QUETTA: The bullet-riddled body of a journalist was found dumped in a deserted area near Turbat city in Kech district on Saturday morning. At least 17 journalists have been killed in Balochistan during the last three years. Correspondent said that he had been kidnapped from near his house on Friday evening and had been missing since then. Gul’s body was found near Singani Sar area close to the Old Civil Hos ...

The number of students and scholars in the university — 9,200 in 32 departments — shows Hazara University’s popularity in the region. MANSEHRA:The Hazara University Vice-Chancellor (VC) presented a budget proposal of Rs1.196 billion for the fiscal year 2012-3 here on Friday. Dr Syed Sakhawat Shah was presiding over the 18th session of the university’s finance committee at the garden campus. The proposal wou ...

Police raid hostels, at least 78 Jamiat members arrested. LAHORE:Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) activists made good on its call for a protest, burning two buses and vandalising several police vehicles on Friday. At least 78 Jamiat members were arrested by the police; some for trying to rally on The Mall while others were nabbed in a raid, allegedly after alcohol and illegal weapons were found in their hostel ro ...

KARACHI: Amid the ongoing spree of firing incidents in Karachi, police on Saturday claimed to have arrested four suspected target killers in a ‘targeted’ operation. Two more people fall prey to the ongoing violence spree in Karachi on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 20 over the past two days. With heavy contingents, police carried out a crackdown in Jamshed Quarters’ Jahangir Raod and Baloch Para areas ...

40 politico-religious leaders to announce the initiative in Islamabad on Monday. ISLAMABAD:Top leaders of the country’s politico-religious parties are set to launch a new apolitical front on Monday in an effort to put the genie of sectarianism back into the bottle. The proposed Islamic Front will be launched at a daylong conference in Islamabad and will try to resolve myopic sectarian differences by harmoni ...

Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. ISLAMABAD: The notorious political cell of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was the focal point of hearings in the Asghar Khan petition on Thursday and the Supreme Court ordered the government to procure and hand over the notification under which the cell had been set up in 1975. A bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Jawwad S. Kha ...

KARACHI: Eleven people, including two police officials and nine civilians, were killed in different areas of Karachi on Friday. Target killings have yet again disrupted peace in the city. In Baldia Ittehad Town, unidentified people opened fire on police vehicles, resulting in the death of Head Constable Muhammad Jan Niazi and Constable Arif. According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) West Amir Faroo ...

The NDAA 2013 bill approved by US House could block millions in proposed payments to Pakistan. WASHINGTON: Lawmakers in the House of Representatives debating the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2013 voted 412-1 for an amendment that could block up to $650 million in proposed payments to Pakistan unless Islamabad lets coalition forces resume shipment of war supplies across its territory. War-weary ...

The elections have not taken place since the last local government tenure ended in 2009. KARACHI: Taking notice of a delay in local bodies election, the Sindh High Court ordered the government of Sindh on Friday to hold polls within 90 days. The elections have not taken place since the last local government tenure ended in 2009. Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had earlier remarked durin ...

KARACHI: The deteriorated law and order situation continued to prevail in the city as 11 more people, including two policemen, lost their lives to the events related to the targeted killings here. Unidentified men opened fire on a police van, patrolling the area of Baldia town, causing death of two policemen. The dead bodies were taken to the civil hospital. In the jurisdiction of Ferozabad police station, ...