Protecting people: Evolve mechanism to curb police abuse, SC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed federal and provincial law officers to develop a mechanism to redress people’s complaints against police torture. Hearing a case against police torture...
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Constitutional amendment: Senate body clears bill on tribal people’s rights
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice unanimously approved a constitutional amendment bill, seeking to extend jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (SC) and the High Court (HC) to...
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Dubai tax haven: Dar transferred $4m to his son to avoid taxes, says PTI
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday reiterated its allegations of money laundering against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, saying he has transferred $4 million to his son in Dubai to...
View ArticleObama rejects as ‘ugly lie’ notion that West at war with Islam
WASHINGTON DC: US President Barack Obama on Thursday urged countries to tackle violent Islamist militancy around the world and rejected as “an ugly lie” suggestions that the West was at war with Islam...
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Planning to win: PML-N drawing up panels of provincial legislators
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) is increasingly turning to strategic planning to reach its goals. Nowhere perhaps is this more visible than in the party’s overarching...
View ArticleA changed Karachi
Karachi has always been a hope for Pakistanis, particularly for those who believe in earning their livelihood through hard work and in a respectable manner. The city accommodates around 20 million...
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After Peshawar school attack, students receive counter-terrorist training
Pakistani students are undergoing training to prepare them for potential terrorist attacks in wake of the barbaric Taliban attack on an Army Public School in Peshawar at the end of last year, Mail...
View ArticleCountering extremism: Nisar unveils five-point plan at US summit
WASHINGTON: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan unveiled a five-point strategy to counter violent extremism as part of a global action plan during a three-day summit in the US capital. While...
View ArticleAfghan-Pakistan ties ‘never better’: Nisar
Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have never been better, a top Pakistani minister said Thursday, adding there had also been “a quantum leap in trust” between Islamabad and Washington. “I...
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APS attack probe gives everyone clean chit
PESHAWAR: A committee tasked to investigate a bloody rampage at a military-run school and fix responsibility has given a clean chit to everyone, senior officials said on Friday. Over 154 students and...
View ArticleGAVI mission: Mother and child safety our top priority, says PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday listed mother and child safety through proper immunisation and better nutrition among his government’s major priorities. His remarks came during a...
View ArticleMeeting with Kerry: Quantum leap in trust between US, Pakistan, says Nisar
WASHINGTON DC: There has also been ‘a quantum leap in trust’ between Islamabad and Washington, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Thursday, adding that ties between Afghanistan and...
View ArticleEight dead in Duki mine explosion
QUETTA: At least eight miners died following an explosion inside a mine in the Duki Coalfield of Loralai district on Thursday. As many as 14 other miners were wounded after they were forced to begin...
View ArticleTurkish police model: Only a diluted version
Punjab Police’s Dolphin Unit project, which was aimed at patrolling and controlling street crime, is not being implemented as per its original plan, because of the provincial government’s low priority...
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Wanton inefficiency: Power project loans worth $16b left untouched
ISLAMABAD: In a startling revelation, the government of Pakistan has failed to utilise $16 billion in loans that have been approved by international donors for energy projects in the country, even as...
View ArticleNew revelations: Hack gave US, British spies access to billions of phones
FRANKFURT: US and British spies hacked into the world’s biggest maker of phone SIM cards, allowing them to potentially monitor the calls, texts and emails of billions of mobile users around the world,...
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Styled on NADRA: Ombudsman suggests new passport authority
ISLAMABAD: The federal ombudsman has been left with no choice but to recommend the establishment of a new autonomous passport and immigration authority. Due to incessant corruption at all levels in...
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Hiring procedure: Senate committee casts doubts on recruitment via NTS
ISLAMABAD: A majority of the members of Senate Standing Committee on Communications expressed reservations over recruitments through the National Testing Service (NTS), saying the system only suits...
View ArticleStaged encounter: India’s terror boat drama vindicates Pakistan: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday said it stands vindicated in the “terror boat drama” staged by India on the first day of 2015, reiterating that neither was any of its boats missing nor was there any...
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