SC expresses dismay over govt’s failure to safeguard national heritageISLAMABAD: Hearing a suo-motu case, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday expressed dismay over the government’s failure to safeguard historical heritage. A three-member SC benc...
Majority of Indians prefer military rule: surveyISLAMABAD: The world’s largest democracy is showing an inclination towards military dictatorship rule, an indicator that India’s nationalist politics are evolving, reported an Indian TV channel. At le...
Terror plot foiled in Khyber PakhtunkhwaPESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police foiled a terror plot and arrested 5 'militants' in Peshawar, on Thursday. According to police sources, DPO Zahur Afridi directed DSP Shabqader Inam Jan Khan to cond...
‘SMEs have potential to bring economic revolution in Pakistan’KARACHI: The 11th Pakistan Microfinance & SME Forum 2017 organised by SHAMROCK Conferences International, at the Ramada Hotel in Islamabad, concluded on a high note with the State Bank of Pakistan...
KMBL launches ‘Branch on Wheels’ for people with limited access to bankingKARACHI: Khushhali Microfinance Bank (KMBL) has launched a new initiative, 'Branch on Wheels', which is a fully equipped vehicle designed to deliver banking services and will cater to communities spre...
Robbers have a field day in GujranwalaGUJRANWALA: Robbers took away cash, gold ornaments, vehicles and other valuables in 17 different incidents on Thursday. Two armed men snatched Rs 9,000, a motorcycle and a mobile phone from Umair in K...
Corrigendum by WaterAidISLAMABAD: Apropos a news item titled “79m Pakistanis still lack a decent toilet: report” that appeared in the November 23, 2017, edition of Daily Times and covered WaterAid’s ‘Saaf Sehatmand Pakistan...
NAB chairman seeks report on appointments allegedly made on fake domicilesISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal has sought report from the Establishment Division secretary of appointments allegedly made on fake domiciles on the quo...
PM chairs meeting of the federal cabinetISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday chaired a meeting of the Federal Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s Office. The meeting took a number of key decisions. The cabinet approved app...
Protesters, govt urged to find out a peaceful solution to Faizabad sit-inLAHORE: Clerics and representatives of different religious organisations demanded that the government and leadership of Tehreek Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah find out a peaceful settlement of the prevailing...
Fazlur Rehman calls Panama leaks ‘international conspiracy’, defends NawazPESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman reaffirmed his stance on Panama leaks, calling it an international conspiracy and defended former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Talk...
‘Ombudsman Office committed to resolving complaints in 60 days’LAHORE: Federal Ombudsman Syed Tahir Shehbaz said on Thursday that there was a dire need to set up a justice-oriented society and the ombudsman office was committed to resolving complaints in 60 days....
Accidental fire kills oneSHIKARPUR: A man was reported to have accidentally killed his younger brother, while checking out a security guard's shotgun in Garhi Yasin. According to police, Saeed Ahmed Mahar was inspecting a sec...
Police arrest seven ‘dacoits’DADU: Police arrested seven 'dacoits' in an 'encounter' at Hasil Chandio village, on Thursday. Dadu SSP Shabbir Ahmed Sethar said that in the 'encounter', two notorious dacoits, Sagan Chandio and Khan...
Police arrest 10, recover weaponsSHIKARPUR: Local police claimed to have arrested ten 'criminals' wanted for kidnappings and robberies and recovered weapons from them, after search operations in Khanpur and Sultankot, on Thursday. Ac...
Widow and her family protest occupation of their landLARKANA: A widow, Azeeman Khatoon, of Dadu along with her son and other relatives held a demonstration in front of Bhutto mausoleums in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh alleging that one Maulvi Sanaullah Bughio had...
Families of 17 abducted men given financial helpKHYBER AGENCY: Customs Health Care Society (CHCS), a Pakistani non-government organisation, granted financial support to families of the 17 persons abducted more than two months ago from Landi Kotal....
Govt won’t accept illegal demands of Faizabad protesters: Ahsan IqbalISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday categorically ruled out accepting any unlawful demand of a religious group that has been blocking Islamabad’s Faizabad for nearly three wee...