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NATIONAL

An airstrike by Pakistani forces along the Afghan border allegedly killed four civilians on Saturday, officials said, as a Pakistani offensive against Taliban militants continued. Pakistan launched its first major offensive in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/05/31/four-afghans-killed-in-pakistani-border-strike-allege-officials/" title="Read more" >...</a>

ISLAMABAD

The Holy family Hospital (HFH) has refused to pay for rented garbage disposal plant.The HFH administration reportedly owes millions of rupees to the company.According to sources, hospital’s

Business

Iran has denied extending the completion date of the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project from December 2014 to the end of next year, Iran's Mehr News Agency (MNA) reports citing local media.Th

Foreign

US President Barack Obama will meet Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko in Poland on Wednesday, a US official said. The meeting will take place during a trip by Obama, also including stops in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/05/31/obama-to-meet-ukraines-poroshenko-in-poland/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Business

Fair taxation and strong fiscal policies backed by long-term stability are the need of the hour for a sustainable economic growth of the country. This was the outcome of a pre-budget seminar<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/05/31/strong-fiscal-policies-vital-for-economic-growth-speakers/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Foreign

At least 40 Syrian soldiers were killed on Saturday when rebels detonated explosives packed beneath an army base in Aleppo, activists and rebels said. The Islamic Front, an umbrella rebel organisation, claimed<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/05/31/tunnel-bomb-in-aleppo-kills-40-syrian-soldiers/" title="Read more" >...</a>

ISLAMABAD

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central Information Secretary Shireen Mazari Thursday expressed concerns over the way the Punjab government and legislators were allegedly propagating a cultur

NATIONAL

Egypt's interim president has revoked amnesties for 52 people pardoned by ousted president Mohamed Mursi, state media reported, including Islamists affiliated with the banned Muslim Brotherhood.Mu

ISLAMABAD

Thirty children were pulled out from under debris of a collapsed building in Homak Town on Friday. The children were buried under rubble when the tuition centre building collapsed in the evening.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/05/30/30-children-rescued-after-building-collapses/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Foreign

A US judge convicted an elderly Pakistani immigrant Thursday of murdering his wife in their New York home, savagely beating her over the head after she refused to cook the food he<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/05/30/pakistani-immigrant-convicted-of-wifes-murder-in-new-york/" title="Read more" >...</a>

KARACHI

Sindh Food Minister Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar on Friday said that the provincial government will present a people- friendly budget for financial year 2014-15 to provide relief to all segments of the so

ISLAMABAD

A ceremony was organised on Friday at Lok Virsa to award certificates to 22 students from National College of Arts (NCA) Rawalpindi in recognition of their services rendered for Lok Virsa's annual Fol