National Assembly (NA) former deputy speaker and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Dr Ashraf Abbasi passed away on Sunday. She was 89. Her funeral prayer will be offered at 10 am today<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/03/na-ex-deputy-speaker-passes-away/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Rawalpindi district office-bearers tendered their resignations on Sunday, alleging that party Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri had incited people to violence. Addressing a press conference, the PAT office bearers<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/03/pats-rawalpindi-office-bearers-resign-over-rift-with-qadri/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Special Assistant to Prime Minister for National Affairs Irfan Siddiqui has said Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chairman Tahirul Qadri’s “threats to kill” are unprecedented in the history of Pakistan and are an<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/03/siddiqui-says-qadri-has-declared-civil-war/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ISLAMABAD STAFF REPORT Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that helping internally displaced persons (IDPs) of North Waziristan Agency (NWA) was a national and religious obligation. While talking to Pakistan Muslim<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/02/in-sickness-and-in-health-shahbaz-is-with-idps/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Thousands of people on way to Manchar Lake for picnic were stopped by police on Saturday as the authorities have banned swimming and bathing in the lake by imposing section 144. The<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/02/imposition-of-section-144-disappoints-manchar-lake-visitors/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has called on NATO to rethink its long-term relationship with Russia following its “illegal” actions in Ukraine and strike an agreement on how to sustain a robust<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/02/cameron-says-nato-must-rethink-russia/" title="Read more" >...</a>
The jihadist Islamic State has withdrawn from several villages dominated by a Sunni tribe in eastern Deir Ezzor province after clashes, a monitoring group said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/02/islamic-state-withdraws-from-syria-villages/" title="Read more" >...</a>
The Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) has raised objections to the bidding process of the Privatisation Commission, alleging that ‘Haidermota-BNR’ has been given undue favour for the provision of financial advisory services in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/02/transparency-questions-privatisation-commissions-bidding-process/" title="Read more" >...</a>
The death toll in beach tragedy rose to 39, most of them youth, till Saturday morning while search for the other missing picnickers was completed the same day. According to details available<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/02/probe-commission-formed-as-death-toll-on-seaview-rises-to-39/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Egypt’s President said on Saturday a ceasefire plan proposed by his country offered the chance to end the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas, but warned that lost time further complicated matters.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/02/egypts-president-says-delays-complicate-gaza-truce-efforts/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ForeignEgypt is leading a new coalition of Arab states — including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — that has effectively lined up with Israel in its fight against Hamas that controls t
NATIONALSaudi Arabian Airlines has decided to postpone the resumption of its flight operations at the Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar to August 7, according to a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) official.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/01/saudi-airlines-wont-operate-from-peshawar-airport-until-7th/" title="Read more" >...</a>
