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11 injured as passenger bus overturns in Sargodha

SARGODHA: At least 11 people were injured when a speeding passenger bus overturned on Wednesday. Police said that an Islamabad bound passenger bus coming from Sadiqabad...

Police arrest 4 ATS personnel for killing Islamabad resident

The ATS personnel claimed that they opened fire when the car riders ignored their signal to stop the vehicle at a picket.

90 blood donors tested positive for syphilis at PIMS, confirms health...

-- Government indifferent to rise in the disease  ISLAMABAD: Over 90 cases of syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection (STI), were reported during the last one-and-half-month...

Petition filed in IHC to oust special assistants to PM

  A lawyer named GM Chaudhry has filed a petition in the Islamabad high court looking to oust the five special assistants for the prime...

Earthquake jolts KP, FATA, Islamabad

  A 6-magnitude earthquake jolted northern areas of the country Tuesday evening. According to the Met Office, the epicentre of the quake was near the Afghan-Tajik...

Three suspected terrorists held in Islamabad

  Law enforcement agencies on Tuesday detained three suspected terrorists from F-8 katchery premises in the federal capital and seized weapons from them. Reportedly, two 9mm...

On Islamabad’s bike lanes, residents pedal towards a greener city

  Cyclists are taking to the streets of the Pakistani capital, after the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation officially opened dedicated bike lanes for the first time,...

Junaid Jamshed’s brother leaves for Islamabad to retrieve his body

Junaid Jamshed's brother, Humayun Jamshed, has departed for Islamabad today to retrieve his brother’s body. According to the spokesperson of the Aviation Division, Sher Ali...

47 passesngers feared dead as Islamabad-bound PIA plane crashes near...

Atleast 47 passengers have been feared dead as a Pakistan International Airlines plane flying from Chitral has reportedly crashed on its flight to Islamabad. Flight PK-661...

Conflict of interests: Islamabad’s contractor-mayor

Islamabad Mayor Sheikh Anser Aziz faces a possible conflict of interest as he owns a construction company. Aziz, who is also the Capital Development Authority...

57 suspects, six outlaws arrested, 240 bikes impounded

Islamabad police on Tuesday conducted search operation in various areas of the city and arrested 57 suspects, a police spokesman said. According to details, officers...

Survey identifies 15 ancient archaeological sites in Islamabad

Archaeological experts have so far explored 15 ancient archaeological sites in Zone-IV of federal capital through its ongoing first-ever archaeological survey. The survey is being...

IG forms committee to probe bribery at check posts

  Inspector General Police Islamabad has formed a committee comprising of 5 senior police officials to probe the matter and allegation of talking bribe from...

JI, CDA blame-game on piece of land goes on

By FARID SABRI The Member Administration of Capital Development Authority (CDA), Suleyman Warraich, Jamaat-e-Islami’s Zubair Khan and Khalid Bhatti have locked horns as they try...

PTI Chairman Imran Khan submits petition in SC to end police...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking an end to police siege outside his residence...

PTI workers clash with police en route to Islamabad

BY SHAH NAWAZ MOHAL AND FARID SABRI Capital severed from KP as Nov 2 approaches Entry points to Islamabad sealed with containers PTI’s Arif Alvi, Imran Ismail released...