Court work halted over attack on prosecutor
KARACHI, Nov 21: A public prosecutor who is pleading several high-profile cases before anti-terrorism courts, including the journalist Wali Babar murder case before it was transferred to Shikarpur, was...
View ArticleECC approves framework to regulate NGOs
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet on Thursday approved a policy framework for regulation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) receiving foreign contributions to...
View ArticleUS-Afghan deal excludes joint action against Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: A bilateral security agreement between the United States and Afghanistan does not endorse the Afghan demand for joint actions against military aggression by other nations,...
View ArticleElectricity tariff increased by 73 paisa per unit
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) increased on Thursday electricity tariff by 73 paisa per unit for distribution companies of Wapda to be paid by consumers...
View ArticleIraq executions top 150 for 2013
BAGHDAD: Iraq has confirmed seven more executions, pushing the number of people put to death this year to more than 150 in defiance of widespread international condemnation.Those executed, who included...
View ArticleArmy rendered 'unmatched' sacrifices against terrorism: COAS
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday made a farewell visit to the tribal areas of Pakistan and said that Pakistan's armed forces had rendered unparalleled sacrifices in...
View ArticleKabul rebuffs US demand to sign security deal soon
KABUL: Afghanistan on Friday rebuffed a US demand to sign a key security pact as soon as possible, insisting the document must wait until after next year's presidential election.Washington warned...
View ArticlePakistan, US hold sixth round of strategic talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and American officials held another round of strategic talks in Islamabad on Thursday to discuss issues of mutual importance to both countries at the sixth session of the Strategic...
View ArticleLHC stops PAF from action against accused in Kamra base attack
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench on Friday stopped the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) from taking action against the accused in Kamra airbase attack case of Aug 2012, DawnNews reported.The...
View ArticleOil pipeline blast kills 35 in China
BEIJING: An explosion in a Sinopec Corp oil pipeline killed 35 people in Qingdao in eastern China on Friday, causing a blaze that took several hours to bring under control and halting operations at a...
View ArticleNICL ruling: SC orders proceedings against NAB chief, Amin Fahim
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered the registration of a case against National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry in its verdict issued Friday on the multi-billion-rupee...
View ArticleDrunk PIA pilot jailed for nine months in UK
LONDON: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilot was jailed for nine months in Britain on Friday for being drunk before he was due to fly a plane with 156 people on board.Irfan Faiz, 55, was asked...
View ArticleUnreliable US does not want peace in Pakistan: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday said Pakistan could no longer rely on any assurances given by the United States as it had proven that it does not want peace in Pakistan....
View ArticlePCB in talks with BCCI for series: Sethi
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board chairman said he has hopes his country might play a cricket series with archrival India in late 2014 after discussions with his Indian counterpart during an Asian...
View ArticleChina tests first stealth combat drone: media
BEIJING: China has tested its first stealth combat drone, state media said Friday, citing online photos of an aircraft resembling a shrunken US B2 bomber and hailing the advance toward Western-level...
View ArticleGovt sincere in condemnation of drone attacks, says PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that his government had not taken a casual approach in condemnation of drone strikes in the country and that the issue was raised at every forum,...
View ArticleProtests across Pakistan against Rawalpindi sectarian violence
ISLAMABAD: Security was boosted on Friday as religious groups held protests across Pakistan against last week’s sectarian violence in the garrison city of Rawalpindi that killed 11 people.A heavy...
View ArticleChina creates air defence zone over Japan-controlled islands
BEIJING: Tokyo branded as “very dangerous” a move by Beijing Saturday to set up an “air defence identification zone” over an area that includes disputed islands controlled by Japan, but claimed by...
View ArticleTTP claims responsibility for twin bomb attacks in Karachi
KARACHI: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility Saturday for twin bomb attacks in Karachi overnight that killed at least seven people and wounded at least 28 others. Shahidullah...
View ArticlePTI sit-in nothing more than a farce: Pervez Rashid
LAHORE: Criticising the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf’s decision to block Nato supplies through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federal Information Minister Pervez Rashid said Saturday that the party’s rally in Peshawar...
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