Qadri ends Islamabad sit-in, to hold demos in different parts of the country
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Tuesday announced that he was ending sit-in at D-Chowk in the federal capital, Express News reported. While addressing the sit-in...
View ArticleI will live in a tent but won’t leave Islamabad sit-in: Imran
GUJRAT: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said that he won’t leave the Islamabad sit-in venue even if he has to live inside a tent. While addressing the rally in Gujarat on...
View ArticleCAA rejects online survey deeming Islamabad airport as world’s worst
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Friday said it does not recognise a survey conducted by a website, which recently declared Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport as the...
View ArticleIslamabad international airport: CAA shrugs off ‘world’s worst’ epithet
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has refused to recognise findings of an international website, which recently declared Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport as the...
View ArticleHouse of Ittehad arrives in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: To expand their horizon in the local fashion market, Ittehad Textiles opened a flagship store called ‘House of Ittehad’ at the bustling F-10 Markaz Friday evening. Ittehad Group CEO Nazim...
View ArticleUniversity in Islamabad suspends staff over Israel stall at mock UN debate
ISLAMABAD: A university has suspended three staff after students created a stall to showcase Israeli customs and traditions as part of a mock UN debating contest, officials said Monday. Students at...
View ArticleUS special envoy meets Sartaj Aziz in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman met Adviser for National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz at the foreign ministry in Islamabad on Tuesday. Feldman...
View ArticleNew Islamabad airport close to completion
ISLAMABAD: More than 90% work on the new Islamabad International Airport (IIAP) has been completed and the facility is expected to become operational in October 2016, according to IIAP Project...
View ArticleThree injured as training plane crashes at Islamabad airport
ISLAMABAD: Three persons including a pilot were injured when a small training aircraft crashed at Benazir International Airport on Saturday. According to Pakistan Television (PTV), a small...
View ArticleCylinder blasts kill 3 in Islamabad, injure 2 in Karachi
KARACHI: Three people, including two women, were killed when a cylinder exploded in a van they were traveling in on Sunday in Islamabad, Express News reported. The blast took place at Pir Sohawa. The...
View ArticleCylinder blasts kill three in Islamabad, injure two in Karachi
KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: Three people, including two women, were killed when a cylinder exploded in a van they were travelling in on Sunday in Islamabad, Express News reported. The blast took place at Pir...
View ArticleI will live in a tent but won’t leave Islamabad sit-in: Imran
GUJRAT: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said that he won’t leave the Islamabad sit-in venue even if he has to live inside a tent. While addressing the rally in Gujarat on...
View ArticleCAA rejects online survey deeming Islamabad airport as world’s worst
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Friday said it does not recognise a survey conducted by a website, which recently declared Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport as the...
View ArticleUnited against terrorism: Islamabad, Kabul vow border coordination
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, his Afghan counterpart General Sher Muhammad Karimi and International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) Commander General John F Campbell vowed to...
View ArticleTesting for polio: Blood samples sent to Islamabad
MINGORA: Blood samples of 38 children were sent for polio tests to Islamabad on Monday by the Swat district health officer. The samples were collected during a polio campaign in Swat. The campaign...
View ArticleAzadi march: PTI to hold convention on Jan 17 in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) on Tuesday decided to commemorate the services of party workers who had played role in organising the Azadi march which was ended by the party in the...
View ArticleRegional security: Islamabad, Kabul to ‘reactivate’ border coordination centres
ISLAMABAD: In a sign of growing military-to-military cooperation under the Ashraf Ghani-led Afghan government, Islamabad and Kabul have decided to ‘reactivate’ border control centres to coordinate...
View ArticleIslamabad: Optimism overshadows skepticism as residents welcome 2015
ISLAMABAD: With a new year ahead of us and a year gone by with all its highs and lows, The Express Tribune talks to people on how they saw 2014 and what they expect this year. I see a peaceful 2015...
View ArticleArsalan hat-trick guides NBP to 9-0 win over Islamabad
KARACHI: A spectacular hat-trick by Arsalan Qadir guided NBP to defeat Islamabad 9-0 on the seventh day of 61st PSO National Hockey Championship at Sialkot Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Muhammad Dilber...
View ArticleTowards Islamabad: PM invites Zardari to discuss NAP implementation
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari will head to Islamabad today where Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited him for a meeting to discuss the implementation of...
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