Money laundering: MQM chief’s bail expires today
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said he would report to the Central Police Station in London as the bail he had secured in the money laundering case expires today...
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No end to it: As violence ebbs elsewhere, Balochistan continues to bleed
ISLAMABAD: Since Pakistan put its revised anti-terror policy in place after the Peshawar school massacre, the country has witnessed a dramatic decline in violence in all provinces but one. Balochistan...
View ArticleRoadside blast kills two soldiers
BANNU / LADHA: Two security personnel were killed in a bomb attack near the Mir Ali town of North Waziristan on Monday. A convoy was on its way from Speen Wam to Mir Ali when militants targeted the...
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I find the perception that women complain a lot a tad too sexist. People say that even when women do not have issues, they will still try to create one, despite having everything in life. An elderly...
View ArticleIn FATA: SC rejects plea seeking an end to US drone strikes
ISLAMABAD: The apex court on Monday rejected a petition calling for the cessation of US drone attacks in the northwestern parts of the country especially the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)....
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‘Key suspect’ in Imran Farooq murder nailed
KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar claimed on Monday that a facilitator of senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Imran Farooq’s murderers has been arrested and will be...
View ArticleKabul to probe Pakistani traders’ killings
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan will investigate the killing of five Pakistani traders in the eastern province of Nangarhar last week, the country’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Gunmen had kidnapped nine...
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Longstanding issue: Panel to decide G-B’s constitutional status
GILGIT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday announced resolving the longstanding issue of Gilgit-Baltistan’s (G-B) constitutional status – a problem which is unresolved since independence and which...
View ArticleReview request: Punjab government to challenge Lakhvi’s release in top court
LAHORE: The Punjab government will challenge in the Supreme Court the release of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, by the Lahore High Court (LHC). On April...
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Fluid security: Grisly Turbat massacre echoes in Senate
ISLAMABAD: A lawmaker from the ruling party condemned the recent massacre of 20 construction workers in Trubat district of Balochistan and said that ironically those killing innocent people in the...
View ArticleArmy chief awards gallantry medals
ISLAMABAD: Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday conferred military awards on army troops who performed acts of gallantry in Operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan Agency. According to the...
View Article5 militants killed in Orakzai
HANGU: Army’s helicopter gunships on Tuesday hit targets in Central Orkazai Agency, killing at least five militants and destroying two of their hideouts. A security official said the gunships bombed...
View ArticleUnder garb of school: Three more marriage halls razed in Karachi
KARACHI: Under the supervision of Sindh Minister for Local Government and Information Sharjeel Inam Memon, three more illegal marriage halls in Orangi Town were demolished on Tuesday which were running...
View ArticleTop jurists to fight case for political parties
ISLAMABAD: Key political parties have engaged some top jurists to present their case before the judicial commission constituted on the demand of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to probe...
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Premier’s criticism: Imran cries rigging seeing defeat, says Rashid
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Pervaiz Rashid on Tuesday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has always started crying about rigging...
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Upshot of embezzlement: Kalash women robbed of essential health facilities
ISLAMABAD: The consequences of corruption in the use of government funds appears to have no limits to the kinds of people it affects in Pakistan, including an unusually specific group of people:...
View ArticleBrotherly ties: Kabul strikes a friendly note
KABUL: Afghanistan respects and intends to protect Pakistan and its people’s interests, said Afghan Foreign Affairs Minister Salahuddin Rabbani on Wednesday. Talking to a Pakistani delegation, headed...
View ArticleNuclear-capable: Pakistan test-launches ballistic missile
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday “successfully” conducted a training launch of the Ghauri missile system as part of a series of tests being carried out over the past few months to validate the...
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German delegation: President soothes foreign concerns on blasphemy law
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has said that the government is taking effective measures to prevent misuse of the blasphemy law. “The blasphemy law in Pakistan applies to Muslims and...
View ArticleUnited stance: Pakistan stands by Saudi Arabia in hour of trial, says Rashid
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has said Pakistan will stand by Saudi Arabia in any hour of trial. “Pakistan’s stance is very clear as it has maintained from day one that Saudi Arabia is...
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