JI welcomes extension of superior courts’ writ to FATAKHYBER AGENCY: Scores of Jamaat-e-Islami Landi Kotal chapter workers expressed their delight and distributed sweets on extension of jurisdiction of the superior courts to FATA. They declared it succes...
324 violent incidents occurred in FATA during 2017ISLAMABAD: After witnessing relative calm since the launch of military operation code named 'Zarb-e-Azb' in June 2014, FATA witnessed an upscale of violence during the year 2017, says FATA Annual Secu...
Established rules violated in TESCO recruitment process in FATAISLAMABAD: After a series of meetings between the Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Region (SAFRON) and Chief Execute Officer (CEO) Tribal Electric Supply Company (TESCO) over appointme...
Chinese ambassador meets Nawaz SharifLAHORE: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing Saturday met former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and hoped that all the projects relating to China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would be execut...
PML-Q decides to join PAT protest on 18thLAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has decided to participate in the planned protest of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek to seek justice for the victims of Model Town tragedy. In this connecti...
Building Dept SDO arrested for corruptionGUJRANWALA: An anti-corruption team Saturday arrested a Building Department SDO on graft charges from Sialkot after an inquiry report found him responsible for the collapse of the building of a girls'...
Shehbaz should resign over Kasur incident: JatoiDADU: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Liaquat Ali Jatoi has slammed the Punjab government for its alleged failure to prevent Kasur-like incident from happening. Addressing a public gathering in Mehar...
Father and two sons die in road accidentKHAIRPUR: A 40-year-old man and his two sons, riding a motorcycle, died on the spot when a truck hit them on Mehran National Highway on Saturday. Faiz Gunj police said that those dead included Zameer...
Don’t bother people by blocking roads for VVIP movement, CJP tells Sindh IGKARACHI: Taking exception to the closure of roads to pave the way for the VVIP movement, the Supreme Court on Saturday asked the Sindh police chief not to put people to any inconvenience by closing ro...
Sindh CM visits Dadu Civil HospitalDADU: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah Saturday visited the Dadu Civil Hospital. He visited emergency, cardio, medical, surgical and other wards. Surgeon Dr Abdul Razzak Junejo told the CM that ten...
Bizenjo in the driving seatQUETTA: Balochistan Assembly's former deputy speaker Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo took oath as new chief minister of the province on Saturday after lawmakers elected him as new leader of the house with a majo...
CJP calls for new laws to cure ailing judicial systemKARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday stressed the need for reforms to cure what he called an ailing judicial system in the country. "Supreme Court does not go beyond its jur...
Social media trolls think I lied about abduction attempt: Taha SiddiquiLAHORE: LAHORE: Taha Siddiqui, Islamabad-based journalist who recently escaped an attempted abduction has responded to the trolls on social media who had been questioning the authenticity of the incid...
‘NAB fighting corruption with sword of spirit’ISLAMABAD: Describing corruption as the mother of all evils, the NAB has chalked out a comprehensive and holistic national anti-corruption strategy of awareness, prevention and enforcement in order to...
Extension of superior courts’ writ to FATA an epoch-making step: MarriyumISLAMABAD: Extension of the jurisdiction of Supreme Court and Peshawar High Court to FATA after 70 year is an epoch making step, said Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History...