Three more traders kidnapped
KOHAT, Feb 4: Three more traders were kidnapped by unidentified men during the last 24 hours with their two vehicles they were travelling in from Kohat to Peshawar. This raises the...
Withdrawal of amendment to ATA urged
SUKKUR, Feb 4: A meeting of the Sindh High Court Bar Association, Sukkur, held here on Monday unanimously demanded of the government to withdraw the amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA)....
Indent system for sugarcane supply to be discouraged
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 4: District Nazim, district coordinating officer, tehsil Nazim and representatives of four sugar mills have held talks to discuss and solve grievances of the sugarcane growers....
Traffic jam leads to arrest of six dacoits
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 4: Six dacoits were arrested for looting the Mehran Tracking petrol pump on the National Highway, near Moro, Naushahro Feroze District, on late Sunday night....
Pilot project for birth registration launched
SWABI, Feb 4: A pilot project has been launched in 56 union councils as part of a new strategy to educate the people about the importance of birth registration....
Disputed sign board helps youths get jobs
THATTA, Feb 4: A sign board inscribed with “Jinnah’s Jherruck” erected on the National Highway helped about two dozen unemployed youths to get soldier’s job at their doorstep a few days...
Shopkeepers booked for unhygienic conditions
LAKKI MARWAT, Feb 4: Health officials conducted surprise raids on different hotels, poultry vendors, tea merchants and confectioneries on Monday, collected samples and booked many for failing to maintain hygienic conditions....
Kashmir struggle backed
PESHAWAR, Feb 4: Swat District Nazim Dr Mehboob-ur-Rehman has said that the people of Malakand Division fully support the people of occupied Kashmir in their just struggle for freedom from Indian...
Police prevent growers from staging demo
MIRPURKHAS, Feb 4: Over two hundred growers of tail-end of Mirpur Shakh, who wanted to stage protest demonstration against the acute shortage of irrigation water, were stopped by the police from...
Changes in ATA challenged in SC
ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: Pakistan Muslim League and Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday filed petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the changes in the anti-terrorism law under which the anti-terrorism court would...
Attack on newspaper distributors condemned
KARACHI, Feb 4: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has condemned the attack by as-yet-unidentified political groups on distributors and copies of the daily Jang in several areas of Karachi, in the...
Chinese firm assesses Saindak complex
QUETTA, Feb 4: Top management of the Metallurgical Construction Company of China has visited the Saindak Complex and made initial assessments before taking over the copper and gold plant next month....
Turkish team due today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: A five-member delegation from Turkey, led by Defence Minister Sabahettin Cakmakoglu will visit Pakistan from Tuesday to Feb 8, defence ministry said on Monday....
Hashim Qadeer a proclaimed offender
MULTAN, Feb 4: One of the prime suspects in the Daniel Pearl kidnap case, Syed Hashim Qadeer Shah, has been declared a proclaimed offender in a dacoity incident....