Balochistan PA worried over power crisis
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly condemned on Thursday the energy crisis in the province which had affected standing crops and orchards causing billions of rupees worth of losses to growers. The...
View ArticlePresident, PM discuss capital punishment, border tension
ISLAMABAD: Contrary to the exchange of thorny statements by leaders of the ruling PML-N and the main opposition PPP these days, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met in the...
View ArticleNA condemns ceasefire violations
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly condemned on Thursday continued violations of ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) by Indian army and called for a constructive, sustained and result-oriented...
View Article‘Sectarian attack’ claims doctor’s life
KARACHI, Aug 22: A doctor was killed in a sectarian attack in Liaquatabad late Wednesday night, the Super Market police said.They added that Dr Ghazanfar Ali Zaidi, 58, had left his clinic in Hassan...
View ArticleUnblocking of YouTube not coming soon
ISLAMABAD: It was being speculated that YouTube may be unblocked soon after Eidul Fitr, but it may take a while before internet users in the country will once again be able to access the popular...
View ArticleIndia urged to hold talks as two troops die in shelling
ISLAMABAD: As two more Pakistani soldiers were killed by Indian shelling, Pakistan proposed to India on Thursday meetings of senior diplomats and military officials for implementation of ceasefire on...
View ArticleIsrael raid in Lebanon targeted Palestinian group: report
BEIRUT: An Israeli air force attack in southern Lebanon on Friday targeted the position of a Palestinian group close to the Syrian regime, hours after militants fired four rockets at the Jewish state,...
View ArticlePhotographer gang-raped in Mumbai: police
MUMBAI: Five men gang-raped a female photographer in India's financial hub Mumbai, police said Friday, stirring memories of a similar incident eight months ago in New Delhi which triggered nationwide...
View ArticleProposal to privatise PSM sparks Senate uproar
ISLAMABAD: The Senate witnessed uproar on Thursday and opposition’s protest over the proposed privatisation of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) and absence of the minister concerned to give a policy...
View ArticleUN says Syrian child refugees tops one million mark
GENEVA: The number of registered child refugees fleeing Syria's violence has topped the one million mark in another grim milestone of the deepening conflict, two UN agencies said Friday. Roughly half...
View ArticlePakistan’s debt reaches new heights: Minister of Finance
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday was informed that the previous government borrowed a staggering Rs8,136 billion, with no traceability. Minister of State for Privatisation informed the...
View ArticleObama says chemical weapons claim in Syria 'of grave concern'
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Friday that new allegations of chemical weapons use by Syrian forces were of “grave concern”.But he cautioned against the United...
View Article337 Indian fishermen released from Pakistani jail
KARACHI: Authorities said that except for one Indian fisherman, 337 other fishermen were released from jails in Pakistan on Friday as per announcement by country's Interior ministry a day earlier.The...
View ArticleECP announces official by-election results
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday announced the official results of the country’s largest by-polls and ruling party Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) once again topped...
View ArticleSC asks ministry to produce two missing brothers
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the defence ministry to ensure production of two brothers, Umer Hayat and Umer Bakht, before the court on Sept 28 after the District and Sessions Judge...
View ArticleOpposition in a fix over nominations for NAB post
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition Pakistan Peoples Party is finding it difficult to name new nominees for the position of chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after the opposition and the...
View ArticleJI calls for govt-Taliban contact before talks
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan has called for a contact between the government and Taliban before initiation of any formal dialogue.Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Mr...
View ArticleLanka invites Nawaz to C’wealth summit
ISLAMABAD: Sri Lankan Minister for External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris on Friday invited Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to the Commonwealth summit being held in Colombo in November.Mr Peiris is on a...
View ArticleRabbani resigns from panel on judges appointment
ISLAMABAD: Senator Raza Rabbani on Friday resigned from the parliamentary committee on appointment of judges. He has been replaced by another opposition party member, Farooq Naek.Talking to Dawn, Mr...
View ArticleMQM win a reply to propaganda, says Altaf
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain said on Friday that the victory of MQM candidates in Thursday’s by-elections in Karachi and Mirpurkhas had exposed “baseless propaganda against him...
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