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All is set for presidential elections

The parliament and provincial assemblies will elect the country’s 12th President on Tuesday. There is one on one contest between Pakistan Muslim League (N) candidate Mamnoon Hussain and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) candidate Wajhiuddin Ahmad after a boycott Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The Electoral College of the Presidential election consists of Senate‚ National Assembly and the […]

Pakistan condemns latest US drone strike

Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned the latest U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan tribal region, which killed at least six people.  The American spy aircraft fired missiles on a compound of suspected militants in the Shawal area of North Waziristan, one of Pakistan’s seven tribal regions, late Sunday. “These unilateral strikes are a violation of […]

Afghan soldier kills two colleagues in Konar

An Afghan soldier has killed a soldier and an officer and wounded another soldier and he managed to escape, Afghan media reported Monday. The incident occurred in the Kandgal area of Manugai District of Konar Province Sunday evening, an army spokesman, Harun Yusofzai, told Afghan Islamic Press news agency. He added: “A national army soldier […]

US drone kills 6 in North Waziristan

A US spy aircraft killed six people in North Waziristan tribal region late Sunday, security sources said.  The drone fired two missiles near Shawal area near the Afghan border and hit people who were crossing into Pakistan from Afghanistan. Three people also injured in the strike, they said. The slain men could not be identified.   […]

Presidential elections: ECP completes ballot papers’ printing

Election Commission of Pakistan has completed the process of printing of ballot papers for the Presidential election, officials said Sunday.   Ballot papers have been sent in the election material sealed bags to Parliament House Islamabad‚ Sindh and Balochistan provincial assemblies.  The sending process of ballot papers to Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa assemblies is in progress. […]

Pakistan wants US strategic dialogue revival during Kerry visit

Pakistan will strive to restore strategic dialogue with the United States during the forthcoming visit of Secretary of State John Kerry to Islamabad, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.     The strategic dialogue between both the countries had been stopped after the U.S. fighter jets bombed a Pakistani post and killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in […]

ECP issues final list of presidential candidates

The Election Commission of Pakistan has issued final list of the presidential candidates, officials said Saturday. According to the list‚ PML (N) candidate Mamnoon Hussain and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate Justice (retired) Wajhiuddin are in the run for the coveted slot. Covering candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Iqbal Zafar Jhagra withdrew his nomination papers.   […]

Indian firing kills Pakistani soldier along LoC

  Pakistan army says that Indian firing killed a soldier along the Line of Control on Saturday. The army spokesman Maj General Salim Bajwa said that the Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing in Poonch sector. He said that a soldier Asim Iqbal was martyred while another Naik Muhammad Khan was seriously injured. The spokesman […]

Attack on check post in Balochistan kills 8 security men

Insurgents fired rockets on a check post of security forces in the restive Balochistan province and killed at least eight security men, officials said. A check post of coastguards at Sunsar area, some 100 kilometers away from Gwadar, the port city in Balochistan, came under rocket attack at 7 a.m. Several security men were also […]

Death toll from Parachinar suicide attacks reaches 57

  Death toll from twin deadly suicide bombings, targeting Shiite Muslims in Kurram tribal region, reached 57 on Saturday as more injured died of wounds, officials said. Officials and hospital sources say that nearly 180 others people were injured in the attacks in Parachinar, headquarters of Kurram agency, just minutes before the people had to […]

Tow bomb attacks kill 25 in Parachinar

Two bomb attacks near Imambargas Friday killed at least 25 people in Kurram tribal region, witnesses and hospital sources said.   Officials said the first blast occurred near an Imambargahain a busy marketplace in Parachinar, the headquarters of the tribal Kurram region. The bomb was attached to a motorbike, officials said.   It was followed […]

PTI to contest presidential elections

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Friday formally announced to contest presidential elections despite boycott by the PPP. PTI Chairman Imran Khan said at a news conference in Islamabad that the PTI would not leave the field open for the PML-N.  He said the verdict of the Supreme Court for advancing the date of presidential election is within the […]

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