‘Tala Tor’ group loots nine shops on February 12, 2018KARACHI: A group named ‘Tala-Tor’ broke into several shops in Malir area of Karachi and made away with cash, cosmetics and clothes in the wee hours of Sunday. According to details, the gang robbed nine shops in Anarkali Market, Model Colony in Malir, and fled the scene. The Model Colony Station House officer visited Anarkali […]
Rest in Power Voice of the voiceless goes silent on February 12, 2018LAHORE: The leading human rights activist, lawyer and former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, Asma Jahangir, passed away in Lahore on Sunday. She was 66. The co-founder of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) was taken to a hospital after suffering from cardiac arrest, but she couldn’t survive. “Unfortunately we […]
Senate polls: 144 file nomination papers against 52 seats on February 9, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) received 144 nomination papers for March 3 Senate elections as the deadline to submit forms from provinces ended on Thursday. A total of 52 senators in the house of 104 are set to retire following the completion of their six-year term. The scrutiny of the nomination papers will […]
11 martyred in attack on army camp in Swat on February 4, 2018PESHAWAR: At least 11 soldiers, including an officer, were martyred and 13 others wounded on Saturday in a suicide attack on an army base camp in northern Pakistan, officials said, in a region that was once controlled by a local faction of the Taliban. The Pakistan Army’s public relations wing said in a statement that […]
Sindh Healthcare Commission launched to ensure quality of health on February 2, 2018KARACHI: The Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC), an autonomous regulatory authority to ensure quality of healthcare in Sindh, was launched on Thursday Professor Dr S Tipu Sultan is the chairman while Justice (r) Abdul Rahman Faruq Pirzada, Professor Dr Abdul Sattar Memon, Dr Hussain Bux Memon, Dr Iqbal Memon, Dr Islamuddin Qureshi, Nawaz Ali Leghari, Professor […]
Get Afghanistan in order first, US told on December 23, 2017ISLAMABAD/KABUL: Hours after US Vice-President Mike Pence’s warning that the Trump administration has ‘put Pakistan on notice’ for ‘harbouring’ terrorists, Islamabad on Friday told Washington to create peace and reconciliation mechanisms instead of shifting blame onto Pakistan for its own failures in Afghanistan. “Externalising blame should be put on notice, in addition to a host […]
PTV’s IT director, wife mysteriously found dead on December 20, 2017ISLAMABAD: A senior IT official employed in the state-owned Pakistan Television (PTV) and his wife were found dead under mysterious circumstances in their Rawalpindi house on Tuesday, with police saying the cause of their deaths was yet to be determined. The bodies of 55-year-old Fakhar Hameed, an IT director at PTV, and his wife, 50-year-old […]
Imran requests SC to order merger of FATA with KP on November 23, 2017ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday filed a petition requesting the Supreme Court to order enforcement of fundamental rights guaranteed in the constitution by merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The petition, making President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain, Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Ministry of Law and […]
‘Showdown’ in Islamabad on November 18, 2017ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday geared up for a possible showdown with religious hardliners camped out on the federal capital’s busy Faizabad Interchange after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered the district administration to take all necessary steps to clear the area latest by Saturday morning. There were fears that a crackdown would have serious […]
Police arrest five suspects on October 30, 2017KARACHI: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested five suspects during raids in different parts of the city. Police also claimed to have recovered arms from those arrested. According to details, Kharadar police arrested three alleged Lyari gangsters, Adnan, Naved and Ibrahim and recovered two hand grenades and three pistols from them. Mubeena Town police […]