Shaheen Air pilot sent to jail on 14-day remand

<img alt="shaheenair-pilot-drunk-lahore-emergencylanding-crash-aviation-AsmatMehmood_11-27-2015_205553_l" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" height="340" src="http://utv.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/shaheenair-pilot-drunk-lahore-emergencylanding-crash-aviation-AsmatMehmood_11-27-2015_205553_l.jpg" width="615" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 26px;">LAHORE: The pilot in command of a Shaheen Air International plane that skidded off the runway in Lahore earlier this month has been sent to jail on a 14-day remand.</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; outline: none !important;"> Captain Asmat Mehmood from his residence in Karachi after a medical report found he was intoxicated with high levels of blood alcohol and fatigued during the NL-142 Karachi to Lahore flight.</div>

Shaheen Air pilot sent to jail on 14-day remand

LAHORE: The pilot in command of a Shaheen Air International plane that skidded off the runway in Lahore earlier this month has been sent to ...

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Pakistan to summon Bangladesh HC to present response

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/ForeignofficePakistanBangladeshRussiaTurky_11-26-2015_205469_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="Pakistan to summon Bangladesh HC to present response " /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <b>ISLAMABAD: Expressing serious concern over increasing number of hangings of opposition leaders in Bangladesh, Pakistan on Thursday said it would lodge its protest over the human rights violation.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Briefing the media here on Thursday, Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Khalilullah Qazi said Pakistan has taken a note of Bangladesh’s protest communiqué handed over to Pakistan High Commissioner and a press release issued by Dhaka.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

Pakistan to summon Bangladesh HC to present response

ISLAMABAD: Expressing serious concern over increasing number of hangings of opposition leaders in Bangladesh, Pakistan on Thursday said it...

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Pakistan, India govts give green signal for cricket series in Sri Lanka

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/Pakistan-India-cricket-series-SriLanka_11-26-2015_205466_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="Pakistan, India govts give green signal for cricket series in Sri Lanka" /><b style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">Hours after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gave the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) clearance for a Pakistan-India cricket series in Sri Lanka, Indian media reported that the country's government has also given a green signal to its cricket board for the proposed series next month.</b><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> BCCI senior official Rajeev Shukla said the much-anticipated India-Pakistan series will happen tentatively from December 15 at the neutral venue.</div>

Pakistan, India govts give green signal for cricket series in Sri Lanka

Hours after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gave the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) clearance for a Pakistan-India cricket series in Sri Lanka, In...

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PTI presents resolution in PA over Bangladesh executions

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/ptiBangladeshdeathsPunjabAssembly_11-23-2015_205134_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="PTI presents resolution in PA over Bangladesh executions" /><br /> <b style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday presented resolution in the Punjab Assembly (PA) against the hangings of individuals in what it termed the garb of 1971 war crimes.</b><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> PTI’s opposition leader in PA, Mian Mehmood-ur-Rasheed put forth the resolution which regrets execution of individuals who had supported Pakistan in 1971 war.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

PTI presents resolution in PA over Bangladesh executions

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday presented resolution in the Punjab Assembly (PA) against the hangings of individuals in wh...

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Imran Khan wants KP, Balochistan to take precedence in CPEC Read On Utv Pakistan

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/imrankhan-kp-balochistan-chian-pakistaneconomiccorridor-pti_11-22-2015_205042_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="Imran Khan wants KP, Balochistan to take precedence in CPEC" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Sunday demanded of the government to first undertake building of routes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).</b>

Imran Khan wants KP, Balochistan to take precedence in CPEC Read On Utv Pakistan

SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Sunday demanded of the government to first undertake building of routes in Khyber ...

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Shahryar, Manohar ‘fruitful’ meeting ends without breakthrough

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/world-sports-ShashankManohar-ShahryarKhan_11-22-2015_205034_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="Shahryar, Manohar ‘fruitful’ meeting ends without breakthrough" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">DUBAI: The deadlock over a proposed series between arch-rivals India and Pakistan continued despite a meeting between the heads of the two boards in Dubai on Sunday, described as “fruitful” but without a breakthrough.</b>

Shahryar, Manohar ‘fruitful’ meeting ends without breakthrough

DUBAI: The deadlock over a proposed series between arch-rivals India and Pakistan continued despite a meeting between the heads of the two b...

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Imran Khan wants KP, Balochistan to take precedence in CPEC

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/imrankhan-kp-balochistan-chian-pakistaneconomiccorridor-pti_11-22-2015_205042_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="Imran Khan wants KP, Balochistan to take precedence in CPEC" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Sunday demanded of the government to first undertake building of routes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).</b>

Imran Khan wants KP, Balochistan to take precedence in CPEC

SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Sunday demanded of the government to first undertake building of routes in Khyber ...

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Makhdoom Amin Fahim passes away in Karachi

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/pppleader-amimfahimdied_11-21-2015_204866_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="Makhdoom Amin Fahim passes away in Karachi " /> KARACHI: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim passed away at a private hospital in Karachi on Saturday. He will be laid to rest this afternoon. Fahim had been ailing for some time and had returned to Pakistan late last month to spend some time family and friends. He had been brought to Karachi via an air ambulance on the 26th of October. Prior to his return, the senior leader and veteran politician had been receiving treatment in Germany, England and the UAE and in light of his deteriorating health he wished to return home to Pakistan for a few days, his spokesman Aslam Pirzada told Geo News upon his return last month.

Makhdoom Amin Fahim passes away in Karachi

KARACHI: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim passed away at a private hospital in Karachi on Saturday. He will b...

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Possibility of Pakistan-India series back on the cards Read On Utv Pakistan

<br /> <img src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/Pakistan-India-cricket-PCB-BCCI-PakvInd-series-UAE-talkslikely_11-21-2015_204918_l.jpg" /> DUBAI: The Pakistan-India cricket series may be back on the cards again after Giles Clark the President of the English Cricket Board has put his efforts behind making it possible. It is expected the chairmen of the PCB and the BCCI are expected to meet tomorrow in Dubai where it could be decided that the series will be played in Bangladesh or Sri Lanka.

Possibility of Pakistan-India series back on the cards Read On Utv Pakistan

DUBAI: The Pakistan-India cricket series may be back on the cards again after Giles Clark the President of the English Cricket Board has p...

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COAS visits White House, meets US VP Joe Biden Read On Utv Pakistan

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/ChiefofArmyStaff-COAS-GeneralRaheelSharif-WhiteHouse-Washington-JoeBiden_11-20-2015_204772_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="COAS visits White House, meets US VP Joe Biden" /><b style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif visited the White House in Washington DC on Thursday where he met US Vice President Joe Biden.</b><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> According DG ISPR Lt-Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa, Biden appreciated Pakistan's contributions in the war against terrorism and expressed the wishes in Washington to further the growing relationship between the two countries.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Both sides exchanged views on issues of mutual interest, regional security and stability in a candid and cordial atmosphere, said the DG ISPR.</div>

COAS visits White House, meets US VP Joe Biden Read On Utv Pakistan

WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif visited the White House in Washington DC on Thursday where he met US Vice Presi...

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Paris attackers were enemies of Islam and humanity: PM Nawaz Read On Utv Pakistan

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/primeminister-nawazsharif-france-paris-attackers-terrorism-militancy-ISIS-Daesh_11-20-2015_204793_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="Paris attackers were enemies of Islam and humanity: PM Nawaz" /><b style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday said those responsible for the Paris tragedy were enemies of Islam and humanity.</b><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Speaking to French ambassador Martine Dorance in Islamabad, the prime minister said that terrorists must be eliminated from across the world including Pakistan and France.</div>

Paris attackers were enemies of Islam and humanity: PM Nawaz Read On Utv Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday said those responsible for the Paris tragedy were enemies of Islam and humanity. ...

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Two terrorists holding 170 guests, staff hostage in Mali hotel Read On Utv Pakistan

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/mali-bamako-radissonBluhotel-hostage-terrorists-militants-operation-terrorists_11-20-2015_204799_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="Two terrorists holding 170 guests, staff hostage in Mali hotel" /><b style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">LONDON/BAMAKO: Gunmen went on the rampage at a luxury hotel in Mali´s capital Friday, holding170 guests and staff hostage in a suspected Islamist attack that has left at least three people dead.</b><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Special forces are storming Bamako´s Radisson Blu and dozens of hostages have been freed, according to local television and security sources.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Witnesses described "around a dozen" armed assailants, while security sources spoke of two or three "jihadist" attackers.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <b>Latest from Bamako</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> According to the latest updated, gunmen were were still holding 125 guests and 13 employees hostage at the luxury Radisson Blu hotel, according to the hotel chain.</div>

Two terrorists holding 170 guests, staff hostage in Mali hotel Read On Utv Pakistan

LONDON/BAMAKO: Gunmen went on the rampage at a luxury hotel in Mali´s capital Friday, holding170 guests and staff hostage in a suspected Isl...

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Environment so far peaceful in LG polls: ECP secretary Read on utv pakistan

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/ElectionCommission-localgovernmentelections-LGpolls-BabarYaqoob-Punjab-Sindh_11-19-2015_204679_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="Environment so far peaceful in LG polls: ECP secretary " /><b style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">ISLAMABAD: Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Babar Yaqoob has said that the environment has so far remained largely peaceful in the second phase of the local government elections currently underway in Punjab and Sindh provinces.</b><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> The ECP Secretary said that the commission will take immediate action if any complaint is received regarding law and order situation in any constituency.</div>

Environment so far peaceful in LG polls: ECP secretary Read on utv pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Babar Yaqoob has said that the environment has so far remained largely peaceful i...

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Let’s not draw wrong meaning from ISPR statement: Imran Khan Read On Utv Pakistan

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/Pakistan-ImranKhan-PTI_11-18-2015_204620_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="Let’s not draw wrong meaning from ISPR statement: Imran Khan" /><br /> <b style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan Wednesday advised everyone not to draw any wrong meaning from the ISPR statement that discussed ‘governance’.</b><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> “Wrong meaning is being taken out from the ISPR statement on ‘good governance’,” he said, adding, a democratic government must not consider itself a ‘monarch’ rather it is one that is accountable to the people</div>

Let’s not draw wrong meaning from ISPR statement: Imran Khan Read On Utv Pakistan

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan Wednesday advised everyone not to draw any wrong meaning from the ISPR statem...

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Turkey warned France over Paris attacker: Turkish official read on utv Pakistan

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/Turkey-Police-Paris-France-OmarIsmailMostefai_11-16-2015_204368_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="Turkey warned France over Paris attacker: Turkish official" /><b style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">ANTALYA: Turkey warned France almost a year ago over a suspected Islamic State (IS) militant who blew himself up in the bloody Paris attacks but the French authorities did not respond, a senior Turkish official said on Monday.</b><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

Turkey warned France over Paris attacker: Turkish official read on utv Pakistan

ANTALYA: Turkey warned France almost a year ago over a suspected Islamic State (IS) militant who blew himself up in the bloody Paris attacks...

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Shaheen Air pilot denies being intoxicated during flight Read on Utv Pakistan

<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/shaheenair-pilot-drunk-lahore-emergencylanding-crash-aviation-CAA_11-16-2015_204369_l.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border-width: 0px;" title="Shaheen Air pilot denies being intoxicated during flight" /><b>ISLAMABAD: The pilot in command of a Shaheen Air International plane that skidded off the runway in Lahore earlier this month has denied that he was intoxicated during the flight, rejecting a medical report claiming he had an unacceptable level of blood alcohol.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Punjab police had arrested Captain Asmat Mehmood from his residence in Karachi last week after a medical report found he was intoxicated and fatigued during the NL-142 Karachi to Lahore flight.</div>

Shaheen Air pilot denies being intoxicated during flight Read on Utv Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The pilot in command of a Shaheen Air International plane that skidded off the runway in Lahore earlier this month has denied th...

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