Two militants killed, 35 arrested in gunfight after Quetta blast

Two militants killed, 35 arrested in gunfight after Quetta blast

Quetta : Pakistan Frontier Corps and the police personnel killed two suspected militants and arrested 35 suspects during an exchange of fire today.The law enforcement agencies were conducting raids in various parts of the city following yesterday’s suicide attack in Quetta.The arrested suspects will be interrogated by the security personnel with regard to their alleged […]

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor to vacate office in Feb

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor to vacate office in Feb

Peshawar : Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan has started farewell meetings with the officials and his well-wishers. This came following his decision to vacate office by the end of second week of February.Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is busy trying to find a suitable candidate for the post.Sharif has, however, asked Mehtab to stay […]

EAM Swaraj meets family members of Indians held hostage in Iraq

EAM Swaraj meets family members of Indians held hostage in Iraq

New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday met the family members of 39 Indians who are held hostage in Iraq. EAM Swaraj reiterated that during her recent Bahrain visit, she talked about the hostages with Arab ministers and none of them said that the hostages had been killed. “Two of the ministers said […]

CM Kejriwal returns, meets his ministers to discuss ongoing issues

CM Kejriwal returns, meets his ministers to discuss ongoing issues

New Delhi : Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday met his ministers at his residence, post his return from Bengaluru to take a stock of the ongoing issues in the national capital.He discussed issues such as the strike by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) sanitation workers, people’s view on the Odd-Even scheme and the […]

34 militant groups allies to ISIS:UN Chief

34 militant groups allies to ISIS:UN Chief

Karachi : United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that thirty four militant groups from around the world had reportedly pledged allegiance to the militant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group by mid December and that number will only grow in 2016.Ban reportedly said that ISIS poses ‘an unprecedented threat’ because of […]