Pakistan welcomes IMF $6.7 bn lifeline
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday welcomed a $6.7 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund but economists warn it can only be a stop-gap unless Islamabad enacts uncomfortable economic...
View ArticleSuspected militant killed in Bannu during clash with residents
BANNU: One suspected militant was killed whereas another was handed over to the police during an overnight clash with residents in Bannu, DawnNews reported. According to the police, residents of...
View ArticleMilitants, police clash in Karachi’s Mauripur; three killed
KARACHI: Three suspected militants were killed on Thursday during an exchange of fire with personnel from the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Karachi’s Mauripur area, DawnNews reported....
View ArticleChilean judges apologise for dictator-era role
SANTIAGO: Chile’s judges issued a long-awaited apology Wednesday to relatives of those who sought missing loved ones under the regime of dictator Augusto Pinochet only to have courts shrug them off.“To...
View ArticleSuspected mastermind of Nanga Parbat attack arrested
SKARDU: The suspected mastermind of the Nanga Parbat attack that killed nine foreign mountaineers and their guide in the Himalayas was arrested from Chilas on Thursday. Qareebullah alias Hasan, a...
View ArticlePakistan’s nuclear assets in safe hands: PM Sharif
ISLAMABAD: The National Command Authority session, chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, took place at the Prime Minister House on Thursday, DawnNews reported. The meeting, which took place after...
View ArticleTaliban shoot dead female Indian author in Afghanistan: police
KHOST: Suspected Taliban militants shot dead the Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, writer of a popular book about her dramatic escape from the Taliban in the 90s, in eastern Afghan province of Paktika...
View ArticleUS refutes claims of 19,000 US containers “missing” from Karachi ports
ISLAMABAD: The US embassy in Islamabad on Thursday refuted media reports suggesting 19,000 shipping containers belonging to the US and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had been stolen...
View ArticleSC orders appointment of NAB chairman in one week
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday gave one week time to the federation to appoint a full-time chairman of the country’s anti-corruption watchdog. The position has been lying vacant...
View ArticleBomb wounds 11 outside girls' school in Bannu
PESHAWAR/BANNU: A bomb wounded 11 people, mostly children, when it exploded outside a girls' school in Bannu on Thursday, a doctor said.The bomb went off at the end of the school day as pupils walked...
View ArticleUniform Rs10.50 power rate announced for farmers
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar Thursday announced to fix single slab of electricity at Rs10.50 per unit including General Sales Tax for the agriculture sector...
View ArticlePakistan warns Syria attack will plunge region into deeper conflict
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Thursday warned that any foreign military action in Syria will plunge the already volatile region into a deeper conflict.In a news briefing, Foreign Office Spokesman Aizaz Ahmad...
View ArticleGovt to convene counter-terrorism APC on Sept 9
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to evolve consensus on national counter-terrorism strategy, the Pakistan government has at last decided to convene a multi-party conference on September 9, DawnNews reported.Federal...
View ArticleZardari urges nation to stand united to confront challenges
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday urged all political parties and the nation to stand united to confront internal and external challenges facing the country.Speaking here at a farewell...
View ArticleChemical weapons claim 'pretext' to hit Syria: Ayatollah Khamenei
TEHRAN: Allegations the Syrian regime used chemical weapons last month are a “pretext” by the West to attack the country, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday.Iran is Syria's...
View ArticleBill on agencies’ role approved
ISLAMABAD: In an attempt to make civil and armed forces’ intelligence agencies accountable to parliament, a Senate committee has approved a draft bill and decided to table it in the upper house during...
View ArticleBNP-M warns govt against deals with foreign firms
QUETTA: Leaders of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) said on Thursday that the government was helpless before the powerful establishment and that it had failed in curbing lawlessness in the...
View ArticlePakistan understands importance of N-security: US
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has a professional and dedicated security force that fully understands the importance of nuclear security, says the US State Department. In a statement issued on Wednesday evening,...
View ArticleSenate panel wants details of Rangers’ powers
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights decided on Thursday to seek details from the government regarding ‘special powers’ reportedly given to the Rangers for restoration of peace and...
View ArticleNCA stresses full-spectrum deterrence
ISLAMABAD: The National Command Authority (NCA) decided on Thursday to further develop the country’s nuclear weapons programme for preserving “full spectrum deterrence” against any possible external...
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