Neither drone nor retaliatory suicide attacks justifiable: Sami
LAHORE: The chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and chairman of the Pakistan Defence Council, Maulana Samiul Haq said on Saturday that there was no justification for either drone strikes...
View ArticleMissile 'from Afghanistan' kills man in Bajaur region
PESHAWAR: At least one person was reportedly killed in a missile strike in Hashim village area of Bajaur tribal region on Saturday, according to a local administration official.An official belonging to...
View ArticleMisbah happy with Pakistan's “special wins”
ABU DHABI: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq termed the one-day victories over South Africa and Sri Lanka as “special wins” which meant his team ended a tough year on a high.Pakistan beat South Africa 2-1...
View ArticleFC recovers huge cache of arms near Quetta
QUETTA: Frontier Corps on Saturday claimed to have seized a huge quantity of arms, ammunition, explosives and suicide jackets during a search operation in the outskirt of Quetta, the capital of...
View ArticlePolio worker killed, two others injured in Peshawar firing
PESHAWAR: A polio worker was killed and two others injured Saturday when unknown gunmen attacked Peshawar’s Matni Hospital. According to the police, unknown gunmen opened indiscriminate fire on...
View ArticleFive found dead at Noori Jam Tamachi gravesite
HYDERABAD: Bodies of five men are found under mysterious circumstances around historic gravesite of Noori Jam Tamachi in Keenjhar Lake, Thattta Saturday evening. Police are probing the incident and...
View ArticleAttack on Shia leader kills two in Karachi
KARACHI: At least two people were killed and another one injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at the vehicle of a Shia leader in an apparent sectarian attack in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar...
View ArticleBalochistan politicians to protest against unrest, kidnappings
QUETTA: Opposition and ruling political parties in Balochistan have put their heads together to bring an end to rise in incidents of kidnapping for ransom in Quetta and other troubled parts of the...
View ArticleSouth Sudan rivals open ceasefire negotiations: Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA: South Sudan's warring parties opened negotiations in Addis Ababa Friday to strike a ceasefire deal and ending nearly three weeks of conflict, Ethiopia's foreign ministry said, although...
View ArticlePoll shows 77 per cent of voters against Bangladesh election
DHAKA: More than three-quarters of Bangladeshis are opposed to this weekend's general election which is being boycotted by the main opposition, a poll showed Friday.The survey in the Dhaka Tribune...
View ArticleRemand of KP's ex-IGP extended again
PESHAWAR: The Accountability Court No 3 on Friday extended for seven days the NAB remand of former Inspector General Police Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Malik Naveed, in the weapons scam case.The Court of Judge...
View ArticleCache of explosives recovered during raid in Chaman
CHAMAN: Security forces conducted an operation on Friday and recovered a huge quantity of explosives, weapons and other documentation maps from Balochistan’s Chaman district near the Pak-Afghan border,...
View ArticlePetition filed against Musharraf's possible exit from country
ISLAMABAD: A petition to restrain Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf from travelling abroad to receive medical treatment was submitted on Friday in the Islamabad High Court, DawnNews reported.The petitioner,...
View ArticleIHC orders for bullet proof vehicle to Iftikhar Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court on Friday directed the cabinet division to provide a bullet proof vehicle within three days to former Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.Justice Shoukat Aziz...
View ArticleModi’s election as PM would be disastrous for India: Manmohan
NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday “it would be disastrous for the country to have Narendra Modi as prime minister”. Singh's strong attack on the Hindu nationalist ring-winger...
View ArticleFarhatullah Babar’s microphone turned off for questioning ISPR
ISLAMABAD: During a session of the Senate on Friday, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Farhatullah Babar’s microphone was switched off after he said the Inter-Service Public Relations’ silence over...
View ArticleSaudi FM’s visit part of routine interaction: FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Friday said Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal’s two-day visit to Islamabad starting Monday was part of a routine interaction between the two countries. The...
View ArticleMusharraf may need by-pass; treatment abroad option being weighed
ISLAMABAD: Three vessels in Pervez Musharraf's heart are blocked and he would either require an angioplasty or a heart by-pass, DawnNews quoted sources in the medical board as saying. The possibility...
View ArticleIG FC reveals 50 insurgent camps operating in Balochistan
QUETTA: Inspector General Frontier Corps Balochistan Major General Ejaz Shahid on Friday revealed that more than 50 militant camps of Baloch insurgents are operating in the province.He said the...
View ArticleNawaz assures transparency in Youth Loan Scheme
HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday assured that disbursements under Youth Business Loan Scheme would be made transparently and the violators of merit would be dealt strictly.“Neither me...
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