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10 killed in, 18 inured in R.A. Bazar suicide attack

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:09 AM PST

Rawalpindi : At least ten persons were killed and eighteen others wounded in a suicide attack at R.A. Bazar area of Rawalpindi on Monday morning. Superintendent Police Potohar Town has confirmed that martyred include six security personnel and four civilians. He said security of the city has been beefed up. He said the injured have […]

AKU announces admissions in new degree programs

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:07 AM PST

KARACHI : Aga Khan University (AKU) on Monday announced admissions to its various academic programs, including the recently added Bachelor of Science in Midwifery (BScM) that is the country's first higher education midwifery program. The BScM program would prepare its graduates to provide mothers with care through pregnancy, childbirth, and post-delivery besides sharing advice on […]

Wasan vows to expose corruption officials

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:06 AM PST

Karachi : Sindh Minister for Anti-Corruption and Prisons, Manzoor Hussain Wasan, on Monday announced to expose mega corruption scandals during the past governments, especially from 2002 to 2007. "Time has gone when only low level officials were targeted over corruption, and now action will be taken against officials above BPS-20," he said while talking to […]

Water projects completed in five villages

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:06 AM PST

Karachi : Green Crescent Trust (GCT) has completed water projects in 5 villages of Tehsil Diplo, district Tharparkar, Sindh. GCT is mainly involved in providing education to children in marginalized areas of Sindh with funding of donors. However, due to severe problem of availability of clean drinking water to people of District Tharparkar, GCT is […]

Primary teachers finalize protest plan

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:04 AM PST

NAUDERO : Primary Teachers Association has chalked out detailed programme of protests in order to press the government for acceptance of their demands. Their central Secretary General, Liaquat Deedar, told media here on Monday that their peaceful protests started from today (Monday) by holding a token hunger strike. He said primary teachers of Larkana & […]

Poor sanitary conditions in bazaars expulse buyers

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:04 AM PST

Karachi : Dismal sanitary conditions on market and bazaar areas of Karachi are driving away customers resulting in losses for traders, said Mehmood Hamid, president All Pakistan Organization of Small Traders and Cottage Industries (APOST&CI) Karachi chapter. He said overflowing gutters in market areas, particularly in Saddar, Burns Road, Tower and Old City areas have […]

At least 13 die in Rawalpindi bomb blast

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:03 AM PST

Rawalpindi : At least 13 people died and two dozen others sustained injuries in a suspected suicide bomb attack at Royal Army (RA) Bazaar here Monday morning. Police and rescue sources said the incident occurred in the main RA Bazaar Chowk. The victims included civilians and security personnel. The bodies and injured were removed to […]

Woman killed over Karo-kari

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:03 AM PST

NAUDERO : A young woman was killed in the limits of Ketty Mumtaz police station over the allegation of Karo-kari, near here on Monday morning. Twenty-three-years Gulzar was axed to death in her home at village Mithoo Khakhrani allegedly by her brother Deedar Khakhrani. The killer later surrendered before Ketty Mumtaz police station, and confessed […]

Pak Taliban open to peace talks if government sincere

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:00 AM PST

Islamabad : The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is reportedly open to peace talks with Pakistan government on condition that the government proves its sincerity. TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid refuted claims that the group had decided against peace talks completely post the death of Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike. Shahid said that the militants were […]

TTP claims responsibility for deadly Rawalpindi blast near Pak military headquarters

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:00 AM PST

Rawalpindi : The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast near a market in Rawalpindi. Spokesman for the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Shahidullah Shahid said the group had carried out the attack in Rawalpindi. He added that the blast was in response to the ongoing military operations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas […]

Pak, India agree to hold car rally between Lahore, Amritsar

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:00 AM PST

Islamabad : India and Pakistan have agreed to hold Nayab Car Rally between Lahore and Amritsar, according to a joint communiqué issued. The statement was issued after a meeting between the commerce ministers of India and Pakistan. According to the Express Tribune, the communiqué also expressed satisfaction over keeping the Wagha Border”s custom post operational […]

Afghanistan blames ISI for ”sophisticated and complex” Kabul restaurant attack

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:59 AM PST

London : Afghanistan”s National Security Council has blamed ”foreign intelligence services” of being behind deadly attack on a restaurant in Kabul on Friday. The council said that ordinary Taliban could not have carried out such sophisticated and complex attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in central Kabul, which killed 21 people, including […]

Pak to tell Iran IP gas pipeline project not possible due to US sanctions

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:58 AM PST

Islamabad : Pakistan has decided to convey to Iran that the gas pipeline project cannot be implemented due to threat of possible US sanctions. A Pakistani delegation would leave for Tehran by the end of this month to convey the decision on the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project to Iranian officials, the Express Tribune reports. […]

PoK trade authority suspends cross-LoC transportation services

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:58 AM PST

Islamabad : Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Travel and Trade Authority (Tata) has suspended the cross-Line of Control (LoC) bus and truck service, demanding India to release 49 trucks and drivers, which were detained on Friday. The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus and truck service has been suspended following Indian-administered Kashmir accusing one of the Tata's trucks of smuggling drugs into […]

Japan scraps ‘never wage a war’ pledge

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:57 AM PST

Beijing : Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has reportedly scrapped 'never wage a war' pledge at its 81st LDP annual convention in Tokyo. Gao Hong, a researcher on Japanese studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said that the changes indicate that Japan's rightward inclination is getting increasingly obvious and removal of the no-war pledge […]

JI condemns Bannu attack

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 09:27 PM PST

Lahore,  Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan and JI Secretary General, Liaqat Baloch, have strongly condemned the bomb attack on security forces convoy at Bannu, resulting in heavy loss of life and injuries to around 30 security personnel. Hasan said that such tragedies could not be stopped unless the government announced pulling out […]

Attack on police, one cop dies another injured

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 09:26 PM PST

KARACHI, A policeman was shot dead and another injured on Sunday evening, in the limits of Aram Bagh police station, police said. They said that the cops were on a motorcycle when unknown accused opened fire on them near Dow Medical College (DMC). As a result, cop Suhail embraced martyrdom while Noman seriously injured. The […]

Two die, five injured in road mishap

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 09:25 PM PST

KARACHI,  Two persons were killed and five others including a child injured when a minibus and a car collided in Baldia Town here on Sunday evening, Chhippa ambulance sources said. They said that the accident occurred near Yousaf Goth Bus Terminal. Bodies and the injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK).

Bandits loot passenger van

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 09:24 PM PST

Thatta, Sindh,  Four bandits looted a passenger van going from Thatta to Hyderabad on Sunday. As per details, the bandits travelling in the van in guise of passengers overpowered the driver near Keenjhar Lake and looted all passengers before fleeing. They also beat up some passengers on resistance. Local police when contacted said they had […]

Delay in dialogue causing loss: Qureshi

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 09:23 PM PST

KARACHI,  Vise Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Sunday that delay in dialogue with militants was causing more losses including loss of lives., warning If the government did not show seriousness the situation may go out of control. He was talking to media after attending his party meeting here at a local […]

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