
Malala Yousafzai, who was critically injured in a Taliban attack, will speak at the U.N. General Assembly on education on Friday. Taliban defending attack on Malala over what they claimed her remarks against Islamic injunctions. In one of her blogs for the BBC Urdu she had offered some controversial remarks about beard and Islamic veil.Two other […]

Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, Wednesday told the tribal lawmakers that option of dialogue should be kept open to end terrorism. The Prime Minister had invited members of the parliament from the militants-infested tribal regions to seek their input for a proposed national security policy that will also include possibility of talks with the militants. […]

Chief security advisor to the President, Bilal Shaikh, was killed in a bomb blast in Karachi Wednesday evening, police said. Police said the bomber hit car of Bilal Shaikh which also killed his driver and owner of a road stall owner near Gurumandar area. Seven people, including security officials, were injured in […]

After MQM’s refusal, the PPP Wednesday inducted its own nine new ministers in Sindh cabinet. They include Syed Owais Muzaffar‚ Rubina Saadat Qaimkhani‚ Jam Mahtab‚ Jam Khan Shoro‚ Ali Mardan Shah‚ Javed Nagori‚ Dost Ali Rahmun‚ Gyan Chand and Mukesh Kumar Chaula. Governor Sindh Dr. Ishratul Ebad administered oath to the new ministers at a […]

Eating, drinking and smoking at public places during fasting hours in the Holy month of Ramazan has been prohibited to ensure sanctity of the month, officials said Wednesday. In accordance with the provisions of Ehteram-e-Ramzan Ordinance, 1981 and the rules framed there under, all the provincial governments and concerned authorities in the province will ensure […]

A Complaints Cell has been established in the Ministry of Interior on the directions of Federal Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The Complaints Cell has been activated to address any grievances the general public may have against the officials of the Ministry of Interior and […]

Twenty-seven Pakistanis detained in an immigration centre in the Malaysian state of Melaka are set to be released within the next few days to be reunited with their families in Pakistan before Eidul Fitr. Efforts to secure their release started following a visit last Friday by Pakistan High Commissioner to Malaysia, Mr. Shahid Kiani and […]

The moon-sighting committee announced Tuesday that the moon of Ramazan was not sighted anywhere in the country and the month of fasting will begin on Thursday. The chairman Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, said that the committee has not received any evidence from anywhere in the country. He said zonal committees in provincial […]

An accountability court in Rawalpindi Tuesday granted 14-day physical remand of prime accused in the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) graft case Tauqir Sadiq. Former chairman Ogra Sadiq, who was extradited from UAE early morning, was produced in the NAB court. Tauqeer Sadiq is the main accused in the 82 billion rupees corruption case. […]

Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Yousaf says the government soon will table a bill in the National Assembly against the printing of Quaranic verses in newspapers to stop there desecration. Speaking at the conclusion of 6th annual Madaras Media Workshop certificate distribution ceremony organized by the Dawah Academy of Islamic International University Islamabad the […]

Central “Ruet-e-Hilal” Committee meets in Karachi Tuesday evening to decide about the sighting or otherwise of Ramazan moon, officials said. Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Munibur Rehman will chair the meeting. Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committees will also meet at their respective headquarters for sighting the moon. The government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa made failed attempts to convince the […]

Former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was able to hide in Pakistan for nine years due to the “collective failure” of state military and intelligence authorities, a leaked Pakistani government report has revealed. The report also outlines how “routine” incompetence at every level of civil governance structure allowed the once world’s most wanted man […]