QUETTA - Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Maalik said that efforts are being made to persuade civil and military leadership to resolve issues being faced by the province. He expressed these views while talking to media Friday after visiting missing person’s hunger strike camp set up by the ...

Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik has said that efforts are being made to persuade civil and military leadership to resolve the challenges being faced by Balochistan.This he said while talking to families of missing persons at a protest camp in Quetta on Friday.Dr Malik assured the ...

The Supreme Court judge Justice Jawad S. Khawaja has said that some black sheep are maligning Pakistan army, and if someone thinks that he is above the law, he would understand entire matter gradually.He was giving remarks during the hearing regarding missing persons case including Tasif Ali from ...

Peshawar At least eight persons got injuries in a generator blast at a crowded commercial plaza at Peshawar Saddar Bazaar on Monday.The generator exploded on the second floor of a multi-storeyed Falak Seer Plaza at Saddar Bazaar as a result eight persons were wounded. The injured were identified as ...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered secret agencies to present seven missing prisoners from Adiala Jail on May 10 in the court.Three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed hearing of the case.During hearing, counsel for secret agencies Raja Irshad told the ...

islamabad - Provincially Administrative Tribal Administration, on the order of the Supreme Court, on Friday produced two detainees, who had been kept in the PATA internment centre since 2010, before a three-judge bench of the apex court.The bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ...

In Larkana at least 4 persons were burnt to death and 14 others injured as fire engulfed passenger van after gas cylinder was burst.According to Media Reports, the injured have been shifted to district Headquarter hospital Larkana.

quetta -  The PML-N, Balochistan, President Sardar Sanaullah Zehri has nominated Mir Amanullah Khan Zargzai, his six sons, veteran nationalist leaders Nawab Khair Bukhsh Marri, Sardar Ataullah Mengal and their sons in FIR lodged in Zehri Levies Thana in connection with bomb attack on his ...

 LAKKI MARWAT - The Female Education Department has appointed two focal persons to implement the government policy to stop corporal punishment in girl schools of the district, said district education officer Parveen Khattak on Friday.  Talking to TheNation in her office, she said that ...

PESHAWAR - Relatives of the missing persons belonging to Swat on Thursday staged a protest demonstration and sit-in here at the main Sher Shah Suri Road outside press club, demanding safe and early recovery of their loved ones.The protesters mostly women were carrying portraits of their loved ones ...

BAHAWALPUR - It is time for the masses to elect educated and righteous persons in the upcoming general elections to strengthen democratic system and improve national image in the world.These views were expressed by the speakers at a “Voters Education” introductory workshop arranged by a ...

BAHAWALPUR - It is time for the masses to elect educated and righteous persons in the upcoming general elections to strengthen democratic system and improve national image in the world.These views were expressed by the speakers at a “Voters Education” introductory workshop arranged by a ...

At least three more persons were killed in different acts of violence across the city on Monday.According to police and rescue sources, a man was shot dead and another sustained injuries when unidentified gunmen opened fire at them near Do Minute Chowrangi, North Karachi.A tortured dead body of a ...

ISLAMABAD - Expressing deep concern over the missing persons’ issue, the senate Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the federal and provincial governments to take immediate and effective steps to ensure speedy recovery and release of all such persons.The resolution moved by ...

ISLAMABAD  - Minister and Chairman Board of Investment, Saleem H Mandiwala, underlined the need for introducing responsible and committed persons for inviting investors here.Talking to Pakistan Television (PTV), he said that many countries including Korea and China are investing in this region ...

ISLAMABAD - The plight of Dr Aafia Siddiqui and missing persons has transcended all borders, it is human at its core and universal in appeal, said Dr Fouzia Siddique while expressing solidarity with missing persons.Dr Fauzia siddique, on return from a very successful tour to South Africa where ...

ISLAMABAD - A UN report has pointed to non-compliance of Pakistani government on missing persons issue while 107 cases of missing persons, the international body had taken up with Pakistan, remain outstanding.The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC's) annual "Report of the Working Group on ...

LAHORE – Six people including four girls were allegedly kidnapped from different areas of the City on Sunday. According to police sources, the 25-year-old shopkeeper Muhammad Ali was kidnapped from Liberty Roundabout, Roma Pervez from Gowalmandi, Saba from Begum Kot, Samreen from Shadab ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday has sought a comprehensive report from the Inquiry Commission regarding the progress in missing persons’ cases.The court also directed the Commission to accelerate its work regarding the investigation into cases of disappeared persons and give its ...

NEW YORK - As American news media focuses on the persisting political, economic, diplomatic and security challenges facing Pakistan, the New York Times on Tuesday drew attention to the pain of the Pakistani families whose loved ones have disappeared.Amina Masood Janjua, whose husband disappeared in ...

PESHAWAR Quitting his seat as a member of the central committee of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), Umar Khattak has said that the party was hijacked by certain self-centred persons. He said it issued dictation without any consideration for the opinion of the office-bearers of the party. In ...

ISLAMABAD - While referring to a news story appeared in a section of press, the government spokesperson has said that democratic government notes with regret and sadness that an occasion of national pride for Pakistan on its 65th Independence Day has been mocked in a derogatory fashion and with ...

LAHORE Chief Executive Officer of Foundation for Rehabilitation & Education of Special Children (FRESH) has urged the government to add a separate column for mentally slow learners in the current census, says a press release. FRESH CEO said it is an irony that the children facing learning ...

QUETTA - A memorandum has been presented to the Amnesty International in Norway about the recovery of five bullet-riddled bodies of Baloch missing people from Khuzdar and Kech, revealed former opposition leader of Balochistan assembly Mir Kachkol Ali on Wednesday Talking to a group of journalists ...

KARACHI - Political activists belonging to different nationalist parties on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club and demanded that the missing Baloch persons should be recovered. The protest demonstration was attended by workers of Baloch Students Organisation, ...

ISLAMABAD - To serve its visually impaired guests, Islamabad Serena Hotel has launched Braille Menu earning the name of being the first hotel in Pakistan to launch such a facility for the persons with disabilities. The hotel under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme observed ...

ISLAMABAD President of Pakistan National Parlaympic Committee (NPCP) Tariq Mustafa highlighted the achievements made by NPCP for the promotion of sports for the disabled persons in Pakistan. While talking to media here at National Press Club on Saturday, he said that since its inception in ...

LAHORE The Punjab Industrial Estate has found out that the allegations levelled by the Sunder Industrial Estate Owners Front are baseless and fabricated, and the PIE has written a reply to the Industries Department mentioning that a group of a few persons is creating misconception in the business ...

LAHORE - With a view to keep the stakeholders fully informed and guide the school owners and NGOs interested in partnership with the Punjab Education Foundation, the PEF management has appointed its different programme heads as focal persons. According to the spokesperson here on Sunday, Nadeem ...

KHYBER AGENCY At least five persons were killed when armed persons entered a house and opened indiscriminate firing on the family members on Sunday. Sources in Khasadar Forces of Khyber Agency said the killed persons had some enmity in Peshawar and they, after killing some persons, had taken ...