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Three minors — two boys and their sister — died when the room of a mud-house caught fire late Monday night at Gokina Talharh located near Daman-e-Koh on Margalla Hills, the police spokesman said. All victims were under 10. Neither their parents nor villagers noticed the eruption of fire in...

BANGALORE: A belligerent Pakistan Tuesday mauled West Indies by 200 runs in the league tie of the T20 World Cup for the blind, with its star batsman Mohammad Akram setting a record in the tournament by scoring 264 runs off just 85 balls. Winning the toss and opting to bat, Pakistan piled...

Providing relief to a large number of citizens working outside the country, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday announced to withdraw the tax on incoming international telephone calls. According to a report, the PTA has issued a letter regarding the withdrawal of the tax. Earlier, the Lahore High Court (LHC)...

NATO jet fighters flew over the border. Security forces opened warning shots or alert firing to beware the NATO planes to avoid flying into Pakistani sides and to keep them away from the Pakistani border, sources said. The NATO planes reportedly carried out bombardments in the Afghan sides on some...

ISLAMABAD – The National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources on Monday condemned the government for its inaction over closure of CNG outlets and recommended imposing equal tax on all sectors in order to provide maximum relief to CNG consumers while keeping the prices at the current level. A...

There hasn't been a single week since Supreme court has slashed the prices by 30/- Rupees, OGRA and All Pakistan CNG Association seems quite unhappy even after 4 hearings OGRA presented various new formulas but SC rejected them all, Yesterday at CNG station while talking with them I found that...

The engine of an Islamabad-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, with Members National Assembly, federal ministers, and Chief Justice of Pakistan on board caught fire just before take off on Sunday. The flight, PK-300 was on the taxiway when the fire broke out in one of its engines, media reported....

Waziristan, FATA -- A U.S. Drone Strikes fired two missiles at a vehicle in Pakistan's restive South Waziristan tribal district on Saturday, killing at least three people, a government official said. It was the second drone attack in less than 72 hours targeting suspected militants in the Sheen Warsak area, located...

ISLAMABAD: Gas price are set to increase for all categories with the advent of the new year as the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has recommended a price hike of Rs31.12 per million British thermal unit (mmbtu). The regulator has forwarded the summary to the petroleum ministry, suggesting an...

November 30, 2012 ISLAMABAD – There seems to be no closer end to the CNG price muddle as commodity dealers have rejected Ogra’s new pricing formula and declared to keep the filling stations shut, leaving the public in the lurch.According to the formula presented by the Ogra (Oil and Gas...

The mysterious metal objects, which fell from the sky baffling villagers in Dadu late Wednesday night, were parts of Pakistan’s Hatf V Ghauri missile, a spokesman for the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday. “The metal parts found in a remote area of Dadu, as reported in media today, were...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court dismissed on Thursday a petition against banning mobile chat services and late-night packages after petitioners withdrew their petition. The petitioners – Cell phone companies Mobilink, Ufone, Telenor, Warid and Zong – through their counsel Ali Raza requested the court to allow them to withdraw their...