PESHAWAR: The militant groups in the volatile Federally Administrated Tribal Agencies (FATA) are taking their 'share' from the development funds, it has been learnt reliably.Sources privy to the matte
NATIONALPESHAWAR: Yaqoob Khan, brother of former TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a mountainous region of Mir Ali town of North Waziristan.Reports from Bannu distri
NATIONALKARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has asked his party ministers in Sindh to start preparing for the local government elections slated to be held within six months, Fauzia Wahab told the media after
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has summoned fourteen members of National and provincial assemblies to face its special committee on fake degrees today.Three National Assembly members,
LAHORELAHORE: Commuters continue to suffer and complain as with the two-day scheduled CNG closure, an extra one-day closure will be observed this week on account of a protest by the All Pakistan CNG Associa
LAHORELAHORE: On the last day of the All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC), the public mood was eager but slightly downcast; the four-day long musical journey was now coming to an end. The festival at the Al
LAHORELAHORE: Private hospitals and laboratories continue to cash in on the dengue epidemic as the dengue fear grips the city, while an increasing number of patients pour in.A survey of major private hospit
NATIONALGUJRAT/ISLAMABADPrime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that nationalising educational institutions was a wrong decision by the previous PPP regime.He was addressing a public gathering on Saturday
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on Saturday and discussed security-related issues.An official, seeking anonymity, said that th
KARACHIKARACHI: Drone attacks are violating Pakistan's sovereignty and the government is negotiating with the United States on the issue, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday.<br />Talking to reporters at the airport, he said that a covert operation had been launched against the killers involved in the Karachi killings. Malik said every murder cannot be called target killing until police confirms it as a target killing.<br />He said that the security had been beefed up around Sher
LAHORELAHORE: Independence of the judiciary is possible if judges are appointed on merit, newly-elected Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jehangir said on Saturday. "Presently most of the
LAHORELAHORE: Taking notice of the torture on a former Lahore Development Authority (LDA) school teacher and journalists from a private television channel, the Lahore High Court chief justice on Saturday or
