Petroleum prices likely to be reduced in April
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan’s federal government has decided to cut petroleum prices up to Rs5.16 in coming month while a formal announcement would be made today,...
March 2014
Farooq Sattar terms Musharraf’s indictment as ‘selective justice’
by TNT Desk
KARACHI: Central leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Farooq Sattar, sees former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf’s indictment in high treason case as...
Women with ‘less social freedom, less empowerment’ in Indian-administered Kashmir: report
by TNT Desk
SRINAGAR: In Indian-administered Kashmir, the less social freedom that women in Kashmir have has resulted in their lesser empowerment, says a research report....
Malala Yousafzai thanks Pakistan PM over fulfilling ‘promise’
by TNT Desk
The Taliban shot Swat girl, Malala Yousafzai has hailed the Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s move for allocating 4 per cent GDP for education during...
$220 million approved for Jamshoro power plant by IDB
by TNT Desk
ISLAMABAD: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved $220 million for the Pakistan’s Jamshoro coal power plant after a high-level meeting of board of executive...
ICC World T20: Netherlands upset England by 45 runs
by Agencies
CHITTAGONG: England slumped to an embarrassing 45-run defeat by the Netherlands at the World Twenty20 on Monday to end their T20 campaign on a low...
People fearing death are supporting MQM-Altaf in Karachi: Afaq Ahmed
by TNT Desk
KARACHI: Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-Haqiqi) leader Afaq Ahmed alleged that a large number of ‘opportunists’ are ‘supporting’ the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-Altaf) at present as any...
Saudi Arabia: Three held over criticising government on YouTube
by AFP
RIYADH: Saudi authorities have arrested three citizens who posted YouTube videos urging the oil-rich kingdom to improve their living standards and criticising “corruption”, activists said...
Mashrafe Mortaza makes worst bowling record in World T20
by Adeel Tayyab
Mirpur: Bangladesh fast-bowler Mashrafe Mortaza has made a worst bowling record in the Twenty20 international against Pakistan at Shere Bangla National Stadium....
Sindh Assembly passes Motor vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2014
by Faheem Patel
Karachi: Sindh Assembly on Monday has passed Motor vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2014 in case of traffic violations in the metropolis. Sindh Law and Parliamentary Affairs,...