UN chief awaits Syria report as Assad vows to resist attack
DAMASCUS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Thursday his investigating team would report back this week on the suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria as embattled President Bashar al-Assad vowed to resist...
View ArticleGunmen kill police officer in Quetta
QUETTA: Armed militants on Thursday night killed a former police officer nominated in the killing of Chechen nationals in Quetta.Muhammad Aslam, a police official told Dawn.com that two armed militants...
View ArticlePTA directs telcos to stop voice, SMS bundles
Dawn has reliably learnt that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed all telecom operators to discontinue all kinds of voice and SMS bundle packages, including daily, weekly,...
View ArticleFazl affirms Nawaz of supporting Taliban talks
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Thursday night affirmed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif his every possible assistance in negotiating a peace deal with the outlawed...
View ArticleSattar criticises PPP for adopting 1990’s politics
KARACHI: Criticising the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government in Sindh province, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Farooq Sattar late on Thursday night accused the provincial government’s...
View ArticleCJ assails Sindh govt, equates Karachi to weapon smuggling hub
KARACHI: Pakistan’s top judge said Thursday that weapons in large quantities were being smuggled in through the Karachi port and supplied throughout the country, including Balochistan.Citing media...
View ArticleImran challenges Nawaz to bring back ‘looted’ money
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan says he will shake hands with Nawaz Sharif if his government brings even a single dollar back from President Asif Ali Zardari’s accounts in...
View ArticlePTI seeks a month to submit statement of accounts to ECP
ISLAMABAD: While all other mainstream political parties have submitted their consolidated statements of accounts to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) sought...
View ArticleChina to invest in Gwadar projects
QUETTA: China has shown interest in investing in projects pertaining to communications, port, education and solar energy in the port city of Gwadar. At a meeting held in Gwadar on Thursday, a...
View ArticleAfghanistan suicide attack kills Kunduz district governor, civilians
KUNDUZ: A suicide attack in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz killed a district governor, his bodyguards and civilians at a mosque on Friday, government officials said.The group that included...
View ArticleIndian response to maintaining LoC ceasefire awaited: FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that it was yet to hear from India about measures proposed for maintaining ceasefire along the Line of Control.“We have made some concrete proposals to...
View ArticlePlea to exempt teachers from other duties
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was requested on Thursday to order federal and provincial governments to do away with the practice of assigning elementary schoolteachers tasks other than imparting...
View ArticleBritain says 'no' but US ready to act alone on Syria
LONDON: British lawmakers have rejected their government's call for military strikes against the Syrian regime, leaving the US to look elsewhere for international partners while reserving the right to...
View ArticlePetrol and diesel prices to go up
ISLAMABAD: The prices of petrol and other major petroleum products are estimated to go up by more than Rs4.5 per litre on Saturday because of rising trend in the international market caused by reports...
View ArticleOne child killed as toy bomb explodes in Quetta
QUETTA: One child was killed and another injured when a toy bomb exploded in Quetta on Friday, DawnNews reported. According to the preliminary details, children found a toy-like bomb near a shop in the...
View ArticleDrone kills suspected al Qaeda leader in Yemen
SANAA: A drone strike Friday killed a suspected al Qaeda leader in Yemen, sources said, the latest in a string of attacks targeting what the US considers the extremist group's most dangerous branch.A...
View ArticleFrance says strike on Syria possible by Wednesday
PARIS: French President, Francois Hollande, said on Friday that a military strike on Syria could come by Wednesday. He was of the view that Britain's surprise rejection of armed intervention would not...
View ArticleSC issues notice to federation in petition against Zardari
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the federation during the hearing of a petition against President Asif Ali Zardari, barring him to leave the country after completion of his...
View ArticleNawaz for early completion of Karachi-Lahore motorway
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday said the significant Karachi-Lahore Motorway must be constructed within minimum possible time to benefit the huge population.He said this while meeting...
View ArticleGovt to withdraw report on 'Muhajir Republican Army': Nisar
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to withdraw a statement mentioning the existence of a previously unknown militant outfit, the 'Muhajir Republican Army', from the report submitted to the...
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