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Thirteen people were killed when a large number of heavily armed Taliban militants attacked Central Jail in Dera Ismail Khan late Monday night. According to Commissioner Dera Ismail Khan Mushtaq Jadoon‚ those killed include four policemen‚ four prisoners and five civilians. He said several militants were also killed in the encounter. The Commissioner said 30 […]
Members of national parliament and provincial assemblies in Pakistan began voting on Tuesday to elect the successor of President Asif Ali Zardari being boycotted by the main opposition party, officials said. Polling opened at 10:00 a.m. in the joint session of the National Assembly and Senate in the capital Islamabad and four provincial assemblies and […]
Heavily armed Pakistani Taliban launched attack on a big jail in northwest of the country and killed four policemen, officials said Tuesday. They said nearly 100 Taliban stormed jail in Dera Ismail Khan late Monday to set free militants from the heavily-guarded prison. Unconfirmed reports said that dozens of prisoners escaped from […]
Presidential candidate Mamnoon Hussain Monday said that he will resign from his party post if he gets elected as president. Addressing PML-N Punjab’s parliamentary meeting in Lahore‚ Hussain said the country is moving towards a democratic change which is a welcoming sign. He said the office of the President is a symbol of federation. Mamnoon Hussain […]
Senator Farhatullah Babar said Monday that in the name of interpreting the Constitution the Supreme Court seemed to have embarked upon a dangerous course of re-writing the Constitution itself and asked the Parliamentarians across the political divide to realize its gravity and join hands to check it. Taking part in the debate he said […]
The parliament and provincial assemblies will elect the country’s 12th President on Tuesday. There is one on one contest between Pakistan Muslim League (N) candidate Mamnoon Hussain and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) candidate Wajhiuddin Ahmad after a boycott Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The Electoral College of the Presidential election consists of Senate‚ National Assembly and the […]
Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned the latest U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan tribal region, which killed at least six people. The American spy aircraft fired missiles on a compound of suspected militants in the Shawal area of North Waziristan, one of Pakistan’s seven tribal regions, late Sunday. “These unilateral strikes are a violation of […]
An Afghan soldier has killed a soldier and an officer and wounded another soldier and he managed to escape, Afghan media reported Monday. The incident occurred in the Kandgal area of Manugai District of Konar Province Sunday evening, an army spokesman, Harun Yusofzai, told Afghan Islamic Press news agency. He added: “A national army soldier […]
A US spy aircraft killed six people in North Waziristan tribal region late Sunday, security sources said. The drone fired two missiles near Shawal area near the Afghan border and hit people who were crossing into Pakistan from Afghanistan. Three people also injured in the strike, they said. The slain men could not be identified. […]
Election Commission of Pakistan has completed the process of printing of ballot papers for the Presidential election, officials said Sunday. Ballot papers have been sent in the election material sealed bags to Parliament House Islamabad‚ Sindh and Balochistan provincial assemblies. The sending process of ballot papers to Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa assemblies is in progress. […]
Pakistan will strive to restore strategic dialogue with the United States during the forthcoming visit of Secretary of State John Kerry to Islamabad, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. The strategic dialogue between both the countries had been stopped after the U.S. fighter jets bombed a Pakistani post and killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan has issued final list of the presidential candidates, officials said Saturday. According to the list‚ PML (N) candidate Mamnoon Hussain and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate Justice (retired) Wajhiuddin are in the run for the coveted slot. Covering candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Iqbal Zafar Jhagra withdrew his nomination papers. […]
