Violence as shortfall rises to 7,000MW
LAHORE, May 27: The country continued to be in the grip of the worst power crisis on Monday, stoking nationwide protests and violence as electricity shortfall rose to a phenomenal 7,000MW – total...
View ArticleTTP claims responsibility of Shangla bomb blast
PESHAWAR: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for yesterday’s attack on a police mobile van in the Poran subdivision of Shangla district which killed five policemen,...
View ArticleSHC advocate and children killed in Karachi firing; lawyers boycott courts
KARACHI: An advocate of the Sindh High Court (SHC) and two of his children were killed Tuesday when gunmen opened fire on his car at Maripur road near Native Jetty bridge in Karachi, DawnNews...
View ArticleBomb blast in Swat kills peace committee leader’s son
SWAT: A bomb blast took place in Swat’s Mingor area killing Burgat Ali, son of a PML-N leader and peace committee member Sher Ali, on Tuesday.Moreover, police said 10 people were injured in the...
View ArticleBenazir murder case: FIA has 14 days to submit charge sheet against Musharraf
RAWALPINDI: In the Benazir Bhutto murder case, the special Rawalpindi anti-terrorist court gave 14 days’ time to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to submit a charge sheet against former military...
View ArticleGunmen kill three troops on Lebanon-Syria border: official
BAALBECK, Lebanon: Armed men killed three Lebanese soldiers near the Syria border overnight, an official said Tuesday, in the deadliest such attack since the start of the Syrian revolt more than two...
View ArticleNA to convene on June 1; President approves summary
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned a session of the National Assembly for June 1, DawnNews reported.A spokesman for the Presidency said the president had approved the advice sent to his...
View Article'Tragedy' Pakistan has nukes but no power: Nawaz
LAHORE: Pakistan's incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday admitted it was a “tragedy” that a country with a nuclear arsenal was crippled by chronic electricity shortages.Years of mismanagement,...
View ArticleProtestors block National Highway over loadshedding in Balochistan
QUETTA: Growers blocked all national highways to protest over unannounced loadshedding in Balochistan.Members of Growers Action Committee staged a protest demonstration and blocked Quetta-Chaman...
View ArticleChief Justice takes suo motu notice of Gujrat tragedy
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took suo motu notice of the tragic explosion in a school van in the outskirts Gujrat on May 25 which had claimed the lives of at...
View ArticleLawyers observe strike accross Sindh against colleague’s murder
KARACHI: Lawyers observed a strike and boycotted all court proceedings across Sindh, against the killing of their colleague in Karachi a day earlier, causing severe hardships to many people and...
View ArticleRecount, thumb impression verification ordered on two NA, seven PA seats
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday ordered the recounting of and verification of thumb impressions on votes polled in two National Assembly and seven Punjab Assembly...
View ArticlePolice detain suspect over French soldier’s stabbing
PARIS: French police on Wednesday arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the weekend stabbing of a French soldier in Paris, with sources describing the suspect as a supporter of “radical...
View ArticleBritain holding up to 90 suspects at Afghanistan base
LONDON: Britain is holding up to 90 people at its main base in Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond admitted Wednesday, as lawyers claimed they were possibly being detained unlawfully.British...
View ArticleBoko Haram rebels say Nigerian military offensive is failing
KADUNA: The leader of Boko Haram Islamist rebels said on Wednesday that the Nigerian military offensive is failing in its goal of crushing the four-year-old insurgency.Abubakar Shekau's statement, in a...
View ArticleEnergy crisis is first priority, says Nawaz
LAHORE: Chief of the election winning Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif held a meeting at his Raiwind residence on Wednesday to address the energy crisis during which he said that the...
View ArticleSuicide bomber, gunmen attack Red Cross office in Afghanistan
JALALABAD: A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, and two more insurgents...
View ArticleBalochistan chief secretary’s refusal angers interim CM
QUETTA: Chief Secretary Balochistan, Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad has refused to make important postings and transfers just a week before formation of new coalition government in the province.Refusal...
View ArticleFour Pakistani peacekeepers honoured posthumously
ISLAMABAD: Four Pakistani soldiers, who sacrificed their lives while serving in the United Nations peacekeeping mission, were honoured with the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal on the International Day of United...
View ArticleSarfaraz Shah case: SHC reserves judgment over appeal against convictions
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court reserved its judgment on Thursday over appeals filed by the accused Rangers personnel against their conviction in the Sarfaraz Shah murder case, DawnNews reported.Sarfraz...
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