Monthly Archives: December 2015

New Year’s gift: PM launches healthcare program for underprivileged

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday launched the National Health Programme, a government initiative to provide healthcare and medical treatment to…

International

Obama spied on Netanyahu during Iran deal negotiations, says paper

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama ordered his agencies to spy on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while he was negotiating a nuclear…

National

Rs3m cheque given to family of guard killed in Mardan blast

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

MARDAN: The Chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority, Usman Yousaf Mubeen, handed over a cheque of Rs3 million as compensation…

International

Iraq threatens to use military option against Turkey if forced

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

BAGHDAD: Iraq's foreign minister said on Wednesday it could resort to military means if forced to defend itself from what it says…

Europe

Turks, Belgians report foiling plans for holiday attacks

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

ANKARA With less than 48 hours left in 2015, Turkey on Wednesday became the latest country to announce the foiling of a…

National

20 men, women, children from Lahore join Daesh, go to Syria

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

ISLAMABAD: On the morning of September 12, the female principal of a Lahore-based Islamic center left home along with her four children…

Business

Global growth will be disappointing in 2016

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

BERLIN: Global economic growth will be "disappointing" next year, the head of the International Monetary Fund said in a guest article for…

National

Zehri calls for ending propaganda over CPEC’s Western route

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

ZHOB: Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri said on Wednesday that the negative propaganda on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor’s western route issue should…

Sports

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in 3rd ODI

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

NELSON, New Zealand: Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by eight wickets in the third one-day international in Nelson on Thursday. They reached…

Entertainment

Blur frontman Albarn, ‘Wire’ actor Elba top UK honours list

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

LONDON: Blur frontman Damon Albarn and heart-throb actor Idris Elba were rewarded for their services to music and drama in Britain’s New…

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Qadri vows to take Sharifs to task for Model Town incident

In an effort to “request” the Lahore High Court (LHC) to make the Najfi commission report on the 2014 Model Town tragedy public, the families of the victims — on Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chairman Tahirul Qadri’s call — staged a sit-in on Lahore’s Mall Road on Wednesday. Along with Qadri, the protesters were joined […]

Trump defiant on Charlottesville unrest: ‘Blame on both sides’

US President Donald Trump sparked another political firestorm on Tuesday when he doubled down on his initial response to the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville that ended in bloodshed, saying there was “blame on both sides.” The Republican president ─ who one day ago solemnly denounced racism and singled out the Ku Klux Klan […]

Death toll from Harnai attack rises to eight

QUETTA: The death toll from the Harnai bomb attack rose to eight on Tuesday as two more personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) succumbed to their injuries. The banned Baloch Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the blast, which occurred in the Khost area, about 16km from the Harnai town. Six FC personnel were martyred […]

Man held in Rome after sister’s dismembered body found trash

ROME : A man in Rome confessed to authorities Wednesday to killing his sister, whose dismembered legs were accidentally found in a city trash bin while her head and remaining body parts were later discovered in a garbage container on another street, police said. Maurizio Diotallevi, 62, was questioned at police headquarters by an investigating magistrate, […]

China urges US, North Korea to ‘hit the brakes’ on threats

China has urged the United States (US) and North Korea to “hit the brakes” on threatening words and work toward a peaceful resolution of their tense standoff created by Pyongyang’s recent missile tests and threats to fire them toward Guam. The dispute has also raised fears in South Korea, where a conservative political party on […]

Monthly Archives: December 2015

New Year’s gift: PM launches healthcare program for underprivileged

Obama spied on Netanyahu during Iran deal negotiations, says paper

Rs3m cheque given to family of guard killed in Mardan blast

Iraq threatens to use military option against Turkey if forced

Turks, Belgians report foiling plans for holiday attacks

20 men, women, children from Lahore join Daesh, go to Syria

Global growth will be disappointing in 2016

Zehri calls for ending propaganda over CPEC’s Western route

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in 3rd ODI

Blur frontman Albarn, ‘Wire’ actor Elba top UK honours list

Qadri vows to take Sharifs to task for Model Town incident

Trump defiant on Charlottesville unrest: ‘Blame on both sides’

Death toll from Harnai attack rises to eight

Man held in Rome after sister’s dismembered body found trash

China urges US, North Korea to ‘hit the brakes’ on threats

PAF plane crashes near Bhakkar

Israel military says it strikes Gaza militants

Cabinet approves ‘fair trial’ bill

Pakistan, India urged to focus energies on hitting poverty, illiteracy

Clinton seeks to boost democracy in Asia’s newest country