تھنڈرسٹرک II

• Prospects of Taliban peace talks dim as front lines shift

  

  ISLAMABAD – Prospects of jumpstarting peace talks with the Taliban are becoming increasingly dim amid recent battlefield gains by the insurgents in Afghanistan, an embattled government in Kabul and growing suspicions of Pakistan’s good intentions in facilitating such negotiations. Even if Pakistan wanted to bring the warring sides to the negotiating table, its leverage as […]

• ECP defends efforts to reform electoral process

  

  ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Additional Secretary Fida Muhammad Khan said on Wednesday that Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms and other forums are trying to bring reforms in the electoral process, but Democracy Reporting International (DRI) had created the impression that it alone is doing all the whole work.   Khan said DRI is […]

• Astrologer sees ‘humiliation’ for Daniyal Aziz  

  

  ISLAMABAD: Noted palmist and astrologer Saghir Bandialvi has said that the slipping of glasses off Daniyal Aziz’s face during a press conference “does not bode well for his political career”. Talking to Online on Friday, Bandialvi said the falling of glasses and Aziz’s scramble to catch them indicated that he was supporting wrong people and […]

• Women, children among five faint due to generator smoke  

  

  SAHIWAL: At least five members of a family including women and children fell unconscious due to smoke of generator on Thursday evening. Rescue sources said that smoke produced by generator during load-shedding hours filled in room of a house located in Manzoor Colony of Sahiwal. Five family members including two women and three young girls […]

• Pakistan, UK to cooperate in counter terrorism, illegal migration

  

  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and United Kingdom (UK) agreed to continue their cooperation in the areas of counter-terrorism, organised crime and illegal migration. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz held meetings with British National Security Adviser (NSA) Sir Mark Lyall-Grant and British Council Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sir Ciaran Devane as part of […]

• Dual degree: COMSATS’ students suffer as HEC gets stay order from court

  

  LAHORE – Students’ future at stake as the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has taken a stay order from the Lahore High Court (LHC) to prevent COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology from organising convocation. The students and their parents expressed disappointment and anger over this action of the HEC. Students said they are facing mental […]

• Imran Khan will become next prime minister: Khattak

  

  NOWSHERA CANTT: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has claimed that Imran Khan will become the next prime minister as voters have become conscious of their rights. While addressing a public meeting in Union Council Dag Baysood, he said people have become conscious and they will not put their future in the hands of […]