SC orders formation of national council for minorities' rights
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Thursday ordered for the constitution of a national council of minorities' rights. The function of the said council should be to monitor the practical...
View ArticleGullu Butt sent on 14-day judicial remand
LAHORE: Gullu Butt, the baton-wielding man seen damaging vehicles in Lahore, was presented in a court for the second time on Thursday and was sent on a 14-day judicial remand.Butt appeared in court for...
View ArticleTaliban attack on Nato base in Afghanistan destroys 37 trucks
KABUL: Taliban suicide bombers struck Nato fuel trucks at a key border crossing in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, setting off explosions that destroyed dozens of trucks and triggering a gunbattle...
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Operation Zarb-i-Azb requires national unity: PM Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Under the supervision of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the leadership of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) met on Thursday to discuss the ongoing military operation 'Zarb-i-Azb' and the...
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No link between military operation and drone attacks: FO
ISLAMABAD. Pakistan on Thursday condemned recent drone strikes that took place near Miramshah in North Waziristan, and said there was no connection between the strikes and ongoing military...
View ArticleBalochistan govt unveils Rs215bn budget for 2014-15
QUETTA: With an aim to improve key social indicators, the Balochistan government claims to have given top priority to the education and health sectors in the financial budget for the year...
View ArticleOpposition demands withdrawal of case against Qadri's son, supporters
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties in the National Assembly on Thursday demanded the government to withdraw the FIRs registered against Dr Hussain Mohiuddin, the son of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT)...
View ArticleUS ready for 'precise' military action in Iraq: Obama
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Thursday said he was ready to send 300 military advisors to Iraq and if necessary to take “targeted” and “precise” military action to counter radical Sunni...
View ArticleTargeted operation to be launched by Rangers, police in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to carry out a ‘targeted operation’ in the capital to eliminate terrorist elements, DawnNews reported. To wipe out sleeper cells of terrorists following the...
View ArticlePolice asked to nominate Nawaz, Shahbaz in Lahore killings case
LAHORE: The Tehreek-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) of Dr Tahirul Qadri on Thursday submitted a First Information Report (FIR) application seeking nomination of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister...
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Zarb-i-Azb operation: 23 militants killed in fresh strikes
ISLAMABAD: At least 23 more suspected militants were killed in the ongoing Zarb-i-Azb operation launched by the Pakistan Army in North Waziristan tribal region, according to a statement issued by the...
View ArticleSuicide attack on peace lashkar chief’s house kills 2 in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: A suicide attack on the residence of a peace lashkar chief in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa capital killed at least two people and wounded five others, DawnNews reported on Thursday night.The attack...
View ArticleMQM MNA Tahira Asif passes away in Lahore hospital
LAHORE: Member of National Assembly belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Tahira Asif passed away late Thursday night from injuries she sustained after being shot in Lahore a day earlier,...
View ArticleInjured Muttahida MNA dies
LAHORE: Muttahida Qaumi Movement MNA Tahira Asif who was critically injured in a gun attack here on Wednesday died at Jinnah Hospital late on Thursday night.Head of Anaesthesia department and incharge...
View ArticlePolice officers ‘posting shy’ in the wake of Minhaj fiasco
LAHORE: Police authorities had to face embarrassment on Thursday after a senior officer posted against a key slot in Lahore refused to assume the charge.Punjab police Inspector General Mushtaq Ahmad...
View ArticleTeacher’s husband held for beating up student
RAWALPINDI: The husband of a teacher at a private school was arrested on charges of torturing a fifth class student, police said.Hamza, a student at a private school in Morgah, did not inform his...
View ArticleNumber of world's displaced over 50 million: UN
BEIRUT: The United Nations refugee agency says that at the end of last year, more than 50 million people have been forced from their homes worldwide, the highest figure of displaced people since World...
View ArticleAs IDPs arrive, twin cities gear up to tackle poliovirus
ISLAMABAD: As some of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) from North Waziristan arrived in the twin cities, the local administration of Rawalpindi announced three anti-polio campaigns during the...
View ArticleBody of kidnapped woman found hanging on tree in Layyah
LAHORE: A woman’s body was found hanging on a tree in Punjab’s Layyah area on Friday, DawnNews reported.The woman was kidnapped earlier but was later found murdered with her body hanging on a...
View ArticleCar bomb kills at least 34 in Syria's Hama: state media
DAMASCUS: A car bomb claimed by rebels killed at least 34 people on Friday in a government-controlled village in the central Syrian province of Hama, state news agency SANA reported.More than 50 people...
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