Gen Raheel in US: ‘Will take war against terror to logical end’
Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has vowed to take the war against terrorism to its logical end and assured the public that the military would not let the sacrifices of martyrs to go in...
View ArticleLodhran by-poll: Wary of Punjab govt, PTI seeks army deployment
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has again approached the election supervisory body to deploy army troops for the by-election in the NA-154 (Lodhran-I) constituency on December 23.Senior PTI...
View ArticleRights issue: Civil society demands facilities for disabled
QUETTA: Organisers of Civil Society of Balochistan have demanded better facilities for disabled people in Balochistan.December 3 is observed as International Day of Persons with Disabilities and it...
View ArticleFighting AIDS: Global Fund okays $16m for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Global Fund has approved a concept note for Asian countries, including Pakistan, under which $16 million has been approved for the country for year 2016-17 to support its fight against...
View ArticlePreventive detention: Rangers arrest two suspects
KARACHI: The Sindh Rangers informed on Saturday the administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts about the 90-day preventive detention of two suspects for interrogation. The paramilitary force...
View ArticleProvincial affairs: Malik says external forces interfering in Balochistan
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch lamented on Saturday that he was running an economy of conflict amid external interference in the province’s affairs.Addressing participants of...
View ArticleBernabeu stunned: Real beaten red and blue
MADRID: Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez struggled to find explanations after watching his side humiliated 4-0 at home by archrivals Barcelona in Saturday’s La Liga ‘Clasico’.Taking charge of the biggest...
View ArticlePunjab to reap CPEC benefits: Mengal (Page 9)
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party (BNP) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal has alleged that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will profit Punjab and its people but leave people in other provinces...
View ArticleEyeing the top spot: Nadal looking to dismantle Djokovic in 2016
LONDON: Rafael Nadal said he would have to redouble his efforts to return to form after the worst year of his career if he is to get the better of world number one Novak Djokovic next year.Nadal’s...
View ArticleWorld Tour Championship: McIlroy wins Race to Dubai
DUBAI: Rory McIlroy won Dubai’s DP World Tour Championship on Sunday, overhauling overnight leader Andy Sullivan with four birdies on the back nine to also be crowned Europe’s top earner for a third...
View ArticleJhelum incidence: 4-member probe panel starts work
JHELUM: A four-member committee has been set up to probe the arson attack on a factory owned by a member of the Ahmadiyya community in Jhelum.Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, who heads the...
View ArticleForeign funding: PTI not on the same page on financial details
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) back-to-back statements on the party’s stand regarding submission of its accounts details to the poll supervisory body apparently seem to reflect that...
View ArticleIn five minutes: Balochistan hands SUPARCO 9,000 acres of Hingol forest
QUETTA: It took the Balochistan government five minutes to hand over 9,000 acres of the Hingol National Park land to a federal agency, in a move that not only subverted rules of the provincial...
View ArticleStill got it: Misbah guides Rangpur Riders to narrow win
Pakistan Test captain Misbahul Haq once again showcased his hitting skills as his 39-ball 61 guided Rangpur Riders to a narrow two-wicket win over Chittagong Vikings in the first Bangladesh Premier...
View ArticleMunir claims Pakistan Golf Open
KARACHI: Muhammad Munir of the Islamabad Golf Club clinched the Pakistan Open after the final round of the 43rd Pakistan Open Golf Championship concluded on Sunday at the Airmen Golf Course in...
View ArticleICC president excited by first-ever day-night Test
DUBAI/PERTH: The president of cricket’s governing body hailed the concept of day-night Tests; just a few days before Australia play New Zealand in the first-ever such match.Zaheer Abbas, president of...
View ArticleOn shaky ground: 6.2 temblor jolts K-P; kills woman
PESHAWAR: A woman was killed and a child injured on Sunday night in the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that jolted Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The province has yet to recover from the October 26...
View ArticleProtecting civil servants: CM approves K-P Services Tribunal posts
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak approved the creation of posts to establish camp courts and registry offices of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Services Tribunal (KPST) in Abbottabad, DI Khan and Swat....
View ArticleLocal government: K-P LCA rejects rules of business; warns of protests
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Local Councillors Association (LCA) rejected the local government’s rules of business and established December 20, 2015 as a deadline for the government to withdraw them....
View ArticleNow in 3D: Julian stupa, monastery, Takht Bhai to be preserved digitally
PESHAWAR: The K-P Directorate of Archaeology and Museums has initiated a 3D scanning and digital preservation process at Julian stupa and monastery at archaeological sites in Khanpur, Haripur, and...
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