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Monthly Archives: June, 2014
President Mamnoon approves appointment of Justice Nasirul Mulk as new CJ
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has given the approval for appointment of Justice Nasirul Mulk as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan.The incumbent Chief Justice...
Mi-8 helicopter with 17 on board crashes in Russia’s Khabarovsk region
MOSCOW: A helicopter with 17 people on board including 13 passengers and four crew members crashed in Russia’s far eastern Khabarovsk region on Monday,...
Indian political party leader arrested for raising slogans in favour of Pakistan
LUCKNOW: A leader of a regional political party based in the Indian northern Uttar Pradesh state was charged with sedition for raising slogans in...
Turkey donates meningitis vaccine for Pakistani pilgrims
ISLAMABAD: The Turkish government on Monday donated 150,000 doses of meningitis vaccine worth $6.6 million for the intending Pakistani Hajj pilgrims in 2014.The first...
US drone strike kills three Afghan Taliban militants near Pak-Afghan border
KABUL: A US drone strike was carried out in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar on early Monday, killing at least three suspected Taliban militants.The...
Zarb-e-Azb: Ground operation launched in Miranshah
RAWALPINDI: The ground operation has been launched in and around Miranshah area of the North Waziristan tribal region on early Monday morning after the...
India launches five foreign satellites, Modi asks scientists to develop SAARC satellite
NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday launched a PSLV-C23 rocket carrying five satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in...
North Korea to try two detained US tourists
PYONGYANG: North Korea will indict and try two detained US tourists for crimes against the state, country's official news agency reported on Monday.The cases...
UN starts probe into war crimes in Sri Lanka
WASHINGTON: The United Nations will start an investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes during the civil war...
Pakistan, India commerce ministers to meet in Bhutan next month
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani commerce minister Khurram Dastgir Khan and his Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman will meet in Bhutan next month to discuss means to...