By Usman Ali on November 6, 2016
Sports
West Indies’ fabulous victory in the final Test here on Thursday was undoubtedly a parting gift for a team which was otherwise at the receiving end from the start of this series against Pakistan, having lost all the eight matches prior to the third Test, including the ODIs and the T20s besides the two Tests […]
By Usman Ali on November 2, 2016
International News, Local News, Religion / Social
LAHORE, 26 October 2016 — Following the completion of the conservation and rehabilitation of the 75x8m Northern Façade of the Wazir Khan Mosque by the Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan (AKCSP), with the generous financial support from the Royal Norwegian Embassy and Aga Khan Trust for Culture, and facilitated by the Walled City of Lahore […]
By Usman Ali on November 2, 2016
General News, International News, Law & Order, Local News
SIALKOT/MUZAFFARABAD An old woman was martyred and two others sustained critical wounds as there was no letup in unprovoked mortar shelling by Indian forces on Sialkot villages in Charwah, Harpal, Sucheetgarh, Chaprar and Merajkey sectors along the Working Boundary on Tuesday. The Indian BSF fired long-range mortar and artillery shells to target far-off Sialkot border […]
By Usman Ali on November 1, 2016
General News, Law & Order, Local News, Politics
The Ministry of Interior on Monday informed the chief secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), through a letter, that intelligence agencies’ reports had indicated that a group of people from KP have intentions to march on Islamabad with a declared intention of paralysing government institutions in Islamabad. “It is also learnt that certain cabinet ministers and […]
By Usman Ali on November 1, 2016
General News, Local News, Politics
A genuine show of emotions was displayed by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during his visit to the Civil Hospital, Quetta, where he inquired after health of those who were injured in a terrorist attack on the police training centre last Monday. Over 60 people were killed and dozens injured last week […]
By Usman Ali on November 1, 2016
General News, Law & Order, Local News
LAHORE: A major overhaul of Minar-e-Pakistan is under way as part of the Greater Iqbal Park project. Although several minor repair works on the monument have taken place in the past, work being carried out at present is the greatest effort to restore the original shape and colour of Minar-e-Pakistan. The incumbent government aims to […]
By Usman Ali on October 30, 2016
General News, Local News, Politics
پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے رہنما عمران خان کا کہنا ہے کہ حکومت کا کنٹینر لگا کر راستے بند کرنا عدلیہ کی توہین ہے اور حکومت کے ان اقدامات سے اُن کا نہیں بلکہ عدلیہ کا ٹرائل ہو رہا ہے۔ ادھر پاکستان کے وفاقی وزیرِ داخلہ چوہدری نثار نے کہا ہے کہ کسی سیاسی جماعت کی […]
By Usman Ali on October 30, 2016
General News, Local News, Politics
پاکستان کے وزیرِ داخلہ چوہدری نثار علی خان نے کہا ہے کہ وزیرِ اطلاعات پرویز رشید کو انگریزی اخبار ڈان میں قومی سلامتی کے منافی خبر کی اشاعت رکوانے کے سلسلے میں اپنا کردار ادا نہ کرنے پر ان کے عہدے سے ہٹایا گیا ہے۔ اس خبر میں نان سٹیٹ ایکٹرز کے معاملے پر […]
By Usman Ali on October 30, 2016
General News, Law & Order, Local News
PESHAWAR: A number of organizations and lawyers are offering to defend Sharbat Gula, the Afghan woman arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) […]
By Usman Ali on October 30, 2016
General News, Law & Order, Local News, Politics
PESHAWAR: A local court on Friday sent Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed Afghan woman whose picture made it to the cover of the National Geographic magazine in 1985, on 14 days judicial remand in the case of possessing a fake Pakistani computerised national identity card (CNIC). The officials of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) produced her before […]