Altaf Hussain talks to Pir Pagaro via telephone
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain on Wednesday had a telephonic conversation with Head of Pakistan Muslim League, Functional (PML-F) Pir..Full Story

Four policemen among nine killed in Hangu suicide blast
HANGU: A suicide car bomb targeting police van killed at least nine people including four policemen and wounded 32 others in Hangu on Thursday..Full Story

Govt mulls incremental increase in power tariff
ISLAMABAD: To overcome the financial loss caused by the country’s power sector, the government is planning to reintroduce an incremental increase in power tariff of 2 percent..Full Story

Jeddah meeting to test nerves of Pak, US experts
ISLAMABAD: The first meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Afghanistan and Pakistan of the current year to be held in Jeddah on March 3 under the...Full Story

Shahbaz Bhatti — champion of minorities’ rights
ISLAMABAD: Following is the profile of Federal Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, who was assassinated on Wednesday morning....Full Story

Shahbaz warns Malik against fanning provincialism
ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has warned Interior Minister Rehman Malik against fanning provincialism by relating terrorism to any province...Full Story

Transporters go on strike against fuel price hike
KARACHI: The transport strike in the metropolis has added to the miseries of the Karachiites as they waited for hours for the buses to reach their destinations....Full Story

Bhatti killing: joint walk out from NA
ISLAMABAD: Expressing solidarity with minorities both treasury and opposition benches on Thursday joined minorities parliamentarians' token walk out from the National Assembly to ..Full Story

Worsening security situation in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: The government should take practical steps instead of issuing policy statements regarding targeted killings in Balochistan, remarked Chief Justice of Pakistan...Full Story

Engagement is only way forward with Pakistan: Clinton
WASHINGTON: United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in an appearance before a key Congressional panel, said that “a combination of civilian and military engagement...Full Story

Sindh govt to introduce health insurance cards for journalists
KARACHI: Sindh government’s media coordinator Taj Haider Wednesday said that the government believed in freedom of expression and speech and will take care of the...Full Story

UK parliamentary committee urges US-Taliban talks
LONDON: The US must hold direct talks with the Taliban if it is to have any hope of ending the Afghan war, an influential British parliamentary committee said...Full Story