GB council approves anti-terror bill
GILGIT, Dec 6: The Gilgit-Baltistan Council unanimously approved on Friday the Protection of Pakistan Bill in a session presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his capacity as chairman of the...
View ArticleWorld mourns South Africa peace icon Mandela
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa began preparations Saturday to welcome US President Barack Obama and fellow world leaders eager to pay their respects to Nelson Mandela during 10 days of mourning for the...
View ArticleIran diplomacy must be backed by military power: US
MANAMA: Diplomacy with Iran must be backed up by US military might, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Saturday in a speech addressed to Gulf allies anxious over a nuclear deal with Tehran.Hagel promised...
View ArticleDrones alternative to boots on ground: US lawmaker
WASHINGTON, Dec 6: Drones are an alternative to boots on the ground and will continue to be used in the war against terrorists, says Congressman Steve Chabot. Mr Chabot, who heads the House...
View ArticleUS urges swift talks to end Bangladesh unrest
WASHINGTON: Bangladeshi political parties must come together immediately to halt a spate of violence and ensure free and fair elections next month, a top US official said Friday.At least 67 people have...
View ArticleWTO clinches first global trade deal
NUSA DUA: Commerce ministers capped days of hard negotiations Saturday by approving a WTO agreement on international commerce they hailed as a “historic” boost for the trade body.The agreement falls...
View ArticleGovt produces ‘missing’ persons in SC
ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday produced 14 missing persons in the Supreme Court, television reports said. They were produced before Justice Amir Hani Muslim, a member of the three-judge bench...
View ArticlePolling underway in Balochistan local government elections
QUETTA: Polling for Balochistan’s local government elections has begun and will continue until 5 pm in the evening. Women were stopped from casting votes in Balochistan's Naushki district but their...
View ArticleASWJ ends protest after govt assurance
LAHORE: Following successful negotiations with the government on Saturday, the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) agreed to call off a protest in Lahore against the killing of the chief of its Punjab...
View Article‘Unjust’ media criticism annoys Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Showing his discontent over criticism hurled at his government by the media, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said that good intentions of the government should not be ‘unjustly’...
View ArticleYemen says defence complex attackers mostly Saudi
SANAA: Militants who launched a brazen daylight assault on the Yemeni defence ministry that killed 56 people were mostly Saudis, investigators said on Saturday.The finding, in a preliminary report on...
View ArticleImran suggests secret talks on Kashmir issue
NEW DELHI, Dec 7: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Imran Khan says he supports secret talks between India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue because open talks run the risk of being subverted by...
View ArticleEgypt courts release 21 pro-Morsi female protesters
CAIRO: Egyptian appeals courts ordered the release Saturday of 21 women and girls jailed over an Islamist opposition protest, after reducing harsh sentences that had sparked outrage.To chants of “God...
View ArticleUS gets Afghan govt’s assurances
KABUL, Dec 7: US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday said he had received assurances during a visit to Kabul that a long-delayed deal allowing US troops to stay in Afghanistan after 2014 would be...
View ArticleBombings kill 25 in and around Iraqi capital
BAGHDAD: A car bomb at a repair shop and other attacks in and around Baghdad killed at least 25 people on Sunday, Iraqi officials said. Nobody claimed responsibility for the attacks, but insurgent...
View ArticleSouth Africa unites in prayer and song for Mandela
JOHANNESBURG: South Africans crowded into churches, mosques, temples and synagogues on Sunday to remember Nelson Mandela, encouraged by their president to celebrate a life that transcended race and...
View ArticleIndia's ruling Congress faces state election mauling
NEW DELHI: Vote counting began in four Indian states Sunday where the nationalist opposition was in line to wrest power from the ruling Congress party, giving it crucial momentum ahead of next year's...
View ArticleSecrecy shrouds missing persons’ appearance
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: On Saturday, a day when the court usually does not hold proceedings, the defence ministry brought some of the missing persons before Justice Amir Hani Muslim to comply with the...
View ArticleIndependent candidates lead Balochistan LB polls result
QUETTA: Independent candidates were leading the outcome of the Local Bodies polls held in Balochistan followed by candidates belonging to parties in the province's ruling coalition government,...
View ArticleSchedule for vacant seats to be issued within eight days
QUETTA: The Election Commission of Pakistan said that the schedule for 513 vacant seats of the Local Bodies polls in Balochistan would be issued within eight days, according to DawnNews. Moreover, the...
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