt breaks legislative block, gets mild budget rap
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday found the National Assembly a much better place than in recent past as, in the presence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, it broke through a legislative blockage and...
View ArticleHospital owners booked after 4 infants die
KARACHI: Two owners of a private hospital and its accountant were booked on a charge of unintentional murder on Friday after the death of four children in mysterious circumstances at the health...
View ArticleAt least five killed in Mansehra accident
MANSEHRA: At least five people, including two Pakistan army soldiers and a child, were killed and 30 others were critically injured when a speeding passenger bus fell into a ravine near Mansehra town...
View ArticleGovt bound to protect people, says Dr Malik
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said it is the constitutional obligation of the government to provide protection to people, adding that the role of police and other...
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