Disgruntled MQM requisitions Sindh Assembly session
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday officially requisitioned a session of the Sindh Assembly, DawnNews reported. The request to call a session of the assembly bears the signatures...
View ArticleAl-Shabaab men kill US-born militant in Somalia
MOGADISHU: A prominent US-born Islamist militant was killed in Somalia on Thursday after he fell out with senior commanders of the Al-Shabaab rebel group, witnesses said.Residents in Al-Baate village...
View ArticleSuspected mastermind of Chilas attack arrested: police
GILGIT: Police claim to have arrested the suspected mastermind responsible for killing a police officer and two military personnel investigating the Nanga Parbat killing case in which ten foreign...
View ArticleTargeted operations: 30 arrested from different Karachi areas
KARACHI: Police and Rangers personnel have arrested at least 30 suspects after conducting targeted operations on Thursday in different parts of Karachi.Targeted search operations were carried out in...
View ArticleChina sentences three to death for “violent terrorism” in Xinjiang
BEIJING: A court in China's restive far western region of Xinjiang sentenced three ethnic Uighurs to death on Thursday for acts of “violent terrorism,” including murder and being part of a terrorist...
View ArticleGovt to raise its case on drone attacks at the UN: FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office spokesman on Thursday said the government had prepared a case aimed at raising the issue of US drone strikes on Pakistani territory in the United Nations, DawnNews...
View ArticleMajor reshuffle in Sindh police
KARACHI: The Sindh government made some sweeping high level changes in the provincial law enforcement apparatus on Thursday with a major reshuffle of key officers in the police department. Among other...
View ArticleThree migrant labourers gunned down in Gwadar
GWADAR: The bodies of three migrant labourers who were abducted the previous night from near Balochistan's port city of Gwadar were found dumped in the nearby hills on Thursday, officials said.The...
View ArticleSyria asks UN to join chemical arms treaty
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Thursday received documents from the Syrian government seeking to join the international convention banning chemical weapons, a spokesman said.President Bashar...
View ArticleMQM's Nadeem Hashmi sent on week long physical remand
KARACHI: An anti-terrorist court in Karachi on Thursday ordered a seven-day-long physical remand of former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmaker Nadeem Hashmi who was earlier arrested on murder and...
View Article‘New Islamabad’ plan draws criticism
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s plan of cutting through the Margalla Hills for the expansion of Islamabad city has drawn severe criticism and has been termed an ‘environmental disaster’. The...
View ArticleSecretary’s transfer irks apex court
ISLAMABAD: The appointment of Nargis Sethi as aviation division secretary in place of Mohammad Ali Gardezi caught the attention of the Supreme Court on Thursday. Mr Gardezi, who was appointed secretary...
View ArticleMQM terms police reshuffle a political move
KARACHI: A major reshuffle in Sindh police on Thursday drew strong reaction from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) which termed the move ‘politically motivated’. In a statement, the party’s...
View ArticleTTP response to govt offer soon: commander
ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistani Taliban commanders discussed on Thursday how to respond to an invitation from the government to talks to end an insurgency that has killed thousands of people. Leaders of...
View ArticleGomal Zam dam in South Waziristan inaugurated
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Minister for Water and Power Khwaja Muhammad Asif inaugurated the Gomal Zam Dam in South Waziristan’s militancy-ravaged Khajori Katch area on Thursday.He was accompanied by US...
View ArticleAziz holds talks with Indian FM today
ISLAMABAD: New Delhi’s rhetorical posturing notwithstanding, prime ministers of Pakistan and India are likely to meet in New York on Sept 29. Both sides, a diplomatic source revealed, were working on a...
View Article26pc of PIA shares to be privatised
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to privatise the Pakistan International Airlines, beginning with 26 per cent shares.Presiding over a meeting on the PIA at the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday,...
View ArticleWashington to ‘encourage’ Pak-India ‘high-level discussions’
WASHINGTON: As Indian and Pakistani prime ministers prepare to meet, the United States has said it will welcome “any and all high-level discussions” between the two countries. Prime Ministers Nawaz...
View ArticleCentre, Sindh agree to continue operation in Karachi
ISLAMABAD: The centre and the Sindh government agreed on Saturday to continue the targeted operation against terrorists, target killers and other criminals in Karachi.Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar...
View ArticleChina welcomes US-Russia deal on Syria weapons
BEIJING: China's foreign minister Wang Yi on Sunday welcomed the deal between the United States and Russia to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, which headed off the prospect of US strikes against...
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