Abducted labourers: Mehsud elders urged to ensure safe recovery
DI KHAN: Elders of the Mehsud tribe on Sunday held a jirga with the political agent of South Waziristan over the abduction of 22 labourers from the agency’s Nili Kach area on Friday. The jirga took...
View ArticleDream run: Fata rises from ruins of war to play top flight cricket
KARACHI: When the country’s premier cricketing tournament starts today (Monday), it will feature for the first time a side representing the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The team had sealed...
View ArticleOverdue apology: Blair admits Iraq invasion contributed to rise of Da’ish
LONDON: Britain’s former prime minister Tony Blair on Sunday again apologised for certain aspects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, adding that there were “elements of truth” to the view it was connected...
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Net hydel profits: K-P may approach top court over unpaid dues
ISLAMABAD: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to turn to the top court for help in recovering its outstanding net hydel profits, The Express Tribune has learnt. “The federal administration...
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Political musings: External, internal factors led to fall of ZAB – II
ISLAMABAD: In Part-I former PPP ideologue Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, who now heads the Qaumi Wattan Party, listed the external factors that had led to the fall of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) and his...
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Anti-terror crackdown: Under NAP, a million people quizzed
ISLAMABAD: Law enforcement and intelligence agencies have interrogated over a million people under the new anti-terror strategy devised in December last year following the Peshawar school tragedy....
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Building hysteria: Shiva Sena activists disrupt Pakistani play
NEW DEHLI: In a sign of growing anti-Pakistan hysteria in India, a small group of men disrupted a theatre performance by Pakistani actors on the outskirts of the Indian capital Saturday evening....
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Teaching himself to Misbah-ave
With 3,235 runs under his belt, Misbahul Haq is Pakistan’s most prolific Test captain ever. With 18 wins, he is also their most successful. He should be spoken of in hushed whispers with a mixture of...
View ArticleShah Alam Market: Where PTI and PPP have joined hands against PML-N
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s candidate for chairman and a Pakistan Peoples Party worker are contesting the election for chairman and vice chairman on the same panel. PTI’s Haji Muhammad Imtiaz,...
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Last 10 stranded families rescued from Naran Valley
MANSEHRA: Rescue workers came to the aid of the last ten families trapped in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Naran Valley following a severe snowstorm — the precursor to a powerful earthquake that struck a day...
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Historic Peshawar buildings shake and crack
RAWALPINDI / PESHAWAR: Several historic buildings in Peshawar that are part of Pakistan’s rich cultural heritage could not withstand the earthquake that jolted northern parts of the country on Monday....
View ArticleFeeling the tremors: Close call for top court judges and lawyers
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court building swayed violently with the impact of the high-intensity earthquake on Monday, forcing judges, staff members and others to leave the premises. A few marble tiles of...
View ArticleElection scheme: Case registered against candidates for assaulting RO
FAISALABAD: Civil Line police have registered a case against more than a dozen people accused of hurling threats at a returning officer, for impeding official work and taking the law into their hands....
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Prisoners cried for help as guards bolted
GHALLANAI: It was just past 2pm and I was walking towards the mosque near the agency headquarters jail in Ghallanai, Mohmand Agency when the earth suddenly began shaking violently. While the earth was...
View ArticleDeadly memories: 2005 quake comes back to haunt AJK
MUZAFFARABAD: Nightmares of the 2005 earthquake were revived as Monday’s quake resulted in the deaths of at least two people and injuries to seven others in different areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir....
View Article‘Far deadlier had it been shallower’
ISLAMABAD: The earthquake, which shook northern parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday, could have caused even more damage, had it been shallower. Professor Dr Muhammad Gulraiz Akhter, who is...
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LIVE: 228 dead as massive quake hits Pakistan, relief efforts underway
Rescuers on Tuesday rushed to deliver relief aid to victims of a massive earthquake that hit northern Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing at least 275 people over a wide swath of mostly mountainous...
View ArticlePakistan Army wins gold in Exercise Cambrian Patrol in UK
Pakistan Army won the gold medal at an annual international military patrolling exercise, ‘Exercise Cambrian Patrol’ held in the UK. The Pakistan Army team shared the first place award with the Royal...
View ArticleDisaster panel dormant since 2012
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has not convened a single meeting of the National Disaster Management Commission (NDMC), the country’s top forum responsible to prevent and respond to disasters,...
View ArticleIn hour of need, disaster fund not operational
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Fund for Disaster Management remains non-operational even months after its announcement, highlighting the government’s apathy towards an area that requires more resources and...
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