Bohra's spiritual leader Burhanuddin passes away in Mumbai
KARACHI: Spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community, Dr Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin passed away on Friday morning at the age of 102 at his residence in South Mumbai."Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin,...
View ArticleFormer PM Ashraf indicted in rental power case
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad indicted former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and six others in the rental power case on Friday, DawnNews reported.All accused, including the former...
View ArticlePakistan plans 3G licence auction by March
KARACHI: Pakistan is planning to hold its long-delayed auction of 3G telecommunications licences by March, hoping to raise $2 billion with the sale, the government said Friday.A statement said the...
View ArticleFive people gunned down in Rawalpindi
ISLAMABAD: At least five people were killed and two others sustained wounds when unidentified gunmen opened fire at them in Rawalpindi on Friday evening, DawnNews reported.Rescue sources said that the...
View ArticleShashi Tharoor's wife found dead in hotel: reports
NEW DELHI: The wife of prominent Indian minister Shashi Tharoor was found dead Friday in a five-star hotel room after she exposed his alleged adultery with a Pakistani journalist on Twitter, media...
View ArticleImran refuses to hold Taliban talks on his own
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Friday expressed his reluctance to hold peace talks with Taliban saying he lacks authority to do so.Speaking at a press conference, Khan...
View ArticleArmed attacks kill JUI-S leader, ExpressNews workers in Karachi
KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Samiul Haq (JUI-S) leader Mufti Usman Yar Khan along with his driver and a personal guard was gunned down by unknown miscreants on Karachi’s Sharae Faisal, while a...
View ArticleFour UN staff killed in Kabul attack: Ban
UNITED NATIONS: UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Friday strongly condemned a suicide gun and bomb attack on a Kabul restaurant in which four UN staff were among at least 14 fatalities.A UN statement said other...
View ArticleShort-circuit causes fire in Peshawar’s Sarafa market
PESHAWAR: More than a hundred shops caught fire due to a short-circuit on Saturday in the Auqaf Plaza in Peshawar’s Sarafa (gold) market, DawnNews reported. The Sarafa market consisted of gold shops...
View ArticleIndia stampede kills 18 in Mumbai: report
MUMBAI: A stampede killed at least 18 people in Mumbai early Saturday when a large crowd gathered to pay their last respects to a Muslim spiritual leader, the Press Trust of India news agency...
View Article‘Civilian doctors should see Musharraf’
ISLAMABAD: Mohammad Akram Sheikh, head of the prosecution team in treason trial of retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, objected on Friday to the composition of a medical board ordered to be set up by the...
View ArticleBrigadier-level talks held to stop LoC violations
ISLAMABAD: Military officials from Pakistan and India on Friday stressed the need for improving communication between field commanders to prevent ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC)....
View ArticleEditor Dawn.com Musadiq Sanwal passes away
KARACHI: Musadiq Sanwal, the editor of Dawn.com, passed away on Friday after battling with lung cancer for more than a year.Born in 1962, Sanwal will be remembered for his dedication to journalism, his...
View ArticleShashi Tharoor's wife died 'unnatural death': autopsy
NEW DELHI: The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, found dead in a luxury hotel after accusing her husband of being unfaithful, suffered an “unnatural, sudden death”, a doctor who performed an...
View ArticleStampede kills 18 mourners of Bohra spiritual leader in Mumbai
MUMBAI: A stampede killed at least 18 people in India's financial hub Mumbai as a large crowd gathered to pay their last respects to a Muslim spiritual leader, police said.More than 40 were also...
View ArticleZardari moves court for acquittal in NAB references
ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari moved an application Saturday in an accountability court in the federal capital seeking acquittal in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) references...
View ArticleClashes, bombings kill six in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Clashes between militants and government troops as well as two bombings at marketplaces have killed six people, Iraqi authorities said. Police and hospital officials said one bomb exploded...
View ArticleBoy killed in mortar explosion near LoC
KOTLI: A boy was killed and another injured when a mortar shell exploded in Dantoot village in the Nakyal sector along the Line of Control (LoC).Deputy Commissioner Kotli Chaudhry Mukhtar Hussain told...
View ArticleIranian diplomat fatally wounded in Yemen shooting: medic
SANAA: An Iranian diplomat was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting outside the ambassador's residence in the Yemeni capital Saturday, the third attack on embassy personnel in recent months, a medic...
View ArticleGunmen torch Nato container in Mastung
QUETTA: Armed militants in Balochistan’s troubled Mastung district torched a container carrying equipment for Nato troops on Saturday, Levies officials said.Levies sources told Dawn.com that gunmen...
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