Musharraf’s spokesman criticises decision
ISLAMABAD: A spokesman for former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf has termed the government’s decision to initiate his treason trial under Article 6 “a vicious attempt to undermine the...
View ArticleNobel Prize-winning British author Doris Lessing dies aged 94
LONDON: British author Doris Lessing, whose powerful feminist and anti-colonial writing won her the Nobel Literature Prize, died Sunday at the age of 94, her agent and publisher said.The author's...
View ArticleSC requested to take over all cases about medicine prices
ISLAMABAD: The government has requested the Supreme Court to take over all cases pending in various courts about increase in prices of medicines because the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP)...
View ArticleViolent tornadoes kill five in US Midwest, dozens injured
CHICAGO: At least five people were killed and dozens more hurt as severe storms and violent tornadoes battered the US Midwest Sunday, and officials warned the toll would rise.Flights were grounded and...
View ArticleTrain slams into vehicles in Egypt, kills 24
CAIRO: A cargo train traveLling south of Egypt's capital slammed into vehicles crossing the tracks early Monday, killing at least 24 people, many from the same family returning from a wedding party,...
View ArticleCurfew lifted in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: The curfew that was imposed in Rawalpindi on Nov 15 was lifted early on Monday after which schools and offices opened, DawnNews reported.The city administration removed blockades from the...
View ArticleQWP calls CEC meeting on Nov 21
PESHAWAR: The Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) has called a meeting of its central executive committee (CEC) on Nov 21 to review the ongoing political scenario after its coalition with the government of...
View ArticleUp to 12,000 Afghan Taliban eliminated in 2013: UN report
KABUL: Up to 12,000 Afghan Taliban fighters have been killed, wounded or captured this year, according to a United Nations report, which said violence in the war-torn nation was at a three-year...
View ArticleSC reissues notices to all parties in EOBI case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s bench hearing the Employees Old-age Benefit Institution (EOBI) scam case, on Monday, again issued notices to all the respondents in the case, DawnNews...
View ArticleRoadside bomb kills two children in Afghanistan: official
KANDAHAR: A roadside bomb killed two children in southern Afghanistan on Monday while six bodies found the day before in the restive region where identified as policemen and not laborers, as was...
View ArticleMusharraf treason case: Zulfiqar Naqvi named special prosecutor
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday announced advocate Zulfiqar Abbas Naqvi as the special prosecutor in the treason case to be initiated against former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf,...
View ArticleUS Secretary Navy meets Pakistani leaders
ISLAMABAD: The United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus left Pakistan on Monday after a series of meetings with senior Pakistani leaders.The US Secretary of the Navy leads the US Navy and Marine...
View ArticleCivilian, military govts damaged Pakistan Railways: Rafique
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Monday said that both civilian and military governments were responsible for the damage caused to Pakistan Railways. Speaking during a...
View ArticleMilitants kill four, torch Nato tanker in Balochistan
QUETTA: Armed militants torched a tanker carrying fuel for US and Nato troops and killed its driver in Balochistan's militancy-hit Naseerabad district on Monday, police said. Police also found three...
View ArticleSyria rebel chief killed in regime strike: sources
BEIRUT: The head of the Syrian rebel Liwa al-Tawhid Brigade has died of wounds suffered in a regime air strike last week, rebels and a monitor said on Monday.“Abdel Qader Saleh has been martyred,” said...
View ArticleParts of Rawalpindi tense after lifting of curfew
RAWALPINDI: Situation in parts of the city of Rawalpindi remained tense on Monday following the lifting of a curfew which was imposed after a clash between members of the Sunni and Shia communities on...
View ArticleThree killed in Kohat violence; curfew in place
PESHAWAR: Army took control of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kohat and Hangu cities and a curfew was imposed following a clash on Monday near Imambargah Said Habib in the Zargaran bazaar area of Kohat district....
View ArticleDrone strike in KP kills six
PESHAWAR: A US drone strike in the Tal area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Hangu district killed at least six people, including a senior member of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network, and injured another early...
View ArticleBalochistan needs help, CM tells UN team
QUETTA, Nov 21: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch told a United Nations delegation on Thursday that his government needed assistance and cooperation in the fields of fisheries,...
View ArticleECP finds alternative to magnetised ink
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Election Commission has decided not to use magnetised ink in the local government elections, after discovering that credible post-election biometric verification was possible...
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