Pakistan

PM to distribute laptops with objective to boost scope of research, quality education, improved access to information.

PPP Karachi chapter strongly condemns incident of firing on workers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek in Lahore.

Rupee ends higher at 98.1/98.3 on Friday, compared to Thursday’s close of 98.2/98.4.

SPI for week under review for lowest income group was recorded at 203.47 points against 202.88 for previous week.

Project cost being borne by OGDCL and MOL at 77% and 23% respectively.

Aziz thanks Lavrov for Russian agreement to provide MI-35 helicopters to Pakistan.

Balochistan Board of Investment constituted to promote foreign and domestic investment.

Committee expresses dismay over E&P’s failure to recruit 80% of unskilled workers from areas where gas & oil produced.

Balighur Rehman says less than one per cent of the population has access to technical education.

Two others, including 8-year old girl, were also injured in attack on home in Chatter area of Nasirabad district.

Unidentified culprits dumped her body in a watercourse near Data village of Mansehra, police say.

Three alleged terrorists, including a foreigner, were arrested in Melagh area of Mingora.

Separately, a woman was found dead in Surizai, Badhaber.

The members agreed to introduce a new discipline called electrical engineering from the academic year 2015.

Harmful syringes from cattle colony pierce through skin as bare-footed fishermen park boats.

Khairo Dero, Shahpur and Hakim Shah regulators of Miro Khan will remain open on June 24 and June 25.

“We demand strict action against all elements of militancy” Leader said.

In three months, students raised their maths competency level by over one year.

The Met said that a “fresh Western disturbance” was expected in western parts of the country

Lack of bus shelters leaves passengers pining for shade.

Latif Ansari hospitalised with bullet injuries.

IHC issues order in line with apex court judgment.

Supreme Court judge Asif Saeed Khosa said that professional training was vital for effective service delivery.

Argentinean embassy offered the programme in October 2013.

Thieves struck at two places in the limits of Sadiqabad Police Station during the last 24 hours

The police said a stampede broke out while foodstuff was being distributed on Tufail Road.

Muhammad Fahim approached the police that auto-thieves have stolen his car (AHP-758) from Marrir Hassan Chowk.

The court adjourned till June 29.

Cost and other details of the project have yet to be worked out: CDA.

Instead of banning boating, the authorities concerned should adopt safety measures.

FWMC has undertaken a variety of initiatives aimed at ensuring adequate sanitation standards of Ramazan Bazaars.

A person was fatally injured in a gas cylinder explosion on Thursday.

Assistant Commissioner Sadar Malik Mushtaq and Model Bazar administrator Muhammad Sadiq were also present.

Man was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

A post mortem report revealed that the victim had been strangled by up to four men.

Over 165,000 tribesmen arrived in Bannu since June 18.

Asks parties to cooperate in the passage of legislation.

The bomb, weighing 4kgs, was planted under the seat of the caretaker of the shrine.

Medical professionals threaten agitation if demand not met in two days.

Patwaris have been protesting for over a week for a better service structure and more allowances.

Khan was rushed to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) where he succumbed to his wounds.

The house of the JUI-F senator in Tank was attacked in January this year

Seven of the injured are in critical condition.

Qadri insists Shahbaz Sharif should resign.

Qadri said he did not have confidence in the one-man tribunal formed by the Punjab government.

Foreigners to be deported if they do not submit an application for a visa extension, source tells The Express Tribune

They ransacked the house cupboards, looted Rs200,000 cash, jewellery and other valuables

Shamsul Islam, 30, was shot dead in Ashraf Khel village, close to Wana Bazaar

The strikes are “illegal under international law and a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty” Dr Shireen Mazari said

reform judge tasked primarily with counselling structural reforms at the court and the district level judicial system.