Masood Azhar not arrested sans lead, reason: Khawaja Asif -

<img alt="Masood Azhar not arrested sans lead, reason: Khawaja Asif" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-19/l_92237_013730_updates.jpg" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: merriweatherregular; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Defence, Khawaja Asif on Tuesday said chief of the proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Maulana Masood Azhar was not taken into custody without any lead or reason. - </span>

Masood Azhar not arrested sans lead, reason: Khawaja Asif -

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Defence, Khawaja Asif on Tuesday said chief of the proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Maulana Masood Azhar wa...

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PM, Army Chief in Tehran on peace mission

<img alt="PM, Army Chief in Tehran on peace mission" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-19/l_92232_094800_updates.jpg" />TEHRAN: Pakistan’s Middle East peace mission has entered its second phase as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif arrived in Tehran on Tuesday. After holding talks with Saudi leadership, PM Nawaz and COAS Gen. Raheel arrived here to discuss the peace recommendations with the Iranian leaders to end Saudi-Iran stand off. The Premier held meetings with Saudi King Salman bin AbdulAziz Al Saud and discussed issues of international and regional importance on Monday.

PM, Army Chief in Tehran on peace mission

TEHRAN: Pakistan’s Middle East peace mission has entered its second phase as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Rah...

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Pak-China Business Conference opens in Islamabad

<img alt="Pak-China Business Conference opens in Islamabad" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-18/l_92005_041743_updates.jpg" title="Pak-China Business Conference opens in Islamabad" />ISLAMABAD: A five-day Pakistan-China Business Friendship Conference began in Islamabad on Monday. The conference has been organized by Ministry of Commerce in collaboration with the Board of Investment and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan. Inaugurating the Conference, Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan said improved law and order situation in Pakistan will attract foreign investment. -

Pak-China Business Conference opens in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: A five-day Pakistan-China Business Friendship Conference began in Islamabad on Monday. The conference has been organized by Mini...

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PM, COAS meet Saudi king, discuss Riyadh-Tehran stand off -

<img alt="PM, COAS meet Saudi king, discuss Riyadh-Tehran stand off" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-18/l_92001_022947_updates.jpg" title="PM, COAS meet Saudi king, discuss Riyadh-Tehran stand off" />RIYADH: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Monday discussed the Saudi-Iran stand off with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz during a meeting held here in Riyadh. Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Nasir Khan Janjua and Prime Minister’s Special Assistant Tariq Fatemi were also present in the meeting while the Saudi King was accompanied by his cabinet members. -

PM, COAS meet Saudi king, discuss Riyadh-Tehran stand off -

RIYADH: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Monday discussed the Saudi-Iran stand off with Saudi Ki...

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Qaim Ali Shah vows to root out terrorism

<img alt="Qaim Ali Shah vows to root out terrorism  " src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-16/l_90784_081003_updates.jpg" title="Qaim Ali Shah vows to root out terrorism  " /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has vowed to root out terrorism and claimed that crime has come down by 80 percent in the port city.</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Addressing a passing out ceremony of Sindh Police here Saturday, Sindh Chief Minister praised police, saying that police played key role in eliminating terrorism.</div>

Qaim Ali Shah vows to root out terrorism

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has vowed to root out terrorism and claimed that crime has come down by 80 percent in the p...

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PM, Army Chief to visit Saudi Arabia, Iran on Monday

<img alt="PM, Army Chief to visit Saudi Arabia, Iran on Monday  " src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-16/l_90785_093950_updates.jpg" title="PM, Army Chief to visit Saudi Arabia, Iran on Monday  " /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif will visit Saudi Arabia and Iran on Monday to reduce diplomatic tension between two brotherly countries.</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Sources at the Prime Minister House said, that PM Nawaz Sharif will have meetings with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during his emergency visit.</div>

PM, Army Chief to visit Saudi Arabia, Iran on Monday

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif will visit Saudi Arabia and Iran on Monday to reduce di...

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Women get permits to drive tuk-tuks in Mumbai

<img alt="Women get permits to drive tuk-tuks in Mumbai" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-15/l_90549_014036_updates.jpg" title="Women get permits to drive tuk-tuks in Mumbai" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px;">MUMBAI: Hundreds of women in the Indian city of Mumbai have won permits to drive auto-rickshaws, or tuk-tuks, through a lottery aimed at encouraging more women to take the wheel.</strong><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> At least 467 women in the Mumbai metropolitan region and about 100 more in the western Maharashtra state received the permits this week, and could be driving their three-wheeled vehicles in a couple of months, said Rajendra Navale, assistant Regional Transport Officer.</div>

Women get permits to drive tuk-tuks in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Hundreds of women in the Indian city of Mumbai have won permits to drive auto-rickshaws, or tuk-tuks, through a lottery aimed at enc...

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Steering committee to review progress on CPEC project

<img src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-15/l_90542_011553_updates.jpg" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px;">ISLAMABAD: A steering committee, headed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has been formed to review progress on the implementation on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.</strong><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Chief Ministers of all the four provinces will be the members of the committee, which would meet every three months to review the progress.</div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: merriweatherregular; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">- See more at: http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/90542-Steering-committee-to-review-progress-on-CPEC-project#sthash.1lNW8bUB.dpuf</span>

Steering committee to review progress on CPEC project

ISLAMABAD: A steering committee, headed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has been formed to review progress on the implementation on China-Pa...

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Magnitude 6.7 quake jolts northern Japan

<img alt="Magnitude 6.7 quake jolts northern Japan" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-14/l_90291_071252_updates.jpg" title="Magnitude 6.7 quake jolts northern Japan" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">TOKYO: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck just off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> No tsunami warning was issued and NHK national television said that while there might be some changes in sea level, no tsunami damage was expected.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> There were no immediate reports of damage.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> No irregularities were reported at Hokkaido Electric Power's Tomari nuclear plant and Tohoku Electric Power's Higashidori nuclear plant in northern Japan, both of which have been kept shut pending stringent safety checks following the Fukushima disaster, spokesmen at both firms said.</div>

Magnitude 6.7 quake jolts northern Japan

TOKYO: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck just off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday, Japan's Meteorological A...

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India welcomes Pakistan’s action against Jaish-e-Muhammad

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="India welcomes Pakistan’s action against Jaish-e-Muhammad" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-14/l_90302_111537_updates.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" />NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan have agreed to reschedule their talks to ‘very near future’, Indian Foreign Office has said.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Indian Foreign Office Spokesman Vikas Swarup, while briefing the media here Thursday said, “New Delhi welcomes investigation carried out by Pakistan over information provided by New Delhi in Pathankot attack.”</div> <br />

India welcomes Pakistan’s action against Jaish-e-Muhammad

NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan have agreed to reschedule their talks to ‘very near future’, Indian Foreign Office has...

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Geo News reporter Wali Babar remembered on 5th death anniversary

<img alt="Geo News reporter Wali Babar remembered on 5th death anniversary" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-13/l_90063_025951_updates.jpg" title="Geo News reporter Wali Babar remembered on 5th death anniversary" />KARACHI: Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar was murdered in cold blood five years ago on January 13, 2011 on his way back home from office. The culprits did not stop there. In an attempt to erase the traces of their crime, they killed six more people afterwards including the witnesses and a lawyer. -

Geo News reporter Wali Babar remembered on 5th death anniversary

KARACHI: Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar was murdered in cold blood five years ago on January 13, 2011 on his way back home from office. ...

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Grenade attack on ARY’s DSNG van in Islamabad, one hurt -

<img alt="Grenade attack on ARY’s DSNG van in Islamabad, one hurt" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-13/l_90061_023239_updates.jpg" title="Grenade attack on ARY’s DSNG van in Islamabad, one hurt" />ISLAMABAD: An employee of ARY TV channel sustained injuries when its office came under a hand grenade and fire attack in Islamabad on Wednesday. According to sources, the masked attackers hurled a hand grenade and then opened fire at the office of ARY TV channel in Islamabad.

Grenade attack on ARY’s DSNG van in Islamabad, one hurt -

ISLAMABAD: An employee of ARY TV channel sustained injuries when its office came under a hand grenade and fire attack in Islamabad on Wednes...

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US-led coalition conducts 23 strikes against Daesh: US military

<img alt="US-led coalition conducts 23 strikes against Daesh: US military" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-12/l_89807_023554_updates.jpg" title="US-led coalition conducts 23 strikes against Daesh: US military" />WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies conducted 23 strikes against Daesh in Iraq and Syria on Monday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement. Four strikes in three cities in Syria wounded two fighters, hit a tactical unit and destroyed two Daesh buildings, the US-led coalition said in a statement released early Tuesday. - See more at: http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/89807-US-led-coalition-conducts-23-strikes-against-Daesh-US-military#sthash.ciYV6SRH.dpuf

US-led coalition conducts 23 strikes against Daesh: US military

WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies conducted 23 strikes against Daesh in Iraq and Syria on Monday, the coalition leading the opera...

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Army Chief visits Punjab Regimental Centre Mardan

<div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;"> <div style="clear: both; display: inline-block; margin: 20px 0 10px; padding: 0 13px; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> </div> <div class="inner_top_titile remove_padding_detail"> <div class="inner_content_img_right"> <img alt="Army Chief visits Punjab Regimental Centre Mardan" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-12/l_89805_021030_updates.jpg" title="Army Chief visits Punjab Regimental Centre Mardan" /></div> </div> - See more at: http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/89805-Army-Chief-visits-Punjab-Regimental-Centre-Mardan#sthash.n188Es2K.dpuf</div> <div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;"> <div style="clear: both; display: inline-block; margin: 20px 0 10px; padding: 0 13px; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> </div> <div class="inner_top_titile remove_padding_detail"> <div class="inner_content_img_right"> <img alt="Army Chief visits Punjab Regimental Centre Mardan" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-12/l_89805_021030_updates.jpg" title="Army Chief visits Punjab Regimental Centre Mardan" /></div> </div> - See more at: http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/89805-Army-Chief-visits-Punjab-Regimental-Centre-Mardan#sthash.n188Es2K.dpuf</div> <img alt="Army Chief visits Punjab Regimental Centre Mardan" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-12/l_89805_021030_updates.jpg" title="Army Chief visits Punjab Regimental Centre Mardan" />RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday visited Punjab Regimental Centre Mardan. According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lieutenant General Shahid Baig Mirza, Military Secretary was installed Colonel Commandant of Punjab Regiment. General Raheel Sharif, COAS pinned the badges of rank at a ceremony held at Punjab Regimental Centre, Mardan. Later, COAS also interacted with veterans, Commanders, soldiers of the regiment and relatives of Shahuada.

Army Chief visits Punjab Regimental Centre Mardan

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Workers remittances up 6.26% to $9.7 bn in first half of FY16

<img alt="Workers remittances up 6.26% to $9.7 bn in first half of FY16" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-11/l_89550_013827_updates.jpg" title="Workers remittances up 6.26% to $9.7 bn in first half of FY16" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: merriweatherregular; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">ISLAMABAD: Overseas Pakistani workers remitted $9.735 billion in the first six months (July - December) of Fiscal Year 2015-16, showing a growth of 6.26 percent compared with $9.162 billion received during the same period in the preceding year. - See more at: http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/89550-Workers-remittances-up-626-to-97-bn-in-first-half-of-FY16#sthash.58UyZBLG.dpuf</span>

Workers remittances up 6.26% to $9.7 bn in first half of FY16

ISLAMABAD: Overseas Pakistani workers remitted $9.735 billion in the first six months (July - December) of Fiscal Year 2015-16, showing a gr...

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MPA hostel to have beauty parlor for ladies: Agha Siraj

<img alt="MPA hostel to have beauty parlor for ladies: Agha Siraj" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-11/l_89549_010347_updates.jpg" title="MPA hostel to have beauty parlor for ladies: Agha Siraj" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: merriweatherregular; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">KARACHI: Speaker Sindh Assembly, Agha Siraj Durrani on Monday announced that the MPA hostel which is presently in construction phase will also have a beauty parlor for women members and a salon for males.  -  f</span>

MPA hostel to have beauty parlor for ladies: Agha Siraj

KARACHI: Speaker Sindh Assembly, Agha Siraj Durrani on Monday announced that the MPA hostel which is presently in construction phase will al...

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Akhtar Mengal accuses govt of hiding CPEC agreements, MoUs

<img alt="Akhtar Mengal accuses govt of hiding CPEC agreements, MoUs" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-01-10/l_89117_075415_updates.jpg" title="Akhtar Mengal accuses govt of hiding CPEC agreements, MoUs" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px;">ISLAMABAD: Leader of Balochistan National Party, Sardar Akhtar Mengal while claiming that agreements and MoUs under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are being concealed said without Gwadar there will be no CPEC and Chinese investment.</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Talking to media persons at the residence of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the BNP leader his party is sensing the lack of transparency in CPEC. “Maps and agreements (under CPEC) are being hidden,” he added.</div>

Akhtar Mengal accuses govt of hiding CPEC agreements, MoUs

ISLAMABAD: Leader of Balochistan National Party, Sardar Akhtar Mengal while claiming that agreements and MoUs under China-Pakistan Economic ...

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