US should show respect towards the decision to imprison Dr Afridi: Foreign Office Islamabad: (Thursday, May 24, 2012) Responding to US’s condemnation of sentencing Dr Afridi for his involvement in facilitating the CIA to find Osama Bin Laden, the foreign office spokesperson said today that the United States should show respect towards a Pakistani court’s […]
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Court orders legal proceedings against Amin Fahim and others involved in NICL scam Islamabad: (Thursday, May 24, 2012) Hearing the suo motu case of Rs 5.34 billion corruption in the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) today, the Supreme Court ordered that legal proceedings be carried out against Federal Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim and others involved […]
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Slams abduction and killing of Sindhi leader The killing of Sindhi nationalist leader Muzaffar Bhutto, one of the prominent victims of enforced disappearance in Sindh, and the brazen attack on a peaceful political rally in Karachi on Tuesday that claimed at least 16 lives appear to be the latest […]
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Chairman JCSC general Wynne confers HILAL-I-IMTIAZ to Commander Qatar Emiri Naval Forces Rawalpindi – May 24, 2012: General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee conferred the award of HILAL-I-IMTIAZ (Military) to Brigadier General (Sea) Mohammad Bin Nasser Mubarak Al-Shakairi Al-Mohannadi, Commander of Qatar Emiri Naval Forces, at Joint Staff Headquarters Chaklala Rawalpindi, […]
There is no basis yet for another round of negotiations with the P5+1 world powers after the current talks in Baghdad, an Iranian official said on Thursday as the final session here got underway. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton “didn’t say anything new this morning” in a bilateral meeting with Iran earlier Thursday, the […]
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Meg Whitman, the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, has confirmed that the Palo Alto technology will proceed to a massive reduction in employment, with the goal of eliminating up to 27,000 jobs , or 8% of the workforce. He made the painful announcement after announcement the results of their second quarter in the fiscal year. The world’s first manufacturer […]
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Chairman JCSC content with security plans for Pakistan’s strategic assets Rawalpindi – May 24, 2012: General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) visited the Headquarters of the Security Division of Strategic Plans Division (SPD) at Rawalpindi, for a review of security plans for Pakistan’s Strategic Assets. A comprehensive briefing was given by […]
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Reports claim that the International Atomic Energy Association and Tehran are on the verge of reaching an early agreement over the country’s nuclear program An agreement will soon be reached between Iran and Western powers according to the Director General of IAEA. The major powers and Iran will meet on Wednesday in hopes of halting […]
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South Africa’s Soweto gets its fashion week (Part II) James, dressed on the day he was interviewed in a purple tartan bow tie and eye-popping blue shoes, also favours the bright colours and nerdy yet cool skinny silhouettes popularized by the Smarteez, a design collective from Soweto that has drawn international attention. The designers in […]
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South Africa’s Soweto gets its fashion week (Part I) Struggling but deserving designers will get a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa’s most famous township in Soweto’s first fashion week opening Thursday. The township on Johannesburg’s south-western edge was the natural place for a show for new designers, […]
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Education needs paramount attention in Pakistan The development of any society is based on education as it makes people civilised and put them on the right track of progress. Educated nation always makes the country distinctive in the world and put it on the road of success in all fields of life. Nonetheless, if the […]
Indian and Pakistan companies sign on TAPI deal – Pakistan oil and gas news Turkmen officials have stated that the proposed pipeline could carry 1000000000000 cubic meters of gas over 30 years, or 33 billion cubic meters a year. "After more than 20 years of diplomacy, 1,800 kilometers of gas pipeline, which connects one of […]
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