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Friday, 20 June 2014
Shandur festival starts tomorrow
Shandur polo festival starts tomorrow
CHITRAL: The three-day Shandur polo festival
will be held on the scheduled date on June 20 (Friday) despite boycott
of the event by the Gilgit-Baltistan team.
Talking to
Dawn, on Wednesday, Chitral deputy commissioner, Aminul Haq, said that
the provincial
government had decided to hold the event on its scheduled date keeping
in view the...
Bad news for 'Good' Taliban?
Zarb-i-Azb — Bad news for 'Good' Taliban?
The North Waziristan military offensive is on.
As
we all hope, it will change the militant landscape of the country
besides having a far-reaching impact on the political and strategic
dynamics of conflict in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
So
far, militants in North Waziristan were the ones least challenged by
the state’s counter-terrorism...
fighters head to Syria, Iraq
Indonesia fears terror return as fighters head to Syria, Iraq
JAKARTA: Indonesians are joining the procession of
jihadists to Syria and Iraq, sparking fears they will revive
sophisticated militant networks when they return and undermine a
decade-long crackdown that has crippled the most dangerous cells.
Support
for...
TTP commander Killed
Karachi Rangers kill alleged TTP commander during operation
KARACHI: Rangers personnel conducted an
operation in Sultanabad area of Manghopir in Karachi on Thursday,
allegedly killing a key commander and the local vice-emir of the
proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), DawnNews reported.
Rangers
personnel had cordoned off the area sealing all entry and exit points
of the locality while conducting...
Zarb-i-Azb
Zarb-i-Azb: 20 militants killed, 150,000 civilians evacuated
BANNU: Pakistan's military gunship
helicopters pounded militant targets in North Waziristan tribal region
on Friday, killing up to 20 suspected rebels, as the number of civilians
fleeing an expected ground offensive passed 150,000.
Nearly
100,000 people have left North Waziristan tribal area, on the Afghan...
Monday, 2 June 2014
Threaten Afghan Elections By Talban
Taliban threaten Afghan election, warn voters to stay away
KABUL: Taliban insurgents threatened Monday to attack Afghanistan's run-off presidential election, warning voters to stay away from polling stations for fear of injury or death.
Afghans are due to go to the polls on June 14 to choose whether Ashraf Ghani or Abdullah Abdullah should succeed President Hamid Karzai.
The militants, ousted from power in Kabul by a 2001 US-led...
India int-ruble in Afghanistan
Indian aid worker abducted in Afghanistan
HEART: An Indian aid worker was Monday abducted by unidentified gunmen in Afghanistan's western Herat province, local officials and India's foreign ministry said.
Sayed Fazullah Wahidy, governor of Herat province, said the aid worker was kidnapped in the afternoon, adding “police have started the search operation for him.”
India's foreign ministry confirmed the incident, with spokesman...
Indian aid worker abducted in Afghanistan
By AFP
Updated 32 minutes ago
Local officials and India's foreign ministry said that the aid worker was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Heart. – File Photo
HEART: An Indian aid worker was Monday abducted by unidentified gunmen in Afghanistan's western Herat province, local officials and India's foreign ministry said.
Sayed Fazullah Wahidy, governor of Herat province, said...
America sit down infront of Talban
US lawmakers assail release as incentive for capturing Americans
WASHINGTON: Republican lawmakers berated US President Barack Obama on Sunday for releasing five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a US soldier, claiming that the bargain had created a new incentive for capturing Americans.
Also, some media reports suggested that the soldier, Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, had apparently defected to the Taliban in June 2009 because he...
PAK ARMY COAS
COAS leaves for China
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Monday left for China on an official visit.
“General Raheel Sharif is visiting China at the invitation of Chinese defence authorities,” a spokesman for the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
It is General Sharif’s first ever visit to China since he assumed the command of the country’s military last year.
During his visit, General...
PAKISTAN GDP growth recorded
4.14pc GDP growth recorded, highest since 2008-09
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ISLAMABAD: Admitting failure towards achieving the economic targets set for the outgoing fiscal year 2013-14, Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Monday released the Pakistan Economic Survey, a pre-budget document saying the country, however, provisionally achieved 4.14 per cent GDP growth rate.
He will also present the second budget by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...
Friday, 11 April 2014
Agreement signed with China for coal power plants
Agreement signed with China for coal power plants
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese group will set up at Gadani two coal power plants, each of 1,320MW capacity, and invest around $2 billion in the project.
A memorandum of understanding was signed to this effect on Wednesday between the China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) and the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB). CMEC General Manager Li Kan and N.A. Zuberi of PPIB signed the agreement on behalf of the two sides. Federal Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Mohammad Asif and...
ایف آئی اے کے 2 افسر گرفتار
انسانی اسمگلنگ میں معاونت کا الزام، ایف آئی اے کے 2 افسر گرفتار
ترکی نے 5 پاکستانی طلبہ کوجعلی سفری دستاویزات ہونے کی بنیاد پر بے دخل کرکے واپس بھیج دیا تھا۔ فوٹو: فائل
کراچی: انسانی اسمگلنگ کی معاونت کے الزام میں ایف آئی اے امیگریشن کے2 افسران کو گرفتار کرکے ان کے خلاف قانونی کارروائی شروع کردی گئی ہے۔
تفصیلات کے مطابق قطرایئرلائنز کے ذریعے 11 مارچ کو 5 پاکستانی طلبا براستہ دوحہ، استنبول، سائپریس کیلیے روانہ ہوئے تھے جنھیں 17 مارچ...
Facebook to require separate mobile app for messages
Facebook to require separate mobile app for messages
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook will no longer let users send and receive private messages within its main smartphone app, and will require that users install a separate messaging app, the Internet company said on Wednesday.
Facebook began notifying users in France, England and several other European countries on Wednesday that beginning in a couple of weeks they will need to install...
دہشتگردی میں را، موساد اور سی آ ئی اے ملوث ہیں، اسلم بیگ
دہشتگردی میں را، موساد اور سی آ ئی اے ملوث ہیں، اسلم بیگ
قابض فوجیں افغانستان سے نکلیں گی تو پاکستان میں دہشتگردی کا فتنہ ختم ہوگا،سابق آرمی چیف۔ فوٹو: فائل
لاہور: سابق آرمی چیف جنرل (ر) مرزا اسلم بیگ نے کہا ہے کہ پاکستان میں دہشت گردی میں ’’را‘‘ ’’ موساد‘‘ اور امریکی سی آئی اے ملوث ہیں، پاکستان میں دہشت گردی کا فتنہ تب ہی ختم ہوگا جب قابض فوجیں افغانستان سے نکلیں گی اور افغانستان میں نئی حکومت بنے گی۔
اپنے ایک انٹرویو میں مرزا اسلم...
Pakistan-Iran ties in good shape, says FO
Pakistan-Iran ties in good shape, says FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that Pak-Iran relations were in good shape despite the now resolved issue of kidnapping of Iranian border guards.
“Pakistan-Iran relations, as I said in the last briefing, are not just about one issue. We have a multifaceted relationship and cooperation… so this relationship needs to be looked at in the broader context,” FO spokesperson...
افتخار چوہدری نے ہر غیر اہم ایشو پر نوٹس لیا، دھاندلی سے نظریں چرالیں ، عمران خان
افتخار چوہدری نے ہر غیر اہم ایشو پر نوٹس لیا، دھاندلی سے نظریں چرالیں ، عمران خان
کرپشن روکنے کے لیے پہلے اثاثے ڈکلیئرکرناہوں گے، خطاب، پشاورمیں شوکت خانم اسپتال کے 3 فلورز کی تکمیل پرعوام کا شکریہ فوٹو:فائل
لاہور: تحریک انصاف کے چیئرمین عمران خان نے کہا ہے کہ سابق چیف جسٹس افتخار محمد چوہدری نے قوم کو مایوسی کے سواکچھ نہیں دیا۔
انھوں نے ہرغیراہم ایشو پرسوموٹو لیا لیکن انتخابات میں دھاندلی سے نظریں چرا لیں،کرپشن کے خاتمے کے لیے...
