Men behind ‘Nanga Parbat massacre’ arrested
GILGIT: The Diamer Police on Monday claimed a major breakthrough in the investigation of the Nanga Parbat massacre by arresting over 20 attackers following a targeted operation.The Nanga Parbat...
View ArticleNawaz vows to eradicate terrorism, improve economy
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday expressed resolve of the government to eliminate terrorism, improve economy, address power crisis and pursue good neighbourly relations with all...
View ArticleChinese team visits Gwadar port
QUETTA: A high-level delegation of the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) headed by its chairman visited Gwadar on Monday to review arrangements for making the port fully functional.The...
View ArticleOver 80pc water samples found unsafe
ISLAMABAD: The government informed the National Assembly on Monday that over 80 per cent of water samples collected across the country were found unsafe for drinking and asked provincial governments to...
View ArticleOpposition accuses govt of planning to rig by-elections
QUETTA: Members of opposition in the Balochistan Assembly staged a walkout on Monday after accusing the government of planning to rig by-election in the NA-262 Chaman-Qila Abdullah constituency...
View ArticleAltaf urges Nawaz to give justice to MQM, its voters
KARACHI: Blasting Peoples Party for what he called creating a divide between Sindhis and non-Sindhis in the province by getting passed the new local government bill from the provincial assembly on...
View ArticleSenators condemn Indian aggression, Egypt massacre
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday unanimously passed two resolutions to condemn Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC) and the “massacre” of civilians in Egypt by the country’s military...
View ArticleAmbitious reform agenda on cards
ISLAMABAD: The government has started working on the ‘Vision 2025’ plan to upgrade and modernise almost all major sectors of national economy amid questions from some experts if such an ambitious...
View ArticleEgypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood chief as death toll mounts
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, as they stepped up a campaign to crush the party of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.The arrest...
View ArticleOver 100 rescued after boat sinks in Indian Ocean
SYDNEY: Rescuers pulled more than 100 suspected asylum seekers to safety on Tuesday after their boat sank in the Indian Ocean. The boat sank about 220 kilometres north of Christmas Island, where...
View ArticleSingh keen to meet Nawaz, US officials told
WASHINGTON: India would like substantive discussions with Pakistan on the recent Kashmir tensions at an expected summit meeting in New York next month, diplomatic sources told Dawn.The sources said...
View ArticleKarachi violence: Two killed, five bodies recovered
KARACHI: Two people were shot dead and five bodies were recovered from different parts of Karachi, DawnNews reported. Bodies of two kidnapped individuals were found on Tuesday near the city’s Northern...
View ArticleElection campaign for by-polls to end at midnight: ECP
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday gave all the political parties until midnight 12 am to end their respective election campaigns for the by-polls scheduled for August 22,...
View ArticleMusharraf charged with Benazir's murder
RAWALPINDI: Former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was indicted on three counts Tuesday in Rawalpindi's anti-terrorism court (ATC) over the 2007 murder of ex-prime minister Benazir...
View ArticlePakistanis among hundreds of migrants land in Italy
ROME: More than 600 migrants from Eritrea, Pakistan, Syria and other countries landed on Italian shores on three boats, coast guards said on Tuesday.The coast guard rescued 336 people aboard a boat...
View ArticlePeshawar madrassa rejects US sanctions
PESHAWAR: Reacting to the ban imposed by the United States, the administration of Madrassa Taleemul Quran Ganj Tuesday night said they feel the sanctions are “unjustified and uncalled for.”An...
View ArticleUS reopens Yemen embassy after 'Qaeda threat'
WASHINGTON: The United States has reopened its embassy in Yemen, the State Department said Tuesday, two weeks after it closed for fear of an Al Qaeda attack.A statement said that the embassy in Sanaa...
View ArticleOpposition senators assail interior minister
ISLAMABAD: The opposition senators on Tuesday assailed the government for “having no clear agenda” to deal with terrorism alleging that its “confused approach” to the menace was only demoralising the...
View ArticleKP to establish two modern mega cities
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is going to establish two mega cities, including one along Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway near Colonel Sher Khan...
View ArticleIraq violence kills 35 as authorities hail arrests
BAGHDAD: Iraq violence killed 35 people including 15 civilians on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities hailed arrests in a campaign aimed at curbing the country's worst unrest since 2008.Prime...
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