President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif urged the people to forge unity on national agenda against extremism and terrorism. The President in his message on the occasion of Eid exhorted the nation not to persuade at any cost the spirit of mutual affinity‚ tolerance‚ respect for humanity and well being of […]
Guards of an Imam Bargah near capital Islamabad Friday shot dead a suicide bomber who was trying to enter a mosque for terrorist attack, police said. The guards opened fire at the bomber on suspicion and killed him at the scene at Barakau, a small town in the outskirts of Islamabad, a police officer and […]
Unidentified gunmen Fridsay shot dead nine people outside a mosque in Quetta, police said. Police said over twenty others were injured when the gunmen opened firing on the people coming out of the mosque in the city’s Eastern Bypass area after offering Eid prayers. According to police‚ former Provincial Minister Ali Madad Jatak was the […]
Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, Thursday expressed his sadness over the recent exchange of firing between the Pakistani and Indian troops in the disputed Kashmir region which has resulted into flaring up of tensions and loss of precious human lives. The Indian defence officials say that Pakistani troops attacked an Indian post along the LoC […]
A suicide bomber Thursday killed at least 30 people, mostly police officers, during a funeral of a police officer in Quetta, officials and witnesses said. Police chief Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera said that Deputy Inspector General Operations, Fayaz Ahmad Sunbal, Superintendent Police, Anwar Khiji and Deputy Superintendent Police, Shams were among those killed in the attack […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has summoned an important meeting on Thursday to discuss the fast growing tension with neighbouring India over exchange of firing along the Line of Control, which divides the two countries in the disputed Kashmir region. The Indian defence officials say that Pakistani troops attacked an Indian post along the LoC in […]
Central Information Secretary PTI, Dr Shireen Mazari, has strongly criticized the storming of Pakistan’s High Commission in New Delhi by protestors on Wednesday. Dr Mazari pointed out that the Pakistan High Commission was located in a Diplomatic Area and there is extensive security present all around, so these attackers of the Youth Congress could not […]
PTI chief Imran Khan has been ranked as the 3rd most popular global leader in the list of ‘9 World Leaders’ on the Global Post. Chinese President Xi Jinping tops the list while US President Barrack Obama is placed at the second position. The Global Post says about Imran Khan: A former cricketer turned Politician; […]
Pakistan summoned a senior Indian diplomat and asked him to ensure security of its diplomatic mission in New Delhi following a protest demonstration outside the Pakistani High Commission. Indian media has reported that about a group of youth belonging to the Indian ruling Congress party Wednesday outside the Pakistan High Commission to protest the alleged […]
Pakistan’s new government is reaching out to the United States, India and Afghanistan to try to improve long tense relations. A week after Washington and Islamabad announced plans to resume high-level security talks, Pakistan’s foreign policy chief Sartaj Aziz said Islamabad welcomes more Indian investment in Afghanistan. Pakistan has long been accused of thwarting […]
A meeting of the Central “Ruet-e-Hilal” Committee will be held on Thursday in Karachi for sighting of crescent of “Eid-ul-Fitr”. Chairman of the Committee Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman will preside over the meeting. He will make announcement of sighting or otherwise of the ‘Shawal’ moon. Zonal committees will also meet at provincial headquarters. The Meteorological Department has […]
A bomb blast near a football ground killed at least 11 people in Karachi early Wednesday, police and a local lawmaker said. Sania Naz, member of provincial assembly, said that blast occurred when footballers and members of the crowd were leaving ground after a match between local teams in Lyari area of Karachi. She said […]