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TOBA TEK SINGH: At least fourteen people were injured in an explosion that took place in the bogey (carriage) of the Shalimar Express on Monday. The train was travelling from Lahore to Karachi when the blast took place in the washroom of the bogey. Rescue teams reached the site of...

Tehrek e Taliban released the video footage of the Jailbreak, in which everything clearly can be seen while its happening, Bannu Jailbreak was complete failure of the Intelligence agencies.  WATCH THE VIDEO EXCLUSIVE   Tuesday 30th July - morning helped 243 prisoners escape from the  Central Prison after killing 12...

BEIJING: Pakistan will be greatly benefited in terms of security and revenue from the state of the art optic fiber project between Pakistan and China for which a prominent Chinese telecom firm “Huawei” has been assigned the task. The agreement to lay optic fiber between the two sides was signed...

KARACHI: At least seven people have been killed from electrocution and other rain related incidents in the city on Saturday. In Paposh Nagar a child was killed from electrocution, while another child lost his life in Korangi. In the Defence area of the city a person was killed from electrocution...

Pakistan Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has announced up to 57 per cent reduction in fares of different trains at specific sections. In a press conference here in Lahore on Saturday, the minister announced minimum fare of Rs 20 instead of Rs 35 at all branch lines and said the...

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) issued notification regarding the hike in prices of petroleum products after finance ministry gave a go-ahead to a summary in this connection. Following the notification, the petrol surged Rs.2.73 to Rs.104.50 per liter. High-speed diesel also scaled up Rs.3/lit to Rs.109.76/lit. Similarly, the...

Ruling party's candidate Mamnoon Hussain has made it to the Presidency securing overwhelming majority in the election held on Tuesday. He polled 432 electoral votes as against his lone rival retired Justice Wajihuddin Ahmad of PTI's 77 votes. The result was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner retired Justice Fakhruddin...

 The Pakistan cricket team on Wednesday returned home after West Indies tour. Eight players including Saeed Ajmal, Nasir Jamshed, Assad Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Junaid Khan and others arrived at the Lahore airport while Shahid Khan Afridi, Hammad Azam and Umar Amin landed at the Karachi’s Jinnah International airport. The team...

Kurram Agency‚ 15 people were killed and 200 injured in two bomb blasts in Parachinar this evening (Friday)Two explosions targeting Shi'ite mosques in Pakistan's tribal area on the Afghan border killed at least 15 people on Friday, a doctor and witnesses said. The first explosion took place just meters away...

PESHAWAR : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on July 24 announced Rs2,000 increase in the minimum wage for labourers and fixed it at Rs10,000 per month with effect from July 1. “The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minimum Wage Act 2013 is applied on labourers working in industries and employees hired by private educational institutions, hospitals,...

A total of 24 candidates on Wednesday filed nominations for Pakistan's presidential election to be held on July 30, with the ruling PML-N's India-born nominee Mamnoon Hussain leading the race for the top post. Hussain, a close aide of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, went to the Islamabad High Court with...

ISLAMABAD – Mamnoon Hussain, a veteran Pakistani politician and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s trusted ally, is expected to win next week’s presidential election after being nominated by the ruling party as a candidate in the largely ceremonial vote. Ousted in a bloodless military coup in 1999, Sharif swept back into...