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Unidentified gunmen shot dead spokesman of Ahle Sunnat Waljamaat (ASWJ) in Karachi on Sunday, police said. The gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at ASWJ spokesperson Maulana Akbar Saeed Farooqui at Safari Park in Karachi, critically injuring him. He was transferred to a nearby private hospital where he died of wounds, doctors said. A leader of the ASWJ Maulana […]
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Sunday directed to form a Quick Response Force to effectively and timely respond in emergency situations. Chairing a security related meeting in Islamabad on Sunday‚ the Interior Minister directed Islamabad Police to improve security of Federal Capital. The meeting also overviewed the Islamabad incident and security matters. Chaudhry Nisar […]
Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, in a veiled reference to the police action against PTI activists in Lahore, has said peaceful protest is an inalienable right of all Pakistanis and directed the Punjab government to ensure no violation in this regard. Police in Lahore Saturday removed a PTI camp set up against the alleged rigging […]
The Foreign Ministry Sunday has announced Afghan President Hamid Karzai will pay daylong visit on Monday at the invitation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for talks on bilateral relations, regional security and peace in the neighbouring country. The Foreign Ministry said the Afghan President will be accompanied by a high-level delegation including Cabinet Ministers and Senior […]
Indian troops have killed a Pakistani woman in a latest incident of shelling along the Line of Control, officials in Azad Kashmir said Sunday. An Indian mortar landed on a house in Kotli district early Sunday, Assistant Commissioner in the area, Ayub Khan, told the media persons. He said the firing in Nikyal sector also […]
Pakistani Taliban face rift over the issue of talks with the government as the central chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, has sacked a senior leader after he expressed willingness to talk to the government. Astmatullah Muavia, senior leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and chief of the faction in Punjab province, welcomed the dialogue offer by Prime Minister Nawaz […]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is scheduled to arrive in Islamabad on Monday on a day-long visit, will seek Pakistan’s role to bring the Afghan Taliban to the negotiation table, Afghan ambassador Umder Daudzai says. Daudzai told NewsPakistan in Islamabad on Saturday that Pakistan can facilitate the peace process as it has recently confirmed […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Saturday said that Gadani Power Project should be given top priority in view of energy crisis in the country. He was chairing a meeting of Gadani Power Park steering committee in Hub today where was briefed about the project. The prime minister said this is a very important project and […]
Police in Lahore on Saturday removed Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf camp set up against the alleged rigging in by-elections. The police also detained nearly 12 activists of PTI, who wanted to start hunger strike in the camp on the busy Mall Road, the PTI leaders said. Police said the authorities have already imposed section 144 and protest […]
Indian authorities must conduct a thorough and efficient investigation into the rape of a photographer in Mumbai on Thursday, the Committee to Protect Journalists has said. “It is appalling that a young woman working in the heart of Mumbai was attacked in this manner,” said Bob Dietz, CPJ’s Asia program coordinator. “We call on Indian […]
Officials in the violence-hit Bhakkar district in Punjab say that the area is calm following the Friday’s sectarian clashes which claimed 12 lives. The situation worsen after gunmen fired at the funeral of a local religious Ghulam Muhammad. The District Coordination Officer (DCO) Bhakkar said curfew has not been clamped on the tension-hit areas‚ […]
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a teacher of a religious school and another man when they fired at a ‘madrassa’ in Islamabad late Friday, police said. A 14-year student of the school was also injured in the attack at Shehzad Town area of Islamabad, police said. The gunmen fled after the incident. No group […]
