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Locals belonging to Karachi’s area of Korangi on Saturday set ablaze two dacoits who shot a citizen and injured him. Initially, the two dacoits were tortured by the angry locals and were then set on fire, reported Dunya News. The dacoits tried to enter a shop belonging to a person named Ahmed...

US, Pakistani Officials Discuss Afghan Border Security A group of influential American senators and other top officials begun an official trip to Pakistan on Saturday by meeting with the country's military chief to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and efforts to strengthen Pakistan's border...

A tailor in Manghopir, Karachi allegedly stabbed one of his customers with a pair of scissors the other day. According to the accused, the customer, Sohail was not happy with the length of his shalwar that he was supposed to wear on Eid. The two got into a fight where both men got injured...

The government of Pakistan allocated PKR42 billion (US$401.1 million) earlier this week for construction of the 5,400-MW Dasu hydropower project. The money was allocated under the Public Sector Development Programme for the year 2016-2017, according to Pakistan’s Daily Times. The newspaper...

One for the future: Pakistan Star shoots past rivals on debut Trainer Tony Cruz could have a Derby contender for next season if the German-bred griffin’s frightening performance at Sha Tin from an awkward position and a wide gate is anything to go by Griffin wins are usually just a pointer, a...

Pakistan meets tax revenue target for first time in 10 years ISLAMABAD: Pakistan collected 3,104 billion rupees ($29.7 billion) in taxes in fiscal year 2015/16, the finance ministry said on Friday, the first time it has met its tax revenue target in a decade. Last year, the government...

Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has accorded a formal approval to Restriction of Employment of Children Ordinance 2016 declaring labour by children under the age of 14 as heinous crime in every sector of the province. The ordinance will be promulgated soon after the governor signs the documents...

Police arrested 94 suspects, including three dozen Afghan nationals, and recovered arms and drugs during separate search operations on Thursday. A heavy contingent of police on information regarding the presence of wanted criminals conducted a search operation in Hayatabad locality of the...

The Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was informed on Thursday that the Gwadar International Airport was being constructed at a cost of $260 million. The committee meeting was chaired by Senator Mushahid Hussain.The amount for the airport is a full grant from the...

Pakistan’s oil and gas discoveries in the current month have made a record as exploration companies found fresh hydrocarbon deposits in six wells that will add 50.1 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas and 2,359 barrels per day (bpd) of oil to the existing production levels. Petroleum and...

Days after India joined the Missile Technology Control Regime, Pakistan authorities on Thursday said that Islamabad would choose to become a part of the regime at an "appropriate" time. Pakistan, despite harbouring a keen interest in regimes that control exports, did never express a wish to...

Senator John McCain has given Pakistan a clean chit as far as Afghanistan’s troubled state of affairs is concerned, a private TV channel reported on Thursday. Chairman of the United States Armed Services Committee said that the responsibility of trouble in Afghanistan and the failure to...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated in its annual budget Rs 300 million for Darul Uloom Haqqania. Describing the purpose of funding a controversial seminary, the chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan, called it an effort to mainstream madrassas. This is the seminary notorious...

Once Pakistan builds the fences, there will be a lot more terrorists Afghans will have to deal with. We wish them best of luck and their ally India.

Pakistani forces have killed three suspected members of a banned militant group as part of a crackdown following attacks on security personnel. The clash comes after four soldiers and four policemen were gunned down by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) militants over the past two days. Those attacks...

Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale on Thursday said that his country is ready to restore dialogue process with Pakistan in a pleasant environment. “We want to restore dialogue process with Pakistan, however, a better environment is necessary in this regard,” Bambawale said while talking...

Renowned music composer, singer and actor Nadeem Jafri was mugged on Thursday morning in the Gulshan-i-Iqbal area. As this was yet another incident involving a performing artist in the city within a week, the news spread like wildfire. It was reported first through social media and then by...

Bakra and cow needs to be well taken care of before you sacrifice them and feed the poor.

If they are coming dirt cheap, they should be welcomed.

Building a fence for such a long border like this will be a challenge. It is something U.S. wanted to do with Mexico, even with its budget it has not been able to. May be Pakistan can do it with its cheap labor? Put Afghan refugees to work, so they can also earn their bread.