Muhammad Anis & Asim Yasin
Monday, June 17, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Opposition members hailing from the PPP and Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal verbally clashed over the water issue on the floor of the National Assembly during the debate on the federal budget 2013-14 on ...
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Salis bin Perwaiz
Monday, June 17, 2013
Karachi: Yet another grenade attack took place at the Pakistan Air Force Base Faisal in which three persons were injured.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) East Range, Tahir Naveed, talking to The News said that a grenade was lobbed at ...
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Asim Yasin & Mumtaz Alvi
Monday, June 17, 2013
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly and the Senate on Sunday passed unanimous resolutions condemning the inhuman and cowardly acts of terrorism at the Quaid-i-Azam Residency in Ziarat, Women’s University and Bolan Medical Collage in Quetta.
The ...
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Muhammad Farooq
Monday, June 17, 2013
SWABI: Unidentified gunmen shot dead two male anti-polio workers here on Sunday.Superintendent of Police Mian Saeed Ahmad said that two gunmen opened fire on the male vaccinators, Aziz Muhammad and Muhammad Shiraz Khan, in Kandaro Banda in Pabbini ...
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our correspondent
Monday, June 17, 2013
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that the government was working on war footing to bring an end to the energy crisis in the country.
Shahbaz Sharif said this while talking to Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industries President ...
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Monday, June 17, 2013
QUETTA: Weeping relatives gathered on Sunday to identify the charred remains of their loved ones killed in a double attack in Balochistan claimed by a banned Sunni militant group.At least 25 people were killed on Saturday when militants blew up a ...
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Tariq Butt
Monday, June 17, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, rocked by the Quetta carnage, has no plans yet of any federal intervention in Balochistan affairs because any such move would be too early and premature.
He wants Dr Abdul Malik Baloch to take every step ...
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Monday, June 17, 2013
RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt attended the concluding session of the Army War Games (Exercise AZM-E-NAU 4), which commenced at the National Defence ...
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our correspondent
Monday, June 17, 2013
PARACHINAR: Various sports competitions began as part of Amn Games organised by the Fata Secretariat and political authorities in Kurram Agency headquarters here on Sunday.
A total of 32 football teams and 25 cricket teams are taking part in the ...
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our correspondent
Monday, June 17, 2013
LARKANA: An 18-year-old student of first year Civil Engineering at the Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering and Science and Technology (QAUEST) Larkana was raped by her lecturer in an office of the university.
This correspondent learnt from ...
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Monday, June 17, 2013
MASTUNG: Unknown men kidnapped three people from Dasht area of Mastung district on Sunday.Levies sources said that Mehr Ullah Magsi along with his driver and security guard riding his vehicle was on way to Quetta when armed men intercepted his ...
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Monday, June 17, 2013
LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR: The Punjab‚ Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa budgets for the next financial year will be presented at the respective Provincial Assemblies today (Monday).
As per details, in Punjab‚ Provincial Finance Minister Mian Mujtaba ...
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Monday, June 17, 2013
NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the incidents of Ziarat and Quetta on Sunday. In a statement‚ he termed these incidents as “barbaric” and “inhuman”. He urged the Pakistan government to take stern action ...
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our correspondent
Monday, June 17, 2013
PESHAWAR: At least seven policemen were wounded when militants stormed the Mashogagar police post in the jurisdiction of the Badaber Police Station early Sunday.The police officials claimed that at least three attackers were killed and seven others ...
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Ammar Shahbazi
Monday, June 17, 2013
KARACHI: PPP leader Rehman Malik has formally invited the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on behalf of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to join the Sindh government in the “greater interest of Sindh”.The former interior minister was part of a ...
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our correspondent
Monday, June 17, 2013
NOWSHERA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Sunday said KP would cooperate if the centre develops a clear policy for achievement of peace in the country.
He said no new tax would be imposed in the next budget.Speaking at a ...
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Mumtaz Alvi
Monday, June 17, 2013
ISLAMABAD: On the second day of the budget debate in the Senate on Sunday, the treasury legislators claimed the best possible budget was presented in the given economic situation while the opposition senators charged the government that it had set ...
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our correspondent
Monday, June 17, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Shaukat Tareen, who served the country as vibrant finance minister in PPP regime for a short period of time and is eminent banker of the country, said he was the only one in the PPP regime who not only resisted the installation of rental ...
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Monday, June 17, 2013
QUETTA: Armed militants killed three policemen in Killa Saifullah district of Balochistan on Sunday.
A private news channel quoting police sources reported that the militants attacked a check post in Muslim Bagh area of Killa Saifullah where ...
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Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
Monday, June 17, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan and Information and Broadcasting Minister Pervez Rasheed undertook the visit to Quetta and Ziarat on Sunday morning by disregarding advice the security and intelligence gathering agencies asking ...
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News Desk
Monday, June 17, 2013
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday made a phone call to Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik and got updates about the events occurring over the past two days in the province. The president assured the CM of the federal government’s ...
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Monday, June 17, 2013
SARGODHA: Pakistan Muslim League-N MPA Nighat Sheikh allegedly slapped a bus hostess for not serving her with water swiftly, a private TV channel reported on Sunday.Later, she allegedly forced the police to register a case against the girl for ...
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our correspondent
Monday, June 17, 2013
LAHORE Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Mr Justice Umar Ata Bandial has ordered winding up of Innovative Investment Bank Ltd and appointed two joint official liquidators for removing the anxiety and concern of the investors who are without ...
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