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24 security officials dead as bus falls into ravine

At least 24 security forces personnel were killed and five others injured on early Saturday morning when a bus fell into a deep ravine near the under-construction Basha Dam site in Kohistan<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/16/24-security-officials-dead-as-bus-falls-into-ravine/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Mar 16, 2013
NATIONAL

China wants to take Sino-India ties to ‘new stage’: Li tells Singh

China’s new Premier Li Keqiang told Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Beijing would like to promote strategic cooperation and partnership with New Delhi to a “new stage”. Hours after his endorsement<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/16/china-wants-to-take-sino-india-ties-to-new-stage-li-tells-singh/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Mar 16, 2013
Arts / Entertainment

Man Asian winner announced

Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng’s novel “The Garden of Evening Mists” has won the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize. Tan’s novel is set in the traumatic aftermath of Japan’s wartime occupation of

Mar 16, 2013
NATIONAL

PML-N shifts to opposition benches in Balochistan

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday decided to sit on opposition benches in the Balochistan Assembly. Addressing a joint press conference along with Ismail Gujjar, Captain Abdul Khaliq, Tahir Mahmud, Humayun<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/16/pml-n-shifts-to-opposition-benches-in-balochistan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Mar 16, 2013
Foreign

Chavez laid to rest after final Caracas tour

Late president Hugo Chavez was laid to rest at the headquarters of his failed 1992 coup attempt, a month before snap elections to pick his successor. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans thronged<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/16/chavez-laid-to-rest-after-final-caracas-tour/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Mar 16, 2013
Sindh embarks on extracting Thar coalBusiness

Sindh embarks on extracting Thar coal

The Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) and Government of Sindh broke ground on Thursday to mark the beginning of coal extraction project at Thar Coal block II.Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Sha

Mar 15, 2013
NATIONAL

SHC puts top officials on notice in island handing over case

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday put the chief secretary, the Ministry of Ports and Shipping secretary, the Port Qasim Authority chairman and other officials on notice in a petition against<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/15/shc-puts-top-officials-on-notice-in-island-handing-over-case/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Mar 15, 2013
NATIONAL

Power tariff jacked up by Rs 1.55 per unit

The National Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has jacked up power tariff by Rs 1.55 per unit. The power distribution companies had filed an application with NEPRA seeking enhancement in power tariff. They<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/14/power-tariff-jacked-up-by-rs-1-55-per-unit/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Mar 14, 2013
PKK frees Turkish hostages in peace bidForeign

PKK frees Turkish hostages in peace bid

Kurdish rebels in Turkey have released eight hostages after their jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called for a prisoner exchange. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) freed the eight soldiers and civil servants on<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/14/pkk-frees-turkish-hostages-in-peace-bid/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Mar 14, 2013