Friday, May, 24, 2013
TODAY'S PAPER
Rs152bn mini-budget: PPP turns its guns on caretakers
LAHORE: While President Asif Ali Zardari is yet to sign an ordinance introducing a Rs152 billion ‘mini-budget’, the PPP has…
President acts to secure jobs of 10,000 civil servants
ISLAMABAD: A few days before transfer of power from the caretaker government to elected representatives,…
Over 20 militants, four troops killed
PARACHINAR / KOHAT, May 23: About 20 militants and four security personnel, an army captain among them, were killed in…
CPJ calls for addressing ‘violence against journalists’
NEW YORK, May 23: In a new report on anti-media atmosphere in Pakistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called…
Five women shot dead in Sibi
QUETTA, May 23: Five women and a man were killed in an attack on an alleged brothel in Sibi on…
Official summoned for delaying power plant
ISLAMABAD: Against the backdrop of a severe power crisis, the Supreme Court summoned Finance Secretary Dr Waqar Masood on Thursday…
ECP keeps lists for reserved seats secret
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) continues to keep secret documents it is supposed to make public forthwith under…
Ex-ministers still holding diplomatic passports
ISLAMABAD, May 23: Over 50 former federal and state ministers have not yet returned their diplomatic passports despite leaving offices…
Loadshedding has its favourites
ISLAMABAD, May 23: This year the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) has divided the federal capital into three zones, adversely…
Police told to book canal water thieves
RAWALPINDI, May 23: The Punjab government has directed the divisional police across the province to launch a crackdown against bigwigs…
SC orders recovery of abducted girls
ISLAMABAD, May 23: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Thursday took suo motu notices of the abduction…
PPP’s soul-searching: A hard talk with the party leadership
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party’s first meeting after its defeat in the general elections was an eventful session.
The decision made…
Fire guts 30 shops in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, May 23: At least 30 mobile phone shops were gutted when fire broke out on the first floor of…
Pakhtuns voted for change, says Hoti
PESHAWAR, May 23: “Pakhtuns act first and think about it later, which might be the reason they voted for those…
Polio case detected in N. Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, May 23: A new polio case has been detected in North Waziristan Agency, bringing the number of polio victims…
Musharraf asks Chitral MNA to sit in opposition
CHITRAL, May 23: Former president general (retired) Pervez Musharraf has extolled the people of Chitral for their positive approach and…
Women stay away from re-polling in Battagram
MANSEHRA, May 23: Not a single woman turned up to cast her vote during re-polling at two women polling stations…
Blood feud claims two lives
LAKKI MARWAT, May 23: A man and his nephew were killed by rivals over blood feud in Bachkan Ahmadzai village…
Two Levies men hurt in Bajaur attack
KHAR, May 23: Two personnel of levies force were injured in a militant attack on a checkpost in Yousafabad area…
Artefacts seized in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, May 23: Police seized precious artefacts and arrested two alleged smugglers from Afghan Colony here on Thursday.
Faqirabad police…
