SC suggests fund for kin of missing persons
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has suggested setting up of a fund for assisting the needy whose near and dear ones have gone missing and they appear in courts regularly to pursue their cases. Realising...
View ArticleKarachi at standstill over religious parties' strike call
KARACHI: A strike was observed in Karachi after the call was made by the Ulema Action Committee over the law and order situation in the the city and by the Majlis-i-Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) to assert...
View ArticleSecurity forces launch operation in Mastung; three detained
QUETTA: Security forces detained at least three suspected individuals during a full scale operation in Mastung's Kanak and Derringer areas on Friday, DawnNews reported.The operation was launched Friday...
View ArticleTreason case: Musharraf's medical report handed to judges
ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted to try Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf for treason on Friday resumed the case's hearing, DawnNews reported.The special court comprises of three high court judges...
View Article$352 million to be reimbursed on Feb 6
ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador Richard Olson informed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday that $352 million would be reimbursed to Pakistan on Feb 6 under the Coalition Support Fund. He said the US...
View ArticleChina's Jade Rabbit moon rover has 'abnormality': Xinhua
BEIJING: China's Jade Rabbit moon rover has experienced a “mechanical control abnormality”, state media said Saturday, in what appears to be a setback for a landmark mission in the country's ambitious...
View ArticleCalifornia jury clears Courtney Love of Twitter libel
LOS ANGELES: A jury on Friday rejected a defamation case against Courtney Love over a Twitter post that suggested one of her attorneys had been ''bought off'' for not pursuing a lawsuit over her late...
View Article30 proclaimed offenders among 100 arrested in Islamabad raids
ISLAMABAD:The capital police conducted raids in Islambad’s Tarnol area Saturday and arrested 100 suspects, including 30 proclaimed offenders. Police conducted three major search operations in Tarnol’s...
View ArticleShelling north of Baghdad kills six: officials
BAQUBA: Shelling against a Shia Muslim village in a restive area of central Iraq killed six people on Saturday, including a young boy, the latest in a surge of nationwide violence.The bloodshed,...
View ArticleTwo killed in Karachi violence; 22 suspects arrested in operation
KARACHI: Two bodies were recovered from Karachi’s Lasbela Pull on Saturday whereas 22 suspects were arrested during a targeted operation conducted by Rangers personnel, DawnNews reported. Two bodies...
View ArticleAltaf calls for immediate action against terrorists
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said Saturday the government and armed forces should take strict action against terrorists in the interest of the nation, DawnNews...
View ArticlePhilippines, Muslim rebels clinch peace deal
KUALA LUMPUR: The Philippine government and the country's largest Muslim rebel group completed talks Saturday on a deal to end four decades of fighting that has killed tens of thousands of people and...
View ArticleThree killed in security forces action in Panjgur
QUETTA: Three people were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in Balochistan province's Panjgur area, DawnNews quoted sources as saying.Sources said the action was ongoing since Friday,...
View ArticleAfghan-US deal falters as Karzai demands Taliban talks
KABUL: President Hamid Karzai on Saturday signalled that a deal to allow US troops to stay in Afghanistan was close to collapse as the Nato combat mission withdraws after a decade of fighting the...
View Article11 killed, four injured as jeep plunges into ravine in Chitral
CHITRAL: At least 11 people were killed and four others injured when a Chitral-bound jeep fell into a ravine in the Marwai area of the district here on Saturday, DawnNews reported. According to...
View ArticleThousands flee North Waziristan after airstrikes
PESHAWAR: Thousands have fled North Waziristan region, which lies along the Pak-Afghan border, after airstrikes this week targeting suspected Taliban militant hideouts killed dozens of people, elders...
View ArticleImran to be taken on board on likely military action against TTP
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervez Rashid on Saturday said the government will take Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan into confidence on likely military...
View ArticleMixed response to JSMM’s strike call in Sindh
HYDERABAD: Barring few areas of Hyderabad, Tando Allahyar, Matiari and Ghotki, complete strike was observed on Saturday in other districts of Sindh province on the call of banned Jeay Sindh Muttahida...
View ArticleDeputy secretary NA kidnapped in Multan
MULTAN: Deputy secretary National Assembly Moazzam Kalru was kidnapped near the suburbs of Multan on Saturday, DawnNews reported.According to the police, Kalru was kidnapped from Multan's Nawabpur area...
View ArticleKP teachers agree to partake in anti-polio drive after govt talks
PESHAWAR: Over 9,000 teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, who had refused to take part in a polio-vaccination campaign citing low wages and security concerns as the reasons earlier, agreed to kick start the...
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