Nehal Ansari case: Pakistan confirms detention of missing Indian man
PESHAWAR: A divisional bench of the Peshawar High Court disposed of the case of Indian national Nehal Hamid Ansari, missing in Pakistan for over three years, after the government on Wednesday confirmed...
View ArticleMedia under fire: Attack on TV channel’s office
ISLAMABAD: Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade before firing at the offices of ARY News channel in the federal capital on Wednesday evening, which left a staffer injured. According to ARY...
View ArticleIncome tax relief: K-P contractors’ body threatens sit-in outside parliament
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) contractors association has threatened to hold a sit-in outside Parliament House if the federal government withdrew income tax relief going back three years.The...
View ArticleBALOCHISTAN PA: NP retains portfolios in new cabinet
QUETTA: National Party (NP) has retained the old portfolios of the ministers in the new provincial cabinet of Balochistan. A notification of the Balochistan government stated that National Party’s...
View ArticleIG Sindh to be indicted for contempt of court
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan will indict Inspector General (IG) Sindh Police on February 2 for transferring an official to the anti-corruption department in flagrant violation of the court’s...
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Emphatic ‘No’ by AJK for G-B’s provincial status
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed two resolutions against the proposed provincial status for Gilgit-Baltistan region.The resolutions were tabled...
View ArticleRabbani against creation of new provinces
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani on Wednesday opposed the idea of sub division of present provinces to create new ones within the federation of Pakistan. “In present situation there is no...
View ArticleMagnitude 6.7 earthquake jolts northern Japan, no damage from tsunami expected
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck just off Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said.No tsunami warning was issued and NHK national television said...
View ArticleBalochistan seeks higher job quota
QUETTA: Balochistan Assembly passed a joint resolution for the recruitment policy of federal corporations and government employees and formed a committee under the leadership of ex-Chief Minister Abdul...
View ArticleBorder committee: Iran agrees to probe cross border shelling
QUETTA: A border-committee meeting of Iran and Pakistan agreed on investigating the mortar shelling by Iranian forces, handing over of the criminals from both the sides and finding solution of travel...
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Senate’s code of conduct draft stirs controversy
ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously passed the first-ever draft of the code of conduct as well as rules for the committee on ethics on Thursday, but only three members resisted the move, saying that its...
View ArticleKashmir chapter meeting: PPP wants action against terrorists
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has demanded decisive action against all terrorist groups including those with political ambitions. According to a statement issued after PPP Chairman Bilawal...
View ArticleThreatened by relatives: Christian-Muslim couple faces threats
KARACHI: A Christian woman and her Muslim husband have reportedly received death threats from their relatives who are opposed to their marriage. Shahid Rana, who recently married a Christian woman, has...
View ArticleTribal force: Frontier Constabulary needs funds
ISLAMABAD: Senate standing committee on interior on Thursday emphasised that the Frontier Constabulary (FC) should be equipped with modern weapons and provided adequate funding to help the paramilitary...
View ArticleMudaraba scandal: SC asks Mufti Saqib to return Rs54.5m in four days
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Thursday directed a key accused in Mudaraba scandal to return Rs54.5 million to the affected people in four days.A full bench of the apex court headed by the Chief Justice...
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NA panel passes tax amnesty scheme
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday got the country’s ninth tax amnesty scheme passed from a National Assembly panel with a thin majority amid the opposition’s protest over leaving sources of...
View ArticlePML-N worse than PPP in managing economy: PTI
ISLAMABAD: Citing official figures in its white paper, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Thursday showed that the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s economic management was worse than the Pakistan...
View ArticlePM seeks preferential US market access
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked US investors to play their role in informing the American lawmakers about the importance of providing preferential market access to Pakistani...
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Treason trial: Apex court to take up Dogar’s plea on January 18
ISLAMABAD: The top court will take up on January 18 former chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar’s plea against the Special Court’s order to investigate his role in promulgation of emergency on November 3,...
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Democratic norms: PTI intra-party elections ‘before April 25’
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has announced holding countrywide intra-party elections before its 20th foundation day on April 25.The membership process would be completed within two months,...
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