WASHINGTON: United States of America has condemned terrorist attacks on politicians and their supporters during May 11 election campaigns, media reported. Addressing a press conference here, Spokesperson for State Department said ‘US supports freely ...
KARACHI: Six shops and one car were torched as two groups over a land dispute came clashing violently near Purani Sabzi Mandi on Wednesday morning here, media reported. Geo correspondent report said that following the clash the angry demonstrators to...
Karachi: Police and Rangers, in a joint operation near Bilawal Chorangi Clifton, detained 25 accused and recovered huge cache of arms from their custody, media reported. Police said some wanted accused, belong to a political party, were also arrested...
WASHINGTON: A US government-appointed panel urged Washington Tuesday to step up pressure on Pakistan over religious freedom, warning that risks to its minorities have reached a crisis level. In an annual report, the US Commission on International Rel...
Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan announced the start of their annual "spring offensive" against the US-backed government, vowing a nationwide series of attacks as foreign troops withdraw. The Islamist extremists said that multiple suicide bombings...
MOSCOW: Unidentified assailants fired two land-to-air missiles at a Russian passenger plane carrying around 200 people when it flew over Syria earlier Monday, the Interfax news agency reported, citing an informed source in Moscow. "The Syrian side in...
BAGHDAD: Five car bombs on Monday killed 18 people south of Baghdad, the latest deaths in a week of violence, as Iraq's parliament speaker called for the government to resign to ease spiralling tensions. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met Nechirvan Ba...
DAMASCUS: A powerful bomb rocked central Damascus on Tuesday, killing 13 people according to Syrian TV, and sowing fear and chaos in a busy commercial district of the capital for the second consecutive day. The Syrian prime minister narrowly escaped ...
PARIS: France is “playing with fire” in Mali, the brother of Al-Qaeda’s chief said in an interview published Monday, warning that Qaeda militants would retaliate in the African nation and “on French territory”. France launched a military offensive in...
DAMASCUS: A blast in the central Damascus district of Marjeh on Tuesday killed at least 14 people, Syrian state television reported, a day after a Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi survived a bomb attack elsewhere in the capital. "The number of casualties...
MOSCOW: Russia's air transport agency on Tuesday banned all Russian civilian planes from flying through Syrian air space after the crew of a Russian passenger jet reported coming under threat over the war-torn country. The federal agency Rosaviation ...
KARACHI: A local court of district south has handed over an accused Shoaib to police on five-day physical remand in Hamza murder case while the guard who allegedly opened fire at Hamza was also arrested, media reported. It may be noted that Hamza, 16...
RAWALPINDI: Former president Pervez Musharraf has filed a petition seeking bail in Benazir Bhutto murder case on Tuesday here, media reported. Sources said that Pervez Musharraf’s lawyer filed the petition in the ATC court and later the court issued ...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan resumed hearing of the election reforms case on Tuesday. During proceedings, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should ensure law and order for the...
ISLAMABAD: Former Interior Minister, Rehman Malik has recorded his statement with the FIA joint investigation team probing the Benazir Bhutto murder case. In his statement, Malik placed the responsibility of providing security to Benazir Bhutto on fo...
KARACHI: Seventeen political parties participated in the APC called by Sindh interim government demanded the deployment of military at polling stations. Meanwhile, five political parties including MQM and PPP opposed the opinion regarding deployment ...
PESHAWAR: A freelance journalist, Arif Shafee died in the suicide bomb attack on University road here on Monday. According to a press release of Khyber Union of Journalist (KHUJ) and Peshawar Press Club, the ill-fated journalist is among the victims ...
QUETTA: Commissioner Quetta division, Usman Gul Monday called upon all aligned departments to strengthen emergency plans in order to respond more effectively to any untoward incident and bid to create law and order in the provincial capital. Addressi...
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Monday took notice of news published in a section of the press of police torture of students by Narang Mandi police. The District & Sessions Judge, Sheikhupura, has been directed to probe the matter and submit a detailed...
HYDERABAG: Unidentified outlaws attacked a check post injuring two people including a policeman here on Monday, media reported Monday. According to police, two people including a cop took hits when unidentified armed men sprayed a volley of bullets a...
Afghans voice wariness of Pakistan’s Sharif
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