18 fall prey to sectarian killing
Bus ambush near Kohistan From Our Correspondent ISLAMABAD: At least 18 people were killed, while eight others sustained injured yesterday when gunmen opened fire on a bus, carrying passengers from Rawalpindi to More...
3-day mourning announced in Gilgit-Baltistan
ISLAMABAD: Government of Gilgit-Baltistan announced three day mourning on Tuesday after 18 men were killed in a terror attack in Kohistan. According to a private tv channel, all educational institution and public More...
President Zardari in meeting with Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari exchanging views with Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani during a meeting at Aiwan-e-Sadr here yesterday. More...
Chinese woman, local man shot dead in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: A Chinese woman was shot dead with a male companion yesterday in Peshawar, which borders the tribal belt stronghold of Taliban and al Qaeda-linked militants, police said. They were killed by gunmen on More...
President signs 20th Constitutional Amendment Bill into law
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday signed the 20th Constitutional Amendment Bill into law at the Aiwan-e-Sadr and gave the credit for its passage to the maturity and political wisdom of the political More...
Gilani meets Kayani, Zardari on national security
From Our Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani yesterday met with Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and President Asif Ali Zardari separately, to discuss important matters related More...
SC summons Nargis Sethi as witness on Aitzaz plea
Gilani Contempt case From Our Correspondent ISLAMABAD: A seven-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk resumed the hearing the contempt of court case against Prime Minister Gilani Tuesday More...
NA committee rejects PML-N’s bill on dual nationality
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Tuesday rejected a bill, seeking to bar dual nationality holders from taking part in elections. The bill had been tabled by Pakistan More...
Mansoor urges Haqqani to hand over evidence to memo commission
LONDON: Mansoor Ijaz issued a challenge to Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani yesterday to co-operate with the Judicial Commission and hand over his BlackBerry chat exchanges, e-mails and More...
Tahir Raffiq likely new Air Chief
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has advised President of Pakistan to appoint Air Marshal Tahir Raffiq Butt, being the senior most, as the new Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force. –APP More...
