Analysis: Brokering peace against all odds
A flour mill is an unlikely place for a tribal Jirga, especially one mulling over such grave security concerns as bringing peace to North Waziristan Agency by expelling foreign militants. But these are...
View ArticlePK-45 defeat exposes rift in PTI
ABBOTTABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s defeat in the recent PK-45, Abbottabad-IV by-election has exposed rifts in the party’s local chapter.The PTI lost the election to the Pakistan Muslim...
View Article‘Rape victim’ goes missing
LAHORE: A 19-year-old Karachi girl who was allegedly raped in the city has gone missing mysteriously, police claim, saying they are in a quandary as to how to proceed with a case taken notice of...
View ArticleSikh pilgrims halted from undertaking train journey to Pakistan
A train, scheduled to bring Sikh pilgrims from India to Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hassanabdal Sunday to perform rituals in connection with the 408th death anniversary of Guru Arjan Dev Ji, arrived empty...
View ArticleArmy boss Sisi sworn in as Egypt president
CAIRO: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in as president on Sunday following a landslide election almost a year after he deposed Egypt's first freely elected leader and crushed his Islamist supporters.The...
View ArticleDeadline triggers flight from NWA
MIRAMSHAH/BANNU: The 15-day deadline given by the government to North Waziristan-based tribes to expel militants from their area has sent shockwaves through the volatile region and forced people to...
View ArticleNo travel restrictions imposed on Altaf, says MQM party member
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party chief Altaf Hussain’s bail conditions did not impose any travel restrictions on him, MQM leader Mustafa Azizabadi said in an interview with the British...
View ArticleThree children die of gastro in Dadu, over 30 others hospitalised
DADU: Three children died of gastroenteritis in Dadu on Sunday while more than 30 others were hospitalised, DawnNews reported. Scorching heat caused the outbreak of gastroenteritis. More than thirty...
View ArticleEliminating militants may prove a task too big for NWA elders
PESHAWAR: Finally, the elders of Utmanzai tribe of North Waziristan Agency have been tasked to take the bull by the horns within 15 days. The helpless non-combatant residents have to eliminate hardcore...
View ArticleNadal wins ninth French Open, 14th Grand Slam
PARIS: Rafael Nadal clinched his ninth French Open and 14th career Grand Slam title on Sunday with a brutal 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 victory over a battling Novak Djokovic.The world number one also became...
View ArticleGovt forms three-member committee to liaise with political parties
ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday formed a three-member committee to liaise with political parties over the country’s political situation, DawnNews reported. Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja...
View ArticleAfghanistan hints at Pakistan link to attack on Abdullah
KABUL: Afghanistan on Sunday accused “foreign intelligence services” of being behind an attack targeting presidential front-runner Abdullah Abdullah that killed 12 people, in a veiled reference to...
View ArticleTroops kill 10 suspected militants in Dera Bugti operation
QUETTA: Paramilitary forces Sunday killed more than 10 alleged militants in violence-stricken Balochistan as part of a fresh operation to quell a long-running insurgency, officials said.The operation...
View ArticleThree cops face ire over rape victim’s suicide
SARGODHA: Regional Police Officer Ahmad Ishaq Jahangir has suspended from service the station house officer, assistant sub-inspector and moharrar of Kirana police for showing negligence that resulted...
View ArticleTarbela’s storage capacity decreases by two feet
ISLAMABAD: The country continues to lose its water storage capacity as accumulation of silt has decreased Tarbela Dam’s storage space by another two feet.An official of the ministry of water and power...
View ArticleIndia-China talks make progress despite Tibet distraction
NEW DELHI: If the unusual but little publicised presence of a Tibetan representative at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inauguration was someone’s ploy to stymie Sino-Indian ties, there was no...
View ArticleIndia searches for 24 students washed away in river surge
SHIMLA: Rescuers discovered five bodies on Monday in a river in northern India as they stepped up their search for 24 students washed away in a sudden surge of water released from a dam.The students...
View ArticleModi government makes economic revival 'paramount' goal
NEW DELHI : India's new government pledged Monday to make the revival of the flagging economy its “paramount” target as it laid out its legislative agenda following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
View ArticleNo relief in sight from scorching heat
LAHORE: The plains, especially in Sindh and Punjab, continued to reel under a severe heatwave on Sunday with the Met department forecasting no immediate relief.Blazing sun has been spitting fire on the...
View ArticleBombers hit base in eastern Afghanistan, kill guard
KABUL: Three suicide bombers attacked a parking lot at a police base in eastern Afghanistan, killing a guard and setting 25 trucks ablaze, an official told AP on Monday.No one immediately claimed...
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