Karachi operation: Govt to take all parties on board, says Rashid
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Saturday said the government would take all political parties on board over peace strategy for Karachi.The...
View ArticleAbducted Afghan diplomat reaches home in Quetta
QUETTA: The kidnapped official of the Afghan Consulate Quetta has reached his home on Saturday.Afghan Consul General Quetta, Ghullam Muhammad Bahadur told reporters that Muhammad Hashim Ibrat, the...
View ArticleObama seeking congressional OK for Syria action
WASHINGTON: Delaying what had loomed as an imminent strike, President Barack Obama abruptly announced Saturday he will seek congressional approval before launching any military action meant to punish...
View ArticleANP changes stance, hails talks with militants
CHARSADDA: In an apparent change in his party’s stance over peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban, Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has welcomed reports about the government’s...
View Article‘Terror bid’ foiled in capital
ISLAMABAD: The capital police on Saturday claimed to have tracked down an explosive-laden car which they were hunting after Eidul Fitr.Although the police claimed that they thwarted a plot to carry out...
View ArticleAppointment of judges: PBC criticises role of parliamentary body
ISLAMABAD: In an emergency meeting, the executive committee of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Saturday assailed what it called ineffective role being played in the appointment of superior court...
View ArticleMQM leader denies role in disappearance of containers
KARACHI: Senior leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and former minister for ports and shipping Babar Ghori has denied involvement in the alleged disappearance of 19,000 containers carrying arms...
View ArticleGrenades hurled at Mengal’s house
QUETTA: The house of Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the president of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), was attacked with grenades here on Saturday night. Police sources said that armed men riding a...
View ArticleIndian religious leader arrested on rape charge
JAIPUR: A controversial spiritual guru was arrested early Sunday on a rape charge filed by a teen-age girl in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, police said. Asaram Bapu was arrested at a...
View ArticleBomb kills eight Afghan mining firm workers
KABUL: A provincial governor says a vehicle carrying employees of a private mining company has struck a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan, killing eight.Parwan province leader Abdul Basir Salangi...
View ArticleCross-examination in Mumbai case: Pakistani team to visit India next week
ISLAMABAD: An eight-member panel of Pakistani prosecution and defence lawyers will visit India next week to cross-examine four Indian witnesses in the Mumbai attack case, a Federal Investigation Agency...
View ArticleFive dead in attacks on clinics in Karachi
KARACHI: A homoeopath and four other people were killed when gunmen attacked two clinics in Landhi area of the city on Saturday night. Four people were injured. In the first incident, at least four...
View ArticlePOL prices move up
ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday raised the prices of petroleum products by up to Rs4.71 per litre, citing the rising trend in the international market.However, following directives of Prime...
View ArticleMandela leaves hospital: S African presidency
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's president says Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the hospital in the capital, Pretoria. President Jacob Zuma said in a statement Sunday that former President Mandela...
View ArticleOwn goal hands India victory over spirited Pakistan
Pakistan put on a spirited performance and even scored — at the wrong end though — as they lost their opening Group ‘A’ match at the SAFF Championship to arch-rivals India 1-0 in Kathmandu, Nepal, on...
View ArticleNisar terms Taliban dialogue media reports as speculative
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday said that no formal negotiations were being held with the Taliban yet and most of the media reports on the issue were speculative...
View ArticleSarin gas used in Damascus attack: Kerry
WASHINGTON: The United States has proof sarin gas was used in a Damascus attack, Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday, as he urged Congress to vote for military action against the Syrian...
View ArticleTalks with Taliban prerogative of federal govt: Khattak
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said that talks with the Taliban is the prerogative of the federal government.The chief minister said militants must accept the...
View ArticleIED blast in N Waziristan kills nine FC personnel
PESHAWAR: At least nine paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and 20 others wounded in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in North Waziristan tribal region's Boya area on...
View ArticlePM expected to approve joint grand targeted operation in Karachi
KARACHI: Sources at the Prime MInister's secratariat said that Premier Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif woud give approval of a joint grand targeted operation during Tuesday's meeting of the federal cabinet...
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