US hikes surveillance on Pak-Afghan border
WASHINGTON: The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the US has increased its surveillance over the Pak-Afghan border since Pakistan began pounding North Waziristan with airstrikes, but so far...
View ArticleJustice Umar Ata Bandial takes oath as Supreme Court judge
ISLAMABAD: Justice Umar Ata Bandial was elevated to the post of a Supreme Court judge on Tuesday after taking oath from Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani in a special ceremony, DawnNews...
View ArticleCourt grants bail to former PM Gilani in 12 corruption cases
KARACHI: A federal anti corruption court in Karachi on Tuesday granted bail to former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani in 12 corruption cases, DawnNews reported. A large number of Pakistan Peoples Party...
View ArticleUS deploys extra troops, mulls air strikes in Iraq
BAGHDAD: The US was deploying extra troops to protect its embassy in Baghdad and mulling air strikes against militants who have seized key cities, amid warnings Tuesday that Iraq has polarised...
View Article25 terrorists killed as jets bomb hideouts in North Waziristan
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: At least 25 foreign and local militants were killed early Tuesday as military jets bombed suspected terrorist hideouts in North Waziristan, the army said in a statement.An ISPR...
View ArticleSharif urges Karzai to seal Pak-Afghan border
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai to help stop militants escape a major military offensive, as jets pounded Taliban hideouts in North Waziristan...
View ArticleCathay Pacific to suspend Pakistan flights
KARACHI: Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific is to suspend flights to and from Pakistan, officials said Tuesday, following last week's brazen attack on Karachi airport which left 38 people dead including the 10...
View ArticleDecision for Waziristan operation taken by Army, claims Fazl
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday claimed in the National Assembly that that the parliament was "helpless" before military establishment's decision of...
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Youth, women among seven killed in PAT supporters' clash with police
LAHORE: Members of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) were among the seven people killed during a clash between PAT protesters and policemen in Lahore on Tuesday. According to initial reports, one of the...
View ArticlePAT-police clash: MQM retracts mourning call on traders’ appeal
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday retracted their earlier call to observe a country-wide day of mourning in the aftermath of the killing of Pakistan Awami Tehreek’s (PAT)...
View ArticlePakistan, Tajikistan agree to strengthen cooperation: Nawaz
DUSHANBE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said that Pakistan and Tajikistan agreed to strengthen economic cooperation by optimally utilising the present and new institutional mechanisms and...
View ArticleWill resign if found responsible for PAT-police clash: Shahbaz
LAHORE: In a press conference after the violent clash between supporters of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and police on Tuesday, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said he will resign if found...
View ArticleRs500mn allocated for Zarb-i-Azb, NWA IDPs: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar Tuesday said that the government would exploit all out resources to ensure success of North Waziristan operation and facilitation of Internally Displaced...
View Article21 dead in Nigeria football viewing centre blast: hospital source
KANO: At least 21 people were killed when an explosion ripped through a viewing centre showing World Cup football in Damaturu, northern Nigeria, a medical source told AFP on Wednesday.“We received 21...
View ArticleHead constable killed on Karachi's M A Jinnah Road
KARACHI: Unknown men gunned down a head constable of police deployed on court duty on Wednesday on Karachi's Mohammad Ali Jinnah Road.The officer was shot near Tibet Centre on M A Jinnah Road while he...
View ArticleMusharraf's name on ECL: SC fixes June 23 to hear govt challenge
ISLAMABAD: A five judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, is scheduled to hear on June 23 the government’s plea challenging the Sindh High Court's ruling which ordered the...
View ArticleShujaat calls on Fazl, invites to join alliance
ISLAMABAD: President of the Pakistan Muslim League - Quaid (PML-Q) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain met Maulana Fazlur Rehman at the residence of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief on Wednesday and...
View ArticleMilitants lay siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery
BAGHDAD: Militants laid siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery Wednesday, threatening a facility key to the country's domestic supplies as part of their ongoing lightning offensive across the country, a...
View ArticleTribunal to determine those responsible for Lahore tragedy: PM
ISLAMBAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while expressing grief and sorrow over the Lahore tragedy, assured that legal action would be taken in the light of the Lahore High Court’s tribunal findings...
View ArticleKarzai says Afghanistan will not be a repeat of Iraq
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has dismissed suggestions that his country could descend into the same chaos as Iraq when US-led troops pull out and leave the national police and army to impose...
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