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ISLAMABAD: US Deputy Secretary of State for Resources and Management Jacob J. Lew Friday said the US wanted early disbursement of Pakistan’s claims under coalition support fund, but these claims need verification and the embassy required american audit persons in Pakistan without delay to complete this job. Talking to newsmen here at American embassy, Jacob [...]
PESHAWAR: Renaming NWFP as Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa turns out to be an expensive proposition worth a staggering 8 billion rupees. According to sources in the NWFP government, all the updated and renamed documents will cost about 5 billion rupees. Whereas the Federal Government will have to bear a 3 billion rupee expense on updating and renaming various [...]
KARACHI: A case of rape, attempted murder, corruption and impunity that took place in 2008 and 2009 continues to haunt two girls in
LAHORE: Showing their reservations on certain clauses of the 18th Amendment, the Supreme Court Bar Association and Lahore
LAHORE: Traders, shopkeepers and domestic consumers on Friday took to streets in various parts of the country against 14 to 18 hours unscheduled loadshedding as the wheel of industry has come to a complete halt while massive power outrages are badly affecting the businesses, paralysing routine life and forcing the helpless people to spend sleepless [...]
KABUL: US special forces commander visited a family in rural Afghanistan to plead for forgiveness after finally admitting that his troops killed five innocent people in a raid. Vice-Admiral William H. McRaven went to Paktia to the home of family who lost two sons, two pregnant women and teenage girl when the US special forces [...]
ISLAMABAD: The wave of violence that has emerged within the Hazara division on the renaming of the NWFP as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, echoed on the floor of the Senate on Friday. ANP assured the house that no discrimination would occur on the basis of race or language in the province. Senator Afrasiyab Khattak of ANP told the [...]
ISLAMABAD: The wife of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is one of the main beneficiaries of the recent loan write-off policy of the National Bank of Pakistan. The bank waived a loan of over Rs 38 million loan taken by Pak Green Fertiliser Limited (PGFL) which she owned as one of its main partners, a [...]
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s ruling party claimed victory Friday in parliamentary polls, as counting showed it far ahead of the divided opposition but short of a two-thirds majority needed to amend the constitution. Thursday’s vote was marked by record low turnout and reports of voter intimidation that resulted in fresh voting being ordered in two of [...]
MUZAFFARABAD: A judicial crisis in Azad Jammu and Kashmir took a turn for the worse after AJK President Raja Zulqarnain Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national assembly on Thursday unanimously approved reforms stripping President Asif Ali Zardari of key powers in a move to bolster parliamentary
NEW DELHI: India’s campaign against the country’s Maoist insurgency suffered a major setback on Tuesday when rebel fighters ambushed a paramilitary unit on patrol in an isolated forest region, killing at least 73 officers. The authorities described a carefully executed surprise attack in which the Maoists opened fire as the patrol entered an area seeded [...]
KARACHI: Dr. Fauzia Siddiqi, the sister of Dr. Aafia Siddiqi, has announced that she was ready to adopt the 12-year-old mystery girl even if she was not her niece. The girl was left outside the residence of Dr. Fauzia on Sunday in suspicious circumstances. In a special chat with our correspondent today (Tuesday), Dr Siddiqi said she [...]
MUZAFFARABAD: In another dramatic move, the president Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Zulqurnain Khan Tuesday filed in Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Supreme Court (SCAJK), reference against two judges namely Justice Syed Mansoor-ul-Hassan Gilani and Chief Justice High Court Mustafa Mughal. The reference against the judges was filed on the [...]
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened over the weekend to quit the political process and join the Taliban if he continued to come under outside pressure to reform, according to several members of parliament. They said that Karzai made the unusual statement at a closed-door meeting with selected lawmakers – just days after kicking up [...]
ISLAMABAD: The president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir had to face utter embarrassment when the Supreme Judicial Council of the AJK struck down his letter of restoring the deposed chief justice Supreme Court, who was made dysfunctional after a reference was filed against him by the acting president in the SJC. Meanwhile, talking to our [...]
India has rejected a call from the US to shun participation in gas talks with Iran, saying “energy security” is a priority for New Delhi.
LAHORE: A petition has been filed in Lahore Registry of Supreme Court on Saturday for withdrawal of the court orders about reopening of the Swiss cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Petitioner Barrister Zafarullah in his plea argued that under Article 248 of the constitution the President of Pakistan enjoys immunity in criminal cases requesting [...]
LAHORE: Loadshedding disrupted the life of millions of people from all strata of society and the last one week was truly gruesome across the country in general and in the provincial metropolis in particular. Students, patients, commuters, workers in public and private organisations, shop owners, industrialists badly suffered throughout the last week as the Pakistan [...]
ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Raja Zulqarnain Khan reinstated deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Riaz Akhtar Chaudhry after consulting legal experts, while
Misbah-ul-Haq appointed Pak Test team captain
Swiss ‘Return of Illicit Assets Act’: Pakistan can get billions back!
Cricketer Muhammad Asif finally brings his bride Sana Hilal home, Veena Malik Shocked
Veena Malik seeks court’s help for registration of an FIR against Muhammad Asif
In mom’s wedding sari, Sania Mirza says “Nikah Kabul Hai”; it’s Sania Shoaib from now
What’s going on between Pak cricket legend Wasim Akram & Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen?
Potential to generate 50,000mw electricity from Thar coal field for 800 years
