News Desk
RAWALPINDI: Three children of Constable Muhammad Riaz, who is posted in the Gujrat traffic police, were among the children who lost their lives in the tragic van fire.
Constable Riaz’s two daughters, Kanwal Riaz and Zara Riaz, and a son, ...
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Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: Maulana Samiul Haq, known as the father of the Taliban, on Saturday said that he could help strike a peace deal between the Taliban and the government of Pakistan but hurriedly added that he would get into this tricky business only if ...
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Mehtab Haider
ISLAMABAD: Terming reports of a Saudi Oil Facility for Pakistan to the tune of $15 billion mere speculation, some financial wizards of the PML-N have expressed their apprehensions that some stock market players could be behind such rumours to make ...
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KARACHI: The Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) gave its assent to joining the government in the Centre.
PML-F chief Pir Pagara Syed Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi gave his approval to being part of the government in the Centre during his ...
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ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission (JC) has recommended a one-year extension in the service of nine additional judges of the Sindh and Peshawar high courts and the regularisation of four additional judges of the Peshawar High Court (PHC).
The ...
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Faizan Bangash
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) has nominated Makhdoom Javed Hashmi as its candidate for the slot of prime minister in the National Assembly.
The decision was taken in the first parliamentary meeting of PTI MNAs from Punjab, Sindh and ...
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PARIS: A French soldier patrolling a business neighbourhood west of Paris was stabbed in the neck on Saturday by a man who quickly fled the scene and is being sought by police, President Francois Hollande said.
The soldier was patrolling in ...
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Monitoring Desk
RAWALPINDI: Among the 500 most powerful individuals on the planet — one in 14 million, four Pakistanis namely Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Director General (DG) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Zaheer-ul-Islam, Tehrik ...
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Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
ISLAMABAD: Diplomatic community in the federal capital is keen to see the new government installed at the earliest as it wishes to experience change that became basis for its coming into being.
Ambassador Rodolfo Martin Saravia of Argentina, ...
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Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party on Saturday indicated that it could give a confidence vote to Nawaz Sharif as the prime minister if the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) made a request in this regard.
“There is a big question mark on ...
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Tahir Khalil & Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: Remaining silent for 14 days after the general elections, around 140 ticket holders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Saturday blasted the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and held it solely responsible for the party’s worst ...
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RAWALPINDI: Gen. Joseph F Dunford, commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), called on General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of Army Staff here on Saturday.
During the meeting two leaders discussed issues related to border ...
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our correspondent
BARA: At least eight militants were killed and five others were injured when fighter jets hit the hideouts of militants in Maidan area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency on Saturday, official sources said.
The sources said that two Pakistani ...
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ISLAMABAD: Interim Chief Minister of Punjab Najam Sethi, known for his insightful analysis as a journalist, may be appointed as next ambassador to the US, the media quoting sources reported on Saturday. According to sources, Sethi has good links ...
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Joe Glenton
I am a former soldier. I completed one tour of duty in Afghanistan, refused on legal and moral grounds to serve a second tour, and spent five months in a military prison as a result. When the news about the attack in Woolwich broke, by pure ...
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Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
ISLAMABAD: The United States isn’t playing any role in mediation between Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan as the ties of the two are entirely domestic matter of this country.
It was clarified by the US ambassador for Pakistan Richard Gustave Olson ...
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