ISLAMABAD: It has been 48 hours since the mysterious death of Kamran Faisal, the NAB officer part of the team probing the Rental Power Plants (RPP) case, but no FIR has been lodged yet. The initial report has citied that the cause of Kamran Faisal’s ...
JAIPUR: Indian Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde Sunday has said that the BJP and its ideological mentor RSS are promoting ‘Hindu terrorism’. The minister said that the government got an investigation report which indicated that be it the RSS or BJP,...
PESHAWAR: Police arrested four militants following exchange of fire in Sarband area on the outskirts of Peshawar on Sunday, sources said. According to the sources, the gunbattle took place when the militants opened fire at police near Riaz Shaheed ch...
SANAA: Three US drone strikes killed eight people, including at least four suspected members of Al-Qaeda, in the Yemen province of Marib, a tribal chief and witnesses said on Sunday. One raid late on Saturday targeted a vehicle transporting four susp...
KARACHI: A car of local civil contractor was attacked with hand grenade in Baldia town area of the metropolis, injuring two people on Sunday, police said. According to police, the incident took place in Khyber Chowk area of Baldia town when unidentif...
QUETTA: Law enforcement agencies’ officials have taken into custody five CID officers including SP on the charges of being involved in kidnapping for ransom, media reported Sunday. Sources said that the law enforcing agencies were tipped off that the...
KARACHI: Manslaughters remained the order of the night as six people were shot to death within hours in the metropolis, media reported. Imran, a resident of Federal B Area Block 15, caught the bullets and died on the spot, says a report. His murderer...
IN AMENAS, Algeria: Islamists killed all seven of their remaining foreign captives on Saturday before being gunned down at a gas plant in the Algerian desert, state media said, ending one of the bloodiest international hostage crises in years.The 11 ...
SOFIA: A man leapt on stage and put a gun to the head of the leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party before security guards wrestled him to the ground during a televised conference on Saturday. Ahmed Dogan, the leader of the Movement for Rights and...
VERACRUZ: Police and army troops squared off with presumed hitmen working for drug traffickers in two deadly incidents in Mexico that left 11 gunmen dead, authorities said Saturday. In Puente Nacional, in the eastern state of Veracruz, armed men atta...
ATHENS: Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday paraded the coffin in central Athens of a Pakistani immigrant who was stabbed to death earlier this week, praying and opening the casket to show his face in protest at racist attacks in the country. About...
WASHINGTON: The administration of President Barack Obama is completing a counter-terrorism manual that will establish clear rules for targeted-killing operations, The Washington Post reported late Saturday. But citing unnamed US officials, the newspa...
QUETTA: Two people including a woman were shot dead on Sariab road on Saturday, media reported. Police said that unknown assailants opened fire on a rickshaw and managed to flee, killing two people on the spot. Police rushed to the sport and shifted ...
SUKKUR: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday claimed that targeted killings in Karachi were on decline, media reported. Talking to mediamen, he said that the targeted killings would completely be overcome. Answering a question regarding the...
KARACHI: Deputy Convener MQM, Dr Farooq Sattar has said that the MNAs and MPAs are not safe in this country let alone the common people, stressing formation of a counter terrorism policy at national level to put an end to the scourge of terrorism. Ta...
Islamabad: A real peace process in Afghanistan has not begun and the US does not know what has happened to the Taliban prisoners released by Pakistan, said James Cunningham, US envoy to Kabul. Pakistan said 26 prisoners were freed late last year in...
According to reports, Airbus Military is holding talks with the US officials to provide troop-transport aircraft for the Afghan national army. This comes as Pentagon recently decided to scrap a contract to use planes built by Finmeccanica SpA. Do...
There is no reason for anyone to be fearful of an Afghan-US security agreement unless they favor instability in the region, the US envoy to Afghanistan said Thursday. James Cunningham said that the Afghan government should make it clear to its neig...
PESHAWAR: The Additional Session Judge Ehtesham Ali sustained wounds when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on his car in Hayatabad area of Peshawer on Saturday, Media reported. According to police, incident took place in Hayatabad phase II. Uni...
JAMSHORO: Two police personnel were killed on the spot when unidentified assailants fire bullets on a police picket in Jamshoro on Saturday, media reported. According to police, incident took place in the jurisdiction of Thanot police station where u...
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