Suicide bombing kills four policemen in Afghanistan
KABUL: An Afghan official says a suicide truck bombing has killed four police officers in an eastern province. Wardak provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said the attack took place early Monday...
View ArticleBalochistan doctors to continue token boycott
QUETTA, Dec 2: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Balochistan chapter, has announced continuing token boycott of out-patient departments in government hospitals till Dr Akbar Marri and Dr Din...
View ArticleUN chief Ban 'concerned' by Thailand violence
LIMA: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday voiced concern about the violent clashes in Thailand and urged all sides in the unrest to broker a peaceful end to the crisis.“I am...
View ArticleIndia's capital votes in litmus test for national elections
NEW DELHI: India's capital heads to the ballot box on Wednesday in the last of five state elections seen as a barometer for upcoming national polls and a first test for hardline opposition leader...
View ArticleIJT students set bus on fire, paralyse Lahore
LAHORE, Dec 2: A face-off between the Punjab University administration and the Islami Jamiat Tulaba turned ugly on Monday as the latter’s activists resorted to violent protest, causing massive traffic...
View ArticleUlema of different sects devise code for harmony
LAHORE, Dec 2: Ulema of different schools of thought have unanimously agreed on a nine-point code of conduct (COC) to maintain sectarian harmony. They signed the code after a detailed deliberation at a...
View ArticleMullah Fazlullah in Pakistan's tribal areas: spokesman
MIRAMSHAH: Mullah Fazlullah, the new head of banned organisation Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has returned to Pakistan's tribal areas, a spokesman for the militants said Tuesday, after several...
View ArticlePakistan improves ranking in TI's 2013 graft index
BERLIN: Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are seen as the world's most corrupt countries while Denmark and New Zealand are nearly squeaky-clean whereas Pakistan improved its ranking by 12 places...
View ArticlePM, CJCSC discuss national security
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Gen Rashad Mahmood met with the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday, DawnNews reported.The meeting was held at the PM House in Islamabad...
View ArticleFormer PM Ashraf's fund distribution ruled illegal by SC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Thursday announced its verdict in the case pertaining to the distribution of development funds among parliamentarians by former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, declaring...
View ArticleBilawal Bhatti travels to UAE on expired visa
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan fast bowler Bilawal Bhatti was waylaid in Dubai on Thursday after landing in the United Arab Emirates with an expired visa.The Pakistan Cricket Board says in a statement it has made...
View ArticleBlast in Balochistan leaves one dead, several injured
QUETTA: A powerful explosion has killed a child and injured 17 others in Balochistan's Chaman town on Thursday evening, police said.Abdul Wahab, a police official said militants had planted a bomb on a...
View ArticleUS sees no long-term impact of current KP situation
WASHINGTON: The State Department Wednesday said the US favors using Pakistani overland routes for retrograde movement of equipment out of Afghanistan and voiced the hope that the current situation in...
View ArticleGovt assures action against threatening letters to senators
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday assured that it would take serious action on threatening letters received by some senators allegedly for raising their voice in favor of high treason...
View ArticleDozens dead in Central African Republic fighting
BANGUI: Fighting swept through the capital of Central African Republic on Thursday, leaving dozens of casualties and posing the biggest threat yet to the country's new government. The UN Security...
View ArticleChina should not implement ‘provocative’ air defence zone: US
WASHINGTON: The White House said on Thursday that the air defense zone declared by China over parts of the East China Sea is provocative and not consistent with the behavior of a major power, and again...
View ArticleSix people killed in Balochistan clash
QUETTA: At least five militants and a security personnel were killed in an armed clash in Balochistan's volatile Naseerabad district on Thursday evening, an official said.Khan Wasey, the Spokesman for...
View ArticlePTI, JI lawmakers protest against US drone strikes
ISLAMABAD: More than 100 national and provincial legislators staged a protest on Thursday in Islamabad against US drone strikes on suspected militants in Pakistan’s tribal belt.“We will continue our...
View ArticleMissing persons case: IG FC issued contempt of court notice
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday served a contempt of court notice to the inspector general of the Frontier Corps (FC) for not complying with its order in a case relating to the 'missing...
View ArticleChief justice has been inconsistent, says ICJ
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The chief justice of Pakistan has strengthened human rights but his inconsistent choice of cases has left the Supreme Court vulnerable to accusations of partisan intervention, a...
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