JI wants to end Nato blockade
PESHAWAR, Dec 5: After the US announcement to suspend Nato shipments to and from Afghanistan via Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Jamaat-i-Islami’s Peshawar district chapter on Thursday recommended to the party’s...
View ArticleNadra chief accused of insubordination
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The National Assembly made a hot start to its winter session on Thursday, with opposition parties taking the government on frontally over its sacking of the Nadra chief. They said the...
View ArticleMassive deployment for poll security
QUETTA, Dec 5: Over 50,000 security personnel have been deployed in Balochistan to maintain peace during local government elections in the province scheduled for Saturday. Briefing media personnel here...
View ArticlePakistani immigrant sues US over false arrest in war on terrorism
ORLANDO: A Pakistani immigrant who says he was held for more than 10 months in solitary confinement after being falsely arrested on terrorism charges has filed a lawsuit in the federal court in Miami,...
View ArticleAl Qaeda claims deadly attack on Yemen defence complex
DUBAI: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Friday claimed an attack on a Yemeni defence complex that killed 52 people, in a statement published on the Internet by its media arm.The defence...
View ArticleSC issues verdict in Hajj corruption case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Friday gave its verdict in the Haj corruption scam of 2010 and asked the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take action against politicians and the government officials...
View ArticleAnti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela dies aged 95
JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95.Mandela, who was elected...
View ArticleSC orders production of 14 missing persons in court tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday expressed its dissatisfaction over a report submitted by the Federal Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif before it which listed details of missing...
View ArticleSC issues verdict in Hajj corruption case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Friday gave its verdict in the Haj corruption scam of 2010 and asked the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take action against politicians and the government officials...
View ArticleAnti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela dies aged 95
JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95.Mandela, who was elected...
View ArticleDeath penalty a barrier to EU market access, Senate told
ISLAMABAD: In a written statement to the Senate on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said that Pakistan's case for greater access to European markets would be substantially weaker if it does not abolish the...
View ArticleSindh Cabinet to continue deliberation over schedule of LG polls
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information and Local Government Sharjeel Inam Memon on Friday said that Sindh cabinet will continue the consultation process over the schedule of upcoming local government...
View ArticleSC orders production of 14 missing persons in court tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered Defence Minister Khawaja Asif to produce 14 of the 35 ‘missing persons’ in court tomorrow and the remaining on Dec 9, DawnNews reported.A three-member...
View ArticlePTI does not want war with Nato, US: Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan met with Nato envoys on Friday to clarify his party’s position on drones and the blockade of supplies through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa....
View ArticleTwo brothers, cousin gunned down in Karachi
KARACHI: Two brothers and their cousin were gunned down by unidentified attackers outside an eatery in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal neighbourhood late on Friday night, DawnNews reported.According to eye...
View ArticleTwo arrested in London money laundering case
KARACHI: Following raids at Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s residence in London last year, the London Metropolitan Police Friday arrested two suspects in connection with money...
View ArticleASWJ Punjab president gunned down in Lahore
LAHORE: The provincial leader of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), Maulana Shamsur Rehman Muavia, was shot dead Friday by unknown gunmen in Lahore.The drive-by shooting took place as Muavia travelled...
View ArticleNato supply terms approved last year: FO
ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: The foreign ministry informed the Senate on Friday that Nato supply lines were operating under terms agreed to by Pakistan and the US in July last year. In a written reply to a...
View ArticleJI has finalised strategy for LG polls: Sirajul Haq
ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has finalised its strategy to contest local government elections to be held across the country, according to party’s veteran leader and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
View ArticleNA pays tribute to Mandela
ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: Both houses of parliament mourned for Nelson Mandela on Friday, but there was apparently unconcern about the South African statesman’s vision of national reconciliation that...
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