South Sudan ‘defeats attempted coup’
JUBA: South Sudan's president said Monday he had defeated a coup attempt by a political rival following a night of fighting in the capital Juba.“This was an attempted coup,” President Salva Kiir told...
View ArticleSHC reserves ruling, tells Musharraf to contact govt on ECL
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday rejected a petition seeking to permanently include the name of former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf in the Exit Control List (ECL) and reserved...
View ArticleUN says record $12.9 billion aid needed in 2014
GENEVA: The United Nations said Monday it will need nearly $13 billion in aid in 2014 to reach at least 52 million people in 17 countries, including the millions of Syrians who have been displaced by...
View ArticleShia cleric's funeral held in Lahore
LAHORE: Funeral prayers were held Monday for prominent Shia scholar Allama Nasir Abbas, who was gunned down in Lahore the previous night.Thousands of mourners attended the funeral prayers for...
View ArticleSeven of a family killed in accident near Nowshera Vikran
NOWSHERA VIRKAN: A head-on collision between a van and an oil tanker on Monday morning killed seven of a family, including two minors, near here in the Khan Bagh village area.According to Qila Deedar...
View ArticleNisar terms Quader Molla's hanging a judicial murder
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday described the capital punishment of Bangladesh Jamaat-i-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla as a “judicial murder” as the National Assembly...
View ArticleBlast kills bomb disposal expert, two others in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: A roadside remote-controlled bomb blast in Peshawar Monday killed three personnel of the bomb disposal unit (BDU) who were on their way to defuse another bomb elsewhere in the city, DawnNews...
View ArticleECP seeks written proposal from govt
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday asked the Interior Ministry to send in writing its proposal to place the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) under its...
View ArticleUS asks India to include civilians in DGMO talks
WASHINGTON: The US has asked India to accept Pakistan’s suggestion for including civilian diplomats in the proposed DGMOs’ dialogue, US and Indian media reported on Monday. Under a mechanism agreed...
View ArticleSenate puts off vote on judges’ nationality
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Nayyar Bokhari put off on Monday voting on a resolution calling upon the government to publish the names of judges with dual nationality, after Information Minister Pervez...
View ArticleSC seeks ECP report on thumbprint verification
ISLAMABAD: Without going into the merits, the Supreme Court heeded on Monday a passionate appeal of PTI chief Imran Khan seeking verification of thumb impressions of voters in at least four...
View ArticleCar bombs hit Shia pilgrims as Iraq unrest kills 68
BAGHDAD: Car bombs ripped through Shia pilgrims near Baghdad while militants attacked a city council headquarters and a police station, as Iraq-wide violence killed at least 68 people Monday, officials...
View ArticleUS judge says NSA phone data snooping probably illegal
WASHINGTON: A US judge struck a first blow against the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records Monday, ruling it breaches citizens' privacy to a degree that is probably...
View ArticleGunfire continues overnight in South Sudan capital
JUBA: Fresh gunfire rang out in South Sudan's capital early Tuesday, a day after the president announced he had defeated a coup attempt in the world's youngest nation, an AFP reporter said.The gunfire...
View ArticleIHC suspends sacking of Pemra chairman
ISLAMABAD: In less than two weeks, the government suffered a second embarrassment when the Islamabad High Court suspended the sacking of Chaudhry Rashid Ahmed, Chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media...
View ArticleEarn your bread, Nisar tells legislators
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan gave a dressing down to PML-N lawmakers on Monday for their lack of interest in proceedings of National Assembly. Chaudhry Nisar who in the absence...
View ArticlePoliceman injured in IED attack in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: A roadside remote-controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) struck a police mobile van in Peshawar Tuesday, injuring one policeman, DawnNews reported. The IED went off on Peshawar’s Kohat...
View ArticleProvinces refuse to finance local bodies’ elections
ISLAMABAD: Provinces have refused to meet the entire cost of local bodies’ elections and declined to clear outstanding electricity bills of hundreds of billions of rupees without ascertaining their...
View ArticleRussia agrees $15bn bailout for Ukraine; protest erupts in Kiev
MOSCOW: Russia agreed a $15-billion bailout for Ukraine and slashed the price of gas exports on Tuesday under a deal that keeps the cash-strapped country in Moscow’s orbit but fuelled street protests...
View ArticleFuel adjustment charge ruled illegal
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court ruled on Tuesday that fuel adjustment charge (FAC)/fuel price adjustment (FPA) levied by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on electricity bills...
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