Year’s longest day today
KARACHI: Today is the longest day of the year, as its duration in Peshawar would be of 14 hours and 31 minutes...Full Story

Army detains officer over links with banned outfit
RAWALPINDI: A senior Pakistan Army official has been arrested due to his links with a banned outfit, DG ISPR confirmed...Full Story

CJP names judges for Shahzad, Abbottabad probe commissions
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, on Monday, permitted Justice Javed Iqbal and Justice Saqib Nisar to head the commissions set up to...Full Story

Benazir Bhutto: leader of destitute
June 21, 1953 was a glorious day when Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed was born. Like father like daughter, she was a born leader, destined to lead millions of people of..Full Story

Freed Pakistanis to return on June 23
KARACHI: The four Pakistanis who were released by Somali pirates will arrive in Karachi on June 23, Geo News reported Tuesday. According to Navy spokesman, they will arrive....Full Story

SC orders chairman, prosecutor NAB appointment
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has ordered the federal government to appoint chairman and prosecutor general for NAB in one-month time...Full Story

Nawaz launches fresh tirade against Zardari
MIRPUR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, on Monday, came down hard on President Asif Ali Zardari, saying that corruption was at its highest in the..Full Story

Babar Awan moves SC against Rana Sanaullah
ISLAMABAD: Former law minister Babar Awan filed an application to the Chief Justice....Full Story

KESC unions’ rally hampers traffic in Karachi
KARACHI: After damaging the electricity infrastructure of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), the Collective Bargaining..Full Story

French envoy calls on Sindh governor
KARACHI: Ambassador of France to Pakistan Daniel Jouanneau called on Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Monday. In the meeting held at the Governor House here...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