Army chief begins crucial Sri Lanka trip
ISLAMABAD: Army chief General Raheel Sharif began a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka on Friday. This is considered to be a crucial tour against the backdrop of a change of government in Colombo...
View ArticleStereotyping the nation
It is tragic to see Pakistan, one of the strongest Muslim nations in the world, being labelled as violent and extremist. The focus of the international media is mostly centred on terrorist attacks...
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Rs100b rehabilitation fund drawn up for TDPs
ISLAMABAD: Federal authorities have allocated Rs100 billion for the rehabilitation of temporarily displaced persons (TDPs) under the head of ‘security enhancement’ for the fiscal 2015-16. According to...
View ArticleJacked up: Provinces to get Rs1.9 trillion
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated Rs1.938 trillion on account of net transfers to the provinces in the next fiscal year – a major portion of which comes from the divisible pool of taxes....
View ArticleFreedom: Kidnapped PIA pilot found in bus
KARACHI: A senior pilot of Pakistan International Airlines Captain Muhammad Saeed Ahmed has been safely recovered months after being kidnapped. He was abducted in February while buying plants from a...
View ArticleObituary: Express News worker’s mother dies
The mother of Faisal Hussain, Bureau Chief Express News, has passed away. The Namaz-e-Janaza will be held at Bait-ul-Mukarram Masjid, University Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, after Zuhr Namaz on...
View ArticleAqua Final
KARACHI: One day the only water in Karachi will be at Sea View — but you won’t be able to drink it. That scenario has started to loom apocalyptically close this summer. In a bid to understand the...
View ArticleBillions for counter-terrorism, nothing for Nacta
ISLAMABAD: Despite having allocated tens of billions of rupees to fight the war against terrorism, the federal government hasn’t been able to find any room in its budget for the National...
View ArticleInquiry commission: Nawaz forms three-member committee to defend government
ISLAMABAD: As the inquiry commission probing rigging claims in the May 2013 polls prepares to finalise its report , Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has formed a three-member committee to defend the ruling...
View ArticleShahbaz Qalandar Urs: 17 devotees die on first day of Urs celebrations
SUKKUR / HYDERABAD: Sweltering heat and a road crash claimed the lives of 17 people in Sehwan town of Sindh, as the annual Urs celebrations of 13th century Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar began on...
View ArticleGovernment criticised: Budget 2015 is anti-poor, anti-farmer, says Zardari
ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari has rejected the federal budget 2015 as “anti-poor, anti-farmer and anti-government servants” which fails to take even a small step in the direction of fair...
View ArticleBalochistan rain toll: Rescuers retrieve 16 bodies in Shah Norani
QUETTA: Rescuers wrapped up their mission on Saturday after pulling out 16 bodies from a stream in the Shah Noorani area of Khuzdar, district administration officials said. The mission came to an end...
View ArticleInquiry commission: Tehreek-e-Insaf rejects PPP’s claim about rigging in K-P
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf (PTI) has rejected Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) claim that the May 2013 elections were rigged in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). In its reply submitted before the...
View ArticleBudget 2015-16: No funds set aside to fight malnutrition
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has not set aside separate resources in the development budget to address chronic malnutrition in the country, despite tall claims made by the officials of the...
View ArticleHelping hand: Malik Riaz pledges funds for Rohingyas
Malik Riaz Hussain, a Pakistani business magnate and philanthropist, has pledged Rs10 crore in aid for the muslims of Myanmar. Reportedly, in a statement he said that it is extremely sad that this...
View ArticleAhead of G-B Polls: Army deployed, Section 144 imposed
RAWALPINDI: Army troops have been deployed in all districts of Gilgit-Baltistan for maintenance of peace and security during upcoming election. According to an ISPR issued on Saturday, troops have been...
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Polling day: G-B votes today to usher in new legislative representatives
GILGIT: Over 600,000 voters in 24 constituencies of Gilgit-Baltistan will cast their ballot on Monday (today) for legislative assembly elections which are taking place after six years. Preparations...
View ArticleJesse Jackson comes to Musharraf’s aid
Prominent US politician Jesse Jackson plunged headlong into the murky waters of Pakistani politics on Sunday when he appealed to the authorities to strike the former military ruler’s name off the...
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Coming together: ‘PML-N will form Swat district govt with consensus’
MINGORA: Unlike the past, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is going to establish a district government in Swat with a consensus and it would be a government of the people in the real sense, said Adviser...
View ArticleHeinous crime: Jobless man murders three daughters
FAISALABAD: A man strangled his three daughters in Chak Jhumra on Sunday. SHO Shabbir Baloch told The Express Tribune that Muhammad Irshad, 37, a resident of Chak 313-GB Phalahi village, was a...
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