Indian editor faces police questioning over sex assault charges
NEW DELHI: The editor of a top Indian investigative news magazine faced police questioning Saturday over allegations that he sexually assaulted a young woman colleague in a case that has snowballed...
View ArticleNawaz hopes to fortify ties with India
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday once again expressed hope in assembling a bond of friendship with India and said that firing across the Line of Control (LOC) is not in favour of...
View ArticleNato container burnt down near Balochistan's Dasht area
QUETTA: Unknown persons set ablaze a Nato container near Balochistan's Dasht area in the outskirts of Quetta on Saturday.Police sources said that motorcycle-riding-gunmen opened fire near Quetta's Sibi...
View ArticleNadra in a fix over verification of thumb impressions
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has received the first case from Punjab which requires verification of thumb impressions taken during the polling on May 11....
View ArticleOutlaw kills three cops near Hafizabad
GUJRANWALA: A station house officer and two constables were killed and five other policemen injured in an encounter with a notorious outlaw in Pindi Bhattian tehsil of Hafizabad district on Saturday....
View ArticlePPP won’t support any move against PTI government
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan People’s Party on Saturday decided not to support any no-confidence motion against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa feeling that the provincial...
View ArticleSharif, Khurshid had ‘positive meeting’
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had a forward-looking and positive meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid during the recent Commonwealth summit in Colombo, diplomatic sources said...
View ArticleBangkok tense as political rivals rally
BANGKOK: Tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators massed in Bangkok on Sunday, with a major rival rally due later as Thailand faces its most significant political street action since bloody...
View ArticlePeople to declare jihad if terrorism not stopped, says MQM chief
KARACHI: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain said Saturday that if the government and armed forces of Pakistan failed to stop terrorism then citizens would be justified to declare...
View ArticleEgypt, Turkey downgrade ties in row over Morsi
CAIRO: Egypt expelled Turkey's ambassador on Saturday and Ankara downgraded relations in tit-for-tat moves, further fraying ties that soured after the July ouster of President Mohamed Morsi.The latest...
View ArticleThousands protest against drone strikes in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Thousands of demonstrators staged a protest against US drone strikes blocking a main road in Peshawar on Saturday and threatened to continue their demonstration until the attacks ended,...
View ArticleAfghan president again delays signing US deal
KABUL: Afghanistan's president on Sunday refused to sign a security deal with the United States until next April's elections, ignoring a recommendation by an assembly of Afghan elders and leaders that...
View ArticleSouth African bowlers restrict Pakistan to 218
CAPE TOWN: South Africa restricted Pakistan to 218 in the first one-day international at Newlands on Sunday.Despite a slow but solid start, Pakistan's batting line-up failed to deliver agian as wickets...
View ArticleIran nuclear deal reached
GENEVA: Iran struck a historic nuclear deal Sunday with the United States and five other world powers, in the most significant development between Washington and Tehran in more than three decades of...
View ArticleIsolated Israel, angry with US, denounces Iran deal
JERUSALEM: Isolated and angry with its ally the United States, Israel Sunday bitterly denounced a “bad” nuclear deal between world powers and Tehran while repeating its threat of military action...
View ArticlePTI activists search trucks for Nato supplies
PESHAWAR: Club-wielding activists from Imran Khan's political party forcibly searched trucks for Nato supplies in northwest Pakistan on Sunday in protest at deadly US drone strikes.Around 100 workers...
View ArticleExplosions in N. Waziristan, Kurram kill five, injure six
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Two soldiers were killed and five others injured Sunday when a roadside bomb was detonated near a security forces' convoy in North Waziristan’s Mir Ali area, DawnNews reported....
View ArticleJustice Tassaduq Jillani approved as Pakistan's new chief justice
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday approved the appointment of Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani as the next chief Justice of Pakistan. The appointment was approved by the president after...
View ArticleUS offering to destroy Syrian chemicals at sea
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is offering to destroy some of Syria's deadliest chemical weapons in international waters aboard a nearly 700-foot, US government-owned ship, US officials told The...
View ArticleAll sectors to get gas in Punjab during December
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The government has decided against discontinuing gas supply to transport and industrial sectors in Punjab during December in view of mild winter, but to stop the supply of gas to all...
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