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Police in Murree Wednesday claimed they arrested 14 “target killers” during a raid. The Punjab Police and Elite forces conducted the raid on the busy Mall Road. Police sources said these targeted killers had arrived from Karachi and had taken refuge in Murree to avoid arrest. The paramilitary forces with the help of police started […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday visited a low cost housing project in Ankara during the third day of his visit to Turkey. Briefing the Prime Minister on the project‚ Turkish Minister for Housing Erdogan Bayratar said his country is interested in investing in housing projects in Pakistan. He said that under this project, Turkey’s slum […]
The National Assembly was informed Wednesday that the decision to open Khokhrapar/Monabao route for normal trade between Pakistan and India had been taken at a meeting in Islamabad in February last year. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmad informed the House during question hour that Ministry of Commerce has been designated to […]
The provincial Chairman of Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) was killed Wednesday in a drive-by shooting in northern Kunduz province, the latest in a string of targeted killings against government officials and local leaders in the war-torn country, said a provincial official. “The head of IEC in Kunduz engineer Mohammad Aman succumbed to his wounds, […]
At least two militants were killed as security forces repulsed an attack on a check post in Dattakhel Tehsil of North Waziistan tribal region on Wednesday, the military said. One soldier was also wounded in the attack, security sources said. An indefinite curfew was imposed on the Bannu-Miranshah Road following the incident. Officials said the […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was conferred with highest Turkish Civil Award Republic Order in Ankara on Tuesday. Turkish President Abdullah Gul conferred upon him the award at a special investiture ceremony at the presidential palace. Speaking on the occasion‚ the Turkish president paid rich tributes to the prime minister for his contribution to bring further […]
The National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously condemned a recent Taliban attack that killed a senior military general at a time when the government is working on a peace talk plan with the militants. Major Gen. Sanaullah Niazi was killed in a roadside bomb attack in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday. Another senior officer, Lt […]
Opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly Tuesday demanded of the government to apprise the house of the terns and conditions of the recent IMF loan. The House started discussion on a motion moved by Dr. Raja Aamer Zaman regarding terms of International Monetary Funds to get loan worth 5.3 billion dollars. The mover said since […]
The Pakistan Ex-servicemen Association (PESA) on Tuesday expressed deep shock and anguish at the targeting of GOC Malakand Division Major General Sanaullah Niazi and others by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The brutal attack came at a time when government had offered unconditional peace talks to TTP which places a big question mark on their seriousness for […]
Renowned Islamic Scholar Maulana Tariq Jameel Tuesday denied media reports about attack on his car in Lahore. Section of the media has reported the head of the ‘Tableeghi Jamaat” has escaped a firing attack late on Monday. The reports said that two unknown gunmen opened fire on Maulana’s car as he was on his way […]
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Shaikh Aftab Ahmad told the National Assembly the government has decided not to lay off a single employee of Pakistan International Airlines during the privatization of 26 percent shares. He was replying to a call attention notice moved by several members of the in the House regarding steps being […]
Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has said that use of force against the Pakistani Taliban will be a last option as he does not want more bloodshed. “We are ready to hold dialogue with those who are ready to shun extremism. We have more than one option to deal with terrorists, but shall use force only […]
