Publisher of Ahmediyya daily denied bail
LAHORE: A Supreme Court of Pakistan bench on Tuesday denied bail to the publisher of Al-Fazl, a 102-year-old Ahmadiyya publication, who is behind bars for three years on blasphemy and terrorism...
View ArticleGood news: New playland to be built at Safari Zoo
LAHORE: The government will set up a playland at Lahore Safari Zoo Park, Wildlife and Parks Director General Khalid Ayaz Khan said on Tuesday.“The facility will be constructed on two acres of land....
View ArticleRegional partners: Pak-China joint military exercise begins
RAWALPINDI: A two-week long joint training exercise ‘YOUYI 5’ between special forces of China and Pakistan started at Qingtongxia, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China on Tuesday. According to ISPR,...
View ArticleAssurance: PM orders against any PIA layoffs
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday to ensure no employee of the national airlines was laid off. The orders came during a briefing by the finance...
View ArticleAttack on Express office: Media, civil society hold countrywide protests
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE / KARACHI: Journalist organisations and civil society held on Tuesday protest demonstrations across Pakistan against Monday’s cracker attack on Express News’ Sargodha office.The...
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Harnessing social media: Imran fields questions in live Facebook broadcast
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf [PTI] Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday introduced a new trend by employing the social media—live broadcast on Facebook, as a mode of interaction instead of...
View Article‘Balochistan leads in NAP execution’
QUETTA: Pakistan People Party (PPP) Senator and Chairman of Senate Standing Committee Rehman Malik said that Balochistan is the best role model for other provinces in implementation of the National...
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Looming crisis: PIA staff backs off on chairman’s word
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) management averted an outright confrontation with its labour union on Tuesday after assuring them of an audience with Finance Minister Ishaq...
View ArticleRebuttal: Govt committed to journalists’ security
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday rebutted allegations made by Reporters Without Borders that measures taken to provide security to journalists, media workers and houses were inadequate, terming...
View ArticleWoman of crises: Time names Merkel as ‘person of 2015’
NEW YORK: Time magazine on Wednesday named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its “Person of the Year 2015,” hailing her leadership for navigating debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the...
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Safe return: 75,000 IDP families rehabilitated, says report
ISLAMABAD: Over 75,000 families of internally displaced persons (IDP) from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have been rehabilitated and returned to their areas of...
View ArticleMurree Accord: PM Nawaz to meet Zehri, Qadir Baloch today
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Balochistan chief Sardar Sanaullah Khan Zehri and Safron Minister Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch will call on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on...
View ArticleCorruption is bigger issue than terrorism: Dr Baloch
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch called corruption a bigger problem of Pakistan than terrorism, saying corrupt practices causing militancy and other illicit activities.“Despite...
View ArticlePakistan commits to freer South Asia trade
ISLAMABAD: Amid renewed optimism to resolve all disputed issues, Pakistan on Wednesday said it remains committed to regional trade liberalisation but seeks reciprocal moves from other countries,...
View ArticlePoultry industry: PPA questions logic of import duty
KARACHI: Irked at the government’s latest measure of increasing import duty on certain items, the Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) on Wednesday opposed the implementation of 10% tax on the industry’s...
View ArticleNA-125 constituency: SC verdict on Saad Rafiq’s plea expected today
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will likely announce on Thursday (today) its ruling over Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique’s plea against election tribunal’s verdict for the re-elections in...
View ArticleMusharraf treason case: IHC rejects Dogar’s plea against special court
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday dismissed the petition of former chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar challenging the special court’s order of November 27.A division bench,...
View ArticleIllegal transfer: Sindh’s top cop faces contempt charges
ISLAMABAD: The top court on Wednesday rejected an unconditional apology tendered by Inspector General (IG) Sindh Police for transferring an official to the anti-corruption department in violation of...
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Unfinished war: Terrorists marginalised, not eliminated, says Nisar
ISLAMABAD: The government’s top security czar Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday warned that their war against terror was not yet over as he presented himself for accountability...
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NADRA gave CNICs to Indian nationals, reveals report
ISLAMABAD: If Afghan refugees and Middle Eastern militants were not enough, NADRA is understood to have issued national identity cards to entire Indian families.The latest deed of granting Pakistani...
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