Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif termed the service a step towards digitalising the province. LAHORE: The Punjab government has launched free internet service (wifi hotspot) at over 200 points in five cities of the province. Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif formally opened the free internet service for Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan, Bahawalpur and Murree at a ceremony held at Arfa Kareem ...

ISLAMABAD: Pashtun-Canadian Senator Salma Attaullah Jan was robbed of cash, a black pearl necklace and her ID cards in Islamabad’s F6 area on Tuesday night. The senator was reportedly approached by two men on a motorcycle as she was getting into her car near F6 Markaz. The men grabbed her handbag and fled, prompting Jan to register a First Investigation ...

BANNU, Pakistan — First Al-Qaeda bombs, Taliban suicide attacks, Uzbek assassins, U.S drone missiles, and Pakistani airstrikes and artillery barrages haunted them for more than a decade. Now unwieldy security procedures trouble civilians in a northwestern Pakistani tribal region as they attempt to pick up the pieces following years of exile and harsh extremist rule. Residents of North Waziristan, one ...

PESHAWAR: A passenger van hit a landmine in Godar area of Kurram Agency on Tuesday, killing 10 passengers, which included children, and injuring eight others, among them two census workers. The vehicle was on its way from Godar to Sadda, Parachinar when it hit a mine, injuring two census workers on board, security sources told media. The injured were shifted ...

Local people stage rally in Swabi on Thursday to express solidarity with Mashal Khan. Dawn SWABI: The residents of Mashal Khan’s native town, Zaida, on Thursday gathered at the grave of the Abdul Wali Khan University student lynched by a mob over the alleged blasphemy lately and apologised to the deceased and his family for failing to ‘stand with them ...

ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties on Friday ramped up the pressure against the ruling PML-N and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, demanding the premier’s resignation with one voice and protesting yesterday’s Supreme Court verdict on Panamagate in Parliament. The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), PPP and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) each held press conferences following a meeting of opposition parties in Islamabad. PTI Chairman Imran Khan himself ...

Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan lecturer and Mashal Khan’s teacher Ziaullah Hamdard apologised to the nation and the deceased’s parents for failing to save the student from the violent mob and said that Mashal was not even given the chance to clear his name. “He [Mashal] was not even given the chance to prove his innocence,” he lamented. “They [mob] were in front of ...

A journey of nations beyond federalism Mohammad Ali Jinnah (M. A. Jinnah), joined hands of Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi (M.K. Gandhi) in the movement for the provincial autonomy in united India during British Raj. Pakistan was realized formally as a viable idea after 1945. The idea of Pakistan, in fact, is wrongly associated with Dr. Alama Iqbal. Dr. Iqbal basically ...

A student arrested in the Mashal Khan lynching case on Monday has said that the administration of Abdul Wali Khan University asked him to testify against the deceased. The accused, Wajahat, admitted that he was part of the mob which lynched the 23-year-old Mardan university student. His statement comes hours after Abdullah, a student who survived despite being beaten violently, ...

PESHAWAR: A very important witness in Mashal Khan lynching case, Abdullah, recorded his statement in front of police and court today. Mashal, a student of Mardan’s Abdul Wali Khan University, was torched to death by a mob over accusations of blasphemy on Thursday. Abdullah, who was also accused of blasphemy in a university notice, told the court that neither he ...