Follow up: Shahbaz visits train accident survivors
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Gujranwala, on Saturday and inquired after the health of army personnel injured in the train accident. He prayed for...
View ArticleLaw and order: SHO’s house robbed
BAHAWALPUR: Four armed men took away valuables from the house of the Uch Sharif SHO on Friday. Police said the robbers broke into the house of Rana Rasool. The men took away Rs7 million, 200 Canadian...
View ArticleRigging complaint: Ayaz Sadiq’s lawyer seeks another adjournment
LAHORE: Election Tribunal Judge Kazim Ali Malik on Saturday adjourned the hearing of a petition by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan challenging the victory of Sardar Ayaz Sadiq from...
View ArticleIn Memoriam : PPP K-P to observe black day
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Peoples Party Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa will observe July 5 as a black day, stated the party’s provincial leadership on Saturday. On July 5, 1977, General Ziaul Haq toppled the elected...
View ArticleMonsoon Casualties : One drowns in Shangla
SHANGLA: A man drowned in Khan Khuwar Dam on Friday in Shangla. Twenty-year-old Jan Muhammad, a resident of Bobai, went out with his uncle to shop when he saw people swimming in the dam. He decided to...
View ArticleSmuggling Bid: Drugs found concealed in LPG cylinder
KOHAT: At least 135 kilogrammes of hashish was found inside cylinders in a vehicle on Kohat-Orakzai Road. According to the police, a passenger coach was stopped at a police checkpoint as the police...
View ArticleFall 2015: GIKI to hold entrance test today
SWABI: Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology will conduct an entrance test for various undergraduate programmes on Sunday (today). Speaking to journalists in Swabi on...
View ArticleMQM’s organising committee empowers its militant wing, allege Rangers
KARACHI: Hours after arresting Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) Landhi sector incharge Rukunuddin, the Rangers in a statement alleged that the party’s organising committee empowers its militant wing....
View ArticleTroubled Family: Man seeks action against son
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge sought comments on Tuesday from the Mughalpura SHO on a petition filed by a man seeking a case against his son for beating him. Fazal Din told the...
View ArticleLady health workers: ‘Sharif brothers should vaccinate children’
BAHAWALPUR: Tens of lady health workers came together at DCO Chowk on Tuesday to stage a protest demonstration against nonpayment of salaries. LHW Zahida Malik said they had had not been paid for two...
View ArticleWimbledon: Djokovic enters last-eight by the skin of his teeth
LONDON: Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived a barrage from big-hitting Kevin Anderson to reach his seventh successive Wimbledon quarter-final on Tuesday. The top seed came from behind to win 6-7...
View ArticleThe Ashes: Cook hoping for ebb in Johnson’s form
CARDIFF: It’s hard to have more than one series of a lifetime, and England captain Alastair Cook hopes that in Mitchell Johnson’s case it has already happened. Left-arm fast-bowler Johnson took 37...
View ArticleProbing NA-122 result: PML-N counsel to conclude arguments today
LAHORE: Election Tribunal Judge Kazim Ali Malik on Tuesday adjourned the proceedings for final arguments by counsel for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz till Tuesday (today). The tribunal is hearing a...
View ArticleRookie Leie bowls SA to series win
DHAKA: Eddie Leie made a memorable international debut as he and his spin partner Aaron Phangiso bowled South Africa to a series-clinching 31-run victory in the second and final T20 match against...
View ArticleSelectors laud team’s efforts in Pallekele
KARACHI: Selectors showered praise on Pakistan after a stunning show in Pallekele on Tuesday, with chief selector Haroon Rasheed saying Younus Khan had played one of the best knocks in the country’s...
View Article150 mega scams: Sharif brothers, Zardari feature in NAB report
ISLAMABAD: Listing names of current and former top government officials, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Tuesday submitted in the Supreme Court a 35-page report on 150 mega scams. The report...
View ArticleRTI’s transparency questioned : Hiring irregularities leave candidates in...
PESHAWAR: Irregularities in testing for fresh recruits at the Right to Information (RTI) Commission are likely to undermine transparency and accountability, thus leaving the entire process in...
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Violating law: ECP challenges amendments to LG Rules 2014
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan has challenged amendments in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Local Councils (Conduct of Elections) Rules 2014 in the Peshawar High Court. The legislation enables...
View ArticleOslo rendezvous: Govt to support Malala if she visits Pakistan, says PM
OSLO: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai held their first official meeting on Wednesday after both attended a UN education summit in Oslo. The 17-year-old...
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Familiar foes: Serena keen to extend dominance over Sharapova
LONDON: Serena Williams fired a warning to Maria Sharapova ahead of their Wimbledon semi-final clash as the world number one admitted she saves her best performances for clashes with her fiercest...
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