PTI demonstrates against hike in petrol, diesel prices
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers held a demonstration here on Sunday in protest against the fresh increase in petrol prices.Led by PTI’s provincial president Ejaz Chaudhry, general secretary Dr...
View ArticleAttack on Mengal’s house: case registered
QUETTA: Police on Sunday registered a case against unidentified people for attacking Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal’s house in the Railway Housing Society.On Saturday night, two hand-grenades were hurled...
View ArticleGovt unwilling to bail out PSM, but to pay workers’ salary
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The government appears to be in no mood to revive or privatise the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) as a going concern in the short-term but has decided to clear three months’ outstanding...
View ArticleKarzai makes changes in Afghan security leadership
KABUL: Potential presidential candidate Omar Daudzai was appointed as Afghanistan's acting interior minister on Sunday, putting him in a high-profile public role seven months before the country's first...
View ArticleASF official shot dead
QUETTA: An official of the Airport Security Force (ASF) was gunned down in Dalbandin area of Chaghai district on Sunday, police said.They said that Bashir Bhatti, a head constable in the ASF posted on...
View ArticleAfghan militants attack US base: official
KABUL: An Afghan official says a group of suicide bombers have attacked US base near the border with Pakistan, sparking an ongoing gunbattle. There was no immediate information on casualties. Ahmad Zia...
View ArticleEgypt's Morsi to stand trial for 'inciting murder'
CAIRO: Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi is to stand trial in a criminal court for “incitement to murder”, state television reported on Sunday, without giving a date for the trial.It said the...
View ArticleCM vows to act against extortion at checkposts
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has warned that he would not allow security checkposts to be used for collecting extortion money in the province.Speaking at a meeting in Gwadar...
View ArticleFormal dialogue with Taliban yet to be initiated
ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Sunday that it would consult all parties in parliament before initiating formal talks with the Taliban.“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wants to take the heads of all...
View ArticlePakistani stocks plummet 430 points
KARACHI: Pakistan's main stock exchange closed lower on Monday, with the benchmark 100-share index of the Karachi Stock Exchange falling 1.97 per cent, or 436.17 points, to 21,724.68.Selling in index...
View ArticleSyria asks UN to 'prevent any aggression'
DAMASCUS: Syria has asked the United Nations to try to “prevent any aggression” against it, state news agency SANA said Monday, as the United States weighs military action against Damascus.“The Syrian...
View ArticleSpecial Cabinet session: Nisar briefs PM over Karachi situation
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan met with the prime minister on Monday and submitted a report detailing the law and order situation in Karachi, two days prior to a special cabinet...
View ArticleObama sends Kerry, Hagel to Senate on Syria vote
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will send his diplomatic and defense chiefs to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to intensify a fervent White House effort to win support for military strikes in...
View ArticleSC orders 3G auction to be finalised within two months
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the federation to complete the process of appointing Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and its members within ten days and present the...
View ArticleLal Masjid cleric's murder case registered against Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: Police on Monday registered a case against former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf over the alleged murder of cleric Ghazi Abdul Rasheed and his wife during the Lal Masjid military...
View ArticleCurrent rulers helpless before establishment: Mengal
QUETTA: Chief of Balochistan National Party, Sardar Akhtar Mengal has said that present rulers were helpless before the establishment. He said that they were unable to stop the recovery of mutilated...
View ArticleNational security top most priority of govt: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that national security is the top most priority of the present government and all resources would be utilised to ensure it.He was chairing a high...
View ArticleWard delimitation in cantonments begins
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: In the first step towards introducing democracy in 43 cantonments across the country, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started delimitation process of wards in these...
View ArticleShelling near Kotli
MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 2: Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire in some areas of Nakial sector in the Kotli district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. However, no casualties were reported.Official...
View ArticleIndia's parliament passes cheap food law for 800 million people
NEW DELHI: India's upper house of parliament on Monday approved a $20 billion scheme to distribute subsidised wheat and rice to 800 million people, backing an anti-malnutrition drive that investors...
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