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Budget on a tightrope
From the way Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh is talking these days, it seems like the budget is going to be…
PML-N decides to challenge speaker’s ruling
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has decided to challenge in the Supreme Court National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza’s…
Ephedrine probe taken to PM’s Secretariat
ISLAMABAD, May 27: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) is aggressively investigating the ephedrine scam, shifting its focus from the beneficiary drug…
Establishment to blame for Balochistan mess: Fazl
QUETTA, May 27: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has claimed that his party can emerge as the largest group…
Three killed in Quetta blast
QUETTA, May, 27: Three people were killed and eight others, among them a policeman, were injured when a bomb exploded…
Two die in Quetta rocket attacks
QUETTA, May 26: Two men were killed and 20 others, two women among them, injured in two rocket attacks here…
No appeal against SC verdict PPP decision dictated by political factors?
ISLAMABAD, May 26: Literally within hours of the deadline, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s lawyer, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, announced that…
CIA reveals identity of 15 operatives
WASHINGTON, May 26: The CIA is remembering those lost in covert operations, adding a new star to the intelligence agency’s…
Conference adopts unanimous resolution on Balochistan Stop military operation, find political solution
ISLAMABAD, May 26: Mainstream and nationalist political parties on Saturday unanimously called upon the government to stop the military operation…
School principal, nephew shot dead
QUETTA: The principal of Public School Kharan, said to be devoted to Pakistan, and his eight-year-old nephew were killed when…
US drone kills four in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, May 26: A US drone attack on a suspected compound near Miramshah in North Waziristan on Saturday killed four…
India, Pakistan agree on liberal visa regime
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India agreed on Friday to introduce a liberalised visa regime, but put off the signing of the…
NGO loses another official in Balochistan
QUETTA, May 25: Another official of the Balochistan Rural Support Programme (BRSP), an NGO, has been killed by kidnappers in…
Govt advised not to go into appeal
ISLAMABAD, May 25: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his close legal and political advisers, who spent the whole day…
SC suspends Farahnaz’s assembly membership
ISLAMABAD, May 25: MNA Farahnaz Ispahani’s reply to a court query on dual nationality has landed her into trouble.
Considering…
Bus attacked near Nawabshah, seven killed
NAWABSHAH, May 25: In what is being described here as the first gory incident of its kind in Sindh, five…
NEC approves Rs873bn annual development plan
ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council (NEC) has increased the allocation for next year’s Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) to Rs873…
Victory of democracy, says PM; Nisar calls it a ruling by PPP activist Speaker comes to the aid of Gilani
ISLAMABAD, May 24: The Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Fehmida Mirza, saved Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani from being…
FO reiterates denunciation of drone attacks
ISLAMABAD, May 24: The Foreign Office reiterated on Thursday its denunciation of drone attacks, but said that Pakistan’s desire for…
Court orders action against Amin Fahim
ISLAMABAD, May 24: The Supreme Court asked the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday to take action against Commerce Minister…
Apex court hearing on Balochistan CJ speaks of emergency to restore sanity
QUETTA, May 23: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the Constitution will take its course if the…
PAC wants names of judges who are members of Palm Club
ISLAMABAD, May 23: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has decided to get the names of Supreme…
Dr Afridi jailed for 33 years for helping CIA
LANDI KOTAL: A local doctor accused of helping the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) acquire DNA samples of members of Osama…
Strike against Karachi rally attack in Sindh
KARACHI / HYDERABAD, May 23: A partial strike was observed in Karachi and Hyderabad and complete shutdown in almost all…
Remarks surprise legal experts
ISLAMABAD: The unexpected remarks made by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday about possible imposition of a state of…
US senators say Pakistan on path of confrontation
WASHINGTON, May 23: US lawmakers warned on Wednesday that Pakistan was moving rapidly on a path leading to a direct…
Five killed in drone attack
PESHAWAR, May 23: Five militants were killed in a pre-dawn US drone attack on a house near Miramshah in North…
Balochistan: ‘The toxic air of three years ago is dissipating’
QUETTA, May 23: “Welcome to the most afsurda district of Balochistan,” says a local political worker of the PPP as…
Steps to tide over power crisis discussed
ISLAMABAD: A four-member ministerial committee on power crisis concluded on Tuesday that about 2300MW of additional electricity could be produced…
Erdogan calls for peaceful co-existence
ISLAMABAD: Addressing a press conference along with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani here on Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip…
