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Get united to eliminate hatred, intolerance: Ahsan Iqbal tells NA
Get united to eliminate hatred, intolerance: Ahsan Iqbal tells NA

ISLAMABAD: Terming hatred and intolerance as a major threat to peace, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal Wednesday called on all political forces to join hands to combat the menace.

“No society can go forward and progress with such kind of a mindset,” warned the...

Khursheed Shah urges PTI to take notice of slapping incident
Khursheed Shah urges PTI to take notice of slapping incident

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Wednesday called for promoting tolerance in society and in political system or it would create anarchy in the country.

Speaking on a point of order in the National...

PTI-PAT sit-in planted to oust me from power over Musharraf treason trial: Nawaz Sharif
PTI-PAT sit-in planted to oust me from power over Musharraf treason trial: Nawaz Sharif

ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that the four-month protest sit-in staged by PTI and PAT in 2014 was planted to oust him from power over his decision to put Pervez Musharraf on trial for high treason.

Addressing a...

I hope Daniyal Aziz can mend his ways, Naeemul Haq says a day after slapping federal minister

ISLAMABAD: A day after slapping a federal minister on live TV show, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Naeemul Haq  has said that the incident was "an unfortunate spur of the moment reaction".

In a statement posted on Twitter, ...

Naeemul Haq&s behavior was pre-planned: Daniyal Aziz
Naeemul Haq’s behavior was pre-planned: Daniyal Aziz

ISLAMABAD: Privatization Minister Daniyal Aziz on Wednesday said behavior of PTI leader Naeemul Haq was pre-planned.

Speaking to media a day after being slapped at a TV show by Naeemul Haq, the minister said there was nothing that could have promoted Naeeumul Haq to...

Three Balochistan Levies officials suspended for misbehaving with Pakora seller
Three Balochistan Levies officials suspended for misbehaving with Pakora seller

BARKHAN: Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti has taken notice of the video circulating on social media which shows Levies men misbehaving with a Pakora seller.

According to Geo News, Deputy Commissioner Barkhan Munir Ahmed Kakar has...

A moving letter from a soldier's wife
A moving letter from a soldier's wife

The threat of extremism appeared on the horizon about a decade and a half ago, plunging Pakistan into a different kind of war. The armed forces until then, had been concerned with tackling and keeping malicious forces in check at the borders, but now they had a new enemy much closer...

US shooting victim Sabika Sheikh laid to rest in Karachi
US shooting victim Sabika Sheikh laid to rest in Karachi

KARACHI: The 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student Sabika Sheikh, who was killed in a mass shooting at Texas high school, was laid to rest in Karachi on Wednesday.

He funeral prayers  were offered  at the Hakim Saeed Ground in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal locality where a...

PTI's Naeemul Haq slaps Daniyal Aziz in Geo News programme

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Naeemul Haq slapped Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz following heated debate in Geo News programme “Aapas Ki Baat”.

The programme was aired on Tuesday.

According to details, the heated debate started after Danial...

PPP paid $100,000 to Washington lobbyist for Bilawal meetings
PPP paid $100,000 to Washington lobbyist for Bilawal meetings

LONDON: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) hired a lobbying firm in Washington for one month in February this year and paid $100,000 fees for setting up meetings and media interviews for Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

Papers available with The News – and filed with t...