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Up to 60 people have been killed and around 125 injured after a train derailed outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in northwestern Spain on Wednesday evening. This is only a provisional number and could rise further, a government spokeswoman said on Thursday. As to the cause of the […]
A series of bomb blasts, targeting office of security agencies in Sukkar, killed at least three persons and injured several other people Wednesday evening, witnesses and police said. The blasts occurred in Barrage Colony of Sukkar in Sindh province, they said. Residents said they heard at least four blasts within 20 minutes that […]
The Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar while talking to US Ambassador Richard G. Olson who called on him at his office Wednesday, has said that Pakistan welcomes the interest shown by the United States Congress for its support in carrying out feasibility studies for Pakistan’s flagship storage project Diamer Bhasha Dam. Ambassador Olson informed the […]
U.S. officials have stressed that the CIA is expected to maintain a significant footprint even after the pullback from Afghanistan, with a station in Kabul that will remain among the agency’s largest in the world, as well as a fleet of armed drones that will continue to patrol Pakistan’s tribal belt, The Washington Post reported […]
The Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said all parties conference on national security will be held soon after Eid-ul-Fitr. Talking to the media persons in Lahore today along with Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hassan‚ he said the conference will be attended by the leadership of elected parties and decisions taken in […]
Candidates for election to the office of the President Wednesday submitted nomination papers that marks formal begging the process for the presidential elections. The elections were previously scheduled to be held on August 6, however, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold polls on July 30. The ruling Pakistan […]
An Afghan senator has claimed that the United States has threatened President Hamid Karzai to death if he refused signing of security pact. Senator Abdul Qayum, who was speaking at an Afghan TV programme claimed that the foreigners have threatened President Karzai if he does not sign the bilateral security agreement with the US very […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan Tuesday asked the government to summon the parliament session on August 6 for the presidential elections. The Commission also issued instructions to the parliamentarians to cast their votes in the presidential election. A spokesman of the Election Commission said that the election will be held through secret ballot. He instructed […]
Three foreign soldiers died following an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. The ISAF statement did not give more details about the incident. Afghan media reported that an Afghan interpreter was also killed in the suicide attack on joint forces in Sayedabad District of […]
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Tuesday filed suit of five billion rupees against Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf in Sindh High Court. PTI has also decided to file a defamation case against the MQM of Rs: 10 billion as a counter attack. Talking to the media MQM leader Dr. Farooq Sattar said we have filed the […]
A secret document obtained by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals for the first time the Pakistan government’s internal assessment of dozens of drone strikes, and shows scores of civilian casualties. The United States has consistently claimed only a tiny number of non-combatants have been killed in drone attacks in Pakistan – despite research […]
The newly constituted Council of Common Interests (CCI) holds its first meeting in Islamabad Tuesday to devise new energy policy. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will chair the meeting. All the four chief ministers and other members of the council will attend. The participants of the meeting will be taken into confidence on the current power […]
