Archive for: June, 2013

PPP invites MQM to join Sindh govt

A PPP delegation Sunday visited the MQM headquarters in Karachi and formally invited the MQM to join the Sindh government.   Former Interior Minister Rehman Malik, along with other PPP leaders, met the MQM leaders and discussed the future cooperation.   The MQM leaders told the PPP team that the party’s Rabita Committee will discuss […]

Interior Minister says gov’t ready for militant talks

Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan said on Sunday that the PML-N gov’t standby its policy of dialogue with militants to end the bloodshed in the country.   Speaking to reporters in Quetta he said the gov’t will hold talks with those who are willing to talk. He however said the gov’t will come with […]

National Assembly, Senate condemn Quetta attacks

  The National Assembly and Senate Sunday adopted unanimous resolutions to condemn terror attacks in Quetta which killed 25 people including female university students. The two houses also condemned attack on the Quaid residency in Ziarat. In the National Assembly, the resolution was moved by Law Minister Zahid Hamid while Senator Nuzhat Sadiq of PML-N […]

PPP supports government in setting up of Constitution Court

PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar proposed a three point frame work to release the creative energies of the people for resolving energy crisis, restoring peace and accelerating growth and investment instead of resorting to coercive regulatory and taxation measures.     Participating in the discussion on the budget today he said that taking the bull of […]

Balochistan mourns killings in terror attacks

Normal life was disrupted in most parts of Balochistan on Sunday to protest against the killings of girls’ students and civilians in militant attacks on a hospital in Quetta.   Nearly 25 people, including 14 students of a women university, were killed and dozens more injured in suicide bombing and attacks on a main hospital […]

Khurshid Shah criticizes PML-N budget as anti-people

Opposition leader in the National Assembly, Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah said on Saturday the new budget envisages no relief measures for the poor‚ farmers and labourers.     Opening debate in the budget he said it was the first budget of the PML-N government and it would have been pro-poor and people friendly.   He […]

Deputy Commissioner Abdul Mansoor Khan killed in hospital attack

A group of seven heavily armed men stormed into Bolan Medical Complex and detonated bombs and opened fire inside the hospital, killing deputy commissioner Quetta Abdul Mansoor Khan Kakar and nine other people.   Assistant Commissioner was also injured in the attack.   The armed men, whose affiliation was unclear, entered the hospital shortly after […]

Blast in women university bus kills 11 in Quetta

A bomb blast on a bus of a women university in Quetta city killed at least 11 students and injured several others on Saturday, police and rescue team said.   The bomb was attached to the bus and the device exploded when the bus was standing at the parking, a police officer and the college […]

Attack on Quaid residency widely condemned

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has strongly condemned the rockets’ and hand grenades’ attack at the Quaid-e-Azam Residency in Ziarat.   He also expressed sorrow and grief over the loss of a policeman in the attack. The Prime Minister said that all measures would be taken to ensure the safety and security of such national […]

National Assembly, Senate begin debate new budget

The National Assembly and the Senate are set to open debate on the most controversial and the first budget of the PML-N govt on Saturday. The opposition routinely begin debate on the budget. Parliamentary parties will hold meetings before the session to chalk out strategy. Members from the treasury and the opposition benches will highlight […]

Miscreants attack Quaid-e-Azam’s Ziyarat residency

A group of miscreants lobbed bombs at the residency of founder of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Balochistan province early Saturday, officials said.   The miscreants stated to be four to five attackers struck the building in Ziyarat area with three hand grenades and time devices on the building at 1:30 a.m., and […]

Committee to suggest PIA restructuring

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has constituted a four member committee for restructuring and reforming of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the national flag carrier, the PM office said Friday. Those included in the committee are Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar Minister for Finance, Capt. Shujaat Azeem Advisor on Aviation, Mr. Shaukat Fayyaz Ahmed Tarin and Mr. […]

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