Belated NA session faces urgent business
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly begins its first session of the new year on Monday rather late and will confront some urgent business amid an unusual legislative deadlock it has faced in eight months...
View ArticleFazl to govt: stop use of ‘force’
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has called upon the government to stop using force against militants and hold negotiations for restoring peace in the country....
View ArticleSnowden says NSA also spies on industry
BERLIN: Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden claimed in a new interview that the US agency is involved in industrial espionage.In the interview aired Sunday night on German public television...
View ArticleAnnan launches Elders mission to Iran
TEHRAN: Former UN chief Kofi Annan, head of a group of ex-global leaders known as the Elders, Sunday started a visit aimed at boosting dialogue between Iran and the international community, media...
View ArticleMilitants blow up gas pipeline in Dera Bugti
DERA BUGTI: A pipeline, carrying natural gas, was blown up in Balochistan's Dera Bugti district late on Sunday disrupting the gas-supply to the Sui plant from well number 15 in Pir Koh gas field,...
View ArticleChina seeks tougher rules on religion after Xinjiang violence
BEIJING: A senior Chinese official called for stricter management of religious activities, state media said on Monday, following explosions in China's western region of Xinjiang which authorities say...
View ArticleJudges’ case: Musharraf wins exemption today on medical grounds
ISLAMABAD: The special anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday granted exemption to the former military leader Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf on medical grounds from appearing before the court in today’s...
View ArticleIED attack kills policeman in Tank; injures four others
TANK: A policeman was killed and four others injured Monday when an explosion targeted a police vehicle in the Gomal area of Tank district, officials confirmed. Tank Police Control said the police...
View ArticleGunship helicopters pound militant hideouts in Waziristan
PESHAWAR: At least two persons were killed in a blitz carried out by Pakistan's military in Mirali area of North Waziristan tribal region whereas three men, reportedly associated with the Awami...
View ArticleMilitary backs el-Sissi in Egypt presidential run
CAIRO: Egypt's top generals on Monday endorsed a presidential run by army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the state news agency said, paving the way for the man who ousted the country's Islamist president...
View ArticleAttacks by extremists kill about 75 Nigerians
MAIDUGURI: Suspected Islamic extremists used explosives and heavy guns to attack a village in one state and a church in another in Nigeria's northeast, killing about 75 people and razing hundreds of...
View ArticleIran nuclear talks to resume in February: US
WASHINGTON: Iran and world powers will resume talks next month in New York on reaching a long-term nuclear deal, a senior US official said Monday.“It is our understanding that those talks will be in...
View ArticleThirteen bodies recovered from Khuzdar mass-graves: minister
QUETTA: As many as eleven bodies have been recovered from two separate graves found in Khuzdar district of Balochistan, provincial minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said on Monday.Bugti said the eleven...
View ArticleTaliban planning attacks on tourists in Pakistan: officials
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Taliban may be planning attacks on tourists in the country's mountainous north, where 10 foreign climbers were massacred last year, officials warned Monday.Thousands of...
View ArticleDecisive consultation underway amid fresh TTP talks offer: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Monday apprised the National Assembly that the government was decisively consulting all stakeholders including the politicians and security...
View ArticlePak security concerns must be addressed with US withdrawal: Aziz
WASHINGTON: Advisor to the prime minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz Monday said Pakistan’s security worries should be addressed as the US winds down the war in neighboring...
View ArticleUS agencies concerned about losing drone bases
NEW YORK: American intelligence agencies are concerned that they could lose drone bases in Pakistan and Afghanistan if Afghan President Hamid Karzai does not sign a controversial security deal with the...
View ArticleProsecution rejects AFIC report on Musharraf’s health
ISLAMABAD: The prosecution in the high treason case rejected on Monday a military doctors’ report on the health of retired General Pervez Musharraf and termed it an “attempt to thwart the judicial...
View ArticleUS ship heads out to destroy Syrian chemical weapons
WASHINGTON: A specially-equipped US naval ship departed for Italy on Monday on a ground-breaking mission to destroy Syria's most dangerous chemical agents, Pentagon officials said.Setting off from the...
View ArticleGovt determined to bring peace and stability, says Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Staying short of publicly announcing a full-fledge military operation against Taliban militants in Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday said the government would take every step to...
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