Ministry of industries: Minister pushes for transfer of secretary
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Industries has delved into fresh controversies over issue of ‘like and dislikes’ and appointments in different institutions following the comeback of Ghulam Murtaza Khan...
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LHC told: I am detained on Indian pressure, says Lakhvi
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has given the Punjab government five days to make a decision regarding the detention of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The...
View ArticleHealing wounds: Some Taliban had legitimate grievances, says Ghani
WASHINGTON: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said some members of the Taliban had legitimate grievances given the torture and ill-treatment they had suffered. In the same breath, he said it was necessary...
View ArticleJudicial commission: Fazl sees bid to bring PTI back to parliament
ISLAMABAD: Days after the government and the protesting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) agreed over the constitution of a judicial commission to probe the alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections,...
View ArticleSale of APCs: SC suspends licence of ex-AG Irfan Qadir
ISLAMABAD: A three-judge bench of the apex court suspended former attorney general Irfan Qadir’s licence for practicing law over his behaviour, as well as his appearance, as counsel for the Sindh...
View ArticleNon-party exercise: PPP mounts tirade as NA adopts LG bill
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party launched into a tirade on Thursday against the National Assembly’s decision to hold local government elections in the federal capital on non-party basis. The...
View ArticleNine-Zero raid: MQM submits licences for 105 weapons
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has submitted to the inspector general of police office licences of 105 weapons, which were seized by Rangers in a raid on the party’s Nine-Zero...
View ArticleElectoral rigging probe: Imran warns of more protests if govt backs out
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Imran Khan has warned the government that his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters would take to the streets once again if any agreement over the judicial commission to probe...
View ArticleIn custody: Man confesses to sheltering Bilour’s assassin
PESHAWAR: A member of a militant outfit who was arrested last month has confessed to providing shelter to the late K-P senior minister Bashir Bilour’s attacker, the Counter-terrorism department (CTD)...
View ArticleSeeking justice
“Is that it?” asked my friend Sibte, with a surprised look on his face. “Yes, that’s how our system works,” I replied nonchalantly. We were discussing a story that had made the headlines in newspapers;...
View ArticleTrade protectionism: Rather than fix Steel Mills, bureaucrats blame China
ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be an attempt to deflect attention from their inability to revive the ailing state-owned Pakistan Steel Mills, civil service officials are trying to convince the cabinet...
View ArticleCandidate pulled out: PML-N backs PPP in Mirpur contest
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday decided to withdraw its candidate, Arshid Ghazi, in favour of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Mirpur. The move comes just one day before...
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National Assembly session: ‘Ban to stay till YouTube localised’
ISLAMABAD: YouTube will only be accessible in Pakistan after Google allows the country to manage the video-sharing website locally for proper monitoring, the state minister for information technology...
View ArticleIntercepting phones: AG office seeks wiretapping details from agencies
ISLAMABAD: The attorney general’s office has written letters to intelligence agencies in the country, seeking details of the telephones that have been intercepted as part of the surveillance...
View ArticleBilawal House: Barriers erected by LEAs, not Sindh govt, says Memon
KARACHI: The Sindh Minister for Information and Local Bodies Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the barriers outside Bilawal House were not erected by Pakistan Peoples Party or the Sindh government but...
View Article30-day delay: Saulat Mirza escapes the noose again
ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Pakistan have put off the execution of death-row inmate Saulat Mirza for 30 days — the third delay announced in the space of a month following his startling video confession....
View ArticleNorth Waziristan: Spina Wam residents prepare to return
BANNU: The political administration of North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Saturday said that repatriation of the displaced people of Spina Wam tehsil will start from March 31. However, only tribesmen...
View ArticleMedia talk Imran doing politics of destruction: Rashid
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Saturday that PTI chief Imran Khan was doing ‘politics of destruction’ and his politics revolved around former spymasters, jobless bureaucrats...
View ArticlePolitical procrastination: PTI to delay intra-party elections
ISLAMABAD: In defiance of a tribunal recommendation to hold intra-party elections within a period of three months, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders have said it would not be able to do so until...
View ArticleBalochistan unrest: Four militants killed in Kalat gunfight
QUETTA: The paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) has claims to have killed at least four suspected militants from the banned Baloch Republican Army (BRA) during a search operation in Kalat district of...
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