QUETTA: Several persons were injured when a blast hit the cattle market at Sibi Road in Quetta Tuesday morning, media reported. According to initial reports, several persons sustained injuries when an explosion occurred at Sibi Road near cattle marke...
ISLAMABAD: Mobile phone services suspended upon the arrival of Allama Tahir-ul-Qadri’s long marchers were restored partially here in the federal capital, media reported. Interior Minister, Rehman A Malik, earlier ordered a cellular blackout as a secu...
UNITED NATIONS: Fifty-seven countries on Monday demanded that the UN Security Council refer the Syria conflict to the International Criminal Court for a war crimes investigation. Switzerland sent a petition demanding the move to the 15-member Securit...
DAMASCUS: An air strike on a rebel town near Damascus killed 13 women and children on Monday, a watchdog said, fuelling international calls for a war crimes probe into the 22-month Syrian conflict. Reports of the civilian deaths came as Human Rights ...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Monday offered support for a ban on assault weapons as part of a "sensible" effort to reduce gun violence, while saying he could take smaller steps by executive order.At a White House press conference a month aft...
QUETTA: A man was injured by unknown armed persons near Western Bypass area of provincial capital, police said here on Monday.The victim namely Rehmatullah was on way home when armed assailants riding a motorbike opened fire on him, leaving him injur...
WASHINGTON: US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said Monday talks between officials from India and Pakistan over violations at the Line of Control (LoC) were satisfactory. Speaking to reporters, Nuland said the US was happy that official...
PESHAWAR: The polio vaccinators in tribal areas have been provided with security for the latest anti-polio campaign, media reported Monday. Secretary Security for Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Jamal Nasir inaugurated polio campaign at FA...
ISLAMABAD: A presidential order authorizing Balochistan governor to assume his powers to run the provincial government has been issued, media reported Monday. The order also barring the chief minister and provincial ministers from working, says the g...
QUETTA: In what appeared to be the first move following the governor’s rule to improve law and order, Section 144 has been imposed in Balochistan, media reported. According to a statement pillion riding, displaying arms and vehicles with tinted glass...
DUBAI: Shahrukh Jatoi, one of the accused in Shahzeb Khan's murder case, has surrendered himself in Pakistani Consulate in Dubai, media reported Monday. Pakistani Ambassador in Dubai confirmed that the accused had surrendered. Handing himself over to...
PARIS:French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Monday confirmed that Islamist rebels in Mali had seized the town of Diabali, 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of the capital, in the government-held south."We knew there would be a counter-offensiv...
ISLAMABAD: Cellular services have been suspended in parts of the federal capital till 9:00 pm, media reported. Sources said that the Pakistan Tele Communication Authority issued orders for the suspension of the services following the interior ministr...
CAMBRIDGE: In an exclusive interview to Geo News, former Balochistan Chief Minister Aslam Raisani says he had given a free hand to the FC and police in the province and failing to maintain law and order was their failure. Raisani who was ousted this ...
KARACHI: The ban imposed on riding pillion Sunday night in view of security situation in the provincial capital has been lifted, media reported Monday. According to a statement issued by Sindh Home Department, the ban imposed yesterday on riding pill...
KARACHI: Road blockades in different areas of the city have created immense problems for the people while the police and law enforcing agencies are not taking any action to facilitate citizens. On University Road, three road blockades were witnessed ...
RAWALPINDI: A Brigadier Level Flag Meeting was held at Chakan da Bagh in Poonch Sector on the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday. According to an ISPR press release, Pakistan strongly protested with Indian military authorities about the continuous cease...
QUETTA: The funeral prayers on the Quetta blast victims were held on Monday afternoon, following which they were being laid to rest at the Bashit-e-Zainab graveyard. Members of the Hazara community had refused to bury their loved ones and were stagin...
KARACHI: Cellular services in the metropolis have started to resume Monday after remaining closed for more than 12 hours in a wake of security concerns, media reported. According to the reports, the interior ministry directed the mobile phone compani...
BEIRUT: An air strike Monday on several houses in the rebel-held town of Moadamiyat al-Sham southwest of Damascus killed at least eight children and five women, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The Britain-based watchdog has confirme...
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