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Two police officials martyred, two militants killed in Quetta
Two police officials martyred, two militants killed in Quetta

QUETTA: Two police officials were martyred by militants on motorcycle and later the police killed two militants in shootout here on Sunday evening.

The police officials said that the incident occurred around sunset when two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened...

IGP orders foolproof security for Sachal Sarmast's Urs
IGP orders foolproof security for Sachal Sarmast's Urs

KARACHI:  Security measures have been announced for  stringent security measures to be carried out on the occasion of Sachal Sarmast's Urs.

Inspector General of Police IGP Sindh AD Khowaja on Sunday directed police officials to make measures for foolproof security...

Ramadan price hike: 27 profiteers sent to jail
Ramadan price hike: 27 profiteers sent to jail
Ramadan price hike: 27 profiteers sent to jail

KARACHI: The Karachi administration sent 27 shopkeepers to jail and imposed fine of Rs.500,000 over 358 shopkeepers for violating official price lists.

Those who were found violating the official price lists included milk sellers, grocers, fruit sellers, greengrocers and...

KP Assembly approves FATA&s merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KP Assembly approves FATA’s merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Sunday adopted a constitutional amendment seeking the much-awaited merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with the northwestern province with a two-third majority.

According to information being received here,...

PPP terms GB package as insulting to the people
PPP terms GB package as insulting to the people

Karachi: Giving powers of legislation to the bureaucracy in Islamabad and brazenly denying the people their rights is an affront to the people of Gilgit Baltistan that will have far reaching consequences for political stability.

This has been stated by Bilawal Bhutto...

Ex-Mossad chief's 'off the cuff remark' prompted CIA to send emergency team to Pakistan
Ex-Mossad chief's 'off the cuff remark' prompted CIA to send emergency team to Pakistan
Ex-Mossad chief's 'off the cuff remark' prompted CIA to send emergency team to Pakistan
Ex-Mossad chief's 'off the cuff remark' prompted CIA to send emergency team to Pakistan

An "off the cuff-remark" by a former chief of Mossad, Israeli Intelligence agency, prompted the American CIA to send an emergency team to Pakistan to learn if a major conflict between India and Pakistan was imminent in 90s.

In a...

JUI-F workers clash with police before KP Assembly votes to approve FATA merger
JUI-F workers clash with police before KP Assembly votes to approve FATA merger

PESHAWAR:  Workers of  Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl  (JUI-F)  clashed with  police outside the Khyber Paktunkhwa Assembly  to protest the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Paktunkhwa through a constitutional  ame...

Pakistan to buy 30 Turkish gunship helicopters, says manifesto of Erdogan's party
Pakistan to buy 30 Turkish gunship helicopters, says manifesto of Erdogan's party

Pakistan has signed an agreement with Turkey to procure 30 Turkish attack helicopters, Daily Sabah newspaper reported on Saturday.

Accoring to the Turkish newspaper, the ruling Justic and Devlopment Party (AK Party) has also mentioned the...

Imran Khan eyes victory as Pakistan announces elections on July 25
Imran Khan eyes victory as Pakistan announces elections on July 25

Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan’s party vowed Sunday to oust the country’s "corrupt" rulers, as the nuclear-armed state announced it will hold general elections on July 25.

The poll will bring to a head political tensions that have...

Six banned outfit terrorists killed in Gujrat shootout
Six banned outfit terrorists killed in Gujrat shootout

LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Lahore claimed to have killed six terrorists affiliated to banned outfit in Upper Jhelum area of Gujrat.

The CTD spokesman said the terrorists were involved in Ferozpur Road blast that had claimed lives of 26 people...