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Pakistan is a peace loving nation: Gen Kayani

Pakistan is a peace loving nation: Gen Kayani

Jun. 8 | Rawalpindi: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday said that Pakistan is a peace loving nation and focus of its armed forces always remained on defending and serving the country. He made these remarks while addressing...

Sethi, Hussain enter into legal battle

Sethi, Hussain enter into legal battle

Jun. 8 | Karachi:  Geo TV anchor Najam Sethi has reportedly served legal notice on Dawn TV anchor Talat Husain for leveling false allegations against him. Talat in his show which he conducted on Bahria Town property tycoon Malik Riaz the other day he took...

Suicide attack at police HQ in Nigeria; four killed

Suicide attack at police HQ in Nigeria; four killed

Jun. 8 | Abuja: At least four policemen were killed and many others wounded when a suicide bomber hit his car at the police headquarters in Nigeria’s restive city of Maiduguri, media reported on Friday. It was the latest violence to hit the tense northeastern...

US to provide Rs 56 million to Sindh Police

US to provide Rs 56 million to Sindh Police

Jun. 8 | Karachi: Jason Kight, Senior Representative of the US Consulate, and Inspector General of Police Sindh, Mushtaq Shah, inaugurated the Curriculum Development Team at the Central Police Office here on Friday in recognition of the ongoing collaboration...

Protestors demand Shafiq ban from Egypt election

Protestors demand Shafiq ban from Egypt election

Jun. 8 | Cairo: Thousands of people demonstrated in Egypt on Friday to demand Hosni Mubarak’s last premier Ahmed Shafiq be banned from a run-off presidential election, even as Shafiq pledged to uphold freedoms if he won. The protesters also denounced verdicts...

Myanmar police ‘open fire’ amid religious unrest

Myanmar police ‘open fire’ amid religious unrest

Jun. 8 | Myanmar police officers stand guard.—AP Photo YANGON: Police in western Myanmar on Friday opened fire in an attempt to quell religious tensions in a town dominated by Muslim minority group Rohingya, a government official said. “Police opened fire...

PPP not hatching conspiracies against judiciary:Gilani

PPP not hatching conspiracies against judiciary:Gilani

Jun. 8 | Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and acting Governor Nisar Khoro called on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday. During the meeting they discussed political situation in the country. Gilani said that Pakistan People’s Party always...

London: Ed Miliband warns Scots mustn’t grumble

London: Ed Miliband warns Scots mustn’t grumble

Jun. 8 | London: Scottish people would not be British anymore if they continue to “grumble” and vote for an independent Scotland, British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has warned. In a keynote speech on national identity, Miliband said he dismissed...

Blast kills 18 in Peshawar

Blast kills 18 in Peshawar

Jun. 8 | Peshawar: At least 18 people, including  two women, were killed and 42 others, among them  women and children,   injured  as  a blast occurred in Peshawar, apparently targeting a bus of government employees, police said on Friday....

We are ready to hold talks with militants to avoid terrorism: Iftikhar Hussain

We are ready to hold talks with militants to avoid terrorism: Iftikhar Hussain

Jun. 8 | Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain said they were ready to hold talks with militants. He was talking to media after visiting the site of blast that killed at least 18 people in Peshawar on Friday. The minister said he...