Fahim to discuss protest strategy with Benazir
ISLAMABAD, June 14: People’s Party Parliamentarians President Makhdoom Amin Fahim left for Dubai on Saturday to apprise PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto about the political situation after the opposition’s boycott of the...
JI warns against land demand
QUETTA, June 14: The army and navy’s excessive demand for land will lead to eruption of violence in the Gwadar area, Jamaat-i-Islami Balochistan’s Amir Maulana Abdul Haq Baloch said on Friday....
2,700kg drugs seized
QUETTA, June 14: The Anti-Narcotics Force on Friday seized around 2,700Kg of hashish and opium in Kharan, however, no smuggler was arrested....
Slain tourist
GILGIT, June 14: The Ghizer police have handed over bone specimen of a man believed to be Czech tourist killed some time ago a diplomat from the Czech Republic Viktor Michalik...
300 projects to be initiated in NWFP
PESHAWAR, June 14: More than 300 new development schemes worth Rs5.3 billion will be initiated in the NWWP under the Annual Development Programme (ADP). This will be done in line with...
Kohat tunnel to open for heavy traffic tonight
KOHAT, June 14: The Kohat tunnel will be opened for heavy vehicular traffic, including trucks and trailers, on the night between Sunday and Monday, officials told Dawn on Saturday....
Khyber uplift plans yet to begin
LANDI KOTAL, June 14: While the United States government has promised more funds for the development of tribal areas, construction work on development schemes worth more than Rs20 million are yet...
MNA flays killings
LANDI KOTAL, June 14: Khyber Agency MNA Allama Noorul Haq Qadri has taken serious notice of the killing of two Jamrud residents allegedly by the anti-smuggling squad of Frontier Corps (FC)...
Irsa seeks to remodel Chashma Canal
ISLAMABAD, June 14: The Indus River System Authority will ask the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) to remodel the Chashma-link canal to lift 882 cusecs of water for its proposed second...
Treatment facilities for prisoners
PESHAWAR, June 14: The provincial health department plans to provide treatment facilities to prisoners suffering from tuberculosis in jail....
Doctors’ contract renewed
PESHAWAR, June 14: The Frontier province health department has decided to renew the contract of about 300 doctors, including medical officers and specialists, for three years, said officials....
Worker receives burn injuries
HARIPUR, June 14: A young worker received burn injuries when acid fell on him accidentally at Hattar industrial estate here on Friday....
No-trust motion against Sindh CM at suitable time: Khuhro
LARKANA, June 14: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarians president Nisar Ahmad Khuhro has said the opposition will table a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar at a suitable time....
DIG murder case Suspect killed in operation
SUKKUR, June 14: One of the 12 accused involved in the killing of Sibi DIG Abdul Aziz Bullo has been killed in the ongoing operation against outlaws on the Sindh-Balochistan border,...
Protest threat
MIRPURKHAS, June 14: All Sindh Lower Staff Association’s district president Pooj Raj Doodani threatened on Friday to start a protest campaign against headmaster government boys school for not releasing staff salaries....
Strike observed
MIRPURKHAS, June 14: A complete strike was observed on Friday in Nafees Nagar town to condemn the killings of two men....
Punjab BISEs announce matric results
MULTAN, June 14: The boards of intermediate and secondary education in the Punjab announced the matric results on Saturday....
Police operation claims one life
MULTAN, June 14: A worker at a local filling station lost his life in what turned out to be a poorly-executed undercover operation of the Karachi police anti car-lifting cell for...
Six of a family shot at, injured
KASUR, June 14: Six family members sustained wounds on Saturday when nine men fired on them over a petty issue in Maratian village, Ilahabad....
Private college banner irks BISE chief
MULTAN, June 14: Display of a banner of a private college at the Multan Board auditorium, where the ceremony for announcement of secondary school examination result was held, has irked the...
PML-Q, MMA hopeful of talks resumption
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Resumption of talks between the government and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on the contentious constitutional issues was still on cards, leaders in both the camps said on Friday....
MMA blamed for WB loan suspension
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs, Northern Areas and Water and Power Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has held the MMA government in NWFP responsible for suspension of $90 million...
PPP flays speaker’s LFO ruling
KARACHI, June 14: The Pakistan People’s Party has condemned a ruling given by the National Speaker in which he has maintained that the LFO is part of the Constitution....
PM vows to protect Amir
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said government members will not allow the opposition to ‘gherao’ the speaker of the National Assembly following his ruling on the controversial...
286 families migrate due to Indian shelling
SKARDU, June 14: Shelling by Indian forces has forced 286 families of Frano village in Baltistan to migrate to safer places in Chorbat, sources said....
Two criminals shot dead
HYDERABAD, June 14: Two alleged criminals have been killed during the ongoing encounter near the Meting railway station in the Thatta district, Regional Police Officer, Hyderabad, Ghulam Mohammad Malkani told Dawn....
Prisoner commits ‘suicide’
QUETTA, June 14: A convict in a murder case committed suicide in Mach central jail by hanging himself with a rope on Friday, prison authorities said on Saturday....