News Pakistan

July 6, 2017

(Un)trained school staff to assume charge in most districts

LAHORE: As the government has been unable to complete the recruitment process of Assistant Education Officers (AEOs) and educators on time, the candidates in most of […]
July 6, 2017

After 26 years on death row, ex-convicts walk free

LAHORE: As many as 26 years after being condemned to death, two men accused of twin bomb blasts in Lahore in 1987 will walk as free […]
July 6, 2017

Home minister takes notice of woman’s alleged torture

KARACHI: Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal has taken notice of the alleged torture of a woman by a group in District West of the metropolis. Sharae […]
July 6, 2017

SC dismisses former AIGs’ bail pleas

KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed on Wednesday a bail application filed by two senior police officers facing a Rs50 million corruption inquiry before the National […]
July 6, 2017

465 prisoners sent to gallows since 2014, says report

Until May this year, a total of 465 prisoners have been sent to the gallows since Pakistan lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in December […]
July 6, 2017

Govt appoints AGP as agent in Jadhav case

The government has appointed Attorney General of Pakistan, Ashtar Ausaf as its agent in death row inmate, Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case in International Court of […]
July 6, 2017

Achakzai remanded for murder

QUETTA – A Quetta magistrate sent Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party’s Abdul Majeed Khan Achakzai on two-day remand in a 25-year-old murder case on Wednesday. As the […]
July 6, 2017

FIA to summon PIA board of directors

LAHORE – FIA is all set to summon members of PIA board of directors in corruption case after former PIA CEO German national Bernd Hildenbrand flew […]