Vladimir Putin “Anyone who does not regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart...”
Barack Obama “Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition...”
LAHORE: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif asserted his earlier stance about judges’ appointment and said individual should not appoint judges and Chief Justice of Pakistan must head the Judicial Commission. He was addressing the media here in Lahore. He rejected the impression of taking a U-turn in judges’ appointment. Earlier dismissing talk of a political crisis [...]
ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary committee on constitutional reforms rejected on Friday a proposal by Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif for Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to discuss with the chief justice of Pakistan proposed amendment to the Constitution pertaining to appointment of superior court judges. The 26-member panel recognised the renaming of the NWFP [...]
ISLAMABAD: The government and the opposition appear to be at loggerheads over the Pakistan-US strategic dialogue as PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday his party had not been consulted about talks. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced that he would take the nation into confidence after conclusion of the dialogue. Talking to reporters here, [...]
ISLAMABAD: Moments before the scheduled signing of the amendment bill by the all-party Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms, the Pakistan Muslim League-N on Thursday backtracked from its stance on the issue of judges’ appointment and renaming of the NWFP, stalling the much-awaited reforms package for an indefinite period. At a time when the nation was eagerly [...]
MIRPUR: Mirpur city of Azad Jammu & Kashmir turned into a battlefield on Wednesday as a result of violent police-mob clashes at Mangla Road during complete shutter-down and wheel-jam strike by the people of the city against 16-hour daily loadshedding. Hundreds of angry people took to streets in Mirpur Azad Kashmir to protest long unscheduled [...]
ISLAMABAD: The federal government submitted in the Supreme Court on Monday that reopening Swiss cases would be like putting the late Benazir Bhutto on trial and it was against all norms of justice, decency, morality and law. The submission was made in the form of additional grounds for the government’s pending petition seeking review of [...]
WASHINGTON: The United States and Pakistan engaged in preparatory talks on Monday, ahead of a strategic dialogue which US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says will forge even closer ties between the two allies. Meanwhile, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Kayani concluded his consultations with senior American military commanders in Florida on Monday [...]
ISLAMABAD: The government has filed in Supreme Court (SC) an amended petition to review verdict against National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) on Monday. The PPP
ISLAMABAD: The continuing tussle between Awami National Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz over renaming the NWFP threatens to scuttle the almost agreed constitutional
MULTAN: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that dictatorial labour laws of 2002 will be repealed and a new labour
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani presided over a meeting of key federal secretaries at the General Headquarters (GHQ) to finalise agenda for the upcoming strategic dialogue with the US administration on Tuesday. According to sources, federal secretaries for finance, foreign affairs, commerce and agriculture, along with the secretary in charge [...]
Just how much disregard does the army have for rules and civilians? Let’s rewind to a year and a half ago. On Sept 30, 2008 the front page of Dawn announced: ‘Kayani shakes up army command’. The accompanying article reads: “In a major reshuffle in the army’s top command, Chief of the Army Staff Gen [...]
ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Amendment Package, being finalised in collaboration with 27 political parties, would be tabled in the National Assembly during March. The National Assembly stretched its calendar on Thursday to begin what is billed to be a historic spring session in which the government said it intended to bring promised constitutional amendments to restore [...]
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet approved on Wednesday restructuring of eight major public sector organisations to ensure financial discipline and good governance. The
With the fairly substantive and meaningful shake-up in the top hierarchy of the Pakistan Army now complete, the key issue of Lt Gen Shuja Pasha continuing as the ISI head being the last major decision, it can be said without doubt that the politicians have surrendered the policy control and initiative on all key national [...]
ISLAMABAD: The Syrian lady teacher of the Pakistan International School of Damascus (PISOD), who went public against the Pakistani ambassador to Syria, has been shown the door, on the pretext that she had jeopardised Syria-Pakistan relations by damaging the reputation of the school. Ms Manal Suleman, the only teacher in Syria who conducts biology practicals [...]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-N won the by-polls for NA-123 in Lahore and PP-82 in Jhang, while PML-Z secured PP-284 in Bahawalnagar after polling for the three seats was completed in a peaceful manner on Wednesday. Although PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif had replaced himself with Pervaiz Malik for the NA seat in Lahore, the electoral [...]
KARACHI: District government has been unable to start construction work of a flyover on Shahra-e-Faisal for more than three months now. The delay in construction is not due to lack of funds, but because of a house belonging to president Zardari. Officials at the district government say that the chief minister of Sindh has ordered [...]
ISLAMABAD: The top guns of the PPP government have made a confession before the National Assembly Secretariat about their failure to recover a mind boggling Rs 7 billion in fines and penalties from eight powerful cartels after 50 sugar barons, 20 cement tycoons, eight banks, five cellular phone companies, energy tycoons and stock exchanges of [...]
ISLAMABAD: The state-run National Engineering Services Pakistan (Nespak), a prestigious professional organisation, has also been hit by controversial appointments, tales of corruption in so many other national institutions notwithstanding. The Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) chairperson former Senator Rukhsana Zuberi confirmed to The Statesmen that she recently wrote a letter to the prime minister questioning the [...]
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
