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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and two United Nations agencies have condemned the killing of at least six people working on a polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan in the past 24 hours. The six – reportedly five Pakistani women and one man – were shot dead in the city of Karachi in Sindh province and in […]
Strongly condemning the firing incident at anti-polio campaigners and seeking arrest of the culprits, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has reiterated the resolve of the government that it would not rest until the country is rid of polio. While chairing a meeting of Polio Task Force in Islamabad, he said seeking a polio-free life […]
The one-man Judicial Commission on Tuesday asked the general public to provide information or evidences about the 2007 military operation, which had resulted in nearly 100 deaths, mostly students of the religious school ‘Jamia Hafsa’. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered a judicial commission earlier this month to probe the matter, observing that police have […]
In another setback to the country’s polio eradication efforts, at least five anti-polio campaigners, four of them women, were gunned down in Karachi in an hour in two separate incidents on Tuesday. Reports said two women campaigners were on their duty in Gulshan-e-Buner area of Landhi when they were shot at and killed. Only […]
At least eleven persons including security officials were injured on Tuesday in a grenade blast that occurred in Risalpur. According to media reports, unknown attackers riding a motorbike hurled hand grenade that caused the blast at main GT Road near PAF Engineering Centre gate no.3 that hurt eleven persons, including five security men and […]
Pakistan has been listed among four countries where combat-related deaths and targeted murders are the driving forces behind a sharp rise in press fatalities in 2012, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ year-end analysis of journalists killed in the line of duty. At least 67 journalists were killed worldwide in direct relation to […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken notice of appointment of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf’s son in law in World Bank. A three member on Monday headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali will conduct hearing of the case on December 19.The suo motu was taken on Monday on the news that the said […]
Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf said Monday that Pakistan takes pride in the indigenous struggle waged by the people of Kashmir for their right of self determination. “We praise the political acumen and wisdom of the Hurriyat leadership in its efforts to highlight the case of the people of Kashmir”, he said while talking […]
Arch Afghan rivals are heading to France to hold a three-day discussions on the future of Afghanistan, Afghan sources said Monday. Taliban will attend the Paris process of intra-Afghan talks for the first time to explain their policies about solution to end war in Afghanistan. Besides Taliban and the second armed resastanec movement “Hizb-e-Islami” […]
At least 15 people were killed and over 40 others injured when a powerful car bomb went off in a crowded market in the restive Khyber tribal region of northwest Pakistan on Monday. The explosives-laden car was parked at Fauji Market in Jamrud area of Khyber Agency. According to initial reports, the blast took […]
Unidentified men on Monday gunned down four people including three policemen and a director public relation in two different incidents in the city. Despite ban on pillion riding in Quetta city of Balochistan, the attackers managed to target another high-profile government official. According to police and local sources, unknown assailants opened fire on […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that Pakistan is determined in its fight against terrorism, adding that the fight against terrorism would be taken to its logical conclusion. Addressing a gathering in Punjab, the recently-elected prime minister said that terrorists cannot break the will of the country. PM Ashraf also announced that […]
