BA Opp leader Rind arrested from SC
Leader of the Opposition in Balochistan Assembly Yar Muhammad Rind was arrested on Thursday from inside the Supreme Court building where he had come to file a plea against a Quetta Anti-Terrorism…
Parents kill teenage daughter in acid attack
A man and his wife killed their 15-year-old daughter by dousing her with acid after seeing her talking to a young man. Local police officer Tahir Ayub said the father, Muhammad Zafar,…
Mother murders son for ‘failing to learn the Quran’
Sara Ege used a stick to beat seven-year-old Yaseen “like a dog” if he couldn’t recite passages from the Holy Quran, the Telegraph reported on Thursday. The beatings were so brutal that…
Imran ‘welcome’ in US: State Department
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan “is welcome” in the United States even though he was briefly held by US immigration agents in Canada, State Department acting spokesman Mark Toner said on…
Interrogations can’t deter me from anti-drone stance: Imran
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Thursday that he had been interrogated at Toronto airport because of his tough stance against drone attacks. “I am cool. Such intimidating tactics cannot…
Karachi traders vow to protest tooth and nail against rising crime
Sindh government sees politics involved as the traders and industrialists have vowed to protest tooth and nail against the ever-increasing incidents of crime in the violence-hit metropolis. The Sindh chief minister has…
LHC grants bails to Hanif Abbasi and two others in ephedrine case
Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday confirmed bails of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Hanif Abbasi, former drug controller Sheikh Ansar and Lahore Pharmaceutical Company’s owner Nadeem Zafar in the ephedrine…
Japan offers to construct transmission line for Thar Coal Project
Japan offered to support Thar Coal power projects and to construct a transmission line to link the project with the national grid. This was announced by the Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan, Hiroshi…
11, including 2 women, killed in Balochistan incidents
At least 11 persons were killed and several others injured in separate incidents of violence in various districts of Balochistan on Thursday. According to details, armed men of Mugheri and Korani tribes…
UK apex court refuses to end detained Pakistani’s misery
Human rights campaigners have failed to persuade Britain’s highest court to come to the aid of a 30-year-old Pakistani held without trial for more than eight years after being captured following the…
Eight militants killed, 4 hideouts destroyed in Khyber Agency
Security forces killed at least eight militants, destroying four hideouts in fresh clashes on Thursday. According to details, the security forces were conducting search operations in different areas of Khyber Agency when…
Govt slams ‘misleading’ reports of cabinet meeting
The government has taken serious exception to the misreporting of the cabinet proceedings contrary to the briefing by the federal minister for information and broadcasting on October 31. Some newspapers placed misleading,…
Court indicts KP sports minister in fake degree case
A local court on Thursday indicted Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Sports, Archaeology and Tourism Aqil Shah in a fake degree case and adjourned the hearing until November 15. District and Sessions Judge…
FIA issued contempt notice for not putting Malik Riaz on ECL
The Suddle Commission, investigating the Arsalan Iftikhar-Malik Riaz case on the orders of the Supreme Court, has issued a contempt of court notice to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for not placing…
US envoy reaffirms importance of Pakistan-US relations
United States Deputy Chief of Mission Ambassador Richard Hoagland reaffirmed the importance of the US-Pakistan relations and talked about US assistance to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA, including projects to rebuild infrastructure and…
Bilour shows concern over British govt’s sanctions against him
Reaffirming his stance on head money on the US moviemaker for a blasphemous film he produced, Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has shown concern over the British government’s sanctions against him. Addressing…
Striking Balochistan doctors pondering to resign en masse
Doctors in Balochistan are on the verge of resigning en masse as they continued their strike on the 16 consecutive day on Thursday, demanding recovery of their abducted colleague. The provincial government…