Kerry phones PM, discusses regional issues
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday and discussed key bilateral and regional issues with him, diplomatic sources told Dawn.The call comes ahead...
View ArticleFort Hood shooter convicted of massacre, could get death penalty
FORT HOOD, Texas: A military jury convicted US Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan of all 13 charges of premeditated murder and all 32 charges of attempted premeditated murder on Friday for the...
View ArticleUS soldier who killed Afghan villagers gets life without parole
TACOMA, Washington: A decorated American soldier was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday for killing 16 unarmed Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, in two...
View ArticleNine reported killed in incidents of violence in Karachi
KARACHI: Nine people were killed in incidents of violence in Karachi overnight, DawnNews reported. Two people were killed during firing incidents at an Afghan refugees camp within the remit of the...
View ArticleEmbattled Indian PM appeals against media “witch hunt”
NEW DELHI: India's embattled prime minister appealed Saturday to the media, increasingly critical of his scandal-hit government, not to launch a “witch hunt” while investigating corruption.Manmohan...
View ArticleNigerian extremists slit throats of 44 villagers
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Suspected Islamist extremists killed at least 44 villagers in continuing attacks in an uprising in northeast Nigeria, said an official of the National Emergency Management Agency.He...
View ArticlePunjab’s new LG law challenged in LHC
LAHORE: Punjab’s recently passed local government law was challenged in the Lahore High Court on Saturday, DawnNews reported.The petitioner challenging the new local government system for the province...
View ArticleMumbai police arrest second man in gang-rape case
MUMBAI: A second man was arrested by the Mumbai police on Saturday on accusations of gang-raping a female photographer in the Indian financial hub. The attack has renewed anger over the country's...
View ArticleKarzai to visit Pakistan to seek more Taliban releases
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit Pakistan on Monday seeking the release of key Taliban prisoners as he tries to restart peace talks with the militants after they collapsed...
View ArticleCurfew imposed in Bhakkar following sectarian clash
LAHORE: A curfew was imposed in Punjab’s Bhakkar district for an indefinite period following Friday’s clash between members of two religious sects there left five people dead and eight others...
View ArticleUS weighs military options for Syria: Hagel
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT: The Pentagon is moving forces into place in case President Barack Obama opts for military action against Syria, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel suggested Friday.Amid...
View ArticlePakistan begin Asia Cup campaign with 7-0 hammering of Japan
Pakistan began their quest to earn that one elusive spot for the 2014 World Cup with a 7-0 hammering of Japan on the opening day of the 9th Asia Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, which got underway today.Muhammad...
View ArticleBHC rejects Musharraf’s plea to transfer Bugti murder case
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court on Saturday dismissed a petition by former military dictator Pervez Musharraf for his trial over the death of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti to be transferred due to...
View ArticleTTP ‘expel’ Punjabi Taliban leader for welcoming govt talks offer
PESHAWAR: A spokesman for the main Taliban group in Pakistan claimed Saturday that the head of the Punjabi Taliban faction has been stripped of his leadership for welcoming the government’s peace talk...
View ArticleSenate briefing on Taliban, LoC violations planned
ISLAMABAD: The government accepted on Monday an opposition’s proposal to hold a briefing in Senate by National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz on foreign policy with particular reference to talks with...
View ArticleGandhi released from hospital
NEW DELHI: India's ruling Congress party chief, Sonia Gandhi, was released from hospital on Tuesday, hours after being admitted. She had fever, cold and a headache, a doctor and colleagues said.Gandhi,...
View Article400 civilians died in 339 drone attacks, NA told
ISLAMABAD: The government informed the National Assembly on Monday that 339 drone attacks had been recorded in the country since 2004, according to findings of a number of unofficial organisations...
View ArticleGovernment opinion sought on Pemra’s denial
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court asked the government on Monday to advise it whether to expunge an assertion, later denied by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), suggesting that a...
View ArticleDasu power project gets precedence over Bhasha
ISLAMABAD: In a fresh twist, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Monday that the government had decided to immediately take up the $6 billion Dasu hydropower project because its construction could start...
View ArticleBalochistan unrest case: SC gives two weeks' time for missing persons' recovery
QUETTA: The Supreme Court (SC) Tuesday gave Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, police and other intelligence agencies two week’s time for the recovery of missing persons.A three-member bench, headed by...
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