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Tahir Khan
Joined on: Dec 04, 2012 Published stories: 1513

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Khattak asks PM-elect to develop policy on US drones

The new Chief Minister of Khyber Pakthunkhwa province Friday urged Prime Minister-in-waiting Nawaz Sharif to form a decisive policy to stop US drone strikes in the country’s tribal regions.   “We call upon the federal government and Nawaz Sharif to chalk out a clear policy against US drones and terrorism and for peace,” Pervez Khan […]

Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan hit hard by terrorism in 2012: US report

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Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan were the three countries that bore the brunt of terrorist attacks in 2012, the U.S. State Department has said in its annual report.   Of more than 11,000 deaths and over 21,600 injuries sustained in a total of 6,771 attacks worldwide in 2012, 55 percent of attacks, 62 percent fatalities and […]

Pakistan to minimize impact of Saudization drive

The Foreign Ministry and its Embassy in Riyadh say it is working overtime to minimize the impact of Saudization drive on Pakistani workers.   The Foreign Ministry was responding to media query regarding problems being faced by Pakistani workers in Saudi Arabia.   Taking advantage of the three month grace period given by the Saudi […]

Pakistan, US agree to continue work for Afghan peace

Pakistan and the United States Thursday reaffirmed their desire to work closely for consolidation of bilateral relations and partnership in all spheres of cooperation including peace and stability in the region.   The US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan James F. Dobbins called on Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani in Islamabad discussed bilateral relations […]

TTP confirms death of Wali-ur-Rehman in US drone strike

Pakistani Taliban on Thursday confirmed that their deputy Waliur Rehman was killed in a US drone strike and announced to withdraw their dialogue offer to the new government     Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said via by the phone from an undisclosed location that Taliban would take revenge of the killing of their deputy chief.   […]

Chief Justice takes notice of Gujrat school van fire

The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Wednesday took notice of fire in a school van near Gujrat which killed 17 students this week.   “Report be called from the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum, Govt. of Pakistan, the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Punjab, the Secretary, Transport Department, Govt. of Punjab, the Inspector […]

Pakistan’s Automatic Meter Reader wins second prize in Infomatrix Romania

Two students from Islamabad have bagged silver medal in the world finals of the International Computer Projects Competition held recently in Romania by giving solution to end loadshedding and resolve issue of energy theft.   Shahbaz Khattak and Abdul Muizz Lodhi of PakTurk School Islamabad have designed a GSM-based Automatic Meter Reader (AMR) which was […]

FBR warns people of fake page for fraud

The Federal Board of Revenue Wednesday advised the taxpayers and general public not to send their bank account details and password to emails received from any email address that is apparently from FBR.   Any link to any bank is not provided on FBR’s website and FBR would never ask for your bank details and […]

KPK, Sindh assemblies members take oath

Newly elected members of provincial assemblies of Khyber Paktunkhwa (KPK) and Sindh provinces on Wednesday took oath of their membership for next five years.   In the 11th KPK Assembly out of 124 newly-elected members, 123 took oath. Outgoing Speaker Kiramatullah Khan administered the oath to the newly-elected members.   In the province, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf […]

US drone kills 7 people in North Waziristan

An American spy aircraft fired a missiles in Pakistan North Waziristan tribal region early Wednesday and killed seven people, security officials said.   Two missiles were fired at a house in Chashma village of Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan, killing seven people. Four people died at the scene and three people died in hospital […]

PML-N strengthens parliament position with special seats

Pakistan Muslim League (PNL-N) party of the country’s Prime Minister-in-waiting Nawaz Sharif, Tuesday strengthened its position in the parliament as it secured 35 seats raising its strength in the National Assembly to 186.     The National Assembly or Lower House of the parliament has a total of 342 seats.   The Election Commission of […]

Bomb blast, firing kill four near Peshawar

At least two people were killed and 17 others were injured in a bomb blast outside an Imambargah in Peshawar Tuesday evening, police said.   Police said the explosives had been planted in a motorcycle and detonated using a remote control.   The vehicle was parked near the Imambargah Sakhi Munawar Shah in Imamia Colony […]

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