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Mir suggests reforms in elite system to benefit people

LAHORE: Pakistan National Reform Movement (PNRM) Chairman Nadir Mir has said that the stage is set for a movement at national level to defend and...

TTP accepts responsibility of attack bid on Hamid Mir

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attack on senior journalist Hamid Mir a day earlier and warned of...

Hamid Mir escapes car explosion

Hamid Mir, a renowned Pakistani journalist, remained unhurt as bid to explode his car foiled. According to police, the senior anchorperson of Geo News...

Tribal leader Mir Saeed Qalandarani among five killed

At least five people were killed, including tribal leader, Mir Saeed Ahmed Qalandarani, in an ambush at a remote area of Khuzdar district of...

Khan of Kalat plays down August 14 ceremony at Ziarat

Khan of Kalat Mir Suleman Khan Daud has said that no one should take pride in hoisting the Pakistani flag on Ziarat Residency on...

‘Prices reduced by Rs 5 to 22 at utility stores’

Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani on Friday said the middle class people would benefit from the subsidy given at the...

Man shot dead in Quetta

A milk seller was shot dead in unidentified gunmen’s firing at Mir Ahmed Khan Road of the city on Sunday. According to police, the gunmen...

Minister dispels ‘govt presented non-deficit budget’

Balochistan Finance Minister Mir Asim Kurd Gaillu has dispelled the impression that government has presented a non-deficit budget for the next fiscal year. He...

Arrest warrant issued for Hamid Mir

Quetta Judicial Magistrate-III Muhammad Ibrahim Kakar has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Geo’s anchorperson and columnist Hamid Mir as well as the chairman...

Hamid Mir fears for security

Geo TV anchor and journalist Hamid Mir on Wednesday claimed that he had received threatening messages on his BlackBerry following talk shows in which...

Ali Mir remembered

A seminar was held at the MAO College on Thursday to commemorate the services of great Punjabi poet, Professor Ali Arshad Mir. MAO professors...

SC allows former senator Mir Rind to contest by-polls

Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday permitted former Senator Mir Ali Muhammed Rind to contest by-elections. A two-member bench, headed by Justice Shakirullah Jan, annulled Balochistan...

Prof Waris Mir – A writer par excellence

To celebrated French writer Juan Loius Balzak, writing was more than a passionate expression of ideas – to him it was more ritualistic and...

Headley to testify against Illyas Kashmiri and Sajid Mir

David Headley, who has pleaded guilty to charges of his involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks, would testify against his Pakistani handlers, Illyas Kashmiri...

Sajid Mir likely to be reelected unopposed

LAHORE - Senator Sajid Mir is set to be re-elected unopposed as the chief of Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith (MJAH) after his sole opposing candidate Abdur Rehman Ludhianvi on Monday announced his withdrawal during a meeting with Mir at the MJAH office. The announcement paved the way for Mir's fifth consecutive term as MJAH Chief.
Candidate for secretary general, Abdur Rashid Hijazi also withdrew in favour of Hafiz Abdul Karim. The MJAH Central Shura is scheduled to meet on February

Religious processions should be banned, says Sajid Mir

LAHORE - Religious processions during Muharram and Rabiul Awal cause sectarian tensions owing to which they should be banned, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Sajid Mir said on Friday during his Friday prayer sermon.
He said that processions have no ideological base in Islam and people, who participate in them, could be soft target for terrorists. Sajid said that in such hostile atmosphere, religious leaders should avoid using their workers to show their superiority

It’s high time for a revolution: Mir Rameez

CHICHAWATNI - Tehrik-e-Insaf Pakistan Chichawatni president said that the politicians were scared of independent judiciary, which was pivotal for the nation's progress.
Mir Rameez said the government was sipping the poor dry and had introduced the RGST, which they do not approve of. He said revolution lead by Imran Khan was knocking at Pakistan's doors and said that Pakistan should not be treated as a sacrificial animal.
He said that the media had raised the level of public