Tahir Khan
Joined on: Dec 04, 2012
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Articles By Tahir Khan

Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, Monday announced that his government will pursue high treason case against former military President Pervez Musharraf in the Supreme Court for abrogating the country’s constitution when he imposed emergency rule in November 2007. Sharif’s statement in the parliament came shortly after the Supreme Court asked the Attorney General to inform the […]

Unidentified gunmen killed a senior police officer and his driver in Peshawar on Monday, police said. Amanaullah Khan, deputy superintendent police traffic, came under attack near his house. Gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at Khan’s car who was heading to his office. He and his driver received bullet injuries and were shifted to hospital. They […]

Chief Minister Gilgit–Baltistan Mehdi Shah on Sunday praised the performance of Chief Secretary G-B and regional police chief hours after Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan suspended them for failing to provide security to the foreign tourists in Nanga Parbat. “Removing both the officials before launching an inquiry in to the tourists’ incident […]

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said four foreign tourists killed in terrorist attack have been identified through their passports and six are still unidentified. Talking to newsmen at Noor Khan Airbase on Sunday afternoon‚ he said those who identified include two Chinese nationals‚ one Nepalese and one American national of Chinese […]

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday strongly condemned a violent attack in Pakistan’s northern area that resulted in 11 deaths, including those of several Chinese tourists. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s office said the ministry and the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan have attached great importance to the incident and have launched an emergency response […]

Post mortem of bodies of foreign tourists killed in a terrorist attack in Diamir District near Chilas says all the tourists were killed due to firing instantly. The spokesman of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences‚ Islamabad said bodies of the tourists will be handed over to the concerned diplomatic missions on their contact. […]

Pakistan Thursday confirmed that it has facilitated opening of Taliban Office in Doha as it is part of the larger process of reconciliation in Afghanistan. Foreign Office Spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary said at the weekly news briefing in Islamabad that Pakistan has been supportive of an all inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue and it is […]

Senator Farhatullah Babar of the PPP took strong exception to the remarks of a SC judge made during hearing in a suo moto case yesterday that the BISP had made the people beggars and that the funds should have been allocated to WAPDA and asked judges to respect their limits reiterating also that a Constitution […]

Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani on Thursday appealed to the people of South Waziristan who have left to return to their homes and resume their normal life. The army chief was speaking in South Waziristan after inaugurating a road. Pakistan Army has completed third trade corridor on Pak-Afghan border in South Waziristan Agency in […]

Senior security officials meet in Islamabad later Thursday to formulate a new policy to deal with the issue of terrorism and the role of intelligence agencies, officials say. Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, will preside over the meeting. Intelligence officials will also attend the meeting. Khan told the National Assembly on […]

Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan has said the Prime Minister is considering to extend invitation to the chiefs of political parties for talks on two-point agenda of US drone attacks and terrorism. Speaking in the National Asssembly on Wednesday‚ he said all the political parties and the nation should stand together on the issue […]

Senator Farhatullah Babar speaking on a point of order in the Senate on Wednesday drew attention to the reports that a serving military office was being appointed as director general military lands and cantonments department and called for rejecting the summary reportedly moved to safeguard the interests of the federal government as the owner of […]