NATIONALPakistan border village clash leaves 36 dead: officials
An operation to clear Taliban militants from a volatile area of Pakistan’s northwest on Monday left 36 dead including three soldiers and two members of a government supported peace committee, officials said.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/08/27/pakistan-border-village-clash-leaves-36-dead-officials/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Aug 27, 2012
NATIONALMultiple blasts rock Quetta on Akbar Bugti’s death anniversary
A shutter down strike was observed across Balochistan on the sixth death anniversary of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti on Sunday, as several blasts rocked the provincial capital late on<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/08/27/multiple-blasts-rock-quetta-on-akbar-bugtis-death-anniversary/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Aug 27, 2012
NATIONALNawaz wants Bugti’s killers punished
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Sunday said the killers of Nawab Akbar Bugti must be brought to book. In a statement on the 6th death anniversary of Nawab Bugti,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/08/27/nawaz-wants-bugtis-killers-punished/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Aug 27, 2012
NATIONALNRO implementation case: PM given three weeks to write letter
A five-member bench of the Supreme Court on Monday granted more time till September 18 to the Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to write letter to Swiss authorities for reopening graft cases<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/08/27/pervez-ashraf-appears-before-sc/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Aug 27, 2012
NATIONALWith olive branch in hand, PM goes to SC
The leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and its allied parties on Sunday resolved to adopt a reconciliatory path with the superior judiciary and it was decided that Prime Minister Raja P
Aug 27, 2012
NATIONALDrone attacks violation of human rights: Lord Nazir
Lord Nazir Ahmed has said that the drone attacks constitute human rights violations and wrote in a letter to the US administration against the US drone strikes.Addressing different gatherings in Swa
Aug 27, 2012
NATIONALPM won’t be disqualified constitutionally: Fahim
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Faheem Monday said that the prime minister would not be disqualified under the constitution as sentence awarded in a case<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/08/27/pm-wont-be-disqualified-constitutionally-amin-fahim/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Aug 27, 2012
ISLAMABADIslamabad Traffic Police: Maintaining order, saving lives
The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has decided to launch a road safety awareness campaign with main focus to end use of tinted glasses, non-pattern number plates and curbing practice of over-speeding,
Aug 27, 2012
NATIONALAitzaz sees Gilani-like fate for PM Raja
Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Senator Aitzaz Ahsan on Monday said that Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, if opts not to write the le
Aug 27, 2012
ISLAMABADGovt comes to working women’s rescue
The government has announced to construct two new hostels for working women in the federal budget 2012-13 to address the grievances of working women who are facing acute shortage of secure and afforda
Aug 27, 2012
NATIONALDroves flee Waziristan fearing military offensive
Thousands of people have fled the North Wazirisatn agency in recent days, fearing a military offensive in the area against militants, locals and officials said. Panicked residents have hastily left North Waziristan<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/08/27/droves-flee-waziristan-fearing-military-offensive/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Aug 27, 2012
NATIONALMan mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead
A farmer in southern Nepal mistook his son for a monkey trying to steal his crops and shot the 12-year-old dead, police said on Sunday. Chitra Bahadur Pulami had been climbing a tree to chase away mac
Aug 27, 2012