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Panic spreads across the city - Pakistan Daily Times
A senior police officer on the condition of anonymity said that it was not the good sign for future because it would escalate in the coming days. At least seven people were wounded in separate acts of firing in Korangi, Hassan Square and ...
ANP Kohat president injured in attack - Pakistan Daily Times
“A party activist, Fida, was killed in the attack,” a source said, adding that one of the attackers was killed in retaliatory fire. He was later identified as Mateen, a notorious criminal of the area, sources said. Saeed Shah is being treated for ...
Mushtaq unlikely to be new Pakistan bowling coach - Pakistan Daily Times
According to sources close to Mushtaq, who has been working with the England team as spin bowling consultant for the past three years, expressed interest in working with the Pakistan team but at the same time wanted certain conditions to be fulfilled.
Neelam-Jhelum Hydropower Project - Pakistan Daily Times
A senior official, who dealt in NJHP, on condition of anonymity informed Daily Times that commissioning of TBMs couldn't be forecast, however Water and Power Development Authority's (WAPDA) technical team claimed its commissioning time frame till last ...
Maulana is out for PPP-'N' patch-up - Pakistan Daily Times
The sources said that although the PML-N has shown its willingness to enter into a dialogue with the agreed mediator between the two parties, it has demanded the prime minister's resignation to call off its 'Go Gilani, go' agitation campaign launched ...
Nine soldiers killed as military convoy attacked in N Waziristan - Pakistan Daily Times
“Militants hiding there opened fire at the soldiers with AK-47 assault rifles and RPG,” a senior Pakistan Army official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. “Three gunship choppers were called in but the militants even fired rockets at the choppers.
16 Taliban surrender in Kurram - Pakistan Daily Times
PESHAWAR: Sixteen members from the banned terrorist organisation, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), surrendered to government authorities in Kurram tribal region, a senior administration official said on Saturday. The militants, who had been involved ...
Teenage Taliban suicide bomber kills 24 in Khar - Pakistan Daily Times
“The two suicide bombers were assigned other targets, but we foiled the terrorists' plan to hit another target,” a source said. The two would-be bombers were produced before media. Hospital sources said as many as 40 injured people were brought for ...
Lyari operation drop scene soon - Pakistan Daily Times
The sources said mediation, initiated by Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi, had become fruitful. PPP leader and Provincial Food Minister Mir Nadir Magsi, who is also brother of Nawab Magsi, represented his brother who is in Dubai these days.
Big B to fly to LA for treatment? - Pakistan Daily Times
Talking to the tabloid, a source said, “It was the first time since the operation in February that Bachchan saab felt such severe pain and had to go for a CT scan soon afterwards.” “It is believed that Mr Bachchan is not doing any film before September ...
Qaeda frees 73 Yemen soldiers - Pakistan Daily Times
Those in the car were “al Qaeda members who were in Al-Jawf to offer condolences to family members of terrorists killed in the fighting in Abyan”, the source said. The Partisans of Shariah have expanded their control over Yemen's lawless southern and ...
Federal ombudsman's post vacant since October 2010 - Pakistan Daily Times
The sources said over 60000 public grievances against various departments have been pending in the office owing to the absence of the top watchdog as no proceedings can be initiated without prior approval and concurrence of the top slot.
Load shedding to continue for 6 more months - Pakistan Daily Times
A senior official of the Ministry of Water and Power informed this scribe on condition of anonymity that because of treacherous financial constraint as well as less availability of water in reservoirs for hydel power generation, the power load shedding ...
SCBA moves to ease govt-judiciary tensions - Pakistan Daily Times
The sources said that the SCBA president along with bar delegations held a two-hour meeting with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday. They said that Yaseen had also held two meetings with newly appointed Law Minister Farooq H Naek in ...
Taliban storm Bannu jail, free 384 prisoners - Pakistan Daily Times
“After taking target in their custody, the militants forced other prisoners to flee,” said sources close to prison authorities in Bannu. According to the sources, the inquiry will focus on the response of police guarding the facility and that “why the ...
Indo-Pak talks on electricity trade remain inconclusive - Pakistan Daily Times
A senior official of the Ministry of Water and Power, on the condition of anonymity, told this scribe that the first round of negotiation between energy managers of both countries remained inconclusive. However, the Indian delegation today (Saturday) ...
China, between a rocket and a hard place on North Korea - Pakistan Daily Times
Beijing has received more notice than that - the launch is likely later this week - but a source close to China's top leadership and a Western diplomat have both said it nevertheless has little influence over Pyongyang and is in no position to block ...
Market committees on verge of collapse owing to non-revision of fee - Pakistan Daily Times
An official, on the condition of anonymity, said that majority of the market committees had not been paying salaries to their staff for the last several months. In spite of this, the government was neither providing funds nor allowing them to revise ...
Abbas to send Netanyahu letter on peace talks - Pakistan Daily Times
The Palestinian official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the letter would be handed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by a delegation of senior Palestinians. “It was agreed that a Palestinian delegation, including Palestinian ...
Myanmar parties set out stalls for landmark polls - Pakistan Daily Times
Myanmar is allowing more than 170 foreign journalists to cover by-elections seen as a key test of the regime's budding reforms, a government official said Thursday. Myanmar did not allow foreign media or monitors into the country for its 2010 election, ...
PPP properly places options in contempt case - Pakistan Daily Times
A senior member of the federal cabinet said on the condition of anonymity that from NRO to sugar prices to memogate and now the contempt of court case it is all politics and nothing judicial and so the party's response, which hitherto has been with ...
Two wounded in Myanmar golf course bombing - Pakistan Daily Times
YANGON: Two bombs exploded at a Myanmar hotel golf course Saturday, wounding two people during a tournament to mark next week's Armed Forces Day, a government official said. The first blast occurred at around 7:00 am at the Regina Hotel golf course in ...
15 killed in train collision in India - Pakistan Daily Times
“The jeep was thrown 20 feet (six meters) away,” a state home ministry official who declined to give his name told AFP, adding that 15 passengers were killed instantly and four others were critically injured. The accident occurred around 0730 am (0200 ...
Two policemen killed in Peshawar blast - Pakistan Daily Times
PESHAWAR: A bomb planted in a rickshaw killed two policemen, including a sub-inspector, and wounded five other people on Tuesday, when a police van was targeted on Ring Road, administration officials said. Sub-inspector Hazrat Ali and constable Husain ...
PPCB hopeful of launching T20 League - Pakistan Daily Times
“During Ashraf's time IMG and some other companies even gave presentations to the board on a module for PPPPL but the matter was not pushed any further and the militants attack on the Sri Lankan team in March 2009 derailed the project,” a source said.