Crippling strike — Day 2: All flights grounded as PIA staff refuse to budge
PESHAWAR / LAHORE / RAWALPINDI: Thousands of passengers were stranded as all flights of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) were grounded due to a crippling strike by its employees against the...
View ArticleFirst US mosque visit: Obama slams anti-Muslim rhetoric
BALTIMORE: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday slammed what he called “inexcusable” anti-Muslim rhetoric in the political sphere — a veiled jibe at Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump and...
View ArticleBriton among 18 killed in Paktiya drone strike
PESHAWAR: A British national was reportedly amongst the militants killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan’s border Paktiya province on Monday evening.The drone had targeted a convoy of militants in...
View ArticleFor Kabul, denials just won’t work
Afghanistan has contested Pakistan’s assertion that the perpetrators of the January 20 attack on Bacha Khan University, which left at least 21 people dead, sneaked in from across the border. Both the...
View ArticleLegislation needed: SC orders laws against Sheehsa smoking
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all the provincial governments to pass legislation for banning sheesha smoking.A two-judge bench of apex court, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial sought...
View ArticleElectoral participation: Voting right for overseas Pakistanis discussed
ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Monday deliberated upon enabling overseas Pakistanis to cast votes in the country’s elections.The meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human...
View Article10 Indian soldiers missing after Siachen avalanche
SRINAGAR: Rescuers searched Wednesday for 10 Indian soldiers feared buried in an avalanche in Siachen, an army spokesman said.The soldiers were hit while on duty at a post on a glacier at an altitude...
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Action against terrorists: Indian minister asks Pakistan to walk the talk
An Indian cabinet minister has blamed Pakistan for most terrorist violence in his country, saying that Islamabad has to walk the talk to show it is sincere in eliminating terrorist groups.“Most of the...
View ArticleRestoring trust: Afghan spy chief arrives today on trust mending mission
ISLAMABAD: The head of Afghanistan’s top spy agency is due to travel to Islamabad today (Thursday) on a crucial visit that seeks to restore trust marred by a blame game between the two...
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Interior ministry: Meeting takes stock of school, campus security
ISLAMABAD: Reviewing the security arrangements put in place for educational institutions, media houses and other important buildings, the country’s top security czar on Wednesday directed the relevant...
View Article2018 elections: PM refuses to accept K-P governor’s resignation
PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has refused to accept Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan’s resignation.An insider familiar with the matter told The Express Tribune that Mehtab...
View ArticleUnhygienic food: Five factories sealed
FAISALABAD: City Assistant Commissioner Bilal Abro sealed five factories on Thursday for making unhygienic and substandard edible items. The assistant commissioner and Chief Food Inspector Abdul Qayyum...
View ArticlePlan drawn up for new airline: official
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE / KARACHI: Instead of initiating talks with the striking Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) workers, the government has decided to launch a new airline within four months, The...
View ArticleBio-risk management: KMU, DSP ink Rs4.98m deal
PESHAWAR: Dairy Science Park and Khyber Medical University signed a memorandum of understanding for ‘Bio-risk Management under Livestock Entrepreneurship’. The MoU will help safeguard the health of...
View ArticleLEAD 2016 Pakistan: Seminar held on leadership, strategic management
KARACHI: Over 150 corporate executives, senior bankers and young professionals gathered on Wednesday evening at the Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP) to hear business leaders speak about leadership...
View ArticleAgreement inked
ISLAMABAD: Bahria Town London, Neurosurgery Partnership and London Neurosciences Centre Limited signed an agreement on Thursday to provide state-of-the-art facilities to treat neurological patients at...
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Staff-level agreement: IMF wraps up 10th review of Pakistan’s economy
ISLAMABAD: Amid calls to revive the stalled privatisation of Pakistan’s power sector, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday reached a staff-level agreement with Islamabad on the completion...
View ArticleSeeking justice: Sister of military court convict files plea in SC
ISLAMABAD: A complainant, Mashooqa Bibi, has approached the Supreme Court against the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) order that dismissed her petition against a military court’s verdict to award death...
View ArticleSiachen avalanche: Pakistan Army offers to help rescue missing Indian soldiers
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army on Thursday offered to assist India in locating and possibly rescuing its soldiers who went missing after an avalanche at the Siachen Glacier early Wednesday.The Inter-Services...
View ArticleECP move: Polls on reserved LG seats put off indefinitely
ISLAMABAD: The top election supervisory body indefinitely postponed elections for reserved seats in the two provinces on Thursday, In a surprise move that is likely to further delay formation of local...
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