At least nine people were killed and more than 55 others wounded when two back-to-back explosions rocked Kandahar city, capital of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, a provincial government spokesman said."The initial reports said that three police officers and six civilians had died and ...
LAHORE – The announcement of Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen to call off sit-in after negotiations with the parliamentary delegation) has failed to pacify the bereaved people showing solidarity with Hazaras.The demonstrators continued protest at key points in the City including outside the Governor ...
Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday the wounds of Baloch nation should be redressed through negotiations.The Punjab chief minister hosted a reception in the honour of members of the parliament, politicians, thinkers and journalists hailing from Balochistan.Talking to the ...
SADIQABAD - A 15-member delegation of Shia scholars accompanied by a peace committee chairman and a lawmaker, met with the Punjab chief minister in the wake of Khanpur blast which had left 18 people killed and 30 injured.During the meeting, CM Shahbaz Sharif thanked the Shia community for ...
ISLAMABAD - Making life further difficult for poverty-hit people of the country, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has increased power tariff by Rs 3.04 per unit, ostensibly under Discos fuel adjustments formula sought by the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA). Prior to ...
Kasur - Rivals attacked and injured former Chunian tehsil nazim Sardar Shaoib Alamgir and two of his security guards over old enmity on Sunday near THQ hospital at Changa Manga-Chunian Road in Chunian Police limits. However, the nazims guard retaliated against the attack that led an exchange of ...
KASUR TMO Rai Mansha and a contractor sustained critical injuries when two unidentified gunmen attacked them at TMA library hall here on Saturday. The contracts were being bidden at the time of incident, which triggered panic at TMA Hall where scores of people, including contractors and media ...
Our staff reporter SHAHKOT - The Abbotabad debacle on May 2, has added insult to the wounds of the nation inflicted by 1965, 1971, Siachin and Kargil wars and the American trampling of Pakistan sovereignty by conducting a unilateral raid inside Pakistan is the biggest dilemma of the national ...
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the wounds inflicted by October 12, 1999 on Pakistan will take a lot of time to heal. According to a handout, the CM in a statement Tuesday said that the future of Pakistan was linked with democracy, however, the PML-N could not allow ...
SRINAGAR (AFP) - The wards of the Bone and Joint Hospital in Srinagar provide ample evidence that pro-independence demonstrations in Occupied Kashmir have met with a tough response. At least seven patients tell of how they were shot by police or paramilitary troops at violent demonstrations that ...
NEW YORK (AFP) - The dollar held in a narrow range Friday while the euro recouped some of its hefty losses from the week amid persistent concerns over Greeces heavy debt burdens. Some analysts said the problems in Greece combined with data suggesting a solid US economic recovery and possibly higher ...
HARARE - Zimbabwe's government rejoiced Saturday at the failure of a UN bid to impose fresh sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle, but there was exasperation in London and Washington. Particular praise from the Harare regime was bestowed upon South African President ...






