Karachi operation: Rangers arrest 14 accused
KARACHI: Fourteen accused, along with other suspects involved in target killings and extortion, were arrested by Rangers in targeted operations on Sunday, DawnNews reported.According to a Rangers...
View ArticleMine collapse kills 27 in Afghanistan
KABUL: A coal mine collapse killed at least 27 miners in northern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday, with rescue efforts underway to save about 12 workers trapped underground.Emergency teams rushed...
View ArticleWave of bomb attacks kill 35 in Iraq
BAGHDAD: A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern Iraq, killed at least 35 people on Sunday, officials said.The attacks continue a...
View ArticleArmy withdrawal from Malakand approved by KP govt
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government announced on Saturday that withdrawal of troops from Malakand division would begin next month and the civil administration would take over control of the...
View ArticleFeudal system negates democratic system: MQM leader
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita Committee Deputy Convener MNA Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Sunday said that feudal system negates democratic system.He expressed these views while...
View ArticleSyria hails US-Russia chemical arms deal as ‘victory’
DAMASCUS: A US-Russian plan to remove Syria's chemical weapons is a “victory” that averts war, a Syrian minister said Sunday, as Washington warned that the threat of US force “remains real”.“On one...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban make demands ahead of peace talks
PESHAWAR: The Pakistani Taliban demanded Sunday that the government release militant prisoners and begin withdrawing troops from the group's tribal sanctuary before they will participate in peace...
View ArticleMilitants torch at least a dozen Nato oil tankers in Hub
QUETTA: Armed militants torched at least a dozen oil tankers carrying fuel for US and Nato troops stationed in Afghanistan in Balochistan’s industrial town of Hub on Sunday night.Arif Ali, a police...
View ArticlePM condoles, TTP claims responsibility for killing of Major General in KP
PESHAWAR: A roadside bomb attack on Sunday killed Pakistan's two senior military officers and a soldier in the country's troubled northwest, the military said.The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have...
View ArticleTwo women injured in acid attack
CHITRAL: A man on Sunday threw acid on her wife and her mother here, causing serious burn injuries to them.Chitral police spokesman Inspector Buzurgud Din told Dawn that Sultan Zeb of Jandul, Lower...
View ArticleNawaz leaves for Turkey today
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will leave for Turkey on Monday for a three-day visit on the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to promote trade and economic ties between...
View ArticleRansom paid for workers’ release
PESHAWAR: The government has paid a heavy ransom to militants to secure release of seven of eight Wapda employees working for Gomal Zam dam project, according to sources privy to the development.They...
View ArticleLawyer for Delhi gang-rape convicts may lose licence
NEW DELHI: A lawyer for two men sentenced to death for the fatal gang-rape of an Indian student could lose his licence for remarks that “reek of misogyny”, a regulatory body said Sunday.A. P. Singh,...
View ArticleLahore rapists still at large
LAHORE: Police have so far been unable to identify and arrest the culprits who raped a five-year-old girl and threw her outside the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital four days ago.On Sunday, however, police...
View ArticleZardari warns against appeasing militants
ISLAMABAD: Condemning the killing of army officers in a terrorist attack in Upper Dir on Sunday, former president Asif Ali Zardari urged people to guard against extremist mindset and appeasing...
View ArticleMuted response from PML-N, PTI
ISLAMABAD: The killing of two senior army officers by militants on Sunday got a muted response from the PML-N and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) — the two most vocal proponents of peace talks with the...
View ArticlePost-honeymoon realities await govt in NA
ISLAMABAD: After exhausting its so-called honeymoon period, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government is likely to face hard questions, ranging from economic woes to the state of war on terror, during...
View ArticleFIA prosecutor's murder: After explosive laden car, body found from house
ISLAMABAD: The capital police on Tuesday found the corpse of a man from the same house where a car laden with explosives was recovered on August 31, and believe it belongs to the murderer of a...
View ArticleTwo injured by Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD: A girl and an elderly woman were injured in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday in shelling by Indian troops from across the Line of Control (LoC), officials and residents said. The...
View ArticleSC vows not to relent on missing persons
QUETTA: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry again expressed annoyance on Tuesday over non-recovery of missing persons and said the court would not compromise on this important issue and continue...
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