Thirteen killed after road collision in Chiniot
CHINIOT: Thirteen people were killed while three others received injuries when a passenger van collided with a truck at Tahirabad, Lahore-Chiniot Road on Monday night.According to District Police...
View ArticleAPC backs govt push for peace talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top political leaders, who had huddled together in Islamabad on Monday for an All Parties Conference (APC) on how to tackle growing terrorism, agreed on initiating peace talks...
View Article44 killed in collision of two buses in Iran
TEHRAN: A collision between two buses in Iran killed 44 people and injured 39 others, the ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday, in the country's most serious road accident in years.The accident took...
View ArticleRoadside bomb hits bus, killing seven in Afghanistan
KABUL: A bus that took a detour to avoid one roadside bomb instead hit another in the central province of Ghazni, killing seven people, including three children, an Afghan official said. Assadullah...
View ArticleFederation submits response in petition against Zardari
ISLAMABAD: The federation’s law division on Tuesday submitted its response in the Supreme Court during the hearing of a petition against former president Asif Ali Zardari over barring him from leaving...
View ArticleKhan promises ‘uniform education system’ in KP
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan announced Tuesday that a uniform education system will be provided throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from March next year. Speaking at the inaugural...
View ArticlePervez Rashid says talks with Taliban are in national interest
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Pervaiz Rashid Tuesday said the government would formulate a policy to eliminate terrorism in the country and talks with Taliban would be held in...
View ArticleMissing Nato containers: MQM’s Ghauri seeks to become party in case
KARACHI: Senior leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and former minister for ports and shipping Babar Ghauri on Tuesday filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking to become party in the case...
View ArticleDobbins doubts complete Afghan withdrawal by 2014
WASHINGTON: A US envoy on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that Washington would withdraw all troops from Afghanistan after next year, saying that both countries wanted to preserve a smaller force.Aides...
View ArticleECP, Army agree to hold LG polls in cantonment boards on Nov 3
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the Army on Tuesday reached a consensus on holding the local body elections in cantonment boards on November 3. The decision was taken at a...
View ArticleMalala painting to hang in UK Portrait Gallery
LONDON: A painting of Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai is going on display alongside British luminaries at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The portrait by artist Jonathan Yeo...
View ArticleFour men found guilty in landmark Delhi gang-rape trial
NEW DELHI: Four men were found guilty on Tuesday of the rape of a woman on a bus in the Indian capital and her murder, closing a chapter on a crime that had triggered mass protests about the treatment...
View ArticleSyria wants to join chemical weapons ban treaty: FM
MOSCOW: Syria wants to join the chemical weapons ban treaty and is ready to give other countries and the United Nations access to its arsenal, Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said on Tuesday.“We are...
View ArticleAltaf demands formation of new provinces
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain Tuesday said that attention should be paid to equitable distribution of national resources and elimination of the sense of deprivation among...
View ArticleMilitary leadership vows to defend Pakistan’s territorial integrity
ISLAMABAD: The top military leadership of Pakistan Tuesday discussed the operational situation at the borders and vowed that territorial integrity of the country would be safeguarded at all cost, said...
View ArticleTaliban peace talks Pakistan’s “own decision,” says Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Tuesday that the framework for holding dialogue with Taliban is ready and there was no foreign pressure in this regard.Addressing a press...
View ArticleATC issues fresh order to produce Musharraf
QUETTA: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) here on Tuesday once again ordered production of former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf before the court in the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case. The ATC...
View ArticleJamaat chief hails APC decisions
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Munawar Hasan has described decisions of the All Party Conference as a step in the right direction and advised the government to assert itself while holding talks with...
View ArticleShah says easier to negotiate with Afghan Taliban than Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah Tuesday said the government should hold result-oriented dialogue with Taliban to curb terrorism and restore peace in...
View ArticleTTP leaders in session to firm up response
MIRAMSHAH: A meeting of the central shura of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is being held at an unspecified location in the tribal region to firm up a formal response to the government’s peace overtures...
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