Opposition parties form alliance for LG polls
PESHAWAR: Three main opposition parties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa joined hands on Monday to contest the upcoming local government elections in the province jointly. The decision was taken in a joint...
View ArticleOrdinance challenged in Supreme Court
ISLAMABAD: The Protection of Pakistan (Amendment) Ordinance promulgated on Jan 22 for providing legal cover to enforced disappearances has been challenged before the Supreme Court.The joint petition,...
View ArticleIndia top court refuses plea to review gay sex ban
NEW DELHI: India's top court Tuesday rejected a plea filed by the government and activist groups to review its shock ruling which reinstated a colonial-era ban on gay sex.A Supreme Court bench...
View ArticleIndonesia sentences Pakistani people smuggler to seven years
JAKARTA: An Indonesian court sentenced a Pakistani man to seven years in jail Tuesday for attempting to smuggle asylum seekers to Australia on a rickety boat that sank, killing about 90 people. Javaid...
View ArticleCM Khattak meets with PM, demands replacement of Pesco chief
ISLAMABAD: During a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the federal capital on Tuesday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak demanded the replacement of Peshawar Electric Supply...
View ArticleKarachi raids: 29 suspects arrested
KARACHI: Rangers' personnel on Tuesday conducted a targeted operation in different areas of Karachi and arrested 29 suspects. The raids were conducted in the areas of Wazir Goth, Korangi 100 Quarters,...
View ArticlePM meets Army chief, discusses national security
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday to discuss the overall security situation in the country, DawnNews reported. According to a statement from...
View ArticleFamily of blasphemy-accused Briton appeals for help
ISLAMABAD: The family of a mentally ill British man sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy has urged London to intervene to seek his release.Mohammad Asghar was sentenced by a court in...
View ArticleMalala book launch halted for ‘unsuitability’ of venue: KP govt
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government claims there has been no stoppage or ban of the launch of Malala Yousafzai's book at a university in Peshawar, and that it was “only an issue of...
View ArticleBilawal asks political parties to unite against Taliban threat
KARACHI: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and son of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has called on the country’s political leadership to wake up to the threat...
View ArticlePakistan-US relations on 'upward trajectory'
WASHINGTON: The Pakistan-US relationship is on an upward trajectory, with bilateral cooperation in wide-ranging economic and security areas moving well, National Security and Foreign Affairs Advisor...
View ArticleCleric, students charged with blogger's murder in Bangladesh
DHAKA: Bangladesh police on Tuesday charged seven students of an elite university and a cleric over the murder of an allegedly atheist blogger who was critical of Islam and Islamic groups.The students...
View ArticleICC tones down changes, Test championship dumped
ISLAMABAD: Significant changes to the way international cricket is run were agreed in principle by the ICC board on Tuesday, the governing body said, although they were toned down from a set of radical...
View ArticleMusharraf treason: Constitution violated by Nov 3 emergency, says CJ
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani on Tuesday said it was clear form the Supreme Court’s July 31 verdict in 2009 that the constitution was violated by imposition of emergency on November...
View ArticleSingh to visit Pakistan in March
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Pakistan in March, after the parliament's budget session and before the general elections expected in April, The Business Standard reported on...
View ArticleReligious leaders want talks to be given a chance
ISLAMABAD: Security experts and senior politicians, including heads of the country’s three main religious parties, on Tuesday warned that after the withdrawal of US from Afghanistan the security...
View ArticleUN chief meets with Fidel Castro in Havana
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Fidel Castro in Havana on Tuesday for a conversation that ranged from climate change to the civil war in Syria, and said he criticised Cuba's...
View ArticleIndia proposes meeting to resolve trade row
ISLAMABAD: India has proposed a meeting of the working group on Kashmir to look into a controversy started by alleged seizure of narcotics from a Pakistani truck.“India has proposed to Pakistan to hold...
View ArticleProsecution wants to cross-examine chief of AFIC
ISLAMABAD: After expressing lack of confidence in a report prepared by army doctors on the health of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, the prosecution team in the high treason case has requested...
View ArticleObama threatens to veto new Iran sanctions bill
WASHINGTON: United States President Barack Obama says negotiations to limit Iran's nuclear program will be difficult and may not succeed, but he's warning Congress he will veto new economic sanctions...
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