Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested Karachi Development Authority (KDA) Director General Syed Nasir Abbas was arrested over illegal passports....
Mohammad Mashooque, Director Colleges, Karachi on Saturday said that a land mafia is behind attempts to take over Aisha...
The Sindh High Court on Saturday suspended the order of the local city court to seal Aisha Bawani Government...
A central leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Farooq Sattar, sees former president Pervez Musharraf’s indictment in high treason case as ‘selective justice’, “The requirements of justice must be fulfilled indiscriminately,” said the senior MQM leader while speaking to the media persons. Replying to a question, he said... Read more
Sixteen people were injured in a blast near Bara Qadeem area of Sarband near the border of Khyber Agency. Two of the injured are said to be in a critical condition. Another blast in front of a house in Zargarabad area of Peshawar also left three people injured, including... Read more
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Senior Minister and leader of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Sirajul Haq, was elected on Sunday as the new ameer of the party replacing Syed Munawar Hassan, A meeting of the party’s consultative body was held at Mansoora during which election for the post of the party chief took... Read more
The committees representing the government and the Taliban agreed on Saturday to extend the ceasefire. Talking to reporters after the meeting, the head of the TTP committee, Maulana Samiul Haq, confirmed that the ceasefire would continue beyond March 31, the date set by them. But he did not say whether... Read more
The United States has said it will not give Pakistan its leftover military hardware after the completion of withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan later this year. A statement issued by the US-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) in Afghanistan said.“United States Forces-Afghanistan does not provide or intend to provide... Read more
Journalists’ bodies throughout Pakistan called upon the International Committee of Journalists (ICJ) on Saturday to raise a voice in the United Nations for the protection of Pakistani media representatives, as the government has failed to ensure their security. The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the Karachi Union... Read more
The “All Pakistan Compressed Natural Gas Association (APCNGA)” finally got approval for the provision of Compressed National Gas (CNG) in Punjab for six hours a day but throughout the week. All CNG stations in Punjab will be open from 10am to 4pm Monday through Saturday and from 6am to... Read more
Two main opposition parties in the National Assembly protested on Friday against a death sentence passed on Thursday by a Lahore court against a Christian man. Shazia Marri of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Shirin Mazari of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) complained of persecution of minority communities in the country,... Read more
The local administration busted a gang in Karachi that was found involved in slaughtering donkeys and selling their meat as beef. The raiding team of tehsil municipal administration also recovered hundreds of kilograms of donkey meat and remains from a house being used by the gang for running the horrid business. According... Read more
Despite strict instructions from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, pharmaceutical companies in the country have increased the prices of life-saving drugs on their own. The average increase in the prices is around 30 per cent but there are drugs whose prices have gone up manifold. On November 28, 2013, the... Read more
Pakistan is likely to be one of the major victims of climate change. In addition, being a predominantly agricultural country, climate change is estimated to decrease crops’ yields in Pakistan not only as a result of flooding, but also as a result of changing temperatures, which in turn will... Read more
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari say he has received threats from the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). He tweeted on Thursday that he had received threats and that he would hold the Punjab government responsible for any attacks especially if they fail to act against the banned outfit. received threat letter frm LEJ.Will... Read more
A court on Thursday sentenced a Christian man to death for blasphemy, his lawyer said. The verdict came almost a year after riots in Joseph Colony of Lahore saw 100 Christian houses being burnt in an orgy of violence. At the heart of the controversy that triggered the riots... Read more
“The federal government will take the country’s main political and religious parties into confidence regarding the progress achieved in the ongoing peace talks with the TTP” said an official on Thursday. The decision was taken after the five-member government committee, briefed Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar about their first face-to-face meeting... Read more
