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Slow progress in missing persons case annoys SC

in National - Tue May 22, 2012

QUETTA, May 21: Annoyed by slow progress in the recovery of missing persons, the Supreme Court has ordered the secretaries of defence and interior as well as principal se

Forced Marriages: Peshawar High Court orders arrest of jir

in National - Fri May 18, 2012

PESHAWAR:  The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has directed the attorney-general of Pakistan, federal law secretary and provincial advocate-general to formulate a law to g

Airline plotter a double agent U S officials say

in International - Wed May 09, 2012

WASHINGTON -- The suicide bomber dispatched by the Yemen branch of al-Qaida last month to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner was actually an intelligence agent for Saudi Arabi

News report Would be bomber was a double-agent

in International - Wed May 09, 2012

Washington (CNN) -- A man who volunteered as a suicide bomber for a terrorist group intent on blowing up a U.S.-bound plane was working instead as an intelligence agent f

Afghan transit trade containers searched for Nato supplies

in National - Fri December 09, 2011

CHAMAN: The Frontier Corp has stopped over 40 containers at the Pak-Afghan border which were part of the Afghan transit trade, Geo News reported. 

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GEPCO privatization employees protest offices locked

in National - Thu December 08, 2011

GUJRANWALA: Employees locked down the offices of 126 sub divisions in the region over decision to privatize Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO).

The GEPCO

No talks unless US changes dual-faced policy, says Taliban

in International - Sat October 29, 2011

KARACHI: A day after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton officially advocated in front of a congressional committee talks with the Quetta Shura and its leader Mul

LHC order-All courts in Punjab to stay open on Saturdays

in National - Sat October 15, 2011

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) and all subordinate courts in Punjab will not observe two weekly holidays, LHC registrar Sohail Nasir said on Friday.

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23,882 missing Isaf containers cost exchequer Rs47b, SC to

in National - Tue July 26, 2011

ISLAMABAD - Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Salman Siddique on Monday informed the apex court that over Rs 47 billion were evaded as 23,882 containers of commercial

Bilour approves Rs 1m for Bacha Khan..

in National - Mon July 18, 2011

KARAK - Senior Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bashir Ahmad Bilour inaugurated the pavement of streets and a market in district Karak.

Addressing a public gathering he

Smuggled vehicles registration goes on unabated

in National - Thu June 23, 2011

KARACHI - Excise and Taxation Department, motor registration wing, continued registering non-custom paid and smuggled vehicles, which is causing loss of billion of rupees to

On the hunt for Qaeda s American recruits

in International - Thu June 23, 2011

The courthouse is imposing: a large metal box. Several rings of fencing surround it. The barbs on the wire are three inches long and razor sharp. They glint in the sunlight.

Oil shortage in Punjab may persist

in National - Sat June 11, 2011

ISLAMABAD - Despite fixing responsibility in petroleum shortage issue, so far the Ministry of Petroleum did ostensibly nothing except hoodwinking measures.

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Treasury defends; Opposition objects

in National - Sat June 11, 2011

ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly (NA) Friday continued debate on federal budget 2011-12, in which the treasury kept defending it while the opposition voicing against

DPO asked to arrest jirga members

in National - Sat May 28, 2011

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Friday directed the DPO Sukkur to arrest all the members of the jirga who have recently passed a verdict to hand over 12 girls in Vani.

Arabs question bin Laden s killing, sea burial

in International - Thu May 05, 2011

BEIRUT : Some Arabs have misgivings about how US forces summarily killed Osama bin Laden and disposed of his body in the ocean, even if many are far more preoccupied by the

Haqqani promises inquiry into intelligence failure

in National - Wed May 04, 2011

WASHINGTON : Pakistan s US envoy promised a full inquiry Monday into how Pakistani intelligence services failed to find Osama bin Laden in a fortified compound just a few ho

Drone victim seeks to put US on trial

in National - Fri December 24, 2010

ISLAMABAD  : Sadaullah Wazir says he was relaxing in his front yard when the missile struck, hurling him against the wall and mangling his legs so badly that they had t

2,792 killed, 1,349 suicides in 2010

in National - Sat December 11, 2010

KARACHI - At least 665 women committed suicides, 1,672 women were murdered and 441 faced police torture during eleven months of the current year, said Zia Ahmed Awan, Projec

Nato supplies resume through Torkham

in International - Mon October 11, 2010

LANDIKOTAL  : Pakistani authorities on Sunday reopened a border crossing with Afghanistan, allowing Nato supplies to be trucked to coalition troops, a Pakistani governm

British traditions shine through political novelty

in International - Wed May 26, 2010

LONDON: Coalition governments are so unusual in Britain that Queen Elizabeth, who has known 12 prime ministers since she became sovereign in 1952, has never reigned over a m

Artificial life? It s coming

in International - Sat May 22, 2010

Scientists working to make a synthetic life form reported a major step forward on Thursday, saying they had created an artificial genome and used it to bring a hollowed-out

Do Obama, Cameron dislike Europe?

in International - Thu May 13, 2010

It was gratifying to Americans who care about such things, as well as to Britons, that Barack Obama was among the first world leaders to call David Cameron shortly after he

The new defaced face of NAB

in National - Thu May 06, 2010

ISLAMABAD: With two key positions now filled by cronies of powerful PPP leaders, the new face of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) does not inspire any confidence tha

SC cannot change Constitution: Khosa

in National - Tue April 20, 2010

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Information Technology and former attorney general Latif Khosa says the Supreme Court can strike down a simple law but not a cons