SC asks both sides' lawyers to obtain fresh directives from their clients
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court has directed both sides’ concerned lawyers to obtain fresh directives from their clients, following the changed situation after the..Full Story

Terrorists kidnapping children for use in suicide attacks
LOWER DIR: Terrorists have started kidnapping innocent children to use them in suicide attacks, Geo News reported...Full Story

Journalist assaulted by ‘police’ in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: A journalist was assaulted allegedly by police in Islamabad’s G-8 sector on Saturday, various media reports said on Sunday. The reports said that Waqar Kayani, who works for loc...Full Story

Future of Pakistan lies with youngsters: Arif Habib
KARACHI: Future of Pakistan lies in the youngsters, which direly needed proper education and skill development training to meet the global challenges, says chairman Arif Habib..Full Story

Electricity shortfall reaches 4,951 MW: PEPCO
LAHORE: The current energy generation in the country is 12,939 megawatts (MW) and the demand is 17,890 MW....Full Story

US had rejected Indian concerns over Pak nukes: WikiLeaks
KARACHI: Wikileaks has revealed that the US had made it clear to India that Washington was satisfied with measures taken by Islamabad to secure its nuclear...Full Story

US in ‘very preliminary’ talks with Taliban: Gates
WASHINGTON: The United States is in “very preliminary” talks with Afghan Taliban, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview aired on Sunday..Full Story

Pakistan hosts highest number of refugees: UNHCR
GENEVA: Pakistan hosts the highest number of refugees, 1.9 million, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Monday....Full Story

Gilani assures free, transparent elections in AJK
SHAKARGARH: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, on Sunday, said that forthcoming elections for Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly would be free, fair and..Full Story

Mullah Omar key for US in Afghan talks: experts
KABUL: The US may be in talks with the Taliban but its key challenge will be reaching out to the militants’ elusive, one-eyed leader Mullah Omar as momentum builds for a peace....Full Story

Double trouble worsens life across country
KARACHI: Many cities of Pakistan are under the grip of a severe heat wave and temperatures rose beyond 40 °Celsius...Full Story

Police torture Quetta doctors, strike continues
QUETTA: The young doctors’ strike all across the province of Balochistan including this capital city continues, while the situation has further worsened by the police..Full Story

Indian foreign secretary due in Pakistan to discuss Kashmir
ISLAMABAD: India’s foreign secretary is due to visit Pakistan this month to discuss Kashmir, a Pakistani official said on Tuesday, the first formal talks between the two rivals...Full Story

US influence can put $11.3bn IMF loan programme back on trackISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economic managers strongly feel that the influence of the US will be decisive in putting the suspended $11.3 billion IMF Stand-By-Arrangement (SBA) loan..Full Story

BHC seeks probe report on police surgeon manhandling
QUETTA: The Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court Qazi Faez Issa has ordered to submit the departmental inquiry report on next hearing against the two police officials ...Full Story

We are safe now, says Captain Wasi
KARACHI: Pakistani captain of the ship, freed from Somali pirates said they were attacked again today but are safe now...Full Story

MQM walks out of NA over Karachi killings
ISLAMABAD: The government, on Tuesday, faced embarrassment in the National Assembly when one of its coalition partner, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), walked..Full Story

Gates urges patience with Pakistan after tip-off suspicions
WASHINGTON: The US is disappointed and suspicious that terrorists in Pakistan apparently were tipped off that American intelligence officials had discovered two of their....Full Story

KESC demands govt enforce law for saving assets
KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has demanded the government to enforce law and exercise its authority to get the utility’s offices and installations..Full Story

PM announces ‘revolving fund’ to deal with terror damage
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, on Tuesday, announced to set up a revolving fund for rehabilitation of infrastructure damaged by terrorist attacks as well as...Full Story