Sargodha blast: Two suspected terrorists die in IED explosion
SARGODHA: Two suspected terrorists died Saturday morning when an improvised explosive device (IED) in their possession exploded near the busy Khayyam Chowk area of the city. According to eyewitnesses,...
View ArticleRamazan advisory: Doctors urge caution for diabetics
With Ramazan just around the corner, doctors have called on diabetics to pay extra care in managing their glucose levels while fasting. They were speaking at a seminar organised by Shifa International...
View ArticleHitting back: 46 arrested after attack on police van (Islamabad city – brief)
KARACHI: As many as 46 suspects were apprehended during an overnight targeted operation following an attack on a police mobile van in PIB Colony. The search operation was conducted in Gauharabad, PIB...
View Article2008 earthquake aftermath: AJK premier inaugurates six schools
ISLAMABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhary Abdul Majid inaugurated six schools in Muzaffarabad city constructed by Earthquake, Reconstruction, and Rehabilitation Authority at the...
View ArticleCapital’s climate: ‘Changes in master plan adversely impacting city’s climate’
ISLAMABAD: The urban areas of the capital, compared to the surrounding rural areas, have become a heat island because of increase in local atmospheric and surface temperatures. This is said to have...
View ArticlePolice shoot dead two brothers for allegedly failing to stop for security...
RAWALPINDI: Police shot dead two brothers in commercial market area of Rawalpindi late on Saturday after they allegedly failed to stop when hailed, Express News reported. According to Express News...
View ArticleChina boat death toll exceeds 400, victims mourned
JIANLI, CHINA: The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsised during a storm in the Yangtze River reached 406 on Sunday, leaving fewer than 40 still missing, as officials and rescuers bowed...
View ArticleAqua Final
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Constitutional rights: Political parties stand up for LG system in FATA
LANDI KOTAL: Opposing the council system recommended for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas by the FATA Reforms Commission, leaders of various political parties have demanded local bodies’...
View ArticleTaking to the streets: Traders in DI Khan protest against faulty overhead cables
DI KHAN: Traders held a protest in DI Khan on Sunday against Water and Power Development Authority’s (Wapda) failure to repair faulty overhead electric cables. The demonstration was triggered by the...
View ArticleWomen in Darel, Tangir unlikely to vote
GILGIT: Women in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Darel and Tangir valleys are unlikely to vote in the legislative elections today in the absence of separate polling booths. Insiders familiar with the matter told...
View ArticleIn Islamabad: FIA arrests 17 more Axact executives
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested 17 executives of the Axact Islamabad zone and registered a case against its CEO Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, his wife Ayesha Shaikh, regional directors,...
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Shahbaz Qalandar Urs: Heatwave deaths mount in Sehwan
HYDERABAD: Six people died of heatstroke in the town of Sehwan Sharif on Sunday, the second day of the annual Urs celebrations of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. A woman also drowned in a canal as the mercury...
View Article‘False allegations’: Gandapur for probe into ballot-snatching charge
ISLAMABAD: Facing heavy criticism after being accused of taking away ballot boxes following a day of the local bodies polls, Revenue Minister Ali Amin Gandapur of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in...
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Stone-crushing units : Ban on factory inspection ‘led to workers’ deaths’
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of labourers in Punjab contracted silicosis disease while working at stone-crushing unit during the time inspection of such units was banned. The ban remained in force for almost a...
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G-B legislative assembly polls underway
Polling for 24 constituencies of Gilgit-Baltistan is underway on Monday for legislative assembly elections which are taking place after six years. Polling in all seven districts began at 8am and is...
View ArticleArmy unit leaves for peace-keeping mission in Congo
Pakistan Army’s 45th Unit left Quetta on Sunday evening under a United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in conflict-hit Congo, Radio Pakistan reported. According to Inter Services Public Relations, the...
View ArticleMyanmar arrests 93 traffickers, but none from Rakhine
YANGON: Myanmar police have arrested more than 90 people for human trafficking offences this year, media reported Monday, but no cases have been uncovered in Rakhine state where persecuted Rohingya...
View ArticleContinuing violence: Village councillor-elect killed
HARIPUR: A newly-elected village councillor has been gunned down within the limits of a border village of Punjab, said the police on Monday. “Muhammad Taj alias Kaka Taj was elected to the council in...
View ArticleIslamabad office: 17 Axact employees sent on seven-day physical remand
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court on Monday handed over 17 Axact employees here on physical remand over their alleged involvement in fraudulent practices, issuing fake degrees, money laundering...
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