Nawaz to address nation tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to make a formal speech to the nation on Monday, Dawn has learnt. A senior official at the Prime Minister House told Dawn that arrangements for Mr...
View ArticleArrangements for by-elections to be reviewed tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jilani has convened a meeting on Monday to review arrangements for the by-elections to be held across the country on Thursday.The...
View ArticleCourt orders suspect in ephedrine case to surrender
ISLAMABAD: A special court for the control of narcotic substances on Saturday dismissed an application of Khushnood Akhtar Lashari, the former principal secretary to prime minister, against ex parte...
View ArticleIndia told to clarify missing inmates issue
ISLAMABAD: The government has sought a clarification from India over a discrepancy in a list of inmates in the neighbouring country in which there is no trace of 99 Pakistani prisoners.In a written...
View ArticleFour injured by Indian firing at LoC
MUZAFFARABAD: A soldier was among four people injured by the firing of Indian troops in Nakial sector of the southern Kotli district across the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday.Officials said the...
View ArticleMonsoon system weakening: Flood in three rivers damages crops, houses
LAHORE: The weather system generating widespread rain in the country for the past four days weakened on Saturday but the floods it triggered in the Indus, two eastern rivers and their tributaries in...
View ArticleThai PM arrives on 20th
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra is reaching here on Tuesday for a two-day official visit to push better trade ties. During the visit, which is the first high-level engagement...
View ArticleNawaz approves draft of Punjab local body law
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved a draft of law for the proposed local government system for Punjab. However, the opposition strongly reacted to the move and said any approval was the...
View ArticlePTI to unveil white paper on 21st
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan said on Saturday his party would unveil on Aug 21 what he called a “white paper on the rigging during general elections”. “Our party has prepared a...
View ArticleWoman among three shot dead for honour
NOWSHERA: Two men and a woman were shot dead for ‘honour’ here on Saturday. A police official said Zeenat Khan and her father-in-law Wali Mohammad were shot dead by the woman’s brother Javed Khan with...
View ArticleTwo FC personnel among three dead in Quetta violence
QUETTA: Armed militants killed two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and injured another one in Sariab road area of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan on Sunday evening, police said.Shabeer Ahmed, a police...
View ArticleNew Pakistan will begin from KP: Imran
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said a new Pakistan will begin in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and that within a month the people will feel the change brought about by a new...
View ArticlePakistan orders temporary stay of executions
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday ordered a temporary stay of executions following objections from the president and rights groups, days before they were due to resume after a five-year moratorium.The new...
View ArticlePakistan floods affect 300,000: officials
ISLAMABAD: Heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods affecting more than 300,000 people across Pakistan in the last two weeks and killed 108 others, disaster management officials said Sunday.“The rains...
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PM for expediating flood relief activities
LAHORE: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif directed on Sunday the Punjab government to utilise all possible resources for accelerating relief activities in the flood-hit areas.The Prime Minister...
View ArticleAsfandyar vows to defeat PTI in KP by-polls
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan on Monday said since PTI chief Imran Khan has been keeping his silence over the deteriorating law and order situation, therefore he will...
View ArticleFazl warns of protest against potential delay in D I Khan/Tank by-poll
D I KHAN: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Monday said that by-elections on NA-25 D I Khan/Tank would not be allowed to be postponed on the pretext of security reasons...
View ArticleNisar hints involvement of foreign handlers in Islamabad standoff
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday hinted at some foreign handlers of Muhammad Sikandar, main character of the Islamabad standoff, as he revealed complexity of the drama...
View ArticleIndian army told to retaliate to Pakistan border firing: Antony
NEW DELHI: India's army will take “all possible steps” to counter any ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the border between the two countries, the Indian defence minister said Monday, warning not...
View ArticleBy-polls to be held as scheduled: secretary ECP
ISLAMABAD:The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided on Monday to hold the upcoming by-polls on August 22 as per schedule setting aside concerns over terrorism and the flood-hit areas, DawnNews...
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